
Best Books of 2023
12/13/23 • 62 min
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For the last episode of 2023, it’s time to talk about the best books we read in this year! Becca and Olivia each share their top 10 books they read, and we play calls from listeners sharing their favorite books from 2023!
Becca’s Best Books of the Year:
Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Allison Rose Greenberg
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Olivia’s best books of the year
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman
Talking at Night by Clare Daverley
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
Listener Best Books of the Year
The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
The Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber
Setting the Table by Danny Meyers
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Darker Shades of Magic Series by V.E. Schwab
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches bySangu Mandanna
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir by Delia Ephron
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
Obsessions
Olivia - Four Christmases
Becca - Axiom Chain Necklace and the Ridge Heart Charm Pendant from Missoma
What we read this week!
Becca - The Art of Scandal by Regina Black
Olivia - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie
Sponsors
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For the last episode of 2023, it’s time to talk about the best books we read in this year! Becca and Olivia each share their top 10 books they read, and we play calls from listeners sharing their favorite books from 2023!
Becca’s Best Books of the Year:
Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Allison Rose Greenberg
Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue
The Bodyguard by Katherine Center
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley
Olivia’s best books of the year
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Whispers by Ashley Audrain
The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman
Talking at Night by Clare Daverley
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon
Listener Best Books of the Year
The Force of Such Beauty by Barbara Bourland
The Coffee Shop of Curiosities by Heather Webber
Setting the Table by Danny Meyers
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Darker Shades of Magic Series by V.E. Schwab
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue
Damnation Spring by Ash Davidson
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches bySangu Mandanna
Left on Tenth: A Second Chance at Life: A Memoir by Delia Ephron
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
Obsessions
Olivia - Four Christmases
Becca - Axiom Chain Necklace and the Ridge Heart Charm Pendant from Missoma
What we read this week!
Becca - The Art of Scandal by Regina Black
Olivia - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie
Sponsors
Prose - go to prose...
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Best of 2023
As the year comes to a close, we want to look back at the good stuff and discuss our best of 2023! We dive into our personal best moments and talk about some of our favorite things from this year!
Best Entertainment
Best TV Show
Becca - The Diplomat
Olivia - Shrinking
Best Movie
Becca - Barbie
Olivia - Past Lives
Best (New to us) Podcast
Becc - Writer’s Routine, Publishing Rodeo
Olivia - Writer’s Routine
Best Concert
Olivia - The Eras Tour, Noah Kahan
Best Album
Becca - You’ll Get It When You’re Older by Blake Rose
Olivia - Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever), Noah Kahan
Best Song
Becca - Is It Over Now by Taylor Swift; That Was Then by Emily James; Call Your Mom by Noah Kahan w/ Lizzy McAlpine
Olivia - The View Between Villages, Noah Kahan, Not Strong Enough by BoyGenius, Labour by Paris Paloma
Best (New to us) IG follow
Becca - @Famouspplreading
Olivia - @Oh_apostrophe
Best BOP episode
Becca - Obscure Erotica Book Reviews, How Becca’s Book Got Made
Olivia -Obscure Erotica Book Reviews, The Christmas Orphans Club Book Club, Spooky Season Reads with Ashley Winstead, The Official BOP Beach Read Roundup
Shopping
Best clothing purchase
Becca - Birkenstock Boston Clogs, Jeans that came in my Stitch Fix order
Olivia - Skims Fits Everybody T-Shirt Bra
Best beauty purchase
Becca - Rare Beauty Liquid Blush in Grace, R+Co Trophy Texture and Shine Spray
Olivia - Winky Lux PH Changing Lip Balm OR Sol de Janeiro Brazillian Crush Body Spray
Best home purchase
Becca - Garlic chopper
Olivia - ShopVac
Best misc purchase
Becca - Five-year journal
Olivia - Boll & Branch bedding
Obsessions
Olivia - Harney & Sons Pumpkin Spice Tea
Becca - Prismacolor 05 and Pigma Graphic 1 Pens
What we read this week!
Becca - Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Olivia - Bright Youn...
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Our 2024 Goals
We’re back! And we’re so excited to kick off 2024 by setting out goals for this year! But first, we check in on how our 2023 goals went.
Obsessions
Becca: Her Vibes board phone background
Olivia: Bear Brook Podcast
What we read this week
Olivia:
A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
The Last Murder at The End of the World by Stuart Turton
Becca:
Novelist as Vocation by Haruki Murakami
This Month’s Book Club Pick - Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])
Sponsors
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