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Bad On Paper - Best Books of 2023

Best Books of 2023

12/13/23 • 62 min

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Bad On Paper

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:

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

You Again by Kate Goldbeck

Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Allison Rose Greenberg

Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue

Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

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

Yellowface by RF Kuang

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Talking at Night by Clare Daverley

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

Banyan Moon by Thao Thai

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

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

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:

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

You Again by Kate Goldbeck

Maybe Once, Maybe Twice by Allison Rose Greenberg

Practice Makes Perfect by Sarah Adams

The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donahue

Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler

All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

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

Yellowface by RF Kuang

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

Talking at Night by Clare Daverley

Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

The Quiet Tenant by Clemence Michallon

Banyan Moon by Thao Thai

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

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

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...

Previous Episode

undefined - Best of 2023

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...

Next Episode

undefined - Our 2024 Goals

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

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

Becca:

Snowed In by Catherine Walsh

This Spells Love by Kate Robb

Novelist as Vocation by Haruki Murakami

All About Love by Bell Hooks

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

Cozy Earth - Get 35% off sitewide at cozyearth.com when you use the code BOP.

Framebridge - Visit Framebridge.com or a retail store to custom frame just about anything!

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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

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