Things we hate, media edition

03/23/21 • 35 min

Things we hate, media edition

We spend a portion of every show talking about what we love in the books we read, but what about what we hate? We share our dislikes in books, favorite and least favorite romance tropes, books and shows other people loved but we couldn't get into, and what we don't enjoy in movies we watch. Links mentioned:

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Gold by Chris Cleeve
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The War That Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (and the newest book in the series Court of Silver Flames just came out in February)
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Gilmore Girls
Fleabag
Arrested Development

Life lately

Abby ticked a box on her pandemic bingo card: rearranging her house.

Sarah created new shelves on Goodreads for her family's read-alouds and Friendlier reads (including specific shelves for books recommended by her and Abby).

Reading lately

Abby read the YA fantasy novel Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko and Sarah read KJ Dell'Antonia's novel The Chicken Sisters.

Eating lately

Sarah made a new kitchen purchase and Abby had a failed grain bowl experience.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at [email protected], or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!

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Things we hate, media edition

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Gold by Chris Cleeve
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The War That Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
The Power by Naomi Alderman
Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (and the newest book in the series Court of Silver Flames just came out in February)
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Gilmore Girls
Fleabag
Arrested Development

Life lately

Abby ticked a box on her pandemic bingo card: rearranging her house.

Sarah created new shelves on Goodreads for her family's read-alouds and Friendlier reads (including specific shelves for books recommended by her and Abby).

Reading lately

Abby read the YA fantasy novel Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko and Sarah read KJ Dell'Antonia's novel The Chicken Sisters.

Eating lately

Sarah made a new kitchen purchase and Abby had a failed grain bowl experience.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment, email us at [email protected], or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A week of breakfasts and lunches

A week of breakfasts and lunches

We love to talk about food and share another installment of a week of meals, this time focused on our breakfasts and lunches. We were originally inspired by The Mom Hour's episode of a week of dinners, and have previously recorded our own week of dinners and a week of snacks. Links we mentioned:

Life lately

Neil finished building the kids' Christmas present: a new playset!

Abby is doing a deep dive into camping gear in preparation for an upcoming trip.

Reading lately

Sarah read the crime thriller Take It Back by Kia Abdullah.

Abby read Ink and Bone, the first of the Great Library series by Rachel Caine.

Eating lately

We both share cookie recipes from Sally's Baking Addiction: soft molasses cookies for Abby and caramel stuffed Nutella cookies for Sarah.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment on our show notes, email us at [email protected], or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!

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Next Episode

What’s working (and what’s not)

Now that we are a few months into the new year we wanted to check-in with each other to find out what has and hasn’t been working in our lives. Links we mentioned:

Yoga With Adriene 30 Day Challenge
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Linda Yan Glaser
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell

Life lately

Sarah got a new bike (after leaving hers in a park last summer–whoops).

Abby’s hens have started laying eggs!

Reading lately

Sarah read The Ex-Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon–an enemies to lovers romance with a podcast premise.

Abby loved the latest sci-fi novel from N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became.

Eating lately

Abby found an easy blueberry muffin recipe and Sarah tried the TikTok pasta.

If you’d like to join in the conversation, please leave us a comment on our show notes, email us at [email protected], or find us on Instagram @friendlierpodcast. Thanks for listening!

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