Hello beloved drunkers! This week, we discuss Shrill by Lindy West! Content warning: rape.

We discuss: West's episodes of This American Life, why Olivia didn't like this book, Ashley reading this book like a reverse audiobook, cult leader daddies, how we've shifted as a society between 2016 and 2021, our future children Mountonious and Mountcliff, twinning and elderly bullies, $40 jeans, the American Girl Bodies book left on our beds to explain puberty, period stories, the distress of Leos having their 2020 birthdays, Shrill the book versus Shrill the show, and so much more.

We read: Shrill by Lindy West
Up next: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

Olivia drinks: Rose of the pinot noir variety
Ashley drinks: some beer

Ep 44 - - Shrill

What's up, drunkers? This epi, we discuss Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner! Content warning: death, grieving.
We discuss: Japanese Breakfast obvi, Olivia's forever password, Zauner's genuinely strong writing, how tough it was to read her story because she did such a powerful job of bringing the reader along in her processing, feeling personally attacked as teens of the early two-thousands, understanding Kay's grief as the friend and caregiver, a possible queer read?, the nebulous space being between two cultures, identity crises, Olivia tries to roll her rs, and so much more.
We read: Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Up next: Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Olivia drinks: Tequila + Juice + Sport Drink
Ashley drinks: Gin & Tonic

Ep 45 - - Crying In H Mart

Hey beloved wonderful drunkards! We're back this week discussing Yearbook by Seth Rogan.
We discuss: Blake Shelton (who maybe owns People?!), Lenny Kravitz, Ashley's obsession with Jason Segel, our confidence that when we meet famous people we'll either become best friends or lovers, Olivia's brush with reality television fame, Rogan's bold truth-telling, how much we enjoy the cover design, complicated feelings about Kanye, Olivia's dust jacket hacks, male celebrity crushes, and soooo much more.

ALSO we finally have a Patreon! Check us out and subscribe if you'd like over at patreon.com/drunkofthebook :)

Ashley drinks: Things for your Head Pina Colada hard seltzer
Olivia drinks: Quirk Cherry Blossom & Lime hard seltzer

We read: Yearbook by Seth Rogan
Up next: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Ep 46 - - Yearbook

Hey cutie drunkards! This epi, we discuss Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/drunkofthebook!

In the episode, we discuss: retail jobs, Plato's Closet, saying the quiet parts aloud, Olivia's love of The Giver, judgey ten-year-olds, books versus movies, the impossibility of feeling empathy for people who do horrible things, evil version of It's a Wonderful Life, more retail reminiscences, Olivia's hatred of Steinbeck's descriptions and Ashley's goal to make her get his writing, and so much more.

Olivia drinks: rose from France in a very large bottle
Ashley drinks: Little Grove by Allagash

We read: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Up next: Please Don't Sit on my Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson

Ep 47 - - Friday Black

Hayoooo! We're here!!! This epi, we discuss Please Don’t Sit on my Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson. Check out our Patreon!

In the episode, we discuss: weird alcohol laws and the liquor store, seeing Phoebe's life grow and evolve through her books, how much we hate U2/Bono yet love Phoebe's love for them, how reliably unreliable we are, the two modes of alpha leader and lazy piece of garbage, inbox zero and all of our email woes, the future generation who mass deletes with no fear, the struggle of meeting Phoebe's goal of matching sets, our cleaning practices at the 2022 point of the COVID pandemic, shoes free households, our very uncomfortable feelings about not loving this book (we're so sorry Phoebe, we love love love you always and forever), and more.

Olivia drinks: Bud Light seltzer (strawberry flavored!)
Ashley drinks: Sierra Nevada Wild Little Thing Slightly Sour Ale (guava, hibiscus, and strawberry! STRAWBERRY TWINS!)

We read: Please Don’t Sit on my Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
Up next: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Ep 48 - - Please Don't Sit

Welcome back, dear drunkers! We can't wait for you to hear our mess of a new theme song as well as this episode on Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong. 

We discuss: the difficulty of reading during 2020, Uncle Andrew, how hilariously nasty Ali Wong is (in a good way), how much grosser girls are than guys, complaints about how much women have to put into appearance and then people complain about them taking too long, the benefits of working from home, how hard it will be to go back to work/school, reflections on this podcast over time, regrets about not going abroad in college, student loan woes, (of course) how funny Ali Wong is, and SO MUCH MORE.

We read: Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Up next: I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities and Other Stuff by Abbi Jacobson
Olivia drinks: Rose Bae rose
Ashley drinks: a very old viognier

Ep 39- Dear Girls

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