Episodes
womp womp womp we read another book that shoulda stayed fanfiction!! kayla is back for another month and this time we're reading netflix teen comedy adaptations. what is a cinematic masterpiece (the kissing booth) is about 400 pages too long. we discuss british-isms, weirdly chill parents, and yet another teen attending harvard. tune in next week for the rule of tall girls!
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Published 10/30/24
emily and betsy finish out fairy tale month with recs, goodreads reviews, and general convos about what we like so much about re-written fairytales. asides include Lily James' blood diamond campaign and the importance of getting out of your reading comfort zone
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Published 10/16/24
emily and betsy are discussing our third fairy tale- the 12 dancing princesses. we read "the girls at the kingfisher club" by genevieve valentine! spoiler alert, we went three for three on liking the books for this month! we discuss strong heroines, why men keep trying to send women to asylums, and the importance of the bell curve.
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Published 10/02/24
tuck and betsy read east by edith pattou for our second book in fairytale month! we discuss the purple eyed YA heroine, how refreshing it is to read a well written book, and why we might be enjoying the non-grimms fairy tales better than the grimms.
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Published 09/18/24
it's the first week of fairy tale month! betsy is back and we are talking about fairy tales. this week, we read a sorcery of thorns by maggie rogerson and discussed the orphanification of women, our differing opinions on age gaps in romantasy, and the main things we like about re-written fairy tales. tune in next week for edith pattou's east.
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Published 09/04/24
tuck and claire discuss all three memoirs, what we like about memoirs, goodreads reviews of the books we read this month, and recs! next month is fairy tales!
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Published 08/21/24
this week we deviated from the prompt and read rodham by curtis sittenfeld. mostly, this was so tuck could read another curtis sittenfeld book, but we did talk about hillary clinton, do some impressions, and discuss if the sex in this book ever needed to see the light of day. tune in next week for comp con!
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Published 07/31/24
this week, tuck and claire read "educated" by tara westover! we talk about unreliable narrators (classic), empathy, and judging a book by it's cover. tune in next week when we read rodham by curtis sittenfeld!
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Published 07/17/24
it's memoir month! tuck and claire read Shonda Rhimes' year of yes. we talk about an obsession with thinness, if motherhood should be considered a job, and our opinion on audio books. tuned in next week for tara westover's educated!
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Published 07/03/24
tuck and carlson are back to talk about all things music month! we talked about what we liked and didn't like, resources for finding books (listed here: smart bitches trashy books, novelist, and book page), and recs for if you want more books with themes like these. we'll be back with memoir month next week!
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Published 06/26/24
....and they were room mates.....
emily and tuck take on christina lauren's roomies this week on music month. we talk about broadway, dedication to your craft, and the importance of doing even one single google search before you write a story in an industry you don't know anything about 3. tune in next week for our music month conclusion!
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Published 06/19/24
tuck and carlson take on our second musically themed book of the month: kiss the girl by zoraida cordova. this is a disney hyperion book so we spend time discussing the disney book machine, things about this book that were silly and fun, and all the other things we're having fun reading. tune in next week for roomies!
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Published 06/12/24
it's the month of the emilys!! tuck and her friend emily are reading music-related cartoon cover romances. this week, we read last call at the local by sara grunder ruiz! spoiler alert, we like talia hibbert's disability representation much better! this book was not about music and was not meant to be listened to on audio book so tuck specifically is 0 for 2 on this week. next week we are reading "kiss the girl" (it's not gay sorry to the fans).
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Published 06/04/24
it's the final week of books that moms love and anna and tuck are talking all things at month-end conclusion. we are ranking our curmudgeons, talking about good reads, and spend more than a little time discussing dramione fanfiction. tune in next month for rom coms about musicians!
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Published 05/22/24
tuck and anna are back reading another sad book about found family and an animal that adopts our main character. we talk about grief, sexism, and the importance of food in our lives! tune in next week when we conclude books that moms love month!
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Published 05/15/24
tuck and anna are back again to talk about books that mom's love! we are talking about beloved octopus, why these authors love to write about Scandinavians, and the importance of a pet that adopts the main character. we'll be bac next week to talk about remarkably bright creatures!
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Published 05/08/24
it's a new month and a new guest! tuck and anna take on books that moms love! we are starting with "a man called ove" by fredrick bachman! we love that guy (ove and fredrick!). we talk about what it takes to be a book that your mom loves, and the importance of a curmudgeon in all our lives. tune in next week for remarkably bright creatures.
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Published 05/01/24
it's the end of pt month and you know what that means! tuck and lauren are talking all things pt month: the terrible medical care our main characters received, the importance of consent, and how embaressing it is that aj does recognize the female orgasm. tune in next month for books that moms love!
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Published 04/24/24
tuck and lauren are talking about a surf story this week! we talk about the right and wrong way to introduce character depth, the importance of consent, and all the reasons this book gave us the ick. Tune in next week for the conclusion of pt month!
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Published 04/17/24
tuck and lauren are back this week for a substantially more normal episode of amfaem. we're talking pt, scotland, and the importance of growing and changing! katherine center, thank you for doing your research, we are obsessed with you. never stop doing what you're doing. tune in next week for hopefully a more normal episode than reading dream runner but no promises.
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Published 04/10/24
it's physical therapy month! tuck and lauren read dream runner by gail mcfarland! this is the worst book we've ever read! if you want to listen to us talk about foot stuff and scary medical care, this is the book for you!! there's also some brief track and field conversation as well as the ability of an author to tell on themselves- gail mcfarland, did a gold digger steal your husband from you? tune in next week for how to walk away!
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Published 04/03/24
it's the conclusion of women's right's month! in this episode, we rank our favorite unreliable narrator, talk about the importance of motherhood, and talk about how incredible women are. this sounds really dramatic. we also read good reads comments and talk about nicole kidman! see you all next month for physical therapy month!
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Published 03/27/24
it's week three of women's right's month! tuck and austin are discussing the silent patient by alex michaelides! we discuss how illegal everything that happens in this book is, alex's view on the devil's lettuce, and unreliable narrators (shocker!). asides include the enneagram, all time bad names in books, and how male therapists simply can't be trusted. tune in next week for comp con!
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Published 03/20/24
it's episode two of women's right's month and tuck and austin are back to discuss bll. this is their second time discussing the show, as austin and tuck watched it together for the first time during covid 2020. we talk about Nicole Kidman's insane vibes, madeline martha mackenzie, and the crazy virginity plotline.
trigger warning for discussion of rape and eating disorders.
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Published 03/13/24