One-Star Romance Book Club

Bad On Paper

Becca Freeman

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🗓️ 28 August 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Happy August Book Club Day! We’re diving into our thoughts on One-Star Romance by Laura Hankin. (Spoiler: we adored it!) We talk about the balance of the romance versus friendship plotlines, the relatability of the debut novelist interior monologue, and how the pandemic was incorporated into the plot. Also, the author calls in to answer a listener question!

Obsessions

Becca: Target Women's High-Rise Modern Gauze Wide Leg Pull-On Pants

Olivia: Lil Jon at the 2024 Democratic National Convention

What we read this week

Olivia: Bear by Julia Phillips, One Star Romance by Laura Hankin

Becca: The Husbands by Holly Gramazio, Real Americans by Rachel Khong

This Month’s Book Club Pick: All Fours by Miranda July (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're going to go. Hi everyone and welcome to about on paper podcast I'm Olivia mentor and I'm
0:21.8	Becca Freeman and today we have an episode for our August book club pick which is one-star romance by Laura Henkin
0:28.4	I'm looking forward to talking about this with you Becca I am too I haven't heard your off-the-air feelings yet so I'm a little nervous but I'm excited
0:36.1	they're positive so I think it's gonna be good you know I love a book that has anything to do with
0:41.0	writing or publishing I can't get enough of it.
0:43.3	I simply cannot.
0:44.2	Yeah, I thought the debut novelist part of it
0:47.2	would really appeal to you.
0:48.8	Yeah, it really hit the spot.
0:50.6	But more of that later. First, tell me about your high. I have such a basic B high. I feel like I'm challenging my, I've like tried to challenge myself in my newsletter not to talk about the weather because it's just so like boring.
1:04.6	But the weather has been so nice this week and it truly has changed my mood so much.
1:11.3	Like it's not humid, it's been in the 70s, it's been lovely, I'm going to play pickleball tonight and I'm so excited. And it's not fall weather yet, like it's still warm, but it's just like perfect walking weather. I'm so boring I don't know but it truly is my
1:26.2	high. I have to tell you that this was also going to be my high and I wouldn't let myself
1:31.5	because I think that's been my high like 10,000 times this year.
1:35.0	It very much giving 2014 Olivia just posting photos of the sky.
1:39.0	Like all I'm interested in is the weather.
1:41.0	I know I'm like find something more interesting to talk about and I'm like but have you seen the
1:45.2	weather? Well honestly the weather is only this good I think like twice a year for like a month total I feel like for two
1:52.3	weeks in the spring and two weeks at the end of summer it is this level of perfect and here it's been like in the 50s in the morning. So it does feel like a little bit of fall but then in the afternoon it feels like a warm
2:06.5	non-human summer day. So I'm with you. It's been just absolutely the best.
2:12.0	So I think what you're saying is that we're obligated to give it
2:15.3	its flowers. Yes, I think so. We have to appreciate it. Soon global warming
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