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Welcome to Plans Are Booked, a podcast for every reader, hosted by Molly Galler, Stephanie Blackburn, and Kaitlin Mattison. We're three friends who love to read, swap books, and count down until the film and TV adaptations of our favorites are released. Follow us on Instagram, @plansarebooked, or reach out to us directly at plansarebooked@gmail.com.
Molly Galler (00:02)
Welcome to Plans Are Booked, a podcast for every reader. I'm Molly Gowler.
Stephanie (00:07)
I'm Stephanie Blackburn.
Kaitlin (00:08)
And I'm Caitlin Madison. Welcome to chapter 35. We've done 35 big ones. Shout out to forever 35 great podcast name. we are talking about the seven year slip today and we're catching up. We're in the throes of summer. We've survived a heat wave already. We're on a tornado watch today. Right now as we record this, that's how dedicated we are. We're.
Stephanie (00:16)
I'll see you for it.
We are talking about the seven year select committee. And we're catching up. We're in the throes of summer. We've survived the heat wave already. We're on a tornado watch today, right now, as we record this. That's how dedicated we are. We're... I left my home, risked my life to record this podcast. I am currently just like completely distracted because...
Molly Galler (00:22)
We risk our lives.
Kaitlin (00:37)
I left my home, risked my life to record this podcast. I am currently just like completely distracted because Travis Kelce just came out on stage with Taylor Swift at the Heirs Tour. Paul McCartney's in the audience. I was watching various different things online about it. I'm like, I'm over the moon. It's just so delightful to watch from afar. But who would like to...
Stephanie (00:49)
I was watching various different things online about it. I'm like, I'm over the moon. It's just so delightful to watch from afar. But who would like to kick off the ketchup? Stephanie needs to update the listeners on what is going on with the product. I think people must be on the page in there, so I'm just wondering if there's a resolution.
Kaitlin (01:06)
kick off the catch up.
Molly Galler (01:09)
Stephanie needs to update the listeners on what is going on with the plumber. I feel like people must be on the edge of their seats wondering was this resolved or not.
Stephanie (01:19)
Let's see, where did we leave off? This time.
Molly Galler (01:23)
We left off with you messaging his wife. yeah, okay. So.
Kaitlin (01:26)
yeah, okay. So.
Stephanie (01:26)
yes, okay. So Monday, I can't remember. It doesn't really matter what the day was and when things happened, but I believe it was Tuesday after I was leaving the barn on our first almost 100 degree day. I think I was probably a little bit irritable because I had been outside and it was already 90 something degrees and I was sweaty. And I drove after the barn to the house to check just to see.
Molly Galler (01:49)
and I drove after work to the college to travel to see if I was coming here.
Kaitlin (01:51)
to the house trap just to see if my son will be able to get down from the ceiling without any problems. So I tested my...
Stephanie (01:53)
if by some miracle he had done what he said he was gonna do and he hadn't. So I texted my dad. Actually, did I not text him? In my mind, I asked for permission, but I'm pretty sure I actually didn't ask for permission before I sent the text. I think I just sent it to you guys to see if you guys thought it was okay. Is that what happened? Did I do that?
Molly Galler (01:57)
So, I'm texting my dad.
I feel like I've now become like the editor of of tone of texts and emails.
Kaitlin (02:10)
Yeah, you.
Stephanie (02:22)
Okay. Okay. So I think I had just gotten to the point where I was like, I need to start threatening. Like there's, there's no point being nice because I've been nice for months. Got me nowhere. and so I texted him, this is what I texted him on. yeah. Tuesday at 1203.
Molly Galler (02:31)
Thank you.
Yeah.
Stephanie (02:44)
Name redacted. It's Tuesday now. You said you'd finish on Saturday, like you said the week before and the week before that. Back over a month now. And that's actually as a side note under undervaluing. It was, I think, at two months at this point. I'm done playing this game. You're affecting my livelihood. If it's not completed by this Friday, June 21st, I will be filing a complaint with the attorney general. So then didn't hear from him for 24 hours.
Kaitlin (02:44)
Nate reacted. It's Tuesday. It's Tuesday. You said you were going to talk about it. Like you said before. That's the worst thing ever. That's actually the sad part. Under a lot of pressure. I think it was actually two months ago. I'm just saying, you're going to have to find a way to talk to your father and friend. I will be trying to find a way to get you to talk to him. So that's it. Jimmy, you're out.
Molly Galler (02:44)
name or action, it's this cousin of mine who said we should have helped her with her life and everything before that. That's actually a sign of undervalued. I mean, it was like two months of this way. I'm just saying, you're talking about life. It's not just about the fact that you're pregnant. It's just that you're pregnant. And when you have a child, you need to do it for him first. So that's Jimmy's first for 20 years.
Kaitlin (03:14)
Son screenshot it and sent it away. And I said, can you see a picture of it? Sorry to talk to you, but it's because this will look like your picture, but I have to ask you, do I feel like you're for that he has seen us so he's not surprised when this happens? She didn't reply, but she definitely must call the police to come to the house of a woman who was a crazy person because then...
Molly Galler (03:14)
So I screenshot it, sent it to Joy, and I said, I need to get back to the... Sorry to talk to you all, but I'm signing this because this will affect your livelihood as well, so I just want to make sure that he has seen this, so he stops from when this happens. She didn't respond. But she definitely must have always asked him to, because he loves to help with things. Who was this crazy person?
Stephanie (03:14)
So I screenshotted it, sent it to the wife, and I said something to the effect of, sorry to bother you, I'm just sending this because this will affect your livelihood as well, so I just wanna make sure that he has seen this so he's not surprised when this happens. She didn't respond, but she definitely must have called or texted him to be like, what the hell is going on? Who is this crazy person?
Molly Galler (03:42)
because then he was like, I'm so sorry, I'm not ready. Well, today's not ready. He didn't want to be ready. Yes, he was. No, it was ready. Last time he had it, he asked the leader of the conference, he said, excuses, that he had left for business. Although, he could have been free. He said he would. And he asked if he could get into the house just right.
Stephanie (03:42)
because then he texted me and was like, I'm so sorry, I will do it by Friday. Well, today is now Sunday. He didn't finish on Friday. Yesterday I texted him at noon. Nope, it was 9 a Asking if he had in fact completed it on Friday. He said excuses that he had left everything in his other van, conveniently, and had not done any of the things he said he would. And then he asked if he could get into the house yesterday.
Kaitlin (03:43)
I'm so sorry, I was so excited. Well today's not Friday. He didn't have a Friday. Yes, but I just wanted to know. Nope. It was my last meeting with the kind African leader on Friday. He said excuses that he had left for people. Although he never left. Conveniently. I had to ask him if he thinks he said he would. And then he asked if he could get into the house with me.
to it.
Molly Galler (04:11)
to which I said, yup. And then I believe I said that he can't hear my phone request. So he can't hear me, and he said, could he go today? And I said, yup. And that's the real life thing. But I don't think he's here to hear my voice. I think that's it.
Stephanie (04:11)
to which I said, yup. And then I believe I texted at 8 p per my father's request to follow up and he again said he hadn't finished, could he go today? And I said, yup. And that's where we left things. And I doubt that he's here today.
Kaitlin (04:15)
I believe it's APF from an college test.
I think that like just to like bring the listeners up to pace like if they're having a hard time visualizing this as we've talked about how we look at months and weeks and time for me I can't I can't
Molly Galler (04:32)
Like just to bring the listeners up to piece, like they're having a hard time visualizing this as we talk about how it took it months and weeks and time. For me, I can't, I can't, I can't properly explain why this is working for me this way, but I can't do like a lot of things.
Stephanie (04:32)
Just to bring the listeners up to pace, if they're having a hard time visualizing this, as we've talked about how we look at months and weeks and times.
For me, I can't properly explain why this is working for me this way, but I'm imagining it like a clock. And everything is supposed to be done by the first week of April when we were going to put the house on the market. And it's now June 23rd. So if you think of it like a clock, he was supposed to be ready at 12 and we're already at, like he is a quarter of a week here.
Kaitlin (04:48)
I can't properly explain why this is working for me this way, but I'm imagining it like a clock. And everything was supposed to be done by the first week of April when you were going to put the house on the market. And it's now June 23rd. So if you think of it like a clock, he was supposed to be ready at 12. And we're already at like he is a quarter of a way through a year, which is also how I think of a clock.
Molly Galler (04:56)
And everything is supposed to be done by the first few weeks, and then it's done for 20 years. So if you think of it, at the clock, he was supposed to be writing at 12 and Mark always at like, he's a quarter of a year, which is also probably a lot. Three months is a lot of fun. Two, I mean, like, I don't think we have an absolute way to say that yet.
Stephanie (05:13)
which is also quite a lot. The re -bugs is a lot of past time to, I mean, like, practice, practice, but it's quite bad stuff. Like, I think these are, this is really insane. That didn't even occur to me. Yeah.
Kaitlin (05:16)
Three months is a long ass time to, I mean, like the fact that you haven't asked for your money back yet, like I hope he's anticipating you saying.
Yeah, no, I think at some point you're going to be like, so you're three months overdue on this. We paid for this to be done by the first week of April. Like.
Stephanie (05:33)
So we want to let you know that we've been working on this house since...
Molly Galler (05:49)
I also need the listeners to know that if you were gonna drive there every day to like potentially meet him you would be driving two hours round -trip every single time.
Stephanie (06:03)
This has been an ongoing issue since.
Kaitlin (06:12)
You have two hours down.
Stephanie (06:12)
No, it's 35 minutes actually from here to there because I'm going opposite of the traffic.
Molly Galler (06:21)
Okay, but even so, the fact that like, if you if every time he said he was going to come, you got in the car and went.
Stephanie (06:23)
if you do.
Well, actually that just made me remember. Nemo and I were going to go yesterday and I talked to my dad and he was like, maybe you should check and see if he did actually go instead of wasting time by driving out there. And sure enough, I would have wasted time if I had just gotten in the car to check.
Kaitlin (06:28)
Plus, I knew I was going to go to the state and talk to them. And sometimes, if you did, that's a waste of time. And I'm sure that's really nice of you to talk to them like that.
Molly Galler (06:43)
Right, and I think the fact that when he asks like, is it okay if I go today, when you are like, we are literally waiting only for you. Like there is no one else we would rather have inside the house except you finishing this job.
Kaitlin (06:46)
The other thing that's important to note is that the house has been for sale this whole time that he hasn't done it. And the photos have radiators that like look unfin... like the house, this beautiful house that Steph worked her tail off on, some of the pictures...
Stephanie (06:54)
you would rather have the inside of the house than accept you for finishing this job. The other thing that's important to note is that the house is, for example, this old timey home that he hasn't done it. And phone numbers have read leaders that look unfit. Like, the house, this beautiful house and stuff will turn tail off one. Some pictures do not look half as good as they could because he is a... He's a...
Molly Galler (07:07)
Thank you.
This beautiful house and stuff that you can tail off on, some pictures do not hold half as good as they could because he is... he's an unprofessional, he's a dark person, which is a very true word, may make more sense. And he just has no respect for you guys. He... the fact that I just... the fact...
Kaitlin (07:16)
do not look half as good as they could because he is a... He's an unprofessional piece of garbage person, which is a very sugar -coated way of saying what I wanted to say. And he just has no respect for you guys. The fact that he just... The fact that he has spent the time making excuses for three months...
Stephanie (07:22)
An unprofessional piece of garbage person, which is a very sure -muted way of saying what I wanted to say. And he just has no respect for you guys. The fact that he just... The fact that he has spent the time making excuses for three months and ignoring your texts and what not to have, I used to say to my students all the time, like, who could have had that kind of...
Kaitlin (07:44)
and ignoring your texts and whatnot what have you, I used to say to my students all the time, I'm like, you could have had it done 10 times over by now. You could have been done.
Stephanie (07:52)
He could have been done in March, but he kept pushing off things and things didn't arrive to the warehouse supposedly, or they went to the wrong warehouse. I mean, it's just one excuse after another. But I'm at the point where I'm like threatening to file a complaint with the attorney general is not working.
I know what I wanted to tell you, gals. My mother does not like any sort of negative news or murdery type stuff, any of that stuff. So when I handed her the last time she was here, my copy of Jessica Knoll's prom... Thank you. Why can I never get the title of that correct?
Kaitlin (08:11)
I know that actually now. My mother does not like any sort of fake news or murdery texts, I don't pick it up. So when I wanted her to go out to a ceremony, I just, you know, probably wouldn't take it. Well, I can remember. I don't know. Anyway, I think that's where I think we should start it.
Molly Galler (08:20)
So when I can't afford it, I can just tear it off and adjust it in order to...
young women.
And it was a great experience.
Stephanie (08:34)
Anyways, I gave it to her and figured she'd start it and not continue. And she has been texting me. She's a little bit slower than the three of us consume books. She has been loving it to the point where she sent me screenshots of her own sorority house, which what a hoot that is to see their hairdos back in the 70s. But she was at, not at that college, but she was in college at the time that that happened. So it's like, anyways.
Molly Galler (08:40)
She's a little bit slower than the three of us because she's young. She has a lot of energy to the point where she's sent to extreme schools. Her only story of how to make money was, I think, to get her to go to school in the 70s. But she was at college. She was in college. I was at college. So it's like, my god. So if you don't love murdering stuff, you could still love writing on it because it's so easy.
Kaitlin (09:01)
Thanks. So if you don't have a look at that, you could still break up because of the source.
Stephanie (09:02)
So if you don't love murdery stuff, you could still love bright young women because of the storytelling.
Kaitlin (09:10)
My update the last week or so...
Molly Galler (09:11)
The last thing, the last thing we first found, I can play it off.
Kaitlin (09:16)
I've been playing a lot of golf. even in the heat wave, I was in a member guest at Andover country club. We had planned this months ago. it was one of those things where my friend Mike, who was hosting us for this member guest had emailed the club and was like, are you guys still having it? It's going to be 97 degrees. The humidity is crazy. It was like the last day of a four day heat wave.
Molly Galler (09:19)
Even as we went, I was in an upper cast in a re -ecliptic club we had planned months ago. It was one of those times where my friend, who was close to us, this upper cast, had emailed the club and was like, are you guys still having fun? And we were like, excited to breathe, the humidity was crazy. It was like the last day of four day heat waves.
Stephanie (09:37)
and it's 97 degrees, the humidity is freezing. It was like the last day before the heat wave. And I was like, yeah, we're still doing this, we're on the clock. So I've like, felt in the worst heat I've ever been in the world. Like typically on a day like this, I'd be like, we can't have this, and take it out, it's like crazy insane.
Kaitlin (09:45)
And the club was like, yeah, we're still doing it, blah, blah, blah. So I played golf in the worst heat I've ever endured. Like typically on a day like that, I'd be like, okay, Netflix and take out and like crank the AC.
Stephanie (10:00)
As a side note, since we're talking about the number 35, for my 35th birthday we went to Palm Springs and I think our first day there it was 113 degrees.
Molly Galler (10:05)
Thank you.
Kaitlin (10:09)
That's a lot. But you won't probably just went in a pool. You didn't like do a sport.
Molly Galler (10:09)
I was also going to say that it was so hot that even when we went from these very plush daybeds that we were sitting on, the maybe two feet between the end of the daybed and the pool, it was like the bottom of your feet got
Stephanie (10:14)
Yeah, but there's also like no humidity. So like you dry so quickly that it's like almost not as refreshing as you would think it would be to swim. I mean, it still is when you're in the water.
Kaitlin (10:20)
So, in this way, all of you, not in your question, is particularly being too slow. I mean, it's still a little hard. I was going to say.
Molly Galler (10:39)
singed if you weren't wearing flip -flops from the like couple of steps it took before you submerged.
Kaitlin (10:47)
Okay, well, there was not one dry thing about me on Thursday. It was absolutely repulsive. I brought a change of clothes. There's like a dinner and awards and stuff. There was a luncheon to start and then there's dinner and awards afterwards. And I brought a change of clothes and like rinsed off in the shower after the round. They had like, like, like, like, like, like, like,
Stephanie (10:52)
So.
Molly Galler (11:09)
I love a cold towel. That to me is one of like the most luxurious things that can happen to a person.
Kaitlin (11:17)
with coolers filled with ice and towels in them and he had tongs and was just handing them out to people to put them on their neck.
Stephanie (11:17)
with cooler filled with ice and towels in them. It had columns and I was just handing them out to people with a college. I, a cold towel. That was the most interesting. It was the quality of these materials. It was like, well, it must be like ready to eat because everybody was suffering. It was bad. I didn't sit out the entire rolls, but there were like two rolls where...
Kaitlin (11:28)
It was, Molly, it wasn't even luxurious. It was like most of us were like ready to weep because we were like suffering. It was bad. I sat out, I didn't sit out entire holes, but there were like two holes where, cause we were playing like a best ball format. There were two holes where like I was already out of it. Like everybody else already had a better score than I did. And I was like, I'm going to sit in the car and like try and be a person because I do not feel good. And.
Stephanie (11:44)
Because we were playing basketball for a whole two goals for like, I was already out of it, like everybody else already had better sports than I did, and I was like, I'm gonna stand apart and like, try and be a person, because I'm not human. And it was a shot that was part of the whole team, and we were playing from one to five.
Molly Galler (11:54)
Like the Celtics parade. They moved it off the heat wave.
Kaitlin (11:59)
It was a shotgun start at one o 'clock in the afternoon. So we were playing from one to five. It was like there were so many things that the country club could have changed about it. And honestly, I hope they listen to this because they should have moved it to another day or they should have moved it to the morning. And they didn't.
Stephanie (12:03)
It was like, there were so many things that the country's constitution wanted, and honestly, I hope they listen to this because there's blue bridge another day, or there's blue bridge another morning, and then they had this, and it just sounds like it's coming into the heat. I know. Yeah. So, a million people were able to, and I love the way our country's running, 64 people that went running would have been.
Kaitlin (12:20)
I know. Yeah. So a million people were able to pivot and have it on a different day. Like I'm pretty sure the 64 people that played in this tournament would have lived. Anywho, so that's like one thing that happened. I made it through. We came in fourth place. We won some money. My brother had the longest putt, 23 feet, one inch. That was pretty sweet.
Stephanie (12:34)
Anyway, so that's like one thing that happened. I made it through, we came in fourth place, we won some money, my brother got the longest putt, 23 feet, one inch. That was pretty sweet. It was so, so unbelievable. Like, couldn't breathe the air, the sun was atrocious, the heat was atrocious. I'm a huge sunscreen fan, couldn't breathe, hair is skinned, and I got...
Kaitlin (12:49)
It was so, so unbelievably hot. Like you couldn't breathe the air. The sun was atrocious. The heat was atrocious. I'm a huge sunscreen wearer because I'm very fair skinned and I got, not a bad sunburn, but like it stuck around for a day or two right below my knee caps in the back. And I was like, hmm, knee pit sweat's a real thing. And my knee pit sweat just must've wiped out my sunscreen in that one little area. And that's.
Molly Galler (12:49)
It was so, so, unbelievable. I couldn't breathe anymore. The sun was atrocious. The heat was atrocious. I was a huge sunscreen fan from the very first game. And I got, I don't know if I can answer this, but I was stuck in front of a particular view right below my kneecaps in the bathroom. And I was like, hmm, we've hit what's a real thing. It just must have wiped out my sunscreen in that one little area. And that's...
Stephanie (13:04)
I was like, hmm, me too. That's the real thing. My knee fits, but just must have wiped out my sunscreen in that one little area. And that's on my entire body. I had like probably a fist size below each back of my kneecap.
Kaitlin (13:19)
Out of my entire body, I had like, probably a fist size below each back of my kneecap that got sunburned out of my whole body.
Molly Galler (13:19)
And you feel that because you sit at a desk so every time you bend your legs you're feeling that that skin is tight.
Stephanie (13:29)
And you help because you sit in a desk. So every time you bend your legs, you're feeling that skin is tight. Totally. So, so, you did it. Drove home in a crazy way. It ended up down for you within like 10 minutes when you get home. It was pretty wild.
Kaitlin (13:31)
Totally. So, so we did it, drove home in crazy wind. It ended up downpouring within like 10 minutes of me getting home. It was like pretty wild. The night before another like heat wave, I feel like stamp is that you go see a blockbuster movie. I think we've all done it probably to escape the heat. So Wednesday night I saw Inside Out 2.
Molly Galler (13:42)
in a crazy man, and everyone's down for it, and then like tiny little things get involved in it and everyone's like, the next four, I'm gonna like, treat like I feel like stamp is that you'll see a lot of us drooling, I think we've all done it properly, as you can see. So, I say, I don't know how you guys do. I feel like this is great. I think I'm really liking it because it's all about why you take care of your own computer, and -
Stephanie (13:49)
The next one, another like, great I feel stamp is that most of us really need a lot of the other colleges in the city. So with that, I said to, I feel like this is great. I think I really like it because it's all about where I can take care of people through puberty and obviously I have a lot of school English classes and so those are like.
Kaitlin (14:01)
I thought it was great. I think I really liked it because it was all about Riley, the main character going through puberty. And obviously I have taught middle school English for a long time. And so those are like, that's my bread and butter basically. And so I really enjoyed it. And like the new characters are like anxiety and envy and embarrassment. And I was like, yeah.
Stephanie (14:17)
That's my brain card basically. And so I have one card that has three characters or like two sides. An entity, an embarrassment, and a business. I was like, do they call us middle school teachers to like consult on this movie because it's like so, it probably will not. I will say.
Kaitlin (14:28)
This is, I was like, did they call in some middle school teachers to like consult on this movie? Because it was like, so it was really well done. I will say, I know that puberty is like a serious thing and that it's not like pleasant for most people, parents included. I didn't think it was as funny as the first one. Like it didn't have a lot of laughs. And the laughs that I did have were like.
Stephanie (14:38)
I know that reading is a serious thing, and it's not as pleasant to most people, parents included. I didn't think it was as funny as the first one. Like, I didn't have a lot of laughs, and the laughs that I did have were like, adult jokes, like, and these other adults. It was like a mixed bag of these, like, these are the same kind of these jokes, these are adults. And there's just great, like, blackout moments. People have worked hard.
Molly Galler (14:40)
And there's a lot more to talk about in the comments.
Kaitlin (14:53)
adult jokes, like, and it was other adults. It was like a mixed bag of who was in the movie theater because it was a 6pm movie. So there were kids and adults. And there just weren't as many laugh out loud moments. People had warned me that it was sadder than the first one. Disagree. You can't beat the sadness of Bing Bong. Like, I'm sorry.
Molly Galler (15:07)
People in the community, Saturday night or tomorrow, disagree. You can't eat Saturday night and tomorrow. Like, I'm sorry. Do you know what's the difference? They know it's true. Nice. So I want that to be a little bit.
Stephanie (15:08)
Do you know that's what I call Bingley?
Kaitlin (15:17)
Bing bong. Nice. so I like, I think I give it, I mean, Inside Out 1 is like probably it for the Pixar movies, it's probably Finding Nemo and then Inside Out for me. Like it's my, one of my faves. I'd say it's an eight and a half probably.
Stephanie (15:25)
Where does I just need to know for our friendship? where does up land in there?
no, is this the end of our friendship?
Molly Galler (15:43)
For the listener, Caitlin just made her face like it's not on the list.
Kaitlin (15:45)
It's like I don't know if we listed them. I'll tell you right now. I don't like the Incredibles and I don't really like Toy Story.
Stephanie (15:51)
That's fine. That's fine, but up is like integral to our friendship.
Kaitlin (15:56)
It's up is very good. I mean, I quote Doug all the time, the dog. I wanted a whole movie about Doug. I wanted a spinoff. And I taught a kid that looked exactly like the kid in up. Exactly. It was uncanny.
Stephanie (16:07)
And my top -dress was exactly like the pants in the office. Exactly. It was beautiful.
Molly Galler (16:12)
The fear that was just in Stephanie's eyes before Caitlin answered that question.
Kaitlin (16:17)
I mean, if you gave me a list of all the Pixar movies, I'm pretty sure Up would make the top 10, but I can't think of 10 Pixar movies off the top of my head right now. So we'll discuss that. I'll come up with a list. I'll send it to you. We can discuss it on the next episode. Fair. Played golf again, went to the Cape. Holy hell. Summer traffic is real.
Stephanie (16:25)
So we'll discuss the outcome of this. Also, if you can discuss it in the next episode. Yeah, perfect. Please also answer the question at the beginning. Hold on, now. Some of the crowd's a little loyal. I'm a fan of the Pride and the Fun, and I have been a fan of the Tiva and the Filmmakers. The Pride and the Fun, they're just so happy that I have this ball of fun. The Filmmakers, they just want to be able to entertain themselves.
Kaitlin (16:40)
I will never go Friday to Sunday again, because I am a diva and I don't work Thursdays and Fridays, but it just so happened that I had this golf tournament on Thursday. So I couldn't leave to go to the Cape until Friday. Never again. Won't do it again. The rest of the summer, three hours on Friday, two hours and 45 minutes today. The weather wasn't good. It was like misty and overcast the entire time I played golf again.
Stephanie (16:52)
Thank goodness Stephanie recommended you a podcast to get you through.
Kaitlin (17:10)
my gosh, Lost Hills. That it's really good. But she didn't tell me that there were four seasons. And so I'm listening to season one and talking to her about it. And she's kind of looking at me like, and I was like, are you listening to like a different podcast? She's on another season. She just, she didn't even know what she told me to do. But anyway, season one's great. I'm loving it. I listened to two episodes each way. If you're a murdery and not if you're murdery, if you're into murdery things, God, I hope we don't have any murdery people listening to this.
Stephanie (17:16)
I was talking to her about it, and she's like, what? And I was like, are you a social worker? She's like, no.
Molly Galler (17:24)
She's not a good teacher though. She doesn't even know that she told me to tell. But anyway, she's a great, unloved, and I'm glad that she's two hours those each way. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud of her. And I'm proud
Stephanie (17:28)
She has a fantastic podcast voice.
Kaitlin (17:40)
if you're into murdery things, Lost Hills is quite good. And I love the woman that does it, Dana Goodyear. She's a New Yorker writer. She, she has a great voice and also like her journalistic integrity is like way higher than, I mean, I was just listening to a Karen Reed podcast, which like low caliber mass hole person running that. So not good. so like just quality, like writing and investigating and it's just really good.
Stephanie (18:04)
So like this quality, like writing and investigating, it's just really good. And I think that some of the things going on at the moment, I think it just kind of like was the theme for me. I got the call from my deaf friend, Kate Donnell, did all my things. I'm hoping that this week is.
Kaitlin (18:09)
and I feel like I had some other things going on, but I don't, I did, the heat just kind of like was the, the theme of the week. And I got the golf done. I got the Cape done. I did all my things. I'm hoping that this week is, it's not that last week was, wasn't smooth. It was just like, it felt, there was like a little aspect of like survival mode mixed in with it. And like, I'm glad we got over that hump.
Molly Galler (18:19)
Yeah, agreed. I was doing things like asking myself, is the pavement too hot to take Scout outside for a walk? Like that's the level that we were at and...
Stephanie (18:27)
It's not that last week wasn't smooth, it was just like, it felt like there was a whole aspect of like, survival mode next to that and like, a lot of that opened up. Wait, I'm like, I was doing things that cost me myself, it was the pain to haunt, to take scout inside and co -op with, that's the level we were at. And obviously I wanted to have fun, but I also was like, hell no. Yeah, we can't. I think we better get this done, we gotta get the job done.
Molly Galler (18:49)
Obviously I want him to be fine, but also I was like, how long can we go? Like how many? Thankfully I have a fenced in yard and he could be on a grass for a little bit as needed, but for all the other pet parents out there, just like I see you. And that was really frigging hard. as far as my last week, I feel like I'm now like our South shore correspondent now that I'm spending a lot of time, down in hall and at the beach and similar to Caitlin, I was at the beach for the whole weekend and I was so excited and the weather was just terrible.
Like it was spitting or raining or downright pouring the entire time. So I went into what I call shop small mode where if I can't be at the beach, I just want to like visit all my favorite, like independently run places.
Kaitlin (19:32)
I did the same thing and I bought almost all of Stephanie's birthday gifts.
Molly Galler (19:36)
yeah, Steph's birthday's coming up right quick. I went to this place that I love called the Sugar Shack, which is quite literally a shack in the woods that is full of candy and pie and cinnamon rolls. And they now have these cocktail mixers and like all kinds of flavored ice teas. And they added for the first time ever pickles and like dilly beans and all these other things. And I was like, yeah, me too. And I was like, I don't.
Stephanie (19:51)
While there is sugar in pickling.
Kaitlin (19:58)
I love dilly beans.
Molly Galler (20:05)
know why this is in the sugar shack but I'm here for it.
Kaitlin (20:08)
my God, I just remembered all those all the pickling you did and you gave me back in the day. Now how long ago was that? You're right, Molly. What does she not do?
Molly Galler (20:10)
There you go, I'm sure that's why.
Stephanie (20:19)
I don't...
Molly Galler (20:19)
Earlier today we were talking about how Stephanie has all these hidden talents and like anytime she takes on a new task she just like slays it and it makes me have like so much imposter syndrome I can't even tell you. so anyway I went to the sugar shack then I went to this awesome bookstore in Cohasset called Buttonwood Books and I just love it there. They have great stationery, they have amazing books, they have so many great staff picks and you know when you read the staff pick descriptions of books you've already read to see if like
Kaitlin (20:38)
And I just think that they're trying to say, yeah, we need to see what they say if somebody's on staff. There's no need for staff. They're just virtually all supposed to be already read to see if you look at that right from every single article. I'm just saying, please try to look. And.
Stephanie (20:38)
And I just have a great station to have from these books that you're selling to the staff. It's a great staff, great descriptions of folks you've already met. Just see what it's like. You would call it a great station.
Molly Galler (20:48)
you agree with them. I agreed with every single review and I was like, these are my people. And they have an amazing toy and gift section and they also do stunning gift wrap, like just included. So if you are around the South shore and you're in need of like any kind of gift, that's a fabulous place. I went to this place called the Bread Basket, which is one of my favorite breakfast spots. And I don't know if the woman who writes the names on the to -go bags was like an artist or like a tattoo artist in a past life, but she always writes my name like.
Stephanie (20:57)
I'm just gonna give it a try. Just including. So if you are a non -suspecting artist, you can look at any kind of stuff that's a fabulous place. I own this place called The Dread Mast. I have a persona favorite by response. And I don't know what a fun thing it would be to write a book. I mean, it was a bunch of books. It was like an artist, a potential artist, a fantastic book. But Sean's writes my name. So nice. I'm gonna want to throw it back. It was so nice. I'm gonna want to throw it back. And today I have a...
Molly Galler (21:18)
so nicely I don't even want to throw the bag away like it looks so nice I'm like this is delightful and then today I wound up doing a ton of yard work because it was just not sunny and now I'm back and I'm just reading in the AC which I feel like has actually been kind of a nice byproduct of the heat wave is I'm like if I've got to be inside like I'm just going to keep reading and I've been blowing through books and I'm so excited to talk about the book we're talking about today but
Kaitlin (21:25)
And I'm just going to leave it and then see, which I feel like.
Stephanie (21:28)
because it was just not sunny. And now I'm back and I'm just reading and that is it. Which I feel like, as an actual reader, that is why I feel like reading is a matter of fact. I'm just thinking and I'm doing a lot of things. I'm supposed to be just talking about the book I'm reading today, but also when we get to our current meeting, I just feel like somewhere we can have a good foreword and I don't know if I'm saying this in a similar way.
Kaitlin (21:36)
I have another funny update. So my stepdad...
Molly Galler (21:46)
Also, when we get to our currently reading, I just feel like summer reading mode is like in full effect and I'm reading things that are set in the summertime, but I'm also back kind of like in the romance genre more steadily. It's just like a good time.
Stephanie (21:55)
So, I spent 10 exclusively when I grew my hopes until two years ago, and then I saw something on the internet that said, read perfectly, helps your memory, and all of a sudden, it was my pay for it.
Kaitlin (22:06)
exclusively read true crime books until like two years ago. And then he saw something on the news that said reading fiction helps your memory when you get old. And all of a sudden he was like, Hey, Caitlin, like, what kind of novels could you like one me that I might like and it's been this whole like, I've been trying to get him to read novels for like 25 years. Like this was I was like, the news told you to do it. So now you're doing it. I digress.
Molly Galler (22:06)
exclusively when food items are not essential.
Stephanie (22:21)
Well, then, I'm confident it's gonna be like one year that I can like spend the full like, I'm trying to think of three months for like 25 years or so. Just because I was so, so sick. So, I gave her a true life problem, and I also gave him...
Molly Galler (22:34)
So, I came to see her at the faculty, and I asked her if she had any disappointments, didn't say anything about it, I had to take a bit of this moment to state. And she was not really, just like, I mean, you know, just, you know, just the music, and it's like, there's no, like, I am totally not going to take any of this with anything, or I'm just going to take it, you know, I love it.
Kaitlin (22:35)
So I gave him She Rides Shotgun and I also gave him, deceptively, didn't say anything about it, I also gave him This Golden State. And She Rides Shotgun, he was like, I mean, it was, it was kind of like watching a movie. It was like very fast. Like I enjoyed it, but like, I didn't think it was like amazing. And I thought he was going to be like, love it. And he goes, but This Golden State, I was gripped from.
Stephanie (22:41)
deserve the money. Didn't think about it. I also gave them this golden stage. And she was like, I mean, it was like watching the movie. It was very balanced. Like, I enjoyed it.
And he goes, but this whole state, I was ripped from the first page. And then he has gotten to California. And he's like, the mom definitely has some kind of connection to that house. And I think that that is like a form of commerce, a form of military, a form of like this, that, that. He's like, he has all these like conspiracy theories about what Papi's family was like. And I completely die.
Kaitlin (23:04)
the first page. And then he gave me he has just gotten to the part where they've gotten to California. And he's like, the mom definitely has some kind of connection to that house. And I think that dad is like a former cop or former military or former like this, that the other and he's like, he has all these like, conspiracy theories about like what poppies family like went through and I am literally dying. He like can't put it down. Never.
Stephanie (23:30)
I would never.
Kaitlin (23:33)
Never really. So we're at dinner and he's like going off about all of his theories. And I was like, I wasn't going to tell you this, but that's a young adult book for like high school kids. And he goes, well, I really like it. So you can give me some more of these. I was like, we don't really have any, like, this is kind of a funky one, but I'll see what I can whip up. So now he's going to read young, like YA. What, what, something is in the water this summer.
Molly Galler (23:45)
And he goes, well, I don't like it. So you can't explore it. I was like, you don't really have it. This is kind of a fun to watch. And I'll see that from the lifetime. So now we sit here and we learn what's right and wrong. But sometimes it's in the heart. Sometimes I know there's weird, weird things happening.
Stephanie (23:52)
Did you give him, my God, the one we read right before it. Why am I blanking? Also YA. Thank you. Cause I feel like maybe worth a try.
Kaitlin (24:01)
I don't know what it is, but there's some weird, weird things happening.
Molly Galler (24:11)
All my range.
Kaitlin (24:12)
All my rage. He, you know what? I should give him that. He would probably like it. Worth a try for sure. For sure.
Molly Galler (24:22)
You also both just reminded me, I met some people who have been taking books from my little free library. I was coming back from the beach and I was like turning towards my house and yes. And these two women were like, my God, we've been waiting to see you to tell you how much we love your little free library. We feel like we don't have to go anywhere else to get books for the summer because you keep adding so many great things. And this, this woman, one of them who was younger.
Stephanie (24:29)
Ooh!
Kaitlin (24:29)
Yay!
You put bookmarks in there yet, by the way? Okay, good.
Molly Galler (24:51)
goes, I couldn't believe you had the throne of glass, which was Steph's book. And she goes, I'm so excited. She goes, I cannot wait to finish. She's like, is there any chance you have the other ones? And I said, I don't have them in my possession right now, but if I come into them, I'll let you know. And I said, I'll put them aside so that you don't have to worry that somebody else takes them. And the other woman with her was her mother -in -law. And she was like, I can't.
Stephanie (24:54)
Now I feel like I need to buy them all.
Kaitlin (24:54)
Molly, did you just commit to having a wait list for your free little library? No, you're not because you didn't even like it.
Molly Galler (25:21)
Okay.
But I feel like one of our big dreams is that maybe someday we would have our own bookshop. And I feel like people are responding to the books that we are reading and putting into this little free library. And they are going to have our bookmarks and they're going to know about this podcast. It's growing.
Stephanie (25:39)
What if you, okay, this is like maybe giving you too much work, but my favorite part of going to the library was getting to like look at the inside jacket to see like who had signed it out and stuff. What if you put some sort of thing on the inside, kind of where they could write like a little note where they were like, hi, I'm from here. I thought this about the book. Am I giving you too much homework?
Kaitlin (25:47)
A guest book?
Molly Galler (25:56)
Okay, we have to think about how to actualize this.
Kaitlin (25:56)
I just got a little weepy. I love it.
Stephanie (26:04)
They could put their email in there, just like something. So like people could start, you are getting weepy.
Kaitlin (26:10)
I love this! Now, it's because I don't have a house and I want a little library.
Molly Galler (26:10)
First of all, you're gonna get a house and we're gonna make sure you get a little library, but I never thought I would like chat with people and that has been so It's so nice and like I was joking with you guys when I first installed it I was like this town is not ready for like our great taste in books people usually just use those little free libraries to offload like stuff from their basement, but we are putting like
Stephanie (26:13)
If you could move that nose, I'll hug you.
Kaitlin (26:24)
Books bring people together.
Molly Galler (26:39)
right now, popular fiction and memoirs and YA and everything into there. And also, I don't have that many kids books, but I kind of want to because I'm noticing that around town, the other people who have them have a lot of kids books. So I'm going to work on them.
Kaitlin (26:54)
Say no more. I definitely have books to get rid of. Yeah, I probably do. Yeah.
Molly Galler (26:57)
You have kids books you're willing to part with? Okay, well, Brooklyn and I have Little Free Library is becoming quite popular.
Stephanie (27:04)
Here's my other thought, because I'm just like spitballing here, but what if you had like a little notebook instead, instead of having to put like an actual thing inside of each book, just put like an actual guest book inside there, somehow attach it so it can't be taken out, and they could just write like a little thing. They might want to, they might, you know.
Molly Galler (27:08)
Totally. I have to think about where to put it and also I don't like overstuff it because I don't want stuff to get wet in the rain, but I will think about where I...
could do that so people would like notice that it's there. I love this, both of these ideas. It's really been so fun.
Kaitlin (27:48)
Steph, I think you are launching us for the seven year slip.
Stephanie (27:53)
It's actually sort of, like, I can't think of the word right now, but the fact that it's almost my birthday, and you gave me...
We're not doing the Dead Romantics, but that was the first Ashley Poston book that you gave me, however many years ago. We are actually doing her second book today, The Seven Year Slip. Did I buy this or did someone gift this to me? Maybe I bought it. I loved the Dead Romantics. Similar feel actually, kind of ish. You didn't read that. Did you also read it? okay. Okay. So.
Kaitlin (28:09)
So we are off to do a second book today. This is how I'm going to flip. Did I? I love the double -sided text. The silver feel is really kind of ick. You know what I'm talking about. right. Okay, so I'm going to talk about how I'm a legend, but I'm also a true other ghost. This one doesn't have to be like a ghost, but somehow maybe just a sort of nightmare.
Molly Galler (28:09)
We haven't read it yet. You're the only one who read the dead romantics.
Stephanie (28:30)
I won't even talk about that one, but it does have to do with a ghost. This one doesn't have to do with a ghost, but somehow maybe it's just the supernatural aspect of it, I guess you could say. The seven -year slip, I would call this almost like an adult Narnia in that, don't you think? In that there is...
Kaitlin (28:39)
See what happens.
Stephanie (28:54)
So I don't even know how to begin about this. Clementine, also the reason I love this is because she has a fantastic relationship with a non -parent, an aunt. The aunt gifts her her apartment or condo, I don't know what you want to call it, in New York City. And when she walks in, it's like going through the closet to Narnia and that...
she steps into like a magical place because in this case it's sort of like a time rift, I guess you'd maybe qualify it. When she walks in there, not every time, but sometimes maybe when she needs it, there is someone that's in there in a different time period or someone's actually, did that just give stuff away? Anyways, I don't know how to go about talking about this book without like spoiling things.
Kaitlin (29:40)
or phone lines.
Molly Galler (29:44)
I feel like so I would yeah, so I would describe yeah, I totally get why you're making the Narnia comparison. I feel like if you like a time hop story, you will like this. And Steph's right that there's this unknown element where like sometimes she comes home and she's seven years earlier. And sometimes it's just present day.
Stephanie (30:08)
And so that's just present time. And as the reader, I do not have a place to go in the book. It is what is happening at certain times. And I felt like I was wishing for her to be the seven years earlier because I wanted more of this relationship she was forming in the before time. And even though it was really important in the present day, I just wanted more in the earlier magic.
Molly Galler (30:11)
And as the reader, you're not quite sure why it is or isn't happening at certain times. And I found myself wishing for it to be the seven years earlier because I wanted more of this relationship she was forming in the before time. And even though I was rooting for her in the present day, I just wanted more in the earlier magic time.
Kaitlin (30:14)
She also works for a book publisher, and she's like climbing the corporate ladder and really focused on her career when her aunt
passes and leaves her this apartment. And her aunt also has like weaved these tales about how the apartment is magical and like how things will happen when you're in it if you give it a chance kind of thing. And she meets this guy, Ewan. We think it's Ewan, I -W -A -N. We're going with like Ewan McGregor. That's what we think it is. Who is like a chef.
Stephanie (31:05)
This is like one party. That's what we did for this. Who is like a chef. This is Southern Calvin. And.
Kaitlin (31:15)
he's a Southern gentleman and he says that he is friends with her aunt and that he's been told he can like sublet the apartment for the summer. And they basically try to like coexist in the apartment because it seems like she is so career focused that she, if not that she doesn't have friends, she just like, hasn't really let herself let her guard down and like actually put the effort into dating and like doing all these things.
Stephanie (31:19)
He says that he is friends with her aunt and that he's been holding onto something that they are and he basically tried to co -exist with her because it seems like she is still totally focused on the shooting. It's not that she doesn't have friends, she just hasn't really thought herself, let her guard down and I actually put the effort into dating and I do all these things. I didn't finish my book.
Kaitlin (31:46)
I didn't finish this book.
Molly Galler (31:46)
Wow.
Stephanie (31:49)
But wait, because you ran out of time or because you didn't like it? Be specific.
Kaitlin (31:53)
Because I didn't like it. So my rule is 50 pages. I gave it 93. And I thought it was so corny. And like, Ewan is like, it was just like, I felt like I was reading a Hallmark TV show script. Like, and then this guy magically appears in this apartment that her aunt bequeathed to her. Like, it just felt like.
Molly Galler (32:04)
and like, the unit is like, it was just like, I felt like I was reading a homework TV show script, like, and then this guy, I was here to miss a part in it and I was like, wait, to her, it just felt like, and I really wasn't supposed to have it, but fairytales, I knew it, it was like, it was fairytales. Yeah, I didn't expect that, it was not me. Does anyone said I'm not?
Stephanie (32:14)
And then this slide that's going to turn into this carpet and not a concrete carpet. And I know you're all supposed to have it, but you know, it's so hard to see. Look on Molly's face right now. Yeah, I didn't know that. It was so hard to see.
Kaitlin (32:20)
And I know it's supposed to have like a fairy tale aspect to it and like...
Yeah, I didn't finish it. It was not for me. The second you said Narnia, I was like, I hated those effing books and I taught one of them one year. I did not like those books at all. I thought they were ridiculous. No, because the first time I read them, I didn't realize there was a religious aspect. I just...
Stephanie (32:32)
this.
Molly Galler (32:34)
I have these with us, and I thought that you both had it up. I think you and I did a good job. No, we did a good job. That's right. Yeah, it was fantastic.
Stephanie (32:40)
Is it because of the religious aspect of it?
Molly Galler (32:50)
I'm sorry. Okay, finish your thought and then I'll resume.
Stephanie (32:53)
Molly is frozen in shock.
Kaitlin (32:58)
So I really wanted to like it. And it was just like, this boy, like her career is going so well and everything's going so well except her aunt died. But her aunt died and left her this like badass apartment. And then magically her like dream boy is also in the apartment. And I was like, really Clementine? Like you're getting all this shit. Come on.
Stephanie (33:17)
except that they're in different time periods so like they can't live a life.
Molly Galler (33:22)
Thank you.
Kaitlin (33:23)
which I knew was just going to aggravate me. I was like, I'm going to root for them. And then it's going to be like they can't actually be together because of the time warp, whatever it is. Like I was like, this is corny and ridiculous. And I just, I couldn't get into it. I like wanted to like it. And like, I thought some of the writing was really funny. Like I thought Clementine was pretty funny and like self -deprecating and she had some like good moments. But then I was just like,
A magical apartment? Like, I don't want to read this.
Molly Galler (33:54)
Okay, listeners, if you don't want spoilers, just seek ahead for like the next 90 seconds while I say two things. You gave up on this book before they meet again in the present day at the same time. So you did not get a chance to see what happens when it stops being magical and just starts being, they're actually meeting each other for real. You also didn't make it far enough to find out why he knows the aunt and how he got involved in the apartment, which is like a pretty huge reveal about the aunt and her life.
and things that Clementine didn't really know or understand about her aunt's life that I thought made the story much like richer and rounder and fuller. I agree that there's corniness in the first third where it just feels kind of like, is this all too good to be true? And like nothing bad is ever going to happen. But I felt like once it caught up to the present day, it got a lot more interesting. Cause it was like, if this isn't like a magical fantasy, can it actually be something real? And that's the part I liked the most.
Kaitlin (34:43)
There's sorry, there's also that part where And I don't think this gives anything away, but basically the aunt alludes to like having a relationship with somebody that was like a ghost of the whatever whatever we're calling the people from the past
Stephanie (35:01)
We'll tell you the stuff you missed off air so that you can understand better without ruining it for the listeners.
Kaitlin (35:11)
and she had a relationship with a woman and she was like, it just couldn't happen in real life and like blah, blah. Which I was like, that makes me nervous about this guy that shows up in the apartment.
I mean, you don't have to, but okay.
Molly Galler (35:34)
Also, I just need to say, this is part of a broader conversation, the three of us.
Kaitlin (35:38)
Also chapter 35 and I finally like didn't finish it. I mean like that's pretty good. It's a pretty good. No, no chapter 35 of our podcast. And I finally didn't finish one. And let me tell you, I hate finished the Kerry Washington book.
Stephanie (35:41)
You said 93.
Molly Galler (35:43)
Episode 35.
Stephanie (35:53)
Yeah, but there was another one you didn't finish. Which one was that? Not important. There was one. At the beginning.
Kaitlin (35:58)
I know, I've read all of them, because the Kerry Washington was the one that I wanted to spike on the ground the most.
Molly Galler (36:05)
I think you gave up on glossy.
Kaitlin (36:07)
No, I finished that. I didn't want to.
Stephanie (36:09)
I think it was a memo. Anyway, it's not important.
Molly Galler (36:12)
Anyway, it doesn't matter. But what I was going to say is that we've been having a conversation amongst ourselves just in our text thread all the time about our good reads reading goal for the year. So Steph is a fucking beast part of my French and already hit her goal. She said her goal as 40 books for the year. And last week she already hit it, which is psycho. And then Caitlin, okay, she's at 41 out of 40, which is insane. And then Caitlin.
Stephanie (36:18)
I'm at 41.
Kaitlin (36:26)
Okay.
Molly Galler (36:38)
told us that she was at like 18 or 19 and we were like that's impossible because we've seen how many books you've read but we've learned that you don't count the ones you don't finish.
Kaitlin (36:48)
My brother and I actually just had a conversation about this like a week ago because he asked me he and Zibo both asked me like, what do you do with those books and Zibo is not even on Goodreads. He has his own Google Doc that I have very generously been shared on that I can see all of his books he's read in the last like eight years, and what he's rated them one to 10. And
Stephanie (36:49)
Well yeah, you shouldn't count them unless you do.
Molly Galler (36:49)
No, I know, but just that like there was such a chasm between how many has been finished and what the goal is.
Kaitlin (37:18)
I, Brad was like, you know, what do you do? What happens? Like, what do you do with the books that you don't finish? And I'm like, I either delete them from my Goodreads or I move them back to, to be read depending on how I feel about it.
Stephanie (37:19)
You don't just leave them? Because I have like five books that I haven't finished, but will eventually. They're just like in limbo in my currently reading.
Molly Galler (37:28)
or I can step back to the breath. Depending on how you feel about it.
Kaitlin (37:37)
No, I don't love the limbo situation that much. And so I either move them back to to be read or I if I know that I really don't like it, then I remove it from all my shelves.
Stephanie (37:52)
Got it. I want to say one thing. I feel like the seven year slip is sort of like a more fantastical conversation about relationships that are created in sort of a bubble and trying to see whether that chemistry can exist outside of. Like.
Kaitlin (38:14)
You're right, I didn't finish glossy, I just looked.
Stephanie (38:19)
I feel like in real life and in books, I enjoy that sort of, you know, a relationship could be, let's talk about golden hour, like a relationship could be so magical and wonderful in a vacation setting. Can you take it outside of the vacation setting? I mean, this is sort of like the most grandiose type where it's like literally in a magic apartment, can you take it out and it also exists and works type thing, you know?
Molly Galler (38:29)
Like a relationship, if you still have real people in that relationship, can you take it out? I don't think you should say it. I mean, this is sort of like the most grandiose type where it's like literally in a fad of pertinent, can you take it out and it also exists and works, you know? So I was, I always thought we could do it in the middle of a relationship. But if I could guess.
Kaitlin (38:33)
the future of it. Can you see that? I can see that.
the most great type where it's in the department can you get out and also exists and works. So I was, I think I just got a little duped and then got a little bitter about being duped. If I had to guess. Maybe I revisit this book at some point. I don't know. But I also I would definitely watch it as a movie. I will say that. Like I would be interested.
Molly Galler (38:58)
It should be a movie.
Kaitlin (39:07)
Yeah, I would be interested in seeing that. Because like I've read The Time Traveler's Wife and I really liked that book. And I've read, I'm trying to think of another time jump one.
Stephanie (39:16)
What's the one with Meg Ryan, no, it's a movie, but Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman and he comes through like an elevator.
Molly Galler (39:25)
Is that Kate and Leopold?
Kaitlin (39:25)
no, I don't know that one. sweet.
Stephanie (39:27)
Thank you. I used to own that on BHS.
Molly Galler (39:29)
I was gonna say my favorite time hop is Una Out of Order, which I don't know if you guys read.
Stephanie (39:36)
Wait, what's the one? my God. He's a Weasley.
Kaitlin (39:41)
I love that movie about time. I sob every single time I see that movie. It is a hard cry for me. It's such a beautiful movie. So I like time jumps and I like time, whatever we want to call them. I like those. I don't like when it's like.
Stephanie (39:43)
Leap year about time. Yeah. great.
Kaitlin (40:07)
Like I thought that this was going to be one of those books, like the same day gets repeated over and over again. Or maybe it's a book where like she, it's second chance romance and she dates somebody from seven years earlier that she bumps into them or what. Like I didn't think it was going to be like a magical apartment. So going into it, I had like the wrong frame. And so then I started reading it and I was like, what? Like I just was, I, it just.
Stephanie (40:07)
Like I thought that this was the other concept, the same thing.
Molly Galler (40:23)
Totally.
Stephanie (40:23)
So go ahead.
I think this is why oftentimes I do I have so many books that I could pick one up and not remember why I purchased it I do not allow myself to read the inside cover or back cover before I crack into page one I just start off
Molly Galler (40:32)
like I just can't explain it. I just like really want to do that report and also like just trying to help people.
Kaitlin (40:35)
I can't explain it, but I just like maybe wasn't in the mood for it and also like was expecting something totally different.
Well, that's what I did with this. That's why I thought it was a second chance romance where she's dating somebody from seven years ago. If I had read the back of the book, I would have like maybe been a little ready, but that didn't happen. The blurb also doesn't really totally give away that that's kind of like the premise of how it's going to go down.
Stephanie (40:56)
completely.
Molly Galler (41:12)
I feel that The Seven Years Club would make a perfect 90 minute Netflix rom -com. Like 100%. It would be, it has all the right sort of like beat points. It has like the magicalness that's intriguing and also watching it, it's less of a time commitment than reading this entire book.
Kaitlin (41:23)
Yeah, I could see that.
Stephanie (41:23)
Yeah.
Molly Galler (41:42)
I, but I like this category of stories, I guess I would say. Like the, I like the time hop setup. And I think we've read a bunch, all of us that we've really, really loved and you know, movies too. so if you are a person that usually enjoys that, I would say give this a shot. and I didn't read the Dead Romantics yet. Actually, Steph gave it to me and I took it from my TBR pile and brought it here for today. I do really want to read that. And I know that Ashley Poston has a book, that.
by the time you guys are listening to this, will have come out on June 25th. So there will be yet another opportunity to read some of her writing. If either of these premises don't appeal to you, she has something brand new.
Kaitlin (42:13)
Have either of you noticed this trend that's happening where romance novelists are including an aunt? I know Steph was always saying like a non -parent like good relationship.
Stephanie (42:13)
So, there will be people that have the opportunity to read some of her writing if either of these premises don't appeal to you, she has something. Have you noticed this trend of tapping in and care, where it's novelists are leaning and aren't, I know this is always kind of like a novel and a good relationship.
Kaitlin (42:40)
It's been on a lot recently for some reason and florists. Did you notice that the florist thing that's been pot? So there's a.
Stephanie (42:40)
It immediately made me think of Colleen Hoover. Something bloom. Isn't her name Lily Bloom or something?
Kaitlin (42:53)
So the Colleen Hoover book, she's got the florist aspect to it. It ends with us. She owns Lily's, or what is it called? Lily's? Yeah, Bloom. Yeah, it is. Yeah. So she opens Bloom's Buds. We don't know what it's called. So that's in that book. And then I read the, yes, then we read the new Carly Fortune book.
Molly Galler (42:54)
So we got her from her mom. She's a forest, as I've said, and she writes those lilies. What is it called? Blue is an arpego. So she wrote this blue bus. So that's the end of that book. And then I had the new book.
Stephanie (43:15)
And then I read the PEI book we just read.
Kaitlin (43:23)
and that she's a florist in that and she has an aunt that dies. And then we read seven year slip and...
He's a chef, which like the PEI book also has like the oyster shucker works at a restaurant, runs an Airbnb kind of thing. And then we also in the seven year slip have the aunt that dies. So it's like aunts dying, florists, restaurant adjacent people, book publishers. I don't know. I feel like these authors are just like reading each other's books and they're like, Ooh, that'd be fun if I like used that, you know, like job or.
Molly Galler (43:31)
He's a chef, which like the E .I. can also ask, but he's a chef who likes to cook, so that's why he's here.
And then also, it was going to be started out on the guys. So it was like, on -site, tourists, restaurant, it was so cool. Book folks. I feel like it's awesome to be so creative with all these books. I'm like, that is a lot of fun to be able to do that job or religion or whatever. And it's really a classical book to my credit. And I'm like, I know, I'm just so smart. And it's like, I can't read that. It's just awesome.
Stephanie (43:53)
So I just took a few books and they're like, ooh, that'd be fun. And I'm like, that's, you know, like, jobs or religion or whatever. And so it's class. The books that I read are just so fun. And so I call them my favorite.
Kaitlin (44:00)
relationship or what I don't know. I just feel like the last couple books that I've read I've been like haven't I done this before and then I'm like right that was in this one.
Molly Galler (44:10)
Yeah, I see that. I was when you were saying florists, I was thinking of Tia Williams love song for Ricky Wilde. She's a florist in that.
Stephanie (44:14)
Mm -hmm.
Kaitlin (44:18)
I didn't even read that one, so there you go. Huh, fascinating. Well, sorry that I didn't finish it. What is everybody reading right
Stephanie (44:27)
I just read Hannah Bonham Young's Out on a
I saw a different cover on, I don't know, could have been Instagram or something. And I was like, I love that cover.
Kaitlin (44:42)
Did you buy that at Belmont Books' birthday? Yes, I did. Wow, you just got that book. You're already done? Yes, I'm trying to get my interest in this. Dang. I need to get back to the site. Please tell me if you have the book that you're reading.
Stephanie (44:45)
Yes, I think I did.
Yeah, sometimes you just need to take a...
Molly Galler (44:51)
Wait, please tell the people about your new outdoor reading
Stephanie (44:56)
I have a new outdoor sectional, which allows me to recline. God, it's like a full dream. Also, it's in shade until probably 2 p So even if it's hot, I can sit out there. Nemo had half of the couch. I had the other half. We didn't have to be like on top of each other. He could adjust and it didn't like ruffle my feathers. And then with the plants.
Kaitlin (45:03)
Also, it's in the shade until probably 2 p So even if it's hot, you can sit out there.
Molly Galler (45:21)
It's very dreamy out there.
Stephanie (45:21)
you make a cocktail. It's just like, yeah, I grew up with a greenhouse as part of our house and inside. So this is like an in attached indoor greenhouse. And my dad had bought these swing woven chairs that are like the epitome of perfect reading spots because it's bright light. But you're indoors if it's like a colder day and you're swinging which is like
Molly Galler (45:36)
because so many people care about like the idea of putting a person close to the written side so you have a great life. But you're in your own world if it's like a major event. And so, which is like, the dream. And it's not in this book. This is, I don't know, I don't know if you probably saw it, but it's not in the book. Wait, well, it's there first, and then it's out, it's two of those.
Kaitlin (45:44)
because it's bright light, but you're indoor if it's like a closure to that, and it's too light, which is like the dream. And we found in this book, this is, I don't know, I don't know how I saw it, but I saw it in a way that those characters were balanced to the way that Amy and Sarah were like a box, and I...
Stephanie (45:51)
a dream. Anyways, back to this book. I don't know how I saw it, but I saw a different cover where both characters have their backs to the reader and they're looking out at the water. I immediately noticed he had a prosthetic leg and I was like, I haven't really read anything with like, I mean, I feel like spectrum.
Kaitlin (46:10)
He had a prosthetic leg. I was like, I should've really read some things. I mean, I feel like spectrum disorder, we've been seeing a lot of those. I've seen characters on them, but I haven't seen any sort of differently -approved characters. And this one, they both have something. So he has a prosthetic leg, and he, like the author, has a prosthetic elbow in his hand. So it's interesting that I keep going forward and going forward.
Stephanie (46:18)
disorder. We've been seeing a lot more books with characters on that, but I hadn't seen any sort of differently abled characters. And on this one, they both have something. So he has a prosthetic leg and she, like the author, has an underdeveloped hand. So it's interesting and I hope that going forward there are more books that sort of encompass all types of people.
Kaitlin (46:40)
sense for that. Can I just tell you, you've been waving that book in front of my face for like two or three minutes and I'm just noticing the prosthetic leg now. It didn't didn't even pop out at me at all. I didn't even like think about that being part of the story.
Molly Galler (46:44)
No, I was just going to say, if you're in the Boston area, there are two sisters that own a business called
Stephanie (46:52)
Didn't you even pop out at all? How do you think about that being part of the story? I think in the different cover that I had originally seen you would notice it more because they're both standing up. So, sorry, were you going to say something?
Molly Galler (47:12)
Read My Lips Boston, and they have some disabilities themselves and are very passionate about stories that show all kinds of abilities and differences. And if you're looking for more of books, like what Steph's talking about right now, you should follow them. It's Read My Lips Boston on Instagram and like daily they're sharing new books and ideas.
Stephanie (47:30)
Wonderful. So this is the characters are Wyn and Bo. Wyn, her name is Wynna Fred, but she doesn't like that. So she goes by Wyn. It starts at a Halloween party. She is dressed as a pirate. She always dresses as a pirate and hits her best friend's house. Her best friend is sort of like a kept woman. She doesn't work. Her husband is making like boatloads of money. And so she loves to throw a party. So she goes like over the top.
Kaitlin (47:41)
I'm not sure if that's what she was doing. It starts with a funny thing. She is not so hard. She always is so hard. Her best friend is house. Her best friend is her type of woman. She doesn't work with a woman.
Stephanie (47:59)
So anyways, they meet across, I can't remember if it's like the Punchbowl or something. They're both dressed as pirates. The banter is hysterical and they're trying to like one up each other. And then she pulls off her hook to show why she has it. And she looks down and he has wrapped faux wood sticky stuff around his prosthetic leg to make it look like a peg leg. So they're like one -upping each other as pirates. It's fantastic as like a meet -cute.
Molly Galler (48:12)
to show why she has it and she worked out that we have wrapped faux -faux sticky stuff around the crossfit like they do on the outside. And they're like, awesome, you can cover it in Paris. It's fantastic, it's like, cute. The band's work is great throughout the entire form. There's like, they're in the very best shape to a time to use the wrap. They're like, my best friend, awesome, so like, the best condition to have, you know, I don't know.
Kaitlin (48:24)
It's fantastic as a Q. The band's worth way above the entire show. There's like a third -party aspect to it. Dungeon and Scenery is there. It's like the best friend aspect of like the best friend who has, you know, everything in watch to all these previous chapters where you don't feel like you're not throwing something to the table. When you live in a basically a typical house.
Stephanie (48:28)
The banter is great throughout the entire thing. There's like their nerdy aspect of Dungeons and Dragons. There is like the best friend aspect of like the best friend who has, you know, everything and wants to always treat you to stuff and sort of like you don't, you don't want to feel like you're not bringing something equal to the table. Wynn lives in a, basically the epitome of my apartment that I had for 12 years in Summerville, like a 375 square foot one.
Molly Galler (48:49)
when you live in a place that basically is a place of comfort and for all your family members, where you have a place of comfort and for all your friends and for all your partners. It was kind of like a trigger, I'm sure. And she feels personally blessed to have been part of this. It was delightful and fun and I will say it made me want to ask you guys what you think about...
Stephanie (48:58)
room apartment which was kind of like triggering for -
Kaitlin (48:58)
wrote her. It was a challenge for me. And she felt first glance, I just don't mind. It was delightful and fun and I will say it made me want to ask you guys what you think about content learning. She has a content learning team and I looked through what she had listed and was like...
Stephanie (49:03)
And she fills hers with plants. I just filled mine with animals. It was delightful and fun. And I will say, it made me want to ask you guys what you think about content warnings because she has a content warning at the beginning. And I looked through what she had listed and was like.
Molly Galler (49:20)
She has a fun headdress at the beginning. And I looked through what she had listed and was like, I don't think you need this much. It's kind of different stuff. I mean, maybe it's because I'm pretty confidant. I'm a little bit of a blackbird in life. Yeah, that really brings you to my school. So thank you for like, my school. And I didn't have to do that before. I mean, it's kind of a sad thing to do. It's also a fun thing. Yes. But I feel like sometimes I'm like,
Kaitlin (49:28)
I don't appreciate it less. No one's gonna stop me. I mean, maybe it's because I just went red after I got my first blackbird and like, yeah, the only choice I could make was to be so thankful for like, my parents. Yeah, that was more of a choice. I mean, it's, yeah. But I feel like sometimes I still like offer something else to apologize for like, everyday things that like, I didn't contribute to.
Stephanie (49:28)
I don't think you needed to let us know any of this stuff because I mean, maybe it's because I recently read butcher and Blackbird and like, yeah, that ruined cookies and cream ice cream for me. So thank you for like warning me in advance. Like that was warranted because it's a, I mean, there's cannibalism in that. So yes, but, but I feel like sometimes I feel like authors think they have to apologize for like everyday things that like, I didn't think she needed to.
Kaitlin (49:58)
If we, if slash when we get some authors on the pod, that is something that I would definitely like to ask about because I don't know how author driven that is versus publisher driven. And I would like to know whether who's pushing for that basically, because I said in an earlier pod, probably when we were talking about all my rage, that there were quite a few things referenced in the trigger warning section that.
Stephanie (49:58)
to put this at all because none of it.
Mm.
I was pushing for that.
that they were pointing to the same directives in through pre -sexuals that also were spoilers as well, because I didn't know that that's what the focus was going to go. Right. So I feel.
Kaitlin (50:28)
also like were spoilers as well because I didn't know that that's where the book was going to go. So I feel like it's really tough. It's really tough. And it's like almost like a censorship kind of like what are, you know, and, you know, I think for a book like All My Rage, especially it's like, okay, is this an adult book? Is this a young adult book? Like, how are we?
Stephanie (50:39)
It's really tough. It's really tough. And it's almost like censorship, kind of. And for a public like, I'm pretty sure especially like, we as an adult, we have this kind of problem of like, how are we going to market this? Who are we targeting in that kind of like, expanded growth problems? And so I think that's...
Kaitlin (50:54)
going to market this, who are we targeting? And then it ended up like spanning both genres. And so I think that I'm guessing it's publisher driven, honestly.
Molly Galler (50:57)
I think that like span of both formats and so I think that I think that I guess that it's probably true. Like sometimes I'm like, there's a time when I used to turn to the one that's real. like you don't sit up and be out with you about like I didn't actually like what it was, but it's like, I don't know. Maybe because I read the entire.
Stephanie (51:04)
Well, like sometimes I'm wondering if they're just trying to like appease to Karens of the world to be like, I better let them know so they don't write like a bad review about like, I didn't mention this, this and this, but it's like.
I don't, maybe because I read the entire spectrum of stuff, like some stuff that's like horrifying. For example, I won't name the book because I can't think of the title of it, but Caitlin lent me a book probably about six years ago that I took on a tropical vacation. It dealt with a, it was a young girl who I think is like 12 in the book, maybe 13, who is being continually abused and raped by her father. It was not tropical.
Kaitlin (51:20)
I think that maybe I read the entire fact most often that I'm stuck in time for my involvement. For example, in the book, as I mentioned earlier, I love it. Caitlin let me about probably about six years ago. I was talking about a possible vacation. It dealt with a young girl who was like 12 in the book, maybe 13, who was being continually under -stripped by her father. It was not that big.
Molly Galler (51:24)
of stuff is unselfishly poor, high -end, and funny. For example, I feel as though I have to pretend that I'm a feline, a lesbian, or a problem -out -of -tune, a child, a prostitute, a gent, it dealt with a list of no -goes.
Stephanie (51:49)
vacation rating by any means and that one didn't have any warnings that I can remember.
Kaitlin (51:49)
What the hell book was that? yes, that book was really well written. Something about my beautiful darling, my absolute darling, my absolute darling, I think.
Molly Galler (52:00)
He's like a sleep type person. yes. That is really cool. Yeah, but that is like, you're not having a good sleep. You're having a hard sleep. You're having a hard sleep. I am having a hard sleep. And that's me.
Stephanie (52:00)
He's like a doomsday type person.
It was, yeah, but that is like, like if there had been a trigger warning.
I That needed warnings and I wouldn't have read it if I had I Don't remember there being warnings anyways, I just feel like we've gotten to a point where everyone is trying to be very like political about like I'm just gonna warn you that like this this and this but it's like Like anxiety warnings. Okay, I don't need the warning. I deal with that on a regular basis. It's not going to trigger me by reading it. I
Kaitlin (52:16)
I thought it did have warnings.
Molly Galler (52:22)
Anyway, essentially, we got so much for our conference trying to be very cool with us. I just don't want to be a guest listener, so this might, like, exactly what it is. OK, I don't think it's that. I just don't have a place. This is not really for your own happiness.
Stephanie (52:41)
I don't know. I just...
Kaitlin (52:41)
I don't know if I just.
Molly Galler (52:44)
I think it's a tree, but I feel like there's more to it than what it is, and I think that's okay. I just want to read the pirate meet -cute now. It's so exciting how it's so hot, and how it's so dark.
Stephanie (52:44)
I think it's a tricky subject, but I feel like there are so many times where I'm like, you don't need to warn me about this, it's okay.
Kaitlin (52:44)
think it's interesting. Yeah. The book that I am about to start tonight, like after we finish podcasting, this is my plan for the evening is called the Friday afternoon club. And
Stephanie (52:57)
It's so good. I was reading it like Molly is going to die when she reads this.
Molly Galler (53:04)
like after you say I'm not this type of person, is called the Friday Afternoon Club. And I have a bunch of bookstores to look at. It's pretty tight for a club. And.
Kaitlin (53:12)
I had to go to multiple bookstores to locate this book. It's written by Griffin Dunn. And if you don't know Griffin Dunn, you probably do. He was in, he was like a background actor in like a million eighties movies. And then you might know him as Uncle Nicky on This Is Us. He also has like pretty famous parents. His aunt was Joan Didion. He directed a documentary about Joan Didion.
Stephanie (53:31)
He also has a pretty good experience. His aunt was drunk again. He drank.
Kaitlin (53:40)
that was beautiful. I'm a huge Joan Didion fan. The documentary he did about her was beautiful. He grew up in New York City, kind of like socialite lifestyle parents, I would say. And I forget if he's a teenager or in his 20s, his sister gets murdered by her boyfriend who had been abusive, like long -term. And so his parents...
end up starting like a foundation that raises money to one, I don't know all the details, but one, I think help battered women. And two, I think there's a real issue of justice in his sister's case that I don't really know how it gets resolved, which is I kind of like not knowing all of the end results when I'm going into a memoir like this, but those are like the snippets of what I know. Like she was killed, he was an abusive partner.
his parents started this foundation, it became like a big like landmark moment of his coming of age, I would say. And also one of his best friends was Carrie Fisher. And there's photos of him at the premiere for Star Wars. And there are quotes of him being like, yeah, I was at some like sci -fi movie premiere that Carrie was in and like nobody thought it was going to be anything, which I think is hilarious. So he's just had a lot of different things.
Molly Galler (55:01)
which I think is hilarious. So he's just kind of a positive on things happening in his life. He's been on literary projects, movie stars, his parents played really cool on the play, when I would call it the true writing scene and what really built that up. He was in LA, he was in New York, he went pretty good all the time. And at the same place, I just think he's given us really interesting perspectives. And it's been a direct,
Kaitlin (55:06)
happen in his life and he's been around like literary giants, movie stars, you know, his parents like really came on to like what I would call like the true crime scene and like really built that up. He's lived in LA, he's lived in New York during pretty pivotal times in the United States. Like I just think he's going to have some really interesting perspectives. And if his directorship on the Joan Didion,
Stephanie (55:12)
movie star, you know, his parents like really came up with like what I would call like the true privacy to a person who built that one. he's in LA, which we all have during pretty difficult times in the United States. Like I just think he's gonna have some really interesting perspectives. And if this director's choice on the term, if it is documentary, the thing, and he's gonna reflect his writing is going to be, it should be very enjoyable.
Molly Galler (55:31)
I'm very excited to read that when you're done. I just I like his whole persona like what I've seen of him in press interviews and obviously I loved him in This Is Us. It's always fun. I feel like when people who you encounter in one artistic vein actually have like talents in another so you know maybe people know him from This Is Us and he turns out to be a brilliant writer.
Kaitlin (55:34)
documentary is any indication of what his writing is going to be like, it should be very enjoyable.
Molly Galler (56:00)
Also, that was reminding me, I read a Tom Hanks collection of short stories called Uncommon Type that was actually great. And I was like, Tom Hanks, like you have so many talents. I don't understand. In terms of what I'm reading right now, I'm reading Not in Love by Allie Hazelwood.
Stephanie (56:12)
just right now, I need a doctor to come in and find out what he's doing. I need a doctor. He directed a practical emergency room. What? I did not know that, but I don't have a name. I'm sorry. I don't know your name, but I know your name. So I need a doctor to come in and find out what he's doing.
Kaitlin (56:17)
Can I interrupt for one second? I just read about the author. He directed Practical Magic. I did not know that and I love that movie. I'm sorry to interrupt about your Ali Hazelwood thing. Go ahead.
Molly Galler (56:24)
What?
So I'm reading Not in Love, which Steph ran out and got for us on the day that it came out. And I was saying right before we started recording, I think this is in like the top five spiciest books that I've ever read. Like 50 Shades series is up there, of course, but this is like descriptive, let's just say. And I was expecting it to some degree, because a lot of her books are like that. And I knew it would be...
All of Ali Hizowd's books, if you're not familiar, have some sort of like STEM sciency connection in most ways, or at least the ones she's most famous for. So I was expecting that element, but this, I don't know, it's just like hornier for lack of a better word than a lot of her other books. So I'm on page like 280 out of, I think 380. So I'm in the home stretch. And I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. These characters are a bit different than typically what she writes about. They both have.
Kaitlin (57:17)
So, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. These kind of things are typically in the HD rights, but they both have a lot of intense value, they treat their child sort of like they bond with them, so there is some seriousness alongside.
Stephanie (57:20)
So, we found people two of the DPM and three of the ESL. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. These kind of are very different. Typically, she writes a lot of people and has a lot of intense baggage. I try to sort of keep it on the loose so there is no seriousness on the long side. I hope I'm not too close.
Molly Galler (57:34)
a lot of like intense baggage from their childhood and that's sort of what they bond over. So there is some seriousness in alongside, I don't know, all the ripping off of clothes. But I also brought another book with me to this recording session because as I mentioned, I was at the Buttonwood Bookstore in Cohasset and because of Caitlin, I now meander to the young adult section in every bookstore that I'm in.
Kaitlin (57:45)
Hooray, hooray.
Stephanie (57:45)
I asked you to come to this recording session because I have a question about what is right capacity. Because if you come down to the average, we have a lot of suggestion.
Molly Galler (57:59)
And I was like, actually, I was like, read this, read this, read this. But then I saw this book that had this very eye catching cover, which has pink heart shaped sunglasses on it. And it's called Sunkist. I'm just going to read you what's on the back of this jacket, because after I finish, you'll be like, yeah, of course you had to get this book. It says Avery has always used music as an escape, but after her best friend betrays her, even her perfectly curated playlist can't help her forget what happened. To make matters worse, her parents have dragged her to a remote family camp.
for two months of quote unquote fun. Just when Avery's ready to give up on the summer altogether, she meets Brooks, mysterious, frustratingly charming Brooks who just happens to be on the staff, which means he's off limits. As the outside world falls away, Avery embarks on a journey of self discovery and when Brooks offers her the chance of a lifetime, she must decide how far she's willing to go to find out what she wants and who she wants to be. Hello? Correct, which is why I had to have it.
Kaitlin (58:28)
for two months before I'm going to the firm. Just when I restarted to get off of the summer, I found her showing these gross, mysterious, frustratingly charming girls who just happens to be on the stand between these two off -limits. As the ups and downs of my entire career continued, I still discovered that my ex -college during the Jansi election, she lost a site of where she's running to go to find out what she thinks of who she wants to be. So I just wanted to share with you guys a bit of that. So just so you know, I'm going to get back to you.
Stephanie (58:28)
So it's just dirty dancing in today.
Kaitlin (58:57)
see okay if that one's corny I'm down because it sounds kind of corny and it's basically dirty dancing and like we already know that story and that will be like a cozy blanket on a breezy summer night.
Stephanie (58:57)
see if that is working. I'm deaf because of that. And these are for deaf kids.
Thank you.
And for me, I'm the opposite. I'm like, we've already done this exact story. Why are we doing it again?
Molly Galler (59:20)
It's all right. It's all right.
Kaitlin (59:21)
But you read so many rom -coms. You read stories that are like just trope after trope. You know what I mean? I don't know.
Molly Galler (59:25)
Listen, I'm like a comfort rewatcher, so in a surprise to no one, of course I would like a book that has a plot that is exactly like something that I already love. I'll let you know how it is. Also, it was only $8 and I was like, I'm having this.
Stephanie (59:41)
I hope that there's like wonderful differences. You know what I mean? Like it's original even though it has some semblance of dirty dancing.
Molly Galler (59:49)
I'll report back. All right, people, if you want to follow along with all the things that we are reading, you can give us a follow on Instagram. We are at Plans Are Booked. We always love to hear from you. Please write to us if you have ideas for books we should read or topics you'd like us to cover. You can write to us at plansarebooked at gmail .com.
Kaitlin (59:54)
And until next time, our plans are booked.