1 00:00:01,559 --> 00:00:05,449 Welcome to Plans Are Booked, podcast for every reader. 2 00:00:05,449 --> 00:00:07,052 I'm Molly Geller. 3 00:00:07,052 --> 00:00:08,892 I'm Stephanie Blackburn. 4 00:00:09,758 --> 00:00:11,088 I'm Caitlin Madison. 5 00:00:11,088 --> 00:00:21,358 Welcome to Chapter 24, which if I did the math correctly, that's six months of 6 00:00:21,358 --> 00:00:22,964 episodes, right? 7 00:00:22,964 --> 00:00:23,564 What? 8 00:00:23,564 --> 00:00:24,744 No. 9 00:00:24,744 --> 00:00:25,384 No! 10 00:00:25,384 --> 00:00:26,624 Wait. 11 00:00:26,884 --> 00:00:27,914 Math is not my strong suit. 12 00:00:27,914 --> 00:00:31,644 Six times four is 24 so that's six months of episodes. 13 00:00:31,764 --> 00:00:33,944 Uh but no. 14 00:00:33,944 --> 00:00:35,024 Really? 15 00:00:35,264 --> 00:00:36,219 Well we did - 16 00:00:36,219 --> 00:00:40,499 have a double up in our first debut, so yeah, we're almost there. 17 00:00:40,499 --> 00:00:41,442 Yeah, we're almost there. 18 00:00:41,442 --> 00:00:48,082 all right, yeah Wow, you really made me doubt my math The way she looked at me. 19 00:00:48,082 --> 00:00:52,842 I was like that is how many weeks are in a month typically for 20 00:00:53,028 --> 00:00:57,488 this is this is like an existential question, but how do you picture the 21 00:00:57,488 --> 00:00:58,608 months of the year? 22 00:00:58,608 --> 00:01:04,127 Because that is why I have trouble with six month increments. 23 00:01:04,208 --> 00:01:06,228 Like do you picture it linear? 24 00:01:06,228 --> 00:01:07,328 Okay. 25 00:01:08,818 --> 00:01:10,718 scowling at Steph. 26 00:01:10,758 --> 00:01:11,898 Are you on drugs? 27 00:01:11,898 --> 00:01:13,258 What's happening? 28 00:01:14,318 --> 00:01:19,018 Yeah, she's like got a bell curve graph going for her six month signal and I'm 29 00:01:19,018 --> 00:01:20,978 like, I don't get it. 30 00:01:21,618 --> 00:01:22,554 Yeah. 31 00:01:22,554 --> 00:01:27,084 like the summer for me is like low and then the fall is when it starts to get 32 00:01:27,084 --> 00:01:29,274 high and then winter is the top. 33 00:01:29,274 --> 00:01:33,394 That's how in my mind I picture the months of the year. 34 00:01:33,394 --> 00:01:35,284 Sort of like a roller coaster. 35 00:01:35,384 --> 00:01:36,644 No. 36 00:01:36,684 --> 00:01:39,484 There's a lot of left -highs. 37 00:01:39,484 --> 00:01:47,214 I do have a favorite page or a favorite book or anything for enjoying this time. 38 00:01:47,214 --> 00:01:48,404 Do you know? 39 00:01:48,524 --> 00:01:50,571 So I have to... 40 00:01:50,571 --> 00:01:52,431 is the distance from my birthday. 41 00:01:52,431 --> 00:01:57,461 So like I know my birthday, September 29th, six months from that is March 29th. 42 00:01:57,461 --> 00:02:01,661 So like, if someone says to me like, Oh, I was born in October. 43 00:02:01,661 --> 00:02:02,841 I'm like, Oh, you're half birthdays in April. 44 00:02:02,841 --> 00:02:05,103 Because everything is like, I just ratcheted it. 45 00:02:06,652 --> 00:02:09,967 working on show, I'm working working show, I'm I'm a 46 00:02:09,967 --> 00:02:13,400 our half birthdays are the opposite months. 47 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,210 Yep. 48 00:02:14,210 --> 00:02:18,860 And I'm a loser and I'm like, well, Kyle Chandler's birthday is my half birthday, 49 00:02:18,860 --> 00:02:20,480 which is September 17th. 50 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,770 Yeah, listen, there's all sorts of weird things that you can do with time. 51 00:02:24,770 --> 00:02:27,790 Mine is not visual, Steph's is. 52 00:02:27,790 --> 00:02:34,210 I'm sorry that six times four equaling 24 did not work for your peak and valley 53 00:02:34,210 --> 00:02:37,170 visual that you have going on. 54 00:02:38,190 --> 00:02:42,982 She was like, no, it can't be six months because it's not how I picture it. 55 00:02:44,723 --> 00:02:45,602 Lord 56 00:02:45,602 --> 00:02:46,962 That was great. 57 00:02:46,962 --> 00:02:51,962 You should just start every episode now with like a weird cold open that just 58 00:02:51,962 --> 00:02:56,782 really like sends the episode in a certain direction because the last one was 59 00:02:56,782 --> 00:02:59,802 aphentasia and we spent 20 minutes on it. 60 00:02:59,802 --> 00:03:00,704 So. 61 00:03:00,704 --> 00:03:02,382 that was book related. 62 00:03:02,382 --> 00:03:05,662 Yeah, people just don't know what they're getting themselves into when they turn 63 00:03:05,662 --> 00:03:07,022 this on. 64 00:03:08,122 --> 00:03:15,702 So 24 episodes, we have accomplished a lot, I feel like. 65 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:23,702 And this weekend, we kind of did like a little New England bebopping, if you will. 66 00:03:23,779 --> 00:03:24,359 a trip. 67 00:03:24,359 --> 00:03:27,439 Like we were taking ourselves to a new world. 68 00:03:27,439 --> 00:03:28,839 Excursion. 69 00:03:28,839 --> 00:03:30,419 And this is what I feel like. 70 00:03:30,419 --> 00:03:38,345 I feel like the last week, 60 days of the break, was like 50s or 70s the day before. 71 00:03:39,876 --> 00:03:41,976 And all of the people were so happy to be here. 72 00:03:41,976 --> 00:03:44,756 And all of the people were so be here. 73 00:03:45,016 --> 00:03:47,211 And I'm really like, oh, we're going to have a little... 74 00:03:47,211 --> 00:03:48,341 England weekend. 75 00:03:48,341 --> 00:03:49,691 I started in Providence. 76 00:03:49,691 --> 00:03:54,951 I met two of my Wheaton College besties and we used to go to Providence all the 77 00:03:54,951 --> 00:03:58,851 time from Wheaton because it's only like depending on how you hit the lights like 78 00:03:58,851 --> 00:04:03,508 15 to 20 minutes and at the time the Providence Place mall 79 00:04:03,508 --> 00:04:04,838 honestly like the bigger part. 80 00:04:04,838 --> 00:04:08,228 It would be like a different fire tonight, so we'd go shopping, get our dresses. 81 00:04:08,228 --> 00:04:13,068 We had this fall's conference with a Boston match, and I got my dress today. 82 00:04:13,768 --> 00:04:17,127 And now, as I was in the house, I'm like, oh, I don't know. 83 00:04:17,127 --> 00:04:19,242 wanna go to the Providence Place Mall. 84 00:04:19,897 --> 00:04:26,677 So instead of orienting our weekend around the mall, we decided to check out a bunch 85 00:04:26,677 --> 00:04:30,507 of places that either none of us had been before, or just one of us had been before. 86 00:04:30,507 --> 00:04:34,557 So we stayed at the Aloft Hotel downtown, which was super nice. 87 00:04:34,557 --> 00:04:37,607 I've actually stayed in an aloft here in Boston in the seaport with Scout, 88 00:04:37,607 --> 00:04:39,117 actually, my pup. 89 00:04:39,137 --> 00:04:41,477 And the hotel was great. 90 00:04:41,477 --> 00:04:46,077 I feel the need to share with all of our listeners that this hotel has Drybar 91 00:04:46,077 --> 00:04:48,343 products in the shower. 92 00:04:48,343 --> 00:04:52,577 And also, we got a driver, a pair of guards. 93 00:04:52,577 --> 00:04:54,487 is like one of my happy places on earth. 94 00:04:54,487 --> 00:04:58,057 It just like brings me an incredible amount of joy and I'd never seen it in a 95 00:04:58,057 --> 00:04:58,567 hotel before. 96 00:04:58,567 --> 00:05:01,457 So I was like, okay, automatic seal of approval for this place. 97 00:05:01,457 --> 00:05:05,107 We went to a cocktail bar called the Eddie, which was amazing. 98 00:05:05,107 --> 00:05:08,417 They had super creative drinks, very fun spot. 99 00:05:08,517 --> 00:05:10,873 We went to a pizza place. 100 00:05:11,161 --> 00:05:15,220 called Figadini that is famous for its burrata pizza, which is exactly as it 101 00:05:15,220 --> 00:05:17,801 sounds, a giant pizza with a huge burrata ball in the center. 102 00:05:17,801 --> 00:05:18,781 I was thrilled. 103 00:05:18,781 --> 00:05:23,721 And they give you scissors to cut your pizza, which is just like very fun. 104 00:05:23,781 --> 00:05:25,521 Do it yourself at the table. 105 00:05:25,521 --> 00:05:30,001 And the next day we went to a donut place and then we went out to brunch at this 106 00:05:30,001 --> 00:05:31,621 place called the Rogue Island. 107 00:05:31,621 --> 00:05:35,221 It was one of those brunch menus where you want literally everything. 108 00:05:35,221 --> 00:05:38,521 Like you want all the eggs Benedict's, you want all the special French toast, they 109 00:05:38,521 --> 00:05:39,855 had a thin mint. 110 00:05:43,445 --> 00:05:45,555 you said you did or you didn't? 111 00:05:46,155 --> 00:05:47,575 What? 112 00:05:50,495 --> 00:05:52,037 Oh my. 113 00:05:52,037 --> 00:05:52,997 share. 114 00:05:53,277 --> 00:05:57,877 And then two of us got huevos rancheros and one friend got the sandwich called the 115 00:05:57,877 --> 00:06:00,017 bear named for the show. 116 00:06:00,017 --> 00:06:03,267 And then we were so full and we also had cocktails. 117 00:06:03,267 --> 00:06:07,254 And I was like, I might have to drive back here for the thin mint French toast. 118 00:06:07,254 --> 00:06:07,974 good. 119 00:06:07,974 --> 00:06:08,874 We're good. 120 00:06:08,874 --> 00:06:14,134 So, the problem is, I really didn't have much time to have a sense of ology or so. 121 00:06:14,134 --> 00:06:17,274 I was so delighted, and then we went through the other part. 122 00:06:17,274 --> 00:06:17,761 And I was like, 123 00:06:17,761 --> 00:06:21,021 there's so much cool art because RISD is there. 124 00:06:21,021 --> 00:06:25,852 And I just feel like I don't give it enough credit for its cool factor. 125 00:06:26,750 --> 00:06:31,610 Well, our content is there, so if you want to learn points, you might want to know. 126 00:06:31,610 --> 00:06:35,890 I've spent an insignificant time there in the last 12 years, probably. 127 00:06:36,030 --> 00:06:40,790 So I want to let you know that it's back in biz, and I'll be sure to say it's back 128 00:06:40,790 --> 00:06:41,330 in biz. 129 00:06:41,330 --> 00:06:42,510 I'll say it over and over again. 130 00:06:42,510 --> 00:06:43,830 You know what I mean? 131 00:06:43,830 --> 00:06:46,979 It's more in the office. 132 00:06:46,979 --> 00:06:48,839 and we should check it out. 133 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:55,059 And then Molly pivoted and went from PVD to Portsmouth. 134 00:06:55,401 --> 00:06:58,342 picked Steph up along the way or Steph picked up her. 135 00:06:58,342 --> 00:07:04,379 I was already there with a friend who needed and we... 136 00:07:04,379 --> 00:07:07,879 were already out and about shopping a little bit in the lovely weather and then 137 00:07:07,879 --> 00:07:09,619 Molly and Steph met up with us. 138 00:07:09,619 --> 00:07:13,539 We went to LaRue, which is an awesome kitchen store. 139 00:07:13,539 --> 00:07:20,099 We went to two bookstores that were both like small and charming in different ways. 140 00:07:20,099 --> 00:07:24,978 And then we ate an epic meal, which I was... 141 00:07:24,978 --> 00:07:25,638 fan of. 142 00:07:25,638 --> 00:07:29,798 One day I got there and like it happened all at once. 143 00:07:29,798 --> 00:07:33,198 Like I had to go out to the cook store and I had to buy the shoes that were from 144 00:07:33,198 --> 00:07:34,559 practice in the collard. 145 00:07:34,559 --> 00:07:39,839 like some cheese and crackers when I got to Elisa's and all of a sudden it was like 146 00:07:39,839 --> 00:07:45,519 430 and I was like, I've had two mimosas and like no food today and like what am I 147 00:07:45,519 --> 00:07:46,779 doing with my life? 148 00:07:46,779 --> 00:07:51,639 So by the time we got to the restaurant, I was like ready for a delicious meal and we 149 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:55,353 went to street, amazing Korean food. 150 00:07:55,504 --> 00:08:00,824 I remember we talked something like, that is awesome, like tofu, or shiitake, or 151 00:08:00,824 --> 00:08:02,944 whatever it is that has to do with deliciousness. 152 00:08:02,944 --> 00:08:04,164 I'll be like, okay. 153 00:08:08,087 --> 00:08:12,467 we were walking around downtown Portsmouth I think I said to like each of you and our 154 00:08:12,467 --> 00:08:17,027 friend Elise at different moments like I forgot how fun it is here like Even though 155 00:08:17,027 --> 00:08:18,947 every time I've gone I've always loved it. 156 00:08:18,947 --> 00:08:22,847 I was in Portsmouth also the previous Saturday, but it was pouring rain And I 157 00:08:22,847 --> 00:08:25,487 just went like right into the library restaurant right back 158 00:08:38,218 --> 00:08:41,238 looks like it belongs in a rom -com. 159 00:08:41,238 --> 00:08:43,383 It's like that kind of setting. 160 00:08:43,383 --> 00:08:47,223 feel like Stars Hollow like might have been modeled after Portsmouth, New 161 00:08:47,223 --> 00:08:47,583 Hampshire. 162 00:08:47,583 --> 00:08:51,066 I know it's supposed to be Connecticut and whatever, but like. 163 00:08:51,066 --> 00:08:53,096 It has a very similar vibe, I think. 164 00:08:53,096 --> 00:08:57,786 It feels like there's a ton to do, but it still feels like a smaller town. 165 00:08:57,786 --> 00:09:02,906 And you also get the benefit that it's a coastal state, like a waterfront. 166 00:09:02,906 --> 00:09:04,766 It's just a fabulous place. 167 00:09:04,766 --> 00:09:05,866 A seafloor trail. 168 00:09:05,866 --> 00:09:08,646 So all the toys becoming them. 169 00:09:08,646 --> 00:09:09,926 It's a fun place. 170 00:09:09,926 --> 00:09:10,526 And I love it. 171 00:09:10,526 --> 00:09:11,786 It's a great day. 172 00:09:11,786 --> 00:09:15,566 And it was just very, very fun. 173 00:09:16,043 --> 00:09:18,421 Steph is back at it with the house. 174 00:09:19,146 --> 00:09:20,196 apologize. 175 00:09:20,196 --> 00:09:29,326 I am so tired that someone on my Instagram messaged me overnight and I love her for 176 00:09:29,326 --> 00:09:29,676 worrying. 177 00:09:29,676 --> 00:09:32,046 She was like, I think you need your thyroid checked. 178 00:09:32,046 --> 00:09:33,096 I'm worried about you. 179 00:09:33,096 --> 00:09:37,086 And I was like, I appreciate that, but it's just the stress. 180 00:09:38,026 --> 00:09:43,446 Because I had posted about being cold all the time and always being tired. 181 00:09:43,937 --> 00:09:49,417 No, I have an idea about the stress in a week that I would never forget. 182 00:09:49,417 --> 00:09:50,497 Like, really. 183 00:09:50,497 --> 00:09:52,237 It's from the job. 184 00:09:52,677 --> 00:09:56,862 I think something more different than just that is what she was talking about. 185 00:09:56,862 --> 00:09:58,903 like warning sign, warning sign. 186 00:09:58,903 --> 00:10:02,673 I okay, that makes more sense because I was like, am I a bad friend? 187 00:10:02,673 --> 00:10:06,783 Like, should I be more worried about stuff being cold and tired? 188 00:10:06,817 --> 00:10:10,337 when she posted like I'm cold and this and that I did not think oh because she's 189 00:10:10,337 --> 00:10:14,457 going in and out from outside I thought I'm always cold because I'm a vegetarian 190 00:10:14,457 --> 00:10:17,147 and I have low iron and I was like, yeah, of course She's a vegetarian of course. 191 00:10:17,147 --> 00:10:18,414 She's always cold 192 00:10:18,414 --> 00:10:24,794 we also have the temp set at 59 because my dad is cheap and doesn't want to pay for 193 00:10:24,794 --> 00:10:25,694 oil. 194 00:10:26,094 --> 00:10:29,494 So we just wear our jackets inside while we're working on the house. 195 00:10:30,154 --> 00:10:37,394 I feel like I'm constantly harping on the negative stuff that's happening. 196 00:10:37,394 --> 00:10:41,154 The big drama this week is that I didn't pay attention when I ordered the 197 00:10:41,154 --> 00:10:42,982 appliances and I did not. 198 00:10:51,299 --> 00:10:58,979 you had to call people which is the worst part of all of that. 199 00:10:58,979 --> 00:11:00,552 I hate calling people. 200 00:11:00,552 --> 00:11:06,402 and the actual worst part is that I don't know what kind of headset the person on 201 00:11:06,402 --> 00:11:10,522 the other end of the phone used, but it was as if their mouth was pressed against 202 00:11:10,522 --> 00:11:14,862 the phone and I could, I felt like my mother, I kept being like, I'm so sorry, I 203 00:11:14,862 --> 00:11:15,312 can't hear you. 204 00:11:15,312 --> 00:11:16,442 Can you say that again? 205 00:11:16,442 --> 00:11:20,032 But it was just so muffled, driving me nuts. 206 00:11:20,032 --> 00:11:25,254 No, it sounded like they're, you know. 207 00:11:25,255 --> 00:11:30,575 Sometimes I'm like, I feel bad, but like what I call insurance companies, like 208 00:11:30,575 --> 00:11:34,645 sometimes they'll sound like they're on another planet and they're like, hello, 209 00:11:34,645 --> 00:11:36,075 hello, hello. 210 00:11:36,075 --> 00:11:37,385 And I'm like, I can't hear. 211 00:11:37,385 --> 00:11:41,675 And I'm like trying to give them like subscriber ID numbers and like important 212 00:11:41,675 --> 00:11:42,315 information. 213 00:11:42,315 --> 00:11:45,075 And I'm like, I'm like, I can't hear anything. 214 00:11:45,355 --> 00:11:45,897 And. 215 00:11:45,897 --> 00:11:50,257 like, at the same time, it sounds like a really strong sound. 216 00:11:50,257 --> 00:11:54,937 And that's when they click something and click a perfect sound. 217 00:11:54,937 --> 00:11:59,817 And I'm always looking more in the books, and they're probably like trying to make a 218 00:11:59,817 --> 00:12:00,197 sound. 219 00:12:00,197 --> 00:12:04,137 And it sounds like they're like understanding the FBI. 220 00:12:04,137 --> 00:12:05,506 I'm just like, oh. 221 00:12:05,506 --> 00:12:06,379 gonna have to do it. 222 00:12:06,379 --> 00:12:06,779 about it. 223 00:12:06,779 --> 00:12:07,939 Like click one button. 224 00:12:07,939 --> 00:12:12,222 And I'm like, God, these work from home people are ridiculous sometimes. 225 00:12:12,222 --> 00:12:18,582 think for me, my dad has a hearing aid, our helper who just started, he's normally 226 00:12:18,582 --> 00:12:20,942 with us on most houses, but he just started last week with us. 227 00:12:20,942 --> 00:12:22,642 He also has a hearing aid. 228 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:24,522 My mother has a hearing aid. 229 00:12:24,522 --> 00:12:28,402 And so anytime I say, I'm so sorry, can you repeat yourself? 230 00:12:28,402 --> 00:12:34,119 I feel like I'm, am I 60 already and I can't hear the person on the other end? 231 00:12:34,119 --> 00:12:37,439 least your parents wear their hearing aids. 232 00:12:37,439 --> 00:12:41,239 My mom dropped like five grand on them and doesn't put them in. 233 00:12:41,239 --> 00:12:43,749 And then when she goes, what, can you say that again? 234 00:12:43,749 --> 00:12:44,089 What? 235 00:12:44,089 --> 00:12:47,559 I just look at her and I'm like, are you wearing your hearing aids? 236 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:50,279 And she's like, whatever. 237 00:12:50,279 --> 00:12:54,499 And we went out to a hockey game with some of her friends who do wear their hearing 238 00:12:54,499 --> 00:12:57,563 aids and they heard me scolding her and they were like, 239 00:13:13,912 --> 00:13:19,278 the new fridge though is not coming for another two plus weeks, which means 240 00:13:19,278 --> 00:13:22,998 that like the last house, we're going to have to list this one without a fridge and 241 00:13:22,998 --> 00:13:27,258 just our realtor will have to say before closing, it will actually be here. 242 00:13:27,258 --> 00:13:32,158 But that upsets me because obviously then we're not putting our absolute best foot 243 00:13:32,158 --> 00:13:34,158 forward for first impressions. 244 00:13:34,381 --> 00:13:39,521 Okay, so I am going to tell you today, and I know you're going to look at this, but I 245 00:13:39,521 --> 00:13:45,121 was going to say one of the most difficult houses to go to on the process weekend. 246 00:13:47,161 --> 00:13:48,963 There was one where... 247 00:13:48,963 --> 00:13:53,615 the Realtor had like photoshopped a fire pit. 248 00:14:03,806 --> 00:14:05,366 mean in person. 249 00:14:05,366 --> 00:14:06,126 Yeah. 250 00:14:06,126 --> 00:14:06,783 Yeah. 251 00:14:06,783 --> 00:14:08,571 it look better in the photos, right? 252 00:14:08,846 --> 00:14:10,906 Yeah, I'm not worried about the photos. 253 00:14:11,246 --> 00:14:15,166 It's just that you only get one chance at a first impression. 254 00:14:15,166 --> 00:14:18,806 So I'm just praying that everything else is a wow factor. 255 00:14:18,806 --> 00:14:20,766 And they're like, OK, there will one day be a fridge. 256 00:14:20,766 --> 00:14:25,711 But also, me personally, I'd want to know what kind of fridge I was getting into. 257 00:14:25,711 --> 00:14:29,431 see, that's like probably not something I pay attention to. 258 00:14:30,331 --> 00:14:34,091 That wouldn't be, I'd be like, there's an island in this kitchen and like that's 259 00:14:34,091 --> 00:14:36,031 what I'm focused on. 260 00:14:36,657 --> 00:14:52,797 the countertops in this flip are pretty bougie. 261 00:14:52,819 --> 00:14:53,109 Yeah. 262 00:14:53,109 --> 00:14:59,419 Well, I saw the light fixtures for the bedroom and I was like, okay, I'm starting 263 00:14:59,419 --> 00:15:02,899 to get, I have no vision is my issue. 264 00:15:02,899 --> 00:15:08,439 So when everything is empty, I'm like, and like growing, I live in like six different 265 00:15:08,439 --> 00:15:09,359 houses growing up. 266 00:15:09,359 --> 00:15:16,013 So like I've gone to see a lot of houses in my day and I picked. 267 00:15:16,013 --> 00:15:17,343 two houses that I lived in. 268 00:15:17,343 --> 00:15:21,513 I'm on the fourth and fifth, I'm on the fifth One of them, one of them was my 269 00:15:21,513 --> 00:15:22,633 death in the five. 270 00:15:22,633 --> 00:15:24,463 I was like, oh, well, I'm gonna care. 271 00:15:24,463 --> 00:15:26,673 So these are obviously like seven houses. 272 00:15:26,673 --> 00:15:28,013 So like this is one. 273 00:15:28,013 --> 00:15:30,271 And my wife likes to talk about it, but. 274 00:15:30,271 --> 00:15:37,391 But I think that based on just the light fixtures, I had this like aha moment where 275 00:15:37,391 --> 00:15:39,551 I was like, mm, okay. 276 00:15:39,551 --> 00:15:44,051 I'm starting to see the shape of this and what this is going to look like. 277 00:15:44,051 --> 00:15:44,795 And... 278 00:15:45,550 --> 00:15:47,670 Yeah, it's just brilliant. 279 00:15:47,670 --> 00:15:49,880 I saw it right before I was using it. 280 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:50,870 I was like, I'm gonna use that. 281 00:15:50,870 --> 00:15:51,961 I'm gonna use it someday. 282 00:15:51,961 --> 00:15:55,025 rich enough to have light fixtures like that and you said... 283 00:15:58,787 --> 00:15:59,730 Yeah, yeah. 284 00:15:59,730 --> 00:16:03,410 mean, to be completely honest, you can spend a lot of money on Wayfair because 285 00:16:03,410 --> 00:16:07,750 they have all range of items. 286 00:16:08,430 --> 00:16:15,130 But I, you know, I'm buying things that look a certain price point and are maybe a 287 00:16:15,130 --> 00:16:17,250 little under that price point. 288 00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:22,410 I'm really excited to show you guys the kitchen fixtures because they still have a 289 00:16:22,410 --> 00:16:27,270 touch of gold, but they're also, they remind me of like an old school. 290 00:16:27,270 --> 00:16:28,550 I don't know. 291 00:16:34,074 --> 00:16:35,555 Okay, all right. 292 00:16:35,555 --> 00:16:41,715 This is going to be our first flip that we go to visit and document on plans or 293 00:16:41,715 --> 00:16:42,331 books. 294 00:16:43,523 --> 00:16:44,063 Yeah. 295 00:16:44,063 --> 00:16:45,253 So like, I don't know. 296 00:16:45,253 --> 00:16:49,203 I feel like we need to take, do like a photo shoot of us reading whatever book 297 00:16:49,203 --> 00:16:52,143 we're reading at that point in time, like bring it with us. 298 00:16:52,143 --> 00:16:59,143 And we could do like a little fun fashionista home flip reading. 299 00:16:59,143 --> 00:17:02,963 Like, and this is where the plans are book girls read their books and you can just 300 00:17:02,963 --> 00:17:07,383 leave them a little bookmark with our podcast on it in the house. 301 00:17:07,383 --> 00:17:10,413 Oh my God, that could be like your David Bromsted thing. 302 00:17:10,413 --> 00:17:13,019 Did you ever watch his show Color Splash? 303 00:17:13,347 --> 00:17:16,867 Oh, you don't know who he is. 304 00:17:16,867 --> 00:17:23,747 He won Design Star one year on HGTV and they gave him his own show called Color 305 00:17:23,747 --> 00:17:24,447 Splash. 306 00:17:24,447 --> 00:17:27,227 He's like an unbelievable artist. 307 00:17:27,227 --> 00:17:32,707 And he would do a painting that he hung somewhere in the house of every house that 308 00:17:32,707 --> 00:17:33,967 he redesigned. 309 00:17:33,967 --> 00:17:36,027 And that was his like calling card. 310 00:17:36,027 --> 00:17:37,287 He has a different show now. 311 00:17:37,287 --> 00:17:43,099 I forget the name of it, but my mom and I, I would like get home from like, 312 00:17:51,117 --> 00:17:54,957 well maybe we'll take some posed photos in there and we'll have your realtor add them 313 00:17:54,957 --> 00:17:56,437 to your listing. 314 00:17:57,214 --> 00:17:59,314 It's more of a hot area. 315 00:17:59,314 --> 00:18:03,254 You can go into the same folder and like, our tutorial. 316 00:18:03,254 --> 00:18:04,094 Yeah. 317 00:18:04,094 --> 00:18:04,894 That's best. 318 00:18:04,894 --> 00:18:08,014 You don't like the photo that's covered in there? 319 00:18:08,574 --> 00:18:10,941 That's best, yeah. 320 00:18:10,941 --> 00:18:17,001 just saying Okay, let's move on to our book of the day So we are chatting this 321 00:18:17,001 --> 00:18:22,721 week about a book that I absolutely loved capital L loved Come funny. 322 00:18:22,721 --> 00:18:24,201 You should ask by Alyssa Sussman. 323 00:18:24,201 --> 00:18:30,981 I found out about this book on the podcast Forever 35, which I've mentioned a few 324 00:18:30,981 --> 00:18:32,025 times 325 00:18:32,025 --> 00:18:36,025 as introducing me to actually several of the books that we've talked about here. 326 00:18:36,025 --> 00:18:43,225 So I hadn't known anything about Alyssa's books or storytelling and I just loved her 327 00:18:43,225 --> 00:18:44,065 in the interview. 328 00:18:44,065 --> 00:18:50,065 Like as a person, I thought she seemed really funny and down to earth and great. 329 00:18:50,165 --> 00:18:55,325 And I knew that the premise of this book, Funny You Should Ask, was about a reporter 330 00:18:55,325 --> 00:18:57,305 covering a celebrity. 331 00:18:57,625 --> 00:19:00,595 Since I like that in real life, I was like, okay, let me give this a whirl. 332 00:19:00,595 --> 00:19:00,991 So. 333 00:19:00,991 --> 00:19:07,309 I took this book on a flight to Jacksonville, my first time. 334 00:19:07,577 --> 00:19:11,237 We flew with the layover, so I had two flights to read. 335 00:19:11,397 --> 00:19:16,337 And all I did during both of those flights was have my head inside this book. 336 00:19:16,337 --> 00:19:19,257 I was addicted from the jump. 337 00:19:19,257 --> 00:19:24,797 I just felt like the chemistry between the two main characters was off the charts. 338 00:19:24,797 --> 00:19:29,783 And I just felt like I could picture it the whole time. 339 00:19:29,785 --> 00:19:32,605 in a way that doesn't always happen for me when I'm reading. 340 00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:37,425 I just felt like I was watching a movie of this while I was reading it. 341 00:19:37,425 --> 00:19:41,885 And it felt so real. 342 00:19:42,008 --> 00:19:47,248 Wait, when you say that you don't actually picture books normally as if it's a movie? 343 00:19:47,388 --> 00:19:50,428 No, sometimes like I... 344 00:19:50,428 --> 00:19:54,908 imagine books for the first time but it doesn't feel like crystal clear all the 345 00:19:54,908 --> 00:19:55,228 time. 346 00:19:55,228 --> 00:19:56,328 Interesting. 347 00:19:56,328 --> 00:20:00,808 And this one almost sounds pure and that's correct, it's not quite real. 348 00:20:00,808 --> 00:20:03,228 But I just... 349 00:20:03,228 --> 00:20:05,768 I don't know if it's a clear or if it's a lie because... 350 00:20:05,768 --> 00:20:07,657 and it's about... 351 00:20:07,657 --> 00:20:09,707 this young woman, Chani. 352 00:20:09,707 --> 00:20:11,537 We had a long debate about how her name is pronounced. 353 00:20:11,537 --> 00:20:12,977 We think it's Chani. 354 00:20:12,977 --> 00:20:14,097 Um. 355 00:20:14,553 --> 00:20:21,093 And she gets assigned to cover this like up and coming Hollywood heartthrob. 356 00:20:21,373 --> 00:20:25,893 And they wind up spending a bunch of time together, like several consecutive days. 357 00:20:25,893 --> 00:20:32,153 And the profile that she winds up writing basically like goes viral and becomes 358 00:20:32,153 --> 00:20:37,013 really well known as like a genre almost of reporting. 359 00:20:37,013 --> 00:20:42,803 And then we flash way forward in time and they wind up actually reuniting. 360 00:20:42,803 --> 00:20:43,609 I think it's. 361 00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:44,759 Is it 10 years later? 362 00:20:44,759 --> 00:20:46,129 10 years later. 363 00:20:46,269 --> 00:20:50,649 I don't want to say more because I want to hear what both of you thought, but I just 364 00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:53,729 felt like this was one of those, I couldn't tell if it was just because I was 365 00:20:53,729 --> 00:20:57,229 on the plane and I had like unlimited time and so that's why I was so immersed or if 366 00:20:57,229 --> 00:21:00,389 it really was that it grips you that much. 367 00:21:00,389 --> 00:21:06,209 But I wasn't picturing any specific actor. 368 00:21:06,209 --> 00:21:11,699 But after I finished it, our friend who met us in Jackson Hole, Erica. 369 00:21:11,786 --> 00:21:14,706 I said, oh yeah, that's the Mochra 7, right? 370 00:21:15,006 --> 00:21:17,203 Like inspired by the Mochra 7. 371 00:21:17,203 --> 00:21:21,323 That's why I said to you when we were talking about this a little bit way back, 372 00:21:21,323 --> 00:21:23,623 but I didn't explain well enough. 373 00:21:23,623 --> 00:21:25,323 What do you mean, perception? 374 00:21:25,323 --> 00:21:31,923 It's apparently inspired by the real interaction with perception within a 375 00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:33,897 program, so it's not a profile. 376 00:21:33,897 --> 00:21:36,267 And I didn't know that when I was reading it. 377 00:21:36,267 --> 00:21:37,682 Alyssa Sussman did not say that. 378 00:21:37,682 --> 00:21:40,722 I was just awesome to not say that. 379 00:21:40,722 --> 00:21:45,842 I just couldn't get my head It could totally be speculated. 380 00:21:47,483 --> 00:21:59,701 Agreed. 381 00:21:59,701 --> 00:22:01,649 anyway, I'd love to hear what you two thought. 382 00:22:02,328 --> 00:22:07,618 I think the reason that I got hooked so easily, one, the writing is fantastic and, 383 00:22:07,618 --> 00:22:12,318 you know, short chapters do that for me, but it seems plausible. 384 00:22:12,318 --> 00:22:15,805 And as a writer, naturally, I put myself in... 385 00:22:15,805 --> 00:22:19,685 Johnny's, you know, spot and was magic. 386 00:22:19,685 --> 00:22:24,465 Of course a writer could be writing his piece and have an actual chemistry with 387 00:22:24,465 --> 00:22:30,365 the subject and, you know, romance sort of is his thing. 388 00:22:30,365 --> 00:22:32,643 But it's not, you know, out there. 389 00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:33,703 there. 390 00:22:34,183 --> 00:22:36,183 So, I love that. 391 00:22:36,387 --> 00:22:42,207 Well, I'm a firm believer in may all your delulu become Trululu. 392 00:22:42,407 --> 00:22:48,807 And I, when I had my Friday night lights podcast, I had a moment where I was like, 393 00:22:48,807 --> 00:22:52,666 oh, Jesse Plummons and I are just going to like date and that's going to be a thing. 394 00:22:52,666 --> 00:22:58,407 I feel, and back then people were like, one, who's Jesse Plummons and two, they 395 00:22:58,407 --> 00:23:04,107 were like, they were like, isn't that the guy that they call like meth daemon? 396 00:23:04,107 --> 00:23:05,258 Have you seen this? 397 00:23:05,258 --> 00:23:06,798 Have you seen this page? 398 00:23:06,798 --> 00:23:07,958 Oh my god. 399 00:23:07,958 --> 00:23:11,578 So instead of Matt Davis, I'm that trying to get on this toilet. 400 00:23:11,578 --> 00:23:13,138 He's like 16 years old. 401 00:23:13,138 --> 00:23:14,578 Call it Matt Davis. 402 00:23:14,578 --> 00:23:16,498 And then he's like, Matt Davis. 403 00:23:16,498 --> 00:23:19,231 That's the thing that happened to him. 404 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:19,561 Yeah. 405 00:23:19,561 --> 00:23:20,281 But you know what? 406 00:23:20,281 --> 00:23:21,530 He got Kiki Dunst. 407 00:23:21,530 --> 00:23:23,911 So everybody can SUCK it. 408 00:23:23,911 --> 00:23:28,701 Um, but anyways, he's like adorable and totally boyfriend material. 409 00:23:28,701 --> 00:23:31,422 And I had him on my podcast a couple of times. 410 00:23:31,422 --> 00:23:33,042 And then I've had him on the camera. 411 00:23:33,042 --> 00:23:38,482 And our whole conversation is telling him to chat to you on his favorite TV. 412 00:23:38,482 --> 00:23:40,902 And I was just like, I'm going to go to the TV. 413 00:23:40,902 --> 00:23:43,062 And I had to be here as the sponsor. 414 00:23:43,062 --> 00:23:47,843 I think some of his podcasts made him feel like he was coming from a different world. 415 00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:54,963 Um, but anyway, I was reading this and I knew how much Molly, Molly and stuff have 416 00:23:54,963 --> 00:23:58,683 been pushing this book on me for months and I finally read it and I really liked 417 00:23:58,683 --> 00:23:59,023 it. 418 00:23:59,023 --> 00:24:01,691 And I don't know why, what? 419 00:24:01,741 --> 00:24:03,022 It sounded sound. 420 00:24:03,022 --> 00:24:03,842 no. 421 00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:05,542 Okay, no, no. 422 00:24:06,622 --> 00:24:08,242 No, no, no. 423 00:24:08,242 --> 00:24:08,742 No. 424 00:24:08,742 --> 00:24:09,942 This is how it's written. 425 00:24:09,942 --> 00:24:11,742 No, No answers for me. 426 00:24:11,742 --> 00:24:13,533 And... 427 00:24:13,533 --> 00:24:23,493 I just, I'm really really glad that the chapters were split up by the articles and 428 00:24:23,493 --> 00:24:30,853 novels that Johnny had written for, or that he had written out in the character's 429 00:24:30,853 --> 00:24:31,733 concert. 430 00:24:31,733 --> 00:24:33,295 And I... 431 00:24:33,295 --> 00:24:38,475 a sucker for a sidekick and Oliver, AKA Ollie is like a great sidekick. 432 00:24:38,475 --> 00:24:43,675 He's Gabe's like acting best friend and... 433 00:24:43,683 --> 00:24:47,923 he's gay and he's kind of like been through it in Hollywood like he didn't 434 00:24:47,923 --> 00:24:52,903 come out right away and he just pops up at all of the right times and there's a 435 00:24:52,903 --> 00:24:58,903 character in Steph's book that I feel is like very similar and so I was like having 436 00:24:58,903 --> 00:25:04,163 this moment of like oh my gosh he's like one of my favorites in Steph's book and 437 00:25:04,163 --> 00:25:09,683 this guy Oliver is like you know like so simp like not similar in personality but 438 00:25:09,683 --> 00:25:10,861 similar in like 439 00:25:10,861 --> 00:25:13,921 the world, like, there's three S -primes on it. 440 00:25:13,921 --> 00:25:17,591 Which also just comes back to the fact that it's a positive sense of community, 441 00:25:17,591 --> 00:25:21,601 or so much more important than just the other two. 442 00:25:21,601 --> 00:25:22,721 Yeah. 443 00:25:22,721 --> 00:25:23,681 Yeah. 444 00:25:24,021 --> 00:25:27,261 So I want to follow up right after this assessment, right? 445 00:25:27,261 --> 00:25:29,167 And I don't know if you just have a question. 446 00:25:29,167 --> 00:25:35,647 and him meeting his husband on Halloween because they have the big meet cute where 447 00:25:35,647 --> 00:25:38,407 they're both dressed as Xena the warrior princess. 448 00:25:40,107 --> 00:25:44,947 If that doesn't make you read the book, I don't know what does, but it just has all 449 00:25:44,947 --> 00:25:47,129 these great moments and... 450 00:25:47,129 --> 00:25:50,628 the very start of the boxes for a foot tour. 451 00:25:50,628 --> 00:25:53,269 But it doesn't have a full course. 452 00:25:53,269 --> 00:25:54,549 It's in Montana. 453 00:25:54,549 --> 00:26:01,249 So it's just such a delightful little box and that's what we're looking for. 454 00:26:01,249 --> 00:26:02,951 And we hope that you'll do it. 455 00:26:02,951 --> 00:26:03,341 them. 456 00:26:03,341 --> 00:26:06,651 And there's, I don't know, you're just really rooting for them. 457 00:26:06,651 --> 00:26:08,511 And I really needed a book like that. 458 00:26:08,511 --> 00:26:14,691 And so if you are like in a boredom buster situation or like a slump book situation, 459 00:26:14,691 --> 00:26:16,613 like this would be a really good one. 460 00:26:16,613 --> 00:26:17,513 read, I think. 461 00:26:17,513 --> 00:26:25,853 And then also, I just have to say that there are moments where I just think this 462 00:26:25,853 --> 00:26:32,073 is starting to work for Sonia because she gets calls from your side of the country 463 00:26:32,073 --> 00:26:33,843 and I don't think this is a good thing. 464 00:26:33,843 --> 00:26:34,726 I was just on call. 465 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:35,055 do. 466 00:26:35,055 --> 00:26:36,855 Gowler this for the rest of our lives. 467 00:26:36,855 --> 00:26:37,585 That's one. 468 00:26:37,585 --> 00:26:40,155 Molly is like flustered. 469 00:26:40,175 --> 00:26:45,135 And then the other thing is she's like this, like she's really into writing and 470 00:26:45,135 --> 00:26:46,437 like she does like, 471 00:26:46,437 --> 00:26:51,017 philosophy stuff, and then she does like, really like, heartfelt thought -through 472 00:26:51,017 --> 00:26:52,397 stuff, and all of that. 473 00:26:52,397 --> 00:26:56,217 And all of her like, 15 years was like, so filled with that. 474 00:26:56,217 --> 00:27:02,177 Like, she wrote restaurant books and travel posts that I still use and send it 475 00:27:02,177 --> 00:27:05,535 to people that are like, yeah, poppin' pop. 476 00:27:05,535 --> 00:27:11,775 I Still send it to people and use it myself like when I go on trips, please 477 00:27:11,775 --> 00:27:14,701 like people are like this is like a very 478 00:27:23,585 --> 00:27:28,445 is such a high compliment that I was really not expecting this world. 479 00:27:28,445 --> 00:27:31,985 No one has ever called me a siren in my whole life So if even if that only just 480 00:27:31,985 --> 00:27:34,443 happened right now at this table, that's memorable 481 00:27:44,550 --> 00:27:45,240 Johnny Rollie. 482 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:45,720 I don't know. 483 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:47,530 I was like Johnny Rollie. 484 00:27:47,690 --> 00:27:53,455 And then the same person that was in the green, right? 485 00:27:53,455 --> 00:27:56,155 not see that coming or picture that at all. 486 00:27:56,155 --> 00:27:59,795 But I think that's because Chris Evans is like from Massachusetts and his dad's a 487 00:27:59,795 --> 00:28:02,467 dentist and like he grew up in a yuppie town and. 488 00:28:02,467 --> 00:28:06,667 not Montana, or the dad that, well, I'm not going to give anything away, but 489 00:28:06,667 --> 00:28:07,427 anyway. 490 00:28:07,607 --> 00:28:14,327 So, but I will say that I, at the beginning of the book, really imagined 491 00:28:14,327 --> 00:28:20,134 Gabe as Kevin from This Is Us, which I can't think of his real name. 492 00:28:20,134 --> 00:28:23,475 just not just her character. 493 00:28:23,475 --> 00:28:24,875 him that way. 494 00:28:24,875 --> 00:28:28,195 But then the more I thought about it and the further I got in the book, I was like, 495 00:28:28,195 --> 00:28:32,775 well, in the then section, there's supposed to be 26 and Justin Hartley does 496 00:28:32,775 --> 00:28:33,995 not look 26 at all. 497 00:28:33,995 --> 00:28:39,335 And it's hard to imagine him as 26, kind of like in a George Clooney way where it's 498 00:28:39,335 --> 00:28:40,395 like, were you ever young? 499 00:28:40,395 --> 00:28:41,655 I don't know. 500 00:28:41,855 --> 00:28:45,845 And then, no, I did not. 501 00:28:45,845 --> 00:28:46,795 I know what it is though. 502 00:28:46,795 --> 00:28:48,795 He was on that? 503 00:28:49,075 --> 00:28:50,019 Oh. 504 00:28:50,019 --> 00:28:50,779 Lordy. 505 00:28:50,779 --> 00:28:53,539 Okay, well, anyways, that's for another day. 506 00:28:53,819 --> 00:28:58,739 But so then when the 10 years later happens, and they're supposed to be 36, I 507 00:28:58,739 --> 00:29:00,999 was like, Oh, okay, that doesn't really work. 508 00:29:00,999 --> 00:29:09,259 So I'm not sure who I but somebody that kind of has that build and that look like 509 00:29:09,259 --> 00:29:14,539 chiseled, but rugged, could rock a beard doesn't have a beard sometimes where's 510 00:29:14,539 --> 00:29:16,759 flannel, but it's like super tight flannel. 511 00:29:16,759 --> 00:29:17,379 You know what I mean? 512 00:29:17,379 --> 00:29:18,171 Like, 513 00:29:18,622 --> 00:29:21,282 spoon fit can't plan all that well. 514 00:29:28,517 --> 00:29:33,957 what I I wish I could think of who I want it to be. 515 00:29:34,597 --> 00:29:40,017 But I will say, in their time apart, a lot of shit goes down. 516 00:29:40,017 --> 00:29:42,317 That's like, very real. 517 00:29:42,317 --> 00:29:45,737 I was rereading my Goodreads review earlier today, and I talked about how both 518 00:29:45,737 --> 00:29:46,265 of the 519 00:29:46,265 --> 00:29:48,765 characters felt very real and honest. 520 00:29:48,765 --> 00:29:53,845 And as you jump back and forth in time, you learn about all the things that 521 00:29:53,845 --> 00:29:55,745 happened in the time that they were apart. 522 00:29:55,745 --> 00:29:58,855 And there's like really difficult things. 523 00:29:58,855 --> 00:30:02,565 There's marriage and divorce, there's substance abuse, there's all kinds of 524 00:30:02,565 --> 00:30:02,945 stuff. 525 00:30:02,945 --> 00:30:08,425 And I love that she didn't overly romanticize it to the point where it was 526 00:30:08,425 --> 00:30:11,645 like, and then ta -da, they just like bumped into each other again and 527 00:30:11,645 --> 00:30:12,745 everything was great. 528 00:30:12,745 --> 00:30:16,529 I liked that it took them each being like, 529 00:30:16,697 --> 00:30:19,837 Am I even willing to like go there again with this person? 530 00:30:19,837 --> 00:30:23,817 Am I willing to let them know all the things that I've been through since we 531 00:30:23,817 --> 00:30:26,117 last spent any real time together? 532 00:30:26,117 --> 00:30:30,037 And as I often say on this podcast, when we get to the end of these stories and it 533 00:30:30,037 --> 00:30:33,037 seems like they're not going to get together, I start to go postal. 534 00:30:33,037 --> 00:30:37,097 And there was a moment towards the end of the spoke where I was like, this is really 535 00:30:37,097 --> 00:30:37,847 fucking going to happen. 536 00:30:37,847 --> 00:30:42,662 Like it's not going to like, I'm going to be left in an unhappy way. 537 00:30:42,662 --> 00:30:47,622 Can you just let me know when you're exactly going to have no options in this 538 00:30:47,622 --> 00:30:48,502 book? 539 00:30:48,579 --> 00:30:52,139 I was kind of like, well, that makes sense. 540 00:30:52,139 --> 00:30:56,899 Like it was so realistic in that way. 541 00:30:57,959 --> 00:31:03,079 That when there, yeah, when there was the moment of pause where you were like, oh, 542 00:31:03,079 --> 00:31:04,579 they kind of went for it. 543 00:31:04,579 --> 00:31:07,119 And now they're like pulling back on that. 544 00:31:07,119 --> 00:31:11,869 And, and it was like, I totally understood why. 545 00:31:12,547 --> 00:31:15,207 the character that becomes reluctant does. 546 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:19,167 And I was like, they're probably like being smart. 547 00:31:19,627 --> 00:31:21,827 And I just want them to leap. 548 00:31:21,918 --> 00:31:27,598 this is, this is, I don't know what you call this, like subgenre of romance books, 549 00:31:27,598 --> 00:31:33,218 but like Tia Williams does it too, where it's like so rooted in realistic aspects 550 00:31:33,218 --> 00:31:39,558 that it like sits differently with me than like the lighter stuff where it's just 551 00:31:39,558 --> 00:31:41,609 like, this is so unrealistic. 552 00:31:41,609 --> 00:31:46,089 this would never happen, I feel like these things could happen in real life. 553 00:31:46,129 --> 00:31:47,074 And it's not. 554 00:31:47,074 --> 00:31:47,954 just light and fluffy. 555 00:31:47,954 --> 00:31:49,814 There are traumas going on. 556 00:31:49,814 --> 00:31:53,694 And I think that's why they sit within me longer. 557 00:31:53,694 --> 00:31:56,274 And I feel stronger about them. 558 00:31:56,274 --> 00:32:02,674 I really want you to read her second book because it has the same feel. 559 00:32:02,774 --> 00:32:03,914 Yes. 560 00:32:04,473 --> 00:32:07,075 called One More Time With Feeling. 561 00:32:07,075 --> 00:32:09,755 Oh, that's a great Regina Spector song. 562 00:32:10,515 --> 00:32:12,775 Do I have it? 563 00:32:16,235 --> 00:32:20,135 I'm going to have to dig. 564 00:32:20,135 --> 00:32:21,394 I don't know where that is. 565 00:32:21,394 --> 00:32:27,294 stars, one who was sort of like a Britney Spears type singer and then one who was in 566 00:32:27,294 --> 00:32:30,008 a boy band very like in sync -esque. 567 00:32:30,209 --> 00:32:32,109 Crush Zone. 568 00:32:35,609 --> 00:32:41,929 And, you know, in the past, they were, you know, camp kids. 569 00:32:41,938 --> 00:32:46,138 were just sort of like striving for that dream and then made it. 570 00:32:46,138 --> 00:32:50,298 And then in the present, they are not doing well. 571 00:32:50,298 --> 00:32:57,978 You know, one is off Broadway and one is struggling to sort of make ends meet. 572 00:32:58,117 --> 00:33:01,657 And so that also has a realistic aspect. 573 00:33:01,657 --> 00:33:09,181 It's not likely to hit the billboards, continuing for another year. 574 00:33:10,534 --> 00:33:18,154 I just, I'm coming around to not linear timelines when they're done like this, 575 00:33:18,154 --> 00:33:23,669 because there's just so much, that one especially. 576 00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:32,189 you have the aspect of the teenager and the past, first love and unknowns and 577 00:33:32,189 --> 00:33:38,509 first times, which this morning on the front desk is not a serotonin, it's a 578 00:33:38,509 --> 00:33:39,109 mustard. 579 00:33:40,229 --> 00:33:43,549 I don't know, I just love Alyssa's book screening. 580 00:33:44,121 --> 00:33:52,081 I need to share that she has another book coming out September 17th called... 581 00:33:52,081 --> 00:33:53,301 Oh! 582 00:33:53,301 --> 00:33:58,361 Called Totally and Completely Fine and speaking of side characters it's about 583 00:33:58,361 --> 00:34:00,603 Gabe's sister Lauren. 584 00:34:00,803 --> 00:34:02,063 Lauren? 585 00:34:02,063 --> 00:34:04,983 Oh, God, but I wanted an Oliver book. 586 00:34:05,003 --> 00:34:06,843 But she seemed nice. 587 00:34:06,843 --> 00:34:12,843 There wasn't a lot with her though, except that she might, she might, um, I'm not 588 00:34:12,843 --> 00:34:14,069 gonna give anything away. 589 00:34:14,211 --> 00:34:15,931 I'm not gonna give anything away. 590 00:34:15,931 --> 00:34:17,243 I'm not gonna do it. 591 00:34:19,001 --> 00:34:22,761 You'll be hearing more about Alyssa Sussman, I think, as the year rolls on. 592 00:34:22,761 --> 00:34:30,591 But yeah, I think also, that's what I was just going to say. 593 00:34:30,591 --> 00:34:34,621 I feel like there are so many different kinds of romance books, and some of them 594 00:34:34,621 --> 00:34:37,401 really are just like the bodice ripper type. 595 00:34:37,461 --> 00:34:39,541 And this is so well written. 596 00:34:39,541 --> 00:34:40,611 It's funny. 597 00:34:40,611 --> 00:34:41,761 It's smart. 598 00:34:41,761 --> 00:34:42,761 It's honest. 599 00:34:42,761 --> 00:34:44,301 It's realistic. 600 00:34:44,401 --> 00:34:46,667 It doesn't feel like. 601 00:34:46,895 --> 00:34:48,885 saddling in a home or anything. 602 00:34:48,885 --> 00:34:52,015 It's like, this could've happened to you, but this could've happened. 603 00:34:52,015 --> 00:34:53,909 And I think that's what we're doing. 604 00:34:53,909 --> 00:34:59,529 feel more enjoyable because you didn't have to suspend reality to believe that 605 00:34:59,529 --> 00:35:03,351 these people could be actually having this experience. 606 00:35:03,351 --> 00:35:03,351 life. 607 00:35:03,351 --> 00:35:04,411 I think so too. 608 00:35:04,411 --> 00:35:10,231 You see the copper though, you might think it's separate, just the bulk of it. 609 00:35:10,331 --> 00:35:18,971 You know, you're like, validating that it's deceptive, in that way, um, I have 610 00:35:18,971 --> 00:35:20,791 problems with coppers. 611 00:35:21,270 --> 00:35:25,219 Yes. 612 00:35:25,219 --> 00:35:28,519 clutching and grasping and shirtless and Fabio. 613 00:35:31,699 --> 00:35:35,977 No, not with this one, but with a lot of them they tried. 614 00:35:35,977 --> 00:35:39,127 I think this is if you are listening to this and you are someone who is just like, 615 00:35:39,127 --> 00:35:40,457 I'm definitely not a romance person. 616 00:35:40,457 --> 00:35:43,596 Try this book and see what you think. 617 00:35:43,596 --> 00:35:48,577 It's it's in a different kind of category that I think is more accessible and more 618 00:35:48,577 --> 00:35:49,167 fun. 619 00:35:49,167 --> 00:35:57,007 and if you're somebody that likes movies and premieres and gossip and all of that 620 00:35:57,007 --> 00:35:59,963 stuff, like you're gonna really like it. 621 00:36:00,217 --> 00:36:01,397 Agreed. 622 00:36:01,697 --> 00:36:04,557 Let's tell the people who are reading now. 623 00:36:04,770 --> 00:36:08,090 just finished late last night because I couldn't stop. 624 00:36:08,510 --> 00:36:13,290 I just read Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica. 625 00:36:13,290 --> 00:36:14,760 Is that how we pronounce her name? 626 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:19,390 This is actually the second book of hers that I've read. 627 00:36:19,390 --> 00:36:23,910 The other one I read is, I think it's called The Good Girls or The Good Girl. 628 00:36:24,430 --> 00:36:25,910 The Good Girl. 629 00:36:26,510 --> 00:36:28,230 This book... 630 00:36:29,053 --> 00:36:32,893 I think I'm going to pick up because I just saw it in a free book. 631 00:36:32,893 --> 00:36:39,613 And it sounds like a bizarre book, but I was wondering if it's a little like big 632 00:36:39,613 --> 00:36:43,089 little box in the back that takes place in this one neighborhood. 633 00:36:43,172 --> 00:36:48,435 Well, it's not funny. 634 00:36:48,435 --> 00:36:52,115 kind of how the other one sounded, the house and the pines one. 635 00:36:52,115 --> 00:36:54,875 That sounded big little eyes -ish too. 636 00:36:56,095 --> 00:36:56,795 Darker. 637 00:36:56,795 --> 00:36:57,434 Okay. 638 00:36:57,434 --> 00:37:06,074 one, so the premise is that it's this suburb of Chicago where a young mother 639 00:37:06,074 --> 00:37:07,914 goes out running and disappears. 640 00:37:07,914 --> 00:37:15,134 And then like a week or two later, another mother and her daughter both disappear. 641 00:37:15,134 --> 00:37:19,054 So I went into it thinking this is going to be like a serial serial killer type 642 00:37:19,054 --> 00:37:19,234 book. 643 00:37:19,234 --> 00:37:20,674 And it's not about that at all. 644 00:37:20,674 --> 00:37:21,195 It's 645 00:37:21,195 --> 00:37:22,606 obviously is... 646 00:37:22,606 --> 00:37:29,626 discovering what happened to those three people, but it's more about this one 647 00:37:29,626 --> 00:37:35,766 neighbor and the son in the family where the mom and daughter disappeared, what his 648 00:37:35,766 --> 00:37:37,866 life is like now 10 years later. 649 00:37:37,866 --> 00:37:42,506 So it's over the course of 11 years, it's past and present. 650 00:37:42,506 --> 00:37:46,256 In the past, it starts off with the first woman who goes missing. 651 00:37:46,256 --> 00:37:49,407 It's about her the night that she disappears. 652 00:37:49,407 --> 00:37:52,245 And then it's from the perspective of the mother. 653 00:37:52,245 --> 00:37:56,205 disappearing, a star leading out of her. 654 00:37:56,706 --> 00:38:05,146 And then it's this neighbor who lives next door and her watching after they've both 655 00:38:05,146 --> 00:38:10,166 disappeared, watching the neighborhood sort of fall apart and media circus 656 00:38:10,166 --> 00:38:11,576 descend upon the neighborhood. 657 00:38:11,576 --> 00:38:19,159 And it's more about like the relationships between, you know, like the girls who... 658 00:38:19,159 --> 00:38:21,873 might stay with this daughter, other girls. 659 00:38:21,873 --> 00:38:23,333 daughter, and the other daughter. 660 00:38:23,333 --> 00:38:26,473 It's more that sort of stuff. 661 00:38:26,653 --> 00:38:27,722 The funeral. 662 00:38:27,722 --> 00:38:30,482 lives of like a neighborhood. 663 00:38:30,722 --> 00:38:33,062 It's quick chapters. 664 00:38:33,702 --> 00:38:37,982 It wasn't as murdery and dark as the previous book that I was reading. 665 00:38:37,982 --> 00:38:41,482 I really loved it and I read it in I think three days. 666 00:38:41,482 --> 00:38:47,122 So if anyone wants like a little bit later on the murdery side. 667 00:38:47,642 --> 00:38:48,838 And... 668 00:38:48,859 --> 00:38:51,835 I did that. 669 00:38:52,022 --> 00:38:56,102 figure out the ending, which is like a rare thing for me. 670 00:38:58,762 --> 00:39:04,142 I was convinced a third of the way in that I had figured it out and I got stronger 671 00:39:04,142 --> 00:39:08,042 and stronger thinking that I had figured it out until something happened and I was 672 00:39:08,042 --> 00:39:11,782 like, whoa, she just pulled the rug out from underneath me. 673 00:39:12,043 --> 00:39:17,983 okay, I Know that I gave you this book, but I don't know who read it yet But the 674 00:39:17,983 --> 00:39:21,166 one by Ashley Flowers all good people here 675 00:39:21,166 --> 00:39:24,387 I do have that somewhere in my bedroom. 676 00:39:24,387 --> 00:39:28,027 right now, that's the next one you should do because I thought I had that one 677 00:39:28,027 --> 00:39:30,107 figured out and I didn't. 678 00:39:30,187 --> 00:39:36,007 And it's like, it's one of those books where setting kind of is like an 679 00:39:36,007 --> 00:39:38,217 additional character and it's, it's very good. 680 00:39:38,217 --> 00:39:39,597 I really liked it. 681 00:39:39,597 --> 00:39:43,987 And my brother recommended that one to me and he is kind of picky about his 682 00:39:43,987 --> 00:39:44,437 mysteries. 683 00:39:44,437 --> 00:39:49,237 And so I trusted him and I was right to do that because it was good. 684 00:39:49,237 --> 00:39:51,161 So move that up your pile. 685 00:39:52,035 --> 00:39:58,115 Um, I cruised through a book, speaking of my brother, I cruised through a book in 686 00:39:58,115 --> 00:40:07,515 two days called She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper and Zeebo, who gave us the 687 00:40:07,515 --> 00:40:10,415 name for this podcast, is my brother's best friend. 688 00:40:10,415 --> 00:40:14,995 And he and my brother both are huge Jordan Harper fans. 689 00:40:14,995 --> 00:40:20,175 And I write Jordan Harper's newer book called Everybody Knows recently. 690 00:40:20,175 --> 00:40:22,299 And that one's about... 691 00:40:22,341 --> 00:40:28,741 a police agent who has a lot of secrets and he showed up earlier and there's a 692 00:40:28,741 --> 00:40:33,741 part that their entire job is cleaning up all these messes which are the rest of the 693 00:40:33,741 --> 00:40:34,421 day. 694 00:40:34,421 --> 00:40:39,421 You know, just who we work with, like, who is in charge of those things. 695 00:40:39,541 --> 00:40:43,923 And this part, like, the person has like a journey. 696 00:40:43,923 --> 00:40:47,723 moment and is literally like, I'm actually going to do the right thing. 697 00:40:47,723 --> 00:40:50,689 And this is the person that's going to be like my pariah. 698 00:40:50,745 --> 00:40:52,465 And so that happens with the sexist. 699 00:40:52,465 --> 00:40:55,045 So I'm just gonna sort of use that. 700 00:40:55,345 --> 00:40:57,765 And I'm gonna find a way to make this work. 701 00:40:57,765 --> 00:41:00,665 I was like, oh no, no, no, no. 702 00:41:00,665 --> 00:41:06,185 And I'm gonna use the premises of this guy when I get time to go. 703 00:41:06,785 --> 00:41:12,665 He has gotten himself into a lot of mischief with pretty smart, like, premises 704 00:41:12,665 --> 00:41:15,565 group that has like chocolate and chocolate. 705 00:41:17,111 --> 00:41:18,651 And, um, 706 00:41:18,685 --> 00:41:21,125 he was recently taken to jail for prison. 707 00:41:21,305 --> 00:41:27,745 He recently goes and parties with his electrical daughter at the college school. 708 00:41:27,985 --> 00:41:30,815 And it is basically like, I kind of want to see the other two. 709 00:41:30,815 --> 00:41:33,425 You're put down in the car and it's really weird. 710 00:41:33,545 --> 00:41:37,765 And they start talking all over, and I'll forget that they've been on the plane ever 711 00:41:37,765 --> 00:41:45,123 because there's like a great light on his daughter, her light on what just happened. 712 00:41:45,123 --> 00:41:46,763 and her mom. 713 00:41:47,203 --> 00:41:48,123 And... 714 00:41:48,205 --> 00:41:48,971 my... 715 00:41:48,971 --> 00:41:53,011 away, but he finds the mom first and she's already dead. 716 00:41:53,011 --> 00:41:54,891 So he's like, okay, this is bad. 717 00:41:54,891 --> 00:41:56,691 And so he goes and gets her. 718 00:41:56,691 --> 00:42:01,191 And then they like basically become partners in crime literally. 719 00:42:01,191 --> 00:42:05,971 And they like devise a plan on how they're going to like get the green light lifted. 720 00:42:05,971 --> 00:42:07,571 It is fast paced. 721 00:42:07,571 --> 00:42:09,111 It's fascinating. 722 00:42:09,151 --> 00:42:13,011 The whole thing is told in the third person, but the chapters are all focused 723 00:42:13,011 --> 00:42:14,311 on a different character. 724 00:42:14,311 --> 00:42:16,401 And it even includes. 725 00:42:16,401 --> 00:42:23,101 this dominant, protective part who is trying to fight the fall which is 726 00:42:23,101 --> 00:42:24,401 considered inept. 727 00:42:24,401 --> 00:42:26,941 And on the outside, it looks like it's right. 728 00:42:26,941 --> 00:42:28,661 It's a bad seed that I'm going to kill. 729 00:42:28,661 --> 00:42:30,021 It's an inept dog. 730 00:42:30,021 --> 00:42:33,301 It's a white, fensomite that doesn't look like it. 731 00:42:33,301 --> 00:42:36,567 And that's a totally inept dog that's calling for life. 732 00:42:36,567 --> 00:42:40,197 And so then you see other people's perspective on the same story. 733 00:42:40,197 --> 00:42:45,147 And then you also see the perspective of the daughter getting to know her dad under 734 00:42:45,147 --> 00:42:47,009 this really bizarre, 735 00:42:47,009 --> 00:42:52,488 certain stance, and how she feels about it, like Simon's case and the grief of her 736 00:42:52,488 --> 00:42:53,429 mom. 737 00:42:53,909 --> 00:42:59,709 It's really, it really puts a punch, it's really that, I think we should do an 738 00:42:59,709 --> 00:43:05,009 episode about it, because I would love to hear what you think of it. 739 00:43:05,723 --> 00:43:10,583 And I haven't figured out what my next read is going to be yet. 740 00:43:10,583 --> 00:43:12,493 I haven't narrowed down to two. 741 00:43:12,493 --> 00:43:13,893 You have the act. 742 00:43:13,893 --> 00:43:15,843 I see how this will be. 743 00:43:15,843 --> 00:43:20,133 I have the so -called most light tape. 744 00:43:20,133 --> 00:43:23,853 And Sarah has the grade, which I wrote it. 745 00:43:23,853 --> 00:43:25,243 And I think I've read it. 746 00:43:25,243 --> 00:43:26,353 That's what it means. 747 00:43:26,353 --> 00:43:27,995 I do have a copy of it. 748 00:43:27,995 --> 00:43:29,515 new book, a newer book. 749 00:43:29,515 --> 00:43:33,415 And it's basically it follows four girls who are best friends. 750 00:43:33,415 --> 00:43:39,255 And from the get go, you know that one of them is like the future first female 751 00:43:39,255 --> 00:43:44,109 president of the United States, but you don't know until the end which one it is. 752 00:43:44,109 --> 00:43:45,955 and they all come back to you. 753 00:43:45,955 --> 00:43:49,455 and they're all like successful in different ways. 754 00:43:49,475 --> 00:43:51,265 And so that one sounds really interesting. 755 00:43:51,265 --> 00:43:57,455 And then the other one is a book called Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed. 756 00:43:57,455 --> 00:44:02,195 And this one is about like a budding journalist in high school and she 757 00:44:02,195 --> 00:44:08,195 investigates this boy when he's 14, his name is Jawad Ali. 758 00:44:08,195 --> 00:44:14,019 He builds a cosplay jetback that his teacher thinks is a bomb. 759 00:44:14,521 --> 00:44:20,321 And so he gets a breach of your profile, all this like bad stuff, gets arrested, 760 00:44:20,421 --> 00:44:23,461 and he gets labeled as a terrorist, all this other stuff. 761 00:44:23,461 --> 00:44:29,201 So he's related to this other girl who I believe, she's a fun one, plus a 762 00:44:29,201 --> 00:44:30,201 character, I think. 763 00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:32,321 Her name's Sophia Merza. 764 00:44:32,601 --> 00:44:38,941 She basically takes on this high school project of like explaining everything 765 00:44:38,941 --> 00:44:41,831 that's happening in my profile that I hear. 766 00:44:41,831 --> 00:44:43,611 brings attention to. 767 00:44:43,613 --> 00:44:45,303 it. 768 00:44:45,303 --> 00:44:46,883 these United States. 769 00:44:46,963 --> 00:44:49,803 So that one's like a Y, they're both YA. 770 00:44:50,383 --> 00:44:52,483 I'm going to do one of them first. 771 00:44:52,483 --> 00:44:56,183 I don't know which one yet though, but Steph already voted for one. 772 00:44:56,563 --> 00:44:57,977 So, well. 773 00:44:59,094 --> 00:45:01,374 I feel like we have to go over 200 points. 774 00:45:01,374 --> 00:45:02,434 Okay. 775 00:45:06,361 --> 00:45:12,301 also was in YA land this week I finished 20 minutes before we recorded this podcast 776 00:45:12,301 --> 00:45:15,875 a good girl's guide to murder by Holly Jackson 777 00:45:15,875 --> 00:45:17,874 gonna be our next episode. 778 00:45:17,874 --> 00:45:23,194 So I'm not gonna say too much because we are gonna talk about our next episode, but 779 00:45:23,194 --> 00:45:28,054 I will say, I didn't know anything about this going in. 780 00:45:28,054 --> 00:45:31,934 I went totally blind just on the recommendation from those two of you guys. 781 00:45:31,934 --> 00:45:36,165 And there's a lot of interesting reformatting that we're gonna do. 782 00:45:36,165 --> 00:45:39,965 written because sometimes she's transcribing conversations with people. 783 00:45:39,965 --> 00:45:43,825 Sometimes she's doing sort of journal -like entries about progress towards this 784 00:45:43,825 --> 00:45:45,305 project she's doing. 785 00:45:45,405 --> 00:45:47,371 I think for the first... 786 00:45:47,466 --> 00:45:52,566 half, I was like, okay, like, I'm not gonna check where this is going, I'm not 787 00:45:52,566 --> 00:45:54,593 gonna check, I'm like, totally in. 788 00:45:54,665 --> 00:45:58,105 then the back third of the book I like couldn't put it down I had to know what 789 00:45:58,105 --> 00:46:02,265 was gonna happen there were all kinds of new twists and turns I'll leave it there 790 00:46:02,265 --> 00:46:05,845 because we are gonna deep dive more but I need to say that the main character's name 791 00:46:05,845 --> 00:46:09,705 is Pippa but she goes by Pipp great expectations is one of my favorite books 792 00:46:09,705 --> 00:46:13,025 of all time I was like oh I already like this cuz her name is Pipp 793 00:46:22,319 --> 00:46:26,219 bought the second book as well in that series, which I forget what it's called. 794 00:46:26,219 --> 00:46:33,079 And then Holly Jackson had her had another book come out this week. 795 00:46:33,079 --> 00:46:36,168 So I believe April 1 she had 796 00:46:36,168 --> 00:46:40,468 another book come out which is not from the series but it's about an airplane 797 00:46:40,468 --> 00:46:43,128 flooding investigative journalism. 798 00:46:43,268 --> 00:46:48,207 And the sounds of it sounds like... 799 00:46:48,207 --> 00:46:52,947 person is trying to figure out something that's happened in their family and 800 00:46:52,947 --> 00:46:58,187 they're being followed by a podcasting crew in the midst of them trying to figure 801 00:46:58,187 --> 00:46:59,127 it out. 802 00:46:59,127 --> 00:47:01,222 So that's a different angle. 803 00:47:01,222 --> 00:47:02,762 Yeah, for sure. 804 00:47:03,602 --> 00:47:08,222 If you guys want to follow all of the books we've chatted about, this obviously 805 00:47:08,222 --> 00:47:08,982 is a good thing. 806 00:47:08,982 --> 00:47:12,882 So come and give us a call on Instagram at Lines are Voted. 807 00:47:12,882 --> 00:47:16,981 You can also write to us at Linesarevoted, jimah .com, share your thoughts. 808 00:47:16,981 --> 00:47:18,681 books that you'd like for us to chat through. 809 00:47:18,681 --> 00:47:20,319 We love to hear from you. 810 00:47:21,186 --> 00:47:24,668 And until next time, our plans are booked.