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Becca Freeman Olivia Muenter

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Maura Cheeks
Maura Cheeks is the owner of Lizs Book Bar in Brooklyn and the author of the novel Acts of Forgiveness. She has a passion for books and has successfully opened her own bookstore while also publishing her first novel in the same year. Her work and dedication to the literary community are evident in her unique bookstore experience and curated book selection.

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shows movie news celebrity quiz body lotion bookstores Pinterest obsessions book club bookstore Lizs Book Bar Maura Cheeks Acts of Forgiveness book selection process publishing Scorpionfish Natalie Bakopoulos Deep Cuts Holly Brickley romance literary Percy and Joe relationships music Duolingo Jackie and Shadow The Ghostwriter Julie Clark The Three Lives of Cate Kay Kate Fagan The Art of Vanishing Morgan Pager Greenlights Matthew McConaughey food books pop culture Trader Joe's Costco fast food dips plane snacks romance books thriller books book-to-film adaptations celebrity crushes karaoke songs reality TV shows candle scents beauty products
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0:00 1:10:17

April 2025 Three Things

Hosts
Becca Freeman Olivia Muenter
Keywords
shows movie news celebrity quiz body lotion bookstores Pinterest obsessions book club

Long time, no things! We’re excited to dive into the random topics on our minds lately, from shows we’re watching, movie news, the celebrity quiz we’re positive you didn’t see coming, and more!

 

Becca’s Things

Casual Viewing Content (inspired by this N+1 Article), specifically The Night Agent and Running Point

Applying body lotion (Olivia thinks the Necessaire Body Serum is worth a try!)

Are you a Bird or a Potato?

 

Olivia’s Things

Project Hail Mary Movie News at Cinemacon

Your Favorite Bookstores! (Becca’s - McNally Jackson, Books are Magic, East City Bookshop, Beacon Hill Books, Trident Booksellers, Powell’s, Back Cove Books | Olivia - Buxton Village Books, Daunt Books, Rare Birds Books, Kinderhook Books, McNally Jackson, Tombolo Books)

Pinterest Feed Tours

 

Obsessions

Olivia - Pen Pals Podcast

Becca - Learning French (on Duolingo)

 

What we read this week

Becca - Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Out April 22), Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley

Olivia - 

 

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

 

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0:00 56:47

Running a Bookstore with Maura Cheeks

Hosts
Becca Freeman Olivia Muenter
Guests
Maura Cheeks
Keywords
bookstore Lizs Book Bar Maura Cheeks Acts of Forgiveness book selection process publishing Scorpionfish Natalie Bakopoulos

Have you ever wondered how a bookstore runs? We think about it all the time, and we are so thrilled to get the scoop from the owner of Liz’s Book Bar in Brooklyn, and author of Acts of Forgiveness, Maura Cheeks!

 

We chat with Maura about her dreams of opening a bookstore, what the opening process entails, how Liz’s Book Bar stands out, the book selection process, and how she published her first novel and opened Liz’s Book Bar in the same year.

 

A book frequently purchased at Liz’s Book Bar is Scorpionfish by Natalie Bakopoulos

 

Obsessions

Becca - Ken Leung being miles on Lost and Eric in Industry. (anti-obsession of Fruit Riot Sour Candy Grapes)

Olivia - The Severance Season 2 Finale 

 

What we read this week

Olivia - The Favorites by Layne Fargo

Becca - Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan (out 5/13)

 

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

 

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0:00 1:17:48

Deep Cuts Book Club

Hosts
Becca Freeman Olivia Muenter
Keywords
Deep Cuts Holly Brickley romance literary Percy and Joe relationships book club

It’s time to discuss our March book club pick: Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley! We talk about which timeline we gravitated toward most through the story’s 8-year span, the unique relationship dynamic between Percy and Joe, what makes a romance literary, and more!

 

More Literary Romances

Talking at Night by Claire Daverley 

Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Beautiful World, Where are You by Sally Rooney

This Is a Love Story by Jessica Soffer

 

Obsessions

Relationships by Haim

Adolescence on Netflix

 

This Month’s Book Club Pick - Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at [email protected])

 

Sponsors

Macmillan - Download the audiobooks for Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy and The Sirens by Emilia Hart wherever audiobooks are sold.

Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order. 

 

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0:00 1:27:29

Now That’s What I Call Music vol. BOP

Hosts
Becca Freeman Olivia Muenter
Keywords
music Deep Cuts Holly Brickley Duolingo Jackie and Shadow The Ghostwriter Julie Clark The Three Lives of Cate Kay Kate Fagan The Art of Vanishing Morgan Pager Greenlights Matthew McConaughey

Music is on our minds (especially with our music-focused March book club pick, Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley) and so today we’re discussing our musical references from different eras of our lives! 

 

You can listen to the full playlist of all of our favorites here

 

Obsessions

Becca - Duolingo Max

Olivia - Jackie and Shadow 

 

What we read this week

Olivia - The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark, The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan, The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager (Out July 1)

Becca - Greenlights by Matthew McCoughnahey

 

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

 

Sponsors

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0:00 1:21:43

Rapid Fire Rankings

Hosts
Becca Freeman Olivia Muenter
Keywords
food books pop culture Trader Joe's Costco fast food dips plane snacks romance books thriller books book-to-film adaptations celebrity crushes karaoke songs reality TV shows candle scents beauty products obsessions

This week, we asked listeners in our Facebook Group for categories to share our top 3 rankings! We cover (almost) everything, from food to books to pop culture and more!

 

Food

Trader Joe’s products

Becca - taco seasoning; hold the cone; pastry pups

Olivia (Costco remix) - Rotisserie chicken, Costco Pizza, Carbonara Buldak Ramen, Built Bars

Fast food orders

Becca -McDonald’s (Chicken Selects), Shake Shack, Dunkin’ (Sausage Egg and Cheese Wake Up Wrap)

Olivia -  McDonald’s (2 Cheeseburgers, extra pickles), Auntie Anne’s (Pretzel Bites), Starbucks

Dips

Becca - Chili’s salsa, Hillstone Spinach & Artichoke Dip, Spicy Feta

Olivia -  Helluva Good Onion Dip, mom’s spinach dip in bread bowl, Chili’s ranch

Plane Snacks

Becca - Mini pretzels, Twizzlers, peanut butter crackers

Olivia - Gardetto's, Cheez Its, Peanut M&Ms

 

Books:

Romance

Becca - The Idea of You by Robinne Lee, The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan, People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Olivia - Talking at Night by Claire Daverley, Shark Heart by Emily Habeck, Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 

Thriller

Becca - Verity by Colleen Hoover, First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston, All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klefoth

Olivia - The Push by Ashley Audrain, Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra, Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn 

Books that deserve the hype

Becca - The People We Keep by Alison Larkin, Musical Chairs by Amy Poepell, A Sky Painted Gold by Laura Wood 

Olivia - We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman, Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash, Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino 

Books to recommend 

Becca - The Idea of You by Robinne Lee, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Olivia - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, The Wedding People by Alison Espach, The Husbands by Holly Gramazio

Book-to-Film adaptations

Becca - Crazy Rich Asians, The Devil Wears Prada, The Summer I Turned Pretty S1

Olivia - Gone Girl, The Martian, Pride & Prejudice 2005

 

Pop Culture:

Newsletters to receive

Becca - As Seen On (Ochuko Akpovbovbo), Gossip Time by Allie Jones, Galley Brag by Ezra Kupor

Olivia - The Composite by Jordan Bogeegean, Morning Person by Leslie Stephens, Literary Leanings by Michelle Martin

Formative celebrity crushes

Becca - Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul Walker, Joshua Jackson

Olivia - Ashton Kutcher, Sean Faris, Robert Pattinson

Karaoke Songs

Becca - Hero by Enrique Iglesias, Never Ever by All Saints, Spice up Your Life by the Spice Girls 

Olivia - Goodbye, Earl by the Chicks, 2 a.m. by Anna Nalick, How To Save a Life by The Fray

TV Romance Plotlines:

Becca - Olivia+Fitz+Jake love triangle in Scandal, Blair Waldorf + Chuck Bass in Gossip Girl, Connell + Marianne in Normal People

Olivia - Nick+Jess on New Girl, Emma+Dexter in One Day, Priest+Fleabag in Fleabag

Reality TV Shows:

Becca - RHONY, NYC Prep, Laguna Beach

Olivia - RHOSLC, RHOOC, Below Deck

 

Misc

Things to do when you need a reset

Becca - Take a walk, go to bed early and don’t set an alarm, journal

Olivia - Let my phone die, take a shower, journal

Candle scents

Becca - The New Savant Summer Splendor, Brooklyn Candle Company Apple Cider, Hotel Lobby Candle Signature

Olivia - Anything that doesn’t smell like cologne

Late 90s/early 00s beauty products

Becca - Hard Candy lip gloss, Stila Kitten Sparkle Powder, Clinique Black Honey

Olivia - Dream Matte Mousse, Lancome Juicy Tube, Clearasil Face Pads

 

Obsessions

Becca - Paradise on Hulu

Olivia - Gap Barrell Overalls

 

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

 

Sponsors

Quince - Go to Quince.com/bop for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.

Wayfair - Give your home the refresh it needs at Wayfair.com

 

Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more! 

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Join our Geneva!

Order Olivia’s Book, Such a Bad Influence!

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Order Becca’s Book, The Christmas Orphans Club!

Subscribe to Becca’s Newsletter! 

Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

 

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