Chick Lit Murder Mysteries

This episode we talk about Bird Box - both the 2014 book by Josh Malerman and the Netflix movie that has apparently taken the world (and memes) by storm. Katy shares some personal information, Frannie is convinced the "creatures" are artificial intelligence bunnies, and we both lied to her husband in order to get a recording of his deep thoughts on the movie. So stay tuned at the end for our (unsuspecting) special guest! Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

It's a new year everyone! Frannie and Katy discuss how 2018 went for both of them as well as the podcast, and what their goals for 2019 are. Happy New Year!  Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Hi y'all! With the holidays and Katy's vacation, we'll be taking a holiday hiatus from the book episodes. We'll be back with Ghouls Gone Wild, by Victoria Laurie, on January 28. In the meantime, we will still be coming out with some fun, non-chick lit murder mystery book related minisodes, so stay tuned for those. Happy Holidays to everyone!!  Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode  

Join us as we finish talking about Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun, by Victoria Laurie. A murder, art theft, possessed knife, and smoke monster are all somehow related and it's up to M.J., Gilley, Heath, and crew to figure it out. Katy discusses her neuroses about shining flashlights into the woods or using night vision cameras; Frannie just cannot pronounce one of the character's names, so she just decides to change it; and we lose our minds over probably the most terrifying scene of any of the books we've covered.  Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode  

In Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun, by Victoria Laurie, Gilley has gone behind M.J.'s back and signed her up for a t.v. show on Bravo about mediums. M.J. grudgingly agrees to go to the "most haunted hotel in America" in San Francisco to participate in what is essentially Antiques Roadshow for haunted possessions. She meets three other mediums: Heath (young, cute, actually a medium), Angelica (aka "Madam Hateful"), and Bernard (just gross). Shit gets real when a knife and a smoke monster start wreaking havoc. Katy forgot to turn her microphone on and profusely apologizes for the crap audio the first 10 minutes of the episode, Frannie has a real issue with calling a hotel that is NOT in San Antonio "the most haunted hotel in America", and we would both like to know whether anyone else would consider seafood as being comfort food. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode  

Join us as we finish our discussion of Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend, by Victoria Laurie. Hatchet Jack sets his sights on M.J., we learn the history of who Hatchet Jack really was, and someone gets murderized. Frannie can remember everything EXCEPT the names of the books, Katy gives a vivid description of a character, and we both fight over which one of us will be greeting the other in heaven/the other side. Promo by Heaving Bosoms: A Romance Novel Podcast Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

 This week we start discussing Demons are a Ghoul's Best Friend, by Victoria Laurie. M.J., Gilley, and Dr. Delicious (aka Steven Sable) are heading up to a fancy-pants boarding school to investigate Hatchet Jack, a crazed ghost who attacked the niece of M.J.'s best friend.  Katy goes almost completely note-free, Frannie didn't know Lake Placid was a real place, and we both geek out over micro-fiche.   Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

SPOILERS: DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU HAVE NOT WATCHED A SIMPLE FAVOR!  This episode we're taking a break from the books to discuss a movie based on a book neither one of us actually read: A Simple Favor. The friend of a mommy blogger/vlogger goes missing and high strangeness ensues. Katy takes issue with some fashion choices, Frannie takes issue with one of the character's secret, and we both take issue with zucchini chocolate chip cookies. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

**STAY TUNED AT THE END OF THE EPISODE FOR TWO BONUS CLIPS!!** We finish our discussion of What's a Ghoul to Do, by Victoria Laurie. M.J. and Steven have a scary pool encounter, Gilley has a scary staircase encounter (and no, it's not an owl), and ghosties aren't the only baddies in this book. Katy tries to make "clit brain" a thing, Frannie can't pronounce "tennis shoes", and both of us need a map for this ridiculously huge 37 room hunting lodge. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

In this episode we start the Ghost Hunters series by Victoria Laurie. M.J. Holliday is a medium who, with her "I'm gonna stay in the van" techie best friend Gil, bust pesky ghosts for a living. When she's hired by smokin' hot Dr. Steven Sable to contact his grandfather to prove he didn't commit suicide and was instead murdered, she soon realizes she may have bitten off more than she can chew. Katy has second thoughts about eating cheesecake off a floor, Frannie felt she solved the suicide-or-murder mystery because of oatmeal, and we both freak out over our fear of haunted houses. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

We finish our discussion of Crime Seen, by Victoria Laurie. Abby and Candace continue their investigation into the murder of Milo's old partner, which leads to a scary showdown at a prison. And who doesn't love a prison riot?    Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

In this episode we start our discussion of Crime Seen, by Victoria Laurie. Abby is recovering from being shot in the chest and finds herself struggling through PTSD. Dutch and Milo are preparing to present arguments against release at a parole hearing for the man who confessed to killing Milo's old detective partner. Unfortunately Abby's intuition tells her the man who confessed didn't actually commit the crime and that there is WAY more to the story. Her PI friend Candace moves to Royal Oaks to hang her shingle, Abby gets roped into undercover work at a shady mortgage company, and is the most hilariously terrible liar ever. Katy sympathizes with Abby over sociopathic cats, Frannie is still losing her mind over "The Staircase" owl theory, and we discuss just how dumb guys can be when it comes to birthdays and anniversaries. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

We're back to finish Killer Insight by Victoria Laurie. Abby's friend's groom-to-be is arrested then escapes from jail and is on the run. Clearly the universe just didn't want this wedding to happen. Abby is still struggling with her feelings for Duffy and her longing for Dutch, and her intuition lets her down in the worst way possible. Katy hates dickwads, Frannie feels strongly about lime tortilla chips, and we get a little emotional over hurricanes. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Southside (c) by Lee Rosevere (Music for Podcasts 4) CC BY 4.0. Southside is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

This week we begin our discussion of Killer Insight, by Victoria Laurie. Mercury is in retrograde which means basically everything goes awry. During a disastrous Valentine's Day dinner, Abby breaks it off with Dutch and heads off to Colorado for a childhood friend's wedding. A childhood friend with a now SUPER HOT brother, Duffy. One of the bridesmaids has taken off so Abby takes her place. Unfortunately, Abby realizes the bridesmaid is actually dead but can only tell Duffy, who is the town sheriff. Sleuthing ensues.  Katy took 31 pages of notes but still couldn't remember how the book began, Frannie dislikes all things wedding, and we both agree that Dutch is just about the worst Valentine's Day gift giver ever. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

And we're back for part two of A Vision of Murder, by Victoria Laurie! Abby begins to unravel the mystery of the haunted Nazi house which means she's in even more danger. At the same time, she's dealing with Dutch being over-protective and using terms like "be a good girl" (GTFOH with that nonsense, Dutch), and a drunken Cat who somehow found her way onto a bulldozer. Katy is real pissed about the brick thrown into Dutch's window (you'll see why), Frannie reveals she's really just an old lady at heart, and we discuss the ever-important "french fry tax". Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

This week we begin discussing A Vision of Murder by Victoria Laurie. Abby gets talked into starting a house-flipping business with her handyman Dave and her sister Cat. Now they have a haunted house on their hands, and this ghost is not playing around. Not only that, but Dutch is (and has) a literal pain in the ass, and they somehow have STILL not had sexy-time. Katy relives some childhood trauma, Frannie enlightens us on the hidden world of Catholic church gift shops, and we both debate the merits of mustard on Coney Dogs.  Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

This week we're finishing our discussion of Better Read Than Dead by Victoria Laurie. Things are starting to heat up for Abby (literally and figuratively) as she finds herself being forced into helping the head of the Greek Mafia find his long-missing wife. The serial rapist is still active in Detroit and has begun to escalate. Just some scary shit all around. Katy has exciting news (!!), Frannie thinks everything is a cookie, and we uncover the LSATs of the Mafia.  Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Hey everyone, we're back!! And LOVING this week's book: Better Read Than Dead, by Victoria Laurie. Abby gets caught up in the mob and Dutch, now an F.B.I. agent, has a super sexy and super bitchy partner who does not like Abby one bit. Also, Abby's sister Cat is just the worst at reading Tarot cards. Katy explains her illness, Frannie has strong feelings about nuggets, and we both HATE Dutch's new partner. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  

Between Katy's health (or lack of it we should say) and Frannie's...well...life, we haven't been able to put the time into creating the quality (ish) episodes you expect from us. Because we don't want to turn out crap episodes just to get them done, we have decided to take a 2 month hiatus to let Katy get her shit together and Frannie...well, nothing's going to actual change for her.  We'll be back on Monday, May 14th, 2018 to discuss Better Read than Dead, the second book in the Abby Cooper series by Victoria Laurie. We both love this book and have so much to talk about, so make sure to check it out! Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Picking up where we left off, Abby is about to embark on the worst blind date in the history of blind dates, all in the attempt to track down the murderer of her former client, Allison. Katy has issues with sharing a bathroom, Frannie shares THE BEST CASTING for the disastrous date, "Mr. Hardbody", and we have a knockdown drag out fight over who should be cast as the hottie love interest, Dutch Rivers.  Follow Chick Lit Murder Mysteries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  

Hey everyone! This week we're discussing Abby Cooper; Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie. Abby is a psychic who gets drawn into a murder case after one of her clients is brutally killed. She also goes on a blind date with super-hot Dutch Rivers, who ends up being the lead detective on the murder case.  We loved this book and had a lot of fun talking about it. So much fun in fact that we had to split it into two episodes! In part one Katy clarifies a super awkward comment from a previous episode and has a lot of feelings about sharing ice cream, Frannie wants everyone to get off her lawn, and we both test out our best newscasters voices. Join us on March 5th for part two! Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @ ChickLitMM Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com

This episode we're discussing Too Big to Miss by Sue Ann Jaffarian. Odelia Grey is badass paralegal and legal assistant. She's also middle-aged and a larger woman. When her friend and leader of a support group for larger people commits suicide, Odelia calls foul. She does some sleuthing and learns her friend had a whole life she didn't know about. She also meets super-hottie Greg and we're both here for it. The book brings us murder, secrecy, blackmail, emotional abuse, a great commentary on weight, and a neighbor who literally wears a tin foil hat. This is a more serious episode than usual so expect less silliness than usual. We do still get Frannie's snark and a story from Katy about being a 19 or 20 year old dumbass. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mystries:  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chicklitmm  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Email us at chicklitmurdermysteries@gmail.com Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/    

Hi everyone! We had the privilege of being interviewed by Natassia Cherne, the awesome host of the awesome Brodette Nation podcast! She is starting a segment called "Behind the Pod" and here is how she describes the episode:  Welcome to my first “Behind the Pod” episode, babes! I got to hang out with Katy and Frannie, the lovely lady voices behind the podcast Chick Lit Murder Mysteries. We talk about the podcasters behind our podcasts and the true passion for friendship that brings their show to life. We keep it light this time with tasteful profanity, #realtalk about keeping our kids alive and mostly clothed, but most of all, the beauty in being an everyday hero and the joy we find in creating a podcast.  We had a blast interviewing with Natassia and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording it! Follow Brodette Nation: Twitter: @brodettenation Instagram:@brodettenation Facebook: Brodette Nation Website: www.brodettenation.com Podcast available on: Podbean; iTunes; Google Play; Stitcher  Brodette Nation Music Credit: Song: Locked and Loaded Artist: Mitchell Marlow Album: NYB124 Jock Rock Disclaimer: Any opinions or comments made by host Natassia Cherne, are her own and not endorsed by the U.S. Air Force or Department of Defense.  Furthermore, any sponsorships, business products, commercials, endorsements, and external links are associated solely with the Brodette Nation podcast and are not endorsed by the U.S. Air Force or Department of Defense. Follow Chick Lit Murder Mystries:  Twitter: @ChickLitMM  Instagram: @chicklitmm Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicklitmm/  Website: https://chicklitmurdermysteries.com/  Chick Lit Murder Mysteries Music Credit: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

In part two of discussing Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich, we talk about Stephanie's relationship with both Morelli and Ranger, how Morelli eats a cupcake, and all about Ranger's apartment. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

We're ringing in the new year with part one of our second two-part episode! This episode we're discussing Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich. Steph finds herself in the crosshairs of a dangerous street gang and needs somewhere safe to hide that isn't Morelli's house. Luckily for her, Ranger is out of town and has lent her his truck. Even luckier, apparently Ranger is a bad-ass bounty hunter who doesn't know the directions to his apartment, so he has "home" plugged into the truck's GPS. Steph follows it and decides she's going to sneak in and stay there while he's out of town. Meanwhile, the stakes keep climbing as Steph learns a hit has been taken out on her, and that she's on the kill list of a dangerous gang member who has been flown all the way to Trenton from L.A. We meet an FTA who just wants some damn chips, Sally Sweet is back(!!) and Stephanie's sister, Val, is getting married. Check out Part Two for more on Ranger and Morelli! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

We pick up where we left off in our discussion of To the Nines by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie is being hunted in a terrifying assassination game, and she has to figure out who is behind it before it is too late! Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Y'all we're back! And (kinda sorta) back on track after just having everything blow up in the last month that prevented us from recording. So this week we're talking about To the Nines by Janet Evanovich. And we loved this one so much, we just kept talking! So for the first time, this is being split into a two-parter!  Stephanie has one week to find an FTA on a visa bond, and things get real crazy real fast. After meeting people at the company he worked for, she starts getting flowers and notes from an unknown person. Not the nice kind though. The kind that get left after you get shot with a tranq dart, or the kind that also comes with pictures of dead people. Yikes.  Frannie raps, Katy talks about her weird eating tendencies, and Katy's husband Bexar makes his first appearance! (While he's bringing us more wine, of course) Join us for Part Two, coming December 19th! Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Y'all, it's our first mini episode! As promised, we watched and discussed the One for the Money movie adaptation while on our annual weekend getaway. Glass half-full Frannie tries to see the positive in the movie, while bitter, bitchy Katy (who had to stop watching Stranger Things to watch the movie) tries, and fails, to keep her bitchiness in check.  Nestled within our thought-provoking, scholarly analysis are clips of our reactions while watching the movie, marked by a tape rewind sound (look, it was the best we could get from Garageband. Also, we don't know what we're doing). As an added bonus, there's more reaction clips at the end, so stick around and don't abandon us at the sign off! Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Clips from One for the Money, produced by Lakeshore Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

It's the book we've all been waiting for: Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich! While helping search for the granddaughter of her parent's neighbor, Stephanie crosses paths with the granddaughter's psychotic landlord, Eddie Abruzzi. Abruzzi, aka Benito Ramirez 2.0, is obsessed with Napoleon and has decided that Steph is a war enemy. She gets stalked by a guy in a bunny costume, has tarantulas left in her car, and snakes left in a bag on her front door handle.  The granddaughter's lawyer, Albert Kloughn (pronounced "clown". Change your name, guy), is following her like a lost puppy, her sister is just lost in life, and she has an FTA that just won't cooperate. Oh, and Stephanie and Ranger make sweet, sweet love. Or at least have hot, hot sex. Whichever one, we're not picky. Things get a little serious as we talk about the terror of being stalked and the changing dynamics of sibling relationships,  but then we also get Katy's mortifying story about how she earned the nickname "motorboat", and Frannie is HERE FOR some Stephanie and Ranger sexy time. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

It's Halloween and we're getting spooky up in here, talking about A High Heels Haunting by Gemma Halliday. Kya is a boring web designer with a boring life and boring wardrobe. And a cat. She's so hopeless that she might as well have paint on her overalls. But an absurdly impractical pair of Maddie Springer red stilettos seems to be changing all of that. A night of getting white-girl wasted and doing basic white girl dancing in the shoes lands her a modeling offer, alongside an "orgasm on a screen" male model, Blake. Unfortunately, Blake's ex, the model who inspired boring Kya to order the shoes, drowned 6 months ago and Kya is having dreams of drowning. Clearly the shoes are haunted...or something. Katy is perturbed that Gemma is writing a book about her, Frannie has deep thoughts about La Llorona, and neither of us can figure out how the shoe haunting thing was supposed to work. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  

Things are heating up in Trenton in Seven Up by Janet Evanovich. Steph is tracking Eddie DeChooch, aka "Choochie", a semi-retired mobster who can't see, hear, or get it up. Another FTA is a metaphorical flaccid penis who finally found his balls, and Steph's perfect sister, Valerie, has sworn off penises (peni?) altogether. Morelli and Steph are engaged, but there seems to have been a direct correlation between being cockblocked for all of Hot Six and his intense desire to propose. Meanwhile Ranger's hard for Steph and offers her a terrifying deal. Katy discusses her childhood aspirations of being a shark singer (yeah yeah, it's not a thing. Whatever.), Frannie loses her mind over a simple question, and we both discuss the delicious ways that Janet subtly (and unsubtly) highlights the ridiculousness of men and their penises (peni?). Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

***BONUS*** Stay tuned at the end to hear how we hilariously and pathetically failed at attempting a Skype introduction! We're back to Stephanie Plum (yay!) this week with Hot Six by Janet Evanovich. This week Ranger is the newest FTA, suspected of killing the son of the leader of the black market gun cartel. Stephanie turns down Vinny's request to track down Ranger, wisely taking on a homicidal maniac who beat and torched his ex-wife instead. Meanwhile, Grandma Mazur peaces out of the Plum house and moves in with Stephanie, Morelli is cockblocked, and Stephanie finds herself owning a dog named Bob. We get some interesting insight into Frannie's childhood habits, Katy celebrates self-combustion, and we both discuss crotchless underwear. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Maddie's gettin' married! That's right, we're talking about Mayhem in High Heels by Gemma Halliday this week. Everything's coming up roses for Maddie: she's getting married in a week to a guy who's super invested in the wedding, her wedding planner totally made sure the cake and invitations were done long before the week of the wedding, and nothing could possibly go wrong. Well, except that Ramirez gives no fucks about the actual wedding, their wedding planner is murdered, leaving Maddie a week away from her wedding without even a color scheme, invites, or a freakin cake, and Marco and Dana decide to take over and it's about as horrible as you can imagine. *Shudder* Also, Frannie hates weddings. She HATES weddings. Katy loves weddings. She LOVES weddings. We're both over the Maddie shenanigans. OVER them. You've been warned. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

This week we're discussing Alibi in High Heels by Gemma Halliday. Maddie heads to Paris to showcase her big-girl shoes during Fashion Week and her mom and Mrs. Rosenblatt tag along. Of course shit goes sideways, the lead model is killed and somehow Maddie gets framed for it. Despite the fact that she's hobbling around on crutches cause someone who will remain nameless (hint: rhymes with Crosenflat) ran over her, breaking her ankle. And y'all, Felix has a castle. And he's a lord. And he has magnum condoms. And he kisses Maddie. And Ramirez sees it. And Ramirez dumps Maddie. It's a whirlwind of emotions for all of us. Also, we hear about Katy's swan encounter (fucking swans), Frannie doesn't trust the French, and we debate the logistics of phone sex in ducky pajamas and having sex with a cast on your ankle. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

We're back with another Maddie Springer adventure: Undercover in High Heels by Gemma Halliday. Maddie loses her mind and Ramirez pays the price in the form of a demotion. He's relegated to bodyguard duty for the lead actress (who is receiving death threats) on Maddie's favorite prime time soap opera, Magnolia Lane. Maddie and Dana decide they're going to make it up to Ramirez by solving the case themselves. Shenanigans ensue. Frannie fangirls all over the place about the book and awards shows, Katy gives her opinions on both clowns and how Maddie can make it up to Ramirez, and we learn the unfortunate truth that Chicken Dance Elmo is in fact a thing. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chicklitmm Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

What happens in Vegas gets reviewed on a podcast! This week we're discussing Killer in High Heels by Gemma Halliday. Ramirez ghosted Maddie and she handles it about as well as you would think she would. Meanwhile a phone call from long-lost bio dad leads Maddie & Co to Vegas to help catch a killer. Frannie discusses her case of mistaken identity in Vegas, Katy loses her mind over the word "panties", and both become real friendly with a bottle of....who knows what kind of wine. It was wine. It was cheap. And there was a lot of it. **BONUS** Stay tuned after the credits to hear the moment where Katy goes from buzzed to drunk. Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

This episode we're changing things up ('cause we like to keep it spicy) and reviewing the first book in the High Heels series by Gemma Halliday: Spying in High Heels. We get to meet Maddie Springer, the shoe-obsessed main character who might be pregnant by her lawyer boyfriend. As if that's not enough to freak out over, Lawyer Boyfriend disappears and is implicated in the embezzlement of $20 MILLION. Good thing Maddie meets Detective Jack Ramirez, who is investigating Lawyer Boyfriend and has biceps the size of Nerf balls. This week Frannie drinks wine from a can while Katy drinks wine in a whisky tumbler, like the classy ladies we are. We battle it out over the concept of 2" heels, Katy spills her mortifying tale of socks at her wedding, and Frannie describes how she would have been the most asshole pen pal a 1st grader could have.   Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

This week we're discussing High Five by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie Plum is short on money and Trenton is short on bond jumpers, leading Steph to accept Ranger's employment offers of "interior decorating" and chauffeuring (2 guesses as to how those go). Steph's crotchety uncle Fred, known to everyone in the Burg as a tightwad, has gone missing and Steph adds finding him to her to-do list. Oh, and Benito Ramirez is out of jail and looking for Steph. Cause that's not terrifying at all. We discuss whether penises are cute (they're not), Frannie recounts her traumatic ordeal at a strip club, and Katy teaches Frannie that trains are, in fact, real. Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Steph has a lot to deal with in Janet Evanovich's Four to Score: douchebags, scorned exes, a vengeful scavenger hunt, cross-dressers and drag queens, and Lula stun-gunning anyone in their way.   Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SACandy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/  

Not only is this our third episode, this is the third time we've had to record this episode, as we apparently have a computer poltergeist who wants to delete our recordings. However, Stephanie Plum is still at it, and so are we. In Three to Get Deadly, the third book in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich, Steph has to track down Uncle Mo, the beloved owner of an ice cream and candy shop, as well as a puppy dog-eyed teen who keeps slipping through her fingers. We also learn Frannie's true feelings for Moana, that Katy is super clueless about superheroes, and that we both have the attention spans of gnats.   Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

We're back to break down the second book in the Stephanie Plum series - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich. Stephanie finds herself tracking down Kenny Mancuso, a relative of Joe Morelli, who also happens to be looking for him. At the same time, she somehow gets talked into investigating the disappearance of 24 caskets and spends way more time at funeral homes than anyone would care to. Oh, and things start heating up between Steph and Morelli. You know, no biggie.   Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Our first episode! Listen as we bumble our way through reviewing One for the Money by Janet Evanovich. In this episode, we meet Stephanie Plum, a 30-something Trenton native who finds herself out of a job as a lingerie buyer. Desperate for cash, she takes the only job available: bounty hunting for her skeezy cousin Vinnie's bail bonds company. Lucky for her, her first job could earn her $10k. Unluckily, it entails bringing in Joe Morelli, a Trenton vice cop who found his way into Steph's pants years ago and never called her back.   Music: Candy (c) by Jahzzar (betterwithmusic.com) CC BY-SA Candy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 4.0 International License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/