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Welcome back to Razzlefrat! While endings are bittersweet, we made sure to stay true to our weird selves. This episode we wrap up with the end of the year goals and thoughts for the future. A quick run-down of novellas from November and all the last of our 2024 reads. We discuss the play The Seagull by Anton Checkhov for our last book club. Be sure to follow us on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands to see any future bookish content. All 60 episodes will remain available to listen or download and our joint insta account @razzlefratpod will end but stay as a relic. Thank you to anyone and everyone to listened to our rambles and silly conversations, even from the days Eclectic Earth Witch and Contemporary Cat Lady. For the last and final time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat November Novella:  https://lithub.com/the-50-best-contemporary-novels-under-200-pages/ https://lithub.com/50-great-classic-novels-under-200-pages Books/authors mentioned this episode: --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This is our penultimate episode, and we had the election blues. BUT we knock them out (sort of) by looking ahead to our most anticipated reads of Spring 2025. Join us for our last review in our next and final episode. We'll be reading The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat November Novella:  https://lithub.com/the-50-best-contemporary-novels-under-200-pages/ https://lithub.com/50-great-classic-novels-under-200-pages --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, life is back to kicking our asses, but at least it's fall? Then, we dive straight into our October book club pick: The Orchard by David Hopen! We talk faith, philosophy, the inexorable march of time… the usual suspects. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat November Novella Challenge  50 Classic Novellas 50 Contemporary Novellas --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, sweater weather is back (and so are the muppets?). Then, we play a round of “Lifetime Movie or Commercial Thriller?” and all we have to say is: Lifetime, call us. We can help you. Join us next time for our book club read, The Orchard by David Hopen! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: Filterworld by Kyle Chayka This Other Eden by Paul Harding Next to You by Helena Bonham Young Gray After Dark by Noelle Ihli Nowhere Like Home by Sara Shephard The Devil and Mrs. Davenport by Paulette Kennedy The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson Gathering of Shadows by VE Schwab Graveyard Shift by ML Rio Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake Babel by RF Kuang The Orchard by David Hopen --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Tumblr is BACK, baby, and so is #soupszn. Also, we had a 24-hour readathon because we don't do anything at half speed and reading is lifeeee. Then, we discuss this month's film adaptation: Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. We chat violence, alcoholism, and obsession—it's very fun and light. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: My Murder by Katie Wiliams Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh Lightlark by Alex Aster Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce Swallow the Ghost by Eugenie Montague City Limits by Megan Kimble Funny Feelings by Tarah Dewitt Babel by RF Kuang The Orchard by David Hopen --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie gets into chess and Ashtin continues her Sarah J Maas evangelism. Then, the fall weather has us putting on our professor hats. We discuss books we think should be studied in school as well as books that make you feel like you're on a campus. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde My Murder by Katie Wiliams Daydream by Hannah Grace Green Dot by Madeline Gray My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake The Idiot by Elif Batuman Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Vladimir by Julia May Jones Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander The Atlas Six trilogy by Olivie Blake The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Old School by Tobias Wolff A Separate Peace by John Knowles Normal People by Sally Rooney Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh Lightlark by Alex Aster Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton Autumn by Ali Smith Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're recording IRL (!) and trying to manifest fall through Gilmore Girls rewatches and booking trips to Vermont. Then, we discuss this month's book club pick, Memory Piece by Lisa Ko. We talk about gender, legacy, the nature of time, and whether a book can do TOO much (spoiler: it can). Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: Memory Piece by Lisa Ko Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson The Most by Jessica Anthony The Evening Road by Laird Hunt My Murder by Katie Wiliams Daydream by Hannah Grace Green Dot by Madeline Gray --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're willing fall into existence. Then, Build-a-Bookworm with us! Finally, we discuss our most anticipated fall 2024 reads. Join is next time for our analysis of our August book, Memory Piece by Lisa Ko. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is headed to the beach for her annual getaway and Ashtin is sucking it up through jet lag and a cold. Then, because we know you've all been dying to know, in the wake of the NYT's Top 100 Books of the 21st Century list, we reveal our own ballots. Then, a closer look at Breakfast at Tiffany's starring Audrey Hepburn, our summer adaptation watch! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie's taking measures to beat the NYC heat and Ashtin is dramatically jet setting to Europe to get away from it. Then, we play a round of bookish smash or pass: Summer Edition. Join us next time for our summer adaptation watch: Breakfast at Tiffany's. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Piglet by Lottie Hazell Saving Time by Jenny Odell Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen Beach Read by Emily Henry Book Lovers by Emily Henry Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote Rouge by Mona Awad I Survived Capitalism and All I Got Was This Lousy T Shirt by Madeline Pendleton The Prince by Machiavelli --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat—our 50th episode! This week, our lives are jointly dominated by Bridgerton and Lizzy McAlpine. Then, in honor of our Golden Episode, we assign books to each of the Golden Girls and find out which GG we are in a very official, very academic quiz. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: Next of Kin by Helena Bonham-Young House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Pucking Around by Emily Rath Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger Altas Complex by Olivie Blake The Secret History by Donna Tartt Other People's Clothes by Calla Henkel Bride by Ali Hazelwood It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencia Shit, Actually by Lindy West --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, while Ashtin lazes on the beach, Allie runs a half marathon. Then, we travel back and forth in time with Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse Five. We chat about the construct of time, time travel as a metaphor for PTSD, the inevitability and omnipresence of war, and lots of other fun stuff! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake Wild by Cheryl Strayed Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut House of Mirth by Edith Wharton Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Catch22 by Joseph Heller The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange There, There by Tommy Orange Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is out of hibernation and Ashtin is in the office. Then, we play a new game—Hallmark Movie or Romance Book?—and mourn the state of literature. Join us next time for our red-flag-read, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're spring cleaning like our lives depend on it while listening to new Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift. Then, we discuss Get Over It, an iconic early ‘00s chaotic Shakespeare adaptation—right on brand. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Middlemarch by George Eliot The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Tiny, Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're obsessing over Sabrina Carpenter and all things Espresso. Plus, Allie gives us all a lesson in proper subway etiquette. Then, we play a round of “Yes If or No If” with our favorite reads from last year! Join us next time for our adaptation watch of Get Over It. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat BookTokers mentioned this episode: @loislanea --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is listening to albums galore and Ashtin is back from Texas and we're both a little frazzled (we blame the planets). Then, we dig in (pun intended) to our latest book club pick, FAMILY MEAL by Bryan Washington. We chat about narrative form, the duality of food, and the under discussed interstitial spaces in grief and love. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Podcasts mentioned this episode: Reading The Room – Bryan Washington, “Family Meal” Books/authors mentioned this episode: The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake Family Meal by Bryan Washington North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell The Nanny by Lana Ferguson Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward Middlemarch by George Eliot Memorial by Bryan Washington Hey Zoey by Sarah Crossan The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're dodging punches in NYC and Allie's Bookstagram has RISEN! Then, we play a round of everyone's favorite game: FMK (Bookish Edition). Finally, our most anticipated summer 2024 releases showcase our… wide array of interests, let's say. Join us next time for our book club reading of FAMLY MEAL by Bryan Washington. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: Iris Kelly Doesn't Date by Ashley Herring Blake Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Family Meal by Bryan Washington BIg Time by Ben H Winters North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell You're the Only One I've Told by Dr. Meera Shah The Nanny by Lana Ferguson The Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien Icebreaker by Hannah Grace Wildfire by Hannah Grace Daydream by Hannah Grace Bride by Ali Hazelwood The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi The Game Changer by Lana Ferguson I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones Goddess of the River by VAISHNAVI PATEL Whale Fall by Elizabeth O'Connor Private Rites by Julia Armfield A Thousand Times Before by Asha Thanki Swallow the Ghost by Eugenie Montague The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Middlemarch by George Eliot Memorial by Bryan Washington --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we rly said TREAT YO SELF (we had a Friday night out that made our bank accounts super mad but our hearts super happy). Also, daylight is BACK, baby. So long, depression, we're totally healed. Then, we discuss our latest film adaptation watch: The Grapes of Wrath! Ashtin is insane and Allie is a really good sport. Join us next time for our book club reading of Family Meal by Bryan Washington. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: Dune by Frank Hubert Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan Captain's Daughter by Puskin If We Were Villains by ML Rio Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes du Mez The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Family Meal by Bryan Washington --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we celebrate awards season with our own and go a few rounds in the bookish ring. We discuss the realities of Colleen Hoover stans going to bat with nonfiction bros. This one is a fun time, each roster runs the gamut from literary authors to fictional character ships. Welcome to the Thunderdome of our minds. Go sports. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode:T omorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor Haunting on Hill House By Shirley Jackson The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Real Life by Brandon Taylor Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas Bride by Ali Hazelwood Mostly Dead Things by Kristin Arnett Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka  Dune by Frank Herbert Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev The Secret History by Donna Tartt If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Colleen Hoover Toni Morrison Sarah J Maas --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we smell snow! (AKA it's cold and we're crafty.) Then, we discuss this month's book club pick, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins. We get into the sweeping—how the patriarchy infantilizes women—and the granular—all the meanings of the color yellow. It's a good time. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Bookstores mentioned this episode: Avid Bookshop – Delivery Subscription Books/authors mentioned this episode: The House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins A Little Life by Hanya Yanahigara Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov Wasted Words by Staci Hart Book Lovers by Emily Henry A Novel Obsession by Caitlin Barasch The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Awakening by Kate Chopin Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Pluto is in Aquarius and it shows. Ashtin is spiraling about consumer algorithms and Allie has picked up book binding. Then, we play “blind date with a book” and it goes… not according to plan, as you might expect. Join us next episode for our discussion of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Podcast mentioned in this episode: Fresh Air My Sister's Keeper By Jodi Picoult --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, *Ashtin* is getting over being sick and Allie is on flood watch. Then—we smell snow! And finally, our adaptation watch of Sally Rooney's Normal People (spoiler alert: we love her). Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books/authors mentioned this episode: The Troop by Nick Cutter Normal People by Sally RooneyT he Atlas Six by Olivie Blake The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake Demons by Fydor Dostoyevsky Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman A Little Life by Hanya Yanahigara --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is getting over being sick (physically, but also of the universe's BS) and Ashtin is working double time to stave off The January Abyss™. Then, we break down some common literary tropes and discuss our faves and least faves (trope jail, anyone?). Join us next time for our masochistic Normal People watch/breakdown! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat BookTokers mentioned this episode: NewlyNova Books/authors mentioned this episode: Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas Rouge by Mona Awad Bunny by Mona Awad I Didn't Know I Needed This by Eli Rallo A House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt In The Cafe of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Troop by Nick Cutter The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins A Death in the Family by Ottessa Moshfegh Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong The Idiot by Elif Batuman The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien Harry Potter by JK Rowling Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas And Then There Was None by Agatha Christie A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory Normal People by Sally Rooney Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey Icebreaker by Hannah Grace The Atlas Six by Olivia Blake Babel by RF Kuang Demons by Fydor Dostoyevsky Crescent City by Sarah J Maas Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Transcendant Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Charles Dickens Stephen King --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie is treating herself to a well-deserved spa day and Ashtin finally attends a book event for *not* one of her authors. Then, we discuss our final 2023 book club pick—The Awakening by Kate Chopin. We discuss how Chopin flips Victorian conventions on their head, what feminism, friendship, and depression look like for women then and now, and, ofc, what an icon our girl Edna is. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: One For My Enemy by Olivie Blake Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas  Rouge by Mona Awad The Awakening by Kate Chopin I Didn't Know I Needed This by Eli Rallo --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is in mom-meal-making mode and Ashtin continues the thankless work of converting people into SJM stans. Then, we categorize books into Taylor Swift eras and things get even more unhinged than usual! Join us next time for our final 2023 book club discussion of The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Tower of Dawn by Sarah J Maas The Awakening by Kate Chopin Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte One Last Stop By Casey McQuiston Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Secret History by Donna Tartt Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Twisted Love by Ana Huang The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous By Ocean Vuong Middlemarch by George Eliot M Train by Patti Smith Other People's Clothes by Calla Henkel The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas Pathological by Sarah Fay Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren Beloved by Toni Morrison Normal People by Sally Rooney Days Without End by Sebastian Barry A Certain Hunger by Suzanne Summers If We Were Villains by ML Rio Wildfire by Hannah Grace Icebreaker by Hannah Grace Tiny, Beautiful Things/Wild by Cheryl Strayed Let the Lord Sort Them by Maurice Chammah Goodbye, Earl by Leesa Cross-Smith How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Seven Days in June by Tia Williams Masters of Death by Olivia Blake --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, the seasonal depression is settling in, along with the existential dread, BUT Ashtin got promoted and Allie is back to writing, so, there's that. Then, the Razzlefrat 2023 book lovers gift guide + our most anticipated Spring 2024 releases! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Bookish gift guide links: Libro FM Ecosusi Leather Bags Of Aspen Curated Gifts The Quirky Cup Collective Kindle holder + remote Ideal Bookshelf A Thing Created Books mentioned this episode: The Awakening by Kate Chopin Lapvona by Ottessa Mosfegh Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Memory Piece by Lisa Ko Bugsy & Other Stories by Rafael Frumkin The House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J Maas Somehow by Anne Lamott The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake Fourteen Days by Margaret Atwood Wandering Starts by Tommy Orange The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo Hunter by Tana French A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams The Women by Kristin Hannah --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're… not doing great. BUT, it's soup szn and Ashtin's apartment gas is soon-to-be-restored, so, not all is lost. Then, we keep it short and sweet and dive into our film adaptation analysis of Jane Eyre (*Ashtin shudders*). We chat about feminism (or the lack thereof), the “love” story between Rochester and Jane, and THAT ending. As usual, we have lots of thoughts. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Aurora Leigh by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is scrambling to find her sanity as she briefly touches down in New York before her next trip and Allie is letting her inner Swiftie shine. Then, we talk about books that terrify us to our very core—for many reasons—thanks to BookTok. And, finally, our inner basic BuzzFeed bitches make an appearance as we find out what fall aesthetic we are. Join us next time for our Jane Eyre (insert Ashtin shudder here) film adaptation analysis! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Atlas Six by Olivie Blake Velvet Was the Night By Silvia Moreno Garcia Wildfire by Hannah Grace Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas Carmilla by Sheriden Le Fanu A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Diary of An Oxygen Thief by Anonymous The Priory of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner Manacled by SenLinYu Playground by Aron Beauregard How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is reading fluffy romance while Allie dives into some serious lit fic (what else is new?). Then, we dive into the wonderfully layered Haunting on Hill House by horror novel pioneer Shirley Jackson. We chat about innocence and childhood, obsession vs. possession, the cyclical nature of stories, and, of course, shake our fists at Shirley Jackson for raising questions without answering them. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat TW: Discussion of a fictional character's suicide. Books mentioned this episode: Wildfire by Hannah Grace Sun Down Motel By Simon St. James The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen Haunting on Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Shining by Stephen King We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson Rouge by Mona Awad The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas Carmilla by Sheriden Le Fanu --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we're both hanging on by a thread, which makes for some… interesting takes. We play an inaugural round of “Yes If, No If,” (Spooky Version) inspired by @loislanea on TikTok, then cringe over shared fall-related fears. It's fine, we're fine, everything is fine. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Follow @loislanea on TikTok, she inspired our Yes If/No If Segment! Books mentioned this episode: Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty The Idiot by Elif Batuman The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones The Shining by Stephen King Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley House of Cotton by Monica Brashers Beloved by Toni Morrison Wildfire by Hannah Grace Ariel by Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we're almost done morphing into full-on moody bitch mode as fall descends, PSLs in hand. We chat fall prep, Gilmore Girls rewatch szn, and, of course, Dead Poets. We cover everything from how Todd and Neil are in love (change our minds) to the symbolism of Walt Whitman to the anger and restrictions of adolescence. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat TW: Discussion of a fictional character's suicide. Books mentioned this episode: Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas The Apology by Jimin Han The Invisible Man by HG Wells Secretly Yours by Tessa Bailey Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas Billionaires' Row by Katherine Clarke Dead Poets Society by Nancy Kleinbaum Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh Haunting on Hill House by Shirley Jackson Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie is in the throes of fever dreams and Ashtin is packing her fall schedule to stave off The Void™. So, we're obviously THRIVING and totally qualified to be your pretend professors. We chat through our favorite campus novels and discuss what books we'd assign if we were your English teachers. Don't worry, we'd never be allowed near an actual classroom. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas The Kiss Quotient by Helen Huong The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Handmaid's Tale by Magaret Atwood The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Bunny by Mona Awad The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwent The Secret History by Donna Tartt Boy Parts by Eliza Clark The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Whose Names Are Unknown by Sanora Babb Beloved by Toni Morrison Playing in the Dark by Toni Morrison Real Life by Brandon Taylor If We Were Villains by ML Rio Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas The Troop by Nick Cutter Dead Poets Society by NH Kleinbaum --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we break down our August book club pick, The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor. Taylor gives us a ton to talk about in less than 300 pages, including art, identity, monogamy, queerness, class, and more. Also, lots of relatable existential crises. Like, a lot. We love to see (read) it. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace House of Cotton by Monica Brashears The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor The Gunslinger by Stephen King Five Tuesdays In Winter by Lily King In The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez If this Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin  John Dies At The End Series by Jason Pargin This Bird Has Flown by Susannah Hoffs Boy Parts by Eliza Clark Nobody, Somebody, Anybody by Kelly McClorey Goodbye, Earl by Leesa Cross-Smith Real Life by Brandon Taylor --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we embrace how easily we—okay, mostly Ashtin—are influenced by the BookTok machine and tell you whether some of the most popular books on the platform are worth the hype. BUT we also have some hidden gems up our sleeves. Next time we're discussing The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor and hope you'll join us for the “Sally Rooney but in Iowa” vibes. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Crescent City by Sarah J Maas A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor All the Gold Stars by Rainesford Stauffer A Life of One's Own by Joanna Biggs My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover Verity by Colleen Hoover Untamed by Glennon Doyle Atomic Habits by James Clear Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale Eragon series by Christopher Paolini Harry Potter series by JK Rowling The Lord of the Rings trilogy by JRR Tolkien The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo By Taylor Jenkins Reid Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Book Lovers by Emily Henry Beach Read by Emily Henry Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab All The Lovers In the Night by Mieko Kawakami Breast and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami How High We Go In the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Icebreaker by Hannah Grace --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week while the world burns (thanks, SCOTUS), Allie's got her running groove back, Ashtin's back from Maine, and Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is imminent. Then we discuss which Barbie we'd like to be—and which ones we actually are. Also, a sneak peek at our most anticipated reads of fall 2023! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode:Crescent City by Sarah J Maas The Cruel Prince (Folk of Air Series) by Holly Black Wicked King & Queen of Nothing (Cruel Prince Series) by Holly Black Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers Love & Other Words by Christina Lauren Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Family Meal by Bryan Washington Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward The Furies by Lauren Groff Lot by Bryan Washington Memorial by Bryan Washington The Fraud by Zadie Smith Rouge by Mona Awad A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez The Power by Naomi Alderman The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor All the Gold Stars by Rainesford Stauffer House of Cotton by Monica Brashears --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie's back from the Catskills and Ashtin's freaked out about the lost (now found) Titanic submarine. Then—after stalling for as long as possible—we FINALLY finish our Infinite Jest discussion and banish him from our reading lives. Did we enjoy this read? Questionable. Will we be bragging about having finished this brick? Absolutely. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat TW: discussion of suicide Article mentioned in this episode:  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/05/how-to-read-infinite-jest  Books mentioned this episode: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Women Talking by Miriam Toews Fourth Wing by Rececca Yarros Crescent City by Sarah J Maas The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're the dog in the meme saying “this is fine” as the world literally burns and covers NYC in toxic orange smoke. And, because we're masochists, apparently, we rub salt in the wound by discussing the first half of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. As it turns out, the behemoth has some interesting insights, but we need whomever called it “uproariously funny” to be so fucking for real. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat TW: discussion of suicide Article mentioned in this episode:  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/05/how-to-read-infinite-jest  Plot Summary video mentioned in this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPgANelYih0 Books mentioned this episode: Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Beach Read by Emily Henry Emma Straub (author) Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Fourth Wing by Rececca Yarros Crescent City by Sarah J Maas The Body by Bill Bryson Crown of Midnight by Sarah J Maas The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy Women Talking by Miriam Toews --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we're entering our artsy-girl summer era, Allie is about to complete another Gilmore Girls lap, and Ashtin is steeped in dreadful anticipation waiting for the Succession series finale. Then, the latest installment of everyone's favorite game, Allie-and-Ashtin-don't-communicate-so-this-game-has-two-very–different-sets-of-rules! And, as a bonus, we also take a Jane Austen fictional soulmate quiz via Buzzfeed (including walking you through visuals on this audio only platform). Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Quiz Mentioned in this episode:  Quiz Find Out Which Jane Austen Character Is Actually Your Fictional Soulmate Books mentioned this episode: Emma by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Celeste Ng (Author) Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Maas The Briar U series by Elle Kennedy The A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas Assassin's Blade by Sarah J Maas Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Underground by Will Hunt The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley JD Salinger (Author) Toni Morrison (Author) Leo Tolstoy (Author) Beach Read by Emily Henry The Body by Bill Bryson The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is devastated that she finished ACOTAR but she'll soldier through it, somehow, and Allie braved the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl in the pouring rain. Then we dive into our latest adaptation watch—Passing! We talk about its fealty to the book, the stunning cinematography, and *that* ending. We've discussed the book at length in “Chapter 6: I'm a Slut for That Book,” so we recommend tuning in there first. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Articles Mentioned in this episode:  She Lit: ‘Passing' Cast Members Discuss Differences Between Novel and Film in Netflix Book Club Slate : How Netflix's Passing Differs From the Classic Book Video Conversation with Actors and Director Books mentioned this episode: A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara Everything I Learned I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant by Curtis Chin Passing by Nella Larson Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is still hurtling through the ACOTAR universe and dreading the impending book hangover she'll have at the end, and Allie is cultured AF with concerts and Broadway shows. Then we compare our reading tastes as children to the most popular books of the time and, in a shocking non-upset, we find out that we were always… this way. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Yearly Lists Mentioned in this episode:  Redbook Children's List 1999-2006 GoodReads 2007 GoodReads 2008 GoodReads 2009 GoodReads 2010 GoodReads 2011 GoodReads 2012 GoodReads 2013 GoodReads 2014 Books mentioned this episode: Sarah Dessen (author) Roald Dahl (author) Stephen King (author) PS I Still Love You by Jenny Han  The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han Forever by Judy Blume Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan All's Well by Mona Awad If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff Marvin K Mooney Will You Please Go Now by Dr. Seuss The Amber Spyglass by Phillp Pullman The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Junie B Jones by Barbara Park Amelia Tells All by Marissa Moss Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish The Nightingale by Jerry Pinkney Geronimo Stilton series by Elisabetta Demi Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osbourne The Doll People by Anne M. Martin The People Could Fly: The Picture Book by Leo and Diane Dillion Harry Potter series by JK Rowling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor Ink Heart by Cornelia Funke Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle  Stargirl by Jerri Spinelli Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer I Am the Wallpaper by Mark Peter Hughes Book Thief by Marcus Zusak The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5) by Richelle Mead Macbeth by William Shakespeare War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4) by Cassandra Clare The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien Insurgent (Divergent, #2) by Veronica Roth The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Beloved by Toni Morrison Matched by Ally Condie Delirium by Lauren Oliver Wither by Lauren DeStefano Allegiant (Divergent, #3) by Veronica Roth  The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Anna Karenina by Tolstoy --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie gets stuck in an elevator and Ashtin won't shut up about A Court of Mist and Fury. Then we dive into our April book club discussion—Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. To say we have strong thoughts is…an understatement. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Articles Mentioned in this episode: theguardian.com/books/2022/jul/18/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow-by-gabrielle-zevin-review-when-game-boy-meets-game-girl Books mentioned this episode: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Cultish by Amanda Montell The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert The Things We Do for Our Friends by Heather Darwent Josh & Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren Normal People by Sally Rooney Macbeth by William Shakespeare A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we chat about Succession, Jaspertok, Lana Del Rey's latest album, and Ashtin's ACOTAR rabbit hole before diving into another epic game of FMK (Book Edition). We also discuss the summer 2023 titles we are most excited about! Join us next time for our April book club discussion for Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: All About Love: New Vision by Bell Hooks Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Real Life by Brandon Taylor Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes The Things We Do to Our Friends by Heather Darwett The Dark Net by Jamie Bartlett A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Cultish by Amanda Montell Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason ‘Salem's Lot by Stephen King Twilight by Stephenie Meyer Unlikable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate by Anna Bogutskaya The Book That Wouldn't Burn (The Library Trilogy) by Mark Lawrence Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould The Beast You Are by Paul Tremblay Family Lor by Elizabeth Acevedo A Head Full of Ghosts  by Paul Tremblay --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie is reading Bell Hooks while Ashtin has been sucked deep into a Dramione fanfic wormhole. BUT she redeems herself by having an intellectual conversation with Allie about Greta Gerwig's Little Women. We chat about the juxtaposition between Jo and Amy, social expectations for women and loneliness, and the power of women owning their own stories—in every sense. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Article mentioned this episode: Greta Gerwig's Little Women Gives Amy March Her Due Books mentioned this episode: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott All About Love: New Vision by Bell Hooks Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh The Faces by Tove Ditlevsen In The Cafe of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano Autumn by Ali Smith --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we channel our inner Moira Rose and revisit all of our book club titles and give them awards, in honor of ~Oscars szn~. We also discuss how we've achieved peak grandma with our knitting. Join us next episode for our breakdown of Greta Gerwig's Little Women! Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: The Idiot by Elif Bauman Cujo by Stephen King I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Persuasion by Jane Austin Passing by Nella Larson Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Little Women by Louisa May Alcott The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome to Razzlefrat! We get a little carried away chatting about coffee, Pedro Pascal, and the cinematic values of The Vampire Diaries. But all of that is followed by our discussion on Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. We look at the different POVs, and try both classical and modern lenses when looking at a day in the life of party planning with Clarissa. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat TW: discussion of a fictional character's suicide. Books mentioned this episode: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Shadow and Bone series by Leigh Bardugo Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Trespasses by Louise Kennedy A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan Circe by Madeline Miller Bridge by Lauren Beukes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! It's been quite a minute. We took a break for the holidays and a tough January but we're back, just as chatty and obnoxious as ever. This is a late airing of an oldie but goodie where we take authors from the past and bring them to the Tik Tok dominated modern world. Taking the idea of talking books and coffee and bringing lots of the “more”. Follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat *Correction: The Lake House stars Keanu Reeves not John Cusack Books mentioned this episode: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary Gilded Mountain by Kate Manning The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! We catch up after a month of moves, weddings, and Mercury not being in retrograde. We hit the books with a campus read On Beauty by Zadie Smith. We talk about her talent of making music and art come through the page, the satire of academia superiority, and the Shakespearian elements of a dysfunctional family. As always, follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: On Beauty by Zadie Smith NW by Zadie Smith Swing Time by Zadie Smith White Teeth by Zadie Smith Hamlet by Shakespeare A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J. Maas The Southern Book Club's for Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we are celebrating our FIRST podcast anniversary with Gilmore Girls hot takes and wine! Oh, and we discuss some books, too. As always, follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill The Truly Devious Series by Maureen Johnson The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley On Beauty by Zadie Smith I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins Frankenstein by Mary Shelley --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we dive straight in to our latest book club pick—Persuasion by Jane Austen. We talk about her growth as a writer, the power of love and redemption, and the latest adaptation with Dakota Johnson. As always, follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Northhanger Abby by Jane Austen Emma by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Harry Potter by JK Rowling --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This month we play an absolutely unhinged bookish version of F*ck, Marry, Kill and discuss how much we HATE the summer in the city. Join us for the book club episode next month! We'll be reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. As always, follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: Persuasion by Jane Austen Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë The Dead Zone by Stephen King How to be Perfect by Michael Schur The Harry Potter series by JK Rowling The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Normal People by Sally Rooney Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J. Maas Emma by Jane Austen --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support

Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we get really into pop culture, sip the latest publishing tea, and discuss our book club pick… *shudders* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. Spoiler alert: not our fav. As always, follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account @razzlefratpod! Until next time, we bid you farewell. xoxo, Razzlefrat Books mentioned this episode: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover Bunny by Mona Awad The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Dead Zone by Stephen King The Summer I Turned Pretty series by Jenny Han How to Be Perfect by Mike Schur Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas It by Stephen King Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens James Patterson Interview: James Patterson: White Male Writers Are Victims of ‘racism' | Culture | The Sunday Times --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/razzlefratpodcast/support