Two Bitches Reading Books

In this episode we finish our deep dive of the book Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey. We talk about the stories Matthew shares with us in this book, the insights they brought us and memories they dig up. If you want to hear more about the White Boy Rick story, check out Shattered, season two here: https://www.clickondetroit.com/topic/Shattered/ As we mention at the end of this episode, we are taking a break for a few months so Kayla can welcome her new baby! We will be back the first week of May and in the meantime you can find podcast announcements (like what our next book club read will be) on our Instagram page by searching @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this episode we start our deep dive of Matthew McConaughey's book Greenlights. We'll be talking about this book, which is a memoir and a philosophical examination of life and it's moments, their impact and what we can make of them. And of course we might find ourselves on some tangents along the way. What is Imposter Syndrome? https://www.psycom.net/imposter-syndrome On the next episode we will be finishing this insightful book and announcing our next read! We hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime you can find podcast updates and other book content from us by searching @twobitchesreadingbooks on Instagram!

In this episode we discuss chapters 48-69 of Lisa Jewell's book The Family Upstairs. We also cover the extra chapter in Kayla's book where we learn more about Martina. For more information on police trainings and education requirements: https://www.trainingreform.org/not-enough-training On the next episode we will read the first four parts of Matthew McConaughey's book Greenlights. We also have a special announcement to make. We hope you read along with us. In the meantime, you can find podcast updates and other book content from us by search @twobitchesreadingbooks on Instagram!

In this episode we discuss chapters 24-48 of Lisa Jewell's book The Family Upstairs and the theories we have at this point in our reading. For more info on different teas and pregnancy: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/is-tea-safe-during-pregnancy#unsuitable-herbal-teas The Commonwealth Fund's Report on maternal health: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2022/dec/us-maternal-health-divide-limited-services-worse-outcomes On the next episode we will be finishing this wild book and announcing our next read! We hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime you can find podcast updates and other book content from us by searching @twobitchesreadingbooks on Tiktok or Instagram!

In this episode we discuss the first 24 chapters of Lisa Jewell's book The Family Upstairs, how we feel about the characters we've met so far and the things this book is reminding us of as we read through it. For more info on why most homes in Europe don't have AC: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/20/europe-uk-air-conditioning-ac/ If you're looking for a deep dive on the mystery surrounding the Manson family and their crimes, we can recommend Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'neill We will be reading up to part three of the book, The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell and discussing it in the next episode. We hope you'll join us! In the meantime search @twobitchesreadingbooks on Tiktok or Instagram for podcast updates and other book content.

In this episode we finish our deep dive of Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica (pages 263-the end), talk about what we were thinking while reading this twisty book and go over the discussion questions in the back of the book. If you want more info on the South Dakota Attorney General: https://www.npr.org/2022/06/22/1106671572/south-dakota-attorney-general-ravnsborg-boever-pedestrian-impeach#:~:text=South%20Dakota%20attorney%20general%20impeached%20and%20removed%20from%20office%20State,Boever%20on%20a%20highway%20shoulder. In the next episode we will start our next book club read, The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. We'll be reading the first 24 chapters or to page 126, we hope you'll join us! In the meantime search @twobitchesreadingbooks on Tiktok or Instagram for podcast updates and other book content.

In this episode we talk about reading pages 131-262 in Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica, where we learn more about what happened to Shelby, and we learn about Meredith's life leading up to her and Delilah's disappearance. We talk about Shelby's traumatic birth and what transpired after it. We both have our theories and touch on them at the end of the episode. This reading really had us questioning doctors and birthing practices in America, informed consent, especially since Kayla's due date is approaching. Which of course had us wondering, what's the difference in having a midwife vs an OB. Check out this link if you're curious as well: https://www.statnews.com/2022/10/12/maternity-care-in-the-u-s-is-in-crisis-its-time-to-call-the-midwife/ In the next episode we will discuss the rest of the book, talk about some of the discussion questions and announce our next book club read, we hope you'll join us! In the meantime search @twobitchesreadingbooks on Tiktok or Instagram for podcast updates and other book content.

In this episode we talk about the first third of Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica. This book will make you feel as though you are IN the MUD with the characters in the book. Two women go missing in suspicious circumstances, we talk about similar experiences as women where we have been in situations where we had sketchy run ins with men/people. We read to page 131 in this first part, for the second part we will read to page 262.

In this episode we finish Kayla's banned book Beyond Magenta we learn about two non-binary teens and how they are navigating their lives. As well as the challenges they face daily. Then, for indigenous people's day, we read In the Shadow of the Red Brick Building about Residential Schools in Canada and how they would treat indigenous people. This book is very depressing and tough. We do have trigger warnings for s*xual abuse, child abuse, and suicide. We learn more about the movements Raymond Charlie has been working on for years and how abuse at the boarding schools have impacted many native lives. Here is a link into more about one of the abusers and a boy found in the gymnasium. https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/kuper-island-residential-school-richard-thomas Here is more about some abuse in the residential schools: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/more-sex-charges-laid-in-cornwall-1.227298

In this episode we are celebrating banned book week. Brandi read 1984 and gives us a break down of the apocalyptic book. We look at the reason it was banned and it sort of aligns with what we thought. Kayla read Beyond Magenta, she tells the story of three transgender adults about how they felt growing up trans. Below is the link to the reason 1984 was banned. https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/52211/more-banned-books-week-at-uc-press/ We will finish Beyond Magenta during our next podcast episode in two weeks as well as discussing In the Shadow of the Red Brick Building by Raymond Tony Charles. We hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff by searching @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this episode we finish the book Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu. We saw and also didn't see a lot of things coming. As this is the first book in the series there are some questions remaining, but nothing in this book has left us on a real cliff hanger. You may notice Kayla's voice is almost gone, so bear with us this episode. At the end we talk about our next project and banned book week. Roman numerals: https://www.livescience.com/32052-roman-numerals.html Join us next week when we read our banned book choices, Brandi is reading 1984 and Kayla is reading Beyond Magenta, the stories of 6 transgender and gender neutral teens. In the meantime follow us on TikTok and Instagram by searching Two Bitches Reading Books.

In this episode we continue our deep dive into the book The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu and suffice it to say, Ropa's life is getting crazy. Our discussion on the book takes us down some different tangents and we end up learning a few things. Banned & Challenged Classics https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics In the next episode we will be finishing this book and announcing the next read for the bookcast. We hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this episode we start our review of The Library of the Dead from T.L. Huchu. 16 chapters in and it's safe to say, we are loving all the action and attitude in the book as well as Gran's spot on advice. Abe statue in Edinburgh: https://www.thenational.scot/news/19940472.new-us-presidents-day-tradition-started-edinburgh-memorial/ Forbes article on Mackenzie Scott's (formerly Besos) fortune: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2022/04/05/how-mackenzie-scott-has-given-away-billionsand-is-still-one-of-the-worlds-richest-women/?sh=3fdaffde36ac We are going to read through page 207, and meet back here to talk about chapters 17-28 on the next episoe! We hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this episode we finish our deep dive of Colleen Hoover's book Verity, starting with chapter 9 of So Be It and going through the end of the book, chapter 25. This book has been a wild ride, and the twists and turns it took our conversation is evidence of that. In case you're curious about how to use pudding in cake mix: https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a93862/9-ways-to-elevate-cake-mix/ Up next we are reading and discussing The Library of the Dead from T.L. Huchu. We hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this episode we continue our deep dive of Colleen Hoover's book, Verity, starting in chapter 3 of So Be It and ending with chapter 15 of Verity. This book has taken us on such a wild ride and we talk about a variety of topics because of it! Link to article about the role of King Louis XIV and Francois Mauriceau had in the way we handle childbirth in the west to this day: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.77.5.636 On the next episode we will be talking about the last third of the book. We hope you'll follow along! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this episode we do a deep dive on the first 102 pages of Colleen Hoover's Verity. This book has been a wild read from the very first sentence and we're learning what the definition of a romantic thriller is. On the way we discuss topics that include Nancy Crampton Brophy, the novelist who wrote an essay titled "How to Murder Your Husband", then murdered her husband. You can read more about her story here: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101433465/how-to-murder-your-husband-writer-found-guilty-of-murder-romance-novelist-brophy. On the next episode we will be talking about the next third of the book, from page 103-200. We hope you'll follow along! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this final episode of our Maus I and II season, we talk about the last half of Maus II, Nazis and getting old. We also introduce you to our new book we are reading. Buckle up because we go on one helluva ride. Link to Time article on Meth and Nazis: https://time.com/5752114/nazi-military-drugs/

In this episode we talk about the first two chapters of Maus II, the second graphic novel by Art Spiegelman. We touch on topics ranging from Ukraine to Dr. Death. Before doing his experiments on twins and changing of eye colors, he was a doctor in concentration camps deciding if people should live or die. The penultimate episode of this series dives deeper into Auschwitz and the living conditions Jewish people suffered.

In this episode we finish up the last three chapters of Maus I by Art Spiegelman, after a quick conversation about what the Nazi party was before and during WWII. We talk about what happens in the book (in other words, what happened in Vladek's life), how the book has made us feel and how it reminds us of events that are happening around the world to this day. Here are links to what I read to understand the Nazi party, communism and socialism: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Nazi-Party/The-Nazi-Party-and-Hitlers-rise-to-power https://www.britannica.com/topic/communism https://www.studioatao.org/socialism?gclid=CjwKCAjw682TBhATEiwA9crl34rdkOaVvwevTfHhLqJbQNmA1xdgfmE8iol_WqO3dNxQiKxHYeOG2hoCATAQAvD_BwE Next up, we're rolling directly into the next graphic novel in this series, Maus II and we'll be back in two weeks to talk about the first three chapters! We hope you'll read along. Follow us on Instagram or TikTok for podcast updates and other book stuff, @twobitchesreadingbooks.

In this episode we talk about the first 3 chapters of the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. Art introduces us to his family and tells us about their experiences in the 1930's while we consider the similarities between then and now and talk about our feelings while reading this historical story. We'll be back in two weeks to cover the rest of Maus I, in the meantime, we'd love to chat about Maus! Find us on Instagram @twobitchesreadingbooks or TikTok @twobitchesreadingbooks!

In this quick trailer episode we introduce our next read, the graphic novel Maus (part I) by Art Speiglman and talk about how it came to be on our radar, plus Kayla drops an unexpected bombshell on me, so we end up with some side convos, as always. We're taking a week "off" this month, so we won't be back until 4/22/22 with the first episode of the book club on Maus. In that episode we'll talk about chapters 1-3 and what it made us think, we hope you'll read along with us! In the meantime, follow us on Instagram @twobitchesreadingbooks for bookcast / life updates. References: Banned books we referenced: https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/sep/surprising-books-that-have-been-recently-banned-2019.html Tennessee HB/SB 1944: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1944

In the final episode of this season we talk about chapters 5-9 of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson. Mark dives deeper into values and leaving a legacy, but as you will soon see, we feel it's a bit contradictory. We learn the stories of tons of interesting characters in Mark's life like Erin, Josh and Mark himself and we rate the book and talk about what we hope to be taking away from it. We'll be back next week to quickly introduce our next book club book, Maus I, the graphic novel from Art Spiegelman and talk about the reason we chose it. In the meantime, we'd love to hear any book suggestions you have for our book club! Message us on Instagram @twobitchesreadingbooks!

In this episode we talk about reading the first five chapters of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck written by Mark Manson. We learn the "rule" being not giving a fuck. We dive into values and choosing. We learn the stories of Buddha, Hirro Odona, Suzuki, William James, Pete Best and Dave Mustaine. How their choices in life, while similar, all ended differently by them taking responsibility of their lives and choosing how to react. There is a lot of laughter in this episode, probably a way we deal with trauma. In the next two weeks we are finishing the book. Maybe we will become completely different people once all is said and done. It's no joke, we will be back on April 1st. In the meantime, we will be posting updates and other stuff on our instagram page @twobitchesreadingbooks!

In this very quick episode we are reading the synopsis of our next book, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck written by Mark Manson and making a plan for how to tackle this book. We plan to finish this one in two episodes, starting with chapters 1-5, and we're hoping we're ready for the amount of self reflection Mark is guaranteed to demand. Next Friday, 3/18/22, we'll meet here to discuss the first five chapters, what made us laugh, what made us cry and which nuggets of wisdom we hope we'll remember! "In life, we have a limited amount of fucks to give. So you must choose your fucks wisely." - Mark Manson Thank you so much for joining us on our long-distance book club / bookcast / podclub journey!

In this episode we chat about finishing Where the Crawdads Sing from Delia Owens. We finally, FINALLY get to the twist everyone warned us about, and WHOA, it was indeed twisty! As always, there will be spoilers. In case you're curious, the wrongful conviction case we mention in this episode is the case of Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs and Jesse Joseph Tafero, in 1976 Broward County Florida. We'll be back Friday 3/11/22 to introduce our next book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson!

In this episode we chat about the reading from chapter 22 to chapter 40 in Where the Crawdads Sing from Delia Owens. So much has happened. Kya isn't a kid anymore and everything feels bigger and more intense, for the good and the bad. As always, there will be spoilers! We'll spend the next two weeks reading the rest of the book and we'll meet back here on Friday, 3/4/22, to talk about it! In the meantime, we'll be posting updates and other stuff on our Instagram page, @twobitchesreadingbooks including a sneak peak at what the next book will be!

This week we are finishing part one of Where the Crawdads Sing from Delia Owens. We're chatting about chapters 7-21, how this book is making us really FEEL and who we would cast in our motion picture for the book. As always, there will be spoilers! Keep an ear out for a cameo from Sebastian! Brandi's Movie Cast- Young Kya - Scarlett Estevez Kya - Kaylee Bryant Tate - Danny Griffin Chase - Joe Burrows Pa - Matthew Mcconaughey Jumpin' - Idris Elba Mable - Danielle Brooks Jodie - Owen Wilder Valccaro Ma - Nicole Kidman Kayla's Movie Cast- Kya - Kaia Gerber Tate - Noah Centineo Chase - Ansel Elgort Pa - Scott Eastwood Jumpin' - Jamie Fox Mable - Octavia Spencer We'll spend the next two weeks reading up to chapter 41 (stopping on page 270) and we'll meet back here on Friday, 2/18/22, to talk about it! In the meantime, we'll be posting updates and other stuff on our Instagram page, @twobitchesreadingbooks ! Ps. The movie we mention with Idris Elba is The Harder They Fall (and it is SO good).

This week talking about chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens! How we felt reading it and our super early theories, caution, there will be spoilers! Read along with us! Before our next episode we'll be reading chapters 7-21, yeah we're reading all the way through part one before we meet again and we plan to chat about those chapters as well as who we would cast in our movie adaptation of the book in two weeks, on 2/11/22!

We're introducing our podcast, ourselves and our first book, Where the Crawdads Sing written by Delia Owens! We're covering chapters 1 and 2 and there may (read will) be spoilers, so feel free to read along with us! (Original air date 1/7/22). Next episode (1/21/22) we will be covering chapters 3,4,5 and 6!