Mean Book Club

Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson with special guest and podcast host Ryan Coutu! This book spent over 178 weeks on the NYT Bestseller list and came out in 2016, a time when cursing in titles was REALLY COOL!Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 11:Bridgerton By Julia QuinnThe Wives By Tarryn FisherPeyton Place By Grace MetaliousThe Vanishing Half By Brit BennettThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark MansonThe Wife Upstairs By Rachel HawkinsBig Magic By Elizabeth GIlbertThe Hunger Games By Suzanne CollinsSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to be

Hellooooo MBCers!! This week we read The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett! Bennett's story of twin girls growing up in the segregated South debuted at number one on the, you guessed it, New York Times bestseller list! Are we dumb for picking this book? You'll find out!Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 11:Bridgerton By Julia QuinnThe Wives By Tarryn FisherPeyton Place By Grace MetaliousThe Vanishing Half By Brit BennettThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark MansonThe Wife Upstairs By Rachel HawkinsBig Magic By Elizabeth GIlbertThe Hunger Games By Suzanne CollinsSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to beco

Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading Peyton Place by Grace Metalious - aka the 60s soap opera starring Mia Farrow! This 1956 sexy romp was a New York Times bestseller before it even hit bookstores! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 11:Bridgerton By Julia QuinnThe Wives By Tarryn FisherPeyton Place By Grace MetaliousThe Vanishing Half By Brit BennettThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark MansonThe Wife Upstairs By Rachel HawkinsBig Magic By Elizabeth GIlbertThe Hunger Games By Suzanne CollinsSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burto

Hello bookies! This week we read the NYTs best seller The Wives by Tarryn Fisher. 336 pages of thrills and twists twists twists!Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 11:Bridgerton By Julia QuinnThe Wives By Tarryn FisherPeyton Place By Grace MetaliousThe Vanishing Half By Brit BennettThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark MansonThe Wife Upstairs By Rachel HawkinsBig Magic By Elizabeth GIlbertThe Hunger Games By Suzanne CollinsSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.This episode was pr

Waddup book nerds! This week we’re reading Bridgerton By Julia Quinn - aka the Netflix smash hit of 2020. This New York Times bestseller is sexy, simple, and full of nonsense to whine about!Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 11:Bridgerton By Julia QuinnThe Wives By Tarryn FisherPeyton Place By Grace MetaliousThe Vanishing Half By Brit BennettThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck By Mark MansonThe Wife Upstairs By Rachel HawkinsBig Magic By Elizabeth GIlbertThe Hunger Games By Suzanne CollinsSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morr

Welcome back, book nerds! In this Season 11 promo we announce the incredible list of book we are forcing you all to read in the next few weeks!Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 11:BridgertonBy Julia QuinnThe WivesBy Tarryn FisherPeyton PlaceBy Grace MetaliousThe Vanishing HalfBy Brit BennettThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a FuckBy Mark MansonThe Wife UpstairsBy Rachel HawkinsBig MagicBy Elizabeth GIlbertThe Hunger GamesBy Suzanne CollinsSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.This episode

This week we read a NYT bestseller & high school classic: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. This is Johnna’s favorite book and she’s brought on English Teacher Nikolas Oscar Sparks to help her defend it. Right? Maybe...Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of

This week we read NYT bestseller Untamed by Glennon Doyle, a memoir by someone who is married to someone famous and also runs a mom blog. So we’re gonna love it, right?Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna

This week we read NYT bestseller The Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins, a book about nerdy kids applying to college at Clara’s high school. Oh, so what, we’re all supposed to think Clara’s smart now?Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sa

This week we read NYT bestseller Open Book by Jessica Simpson, a memoir about a businesswoman who used to be the knock-off Britney Spears. What could go wrong?Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis,

New year, new bad book! This week we are back with the NYTs bestseller The Guest List by Lucy Foley, and we have some di-vi-ded opinions on this one! It gets heated!Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra RobbinsUntamed by Glennon DoyleThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scra

It’s our last book of 2020, and boy, is it a rollercoaster to hell! This week we read NYT bestseller This Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen Malpas, also known as the book Sabrina accidentally read last season and is now punishing us by making it an official tenth season book. What could go wrong?Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon pag

Welcome back, book nerds! This week we read NYT bestseller Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty. It’s a 400-page therapy session with LSD! What could go wrong?Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scra

Welcome back, book nerds! This week we read NYT bestseller The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiere. It’s an email chain turned song turned book turned Hallmark Christmas movie! What could go wrong?Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Check out Chris on his podcast The Droids You’re Looking For and follow them @droidspod!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at pat

Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 10:The Christmas Shoes by Donna VanLiereNine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyThis Man Confessed by Jodi Ellen MalpasThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyOpen Book by Jessica SimpsonThe Overachievers by Alexandra Robbins Untamed by Glennon Doyle The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of the mean arts.CREDITS:Hosted by Sarah Burton, Clara Morris, Johnna Scrabis, & Sabrina B. Jordan.This episode was produced by and edited by Sarah Burton.Special thanks to FSM Team for our theme song, "Parkour Introvert." You can ge

Season FINALE!! This week we read Dr. Phil McGraw’s NYT bestseller Life Code: New Rules for the Real World. Comedian Alise Morales (The Roast of Your Teenage Self, Our Cartoon President, Betches) joins us to scream about the most depressing self-help book we’ve ever read. Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 9:- Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens- Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena- Danielle Steel: Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood- Life Code by Dr. PhilWant more Alise Morales? Check out her podcast “The Roast of My Teenage Self” or on instagram @pandalise.Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub

This week it’s All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood! This 2016 release made it on the New York Times e-book bestseller list in 2017. Is this creepy, effed up pedophile love story better than Lolita? Ehhh.Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 9:- Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens- Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena- Danielle Steel: Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood- Life Code by Dr. PhilSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page at patreon.com/meanbookclub to become a true patron of

This week it’s Shoe Dog, the autobiography from Nike co-founder Phil Knight! This was one of Bill Gates’ favorite books of 2016 and spent over 14 weeks on the NYT non-fiction list in 2018! Apparently Netflix is adapting it… somehow? So it’s got to be amazing, right? Ehhh.Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 9:- Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens- Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena- Danielle Steel: Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood- Life Code by Dr. PhilSend any future book suggestions to meanbookclub@gmail.com! Follow us on the socials @meanbookclub!Rate, like, subscribe, and check out our Patreon page a

This week we’re reading the NYT bestseller and American classic The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger! Written by a recluse who never allowed the book to be adapted (he wanted to play Holden), this book was first banned and then taught in high schools everywhere! Does it hold up? Listen & find out! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 9:- Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens- Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena- Danielle Steel: Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood- Life Code by Dr. PhilYou want more Lily Du? Check our her insta @lily_d and twitter @LilyD!Send any future book suggestions to meanbookclub

This week we’re reading the NYT bestseller Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel with special guest, comedian Lily Du (College Humor)! This book spent one week on the NYT bestseller list in June, but that’s enough tfor us baby! I book where a ton of shit happens yet there is still zero conflict? A book soft enough for us women? So it’s got to be amazing, right? Well...Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!Here’s the book list for Season 9:- Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens- Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld- The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena- Danielle Steel: Daddy’s Girls by Danielle Steel- Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood- Life Code by Dr. PhilYou want more Lily Du? Check our her insta @lily_d and twitter @L