Bad On Paper

It's our last Three Things Episode of the year! And we have a lot to cover, from literary scams, goals for the rest of the year, bedtime reading habits, movie reviews, and more.   Olivia's Things 2026 Goal Status Update Reading in Bed How to find creative focus   Becca's Things 10 before the end trend (Becca's Pile: Dungeon Crawler Carl 6-8, Rabbit, Rabbit by Jennifer E. Smith, Fruit Fly by Josh Silver, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout) The Guardian Article: Fake film deals and emails from top agents: who is behind the explosion in literary scams?  Wicker movie reaction   November Book Club Pick - Back Where We Started by Becca Freeman    Obsessions Becca - The Diplomat S4 Olivia - Beverage fridge   What we've read this week Olivia - Don't Buy What I'm Selling by Lu Chekowsky Becca - The Gate of the Feral Gods and by The Butcher's Masquerade Matt Dinniman    Sponsors Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com Wayfair - Head to Wayfair.com to shop all things home.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and order Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

Happy Book Club Day! There was a lot of excitement that Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld was our pick this month, and we can't wait to discuss it! We deep dive into the novel's characters and storylines, and how our adult 2026 POV on it all may differ from a 2005 teen's take!    October Book Club Pick - Back Where We Started by Becca Freeman    Obsessions Olivia - Costco buffalo chicken dip Becca - Zoey and Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman   What we've read this week Olivia - Don't Buy What I'm Selling by Lu Chekowsky Becca - Dungeon Crawler Carl, Carl's Doomsday Scenario, and The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook by Matt Dinniman    Sponsors Caraway Home - visit Carawayhome.com/BOP or use code BOP at checkout. Cozy Earth - Go to cozyearth.com and use code BOP for up to 20% off home and sleepwear.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and order Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

This week, we're discussing all of the book to screen adaptations that have come out recently and the future adaptations on the horizon! Stay tuned for our thoughts on The Love Hypothesis, Verity, East of Eden, and what we're SO excited to see on screen next.   CORRECTION: VICTORIAN PSYCHO is a movie (not a streaming series), and it is out in theaters 11/13.   October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld   Obsessions Becca - Little Capo in Edinburgh   What we've read this week Becca - Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman   Sponsors Cozy Earth - cozyearth.com and use code BOP for up to 20% off home and sleepwear. Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at Ritual.com/BADONPAPER Skims - Shop our favorites at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and order Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

We have things on things on things this week! We're talking about Back Where We Started's pub week, something that's a bit meaty for a Three Things episode, new favorite fragrances, book promo we loved, book tour tips, and writing for readers vs writing for yourself.   Oliva's Things Becca's feelings about Back Where We Started (what she's proud of, worried about, and hopes readers find in the book!) Ffern Fragrances A disagreement with the idea of 'You're not a writer if you don't have readers' found in Reflections on Plot Twist by Harlan Coben   Becca's Things Defining your ambition Emily Henry's Book Rollout Asking for Olivia for Book Tour Tips    October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld   Obsessions Becca - Bedroom blackout shades   What we've read this week Olivia - Whalefall by Daniel Kraus Becca - The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham   Sponsors Better Help - Get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/BADONPAPER Masterclass - Get at least 15% off any annual membership at masterclass.com/BOP Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and order Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.    

Audio excerpted courtesy of Penguin Random House Audio from BACK WHERE WE STARTED by Becca Freeman, read by Brittany Pressley. © 2026 Becca Freeman, ℗ 2026 Penguin Random House, LLC. All rights reserved.

Becca's upcoming book Back Where We Started, which is set partially on the set of a 2010's teen soap, got us feeling nostalgic and inspired to talk about the early 2010s! We chat about what our lives were like during that era, the pop culture touchstones that stick out to us, our celeb crushes, celebrity ships, iconic albums, the launch of Instagram, and more!   October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld   Obsessions Becca - New Five Below Coloring Book (Cozy Moments); Dan Pelosi NYT Kielbasa Coins and Cabbage recipe Olivia - Andrew Garfield   What we've read this week Olivia - Meet me In The Garden by Nina Lacour, Famous Men by Julia Buntin  Becca - Tastes Like Seeing God by Nina Michiko Tam (Out Jan 26)   Sponsors Wayfair - Head to Wayfair.com to shop all things home. Caraway Home - Visit Carawayhome.com/BOP to take an additional 10% off your next purchase. Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com. Make sure to tell them we sent you!   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

We can't wait to talk about our September Book Club Pick, Main Characters by Bobby Palmer!  Keep listening to hear about our thoughts on the novel's 80+ point of view format, how it tackled the interplay of motherhood and ambition, and if we were convinced the main characters were "meant to be." Plus, the one POV we felt was missing!   October Book Club Pick - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld   Obsessions Becca - Loveland by Suki Waterhouse Olivia - Fresca   What we've read this week Olivia - The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers Becca - Plot Twist by Harlan Coben   Sponsors Sol de Janeiro - One of the best parts about our Summer of Sol partnership is that we could not love Sol de Janeiro products any more. Don't forget, you can go to soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10, and the 10% discount will be auto-added to your first purchase on most of their bestselling items, like our favorite Brazilian Bum Bum Cream and the Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist. That's 10% off at soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10. We are so excited for you to try all of their bestsellers, if you haven't already! Cozy Earth - Head to cozyearth.com and use code BOP for up to 20% off home and sleepwear.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week, we're debating some bookish "would you rather" scenarios: open= or closed-door sex scene? Prologue or get right into it? US or UK cover? Get ready to take a stance on tenses, endings, POV, and more!    September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer   Obsessions Olivia - Crossplay Becca - Out of Print Bookworm Cap   What we've read this week Becca - Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum, Alchemy of Secrets by Stephanie Garber Olivia -   Sponsors Ritual - Save 25% on your first month at Ritual.com/BADONPAPER Skims - Shop at SKIMS.com and after you place your order, select "podcast" in the survey and select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.  

Time for our final Summer of Sol Bonus Book Club, The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza! We loved chatting about the dual timeline narrative, art crime, and the real-life history that inspired the book. We also have some recs for your post-reading rabbit holes!   Want more art heist content? Listen to Last Seen Season 1, read Fake by Erica Katz, The Art Forger by B A Shapiro, Woman on Fire by Lisa Barr, and Vanishing Points by Kate Broad (Out August 2027)   September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer Sponsors Sol de Janeiro - One of the best parts about our Summer of Sol partnership is that we could not love Sol de Janeiro products any more. Don't forget, you can use go to soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10 and the 10% discount will be auto-added to your first purchase on most of their bestselling items, like our favorite Brazilian Bum Bum Cream and the Cheirosa 62 Perfume Mist. That's 10% off at soldejaneiro.com/discount/BOP10. We are so excited for you to try all of their bestsellers, if you haven't already!   Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.

This week we're doing a fall catch up! We're getting into what's been going on in our lives that don't make our weekly highs and lows, from writing stuff, home projects, personal updates, and more!   September Book Club Pick - Main Characters by Bobby Palmer   Obsessions Becca - American Girl shirt    What we've read this week Bacca - The Parisian Heist by Jo Piazza   Sponsors Caraway Home - Visit carawayhome.com/BOP to take an additional 10% off your next purchase. Quince - Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to Quince.com/bop Better Help - Sign up and get 10% off at Betterhelp.com/badonpaper.    Join our Facebook group for amazing book recs & more!  Buy our Merch! Join our BFF Group! Order Olivia's Books, Little One, and Such a Bad Influence! Subscribe to Olivia's Newsletter! Order Becca's Book, The Christmas Orphans Club, and preorder Back Where We Started!   Subscribe to Becca's Newsletter!  Follow us on Instagram @badonpaperpodcast. Follow Olivia on Instagram @oliviamuenter and Becca @beccamfreeman.