Alternative title: Guys, I just wanted to fly whirlybirds :( Alex and Natasha are a little late to this Royal shitshow, but as Kesha says 'the party don't start 'till I walk in.' Listen as an Australian socialist and an Irish psychologist fee

Valley of The Dolls

Nov 30th, 2022 2h 41m

Alternative title: The dolls are opiates. And sometimes meth.Claire and Alex (AKA Eve Dangerfield) are back to discuss the book Alex's mum tried to throw away in the late 2000s, Valley of the Dolls! Jacqueline Susann... really did something wit

Beautiful World, Where Are You?

Feb 16th, 2022 1h 13m

Alternative Title. Ah sure you know yourself. This month Alex tackles critically acclaimed Irish novelist Sally Rooney's critically acclaimed novel about a critically acclaimed Irish novelist who wishes people would lay off her critically accla

Ice Barbarians ft. Romantically Inclined Reviews

Dec 20th, 2021 2h 7m

Alternative title: What that spur do tho?This week Alex is joined by Kate from Romantically Inclined reviews AKA Romancelandia's hilarious meme queen. They discuss Ruby Dixon's Ice Barbarian series and many important questions are raised, such

The Woman Who Fooled The World

Sep 15th, 2021 2h 16m

Alternative title: Gibby gets fake cancer. Claire and Alex go back to the "lady scammers" well and draw up 'The Woman Who Fooled The World' by Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano. It's a deep dive into Belle Gibson, an influencer who pretended to hav

Rebecca

Sep 1st, 2021 2h 13m

Alternative Title: Sandwiches of Unknown Origins.Grab your teabags and butter your crumpets, Claire and Alex go in on Daphne Du Maurier's classic 1938 novel, Rebecca! It's spooky! It's wordy! It's got the most mentions of scones per page in a s

Midnight Sun

Jul 20th, 2021 2h 34m

Alternative Title: I'm in love with a bag of blood Claire and Alex have reunited to recap a story close to both of their hearts, Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer AKA The latest installment in the Twilight Series. As some OG Twilight...fans might

Bridgerton

Mar 29th, 2021 2h 3m

Alternative title: Mrs. Featherington, are you pestering the Duke?Alex bites down on her dislike of Regency romances (including Austen. Come fight her, unlike Elizabeth Bennett, she carries knuckle dusters*) and swallows a chunk of Bridgerton,

The Queen's Gambit

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 55m

Alternative title: why have something happening, when could have boobs?We're back bitches! This week we dive into The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, a book written by a man in the 1970's that despite a stumbler of an opening line DOESN'T feat

The Enchanted Wood (plus memes and bad insta poetry)

Nov 8th, 2020 1h 30m

Alternative title: Bring back Fanny! We want Fanny!This week on How Novel! the girls discuss the one place PC culture really has gone too far-revised copies of Enid Blyton's The Enchanted Wood in which literary simps changed Fanny's name to Fra

My Friend Anna (Delvey AKA the fake German Heiress)

Oct 15th, 2020 1h 48m

Alternative title: Hey, can I borrow $70,000? I'll wire it back tomorrow. I have the tracking number right here!Alex and Claire discuss Rachel William's book 'My Friend Anna.' An attempt to (cash in on) DISCUSS Anna Delvey, a Russian lass who s

The Witcher. And The Sandman (kind of)

Sep 30th, 2020 1h 15m

Alternative title: Have fun getting 'toss a coin to your witcher' out of your head. We sing it three timesJoin Alex and Claire for a round table discussion of The Witcher; the TV show, the Ps4 game, the novels of Andrzej Sapkowski, and the tree

Where the Crawdads Sing / My Dark Vanessa / Crazy Rich Asians and MORE

Sep 13th, 2020 1h 34m

Alternative Title: Book Medley!1. The Dutch House by Ann PatchettNOT about a haunted house. 2. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens*shrek voice* GET OUT OF MY SWAMP!!!Claire guesses the mystery and ruins everything. 3. My Dark Vanessa by Kate

Too much and Never Enough (the Mary Trump book)

Sep 2nd, 2020 1h 38m

Alternative title: This Fucking Guy. This week we read 'Too much and Never Enough; How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man' by Mary Trump. Come for the lowdown on a book everyone is too Trump fatigued to read. Stay for the sighing,

Little Fires Everywhere

Aug 18th, 2020 1h 51m

Alternative title: Little Karen's Everywhere.This week we read 'Little Fires Everywhere' by Celeste Ng and discuss why shitty people love using fake benevolence as nunchaku to bash in the heads of those who chose to live differently. Alex recou

Kitchen Confidential

Aug 6th, 2020 1h 43m

Alternative title: Anthony Bourdain was old man fit.This week we read Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain. Alex guides Claire in learning about and mourning Mr. Bourdain whose book about getting mad h

Daisy Jones and The Six

Jul 23rd, 2020 2h 3m

Alternative title: The Secret Seven: Seven Cheers for the Curse of Rock n' Roll!This week we're reading Reese Witherspoon endorsed, fake rock band biography 'Daisy Jones and the Six' by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Alex wonders what poor hack will get

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Jul 9th, 2020 1h 11m

Alternative title: 'Maybe you should Cry on a Podcast'We read 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone' by Lori Gottlieb and that learn Claire hates crocs and cries whenever you say the word 'cancer.' Alex ponders boomer embarrassment about therapy. C

Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries

Jun 29th, 2020 1h 39m

Alternative title: Fish Mishers Murder MishteriesThe flagship episode of the ultimate one-sided book club! We read Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood. Alex ponders Miss Fisher's clear alcoholism and disdain for anyone who isn't a st

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