Mean Book Club

From the Vault: A Court of Thorns and Roses

The time has come for the magnificent, the stupendeous, the 100% Sabrina's idea SEASON OF SEQUALS!!! In honor of this momentous occasion we're going to be rereleasing the

Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Our Season 21 Finale is here!! This half-baked ACOTAR knock-off got the treatment it deserved and boy oh boy did it deserve the most. Thank you to all of our listeners fo

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

Unreliable narrators, love affairs, and.... ghosts? This week we read Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney and believe us when we say you don't want to read this one. Mean Bo

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (w/ Johnathan Fernandez)

Robert Langdon is back in action and this time he has to solve... wait. what does he do in this book exactly? This week we read The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown with re

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

A lost grandson, a talking octopus, and a new unholy alliance between hosts!? This week we read Remarkably Bright Creatures and is was remarkably bad. Mean Book Club is

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

This week we have a MASSIVE episode filled with lame powers, daddy issues, and a whole lotta YA yearning. This week we read Powerless by Lauren Roberts and despite it's b

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Ivy league frats, magical pencil pushers, and an ALL NEW SEGMENT OF THE POD!? This week we read "Ninth House" by Leigh Bardugo and it was a doozy. Mean Book Club is four

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid w/ James Coker

Looking for the hottest MM, enemies-to-lovers book about hockey that inspired a hit Netflix show? Well we've got you covered! This week we read "Heated Rivalry" by Rachel

Season 21 Book List

Our season 21 book list announcement! Listen so you can read along, or so you can full ignore the books and just enjoy the podcast. You decide! Mean Book Club is four la

Rose in Chains by Julie Soto

An incomprehensible world of magic, a blinding romance fraught with peril, and a bunch of filler in between: This week we read the fan-fic turned book: Rose in Chains by

Bonus! Housemaid The Movie

Special Bonus Episode! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham w/ Jonathan Fernandez

From the author of seminal legal-thrillers such as The Firm and A Time to Kill, comes the inspiration behind... Christmas with the Kranks? This week we read Skipping Chri

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney w/ Raúl Esparza

A very special episode with a very special guest, this week we read "Beautiful Ugly" by Alice Feeney and it was... confusing. Revenge, instant bestsellers, and murderous

Where is Joe Merchant by Jimmy Buffett

Where are our Parrot Heads at?! This week we read Where's Joe Merchant by Mr. Margaritaville himself, Jimmy Buffett. Did the plot make sense? No. Did we like the book? Al

Who Moved my Cheese by Spencer Johnson

Personal goals, career goals, squad goals, any and all of it can be considered "The Cheese." But what happens when someone moves the cheese? What wildly oversimplified op

"We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart w/ David Joseph Craig

Arson, anmesia, and a private island? It's a wonder how this book could be so boring. This week we read "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart and we can't say it enough: JUST WA

The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth

An alternate history with family drama, cultural identity, and extremely detailed descriptions of stamps, this week we read "The Plot Against America" by Phillip Roth and

"Prep" by Curtis Sittenfeld

Sometimes in life, a special book comes along and embraces you with characters you relate to, a setting that you enjoy, and a plot that exists. This is unfortunately not

"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen

Was it profound or was it pretentious? Is the author a genius or a misogynist? The only thing we know for sure is that a man made love to a couch. Mean Book Club returns

From the Vault: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Mean Book Club "From the Vault!" We're periodically reuploading episodes straight from the ghost of Mean Book Club's past! This week we're taking a look back at the book