Bad On Paper

Hosted ByGrace Atwood & Becca Freeman

Your new internet besties give you a weekly dose of books, banter, and folks you should be following. Join 30-something reading enthusiasts and real-life best friends Grace Atwood and Becca Freeman every month for a book club featuring a read they promise you won’t be able to put down. In between, they’re joined by guests for conversations on careers, dating, fashion, and more.


All Episodes

Be Ready When the Luck Happens (Ina Garten’s Memoir) Book Club

It’s our last book club of 2024! We’re so excited to discuss . It was the comfort read we needed this month, and we were surprised by how much we didn’t know about her!    Obsessions Becca – Olivia –   What we read this week…

A Holly Jolly Gift Guide

  It’s about that time for a holly jolly gift guide! We gathered gift ideas for every price point from 5-year journals to candy to candles and more!   Under $25 – $28 – Med – $28 ($15) + a book – $13 Thrifted Matchstrike W/ Matches …

Debut Author Spotlight

This week, we talked to four debut authors with books that came out in 2024 or are coming out in 2025 about their paths to publication! Get ready to load up your TBR and hear their advice for writers and recent favorite books.    We chatted…

November 2024 Three Things

We’re keeping things light this week by sharing a fun batch of Three Things!   Becca’s Things Diving into the Holiday Season ‘   Olivia’s Things Netflix’s upcoming holiday programming: , , , and ()    Obsessions:…

Bel Canto Book Club

October Book Club is here! It’s time to share our feelings about . We covered our reading experience, the real-life stories that inspired the book, side characters we loved, and if we enjoyed the controversial epilogue, and more!    If you…

A Moving Retrospective

  This week, we’re reflecting on Olivia’s move to the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York! Covering everything from why she chose the location, house renovation updates, how to make friends in a new place, and when the house started to feel…

The Great Read-Alike Roundup

In celebration of our backlist fall, we’re dedicating this episode to sharing our recommendations for what to read if you want to capture the energy of a popular book!    Romance If you liked , you may like and If you like , you may like…

How the Pod Sausage Gets Made

Have you ever wondered how we choose episode topics? Our intentions behind our book club picks? Our dream guests? How we want to grow the podcast? This is the episode for you! We’re sharing all the details about how our podcast sausage gets made….

A Very Autumnal Three Things

In this round of Three Things, we’re keeping our topics strictly fall-based (prepare to hear Olivia at her full power!) We cover everything from Halloween costumes to sweater storage to cozy fall hobbies and more!   Olivia’s Things A Perfect…

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