Mean Book Club Podcast
1) 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 questionable literary merit. I...Show More
2) 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 Christmas by John Grisham and all ...Show More
3) 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 lesbians make for a wild and c...Show More
4) 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? Also no. But did Johnna find out...Show More
5) 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 options do you have? Well Spence...Show More
6) "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 what can we say? This book wa...Show More
7) "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 WATCH THE TV SHOW!Big thanks to ...Show More
8) 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 that book. This week we read "...Show More
9) "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 for our 20th season with "The ...Show More
10) 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 that started the multimillion ...Show More