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Bookalicious Pod
Hosted by Candice and Chrissy · EN
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Bookalicious Tenents (subject to change at any time with no warning)
1- Always solicit feedback and never take it
2-We have no fact check because we provide no facts
3-We follow copyright laws & won't read the books to you no matter how many times you ask
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BONUS: The Silent Patient Reader Mail
Mar 1600:41:21Tap to summarizeBefore the sisters can close the book on The Silent Patient, they attempt to do a quick 15 minute chat on the morality of novel. As usual, this takes 40 minutes to coverAussie Correspondent asks the important question on Theo's character arc - Theo appeared to be a rehabilitated person from abuse. However, by the end of the book we find that he is unable to escape his past and becomes an abuser himself. Discussion? Are abused people destined to become abusers themselves. As a note, we have no authority or expert knowledge on this topic! If you would like to make any corrections / put in your own comments please send us an email Thanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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The Silent Patient Part 3 (Part 4 - End)
Mar 1601:43:45Tap to summarizeTHIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOKThe sisters wrap up the Silent Patient and give it a perfect 5 stars! The twist was twisty and most importantly a careful eye would have been able to solve the psycho the whole time was……*****! The sisters wonder what drove Gabe to cheat on Alicia - did he feel trapped into a caretaker role he didn’t want? Was he after Alicia’s money? Or was he an insecure man who was jealous of Alicia’s artistic ability? After Theo’s crazy is revealed, Chrissy is ready to throw him in the slammer while Candice still has hope for her psycho protagonist. Stay-tuned because we have a special pick-up episode to discuss the morality of The Silent Patient from Aussie Correspondent - Emily!Thanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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The Silent Patient Part 2 ( Book 1 chapter 17 - End of Part 3)
Mar 901:37:54Tap to summarizeTHIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOKThe sisters pick up with Part 2 of Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient, and Chrissy gets her last guesses before they wrap up the book in Part 3. Chrissy starts & ends the pod by saying, “everyone looks suspicious.” Candice does her best to ask questions without spoiling Thanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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The Silent Patient Part 1 (Ch 1 - 17)
Mar 201:16:45Tap to summarizeThe sisters travel back to the isle of the UK & Greece as they pick up Alex Michaelides best selling thriller, The Silent Patient.Before opening the novel, Candice reviews the harrowing life of Alex Michaelides; full of opportunity and disappointment. Alex’s personal history blends seamlessly into The Silent Patient, making the sisters wonder if this is somewhat a memoire.Thanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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Gone before Goodbye Part 3 (Ch 16 - End)
Feb 2301:50:35Tap to summarizeTHIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOKWhile Part 2 left the sisters thinking Reese Witherspoon’s debut novel would land between a 4 & a 5, the final third of the book goes off the rails into pure chaos resulting in a 3.2 star rating. Where things went wrong:Nadia’s tattoo was FAKE! Turns out Nadia employed Maggie to, ‘mess with her mind’Oleg is stabbed in the middle of a mosh pit and his body is crowd-surfed awayMaggie turns into single-white-female and attempts to call the Dubai Police while operating as an undercover US CIA spy. Despite all of the evidence pointing to the contrary, Nadia believes Maggie killed Marc & Trace! Nadia logs into Longevity labs using missing Trace’s year old credentials, immediately triggering the alarmsEVERYTHING WITH PORKCHOP was b-a-n-a-n-a-sWHAT HAPPENED TO THE MONA LISA? WHY DID WE SPEND 10 PAGES READING ABOUT ITThank you for joining the club! Join us next week as we break down part 1 of The Silent PatientThanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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Gone Before Goodbye Part 2 (Ch 10 - 15)
Feb 1601:03:42Tap to summarizeThings have picked up in Reese's debut novel - Maggie has performed a first-of-a-kind nose job using a 3D printed nose, Nadia’s unexpected tattoo, Maggie’s Fast & the Furious style car crash and more!Where our theories land:Marc is aliiiiiiiveTrace is a turn coatNadia is the big badOleg is the Gomez to Nadia’s MorticiaPig Pen (AKA Pork Chop) will fly his motorcycle to the secret lab where Marc is kept as a researcher slave creating organs to keep the Nadia young foreverJoin us next week as we break down the finale of Gone Before GoodbyeThanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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Gone Before Goodbye (Chapters 1 - 10)
Feb 901:38:48Tap to summarizeTHIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOKAfter loving Reese Witherspoon's book club pick - Broken Country (please read & listen if you haven't already; it's great!), the sisters put on their detective hats for Gone Before Goodbye (co written by Harlen Coben & Reese Witherspoon)We spend the first 20 minutes going through Reese's wildly successful resume, including a first place medal for a tri-state talent show when she was 12. Then we get into the Reese's wild medical thrillerJoin us as we wonder if Reese is name dropping products for #ads or if Maggie is just a pretentious medical doc-TOR Thanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
Transcribe →The Sweetest Getaway Part 2 (Ch 15-end)
Feb 201:36:54Tap to summarizeThe ladies wrap up The Sweetest Getaway and detail all (2? 5? 7??) heists that happen in part two. We talk about all the characters we distrust (pretty much everyone except Lorinda), moral ambiguity, and who we wanted to get caught in the end. We were big fans of this adventure and hope you were too!Join us next week for Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben!Thanks for joining our club, make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
Transcribe →The Sweetest Getaway Part 1 (Ch 1 - 14)
Jan 2600:54:18Tap to summarizeTHIS IS NOT AN AUDIO BOOK**SPOILERS FOR NOT QUITE DEAD YET **In what may be our shambliest episode EVER, we have costume changes, technical difficulties, special guest appearance by aggressive Chrissy, and we get the main character's name wrong almost the entire time!!!!! Despite all that, we have a great time discussing The Sweetest Getaway by Sasha Preston and hope you do too! Some topics include: Is the midwest really this hip? Do entrepreneurs like this really exist? Is Nari a good friend? Is this mission good or morally gray?and more! Thanks for joining our club! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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Author Interview: Sasha Preston!
Jan 1900:45:35Tap to summarizeWe are so excited to share our conversation with one of our new favorite indie authors, Sasha Preston! She writes women's fiction crime capers and we'll be covering her latest book, The Sweetest Getaway, for the next two weeks (spoiler- we LOVED it!). If you're curious about...What exactly is a caper?What to do when you work for an evil corporation?Why do the Bookalicious girls want to make a pilgrimage to the midwest? then this is the episode for you! Thanks for joining our club! Make sure to rate.review.subscribeWant to support?Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/cw/BookaliciousPodBuy us a Coffeehttps://buymeacoffee.com/bookaliciouspod
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