What Month Is It Anyway?

It's March and spring is in the air! Listen in as we discuss all things fitness & diet (and also get the scoop on what we care about and don't care about when it comes to staying healthy). We  chat about this month's book club, a sexy Rumplestiltskin retelling: Gilded by Marissa Meyer. Did we love it? Hate it? Feel like Ms. Meyer has written better fairytale retellings? You'll have to check out this episode to find out. And of course, we end our episode with some fantastic AITA scenarios, one of which takes us down a rabbit hole discussion about traveling with friends. Enjoy & happy spring y'all!

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We're a few days late but February's episode is finally live! In (belated) honor of Valentine's Day, we talk about our love stories with our husbands and also discuss our book club pick of the month: The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon! 

Next month's book club pick is *drumroll* Gilded by Marissa Meyer! So get your library holds ready and join us in reading this gem for March.

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Happy New Weird, we mean, Year! We go in depth about our wonky, wompy start to 2022 and how the you-know-what caught up to us. We delve into the very different-than-our-usual book club pick: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Spoiler: it’s a page turner but with some questionable caveats). And we deal with some double-you-tee-eff AITAs! It’s a long one but oh so good. Join us for next month’s book club as we dial in the romcom with The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon.

Deck the pod with us as we dive full on festive for our favorite time of the year!
 
Bookmate Banter: Do we do Santa and how we do it? What does Christmas morning/day look like in our house?

Page Turner or Burner: One Day in December by Josie Silver (*hint hint or sniffle sniffle... can you tell Jensine just finished bawling*)

Am I the Antagonist: Tis the season for all the mishaps and miscommunications ;)

Next month join us as we kick off 2022 with The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton!

Welcome to season three of Pen and Page Gals! Join us for real life takes on the stories we live and love.

Bookmate Banter: Favorite holiday traditions; Sophia's new puppy & backstory

Page Turner or Page Burner: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

Am I The Angagonist?: Abandoned babysitter, Thankless Host, Period Police

Celebrating the conclusion of our second season by trying not to celebrate Halloween. Who is she? But we do introduce some new segments to spice up our next season!

Bookmate Banter: Halloween decor or not and costumes of Halloween past and present

Page Turner or Burner: Caraval Trilogy by Stephanie Garber

AITA (Am I The Antagonist): For making my husband wear a  costume to my sister's Halloween party -and- for complaining about all the kids who don't live in our neighborhood but specifically come to trick-or-treat every year?

November Book Club Pick: The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

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It's Sophia's birthday month, and as much as we love a fun read, we love a festive birthday even more! In this podcast episode, we dish details on how we celebrated our favorite 36 year old as well as our thoughts on our book club pick for September: Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim.

Make sure to read along next month for our fantastical October book club pick as we dive into the magical world of The Caraval Trilogy by Stephanie Garber!

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Happy reading!

Back for Sept...AUGUST; we talk shop  our mom styles, Spin the Dawn, and recent reads.

In this episode:

• Jensine doesn't know what month it is
• Sophia tells a story of when she impersonated Jensine to an airline
• We discuss our thoughts on this month's book club pick: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim

Next month we'll be discussing Unravel the Dusk (sequel to Spin the Dawn) - read along and tune in to hear our thoughts in the September podcast!

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Korean folk tale Sophia briefly references in this month's episode:
http://asianfolktales.unescoapceiu.org/folktales/read/korea_2.htm

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In this episode, Jensine & Sophia start with girl chat about their strict upbringings, learning to sneak makeup around their parents, and the summers that they both felt like they finally came into their own. Episode highlights include:

• How Sophia first heard of who Jensine was
• Thoughts on how to encourage our own kids to explore their unique styles without letting them run rampant
• Where we feel like "The Summer I Turned Pretty" could have done better

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We talk about our worst vacation moments in celebration of our June PPG book club pick: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry! Episode highlights include:

• Our pre & post June 15th Disneyland experiences (we both went with our families two weeks apart from each other!)
• Sophia talks about the time her daughter threw up 7 times in a row on a flight home from Mexico
• Jensine shares a business class faux-pas she made on an international flight
• We discuss our thoughts on our book club pick this month and announce next month's book club pick for the month of July! (Hint: It's a trilogy by the same author as To All The Boys I've Loved Before) 

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