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 Looking for a book club but don't have time to squeeze real-life meetings into your schedule? Join Book Squad Goals, a bi-weekly podcast about—you guessed it—books, plus all the garbage pop culture we consume when we’re not reading (that’s what our “othersodes” are for!). While you’re paying attention, check out our website & blog at booksquadgoals.com, where we have weekly posts about books, pop culture, and probably our pets. We love our pets.Copyright #BookSquadGoals. Theme song by Mary Stephens & Emily Martin. Outro music by Yshwa - https://soundcloud.com/kingyshwa. Logo by Kelli McAdams. Kunst
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  • Othersode #114: Beautiful, Medicated and Moneyed / Best of 2025

    Othersode #114: Beautiful, Medicated and Moneyed / Best of 2025
    Jan 7 2026
    It’s the episode we look forward to all year: our favorite things! The Squad counts down their favorite things from 2025. Plus, you’ll get to hear from the past year’s guests about what they loved most in 2025. And after you listen, we’d love to hear from you about YOUR favorite things too, so email or DM us so we can read it on the next Othersode! Read along with us for our first Bookpisode of 2026 on January 20th about How to Sleep at Night by Elizabeth Harris. Then on February 3rd, we’ll be joined by Lindsey Currie, author of X Marks the Haunt, for an Othersode about Return of the Living Dead. Start the year off right by leaving us a rating on Apple Podcasts, and don’t forget about our Patreon!

    :30 – Welcome everyone! What are we manifesting for 2026?
    18:09 – Third favorite things
    35:05 – 2025 faves from Clay, Sam, Susie, Mary Kay
    44:50 – Second favorite things
    1:00:47 – 2025 faves from Grady, Tatiana, Todd, Janet
    1:05:58 – Honorable Mentions
    1:10:49 – 2025 Faves from Paul, Ally, Tirzah, Samantha
    1:19:24 – First favorite things
    1:40:16 – What’s up next?
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    1 Std. und 44 Min.
  • BSG #114: Chekhov's Blood Sugar / Crafting for Sinners

    BSG #114: Chekhov's Blood Sugar / Crafting for Sinners
    Dec 23 2025
    For our final bookpisode of the year, we enter Hobby Lobby Hell to read Crafting for Sinners, the latest from Jenny Kiefer. We discuss the sordid history of Hobby Lobby’s crimes, debate whether an entire town can be homophobic, and try to understand blood sugar. Plus, Emily regales us with a chilling anecdote about knitting. Have feedback? Email us at thesquad@booksquadgoals.com. Stay tuned for our next othersode — our beloved annual Faves of the Year — and then our next bookpisode on How to Sleep At Night by Elizabeth Harris, both of which will feature the triumphant return of the one and only Susan! Happy holidays, goalies.

    Table of Contents:
    1:48 Intro. Question
    7:25 Book Synopsis
    9:21 Horrostör Comp
    21:08 Why should we care about these characters?
    24:21 Can an entire town be homophobic? And things we wanted more/less of in the book.
    37:52 Hobby Lobby Receipts, Proof, Timelines
    48:52 The book could have been more!
    53:34 The Cover! And Emily's Knitting Story
    58:57 Rating
    1:03:55 Feedback Bullying! And 12 Days of Christmas Blog Requests
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    1 Std. und 19 Min.
  • Othersode #113: Book Squad Goals' Monster / Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein

    Othersode #113: Book Squad Goals' Monster / Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein
    Dec 10 2025
    The podcast itself is Book Squad Goals. This Othersode is Book Squad Goals’ Monster. Anyway, we’re talking about Guillermo del Toro’s beautiful new Frankenstein adaptation featuring more than one of BSG’s Favorite Actors™ – and we’re joined by husband of the pod, Todd! The Squad discusses some greatest hits of the people-playing-god genre, why this story is adapted so frequently, what makes this adaptation special (ahem, it’s Oscar Isaac), the costumes and performances, and of course, narcissistic parents. We also discover that while Todd teaches this novel, he doesn’t know which edition he teaches, and his main point of reference for this story is Young Frankenstein. Good for you, Todd. Up next on our December 23rd Bookpisode, it’s Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer. And then join us on January 6th for our annual Best of the Year Othersode where we talk about our favorite things from 2025! Wanna get us a Christmas/Hanukkah/Cold Weather present? Write us a review on Apple Podcasts! That’s the only thing on our list!

    TOC
    3:05 - It’s Giving Tuesday (kind of) — Our cats as Christmas ghosts
    6:00 - We cast Muppet Frankenstein
    7:30 - Intro question: What is your favorite piece of media about how only monsters play God?
    12:25 - Did we need another Frankenstein adaptation?
    28:50 - Frankenstein as an artist
    31:01 - The book vs. the movie
    43:43 - Narcissistic parents
    51:28 - The optimism of the adaptation
    53:00 - Did Elizabeth want to bang the monster? (yes)
    1:00:28 - This adaptation is from a Mexican POV
    1:05:52 - The performances (Wow Jacob Elordi did that)
    1:18:50 - Is subtlety dead?
    1:36:20 - Listener feedback
    1:41:31 - What’s next on the pod?
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    1 Std. und 47 Min.
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