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Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast

Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast

Welcome to Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast the book club for curious minds, sharp tongues and anyone who loves a good story. Each episode we"ll take on our shared and individual reads with enthusiasm, analysis, and just enough chaos to keep things interesting. So grab a beverage and put on your most pretentious glasses, because it"s time to talk books, bad ass books.

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01:18:14

Episode 26: The October Book Haunt

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2025/10/30

In this episode of the Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, we’re closing out BAB’s spooky season with chills, cheers, and a few surprises in our Spooktacular Season Finale!Katie kicks things off with a sneak peek at her freshly arrived fright fest, Scared to Death Vol. 6: Fan Stories Collection, just in time for one last scare. Ashley follows with a spoiler-free love letter to The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, calling it one of her top reads of the season.Then the ladies dive into their shared read, The

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00:52:28

Episode 25: Mild, Not Wild

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2025/10/15

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, we’re stirring the cauldron over one magical read: Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper. It’s small-town charm, sapphic revenge, and magical tournaments (oh my), basically Hallmark with a hint of heat, and we are here for it… mostly.Katie’s biggest takeaway? She’s officially campaigning for a universal spice thermometer on every book cover. (Publishers, take note- the people deserve to know what they’re getting into!) Ashley enjoyed the story’s cozy vibes,

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01:15:49

Episode 24: Spooky or Spicy? Well, Witch Is It?

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2025/10/07

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, things are heating up. The ladies are recording in the evening hours (that means more laughs), Katie went to another concert and there’s a game! What more could you ask for?Ashley wraps up The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr, the fast-paced, smart techno-thriller she devoured. Katie sums up her final experience with Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories by Richard Matheson, sharing her favorite eerie tales from the master of horror. Sneak peek: It’s

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01:24:12

Episode 23: Confessions at 20,000 Feet

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2025/10/01

In this week’s Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, the ladies wrap up Stephen Graham Jones’ The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, a novel they admired but admit was tough to stomach. Dark, brutal, and relentlessly heavy, this Indigenous horror masterpiece left Ashley and Katie both haunted and impressed.Ashley shifts gears into the scandal-filled pages of Paul Bradley Carr’s The Confessions, covering chapters 1–19. Twists, secrets, and plenty of topical fodder fuel the discussion as she unpacks the opening of this

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01:24:12

Episode 22: Good Stab, Bad Sever

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2025/09/23

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, the ladies are knee-deep in haunted attics and blood-soaked prairies. With the final half of Grady Hendrix’s How to Sell a Haunted House, Ashley and Katie laugh, cringe, and gasp their way through puppets, grief, and Hendrix’s signature blend of horror and hilarity. Funny, gruesome, and, yes downright sad, this conclusion had the gals reaching for a tissue.And because no spooky-season episode is complete without some chaos, the ladies play a brand-new

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01:25:31

Episode 21: House Hunters with Pupkin and Cat Man

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2025/09/16

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, we’re off to a hauntingly good start to Spooky Season! This week the ladies tackle their double shared reads: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones and How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix.First up is the historical fiction horror pick, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. The ladies are enjoying the gruesome, genre-crossing ride that intertwines vampire lore with the U.S. western expansionist era. While discussing themes and characters present

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01:24:50

Episode 20: Killer Thrillers & Thriller Killers

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2025/09/09

In this milestone 20th episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, the ladies are celebrating big with a double dose of thrillers. After a quick detour into book-to-film adaptations (because who doesn’t love debating page vs. screen?), Katie dives into Lisa Jewell’s Don’t Let Him In, a chillingly realistic tale that blurs the line between ordinary life and lurking danger.Ashley follows with Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient, a psychological thriller that grips from the first page and doesn’t let go,

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01:36:48

Episode 19: Just Kid(ding) – Meaningful Memoirs and...

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2025/08/26

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, we’re misty-eyed over memoirs and just kidding about vigilante justice.Ashley kicks things off with Everyone Is Lying to You by Jo Piazza, a thriller where a rogue trad-wife influencer proves that not everything on your feed is #authentic. Katie takes us in a different direction with finishing touches on Just Kids by Patti Smith, a soulful, poetic tribute to art, love, and friendship that easily lands as one of her all time faves.Then, the ladies come

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01:32:41

Episode 18: Lives in Print - Getting to Know Drew...

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2025/08/19

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, we’re diving into three very different but equally unforgettable women’s stories. Katie gets misty eyed with Patti Smith’s Just Kids, a beautifully profound tribute to her late soulmate and creative partner. Much praise from Katie, and she’s still got the second half to go! Ashley takes us deep into the trenches with Mackenzie Phillips’ High on Arrival, an unflinching look at addiction, abuse, and survival against all odds. Then, the mood lightens as both

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01:26:20

Episode 17: The Best Audiobook (on Earth)

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2025/08/12

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, we’re all over the place—literarily. Katie kicks things off by recapping a recent rock concert, then we journey from 1960s Trinidad to Hell to DEEP SPACE. Ashley dons her anthropologist hat to share insights on the award-winning historical fiction novel Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein. Katie covers One Loan Soul by L.B. Carter, a fresh and fun paranormal tale, serving up her pros and woes while carefully skipping spoilers for new readers—considerate,

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00:00:40

Welcome Baddies!

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2025/08/09

We're Ashley and Katie of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast -- Come hang with us for spicy reads, twisted plots & unfiltered reactions! New episodes drop weekly wherever you get your podcasts and are watchable on YouTube @BadAssBookclubPodcast. Merch: https://babsmerch.printful.me/Instagram: @BadAssBookclubPodcastTikTok: @bad.ass.bookclub.podcast

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01:30:26

Episode 16: So, ACOTAR is Romance – And Other Bookish...

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2025/08/05

In this episode, we get brutally honest (mostly). Katie is back from vacation and fills us in on her current events. Ashley shares why she still has a long way to go with Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein. Katie kindly keeps her rave review of The Knife’s Edge by Matthew Wolf spoiler free. (It’s that good!) We wrestle with genre expectations as we delve into our non-negotiables for historical fiction and fantasy. We winnow (iykyk) into the second book of the ACOTAR series, A Court of Mist and

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01:31:49

Episode 15: We Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (But...

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2025/07/15

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast we’re breaking curses, generational and magical alike. Katie went to FanCon and brought back more than just merch. She's got stories, sightings, some unexpected emotional takeaways, and of course…BOOKS. The ladies share their thoughts on the final half of Chelsea Devantez’s memoir, I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This (But I’m Going to Anyway). Listen to find out if they appreciate the message in the messiness. Next, Ashley and Katie strap their pointy ears

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01:29:06

Episode 14: The Truth Is Out There (And So Are We)

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2025/07/01

This episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast is heavy on the insights, and even heavier on the banter. Katie starts us off with her favorite entries from UFO’s Who Knows? by Ryan S. Wood and Anthony Delorenzo. We’re sharing what the Dalai Lama has to say about the beings from beyond, time to press play!Ashley’s feelings on finishing The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis are split into as many pieces as Bret’s personality. She gives a breakdown of the climactic ending and is having trouble letting go (much

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01:33:19

Episode 13: It’s Midnight, Do You Know Where Your...

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2025/06/24

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast, Katie and Ashley are continuing their mental health (semi- unserious) discussion as they consider unreliable narrators, unstable minds and multiple realities. Ashley is engulfed in Bret Easton Ellis’ immersive psychological thriller, The Shards. We address the idea of the unreliable narrator and mull over the presence of personality disorders in the main character (remember, we’re not doctors), and of course Ashley has some predictions, hopes and dreams

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01:18:37

Episode Twelve: American Psych Ward

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2025/06/17

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast we’re talking about mental health (in the most unplanned, unofficial, WE ARE NOT DOCTORS, sort of way). Ashley’s pick, The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis deals with a paranoid teen and deranged serial killer. Katie’s read, Ward D by Freida McFadden is centered around a medical student assigned to a hauntingly mysterious psychiatric facility. The current shared read, The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, follows Nora Seed – as she takes her own life and finds

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00:56:35

Episode Eleven: Jules, Jenna, Kasey, Nic and The...

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2025/06/10

It’s the end of an (Empyrean) era. In this episode we say “see you later” to our favorite, feisty, fantasy series – wrapping up Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. But first, we chat about the second half of The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester. We dive headfirst into a swamp of MAJOR spoilers, so readers, enter at your own risk. We circle back to last episode’s predictions, did we hit the nail on the head? No, we’re not Nic. Could Ashley pull off a crime coverup? Could Katie live with the

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01:21:08

Episode Ten: Unsolved Cases and An Incomplete Quest

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2025/06/03

Welcome to a milestone moment for Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast — Episode 10! In this historic DOUBLE SHARED READ episode, your hysterical hosts celebrate ten episodes of bookish banter by taking on The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester and continuing on the epic quest for answers in Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros.First up, we discuss the first half of The Missing Half (chapters 1-23). Together, we unravel the emotional complexities and disturbing secrets in The Missing Half, exploring

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01:17:38

Episode Nine: Deceptive Darlings

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2025/05/27

In this episode of Bad Ass Bookclub Podcast no one is who they seem! Ashley starts off with a lengthy, but digestible, summary of the wild rollercoaster ride that is the final half of The Only One Left by Riley Sager (chapters 27-44). Keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times… or you may lose one! Next, Katie rehashes and reviews the final half of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (chapters 16-26). Does the protagonist hold up to this reader’s expectations? Yes, and in the most

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01:22:04

Episode Eight: WWAD (What Would Ashley Do?)

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2025/05/20

Buckle up book buddies, Episode 8 is here with sex (kinda), lies and typewriters. Katie kicks things off with a brand new game that’s part personality quiz, part chaos: What Would Ashley Do? Spoiler alert — the answer is probably something morally gray and wildly entertaining. It's the perfect introduction to the first 15 chapters of First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston, and guess what, the lies are winning. Then, Ashley serves up a recap of the first 26 chapters of The Only One Left by Riley Stager

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