Mean Booker Michelle B told us to read the NYT bestseller because “the premise sounds enticing… this totally goes off the rails and was a complete disappointment.” Wrong Place Wrong Time (a misleading title), spent 5 weeks on the bestseller list and was a Reese Witherspoon club pick in 2022. It's got time travel, a murderous nerd son, and mom guilt. So if it sucks, how did it get so popular?? We dive in with our special guests, Kelli McAdams and Susan Reach of the super fun Book Squad Goals podc...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 15Ep. 4
This NYT bestseller was recommended by MBC fan Kathi who simply stated it’s “a rather bad one.” But once we saw An Absolutely Remarkable thing was written by the brother of John Green (The Fault In Our Stars) - we were intrigued. 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! H...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 15Ep. 3
This NYT bestseller was recommended by TWO fans: Barbie Steele and Gillian Tobin. They told us The Silent Patient was a snooze and was written by a failed screenwriter. How could we resist? We are joined by author Jason Yamas (Tweakerworld) who assured us that although this book wasn’t literature, it was certainly “literary.” 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 mer...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 46 min•Season 15Ep. 2
Hello MBCers!! We are thrilled to be back for season 15!!! This week we read Divergent by Veronica Roth! It's a dystopian YA novel set in the WINDY CITY, but not the Windy City that you know and love. A different one. A worse one. And! We! Hated it! If you're tuning in for the first time, 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's per...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 41 min•Season 15Ep. 1
BOOOOOKSSSSS!!! Announcing our Season 15 book list and promo. 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Here’s the Season 15 reading list: Divergent by Veronica Roth The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green Wrong Place Wrong Time ...
Mar 14, 2023•8 min
You can thank MBC fan “Dan” for this rec: “I think it’s awful and ham-fisted, the most unsubtle and condescendingly written book ever.” You want us to take down a classic? We love a challenge! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Here’s the Season 14 reading list: Ver...
Feb 07, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 14Ep. 8
Fan @Thor_Reviews_Beer on instagram asked us to “read and rip World War Z” by Max Brooks - a NYT bestseller. He said please and thank you so we decided to oblige. After all, aren’t zombies totally in right now?! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every (other) Tuesday! Here’s the Season 14...
Jan 24, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 14Ep. 7
You can thank our special guest Zach Noe Towers (@ zachnoetowers ) of the Good Morning, Sodomites! podcast for this rec. It’s one of those books on everybody famous’s top ten list.. but has anybody actually read it? 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Here’s the Seas...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 14Ep. 6
Hey, book'os! We are back! This week we accidentally read Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro. "Accidentally," you say? What? How? Allow us to explain... on ze cast. 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Here’s the Season 14 reading list: Verity by Colleen Hoover Cherr...
Dec 27, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 14Ep. 5
You can thank MBC fan Dave O. for this rec: “It is everything you hate about White Suburban Women's Book Club literature, from a ‘modern day’ storyline to melodramatic dialogue to heavy-handed symbolism.” Plus, it’s been a NYT bestseller for more than 110 weeks and has sold more than 3 million copies? Uh, count us in! 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. It's...
Dec 13, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 14Ep. 4
You can thank MBC fan Alessandra Rosso for this rec: “I read this book a year ago and still talk about how bad it is… And the men… feel like giant Ken dolls for the women to transport, pose and pretend to interact with.” Plus, it’s a NYT bestseller set in NYC during 9/11? Uh, count us in! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's per...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 43 min•Season 14Ep. 3
A murder book with recipes? CHECK PLEASE! We read Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke - and it somehow was a NYT bestseller! How? Why? We had to find out! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Here’s the Season 14 reading list: Verity by Colleen Hoover Cherry Chee...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 14Ep. 2
Co-hos, welcome! Today we break down the ultimate MBC book pick - so bad it’s… good? We read Verity by Colleen Hoover!!! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday! Here’s the Season 14 reading list: Verity by Colleen Hoover Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke In Five Y...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 14Ep. 1
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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 14 - (almost) all fan recommends: -Verity by Colleen Hoover -Cherry Cheesecake Murder by Joanne Fluke -1984 by George Orwell -Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate -Klara and the Sun by Ishiguro -Think A...
Oct 18, 2022•6 min
Rec’d by pod fan Elise who told us that this book is “truly terrible” and “an insult to 9/11.” Turns out it’s also an insult to literature! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 13 - all fan recommends: - Survive the Night by Riley Sager - ...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 48 min
Rec’d by pod fan Gus Stephens who told us that the author “pees on a dog in the first few pages and frames it as a good thing.” Amazing! A crazy successful football coach whose politics are questionable and lessons are even more confusing! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tue...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 25 min
This one’s for our Canadian fans! Michelle Boucher says this alt-right psychologist “promoted an all-meat diet, said he was awake for a month straight” and is basically a sexist monster! Although TECHNICALLY not a NYT bestseller because it was only published in Canada, this book looked too juicy to not discuss. Turns out it’s horrible in more ways than one! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books tha...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Thanks to special guest Jake Cornell who showed up to scream about this science romance. Big ups to Neha Kennard who told us she was "truly heartbroken about [this] garbage-sounding book becoming really popular” - a NYT bestseller! Neha was offended for all her friends in STEM and wanted us to share in her outrage. AND SHARE WE SHALL! Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable lit...
Aug 16, 2022•1 hr 29 min
Welcome back, book nerds! Thanks to Abigail who told us to read this “fun but bad palate cleanser” about time-traveling lesbians that is somehow a NYT bestseller! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 13 - all fan recommends: - Survive the ...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Thanks to listener Debra who told us to read this because "you guys should treat yourself and read a fun one for your podcast. I’m sure you will have plenty to criticize." You betcha! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 13 - all fan recom...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 26 min
We are BACK with eppy two, THE WHISPER MAN by "Alex" "North." An *instant* New York Times bestseller, TWM has been called "brilliant" "superb" "poignant" and "thrilling" by major publications and "a bad The Shining knock off" by us. Who do you trust??? 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast ev...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 42 min
Welcome back, book nerds! Thanks to Christine who told us to read this “horribly executed book” and yet somehow still a NYT bestseller! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 13 - all fan recommends: - Survive the Night by Riley Sager - The ...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Welcome back, book nerds! In this Season 13 promo we announce the incredible list of books we are forcing you all to read in the next few weeks! We make our triumphant return June 21! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 13 - all fan recom...
Jun 07, 2022•6 min
Season Finale! We read New York Times bestseller Bringing Up Bébé by Pamela Druckerman - will it help make our babies into perfect babies who sleep through the night and eat sugarless hot chocolate? Find out! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for ...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 40 min
This week we read New York Times bestseller My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell! The NYTs calls it both "a creepy account of abuse and an overwrought teenage girl’s love story." Can it be both??? We weigh in! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book lis...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 33 min
MBCers! This week we read Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, or as Sarah calls it Breakfast for Champions. Also known as Goodbye Blue Monday, BOC is not only a champion in title, it's also a CHAMPION of the NYTs bestseller list. (56 weeks!) But why? 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 35 min
This week we read New York Times bestseller The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James, a book that’s not so much a ghost story as it is a story with some ghosts. 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 12: - [ ] You by Caroline Kepnes - [ ] You ...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 17 min
MBCers! This week we read It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong, a NYTs bestseller where Lance Armstrong does a lot of lying but also, he had cancer, so how mad can you get? 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 12: - [ ] You by Caroli...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min
MBCers! This week we read The Grace Year by Kim Liggett, a NYTs bestseller about 16 year old girls who have to go to a worse-than-the lord of the flies-type island to rid themselves of their whore magic. Can they do it? Will the book be better than the 5 other books it stole its plot from? Find out with us on this week's ep! 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 meri...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 23 min
We’re baaaaack! We read New York Times bestseller You Are a Badass at Making Money by Jen Sincero - will it help us all become disgustingly rich? Find out! 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. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast every other Tuesday! Here’s the book list for Season 12: - [ ] You by Caroline Kepnes - [ ] You Are...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 25 min
