Episodes – Pen and Page Gals

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September 30, 2021

September 2021 Bookclub Recap: Unravel The Dusk by Elizabeth Lim

BY SOPHIA After reading Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim last month for our book club pick (and LOVING it) we both knew that we had to finish out the duology and read Unravel the Dusk (The Blood of Stars Book II) for our September book club pick. In this month's podcast episode, we spend some time talking about how we celebrated my 36th birthday and our favorite ways to relax before jumping into book club talk - the girl chat portion of this episode is super fun so make sure to give the episode a listen! On to the book itself though ... SPOILER ALERT[...]

Books, Episodes

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July 24, 2021

July 2021 Bookclub Recap: The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

BY SOPHIA What better way to celebrate being in the throes of summer than with the most iconic summer trilogy: The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han? For our July book club pick this month, Jensine & I decided to embark on re-reading all three of the books in this series and unlike previous months when we've read multiple books for book club, this month did NOT feel like a challenge to finish all the books. All three of these books are short, quick reads that FLY BY and we promise, will not disappoint. what we liked: Is it not every girl's[...]

Books, Episodes

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June 30, 2021

June Bookclub Recap: People We Meet On Vacation

BY SOPHIA photo via @latestbookcrush June is here and summer has officially arrived!! Can't you just smell the sunscreen and coconut in the air!? 🤩 #swoon. In any case, in celebration of the chillest season of the year, we chose People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry as our book club pick of choice. In this month's podcast episode, we not only discuss gush about why we loved this book, we talk about our individual experiences at Disneyland in the past month and also swap our most embarrassing/worst travel memories with each other. I'll be hones[...]

Books, Episodes

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June 3, 2021

May Book Club Recap: King of Scars & Rule of Wolves

We've winded down the school year and jumped right into all the summer fun with our families. This episode, we chatted Mothers' Day and all our grand plans to get out this season. Then headed into what we thought would be our last trip through the Grishaverse with the King of Scars duology (King of Scars + Rule of Wolves)... but little did we know... Overall Rating: 3.5/5 What We Liked: Nikolai. Period.Picking up from all the perspectives in the Six of Crows duology, there are even more storylines to follow here, and Leigh Bardugo keeps it tense and[...]

Books, Episodes

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April 30, 2021

april book club recap: six of crows & crooked kingdom

BY SOPHIA Ah, April. This month there were so many things to celebrate and we spent a good chunk of our podcast girl chat discussing all the fun things we did in the month of April (especially considering how depressing last April was, we both felt like we had some make-up celebrating to do). We gabbed about Jensine's birthday, our girls' weekend away, and ALL THE THOUGHTS on the tv show Shadow & Bone on Netflix. For our book club pick, we continued in the Grishverse theme and moved onto the Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom duology by Leigh Bardugo. Thi[...]

Books, Episodes

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March 28, 2021

March Book Club Recap: Shadow & Bone Series

Via @janeesjournal We were so so so excited to talk about this month's trilogy, the Shadow & Bone series by Leigh Bardugo. It was a re-read for us (maybe third or fourth time for one;), and it was like slipping on a favorite sweatsuit (because that's what we're all living in still right?)... perfectly fitted with all the fuzzy warm feels. This is THE series for anyone who needs a little escape from the everyday; Leigh imagines such a unique world in the Grishaverse, an amazing blend of magic and science with a beautiful Russian influence. It checks all our[...]

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November 20, 2020

October Book Club Recap: The Happily Ever After Playlist

BY JENSINE Source: Latest Book Crush The Happily Ever After Playlist is a sort of sequel to the fun and fabulous book, The Friend Zone, which we both loved by new author Abby Jimenez. It follows Sloane, the best friend who suffers a tragic loss in the first installment, and Jason, a musician trying to make it in the industry and also into Sloane's heart. It is hilarious and heartwarming and has an actually bumping playlist to boot. OVERALL RATING: 4.5/5 WHAT WE LIKED: Both Sophia and I really liked this story (and Jaxon lol). We raced through it be[...]

Books, Episodes

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November 19, 2020

September Book Club Recap: Midnight Sun

BY SOPHIA In our first inaugural episode of PPG Book Club, we read and discussed Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer. For those who are unfamiliar, Stephenie Meyer wrote the hit Twilight book series (that later were turned into a super successful movie franchise!) and her latest book, Midnight Sun, is a retelling of the first book of the Twilight series except retold from the perspective of the main male protagonist, Edward. We also spent some time girl-chatting about birthdays as September is my birthday month! On the podcast, we discuss all things birthda[...]

Episodes, Lifestyle

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November 18, 2020

The Enneagram Episode

Have you heard of the enneagram? It's the new personality test that's sweeping Instagram with infographics and memes and making Meyers-Briggs sounds like an ancient tome. Both Sophia and I have taken the test and fallen for its spot on analysis of not only our personalities but how we operate and respond in all areas of life, including and especially our relationships. We're definitely not pros or super well versed in all the facets of the enneagram, but we love learning more about it. So we'll recap some of our Enneagram podcast episode here but let the expe[...]