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We get off to a slow start with our Babel recap, which is fitting as this is a meandering novel, as we only cover our Author recap + a 15 minute detour into my (Candice's) Lasik eye surgery story. You may say, wow we wanted a recap of the book not your medical mysteries.

To that I say, you're welcome. You will need the extra time to read and work through the episodes. Each one is a 90 min - 2 hour bonanza.

See you NEXT week when we break down Part 1 of Babel (Chapters 1 - 6)

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In this EMERGENCY episode, Bookalicious Pod has you covered on everything you need to know about our Queen, Freida McFadden's, REAL identity as Dr. Sara Cohen!! In this much needed author recap, news anchor Candice fights her way through the crowds to gather all of the important details on our favorite thriller writer.

Covered in this episode:

Dr. Freida in Braintree

What is a physiatrist?

Open Book with Jenna: Interview with Freida McFadden

Join us next week for another author recap- This time on R. F. Kuang! We will be reading Babel for the next few millenia. Get your book and start reading now to catch up with us!

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The sisters have once again been outfoxed by Freida McFadden.

How did the not guess that Daisy was only spiritually dead to Tom & not physically dead and has been masquerading as Gretchen? How were they dumb enough to think that there are two weirdo men in this book obsessed with bugs that were unrelated?

The sisters break down all the plot points and add a new metric to their scoring book for thrillers - was this solvable? The verdict? No. What say you?

Thank you for joining the club & buckle up girly pops, our next read is anything but fast fashion fiction as we break down RF Kuang's best selling novel; Babel

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In Part 2 of The Boyfriend, the closeted Allison/Miranda of our Sex & the City gang is killed. Why? Because Tom stabbed his deadbeat dad and Allison saw Tom & Slug rolling the dead deadbeat dad’s body into their sedan.

Slug rises the ranks as the most likely serial killer as he knew right away how to clean up a dead body, how many garbage bags were needed to line the trunk, and had a great spot to dump the body.

The sisters play a game of Red Flag or Deal Breaker for Sydney’s first date with Mystery Doctor Man. Their final verdict? DEAL BREAKER. Sydney’s final verdict? GREEN FLAG I NEED A HUSBAND.

Join us for this and MORE on this inbecredifabulous episode of Bookalicious Pod!

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The sisters journey back to the voice-to-text queen of thrillers, Freida McFadden (said with the utmost respect)

The book oscillates between some time in the past that feels like the 50s and present day.

The past section follows four teenage students - Daisy, Tom, Allison, & Slug. It is clear Tom is a psychopath in training who is only outweirded by his brofriend Slug. Per the text, Tom wants to be Daisy's boyfriend <3 Per the subtext, Allison also wants to be Daisy's girlfriend <3

The present day section follows three girlfriends, Sex and the City Style - Bonnie (Sex positive Sammantha), Gretchen (tradwife Charlotte), and Sydney (our self-absorbed Carrie Bradshaw). You may ask WHERE'S Miranda? She is stuck in the past as the closeted Allison.

Unfortunately for our story, the story quickly turns Death and the City as our Bonnie/Sammantha gets cut to ribbons in her NY apartment.

Who is the murderer? Join in as we weigh all the options

Before the sisters can close the book on The Silent Patient, they attempt to do a quick 15 minute chat on the morality of novel. As usual, this takes 40 minutes to cover

Aussie Correspondent asks the important question on Theo's character arc - Theo appeared to be a rehabilitated person from abuse. However, by the end of the book we find that he is unable to escape his past and becomes an abuser himself. Discussion? Are abused people destined to become abusers themselves.

As a note, we have no authority or expert knowledge on this topic! If you would like to make any corrections / put in your own comments please send us an email

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The sisters wrap up the Silent Patient and give it a perfect 5 stars! The twist was twisty and most importantly a careful eye would have been able to solve the psycho the whole time was……*****!

The sisters wonder what drove Gabe to cheat on Alicia - did he feel trapped into a caretaker role he didn’t want? Was he after Alicia’s money? Or was he an insecure man who was jealous of Alicia’s artistic ability?

After Theo’s crazy is revealed, Chrissy is ready to throw him in the slammer while Candice still has hope for her psycho protagonist.

Stay-tuned because we have a special pick-up episode to discuss the morality of The Silent Patient from Aussie Correspondent - Emily!

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The sisters pick up with Part 2 of Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient, and Chrissy gets her last guesses before they wrap up the book in Part 3. Chrissy starts & ends the pod by saying, “everyone looks suspicious.” Candice does her best to ask questions without spoiling

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