Bad On Paper - SoundSage

Get ready to build up your 2025 TBR because we’re chatting with some of our bookish friends about the upcoming releases they're excited to read this year!

Alyssa Morris’s picks - The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig, Misdirected by Lucy Parker| Her newsletter is Romancing the Phone

Michelle Martin’s picks - The Colony by Annika Norlin (out 3/25), The Antidote by Karen Russell (out 3/11) | Her newsletter is Literary Leanings

Thao Thai’s picks - Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje (out 7/8), Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mcconaghey (out 3/4) | She’s the author of Banyan Moon, out now!

Josh Lora’s picks - Nothing Serious by Emily Jane Smith, Universality by Natasha Brown | His newsletter is Tell the Bees

Jordan Bogigian’s picks - Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang, Old Soul by Susan Barker | Her newsletter is The Composite

Becca’s picks - Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley (out 2/25), The Art of Vanishing by Morgan Pager (out 7/1)

Olivia’s picks - Isola by Allegra Goodman (2/3), Heartwood by Amity Gaige (April 1, 2025).

Obsessions

Olivia - Jarlic support

Becca - Madewell The Essential Medium Bucket Tote in Deep Merlot

What we read this week

Becca - Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams

January’s Book Club Pick - Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (have thoughts about this book you want to share? Call in at 843-405-3157 or email us a voice memo at badonpaperpodcast@gmail.com)