Into the Blue Book Club
Bad On Paper
Becca Freeman
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Time to discuss our May book club pick: Into the Blue by Emma Brodie! In addition to sharing our own thoughts about this epic romance, we hear from our listeners and some voice notes from Emma Brodie herself!
May's Book Club Pick - Into the Blue by Emma Brodie
What we read this week
Olivia - Maine by J Courtney Sullivan, Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman, Lake Effect by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Becca - Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune, Habits of the Sea by Shea Ernshaw (out July 7)
Obsession
Becca - Margaux Palermo Sandal
Olivia - Hit the Wall by Gracie Abrams
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone back to Bad on Paper podcast. I'm Becca Freeman. And I'm Olivia Mentor. And today is our May book club and we're talking about Into the Blue by Emma Brody. And I have been so excited to record this episode all day. I have a lot of thoughts. I have a lot of thoughts. Okay. I won't ask you good thoughts or bad thoughts yet, even though I want to get into it. |
| 0:39.0 | Tell me your high from this week. |
| 0:42.4 | I had a really nice day last weekend. |
| 0:45.7 | It was a Saturday. |
| 0:46.6 | The weather was absolutely perfect. |
| 0:49.1 | It's been very all over the place here. |
| 0:51.2 | But it was flawless, sunny, 70-degree day. |
| 0:55.1 | Jake and I went to the farmer's market. |
| 0:57.1 | We got coffee with friends. |
| 0:58.9 | Then we walked over to the library where they were doing their annual paranormal festival, |
| 1:03.9 | which included Bigfoot experts and psychic mediums. |
| 1:09.8 | We'll get to that in the low. |
| 1:11.7 | This feels very Gilmore Girls. |
| 1:13.7 | This feels very small town charm. |
| 1:16.0 | It was, including the fact that I don't know if I've told you about this, but in Kinderhook, |
| 1:21.3 | which is a town very close to mine, there's this legend of the Kinderhook blob. |
| 1:26.2 | Oh, no, I haven't heard about this. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, it has a Wikipedia page. |
| 1:30.0 | It is a paranormal creature that has been cited over the last, I think it's like 100 years. |
| 1:35.7 | And there's an expert in town. |
| 1:38.8 | His name is Bruce. |
| 1:40.2 | And he likes to give talks on the blob. |
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