EPISODE · Sep 12, 2025 · 42 MIN
Post-Apocalyptic Middle School Trauma (Before We Were by Monique Medved)
from Bookish and Bubbly · host Brooke Brant and Hope McPeek
✨ Yes, we’re still in our summer series… even though it’s halfway through September. Brooke is trying her best, okay? 😂 In this episode, we finally sit down to talk about Before We Were by Monique Medved — but honestly, the real gems are all the tangents we spiral into.We cover:💅 Vacation nails gone wrong😱 Middle school trauma flashbacks📚 Post-apocalyptic teen book nostalgia (Hunger Games, Divergent, Maze Runner… and why Hope needs to catch up on the bangers of 2013)🧟 Walking Dead memories + rice crispy brains & meatloaf feet (ew, WHY)📖 Hope starting Zodiac Academy (pencils down, people)🏡 Our compound-with-BFFs dream life💸 The ultimate bookish milestone: buying any book, in any format, at any timeIf you came for Before We Were, you’ll get that… but you’ll also get the usual tangents and BFF chatter about literally everything under the sun.P.S. Leave a comment below and let us know what books you'd like to hear us discuss / any topic you would enjoy listening to us ramble about. Love you all🧡⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Follow! Rate us! Leave a review (if you're nice)!Buy us a coffee!☕️Come say hi!👋Follow us on InstagramBrooke's GoodreadsHope's GoodreadsAmazon Affiliate Links for the books we talk about on the pod!
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