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RazzleFrat
by RazzleFrat
Let's talk books baby. Become book besties with Ashtin and Allie, two *amateur* bookstagrammers. We talk books, coffee, pop culture, Gilmore Girls bonding, and more. Every month is full with what we're currently reading, ambitious TBR piles, and bookish debates.Come for the books, stay for coffee-fueled conversation.
Episodes
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Chapter 60: That's Razzlefrat!
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! While endings are bittersweet, we made sure to stay true to our weird selves. This episode we wrap up with the end of the year goals and thoughts for the future. A quick run-down of novellas from November and all the last of our 2024 reads. We discuss the play The...
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Chapter 59: Stand on Beezniss
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This is our penultimate episode, and we had the election blues. BUT we knock them out (sort of) by looking ahead to our most anticipated reads of Spring 2025. Join us for our last review in our next and final episode. We’ll be reading The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. Be...
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Chapter 58: Playing God
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, life is back to kicking our asses, but at least it’s fall? Then, we dive straight into our October book club pick: The Orchard by David Hopen! We talk faith, philosophy, the inexorable march of time… the usual suspects. Be sure to follow us in between…
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Chapter 57: Obsession With The Deadly Dilf
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, sweater weather is back (and so are the muppets?). Then, we play a round of “Lifetime Movie or Commercial Thriller?” and all we have to say is: Lifetime, call us. We can help you. Join us next time for our book club read, The Orchard by David Hopen! Be sure…
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Chapter 56: Shove Some Ice In Your Pants
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Tumblr is BACK, baby, and so is #soupszn. Also, we had a 24-hour readathon because we don’t do anything at half speed and reading is lifeeee. Then, we discuss this month’s film adaptation: Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. We chat violence, alcoholism, and...
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Chapter 55: Nerds Never Say Die
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie gets into chess and Ashtin continues her Sarah J Maas evangelism. Then, the fall weather has us putting on our professor hats. We discuss books we think should be studied in school as well as books that make you feel like you’re on a campus. Be sure to...
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Chapter 54: PSL4Lyfe
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re recording IRL (!) and trying to manifest fall through Gilmore Girls rewatches and booking trips to Vermont. Then, we discuss this month’s book club pick, Memory Piece by Lisa Ko. We talk about gender, legacy, the nature of time, and whether a book can…
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Chapter 53: 1-800-Build-a-Bitch
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re willing fall into existence. Then, Build-a-Bookworm with us! Finally, we discuss our most anticipated fall 2024 reads. Join is next time for our analysis of our August book, Memory Piece by Lisa Ko. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our…
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Chapter 52: She's A Real Phony
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is headed to the beach for her annual getaway and Ashtin is sucking it up through jet lag and a cold. Then, because we know you’ve all been dying to know, in the wake of the NYT’s Top 100 Books of the 21st Century list, we reveal our own ballots. Then…
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Chapter 51: We're Bluetooth Connected
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie’s taking measures to beat the NYC heat and Ashtin is dramatically jet setting to Europe to get away from it. Then, we play a round of bookish smash or pass: Summer Edition. Join us next time for our summer adaptation watch: Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Be...
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Chapter 50: Stay Gold, Razzlefrat
Welcome back to Razzlefrat—our 50th episode! This week, our lives are jointly dominated by Bridgerton and Lizzy McAlpine. Then, in honor of our Golden Episode, we assign books to each of the Golden Girls and find out which GG we are in a very official, very academic quiz. Be sure to follow us in...
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Chapter 49: Like It Was Like...
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, while Ashtin lazes on the beach, Allie runs a half marathon. Then, we travel back and forth in time with Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse Five. We chat about the construct of time, time travel as a metaphor for PTSD, the inevitability and omnipresence of war, and...
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Chapter 48: Blue Balls in Bluebell
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is out of hibernation and Ashtin is in the office. Then, we play a new game—Hallmark Movie or Romance Book?—and mourn the state of literature. Join us next time for our red-flag-read, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Be sure to follow us in…
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Chapter 47: What the Puck?
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re spring cleaning like our lives depend on it while listening to new Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift. Then, we discuss Get Over It, an iconic early ‘00s chaotic Shakespeare adaptation—right on brand. Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta...
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Chapter 46: A Mouth Full of Jansport
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re obsessing over Sabrina Carpenter and all things Espresso. Plus, Allie gives us all a lesson in proper subway etiquette. Then, we play a round of “Yes If or No If” with our favorite reads from last year! Join us next time for our adaptation watch of Get...
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Chapter 45: Not The Stretchy Holes
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is listening to albums galore and Ashtin is back from Texas and we’re both a little frazzled (we blame the planets). Then, we dig in (pun intended) to our latest book club pick, FAMILY MEAL by Bryan Washington. We chat about narrative form, the duality...
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Chapter 44: Donna Tartt Is Freaky
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re dodging punches in NYC and Allie’s Bookstagram has RISEN! Then, we play a round of everyone’s favorite game: FMK (Bookish Edition). Finally, our most anticipated summer 2024 releases showcase our… wide array of interests, let’s say. Join us next time…
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Chapter 43: Henry Fonda Can Get It
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we rly said TREAT YO SELF (we had a Friday night out that made our bank accounts super mad but our hearts super happy). Also, daylight is BACK, baby. So long, depression, we’re totally healed. Then, we discuss our latest film adaptation watch: The Grapes of...
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Chapter 42: Razzle March Madness
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we celebrate awards season with our own and go a few rounds in the bookish ring. We discuss the realities of Colleen Hoover stans going to bat with nonfiction bros. This one is a fun time, each roster runs the gamut from literary authors to fictional…
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Chapter 41: Bite Him or Something
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we smell snow! (AKA it’s cold and we’re crafty.) Then, we discuss this month’s book club pick, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins. We get into the sweeping—how the patriarchy infantilizes women—and the granular—all the meanings of the color yellow.…
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Chapter 40: Love You Long Time
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Pluto is in Aquarius and it shows. Ashtin is spiraling about consumer algorithms and Allie has picked up book binding. Then, we play “blind date with a book” and it goes… not according to plan, as you might expect. Join us next episode for our discussion of...
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Chapter 39: Miscommunication Trope = Jail
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, *Ashtin* is getting over being sick and Allie is on flood watch. Then—we smell snow! And finally, our adaptation watch of Sally Rooney’s Normal People (spoiler alert: we love her). Be sure to follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts…
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Chapter 38: Obtuse Parallelograms
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is getting over being sick (physically, but also of the universe’s BS) and Ashtin is working double time to stave off The January Abyss™. Then, we break down some common literary tropes and discuss our faves and least faves (trope jail, anyone?). Join…
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Chapter 37: Scandalous Hand Kissing
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie is treating herself to a well-deserved spa day and Ashtin finally attends a book event for *not* one of her authors. Then, we discuss our final 2023 book club pick—The Awakening by Kate Chopin. We discuss how Chopin flips Victorian conventions on their...
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Chapter 36: Put the Meatloaf in the Oven
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie is in mom-meal-making mode and Ashtin continues the thankless work of converting people into SJM stans. Then, we categorize books into Taylor Swift eras and things get even more unhinged than usual! Join us next time for our final 2023 book club...
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Chapter 35: Live Laugh Loving
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, the seasonal depression is settling in, along with the existential dread, BUT Ashtin got promoted and Allie is back to writing, so, there’s that. Then, the Razzlefrat 2023 book lovers gift guide + our most anticipated Spring 2024 releases! Be sure to follow…
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Chapter 34: Every Rose Has Its Thornfield
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re… not doing great. BUT, it’s soup szn and Ashtin’s apartment gas is soon-to-be-restored, so, not all is lost. Then, we keep it short and sweet and dive into our film adaptation analysis of Jane Eyre (*Ashtin shudders*). We chat about feminism (or the…
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Chapter 33: Buzzfeed Is Like Birth Control
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is scrambling to find her sanity as she briefly touches down in New York before her next trip and Allie is letting her inner Swiftie shine. Then, we talk about books that terrify us to our very core—for many reasons—thanks to BookTok. And, finally…
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Chapter 32: Shirley Jackson Ghosted Me
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is reading fluffy romance while Allie dives into some serious lit fic (what else is new?). Then, we dive into the wonderfully layered Haunting on Hill House by horror novel pioneer Shirley Jackson. We chat about innocence and childhood, obsession vs....
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Chapter 31: Patagonia Vest Jump Scare
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we’re both hanging on by a thread, which makes for some… interesting takes. We play an inaugural round of “Yes If, No If,” (Spooky Version) inspired by @loislanea on TikTok, then cringe over shared fall-related fears. It’s fine, we’re fine, everything is…
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Chapter 30: And They Were Roommates
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we’re almost done morphing into full-on moody bitch mode as fall descends, PSLs in hand. We chat fall prep, Gilmore Girls rewatch szn, and, of course, Dead Poets. We cover everything from how Todd and Neil are in love (change our minds) to the symbolism of…
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Chapter 29: What Murder?
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie is in the throes of fever dreams and Ashtin is packing her fall schedule to stave off The Void™. So, we’re obviously THRIVING and totally qualified to be your pretend professors. We chat through our favorite campus novels and discuss what books we’d...
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Chapter 28: Cheney’s Mojo Dojo Casa House
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we break down our August book club pick, The Late Americans by Brandon Taylor. Taylor gives us a ton to talk about in less than 300 pages, including art, identity, monogamy, queerness, class, and more. Also, lots of relatable existential crises. Like, a lot.…
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Chapter 27: Two 20-Something Teens
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we embrace how easily we—okay, mostly Ashtin—are influenced by the BookTok machine and tell you whether some of the most popular books on the platform are worth the hype. BUT we also have some hidden gems up our sleeves. Next time we’re discussing The Late...
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Chapter 26: Eat The Barbie
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week while the world burns (thanks, SCOTUS), Allie’s got her running groove back, Ashtin’s back from Maine, and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is imminent. Then we discuss which Barbie we’d like to be—and which ones we actually are. Also, a sneak peek at our most...
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Chapter 25: We're Just Two Fish
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie’s back from the Catskills and Ashtin’s freaked out about the lost (now found) Titanic submarine. Then—after stalling for as long as possible—we FINALLY finish our Infinite Jest discussion and banish him from our reading lives. Did we enjoy this read?...
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Chapter 24: Jesting is Infinite
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re the dog in the meme saying “this is fine” as the world literally burns and covers NYC in toxic orange smoke. And, because we’re masochists, apparently, we rub salt in the wound by discussing the first half of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. As…
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Chapter 23: Flushed Away Starring Matty Healy
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, we’re entering our artsy-girl summer era, Allie is about to complete another Gilmore Girls lap, and Ashtin is steeped in dreadful anticipation waiting for the Succession series finale. Then, the latest installment of everyone’s favorite game,...
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Chapter 22: So Much Said In A Look
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is devastated that she finished ACOTAR but she’ll soldier through it, somehow, and Allie braved the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl in the pouring rain. Then we dive into our latest adaptation watch—Passing! We talk about its fealty to the book, the stunning...
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Chapter 21: Glitter Galaxy Chaos
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Ashtin is still hurtling through the ACOTAR universe and dreading the impending book hangover she’ll have at the end, and Allie is cultured AF with concerts and Broadway shows. Then we compare our reading tastes as children to the most popular books of the...
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Chapter 20: The Idea of A Tomorrow
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week, Allie gets stuck in an elevator and Ashtin won’t shut up about A Court of Mist and Fury. Then we dive into our April book club discussion—Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. To say we have strong thoughts is…an understatement. Be sure to...
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Chapter 19: Hate F*cking Twilight
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we chat about Succession, Jaspertok, Lana Del Rey’s latest album, and Ashtin’s ACOTAR rabbit hole before diving into another epic game of FMK (Book Edition). We also discuss the summer 2023 titles we are most excited about! Join us next time for our April…
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Chapter 18: To Be Great, Or Nothing
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week Allie is reading Bell Hooks while Ashtin has been sucked deep into a Dramione fanfic wormhole. BUT she redeems herself by having an intellectual conversation with Allie about Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. We chat about the juxtaposition between Jo and Amy,...
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Chapter 17: Moira Rose’s Favorite Season
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we channel our inner Moira Rose and revisit all of our book club titles and give them awards, in honor of ~Oscars szn~. We also discuss how we’ve achieved peak grandma with our knitting. Join us next episode for our breakdown of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women!…
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Chapter 16: Woolf’s Version of Pick Me Girl
Welcome to Razzlefrat! We get a little carried away chatting about coffee, Pedro Pascal, and the cinematic values of The Vampire Diaries. But all of that is followed by our discussion on Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. We look at the different POVs, and try both classical and modern lenses when...
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Chapter 15: Tolstoy Is The Hot Girl On The Train
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! It’s been quite a minute. We took a break for the holidays and a tough January but we’re back, just as chatty and obnoxious as ever. This is a late airing of an oldie but goodie where we take authors from the past and bring them to the Tik Tok dominated modern world....
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Chapter 14: We're Copacetic with Zadie
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! We catch up after a month of moves, weddings, and Mercury not being in retrograde. We hit the books with a campus read On Beauty by Zadie Smith. We talk about her talent of making music and art come through the page, the satire of academia superiority, and the...
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Chapter 13: Richard Gilmore F*cks
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we are celebrating our FIRST podcast anniversary with Gilmore Girls hot takes and wine! Oh, and we discuss some books, too. As always, follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts @grapes_of_ash and @theresinkonmyhands and also our joint account...
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Chapter 12: ...Here's My Rabbit
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This week we dive straight in to our latest book club pick—Persuasion by Jane Austen. We talk about her growth as a writer, the power of love and redemption, and the latest adaptation with Dakota Johnson. As always, follow us in between episodes on our booksta accounts...
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Chapter 11: Because Murder is Hot
Welcome back to Razzlefrat! This month we play an absolutely unhinged bookish version of F*ck, Marry, Kill and discuss how much we HATE the summer in the city. Join us for the book club episode next month! We’ll be reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. As always, follow us in between episodes on our...
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Let's talk books baby. Become book besties with Ashtin and Allie, two *amateur* bookstagrammers. We talk books, coffee, pop culture, Gilmore Girls bonding, and more. Every month is full with what we're currently reading, ambitious TBR piles, and bookish debates.Come for the books, stay for coffee-fueled conversation.
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