#304: Poolside Books
6/15/202643 min
This week we're sharing our Poolside book recommendations as well as Elsie's favorite hot takes.
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Elsie's Pollside Books:
The Paper Palace By Miranda Cowley Heller
The Wedding People by Alison Espach
The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
Emma's Poolside Books:
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
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First 90 secondsElsie Larson· Host0:00
[upbeat music] You're listening to the A Beautiful Mess Podcast, your cozy comfort listen. I'm your host, Elsie Larson.
Emma Chapman· Host0:10
And I'm your host, Emma Chapman.
Elsie Larson· Host0:11
This week we're sharing our poolside book recommendations, as well as my favorite hot takes.
Emma Chapman· Host0:17
Oh, yeah.
Elsie Larson· Host0:18
I'm so excited about this.
Emma Chapman· Host0:19
[laughs] Well, I'm excited for that.
Elsie Larson· Host0:20
Yes.
Emma Chapman· Host0:21
Okay, so poolside books. So we're talking recommendations for your summer reading. If you're a mom who gets to, like, read the book while their kids are swimming, just know I'm looking at you and I'm jealous [laughs] 'cause I'm a few years away from that.
Elsie Larson· Host0:35
Emma has, Emma has a toddler and a five-year-old, and she... Yeah, whenever I see her walk into the pool, we have very different experiences right now.
Emma Chapman· Host0:44
[laughs] We do. We do.
Elsie Larson· Host0:45
[laughs] I'm, like, just sitting there talking to Jeremy, listening to my audiobook, eating an ice cream cone, doing whatever the hell I want for two hours while my kids swim, and Emma is, like, in the pool the entire time trying to make sure that little people don't die.
Emma Chapman· Host1:01
Yeah.
Elsie Larson· Host1:01
And [laughs] it's just different worlds.
Emma Chapman· Host1:03
Yeah. One wants to swim. He's practicing. He's getting really good.
Elsie Larson· Host1:07
Mm-hmm.
Emma Chapman· Host1:08
But then he can't do it if Dad's there 'cause the other one could kill himself at any moment.
Elsie Larson· Host1:11
[laughs] Mm-hmm.
Emma Chapman· Host1:12
It's just, like, all right.
Elsie Larson· Host1:13
No, it's serious.
Emma Chapman· Host1:15
There's no reading at the pool for me, but I still know about summer reading.
Elsie Larson· Host1:18
Some day.
Emma Chapman· Host1:18
I still have my summer reading moments.
Elsie Larson· Host1:20
Yeah, well- It's just not at the pool quite yet. You can use your imagination.
Emma Chapman· Host1:23
Yeah, yeah. I get it, I get it. Yeah.
Elsie Larson· Host1:25
This can be for the pool, for the beach, for the vacation. I like to have a new book when I get