Series 1

The first of our books in series 1 is the book that started it all - Watermelon by Marian Keyes. The magical single lady finding happiness amid family and friendships we all recognised.

Now, it is the first time we recorded, so some of the points of unfortunate note are Saoirse sitting too far away from her microphone, Sarah talking weird and trying to figure out what that weird clicking noise is....

In discussing Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes, the girls come across some unexpected opinions.

Chloe is surprisingly right-wing about the whole thing, Saoirse brings the Jungian perspective on addiction, Cliodhna is outed as a Dragonball Z fan and Katie...well Katie is just enjoying Rachel's boyfriend Luke. Oh, and Sarah needs to bring water to the studio next time. 

Today the girls talk about Last Chance Saloon - their first non-Walsh book - and bring back Rachel's Holiday for a discussion on some different angles on what it means to give consent. They are super terrified of being cancelled as a result.

There was an ill advised joke made after the broadcast and Cliodhna had to go home she got so freaked out. So be nice folks, poor Clee is in an awful state.

Today the girls discuss Angels and Anybody Out There, a Walsh double whammy! They also get into how their childhood sitting rooms were decorated, their parents' taste in ornaments, and a brief tangent on cancel culture.

Such craic!

The girls fangirl over Helen Walsh in their discussion of The Mystery of Mercy Close and explore their views on depression and related treatment. In doing so, they talk in riddles about K-Drama "The Empress Ki", find out who G-Dragon is (kind of) and reminisce about the boy-bands of days gone by.

Because those things all relate to each other. Right?

The girls discuss Marian Keyes' The Break, maybe the most serious novel (or maybe just the one that hit closest to home) the girls have discussed so far. What it means to be in a relationship, how you keep a relationship healthy over time (a bunch of 18-year-olds are exactly the people to be discussing this), emotional affairs and crisis pregnancy all show up in this week's show. 

But perhaps most importantly, Chloe and Saoirse spend an inordinate amount of time fangirling over the latest BTS video, and oddly an old WINNER promo (we'll explain later). Also, Cliodhna invites Chloe to take part in a BTS themed thought experiment that may or may not shatter her entire worldview...

In this week's episode, the girls finish out series 1 of Chick Lit 4 Life with Marian Keyes' latest book, "Grown Ups". Topics covered include the shadow self as defined by Carl Jung, the nature of judgement and self-judgement, eating disorders, whether people with tattoos are a - attractive and b- employable, and Chloe's vaguely troubling preoccupation with BTS...