Hi, we're Mariana, Emma and Brandi! This is your book club with a twist, and we are your happy hour girlfriends. Each month we’ll announce a new book and discuss a few chapters each week, while sipping on a curated cocktail. Check out our Instagram @AreTheseBooksDrunk to find out what our first book and cocktail pairing are, so that you can read along and sip along with us, 'cause it's always happy hour here! New episodes every Thursday.
Episodes
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
46 - Grab your cocktail and pull up a seat - it's time for another happy hour! This week we continue our chat about Infinite Country by Patricia Engel over a delectable Bartender Riccardo Originale: Perla's Potion. And Mami Mariana gets to drink the exact same cocktail thanks to Ritual Zero Proof's Tequila Alternative! We discuss our caretaker plans as our parents get older, the beautiful death mythology Talia believes in and our own thoughts about what happens after death, and Mauro and Elena's difficult choices lead us to reflect on some of our own difficult life choices.
Chapters Discussed: 9-15
Next Week: 16-24
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
45 - It's time for another happy hour and this week we're beginning our chat about Infinite Country by Patricia Engel while sipping on a delicious Poncha (and a Virgin Grimosa for Mama Mariana.) While discussing Elena and Mauro's impossible decision, we wonder what we'd do if faced with the same situation: stay or go? And in discussing Talia's moment with the cat, we reflect on times we've been so angry we reacted without thinking, and which hot-button issues we could see driving us to the same fury.
Chapters Discussed: 1-8
Next Week: 9-15
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
44 - Welcome back for our last happy hour chatting about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams! This week we're sipping on a Bartender Riccardo Original, Spill the Tea, which features the delicious Happy Hour Blend tea from Plum Deluxe (and an Happy Hour Iced Tea for Mama Mariana.) We chat about news we've anxiously awaited, our complicated relationships with trust, and why, like Rachel, we sometimes feel so damn guilty even when we know we're in the right. And we get a fun Listener Question!
Chapters Discussed: All of 'em!
Next Week: Infinite Country by Patrica Engel (Chapters 1-8)
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
43 - Pull up a barstool, grab a drink and join us for a chat about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams. We're sipping on The Marrakesh Express (and a Pomegranate Lime Spritzer for soon-to-be-mama Mariana). This week we chat about how we deal with needs that go unmet, the reality strike that comes with making admissions to our parents, and those wonderful little human moments that lift you up when life's got you totally down.
Chapters Discussed: 11-16
Next Week: All of 'em!
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
42 - Welcome back for another happy hour chatting about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams while sipping on The Perfect Lady (and a Baby Virgin Bellini for Mama-To-Be Mariana). We chat about *spidey senses* we've felt regarding people in our lives who may or may not have the best intentions, the anxieties of playing host, and in light of Rachel and Anna's very different travel troubles, we chat about our own travel habits aaaaaaand....maybe we plan our future International Drunk Girl's Trip?!
Chapters Discussed: 6-10
Next Week: Chapters 11-16
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Thursday Jun 03, 2021
41 - Weeeeee're baaaaaaaaack! Welcome back for the first happy hour of Season 2. This week we start our talk about My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams while sipping on a Cosmopolitan (and a Sparkling Virgin Cosmo for Mariana.) A perfect pairing for the book described as Sex and the City meets Catch Me If You Can! We reminisce about spontaneous NYC nights out with friends, our relationships with finances and finances within our relationships, and in talking about Anna and Rachel...friendships that we've allowed to blur the lines of what we would normally find acceptable.
Chapters Discussed: 1-5
Next Week: Chapters 6-10
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
Join us again for Happy Hour in Season 2 starting Thursday, June 3rd and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on the season's book picks & cocktail pairings so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
40 - It's a bonus happy hour! This episode we wrap up season one cheersing with each of our favorite cocktails of the season. We reminisce on our favorite discussions, chat about the listener's favorite book, and play a drinking game that gets very very silly. Thank you all so much for joining us on this ride; we can't wait to come back better than ever for Season 2.
Join us again for Happy Hour in Season 2 starting Thursday, June 3rd and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our first book pick & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
39 - Welcome to the last official happy hour of Season One! This week we FINISH our chat about The Push by Ashley Audrain while drinking a fittingly titled Bartender Riccardo Original: the Curtain Call (and an oh-so-cute Shirley Temple for Mama Mariana.) Emma wants to know which character in the book we were surprised to feel a connection to. Since we've been talking so much about Moms, Mariana asks us to share the love with our Dads. And in talking about Blythe's relationship with Violet, Brandi wants to know about the things in our lives that we love despite the fact that they're terrible for us.
Chapters Discussed: All of them!
Next Week: Season One Wrap-Up Bonus Episode
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
38 - Welcome back for another book club + happy hour! This week we continue our chat about The Push by Ashley Audrain while drinking a Mourning Dove (and a Paloma the Virgin for Mama Mariana.) This week we discuss how our concepts of weakness and strength have changed over the years. In talking about Blythe comparing herself to Gemma, we talk about our own bad habits of comparing ourselves to others. And as we're all badly in need of a boost after this week's heavy chapters, we gush on our relationships and the cute little every day habits that help us keep the love alive.
Chapters Discussed: Chapters 45-66
Next Week: We finish the whole dang book!
Join us again for Happy Hour next Thursday, and follow us on Insta @AreTheseBooksDrunk for updates on our next episode & cocktail pairing so that you can read along and sip along with us!
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez, Media Right Productions, Text Me Records, Carmen Maria & Edu Espinal
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo