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 Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
7 - Happy Thursday! This episode we launch into part 3 of our discussion of My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, while (not so) cautiously sipping the aptly named Pick Your Poison. This week, we get some serious dirt on Korede and Ayoola's father, Ayoola puts yet another notch in her belt, and we dish on our own personal moments of impending doom. Dum dum DUUUUUM!
Pages Discussed: 113-166 or Chapters FATHER - SECRET
Next Week: We finish the damn thing!
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
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
6 - It's #ThirstyThursday and that means bookcluuuuub & happy hooooour! This episode we discuss pages 55-112 (Chapters SCHOOL - MAGA) of My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite, while sipping away on the Sugar Daddy as a nod to our discovery of Ayoola's secret sugar daddy. We get the secret behind Mariana's lush lashes (*snip snip*), Brandi gets a new kubaton after the TSA stole her last one (so watch out!), and Emma reveals her go-to weapon (HER TEETH!)
Pages Discussed: 55-112 or Chapters SCHOOL - MAGA
Next Week: 113-166 or Chapters FATHER - SECRET
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
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
5 - Pull up a barstool and grab a drink! This month we begin our discussion of My Sister, the Serial Killer , a juicy suspense thriller by Oyinkan Braithwaite, while fittingly sipping on The LadyKiller, a drink sweet enough to KILL. Set in Lagos, Nigeria, this is the story of sisters Korede, a nurse pre-occupied with both cleanliness and the handsome Dr. Tade, and Ayoola, Korede's younger sister who starts the book out having committed her third murder, though she claims it was self-defense. We divulge who we would bury a body for, and Emma's loneliness leaves her whispering to herself in her booth.
Pages Discussed: 1-54 or Chapters WORDS - RED
Next Week: 55-112 or Chapters SCHOOL - MAGA
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
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
4 - Thirsty Thursday! This episode we discuss the final chapters of I'll Drink to That by Betty Halbreich w/ Rebecca Paley while sipping on (too many) Vodka Martinis w/ twists of lemon. We're with Betty for the deaths of three people who had a huge impact on her life, and we FINALLY get to see her stand in her power and tell it like it is. We all get a little tipsy, a little silly and a little sniffly as we say goodbye to Betts. Cheers to the end of our first book; We'll drink to that!
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
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
3 - Welcome back to happy hour! This episode we discuss chapters 5,6, and 7 of I'll Drink to That by Betty Halbreich w/ Rebecca Paley while sipping on this week's luxurious cocktail: The Ladies of Luxury, a cocktail with some serious substance! After hitting rock bottom last week, we finally get to see Betty taking full control of her destiny, initially on the sales floor of Bergdorf's, and later as the head of her own department, Solutions, for which she'll eventually become an iconic figure. We discuss standing in our power, Mariana reveals her Rent the Runway addiction, and Emma teaches a man to get his own damn cheesy pretzel bites.
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
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
2 - Happy Thursday! This episode we discuss chapters 3 & 4 of I'll Drink to That by Betty Halbreich w/ Rebecca Paley while sipping on this week's cocktail: the Aperol Betty! We take a deep dive into Betty and Sonny's tumultuous marriage and Betty's first forays into the job market, in full defiance of the social conventions for someone of her position at the time. We dish about our own hangups with finances, terrible jobs we've left behind (or run away from!), and Mariana's Aperol virginity.
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
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
1 - Welcome to Happy Hour! We kick off the podcast discussing the first two chapters of I'll Drink to That by Betty Halbreich w/ Rebecca Paley while sipping on this week's cocktail: You're the Pom! We dish on Betty's childhood, family, boyfriends, and SONNY. Mariana forgets the word 'ring' and Emma cheerses with an AMEN.
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
- Logo and Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Teaser for Are These Books Drunk?, your book club w/ a twist with your happy hour girlfriends Mariana, Emma and Brandi. Check out our Instagram @AreTheseBooksDrunk to find out what our first book and cocktail pairing will be, so that you can read along and sip along with us, ’cause it’s always happy hour here!
New episodes every Thursday.
Episode Credits
- Special Appearance: Riccardo Roggeri
- Music: Jimmy Fontanez & Media Rights Productions
- Logo & Art: Chad Hudson
- Hosts: Mariana Cardenas, Emma Orelove & Brandi Bravo