In partnership with BookSparks, The Everygirl Book Club welcomes Erica Hendry, author of June Book Club pick, Let's Not Go Overboard Here.

If you've ever defended your love of reality TV, assigned yourself a favorite boy band member, or found comfort in messy female characters, this episode is for you.

Erica joins Garri and Lauren to chat about how her debut novel came to be, why pop culture is so much more than a guilty pleasure, and how she built a mystery that's equal parts funny, heartfelt, and deeply relatable. Along the way, they swap book recommendations, reminisce about the pop culture references that live in their heads rent-free, and make the case for letting people unapologetically love the things they love.

• 00:00 Welcome & introducing Erica Hendry
• 02:49 Reading Receipts: What Erica is reading now, recent 5-star reads, and her most anticipated upcoming releases
• 08:18 Erica's journey to publishing her debut novel
• 13:26 Writing authentic characters through pop culture
• 20:54 Balancing humor, grief & emotional depth
• 23:24 Why reality TV fans are misunderstood
• 31:25 Do pop culture references date a novel?
• 35:08 Why we should let people love what they love
• 43:07 Building the world of Let's Not Go Overboard Here
• 47:25 The parallels between reality TV and real life
• 53:17 Rapid-fire questions with Erica
• 1:03:43 Final thoughts & what's next for Erica

1. A Deadly Episode by Anthony Horowitz
2. Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick
3. Night Objects by Eli Raphael
4. Big Nobody by Alex Kadis
5. Hopeless Romantics by Mhairi McFarlane
6. Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
7. You'll Love It Here by Natalie Sue
8. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
9. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
10. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
11. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
12. Retro by Jessica M. Goldstein
13. The Book of Luke by Lovell Holder

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