Waddup, book nerds! This week our special guest Michael Hartney (UCB’s Artistic Director, Broadway’s School of Rock, Comedy Central Comic to Watch) made us read If I Did It by The Goldman Family and O.J. Simpson. The original book was cancelled after it was announced in November 2006. In 2007, a bankruptcy court awarded the rights of the book to the Goldman family, who released it shortly after, where it spent five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. But why? Mean Book Club breaks it down.

Mean Book Club is four ladies (UCB, BuzzFeed, College Humor, Impractical Jokers) who read, discuss and whine about NYT bestselling books that have questionable literary merit. It's fun. It's cathartic. It's perfect for your commute. New podcast (almost) every Tuesday!

If you want to read along with us during our 6th season, here’s the reading list:

* If I Did It by The Goldman Family / O.J. Simpson

* A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson

* The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

* Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

* On The Road by Jack Kerouac

* L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad

* Blink by Malcolm Gladwell

* Relentless by Dean Koontz

Get more Michael Hartney @MichaelHartney on Twitter and @HartneyMichael on Instagram. You can also see him hosting and directing Characters Welcome at UCB: https://www.ucbtheatre.com/show/3310.

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