The Viall Files

Hannah Brown is a New York Times bestselling author. All right. Based on God Bless This Mess.

Tyler Cameron has like kind of mentioned a little bit about what she said about him in the book. What did she say about him in the book? She said I have a screenshot of what she said in the actual book.

Did you read the book? No, don't I mean don't you know exaggerate but it was kind of all I mean she spilled the tea. I feel like she there are a lot of Bachelor Nation books, but

Hannah Brown brought it with some some like do we like that or is it just like I think she's giving people what they want. And she's going to sell books.

What she said in the book. I'm just going to add on because I read the whole thing.

She said she blasted Pete in the book.

It has a right to it. Isn't like Hannah's book about like, God Bless This Mess. Like what is this whole, like, I guess, um, it's so much mess happening at the same time. Totally.

Obviously they got their start in The Twilight Saga, you know, fan, you know, book following before very similar to exactly what you're doing.

You might know them from the internet. Taylor from Twilight.

As a Harry Potter fan, I was like, oh. Harry Potter, First Wives Club, Downton Abbey.

Oh, Harry Potter?

I think they were like you can only have the Bible I read something every year but I have a book you could have a magazine.

If someone insists on having the Bible I'm religious they'll be like fine.

If you were stranded on an island and could only bring one book it would be the Bible.

I enjoy the books, but I enjoyed the movies. ... I can't read. So this is like the illiterate. ... the new directors there? They're coming out with a prequel. Yeah. Which I've read.

like Survivor. Lord of the Flies. Lord of the Flies or like Hunger Games.

The Cat in the Hat.

The cat in the hat.

but also that's kind of maybe how I started reading Misery, the Stephen King book.

Misery, yeah. I mean, because the list really goes on and on. I didn't even realize he was director of Bucket List with Jack Nicholson.

Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet. What's another one?

I can name two... Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.

Goodnight Moon.

Goodnight Moon? What's that? Children's Book Goodnight Moon? That is it. Yeah, yeah. Like her reading Goodnight Moon.

Who's John Green? Baltimore Stars. Paper Towns. I think I missed that era.

Who's John Green? Baltimore Stars. Paper Towns. I think I missed that era.

the book Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz is that many times choice can make us feel depressed, overwhelmed, or even feel so paralyzed that we can make no choice at all.

Barry Schwartz ... talks about in his book, in his amazing TED lecture on the tyranny of choice or The Paradox of Choice.

Have you done Clear and Present Danger?

We have done Clear and Present Danger. We're actually doing one later today.

Have you done Clear and Present Danger?

There's a great book called Everything Is Figureoutable. And I can't remember who the author is, but it's amazing. So highly recommend giving it a read.

And she has a New York Times bestselling book. Everything Is Figureoutable. And I feel like so many of the themes of that book come up in our conversation.

The book is really, really good. It's called Everything is Figure Audible. I think it's in like 32 languages, but most of us speak English. So you can get it at any Amazon or any bookstore or audible.

She had her first book Bad Mormon. And her second book was Good Time Girl. And now it's Surviving Mormonism.

She had, what was the first one? Bad Mormon.

And I have an upcoming book called Little Miss Little Compton that you can preorder wherever you order books.

My parents, my grandparents married after knowing each other for one day. They married day two. I'm the product of two hasty decisions and that's where it all starts.

Jesus, buy this book people. This is crazy. Yeah. It's actually a really fun book. It's really fun. It's bad shit.

It talks all about, you know, coming from a town of 2000 people and how I got on TV by 20 literally knowing no one.

I also have a book that you can preorder called Little Miss Little Compton.

She also ... The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

reading romance novels like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.

I heard about The Summer I Turned Pretty.

And we also have for all you The Summer I Turned Pretty fans, Christopher Briney joins us to talk with us about the upcoming new season.

I mean, it was a straighttoseries to Amazon, which means they have faith in it, but I didn't know the books and I didn't know the fan base.

I've been getting a great response from the book and that's been really nice.

You can go to Penguin Random House's website and type in Miss Me with That.

You can also find the book wherever, but support independent bookstores.

We have a great episode for you with Rachel talking about her books and pop culture.

Because of Omicron, I was supposed to do a New York press tour in person and then it got switched to virtual, but I've been getting a great response from the book.

I've been getting a great response from the book and that's been really nice.

A lot of this book is really just a memoir about your life.

Please let people know where they can find your book. You can get the book anywhere. You can go to Penguin Random House's website and type in Miss Me with That.

How's the book tour or is it a tour? Did you do the tour? Because of Omicron, I was supposed to do a New York press tour in person and then it got switched to virtual.

Oh, Taming of the Shrew, wow. And I only know that because of 10 Things I Hate About You is an adaption of Taming of the Shrew.

Taming of the Shrew. You got it. Taming of the Shrew.

He wanted to send me his book. He wanted to send me some merchandise.