It’s like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.
The Round House by Louise Erdrich came up 2nd in our Instagram poll of what we should read next. This book made us furious at the legal system and made us laugh at the teenage antics Joe and his friends get into. It’s a crime thriller, but also a…
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We took a week off to do some learning, reflecting, and work and now we’re back to talk. First and foremost: Black Lives Matter. Less important, but also of interest: some fan fiction is set to make important copyright law precedent. for resources…
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Our Instagram followers picked it and we read it! To no one’s surprise, we loved this debut novel that follows a family through multiple generations and two continents. Next book is The Round House by Louise Erdrich, which came in second in…
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This week we look to fiction for reading about isolation. It’s on everyone’s mind, so now it’ll be in your TBR. Next episode we will be reading and discussing Listeners of The Bookstore can get a 3 month subscription to for the price of 1 by using…
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Way, way back in Episode 2, we read Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower. We’re returning to the Butlerverse with Dawn, and we had a bit of a different reaction to her work this time. Next time we’ll be reading Homegoing by Yaa…
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Need a quarantine craft to MacGyver? Need help feeling motivated to read books you already own? Well, we’ve got you covered. We will be discussing for our next episode. Find it and read along with us. Notes:
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This week we read celebrated Hungarian author Magda Szabo’s novel Abigail. Abigail is Szabo’s most popular work in Hungary, but was only recently published in English for the first time by NYRB. And let me tell you, we are thrilled that it was…
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The world feels weird and some of us (Corinne) can only focus for very short, very concentrated periods of time. So this week we’re talking about short books, novellas and otherwise. Our next discussion will be
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Thank you to Brilliant Books Monthly for sending us Nella Larsen’s Passing! We liked it so much we decided to do an entire episode about it. Next book we’ll be reading is Abigail by Magda Szabo. Order online from your local indie bookstore or…
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We tried to think of comforting books to read during quarantine and failed. What is comfort? We’ve never heard of it. Next time we will be discussing . You can get it and read along with us. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Parable of the…
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