Podcast: The Bookstore

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.

55 – The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

We’re coming at this later than usual due to some serious technical difficulties (ok, fine! Corinne managed to talk an entire episode into a mic that was not recording), but here we are at last with our discussion and review of Colson Whitehead’s…

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54.5 – Women in Translation Month

Becca and Corinne are here to bring you suggestions for Women in Translation Month. Everything from what to read to how to find it, after this episode you won’t have any excuses to keep from reading a book written by a woman who writes in a language…

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54 – Hairstyles of the Damned and The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Well, well, well. It’s our 100th episode and our 2nd anniversary and in this moment we swear, we’re infinite. This week Becca and Corinne take a walk down memory lane, all the way back to the early 2000’s and discuss their favorite books from when…

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53.2 – Author Feuds: Finger Bowls

Welcome back to the Bookstore, we’re bringing you more authors having fights on the Dick Cavett Show. Next time we’ll be reading Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.  

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53 – Eileen

We return to a favorite author and read Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. What’s so relatable about being a disgusting slob person? Not sure, but sometimes we know, it we. Next time we will be reading our teenage favorites, Hairstyles of the…

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52.5 – Live(ish) from Detroit Festival of Books (Rebroadcast)

Corinne screwed up so this week we bring you a short little piece from last summer when we visited the Detroit Festival of Books because she also always liked this episode and no one paid enough attention to it before. Next week we’ll make sure our…

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52 (FIXED) – On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

This week we read and discuss On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Find out how we fared with this very poetic auto-novel and how we feel about teens being romantic in our general vicinities. Next time we will be reading Eileen by…

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51.5 – The Paperback Game

This week we make gin drinks and play the Paperback Game, because it is too hot. There is laughter. Next week we will be discussing On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Get it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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51 – Women Talking

This week we read Women Talking by Miriam Toews. Find out what we like about a book with little plot and many women… talking. Our next book discussion will be about On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Find it where you get your…

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50.5 – Don’t Send Your Kids to a Love Story Writer’s Private School

We round up a ton of recent book news: adaptations, new series installments, well deserved awards, book business news, one famous ex-pharmacutical rep turned romance novelist turned private school board member gone bad, one ex-sex crime prosecutor…

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