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.
We read and discuss Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel memoir, Persepolis. Our next read will be The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.
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This week we read The Wedding by Dorothy West, Becca pronounces “chagrin” wrong, and Corinne has been saying “Marjane” wrong for several weeks now, so we actually don’t know anything except that The Wedding is a very solid book from the backlist that…
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Some listener feedback and a discussion of The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard. What even is this book? Next week we will be discussing The Wedding by Dorothy West and the following week, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.
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The episode is a little late, but Happy New Year! We’re talking about book resolutions, what we learned from our last year of reading, and our January reading project. Next week we’re discussing Shirley Hazzard’s Transit of Venus.
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UPDATE 1/7/2020 – A listener reached out to us on twitter to ask why we believed Hannah Mullet to be black. As she, rightly pointed out, Hannah is Irish. Corinne clearly read the dialect Hannah speaks in incorrectly. It’s been a good opportunity to…
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It’s that time of year again! Everyone’s working on their best of lists and thinking about all of their reading accomplishments. It’s basically an episode straight from high school: first we chat a little about some recent literary world scandals and…
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This time we read one of the most talked about books of the year, and one sure to be on lots of year end lists, as well as a contender for plenty of awards. Does There There by Tommy Orange stack up to the hype? Next time we’ll be chatting about…
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Want to take bets on whether or not we liked this book by James Baldwin? Next time we will be reading There There by Tommy Orange, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. You can find it at your local library and read along with us.
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This week we bring you weirdly specific book recommendations for some people that might be on your list. As well as solid book giving advice (read that picture book all of the way through before you give it). You can find our list of recommendations -…
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This week we read and discuss the new novel Melmoth by Sarah Perry. It’s a little spooky just to ease you out of that All Horror October hang over. Our next discussion will be If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin. Get it and read along with us….
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