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.

33.5 – Do You Remember Jeff?

They say that women apologize for way too much stuff, and so I’m just going to come out and say NOT SORRY and also SUPER PROUD to bring you this episode in which my mic is a little wonky, but not that bad promise, where we talk about Halloween stuff,…

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33 – The Ballad of Black Tom

This week we read both The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle and the Lovecraft story it was a response to, The Horror at Red Hook. You’ll hear our thoughts and SPOILERS on this week’s episode. I am too tired to make this witty. Why can’t I ever…

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32.5 – We Read to the Abyss and the Abyss Reads Back at Us

This week’s All Horror October installment: Short Stories inspired by our worst fears. What scares us most? And were we able to find stories that evoked that fear? Find out! We read , and Next time we will be discussing The Ballad of Black Tom by…

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32 – The Haunting of Hill House

Sorry we’re late, but here’s the all new discussion of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House! How does it compare to other scary stories? Is it the first American Haunted House novel? Is it SCARY? What about the Mystery Spot? I didn’t even make…

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31.5 – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

It’s All Horror October and you know what that means: we’re talking all horror, all October. This week we cover 2017’s banned books and the scariest collection of stories aimed at 10 year olds ever written, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin…

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31 – Fear of Flying

In an attempt to read a great feminist classic, we chose to discuss Erica Jong’s Fear of Flying. Is it a classic, does it hold up, do we even feel good calling it feminist? Look no further, the answers are here. We’ll be reading Scary Stories to Tell…

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30.5 – Cozy Attempts

We attempt to make cozy fall reading recommendations, but we’re not exactly the coziest gals. We talk about tea, a tweet, and several books that remind us of fall, as well as what we’ll be reading for All Horror October (Awoooooo!). You can find all…

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30 – Bluebird, Bluebird

Oh shit we just discovered that detective novels are our romance. This week we read Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. Next time we will be discussing Fear of Flying by Erica Jong. Your grandma probably has it around here somewhere… Check out …

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29.5 – The Bookstore Call Center

The long awaited call-in episode is here! We finally get to hear your beautiful voices and answer your questions/respond to your stories and we have absolutely the most fun we’ve ever had recording an episode. Also there is a thunderstorm in the…

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29 – Wind/Pinball

So we’re back from our unexpected break to talk about Haruki Murakami’s first ever novels, Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973. The title of the anthologized English version is Wind/Pinball. Our next book discussion will be about Attica…

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