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.
November’s prompt is to read a book about death and Becca’s pick is . The novel has three different narratives, one being about August, an Aboriginal Australian woman returning to her hometown after her grandfather, Poppy, dies. The second narrative…
November’s prompt is to read a book about death and Corinne’s pick is . This book is about an unnamed country where suddenly one New Year’s, death stops happening. It reads like a textbook at times, going over logistical issues and government…
This week was an extra week for October (yes, technically it’s November, apologies, I’ve had some personal stuff going on), so we had our Patreon Patrons pick the book and they chose . The novel is one of the six major novels of The Hainish…
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Our first book for October’s prompt to read a book set in an alternate dimension or different planet is . This is a dreamlike, speculative novel about a woman who is pulled into an alternate universe. Content warnings: None that we can think of. Our…
Just a teeny tiny mini episode about Becca’s experience at the Detroit Bookfest this past summer. Our next reads will be  by Gunnhild Øyehaug and by Samuel R. Delaney. You can find them at your local bookstore or library and…
We read by Toni Cade Bambara. This short story collection was first published in 1972 and features 15 stories, and the incredible voices of folks in New York City and sometimes in the rural south. Content Warnings (for the book, less so for the…
Our first book for September’s prompt to Read a Book with an Animal in the Title is . We loved reading about this obsessive, codependent relationships between two girls in post-war France. Content warnings: mentions of violence and sexual…
For our last book in August, Corinne picked . Content Warning: racism, abuse, alcoholism Our next book discussion will be . You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The…
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