The Bookstore

Hosted ByBecca & Corinne

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.


All Episodes

137 – You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Our last pick for December’s prompt to Read a Book Published in 2022 is Becca’s choice, You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi. It’s also our last book for 2022! While we are not romance fans, as you will be able to tell in…

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136 – The Old Place

Here is our first 2022 published book for The Bookstore Challenge! You might remember, we interviewed the author of , Bobby Finger, back in September, so check out that episode if you haven’t! Next time we will be discussing by Akwaeke…

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135 – Republic of Lies

Apologies for the late release! I would blame it on the holiday but that would be a lie.  We discussed Corinne’s pick for Nonfiction November, . Most of the episode we spend talking about the depressing reality of how dangerous conspiracies…

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134 – Shine Bright by Danyel Smith

First up for Nonfiction November is . It’s part memoir, part musical history of the often invisible, always culturally significant Black women who made pop music what it is. Corinne has COVID and also a bit of trouble with her audio up top, so yeah,…

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133 – Love in Colo(u)r

October’s prompt for  is to read a book that’s a retelling of a folktale or fairytale. Our second book is Becca’s pick, .  Next book discussion episode will be on . Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! Get two…

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131 – Baba Yaga Laid an Egg

October’s prompt for is to read a book that’s a retelling of a folktale or fairytale. Our first book is Corinne’s pick, .  Next book discussion episode will be on . Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! Get two…

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131 – Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

For our second and final book of September we read the paranormal YA novel, by Darcie Little Badger. Would you notice if your best friend of 16 years had elf ears? Let’s talk about it. October’s book prompt is to read a retelling of a Folk or Fairy…

Interview With Author Bobby Finger

Episode 130.5 Today we have a very special Between the Books episode! We are thrilled to be interviewing Bobby Finger, the author of , which is Corinne’s pick for December’s prompt to read a book published in 2022. Yes, we will also be discussing…

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130 – The Marrow Thieves

Episode 130 September’s prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2022 is “Read a YA or Banned Book.” Our first book for the prompt is Corinne’s,  Next book is , find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us! Get two months for…

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