The Bookstore

Due to some unforseen circumstances this week we are bringing you an episode from our Patreon about Colleen Hoover's massively popular novel It Ends With Us in leiu of our regularly scheduled book discussion. We will hopefully be back with that next week. Here is the Slate article by Chels Upton mentioned at the top[...]

Perhaps our most referential episode, ever. The book: The Employees by Olga Ravn The art it was created to accompany: Consumed Future Spewed Up as Present by Lea Guldditte Hestlund Books (many are also Movies/TV shows) Mentioned: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick (movie is titled Bladerunner) Neuromancer by William Gibson[...]

April's prompt is to read a book of ecofiction, and Becca's pick is Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup.  Content warning: miscarriage, death in childbirth, sexual topics Our next book will be The Employees by Olga Ravn, as chosen by our Patreon Patrons. Find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us![...]

It's a book by a translator that's a book by a translator that's translated by a translator about translators translating a book and we loved it. There are also some major time spoilers, but we give good warnings this time. The Extinction of Ireana Rey by Jennifer Croft Next time we are reading Latitudes of[...]

Correction: in the epsiode we say that the book was published in Barbados, but Condé is actually from the island of Guadeloupe - a French department in the Carribbean. Now THIS is the type of historical fiction that we love. Corinne's pick for March's prompt to read a book with a name in the title[...]

Today we discuss Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. This is one of the first books of Chicano/a Literature, with Rudolfo Anaya considered one of the founders of the literary movement. It's a coming-of-age story that weaves Catholicism with traditional and indigenous beliefs, and the duality of identity that Antonio, the main character, experiences. Content[...]

This week we read and discussed My Garden (Book): by Jamaica Kincaid. It's memoir, it's essays, it's history, it's botany, it's maybe not what you'd normally choose to read if you're a fan of our typical fare, but it has a lot of great ideas to think and talk about. You should still read Jamaica[...]

For our first read of the February Bookstore Challenge Prompt (read a memoir written by a writer) Corinne chose Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood. It's a memoir about being a poet and having your dad literally be a Catholic priest. And we're of divided opinions for once. Next time we will read My Garden (Book): by[...]

Our second book for January's prompt to read a book set in a place where you're from is Jim Harrison's True North. True North is set mostly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and follows David Burkett, descendant of lumber barons as he struggles with his family's tarnished legacy.... hahaha jk it's really just a guy talking about[...]

Our first book of the year! Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan is set in the fictional town of Modesta, Michigan, thus fulfilling January's prompt to read a book set in the place where you're from (we're both from Michigan). A new teacher has come to town and she begins to help a group of[...]

Happy New Year! Out with the old (reviewing last years reading) and in with the new (walking through the 2024 Bookstore Challenge prompts). Books we will be reading in January: Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan (look for one published before the 2010s to avoid any contemporizing editions). True North by Jim Harrison This is[...]

Last book of the year! It's Becca's pick for December's prompt to read a book by an author who shares the first initial of your surname is Y/N by Esther Yi. We follow a young woman as she descends further into an obsession with a member of a boy band, leading her to even move to another[...]

First book for December's prompt to read a book by an author who shares your surname or first initial of your surname is Ice by Anna Kavan. This is a sci-fi or slipstream novel about a man searching for a girl in a world that is slowly being consumed by ice.  Content warning: sexual assault,[...]

Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights  Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace November's prompt is to read a book about death and Becca’s pick is The Yield by Tara June Winch. The novel has three different narratives, one being about August, an Aboriginal Australian woman returning to her hometown after her grandfather,[...]

Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights  Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace November's prompt is to read a book about death and Corinne's pick is Jose Saramago's Death With Interruptions. This book is about an unnamed country where suddenly one New Year's, death stops happening. It reads like a textbook at times,[...]

Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights  Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace 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 Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed. The novel is one[...]

Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights  Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace Free Ebooks - Haymarket Books Open Letter from ArabLit Recommended titles: Minor Detail by Adania Shibli and Qissat: Short Stories by Palestinian Women edited by Jo Glanville* *These are NOT affiliate links, The Bookstore will NOT receive commission from Bookshop[...]

Our first book for October's prompt to read a book set in an alternate dimension or different planet is Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug. 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 next reads will be Babel-17[...]

Just a teeny tiny mini episode about Becca's experience at the Detroit Bookfest this past summer.  Our next reads will be Present Tense Machine by Gunnhild Øyehaug and Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delaney. You can find them at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge[...]

We read Gorilla, My Love 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 episode): sexual assault, child abuse, murder Our next[...]

Our first book for September's prompt to Read a Book with an Animal in the Title is The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li. We loved reading about this obsessive, codependent relationships between two girls in post-war France.  Content warnings: mentions of violence and sexual assault (not graphically described) Our next book discussion will be on Gorilla,[...]

For our last book in August, Corinne picked Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo. Content Warning: racism, abuse, alcoholism  Our next book discussion will be The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge[...]

Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine follows several generations of a family in the Colorado area. Fair warning, we have some criticisms about this book's writing, so if you loved it, you may want to skip this episode.  Content advisory: violence, sexual assault, racism Our next book discussion will be on Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo.[...]

Or: A Fantastic Journey Across Seven Borders, five languages, And Three Major Religions, not counting the minor sects. Told by the DEAD, supplemented by the AUTHOR, drawing from a range of BOOKS, and aided by IMAGINATION, the which being the greatest natural GIFT of any person. That the WISE might have it for a record,[...]

July's prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2023 is to Read a Book Over 500 Pages, and/or a Graphic Novel. Our pick for the 500 pager is coming up later this month, but in the meantime, we have a graphic novel, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton. Is it this generation's The Jungle?! We think so! [...]

This week we read Weetzie Bat and Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block (both can also be found in the anthologized book Dangerous Angels). These books were massively popular with off-beat teens in the 90s and have a huge following. Will they still manage to charm jaded 30-somethings in the 2020s? Content warnings for the[...]

Becca's DNF book pick for June's prompt is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. The novel is Lahiri's follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning story collection, The Interpreter of Maladies.  Our next book is actually two books, Weetzie Bat and Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block. Find it at your local bookstore or library (it's on Hoopla!) and read along with us. Content[...]

As chosen by our Patrons (plus Corinne), our extra book for May is Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov. Gospodinov is Bulgarian, thus fulfilling the prompt to read a book by an author from a country you've never been to, as neither of us have been to Bulgaria. And as a bonus, Time Shelter was announced as the winner of[...]

Corinne's pick for The Bookstore Challenge 2023 prompt to "read a book by an author from a country you've never been to" is An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie. Kpomassie writes about his childhood in Togo and his fulfilled ambition to move to Greenland and experience life there.  Content warnings: animal death, addiction Mentioned in the[...]

Becca’s pick for May’s prompt to read a book by an author from a country you’ve never been to is The Fawn by Magda Szabó (the country is Hungary). We are already fans of hers from reading her later novel Abigail, and we're thrilled to read another classic Szabó exploration of a complicated and flawed woman.[...]

We’ve got mixed feelings for this debut about a young immigrant woman trying to find love and community in the Midwest. This week we read All This Could be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews. Content Warnings: sexual violence In May we will be reading books from or about a part of the world we’ve never[...]

Content Warnings: violence, self-harm, so much blood, sexual violence, we also swear If you really enjoyed this book, we’re sorry, you may want to skip this one. A Darker Shade of Magic is a contemporary fantasy novel that’s short on background info, long on every trope, and not a series we will be continuing. Our[...]

April's challenge prompt is to read a book recommended to you by a bookseller or librarian. Ideally, you'd ask a bookseller or librarian for one, but also we know there's a lot of reasons you may not want to do that and that's ok! There are other options, like reading something a favorite bookstagrammer or[...]

So Lucky by Nicola Griffith is an amalgamation of genres, part autofiction, part disability activist story, part metaphysical, and part crime thriller. Mara Tagareilli is a martial arts master and heads up a successful and important AIDS non-profit in Atlanta. She and her wife of many years have just split and after she collapses while getting[...]

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon is a 2017 science fiction novel about the class and race structure on a generation ship making its way through the universe toward the promised land. It features a well drawn main character and a lot of confusing world mechanics, so hang on, because we have some questions.[...]

This week we read the classic noir novel, In a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes. We love it for subverting typical noir tropes and tackling American machismo at the same time. March's promopt for the 2023 Bookstore Challenge is to read a book by an author with a disability or about disability. Becca's pick,[...]

For February's prompt to Read a Western or Pulp Fiction/Noir, Becca's pick is True Grit by Charles Portis. The novel was a bestseller immediately upon publishing in 1968, and has been adapted twice into movies. We loved this entertaining, funny, action-packed story that is essentially just about a girl bent on revenge.  Next time we'll[...]

For January's prompt, to read a book published in a year ending in 3, Becca had us read The Charioteer by Mary Renault. It was published in 1953 and known for being one of the first popularly published novels about positive homosexual romance. Despite some language differences between two Americans in 2023 and a British[...]

Hello, this is our first episode of the year! January's prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2023 is to read a book from a year ending in 3. Corinne's pick is Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks, published in 1953. It's out of print in the US but you can still buy in the UK, and you should! Bernardine[...]

Hello, this is our last episode of the year. We made it! This Year in Review is much like the ones from past years, we go over what we did, what we accomplished, any surprising trends we noticed, and have some fun with picking superlatives.  If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge[...]

It’s the Bookstore’s third annual reading challenge! For the last two years it has proven to be a fun way to read in a way that is vaguely thematic for the podcast, as well as a very helpful tool for two painfully indecisive people who need to choose what to read. Keep in mind, also,[...]

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 this episode, we still enjoyed discussing the[...]

Here is our first 2022 published book for The Bookstore Challenge! You might remember, we interviewed the author of The Old Place, Bobby Finger, back in September, so check out that episode if you haven't! Next time we will be discussing You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi, as the last book[...]

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, Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power by Anna Merlan. Most of the episode we spend talking about the depressing reality of how dangerous conspiracies have been[...]

First up for Nonfiction November is Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith. 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[...]

October's prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2022 is to read a book that's a retelling of a folktale or fairytale. Our second book is Becca's pick, Love in Color by Bolu Babalola.  Next book discussion episode will be on Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop by Danyel Smith. Find it at[...]

October's prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2022 is to read a book that's a retelling of a folktale or fairytale. Our first book is Corinne's pick, Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić.  Next book discussion episode will be on Love in Color by Bolu Babalola. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read[...]

For our second and final book of September we read the paranormal YA novel, Elatsoe 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 Tale. Corinne's pick is up first[...]

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

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, The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. Next book is Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger, find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us! Get two months for the price[...]

Episode 129 Our second book for Women in Translation Month is Négar Djavadi's Disoriental. It’s a novel about an Iranian family’s history, relationships, and tragedies in both Iran and France. Next book is The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. Find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us! Get two months[...]

Episode 128. Our first book for Women in Translation Month is Adania Shibli's Minor Detail. This book contains heavy subject matter including violence and sexual assault, so please be aware of that before listening.  Next book is Disoriental by Négar Djavadi. Find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us! Get[...]

Our second book for July's prompt "Read a Book Under 200 Pages" is the first book translated from Catalan that we've read for the podcast. Death in Spring by Merce Rodoreda trippy, nightmarish, but ultimately an interesting read.  Next book is Minor Detail by Adania Shibli. Find it at your local library or bookstore and read[...]

Our first book for July's prompt "Read a Book Under 200 Pages" is also the third James Baldwin book we've read for the podcast. Giovanni's Room is charmingly Parisian but also heartbreaking.  Next book is Death in Spring by Merce Rodoreda. Find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us! Get two[...]

Apologies for the audio on this one!  We read (Becca reread) Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood for the June prompt of Reread a Book You Haven't Read in Years. Content warning for discussion of suicide, rape, and sexual assault. Next book is Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Find it at your local library or bookstore and read along[...]

First up for June's prompt "Reread a Book You Loved" is Corinne's pick, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. Published in 1940, this novel is about several characters in a small southern American town.  Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

Last book for May's prompt of Award Winning Book is Patreon's pick of Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. Next book is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, as picked by our Patreon. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

Our next award-winner is Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi, winner of the International Booker Prize. Check out photos of Oman in NYT. Next book is Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, as picked by our Patreon. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

We read Pulitzer Prize-winning novel So Big by Edna Ferber. Beautiful cabbages! Midwest farmers! Rich Chicagoans!  Next book is Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

Our last book for April's prompt "read a book by an author who shares your zodiac sign or birthday" is Corinne's fellow Capricorn, Patricia Highsmith's novel Deep Water. Next book is So Big by Edna Ferber. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

First book for our April prompt (read a book by an author who shares your birthday month or zodiac sign) is Becca's pick of Outline, by fellow Aquarian Rachel Cusk. Next episode will be on Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

Corinne's pick for our March prompt (a book published by an indie press) is Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante.  Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

For our first pick for the March prompt, A Book Published By an Indie Press, Becca chose Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

For our last February prompt book, Corinne picked Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You. We discuss how maybe this book isn't for us, and also confess we don't know much about Ireland!   Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

We're back! We discuss The Mothers by Brit Bennett, Becca's pick for February's prompt: A book people keep telling you to read. Next book discussion will be Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstorepod' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

We talk a bit about our picks for January's prompt, Book Adapted into a Movie or TV Show, and then Becca regales Corinne with a tale of an art auction, a sci-fi novel, and cryptocurrency. Lots of laughter! We'll be back in February with The Mothers by Brit Bennett. Get two months for the price of[...]

We really enjoyed having a prompt every month to help choose our books, and we loved seeing our listeners using this challenge to pick books as well, so we're doing it again in 2022! These are the prompts we will be following to choose our podcast reads for the year. There is just one prompt[...]

Title says it all, really. We talk about our favorite and not-so-favorite books we read this year, and our plans for 2022. We won't be releasing a book episode in January, but we will be releasing a new Bookstore Podcast Challenge for the year! Watch for that episode to drop later this week and we'll[...]

Our final book for December's theme of "Book Published Before 1950," we read A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, released in 1905. We both loved the 1995 movie as kids and it was interesting to compare. Next week we will be announcing our plans for 2022! To gift a Libro.fm membership, click here! Get two[...]

For December's theme, A Book Published Before 1950, Becca picked My Great, Wide, Beautiful World by Juanita Harrison, first released in 1936. It's the travel journal of a young Black woman who journeyed to 22 different countries.  Next week we will be discussing A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  To gift a Libro.fm membership, click[...]

We've got a chatty one for you this week. Becca received a tweet that prompted her to lightly investigate the origins of the Science Fiction Genre. We talk about where it started, where it's gone, is it different from Fantasy, and is the sky a place or just the top. Next week we will be[...]

Our final book for Non-Fiction November is The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Our theme for December is Books Published Before 1950. Our next read will be My Great, Wide, Beautiful World by Juanita Harrison, first published in 1936. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout.  Website | Patreon

Our first read for Non-Fiction November is a memoir called Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford. The story of her childhood and teen years, the memoir does cover some sensitive topics related to child abuse and sexual assault. Please listen and read with caution. Our next read will be The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo[...]

Today we dive into the subject of pseudonyms. Corinne has a recent news item and Becca plays a game. Next time we will be in Non-Fiction November reading Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for the price[...]

We return to the well of socially anxious nightmares this week when we read The Lottery and Other Stories by the queen of such fiction, Shirley Jackson for our final episode of Genre: Spooky October. Next time we will be in Non-Fiction November reading Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford. You can find it at[...]

Becca is gone which means she can't stop me from releasing this former Patreon exclusive episode where we cast a Little Women movie starring The Muppets. Next week we will be discussing The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson.

Becca's pick for the October theme of Genre: Horror, Thriller, Suspense, is The Hunger by Alma Katsu. The novel is a reimagining of the tragedy of the Donner Party as they journeyed to California. This episode asks the question, Can you know ever know too much about the Donner Party? Next time we will be[...]

This episode is rated R: Restricted, Children Under 17 Require Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian. Or alternately, YA-4? We discuss a recent YA Twitter incident. Next time we will be reading The Hunger by Alma Katsu. You can find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us. Get two months for the price[...]

Detransition, Baby is a debut novel by Torrey Peters that also happens to be absolutely perfect for discussion and buddy reading. We really loved this unconventional story of three women on a journey to become (or not become) mothers. We will be anxiously waiting for it to be optioned as a limited series on a premium[...]

On this episode we preach to the choir and discuss why book banning is a bad thing. Next time we will be discussing Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters. You can find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us. Sources for this episode: Penn Live - Ban on books by or about minorities[...]

For our first read for the September Bookstore Challenge we read Sigrid Nunez's debut auto-fiction novel, A Feather on the Breath of God. It reflects on the author/narrator's parents, both immigrants, her upbringing in New York, and a later love affair with a Russian immigrant in her 20's. Next time we will be discussing Detransition,[...]

For our final Women in Translation Month installment we read Thora Hjorliefsdottir's Magma. It is a challenging read about a young woman in an abusive relationship. We relate, we don't want to relate. We commiserate. Next time we will be discussing A Feather on the Breath of God by Sirgrid Nunez.   Get two months[...]

Way back in 2017, the first year of The Bookstore Podcast's existence, we read Hollywood Wives by Jackie Collins. When the documentary about her life popped up on Becca's Netflix Recommended, we figured we'd watch and discuss. We have a lot of laughs talking about Collins' fascinating life and work.  Barbara Cartland song Next time we[...]

It's Women in Translation Month and our first pick for this prompt is the recently released somewhat autobiographical/historical novel about the Pinochet regime in Chile, The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernandez. Long time listeners will be pleased to note that Corinne has transcended using the word "basically" as a filler to using exclusively "essentially." Next time[...]

For Women in Translation Month, which is our prompt for August and also celebration in the wider book world, we talk a little bit about previous episodes where we recommend works in translation, as well as some literary translation prizes. Our main topic is a translation game Corinne made, so fair warning, there is lots[...]

We read and discuss 2020 Booker International Winner The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, translated from the Dutch by Michele Hutchison. Content warning: language, discussion of difficult topics. Next time we will be discussing The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernandez. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at[...]

We loved Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead so much that Corinne decided to read Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk. Our July Challenge Prompt was to read another book by an author you have loved before. Next time we will be discussing The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld for our first August read:[...]

We talk generally about our July prompt, read a backlist title by an author you've loved before. Next time we will be talking about Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for the price of one at[...]

This week we read and discuss Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo. It's Becca's pick for our July prompt: to read a book by an author you have loved before. Next time we will be talking about Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read[...]

We talk about book settings. Next month the prompt is to read a book by an author you have loved before and Becca's choice is Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at[...]

This week for our Beach Read June prompt we read Beach Read by Emily Henry. Which is fitting! Coincidentally the book take place in a fictional Lake Michigan town that happens to exist exactly on top of the town that Corinne's partner is from - so we've got thoughts about how it represents Michigan aside[...]

Content warning for sexual assault on this episode. We read Diadem From the Stars by Jo Clayton as Becca's pick for June's prompt, Genre: Romance, Fantasy, or Beach Read. It's a pulpy 70s space fantasy that left us confused and maybe even a little irate. Next time we will be discussing Beach Read by Emily Henry. You[...]

We discuss a publishing scandal that at this point feels very cliché. Next time we will be discussing Diadem from the Stars by Jo Clayton. You might have to find this one used, or from your local library. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. See the Independent Bookstore Day details here.[...]

This week we read Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe. It's a book full of politics and yet we choose to focus (at least a little) on the sex writing. Next time we will be discussing Diadem from the Stars by Jo Clayton. You might have to find this one used, or from your[...]

Our May prompt was to read a book published the year you were born, so we chat about big book news that happened in our respective birth years, as well as some pop culture tidbits. Let us know what exciting things happened the year you were born! Next time we will be discussing Becca's May[...]

Content warnings abound because we read Katherine Dunn's 1989 novel about an abusive carnival family turned cult carnival turned ??? Geek Love. Next time we will be discussing Becca's May prompt pick (read a book published the year you were born) Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe. You can find it at your local[...]

We read National Book Award winner Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. Do we understand how screenplays work? Not really! But we do think this is a very interesting concept. Next week we will be discussing Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

We revisit our dear old friend, Norman Mailer. But before that, we find out the truth about the storied literary feud between Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Next time we will be reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for[...]

Discussion and review of The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar for the April challenge prompt: a book that won or was shortlisted for a literary award in 2020. Next time we will be reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two[...]

We're starting April off with a Between the Books episode featuring recommendations based on our April Prompt, read a book that won an award in 2020. We talk about all the books we've read in previous episodes that won or were on shortlists, and we add a few more of our personal recommendations. Next time[...]

This week we read the our final book for the March prompt (read a book you already own). Because it is a 3 book episode month, we turned to Patreon to pick between our respective choices. Becca's pick won and so we read A Question of Power by Bessie Head. The book itself is a[...]

Our March prompt for our 21 Month Challenge is to read a book you already own. We're here to talk about how great libraries are, why we buy books, why we don't always buy books, how we store books, you know, that kind of thing.  Our next book discussion will be A Question of Power by Bessie[...]

First - apologies for Corinne's sub par audio this week, but there were some issues on her end. It'll be back to normal next week. In this episode we discuss The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi and question our Western viewpoints on gender. Our next book discussion will be A Question of Power by[...]

Inspired by this Reddit thread, we talk about the different things that are distracting or take us out of the book. Not necessarily pet peeves, but also maybe a little bit. This brings us to the conclusion that writing is hard! Next time we will be discussing The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi. Get two[...]

Review and discussion of The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor for our first pick for the March book prompt: Read a book you already own. Next time we will be discussing The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi. ____ Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout.[...]

To close out the February prompt for our Bookstore Podcast 12 Month Challenge, we each have some recommendations for indie publishers and books published by those indie publishers. We will list all the books mentioned on our website. Next time we will be reading our first March Prompt book (something we already own): The Women of[...]

Our second book published by an independent publisher for the February prompt is Frontier by Can Xue. We don't actually know how to explain it or talk about it, but we try! Next time we will be reading our first March Prompt book (something we already own): The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor.[...]

Our February reading prompt is to read books published by an Independent Publisher. Because we've received so many questions from people interested in how to find more independent presses, we have decided to rerelease an episode we did a couple of years back introducing you the wonderful world of Indies. Next week we will be[...]

Our first pick for February's prompt is Temporary by Hilary Leichter, published by Coffee House Press. It gets us talking about the mundanity of office life and the strangeness of life under capitalism.   Next week we are reading Frontier by Can Xue. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! Get two[...]

Alternate title: TRUST NO ONE! A list of sources for this episode can be found here. Next week we will be discussing Temporary by Hilary Leichter. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. Website | Patreon

Our January prompt for The Bookstore's 12 Month Challenge is "a book you think you really should have read by now." Becca's pick for that prompt is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.  February is indie publisher month, if you have a favorite indie pub book, we'd love to hear about it![...]

This week we have a bit of news, Corinne explores a new GoodReads (and Amazon) book tracking contender called The StoryGraph, and we consider some interpretations for the January challenge prompt: a book you feel you should have read by now. Becca is beckyramone and Corinne is corinnekeener on The StoryGraph. Add us and we[...]

If you are a die-hard Jane Austen fan, you may want to skip this one. We read Corinne's pick for our January prompt, "A book you think you really should have read by now." P&P is embedded in our cultural consciousness and it was time for us to see what the fuss is all about.[...]

We look back on our reading in 2020, pick some favorites, and make plans (lol, sure) for 2021. Next week we will be reading and discussing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore'[...]

This week we read Samanta Schweblin's Little Eyes, a very Black Mirror-type story featuring, you guessed it, some little eyes. We have a conversation about if a kentuki is more like a drone or a phone app, and talk about why exactly someone would want to have a stranger staring at them all the time.  We[...]

We've been at it for a little over three years and at the suggestion of a Patreon Patron, we have decided to finally do a comprehensive GET TO KNOW US episode. In this episode you will learn such incredible life details as:  What is our favorite sandwich meat Joey Ramone or Joey Fatone How good[...]

This week we wanted something very chill, and so we picked the cozy mystery queen, Agatha Christie. Other than the main question of the book, which is who did the murdering, we also wonder if people are really climbing in and out of windows, and why is blancmange so popular?  Next time we're reading Little Eyes[...]

During Pandemic Times ™, it isn't every day you get to meet new friends. This week we talk with Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club Podcast about what their podcast is about, how it came to be, and what books they love and have been recommending. Make sure you subscribe to The[...]

This week we read How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. We love the Western setting, the lyrical, atmospheric descriptions of the landscape. We have some complicated feelings about the plot and character development. Next time we're reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.  Get two months for the price of[...]

We're putting our gift guide out a little early this year to give you time to order from your favorite indie bookstore! We have a list of Black-owned bookstores on our website. The books we recommended on this episode can be found here. Next week we'll be discussing How Much of These Hills is Gold by[...]

If you're receiving this on the day it is released, that means it's Election Day in the US and I hope if you're eligible to vote, you've either done so or are on your way to the polls. Take care of yourself today and all days! This week we discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God[...]

For our Halloween Between the Books episode, we read Roald Dahl's The Witches and watched the 1990 Anjelica Huston vehicle. We digress to talk about what scared us as kids and Dahl's problematic legacy.  Next week we're reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.  Website  Patreon

This week we read and discussed The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. It's a horror/slasher, a good change of pace, and a little confusing, but that's probably because we are both a little unaccustomed to audiobooks. Next time we will be reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Pick it[...]

As the title suggests, today we bring to you a few graphic novel recommendations. Becca recommends Monstress, Kaptara, and The Old Guard. Corinne recommends Dancing After TEN, Cosmoknights, and Pretending is Lying. We also mention a few other graphic novels and comics that got us into the genre, and talk about why we like graphic novels. As always, find all the books[...]

Let me warn you up top that we cry in this episode. We read Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey, a memoir about the murder of the author's mother by her step-father. Content warnings for some mild language and discussions of domestic violence. Next time we will be discussing The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham[...]

We relive our childhoods by reading the first book in The Baby-Sitters Club series by Ann M. Martin, Kristy's Great Idea. Other mentions include the Netflix series, obsession with clubs as kids, and figuring out which babysitter we would be. The Bookstore Podcast website Next week we'll be discussing Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey!

Hello Daaahhhlings. This week we read the splendiferously kaleidoscopic Modelland by Tyra Banks. It's out of print, so if you couldn't get your pretty little hands on a copy, we've got an exhaustive 2 hour breakdown of exactly, or precisely (?) what we think we might have read. It really cannot be missed so get[...]

We talk about one of our favorite subjects, literary scandals, specifically the ones involving Jonah Lehrer and Cristiane Serruya.  Sources: Jonah Lehrer, Cristiane Serruya 1, Cristiane Serruya 2, Cristiane Serruya 3 Books mentioned: So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson Next week we're discussing Modelland by Tyra Banks! It's out of print so look for it at[...]

Find Voter Information Here This week we read Luster by Raven Leilani. Like Ottessa Moshfegh's writing it really captures the mood of a generation. We discuss older men, being bad at parties, and getting caught on very unimportant details. Next time we will be reading Modelland by Tyra Banks and you might be able to[...]

Today on the podcast we discuss fact-checking or the lack thereof, and recommend some longform journalism. We will have a list of recommended articles on our website The Bookstore Podcast. Next week we will be reading Raven Leilani's debut novel Luster!

Chosen by our Patreon Patrons, we read Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth this week. It is part heist, part animal rights political satire (??). Anyway, here's our thoughts. Please don't be mad at us. Next time we will be reading Luster by Raven Leilani. You can find it at your local bookstore or library[...]

Hey CATS-heads - this week we are releasing a Patreon exclusive episode because we ran out of ideas. Hope you're ready for 53 minutes of us talking about CATS, Old Possum's Book of them, stage productions, insane CGI monstrosities, which CATS is horniest, Becca's better theory about Deuteronomy. All of it. We will be back[...]

We're a bit late this week, but we have reigned victorious over midterms and work functions and an election to bring you a discussion of Namwali Serpell's magically realistic, somewhat science fictional, family history of Zambia, The Old Drift. Next time we will be discussing Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth. And after that, Luster[...]

Today we have some fun discussing an article about how libraries are the real enemy. And we also talk about the shadowy world of bestseller lists.  Overdue: Throwing the book at libraries Author loses spot in Top 10 after buying 400 copies of his own book Next week we're reading The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell.

We read Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor. The book is filled with difficult topics, so this episode will not be for everyone. Despite the discomfort some of the themes may cause it is also a very beautifully and interestingly composed book. Next time we will be discussing The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell. You can[...]

This episode we take some time to share a few books we're looking forward to reading in the remainder of 2020, as well as a couple news items we found interesting.  Next week will be a discussion of Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor. The Bookstore Podcast

This week we discuss Kazuo Ishiguro's 2015 literary fantasy novel The Buried Giant and are pleasantly surprised to say that we do, in fact, actually like some fantasy novels. Also mentioned in this episode: The Cell (2001 Film with Jennifer Lopez and Vince Vaughn) Ishiguro's novels The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go Episode 8.5 of The[...]

This week we delve into some Book Twitter news; explaining the supply chain, revealing our ignorance of how the British government works, and encountering yet other stubborn man unwilling to rethink his preconceived notions.  National Book Critics Circle The Booker Prize Next week we'll be discussing The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro.

This week we read and discussed Heavy by Kiese Laymon and we think you should, too. Our next book will be The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. Find it at your library or local bookstore or from Libro.fm with code BOOKSTORE for the audio and read along with us.  

Way back in 2019, Becca and her partner Zac visited Zac's friend Tom, who is the adult services librarian of a library in Michigan. We were onsite at the library, so there are some audio issues, sorry! This episode is quite different from our normal Between the Books episodes, but we thought we'd mix it[...]

The Round House by Louise Erdrich came up 2nd in our Instagram poll of what we should read next. This book made us furious at the legal system and made us laugh at the teenage antics Joe and his friends get into. It's a crime thriller, but also a coming-of-age story.  Next time we'll be[...]

We took a week off to do some learning, reflecting, and work and now we're back to talk. First and foremost: Black Lives Matter. Less important, but also of interest: some fan fiction is set to make important copyright law precedent. Black Owned Bookstores defund12.org for resources on contacting your local government about defunding the[...]

Our Instagram followers picked it and we read it! To no one's surprise, we loved this debut novel that follows a family through multiple generations and two continents.  Next book is The Round House by Louise Erdrich, which came in second in our poll. https://www.thebookstorepodcast.com/

This week we look to fiction for reading about isolation. It's on everyone's mind, so now it'll be in your TBR. Next episode we will be reading and discussing Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Shop books mentioned in this episode. The Bookstore Podcast Website Listeners of The Bookstore can get a 3 month subscription to Libro.fm[...]

Way, way back in Episode 2, we read Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We're returning to the Butlerverse with Dawn, and we had a bit of a different reaction to her work this time. Next time we'll be reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi as picked by our Instagram followers! https://www.thebookstorepodcast.com/

Need a quarantine craft to MacGyver? Need help feeling motivated to read books you already own? Well, we've got you covered. We will be discussing Dawn from Lillith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler for our next episode. Find it and read along with us. Notes: DIY Bookspinner Recitatif by Toni Morrison

This week we read celebrated Hungarian author Magda Szabo's novel Abigail. Abigail is Szabo's most popular work in Hungary, but was only recently published in English for the first time by NYRB. And let me tell you, we are thrilled that it was finally translated. Next book we're reading is Dawn by Octavia E. Butler, the first[...]

The world feels weird and some of us (Corinne) can only focus for very short, very concentrated periods of time. So this week we're talking about short books, novellas and otherwise. Our next discussion will be Abigail by Magda Szabo. To Purchase Books Mentioned in This Episode Episode Notes Patreon  

Thank you to Brilliant Books Monthly for sending us Nella Larsen's Passing! We liked it so much we decided to do an entire episode about it. Next book we'll be reading is Abigail by Magda Szabo. Order online from your local indie bookstore or from Bookshop.org!

We tried to think of comforting books to read during quarantine and failed. What is comfort? We've never heard of it. Next time we will be discussing Passing by Nella Larsen. You can get it and read along with us. Website Patreon Bookshop Affiliate Link Books mentioned in this episode: Station Eleven by Emily St.[...]

We didn't set out to talk about politics and the pandemic, but it's nearly impossible not to since Jenny Offill's Weather could not be more relevant to the current situation. Up next is Passing by Nella Larsen. https://www.thebookstorepodcast.com/

There will be explicit content on this episode because we both read stories by famous gay erotica writer Chuck Tingle. Warning: You will hear lots of laughter! This is Version 1 of the episode, we get a little personal about our fears during this time, so if you want solely uplifting silliness, listen to Version[...]

There will be explicit content in this episode because we both read stories by famous gay erotica writer Chuck Tingle. Warning: There is lots of laughter! This is Version 2, with even more laughter and any mentions of the cosmic void have been edited out, in case that's what you need right now.  Next week[...]

This week we read and discuss The Collection by Nina Leger which is about a lady who commits her sexual partners penises to memory. It's explicit. I literally cannot imagine any of you listen to this with children, but just in case you normally do, don't this time. There's also a quiz about the Bad[...]

This was previously uploaded with the wrong episode file. Still finding ways to make mistakes, folks. This week we cover some recent book news. Next week we will be discussing The Collection by Nina Leger. Sources: Clive Cussler Obituary Booker International Longlist Women's Prize Longlist Maddaddam Ballet Announcement Catherine Pugh Sentenced to 3 Years Prison

This week we read and discuss Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. Our next book discussion is going to be The Collection by Nina Leger. It's for episode 69 so it's about sex things.  

You ever stop to think about a subject you think you understand and then start questioning everything you thought you knew? This week we get to the bottom of what even is the truth. Just kidding. But we try? www.thebookstorepodcast.com www.patreon.com/thebookstore Books Mentioned:Abigail by Magda Szabo Garden by the Sea by Merce Rodoreda The Tattoist[...]

This week we read Alexander Chee's How to Write an Autobiographical Novel.  The Bookstore Podcast Reading Schedule: 3/3 - Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, 3/17 - The Collection by Nina Leger, 3/31 - Passing by Nella Larson, 4/14 - Weather by Jenny Offill  

We're busy so we've pulled one of our Patreon Exclusive episodes out to show you what you might be missing. www.patreon.com/thebookstore Welcome to our very first Patreon Exclusive Episode. This week we breakdown the recent YA Book Twitter meltdown that precipitated after a vanity tweet by author Sarah Dessen. If you're seeing this, you should[...]

First some news and a correction (and a phone call!), then we review and discuss False Bingo, a book of short stories by Jac Jemc. Next book is How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. Other books mentioned: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah[...]

We discuss how we feel about movie adaptations of books, and Becca quizzes Corinne on some Oscar winners.  But before that, we recommend some articles of interest regarding American Dirt: Myriam Gurba  David Bowles David Schmidt Parul Sehgal

We discuss and review Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and... well, we can't like them all. Next time we will be reading False Bingo: Stories by Jac Jemc. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. www.thebookstorepodcast.com

We attempt a timeline of the events that have been shaking up Romancelandia, and rhapsodize about the genius of Greta Gerwig and her version of Little Women. Sources: https://www.pajiba.com/miscellaneous/a-timeline-and-explanation-of-the-romance-writers-of-america-controversy.php (and lots of time spent refreshing Twitter!) Next book discussion will be Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Gods of Jade and Shadow!   

Catch us drinking framboise and pousse-cafes and calling each other "toothsome dishes." Just kidding, we did none of those while discussing Judith Krantz's debut novel Scruples, but the novel does make those sound fun. There's some silliness and some wildly offensiveness on display here, and we try to discuss as much as we can. Explicit[...]

Here we are with reflections on our year in reading and talking about books. Auld Lang Syne and all that, too. Next time we will be reading Scruples by Judith Krantz. You can find it at your local library or bookstore and read along with us.

What's this? Another new episode this week! Recently we had the chance to chat with graphic novel writer Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, This One Summer, Skim) about her latest novel for DC Ink, Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass. We chatted about how one goes about writing a graphic novel, writing popular characters, and,[...]

Alternate title: WE ARE NOT HISTORIANS. Jenny Erpenbeck's The End of Days blew us away with how masterful she ties everything together. It's so good, we trip over our words and maybe have a slight existential crisis. We will not be releasing an episode the week of Christmas, but we'll be back in the New Year[...]

Correction: We stated that this novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, but that is wrong. One of Susan Choi's previous novels was a finalist, not Trust Exercise. Sorry for destroying your trust in us. However, this novel DID win the National Book Award for Fiction. We attempt to figure out why. Lots of spoilers[...]

Check out https://www.brilliant-books.net/ for their Brilliant Books Monthly book subscription service! We are here to tell you what to buy! All the books mentioned will be on the website, which you can find here: https://www.thebookstorepodcast.com/ Our next book discussion will be Trust Exercise by Susan Choi, you can find it at your local bookstore or library and[...]

We rave about Olga Tokarczuk's genre-defying novel, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, which also has the best book title possibly ever conceived.  Our next read will be either Trust Exercise by Susan Choi or Autumn by Ali Smith (our beloved Patrons will decide!). 

Becca's in DC so we have an actual mini-length mini this week. It's a quick news round-up and also there's a NaNoWriMo quiz so you'll know all of the NaNoWriMo facts! But not necessarily all of the other regular facts because Corinne said that Citrus County was in California even though it said Florida right[...]

This week we discuss the recently translated (to English) literary fantasy/dystopia The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa and Becca recalls a murder story from the 1930's that involves an attic boyfriend. There's a couple spoilers, but we warn you. Our next read will be Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. You can[...]

Content warning on this one! We don't go into great detail about the awful events described in the books we recommend, but as these are true horror stories, it might not be suitable for all listeners. Cannibalism, pandemics, more cannibalism, you get the idea.  A list of titles discussed on this episode can be found[...]

More literary prize news and ... it's dubious again! We also discuss Booker Prize Shortlist novel 10 Minutes and 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak. Our next book discussion will be The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us!

If the Nobel Prize for literature were a body part, this year it would be two feet stuck firmly in its own mouth. That was going to be the title of the episode, but I figured it was too long. This week we break down a couple of scandals that are plaguing the prestigious award[...]

This week we give ourselves a bit of a history lesson as we read Qiu Miaojin's Notes of a Crocodile, a satire of Taiwanese society in the late 80s and 90s. Correction for this episode: Becca refers to Qiu Miaojin as Miaojin instead of as Qiu, her surname. Apologies for that mistake. Articles referenced: https://longreads.com/2018/06/07/a-crocodile-in-paris-the-queer-classics-of-qiu-miaojin/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/consider-the-crocodile-qiu-miaojins-lesbian-bestiary/[...]

After a bit of a mis-speak, we realized that we've read more books published by independent publishers and presses than we thought. So we're here to highlight the great work by publishers you suggested and publishers that we think are putting out great work. There's so many to talk about that we couldn't fit it[...]

This is a long one, but it's only because we could not shut up about Trick Mirror and Jia Tolentino. We opine, we contradict ourselves, then we contradict our contradictions. But it's all just being self-reflective of our own self-delusions. You may not believe you need another thinkpiece on the internet and social media, but[...]

This week's mini has some themed book news. What's an embargo? You're about to find out. Big companies bum us out, but we keep punching up until we reach the obvious ending. And Corinne travelled all the way to Madison, Wi to talk with Gretchen at A Room of One's Own Books about Bookstores Against[...]

This week we review The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter. Thanks to Two Dollar Radio for providing us with copies in exchange for our honest review. If you have any other indie pubs you recommend, please let us know!  Our next discussion will be Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino. You can find it[...]

This week we are reviewing the forthcoming Young Adult/Middle Grade book by Akwaeke Emezi, Pet. Our next book discussion is The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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 novel The Nickel Boys. Here be spoilers: we warn you before the big[...]

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 other than your own. Next week we will[...]

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 other than your own. Next week we will[...]

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 they were teens. For Becca, it's Hairstyles of the Damned[...]

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.  

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 Damned by Joe Meno, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. You can find them at[...]

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 mic batteries are fresh and we'll be bringing you[...]

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 Ottessa Moshfegh. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along[...]

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.

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 books (preferably not Amazon) and read along with us.

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 turned mystery novelist turned bad, and more Outrages about Naomi Wolf. A full list of sources for our[...]

This week we read Sula by Toni Morrison and discuss the criticisms Morrison has faced throughout her impressive career. You can find show notes/sources on the episode post on our website. Our next book discussion will be Women Talking by Miriam Toews.

There will be discussion of stuff that is not appropriate for children. And there will be brief mentions of eating disorders, just in case that's not for you. We just can't turn down a scandal. This week what to do when you didn't fact check your book about Victorian history and how not to respond[...]

This week we read The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy, despite Corinne calling it "The Dove Avocado" literally seconds into the episode.  Next time we will be discussing Sula by Toni Morrison. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. www.thebookstorepodcast.com

Here's a little shorty for you guys. This week we're excited about books that are coming out this summer, including a number of full length books from some of our favorite journalists and critics at large. We're here to break the stigma about summer reads and prove that like a beach body being the body[...]

This week we discuss the complicated task that is reviewing a memoir after we read The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esme Weijun Wang. Our next read will be The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy.

By popular demand: we discuss audiobooks, what we like, what we don't and how to get them. Next time we will be discussing The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esme Weijun Wang. Get it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

This week in book news: a very Becca and Corinne house has hit the market in St. Clair Shores. For a one time Patreon donation of just $500k you can live in it with us. We also read and discussed Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. Due to the length and nature of the book this[...]

We took a dive into some feminist literary criticism this week and read Joanna Russ's How to Suppress Women's Writing. It was published in 1983 and therefore focuses a lot on strictly women's writing - but we contend these methods have been used and continue to be used not just on work and art by women,[...]

Join us this week for a discussion of Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award Winning novel The Friend. In some ways it was a little too real for our real life events, and in others it wasn't quite real enough. This episode contains more expletives than normal. Next time we will be discussing Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss.[...]

We're back talking about our boy Bret Easton Ellis and a baffling/hilarious interview he did with the New Yorker. And we know you've been waiting for nearly three months as we finally respond to the Marie Kondo book drama. Sources: The New Yorker: Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You're Overreacting to Donald Trump Electric Literature: Liking[...]

Content Warning: We read another VC Andrews book. This should be all of the information you need.

A lot of the time we have too much to talk about and we don’t get the chance to discuss all of the book news topics that come our way. Well, not anymore! This week we bring you a digest of the hottest recent book world news from fake news about Kurt Vonnegut, to the[...]

We talk about a very fun and very quick read, My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Also we have news! We just launched a Patreon and if you're interested in helping support the podcast you can check it out at www.patreon.com/thebookstore. We love you. Our next read has us returning to our incest[...]

This week we read Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Becca says something along the lines of "I'm usually pretty empathetic, but I just can't care about a school shooter's feelings." We're going to be off next week, but we will be back the following week with a discussion and review of My Sister[...]

This week we're here to tell you about good books that we've recently read that you should read, too. Next week we are discussing Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, so read it along with us! Books mentioned: Burning Your Boats by Angela Carter Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in[...]

This one might be a little divisive. We read My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and talk about loving books with characters who are gross and mean.  This discussion will include topics related to sexual assault and drug addiction. Our next book discussion will be Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Get it[...]

This week we watched the Studio Ghibli version of Howl's Moving Castle. Does it make any more sense than the book? What's Batman doing here? Next week we will be discussing Ottessa Moshfegh's My Year of Rest and Relaxation you can find it at your local bookstore or library and  read along with us.

This week we have an update on 18th Century Shakespeare scammer William Henry Ireland, we talk about the latest literary scam hitting the scene, and we talk about how lighthearted fantasies do not spark joy for Becca as we discuss Diana Wynne Jones's fantasy for people of some age group, Howl's Moving Castle. Next time we[...]

Seems we’re in an era of wild scams (hi, have you watched the Fyre Festival docs?) so we’re bringing back one of our favorite topics: literary scandals. Tune in for the story of a literary forger desperate to impress his dad, and a wildly popular Man Booker Prize winning novel that is startlingly similar to[...]

This week: corrections, Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party, velour pants, dancing with people when you don't like being touched. Next book will be Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones.

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.

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 you should definitely check out. Next week we'll be reading Persepolis I[...]

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.

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.

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 re-examine biases and a reminder to read the text more closely.[...]

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 internet gossip, and then we assign our book superlatives for 2018 readings. Let us[...]

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 Little Women, so brush[...]

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.

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 - with links for where you can buy them -[...]

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.   Books mentioned: Frankenstein by Mary[...]

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, short spooky stories you can[...]

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 get enough sleep? This is my[...]

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 The Raft by Stephen King, and The Screwfly Solution by James Tiptree, Jr. Next time we will be discussing The Ballad of Black[...]

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 a joke about female orgasm and I said Mystery Spot[...]

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 Schwartz with legitimately bone chilling illustrations by Stephen Gammel. This[...]

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 in the Dark for our next episode,[...]

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 of our reading recommendations and what we will be reading[...]

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 www.thebookstorepodcast.com for more info related to the episode.

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 background - so it's basically one of those white noise CD's, too!! If[...]

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 Locke's Bluebird, Bluebird. It's available today in paperback!

We read this year's YA sensation, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, and... we've got some questions. Next time we will be discussing Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami. Get it and read it and talk to us about it. Check out the website! www.thebookstorepodcast.com  

We celebrate one year of podcasthood by answering your burning questions. We laugh a lot and talk about ourselves, truly a millennial woman's dream come true. We have read Children of Blood and Bone for next week's episode, you have probably heard of it.

We talk about our call in contest, reading Brooke Bolander's The Only Harmless Great Thing, and how easy she made it to believe in a world where Elephants use sign language. CALL US AND maybe WIN BOOKS 616-730-1656. Next time we are reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.

Hey! This week we've got some news about a call in contest - our number is 616-730-1656, call us with a question or comment and win some books (so long as you live in the US)! We also talk about The Detroit Festival of Books AND bring you some field recordings from our trip! Next[...]

This week we discuss Terese Marie Mailhot's memoir Heart Berries. Listen to find out why it's unlike any memoir we've ever read. A list of media related things we bring up: -Roxane Gay's Hunger-Native American memoirists Joy Harjo and Leslie Marmon Silko -Native American poet Natalie Diaz -Chimamanda Ngozie Adiche's TED Talk "The Danger of A Single[...]

We've reimagined the childhood fortune telling game MASH to be about our dream bookstore. Play it with your friends and tell us what wonderful places you dream up! Highlight this week: Becca calling children's story time "a reading to children event." Next week we will discuss Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot.

This week on The Bookstore: fairy tales, scary stories to tell in the dark, and how large format cameras work. We read Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado and mostly don't know what we think. Next read: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

Scandals are back in this all new STAR STUDDED episode of The Bookstore! Learn how to game The NYT Bestseller List, and how to befriend your favorite author with the help of just a fax machine and a party city wig. If you're new to the podcast and like this episode, we recommend you check[...]

This week we find out why Less by Andrew Sean Greer is more than just a lighthearted, Eat, Pray, Love novel or more than even just a book about a dude writer. Our next few discussions are: Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado, Heart Berries by Terese Mailhot, The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke Bolander, and Children of Blood and[...]

This week we read I am Thunder by Muhammad Khan. And reader, we did not like it. Spoilers abound, but don't worry because you're not going to be reading this one anyway - we took care of that for you. Find out what sank this promising premise of a diverse read for us. No new[...]

A wise woman once said, "Sometimes books can tell you a lot about a person, and sometimes they can't, but sometimes they really can." And that wise person was Corinne. This week, Becca and Corinne are inspired by alt-right darling Jordan Peterson's sneaky best selling self-help book to talk about what books would make them[...]

Today we discuss the wildly popular and relevant I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara. Some topics include: the interesting dilemma of publishing an unfinished manuscript posthumously, being self aware of true crime obsession, and how to be a better neighbor. Our next book is I Am Thunder by Muhammed Khan.  

Sorry for the delay! But I think I'll get this baby out with about 32 minutes of Tuesday to spare! This week we hear some listen email, talk about how to rate our books, and what we do now that the literary world is coming to terms with #metoo. Our next discussion is I'll Be[...]

We read the very funny and strange Aetherial Worlds by Tatyana Tolstaya this week. There was so much to love that it was kind of hard not to just quote it for an entire 40 minutes. Also, tune in for the weirdest endorsement of kombucha provided on a book review podcast in 2018. Tolstaya's apocalypse[...]

Welcome to our new lifestyle podcast where we talk about owning books and where to keep your books and what color of book will be big this spring and how to prepare the best books for your dinner guests and which books make your butt look better and which books to put on your tricky[...]

Well, Instagram voted and we read Swing Time by Zadie Smith. It was our first foray into her writing and probably not the best place to start. A paradoxical novel that somehow has a ton going on and nothing at all, we try to pull back the curtain in this week's discussion episode. Next time[...]

We watched the Lifetime Original movie version of Lois Duncan's Stranger With My Face so that you don't have to, but maybe you should because you know what? We kind of loved it. We talk about why we don't trust people who wear shoes and pants at home, how to enter a public space to[...]

This week we're really putting ourselves out there (get it?) discussing Lois Duncan's 1981 classic suspense thriller about astral projection twins, Stranger With My Face. The book was a childhood favorite of both Corinne and Becca, so there's all sorts of nostalgic feel happening here! Next time we will be reading Swing Time by Zadie[...]

This week Claire Handscome joins The Bookstore to talk about her work on Brit Lit Podcast, Brit Lit Blog, and her upcoming novel Unscripted. She also recommends several incredible new books from the UK that we cannot wait to check out. You can listen to Claire's podcast, Brit Lit Podcast wherever you're listening to this right[...]

This week we discuss and review a difficult, but beautiful memoir. After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry is the story of a young girl and her mother before and after her mother's murder. This episode may be difficult for some listeners, please take note that the discussion will address subjects related to the book including[...]

We're fangirling hard this week, so you know it's serious because we don't do that unless Becca is talking about Bones. Patti Smith is great and a beautiful writer and I wish I could dress like her and she has done a lot of cool things. So listen to us talk about how all of[...]

Ripped right from the headlines, we've read and are discussing The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani. If you're looking to read the book and some how have not had the very first line, or premise "spoiled," you might want to read the book first. Will Corinne go to jail for missing jury duty? Will Becca[...]

Because of a bit of a vacation we didn't have a lot of time to prepare a typical topic episode for this mini. So we're going to brag about the fact that we've actually been reading some extracurricular stuff! And we've really really liked some of it! Here's what we've been up to and what[...]

We've got a spoiler free discussion and review of Tayari Jones's An American Marriage for our newest episode. It's a beautiful novel that changes every time we think about it. We picked this before Oprah announced it, so we'll be owning knowing that it was really good before anyone else, ok? Our next discussion is[...]

Corinne and Becca discuss two short stories by the late Ursula K. Le Guin and fall in love. The stories read for this episode: She Unnamed Them and The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Our next discussion will be about An American Marriage by Tayari Jones, get it from Oprah and read it with[...]

Becca and Corinne make good on their promise from Episode 8.5 to read a romance novel. This week they discuss how the literature world at large has often maligned romance and they talk about the book they chose, A Week To Be Wicked by Tessa Dare. Becca pitches her perfect romance novel and the ladies[...]

This week we're celebrating gal pals in real life and in book life with the help of Kayleen Schaefer's Text Me When You Get Home. You'll find a review, some great suggestions for books about friends, and some friends from books. Books mentioned: The Neapolitan Novels by Elena Ferrante, The Color Purple by Alice Walker,[...]

This week Becca and Corinne talk about graphic memoirs and specifically about Thi Bui's The Best We Could Do. Corinne also remembers the name for the pages of the book that are immediately after the cover. It felt like a big deal at the time. More importantly, they make some great points about how literature[...]

In this episode Becca and Corinne discuss what bums them out about the Canon of Western Literature and how it could be improved. They shoot the Canon out of a cannon. I've been trying to make that joke in one way or another since we recorded this thing, and honestly, it's not even a good[...]

Get prepared to hear us use our English degrees when we say "textual support" 1,000 times, friends. This week we discuss Louise Erdrich's misguided foray into the world of speculative fertility fiction with Future Home of the Living God. We gave it a go and did not get it! As always remember this is a[...]

Since scandals were so much fun, we thought we'd try our hand at talking literary feuds! It's sort of like an episode of Ryan Murphy's Feud, but in a podcast and about people who write books instead of a TV show about glamorous actresses. Next week we will be discussing Future Home of the Living[...]

Happy New Year! We're kicking 2018 off by chatting about Jackie Collins' catty bonkbuster Hollywood Wives. Content Warning! This episode talks about sex. Like a lot, because we're talking about a book by Jackie Collins. It's not hot sex, it's not even lukewarm sex, but we still talk about it. Honestly it's everything we wanted,[...]

Becca and Corinne talk about a being tourists in the country of New Zealand, about how some english words don't mean what you think and others mean a lot of things, and about the book Corinne went there to buy (j/k that would be an irresponisble financial decision), Witi Ihimaera's The Whale Rider. Corinne pronounces[...]

Get with it, it's the 90's. This week Becca and Corinne discuss Han Kang's first novel to be published in English, The Vegetarian. They find out that even though it is a mere 150 pages long it is difficult. Some slight content warnings regarding sexual assault and mental illness. Next time they're reading Hollywood Wives[...]

This week we introduce a new corrections segment and talk about our year in books with some recommended reading you haven't heard us discuss on the podcast. Books mentioned: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Infomacracy by Malka Older Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin You Don't Have To Say[...]

Sorry we're late, and sorry for the inaccuracies, we'll be addressing some of our mis-speaks in next week's episode. Now that that's out of the way: We're back! And this week we are discussing N.K. Jemisin's 2013 fantasy novel The Fifth Season. There are spoilers. It's sometimes confusing, often times great, and we come to[...]

So we're not actually talking about memoirs, that was just a funny line that I said when we were recording this. But we are talking Literary Scandals! All of the dirty, wordy, fraud you can handle this week on My Favorite Literary Scandal. We're off next week, but we'll be returning on December 5 with[...]

This week we have a very special guest: the guy who helps us produce this and also the guy who is married to Corinne, Josh Bourdon. We're discussing Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. And also John Green in general. And also mental illness, and being in high school, and other things tangential[...]

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Literary Fiction, Horror, NEW WEIRD. There's a lot of genre out there. But what does any of it even mean? We have a lot of questions. And maybe some answers. (No guarantees). This episode was inspired by two articles: Nunnally, Mya. "A Beginner's Guide to the New Weird Genre." Book Riot.[...]

If only Emil Ferris could have illustrated this episode! This week we talk about the massive graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris, published by Fantagraphics Books. It's got some truly beautiful art and many truly twisty plots, so let's get right to it. **Note: some sort of demon (probably[...]

Ermahgerd! We're living in spooky times (it is the fourth week of October after all) so we're talking about nothing but the most chilling classics on this weeks Bookstore mini-episode. That's right, R.L. Stine's lauded and revered Goosebumps Series. Get ready to talk memes, mysterious giggles, and bookstore shenanigans! This week we read Welcome to[...]

This week Becca and Corinne discuss Ayobami Adebayo's 2017 debut novel, Stay With Me. An incredibly strong first novel that made us feel ALL of the emotions! You can buy Stay With Me at your local independently owned bookstore. Our next book discussion (10/31/2017) will be about Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing is Monsters. Buy[...]

The leaves are changing, you're wearing pumpkin spice deodorant, and spooky sounds are playing on your favorite radio station. You know what that means... it's book award season! This week Becca and Corinne discuss some book award news and book award related topics They also ponder what reading even means. Follow us on all of[...]

This week we discuss Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, one of the American Civil Rights Movements lesser taught leaders. We look adoringly at his treatment of women, and wrack our brains to understand some more obscure Biblical references. It's all here, folks! Follow us on all of the social medias, @thebookstorepodcast[...]

We're back for a new mini episode! Like Audrina we just couldn't leave Whitefern. This week we watched Lifetime's movie adaptation of My Sweet Audrina.   You can own My Sweet Audrina from Amazon Prime Video for just $2.99!   Next week we'll be discussing an actual classic, and we'll be much more dignified. You[...]

This week Becca and Corinne read Gilead by Marilyn Robinson because their first guest, Josh Weston, told them to! Today's episode includes thoughtful discussion of a novel about an intentional and intelligent elderly pastor, weird anecdotes about religious experiences, and a story about why you should never question Marilyn Robinson's dedication to her work. Follow[...]

On our first ever between the book episode (a minisode, a .5, whatever you want to call it!) we bring you the story of the Native American literature world's very own Rachel Dolezal. Becca and Corinne try to break down John Smelcer's many grifting ways in the aftermath of a PEN Literary award scandal. Lessons[...]

This time around we thought we'd read a trashy little romp to round out our summer. And, boy, did we read some real trash! VC Andrew's really brought it with My Sweet Audrina. Listen as Becca and Corinne walk through what is possibly the most offensive book either of them have ever read.   follow[...]

Welcome back to The Bookstore, citizens of Earth! This time Becca and Corinne talk about their Read Around the World Challenge and discuss Svetlana Alexievich's Nobel Prize winning oral history, Voices from Chernobyl. Becca's actually been there! We've got personal experience all over this thing! send us an email at thebookstorepodcast@gmail.com follow us on instagram! Find a local[...]

This episode Becca and Cori discuss the Hulu series that everyone was talking about two months ago, play a game of Title Mashup, and really get into Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower." If you've got a Title Mashup for us, send it to thebookstorepodcast@gmail.com and don't forget to put "Title Mashup" in the subject[...]

Becca and Corinne welcome you to The Bookstore's first episode and discuss Elif Batuman's 2017 novel, "The Idiot." Segments: Working at a a bookstore "The Idiot" discussion Translation Game   Find "The Idiot" at a local bookseller near you: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594205613

Welcome to The Bookstore. It's like a like a book club but we actually read the book. Take a listen to our series promo to hear more about the show and highlights from upcoming episodes.