The Bookstore
It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.
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I, Becca, have been going through a big life transition, and that is why this episode is so incredibly late. I will be okay though! It also kind of fits because Olga Tokarczuk's House of Day, House of Night, is all about transition and liminal spaces.
Content warning: we mention breasts and vaginas (more like vaginal art).
Due to this being a weird year (Corinne had a baby!) instead of our usual wrap-up of the year's books, we decided to take a look at our historical Year in Reviews and talk about the books we remember, and the ones we don't.
We swear a bit and mention some adult topics briefly, so use caution when listening.
Content warning straight off the top for this one! Both for the actual content, in which Becca recommends a terrible tv show and for the book, which is described as being erotic, and then also a big warning for us being disorganized and confused. We are getting our groove back, please be patient. If you're still listening to us, we love you, and we are in love with you.
Next episode will be our Year in Review.
We're back! We're a bit all over the place in this episode, but mostly it's me (Becca) recommending a few horror/scary books I've read. Most likely, we will be popping in once a month to update everyone until life settles down a little more. Thanks for listening!
(Quick correction: I mention the movie The Devils by Ken Russell, and what I guessed what the outline of the plot. Since recording, I have watched the movie and I was wron...
We are now officially on hiatus! Corinne is on maternity ...
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For the month of May, our prompt is to read a dystopia or post-apocalyptic work of fiction. Corinne's pick is I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman. We have both read this book already and jumped at the chance to reread and discuss this book, that we describe as being "about what it is to be human."
Content warning: captivity, death, disease, euthanasia, brief mentions of sexual awakening, torture, and suicide
Our first book for May's prompt to read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel is Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson. Set in a Toronto that has been abandoned by the government and anyone with means, Ti-Jeanne has to learn how to survive and how to protect the ones she loves.
Content warning: mentions of violence, suicide, drug addiction
Becca's pick for April's prompt to read a book based on its cover or title is Nonfiction: A Novel by Julie Myerson, because the contradiction between the title and genre was too compelling to pass up.
Content warning: drug addiction
The March prompt is to read a book published by an indie press, and Corinne's pick is Witches by Brenda Lozano, translated by Heather Cleary, and published by Catapult.
Content warning: brief mentions of violence, including sexual violence
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Romantic Goat sex on today's episode. We read The Story of a Goat by Perumal Murugan.
Next time we will read Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck
Content Warnings: Violence, sexual violence
If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2024, you can join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2025.
Last episode for January is Pastoralia by George Saunders, this is a book of short stories that all have the trademark Saunders satirical edge.
Content warning: swearing, brief mentions of death and a sick child
Our next book discussion will be The Story of a Goat by Perumal Murugan. 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 2024, y...
New year, same us. We discuss (more like complain about, to be honest) Maggie O'Farrell's novel After You'd Gone. January's prompt is to read a book published in the year 2000.
Our next book discussion will be Pastoralia by George Saunders. 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 2024, you can join us on The StoryGraph to see what...
We are back and we have a recap of our reading in 2024, along with the challenge prompts for 2025, since I don't know how we chose books before we starting following these prompts. The challenge prompts start around 37:04.
Our books for January are After You'd Gone by Maggie O'Farrell and Pastoralia by George Saunders.
If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2025, you can join ...
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