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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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
Today's book discussion is on Underground Barbie by Maša ...
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
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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
February's prompt is to read a book with a non-human narrator or from a non-human perspective. Corinne's pick, that we'll be discussing today, is Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, which is about ...
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 ...
Unfortunately, we are not releasing an episode today because we’re going on hiatus. We are fine in terms of physical health and have not experienced personal family tragedy, we just need to take a break right now. I am sorry to be springing this on everyone without advance notice, it’s just something we have to do right now. Thank you to all of you who subscribe, who have ever listened to any of our episodes, gave us a good review,...
We were in Chicago during the week we should have been recording and editing this episode, so apologies for the lateness!
Today we talk about The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk.
Next time we'll be talking about our first choice for November's prompt to read a book about a lost city or civilization, and that is Hav by Jan Morris. The second November book is Four Lost Cities by Annalee Newitz. Find them at ...
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LESBIAN. VAMPIRES.
We read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez for October's prompt to read a book in one of the following genres: monster/vampire/gothic.
Content warning: We briefly talk about violence and murder. The book also contains scenes of the main character experiencing racism.
Our next book is The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story by Olga Tokarczuk and translated by Antonia L...
This book has everything, except for an idea of how novels are formulated.
Our next read will be The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez.
For September's prompt to read a book by a celebrity, Corinne has chosen The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker and Dick Lochte. Al Roker is a tv personality and the resident weatherman of NBC's Today show.
Content warnings: swearing, discussion of different types of murder, offensive accents (in the book, we do not quote the book), sexism
Our next book discussion will be Swan by Naomi Campbell. You can find it at your local booksto...
Our last book for August's prompt to read a book that won a translation award is Every Fire You Tend by Sema Kaygusuz. Very poetic and beautifully written, it might have been too spiritual for us to fully engage with.
Content warning: mentions of ethnic cleansing and genocide, rape, sexual assault
Our next book discussion will be The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along...
Our first book for August's prompt to read a book that won a translation prize is Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed. Corinne picked this one, and we both loved it. It's a beautifully illustrated graphic novel split into 3 stories, all revolving around 3 First Class Wishes. What are first class wishes? Listen and learn about the incredibly imaginative world Mohamed created!
Our next book discussion will be Every Fire You Tend, by Sema...
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