Fictional Bookshop
Step inside the Fictional Bookshop, an immersive storytelling experience for book lovers. Explore the first chapter of your new favorite book: from epic adventures to fantastic worlds to cozy characters. Join Liz Delton as she takes you on a journey to a fictional bookshop, where you'll take a book off the shelf and enjoy the first chapter of a book. Maybe you're walking down a rainy city street, and notice a bookshop you've never seen before. Or maybe on your trip down a sunny country road, you spy a quaint little bookstore, where you find treasures on its shelves. More at LizDelton.com
Episodes
At the end of a long, solitary walk, you spot a bookshop, where you peruse the first chapter of David Green's Before the Shadow, a prequel to the Empire of Ruin series. After reading your fill of the epic fantasy, you head back out into the evening light, though you're eager to return to the bookshop next time.
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From the back of the book:
Disgraced and exiled, Zanna ...
Lightning flashes as you head towards a nearby village and dash into the nearest shop, which turns out to be a bookshop. You find a copy of Witch Stone by Mandy O’Dell, and read a chapter before heading back out after the storm.
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From the back of the book:
A half witch with no power. A warlock who’s betrayed his own kind, and the monster that’s hunting them both.
Destined to...
As you hurry into the nearby village to look for a gift, you spot a bookshop you’ve never noticed before, and head inside to read the first chapter of Kimberly Grymes’ YA Science-Fantasy novella, The Red Umber Forest.
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From the back of the book:
Ulissa lives on Anuminis, where she lives a simple life, and likes living a simple life. She wakes up and goes to school, hangs out...
As you head down an enclosed corridor of shops, the wind whistling across the panes of glass in the ceiling, you step inside a bookshop to peruse the first chapter of Brady Hunsaker's YA fantasy novel, Scorned Prince.
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From the back of the book:
A hated prince with few days to live. A rogue shaman girl vying for peace. His hatred of shamans and her rare magical talent w...
After rain strikes on your trip to a public garden, you spot a bookshop where you can take refuge until the storm passes, where you find Regeneration, by Cassie Greutman. You read the first chapter before setting back out into the drizzle.
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From the back of the book:
Nobody defied the Faerie Council… until now.
At sixteen years old, Trisha has been in the foster care sys...
After walking along the beach after sunset, you spot a bookshop on the boardwalk, where you find Shattered Souls, by Emily Huffman. You read the first few chapters of the epic fantasy novel before setting back out into the evening.
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From the author:
Shattered Souls is the first book in an epic fantasy trilogy. Join Blaine and his friends as they explore the world of Krajina ...
Wander down a cobblestoned street to find the fictional bookshop, where you'll browse a chapter of Eileen Mueller's Anakisha's Dragon, and read a chapter from this YA epic fantasy, before setting back out into the night. You'll meet Yanir, a dragon rider, and his mount Syan, as they conduct what is seemingly a basic patrol over a nearby village, only to discover a brawl on the city streets, where a girl has been inj...
On your way to a party, you spy some interesting shops, including a store that sells tea and books. You step inside to read the first chapter of an old favorite, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll. A book in the public domain, available on Project Gutenberg.
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Step inside the fictional bookshop on your way home from the village's summer celebration, where you'll wander down a narrow alley to a bookstore. There you'll find a copy of The Tenets in the Tattoos, by Becky James, and read a chapter of this fantasy novel before heading back home.
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The Tenets in the Tattoos, copyright Becky James. Read by the author.
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Step inside the fictional bookshop on your way to a Midsummer soiree, where you'll pick up a copy of The Mechanical Masquerade by Liz Delton, a cozy steampunk novella, and read a chapter before heading back out into the city.
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The Mechanical Masquerade copyright Liz Delton
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Step inside the fictional bookshop one morning as rain clouds gather on the horizon, where you'll pick up a fantasy book called The Awakening, by Rachel Rener, and read the first chapter of this magical realism novel before you set out to begin your day.
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The Awakening by Rachel Rener (copyright Rachel Rener)
Read for Fictional Bookshop with the Author's permission.
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Step inside the fictional bookshop on a rainy night on your way home, where you'll pick up a YA fantasy book called The Starless Girl, by Liz Delton, and read the first chapter of this portal fantasy before you set out back into the rain.
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The book is The Starless Girl by Liz Delton
Published by Limitless Publishing LLC
Read for Fictional Bookshop with the Author's pe...
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