The Bookstore

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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.

Episode Date
173 - The Employees
Apr 30, 2024
172 - Latitudes of Longing
Apr 16, 2024
171 - The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft
Apr 05, 2024
170 - I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
Mar 19, 2024
169 - Bless Me, Ultima
Mar 05, 2024
168 - My Garden (Book): by Jamaica Kincaid
Feb 21, 2024
167 - Priestdaddy
Feb 08, 2024
166 - True North
Jan 23, 2024
165 - Daughters of Eve
Jan 10, 2024
164 - Our 2023 Review and the 2024 Bookstore Challenge
Jan 01, 2024
163 - Y/N
Dec 27, 2023
162 - Ice
Dec 13, 2023
161 - The Yield
Dec 04, 2023
160 - Death With Interruptions
Nov 15, 2023
159 - The Dispossessed
Nov 01, 2023
158 - Babel-17
Oct 24, 2023
157 - Present Tense Machine
Oct 10, 2023
Detroit Festival of Books 2023
Sep 26, 2023
156 - Gorilla, My Love
Sep 19, 2023
155 - The Book of Goose
Sep 05, 2023
154 - Crazy Brave
Aug 23, 2023
153 - Woman of Light
Aug 08, 2023
152 - The Books of Jacob
Jul 26, 2023
151 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Jul 12, 2023
150 - Weetzie Bat
Jun 27, 2023
149 - The Namesake
Jun 13, 2023
148 - Time Shelter
May 31, 2023
147 - An African in Greenland
May 17, 2023
146 - The Fawn
May 02, 2023
145 - All This Could Be Different
Apr 18, 2023
144 - A Darker Shade of Magic
Apr 04, 2023
143.5 You Can Have These Recommendations If You Want Them
Mar 30, 2023
143 - So Lucky
Mar 21, 2023
142 - An Unkindness of Ghosts
Mar 07, 2023
141 - In a Lonely Place
Feb 21, 2023
140 - True Grit
Feb 07, 2023
139 - The Charioteer
Jan 24, 2023
138 - Maud Martha
Jan 10, 2023
2022 Year in Review
Dec 31, 2022
The Bookstore Challenge 2023
Dec 24, 2022
137 - You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Dec 19, 2022
136 - The Old Place
Dec 08, 2022
135 - Republic of Lies
Nov 26, 2022
134 - Shine Bright by Danyel Smith
Nov 08, 2022
133 - Love in Colo(u)r
Oct 28, 2022
132 - Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
Oct 11, 2022
131 - Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Sep 27, 2022
Interview With Author Bobby Finger
Sep 20, 2022
130 - The Marrow Thieves
Sep 06, 2022
129 - Disoriental
Aug 24, 2022
128 - Minor Detail
Aug 10, 2022
127 - Death in Spring
Jul 26, 2022
126 - Giovanni's Room
Jul 12, 2022
125 - Norwegian Wood
Jun 28, 2022
124 - The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Jun 14, 2022
123 - Song of Solomon
Jun 02, 2022
122 - Celestial Bodies
May 19, 2022
121 - So Big
May 06, 2022
120 - Deep Water
Apr 20, 2022
119 - Outline
Apr 08, 2022
118 - Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)
Mar 22, 2022
117 - Strange Beasts of China
Mar 10, 2022
116 - Beautiful World, Where Are You
Feb 22, 2022
115 - The Mothers
Feb 09, 2022
HIATUS EP - Totally Not About Dune
Jan 29, 2022
The Bookstore Challenge 2022
Dec 31, 2021
114.5 - 2021 Year in Review
Dec 30, 2021
114 - A Little Princess
Dec 21, 2021
113 - My Great, Wide, Beautiful World
Dec 09, 2021
112.5 - A Survey of Sci-Fi
Dec 03, 2021
112 - The Undocumented Americans
Nov 25, 2021
111 - Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
Nov 11, 2021
110.5 - Pen Names
Nov 02, 2021
110 - The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
Oct 27, 2021
109.5 - Patreon Exclusive Release - Little Muppets
Oct 19, 2021
109 - The Hunger
Oct 12, 2021
108.5 - MPAA But For Books
Oct 05, 2021
108 - Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Sep 29, 2021
107.5 - School Boards and Banning Books
Sep 23, 2021
107 - A Feather on the Breath of God by Sigrid Nunez
Sep 15, 2021
106 - Magma by Thora Hjorliefsdottir
Sep 01, 2021
105.5 - Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
Aug 24, 2021
105 - The Twilight Zone by Nona Fernandez
Aug 17, 2021
104.5 - Lost in Translation
Aug 10, 2021
104 - The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
Aug 04, 2021
103 - Primeval and Other Times by Olga Tokarczuk
Jul 22, 2021
102.5 - Reading the Backlist
Jul 13, 2021
102 - Mr. Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo
Jul 08, 2021
101.5 - What I Want is a Creeping Sense of Unease
Jun 29, 2021
101 - Beach Read by Emily Henry
Jun 22, 2021
100 - Diadem From the Stars
Jun 08, 2021
99.5 - Are Vicars Boring?
Jun 01, 2021
99 - Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe
May 27, 2021
98.5 - Book Published the Year You Were Born
May 18, 2021
98 - Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
May 11, 2021
97 - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
May 05, 2021
96.5 - We Live in a Society
Apr 20, 2021
96 - The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar
Apr 14, 2021
95.5 - Award-Winning Books
Apr 06, 2021
95 - A Question of Power by Bessie Head
Mar 30, 2021
94.5 - Why Do We Keep Buying Books?
Mar 23, 2021
94 - The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Mar 16, 2021
93.5 - Writing is Hard
Mar 09, 2021
93 - The Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Mar 02, 2021
92.5 - Read A Book From An Indie Press Today
Feb 23, 2021
92 - Frontier by Can Xue
Feb 18, 2021
91.5 - Rebroadcast - It's an Independent Publisher Extravaganza
Feb 09, 2021
91 - Temporary
Feb 02, 2021
90.5 - Scandals - Cautionary Tales for Prospective Journalists
Jan 26, 2021
90 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Jan 19, 2021
89.5 - January Challenge
Jan 12, 2021
89 - Pride & Prejudice, or, We Are Not Austen Scholars, Sorry
Jan 06, 2021
88.5 - 2020 in Review: Try My Best to Keep Up
Dec 29, 2020
88 - Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
Dec 15, 2020
87.5 - Hello My Name is The Bookstore
Dec 08, 2020
87 - Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Dec 01, 2020
86.5 - We Meet The Colored Pages Book Club Podcast
Nov 24, 2020
86 - How Much of These Hills Is Gold
Nov 17, 2020
85.5 - 2020 Gift Guide
Nov 10, 2020
85 - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Nov 03, 2020
84.5 Discourse on Witches
Oct 27, 2020
84 - The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Oct 20, 2020
83.5 Graphic Novels
Oct 13, 2020
83 - Memorial Drive by Natasha Trethewey
Oct 06, 2020
82.5 - The Baby-Sitters Club
Sep 29, 2020
82 - Modelland by Tyra Banks
Sep 22, 2020
81.5 - What? More Plagiarism? Yes.
Sep 15, 2020
81 - Luster by Raven Leilani
Sep 08, 2020
80.5 - Everybody Is Just People
Sep 01, 2020
80 - Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth
Aug 25, 2020
79.5 - Patreon Exclusive Released - We're CATS Scholars Now
Aug 18, 2020
79 - The Old Drift by Namwali Serpell
Aug 14, 2020
78.5 We're Renaming Ourselves The Library
Aug 04, 2020
78 - Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Jul 28, 2020
77.5 - Anticipated Reads
Jul 21, 2020
77 - The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Jul 14, 2020
76.5 - Internet Nonsense
Jul 07, 2020
76 - Heavy by Kiese Laymon
Jun 30, 2020
75.5 - Interview with a Librarian
Jun 23, 2020
75 - The Round House
Jun 16, 2020
74.5 - News and Book News
Jun 10, 2020
74 - Homegoing
May 26, 2020
73.5 - Fiction About Isolation
May 19, 2020
73 - Dawn (Lilith's Brood #1)
May 12, 2020
72.5 - We Brainstorm Ideas for How to Pick What to Read Next
May 05, 2020
72 - Abigail by Magda Szabo
Apr 28, 2020
71.5 - Short Books for Short Attention Spans
Apr 21, 2020
71 - Passing by Nella Larsen
Apr 14, 2020
70.1 - Books You Shouldn't Read Right Now, Or Maybe You Should, Your Choice
Apr 07, 2020
70 - Weather by Jenny Offill
Mar 31, 2020
69.5 - Enter the Tingleverse
Mar 24, 2020
69.5 - Enter the Tingleverse
Mar 24, 2020
69 - The Collection by Nina Leger
Mar 17, 2020
68.5 - Death, Ballet, Awards, Government Corruption
Mar 10, 2020
68 - Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Mar 03, 2020
67.5 - What Even is Fiction?
Feb 25, 2020
67 - How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Feb 18, 2020
66.5 - Patreon Exclusive Released - YA Twitter Drama
Feb 11, 2020
66 - False Bingo by Jac Jemc
Feb 04, 2020
65.5 - Very Difficult or Very Hard
Jan 28, 2020
65 - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Jan 21, 2020
64.5 Never Join a Committee
Jan 14, 2020
64 - Scruples by Judith Krantz
Jan 07, 2020
63.5 - 2019 Year in Review
Dec 31, 2019
Mariko Tamaki on Writing Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass
Dec 19, 2019
63 - The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck
Dec 17, 2019
62 - Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
Dec 03, 2019
61.5 Holiday Book Giving Guide
Nov 26, 2019
61 - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Nov 19, 2019
60.5 - Richards, Am I Right?
Nov 12, 2019
60 - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
Nov 05, 2019
59.5 - Real Life Horror Stories for Halloween
Oct 29, 2019
59 - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
Oct 22, 2019
58.5 - The Nobel Prize for Literature Tries Harder and Fails
Oct 15, 2019
58 - Notes of a Crocodile by Qui Miaojin
Oct 08, 2019
57.5 - It's an Independent Publisher Extravaganza
Oct 01, 2019
57 - Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Sep 24, 2019
56.5 - Bookstores Against Borders and Book News
Sep 17, 2019
56 - The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter
Sep 10, 2019
55.5 - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Sep 03, 2019
55 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Aug 31, 2019
54.5 - Women in Translation Month
Aug 20, 2019
54.5 - Women in Translation Month
Aug 20, 2019
54 - Hairstyles of the Damned and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Aug 16, 2019
53.5 - Author Feuds: Finger Bowls
Aug 06, 2019
53 - Eileen
Jul 30, 2019
52.5 - Live(ish) from Detroit Festival of Books (Rebroadcast)
Jul 23, 2019
52 (FIXED) - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Jul 18, 2019
51.5 - The Paperback Game
Jul 09, 2019
51 - Women Talking
Jul 02, 2019
50.5 - Don't Send Your Kids to a Love Story Writer's Private School
Jun 25, 2019
50 - Sula
Jun 18, 2019
49.5 - Authors Behaving Badly
Jun 11, 2019
49 - The Dud Avocado
Jun 05, 2019
48.5 - The Best Beach Reads Are Whatever You Read On A Beach
May 28, 2019
48 - The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
May 21, 2019
47.5 - Audiobooks, Like Podcasts But Longer and Different
May 14, 2019
47 - Ghost Wall
May 07, 2019
46.5 - How to Suppress Women's Writing
Apr 30, 2019
46 - The Friend
Apr 23, 2019
45.5 - Hot Takes Do Not Spark Joy
Apr 16, 2019
45 - Heaven
Apr 11, 2019
44.5 - Tolkien Is Going To Be Fine
Apr 02, 2019
44 - My Sister, the Serial Killer
Mar 26, 2019
43 - Friday Black
Mar 14, 2019
42.5 - What We're Reading and Recommending
Mar 06, 2019
42 - My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Feb 26, 2019
41.5 - Howl's Movie Castle - Love Turniphead
Feb 19, 2019
41 - Howl's Moving Castle
Feb 12, 2019
40.5 - Literary Scandals 301: He Was Pretty Much Unremarkable in Every Way
Feb 06, 2019
40 - The Garden Party
Jan 29, 2019
39.5 - Persepolis
Jan 23, 2019
39 - The Wedding
Jan 15, 2019
38 - The Transit of Venus
Jan 08, 2019
37.5 - People Don't Care About Offending Dead People
Jan 02, 2019
37 - Little Women
Dec 18, 2018
36.5 - 2018 in Review: We Just Read More Books
Dec 11, 2018
36 - There There
Dec 04, 2018
35 - If Beale Street Could Talk
Nov 21, 2018
34.5 - Book Gifting Is Our Love Language
Nov 13, 2018
34 - Melmoth
Nov 06, 2018
33.5 - Do You Remember Jeff?
Oct 30, 2018
33 - The Ballad of Black Tom
Oct 23, 2018
32.5 - We Read to the Abyss and the Abyss Reads Back at Us
Oct 16, 2018
32 - The Haunting of Hill House
Oct 10, 2018
31.5 - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Oct 02, 2018
31 - Fear of Flying
Sep 25, 2018
30.5 - Cozy Attempts
Sep 18, 2018
30 - Bluebird, Bluebird
Sep 11, 2018
29.5 - The Bookstore Call Center
Sep 04, 2018
29 - Wind/Pinball
Aug 28, 2018
28 - Children of Blood and Bone
Aug 14, 2018
27.5 - For She's a Jolly Good Fellow - The Anniversary Special
Aug 07, 2018
27 - The Only Harmless Great Thing
Jul 31, 2018
26.5 - Live(ish) from Detroit Festival of Books
Jul 24, 2018
26 - Heart Berries
Jul 17, 2018
25.5 - Bookstore MASH
Jul 10, 2018
25 - Her Body and Other Parties
Jul 04, 2018
24.5 - Literary Scandals 201 - Fax Machines, Man
Jun 26, 2018
24 - Less
Jun 19, 2018
23 - I Am Thunder
Jun 05, 2018
22.5 - 12 Rules for Spotting Red Flag Books
May 29, 2018
22 - I'll Be Gone in the Dark
May 22, 2018
21.5 - What Could You Be Reading Instead?
May 16, 2018
21 - Aetherial Worlds
May 08, 2018
20.5 - The Bookstore's Lifestyle Division
May 01, 2018
20 - Swing Time
Apr 24, 2018
19.5 - Stranger With My Makeup
Apr 17, 2018
19 - Stranger With My Face
Apr 10, 2018
18.5 - As You Do - Interview with Claire Handscome of Brit Lit Podcast
Apr 03, 2018
18 - After the Eclipse
Mar 27, 2018
17.5 - We Hire a Witch to Make Us Look Like Patti Smith on the Cover of Horses
Mar 20, 2018
17 - The Perfect Nanny
Mar 13, 2018
16.5 - Cheating On Our Taxes
Mar 06, 2018
16 - An American Marriage
Feb 27, 2018
15.5 - Ursula K. Le Guin
Feb 20, 2018
15 - A Week To Be Wicked
Feb 13, 2018
14.5 - BFFs (Book Friends 4-Ever!)
Feb 06, 2018
14 - The Best We Could Do
Jan 30, 2018
13.5 - The Canon Can Do Better
Jan 23, 2018
13 - Future Home of the Living God
Jan 16, 2018
12.5 - Feuds - Please Don't Ruin Marlon James For Us
Jan 09, 2018
12 - Hollywood Wives
Jan 02, 2018
11.5 - We Love Flightless Birds (The New Zealand Episode)
Dec 26, 2017
11 - The Vegetarian
Dec 19, 2017
10.5 - 2017 In Review: Words is Hard
Dec 12, 2017
10 - The Fifth Season
Dec 06, 2017
9.5 - Literary Scandals 101: Never Trust a Memoir
Nov 21, 2017
09 - Turtles All the Way Down
Nov 14, 2017
8.5 - Okay - Look - We Know We're Wrong About Romance
Nov 07, 2017
08 - My Favorite Thing is Monsters Vol. 1
Oct 31, 2017
7.5 - Mah Fravrit Thing is Gersberms
Oct 24, 2017
07 - Stay With Me
Oct 17, 2017
6.5 - Award for Best Clone Fiction Goes To...
Oct 10, 2017
06 - Go Tell It on the Mountain
Oct 03, 2017
5.5 - 2nd Best Audrina
Sep 26, 2017
05 - Gilead
Sep 19, 2017
4.5 - What's Norman Mailer Going To Do With a $100 Bill?
Sep 12, 2017
04 - My Sweet Audrina
Sep 05, 2017
03 - Voices from Chernobyl
Aug 22, 2017
02 - Parable of the Sower
Aug 09, 2017
01 - The Idiot
Aug 08, 2017
Welcome To The Bookstore
Aug 04, 2017