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New York Times best-selling author and renaissance man James McBride joined Todd to talk about his new book, "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store". The book, based in Pottstown, PA, is on sale now in-store and online at aaronsbooks.com Support Book Pros(e)  by rating and subscribing to our podcast wherever you listen! Follow us! Instagram: @aaronsbooks TikTok: @bookprose, @aaronsbookslit...

Author Elizabeth L. Silver was kind enough to chat with me about her new book, The Majority (on shelves now!), and I can't wait for you to hear about this story. A fictional story of America's first female Supreme Court Justice (think RBG or Sandra Day O'Connor) that encapsulates the importance of intersectionality in the highest court of our land. (Spoiler alert: Sam met RBG when she...

After celebrating July 4th, this episode will offer another viewpoint on the "Westward Expansion" that helped mold this country into what it is today - the good and the bad. Listen as Kristin talks with New York Times Best-Selling author Kathleen Grissom about her newest book, Crow Mary . Signed copies are available for purchase in our shop! You can find more information about Kathleen G...

Hey there podcast pals, on today’s episode we have a conversation with NYT best-selling author Ashley Poston! Her newest book, The Seven-Year Slip came out yesterday, June 27th! Ashley also gives us some of her favorite upcoming titles for your beach TBR pile! Topics also discussed in this episode: Sliding Doors! Liminal spaces! Parallel lives! Are the kids okay?!? Post-pandemic therapy reading! L...

Hey podcast peeps! On today's episode, we have NYT bestselling author Steven Rowley! His newest book, The Celebrants is a great summer read - full of humor and heart that will make you want to call all your friends and family and tell them how much they mean to you. You can purchase your copy in our shop or online at www.aaronsbooks.com. This episode contains a discussion of trauma, death, and...

Heyo Podcast Pals! This week's episode features your friendly, neighborhood book sellers and what's on our TBR for this summer. Have a listen and let us know what's on YOUR summer reading list! Topics also discussed on this episode: New Horror book club fun starts in July!!  Lindsey can’t keep her list under 3!!!!  The UK covers are usually better!! Welcome to the A&A power hour!!...

Have you read the popular #booktok title It Ends With Us? On today's episode we talk about what we loved and didn't love about this viral sensation. Spoiler alert: we didn't love it. Topics also discussed in this episode: Kristin is mad about pop culture and society! Trend culture! (ugh!) Tiktok! Booktok! Ellen Degeneres! This whole book is a RED FLAG!! We’re solving all of the world’s...

Buzzy Jackson is the award-winning author of three books of nonfiction and has a Ph. D. in History from UC Berkeley. A recent fellow at the Edith Wharton Writing Residency, she is also a member of the National Book Critics’ Circle and writes for the Boston Globe and BookForum. Her newest book To Die Beautiful came out May 2nd and she joins Kristin today to talk about this breathtaking WW2 historic...

Welcome back Book Nerds! On today's episode, Kristin talks with author, screenwriter, and performer Laura Hankin whose previous books include  A Special Place for Women and Book of the Month and Library Reads selection Happy & You Know It.  Her newest title - The Daydreams - came out May 2nd. Topics also discussed in this episode: Kristin gets nervous and talks too fast! We love us some O....

Welcome back book nerds! On today’s episode we have one of our book swap pairings. This time it's Bailey and Kristin talking about Kristin’s pick  Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell. Join us as we talk Shakespeare, grief, selfish 16th-century men, and how we want to go out in a Viking funeral pyre.  Topics also discussed in this episode: Shakespeare was kinda a dead-beat dad! Bailey is mad that ol’ Wi...

Welcome back book friends! We have a short but sweet episode with one of our youngest readers. Ailish (5 years old) talks about a few of her recent favorite books. If you love listening to a five-year-old talk about stuff she likes in no particular order with very little background information, this episode is for you! Also discussed in this episode: Bluey is awesome! Everything unicorn! Pink glit...

Welcome back book nerds! On today’s episode we have another of our book swap pairings, and this time it's Emily and Lindsey talking about Emily’s pick  The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. If you like psychological thrillers but haven’t read this best-selling title yet (or even if you have), get ready. Lindsey and Emily try VERY hard to have a spoiler-free conversation with a very spoiler-y...

Welcome back friends! On this episode of Book Swap fun Sam and Louise talk about Sam's two picks, YA title We Were Liars by E. Lockhart and the NF title Dear White Peacemakers: Dismantling Racism with Grit and Grace by Osheta Moore. Additional titles for reading: The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness - Rhonda V. Magee The Abolition...

Let the book-swapping fun begin! Alex and Alexis talk about the two books Alex picked, The Honeys by Ryan La Sala (YA) and All Systems Red by Martha Wells (SF), and Lindsey and Kristin talk about Lindsey's picks The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R.M. Romero (YA) and Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix (SF/H).  Also discussed in this episode: - Reading YA at all ages! - Listening to books! - Murderous robots...

It's the first day of Women’s History Month and this episode is exactly the right way to start it off. On today's episode, Bailey and Emily are back for the second half of their romance discussion. Last week, they read and discussed Jude Deveraux's 1989 novel, A Knight in Shining Armor . This week it's Scarlett St. Clair's recent title King of Battle and Blood and let's just say this one is WAAAYY...

Gird your loins, podcast listeners: Bailey and Emily are back with another installment of Sweet and Spicy Reads!!! This time, they're discussing the 1989 time-traveling romance Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux. This verrrrryyyyy dated title, recommended by resident-and-long-time-romance-reader Sam has Emily and Bailey's heads spinning with the 80's-style misogyny smattered throughout the p...

We loved doing it, you guys loved hearing about it, so it's back! This time, we turned the swap rules on their heads and picked specific books for a random person on staff. Dice were rolled in more than one way. Guys, it's utter chaos and everyone is already behind on their reading assignments. Or most of us are anyway. Join Kristin and Sam as we introduce this swap's pairings and which books we'v...

Want to know what we're excited to read this year? We have great yet-to-be-released titles from every genre - from history to mystery, from high fantasy to non-fiction - there are so many good titles coming out in 2023, and we're going to give a sneak peek into some of the ones we're most excited about! But if you're holding your breath for the Winds of Winter release, don't. That book is probably...

WE'RE BAAAACK! Did you miss us?  For our season 2 premiere, we're sharing our reading goals for this year! Yes, we obviously all love to read, but you'd be surprised how often even the most voracious reader hits a slump or can't get into the next title on their TBR. For our season two opener, we discuss our struggles and goals when we're choosing what to read next and share what we hope to re...

For the final episode of season 1, we recorded a live Q&A with an audience and well... it kind of worked. Half live and half not, this last episode was a fun one to record. Thanks to our audience members who came out to laugh and talk about books. On this episode, we talked about the year in review, some shop trivia, and our plans for 2023. Thanks so much for listening! Have a wonderful holida...

Believe it or not, the holidays are right around the corner and today's episode is full of gift recommendations that should help you whittle down your shopping list. Get ready for titles from every genre that are sure to delight the bookworms you know and love. From romance to sci-fi to some great non-fiction titles, the staff at Aaron's Books have what you need for this holiday season.  Foll...

Today, we're answering one of the most common listener questions we've gotten: How do we decide what we stock on our shelves? Well, wonder no more. On this episode Sam, Todd, and Alexis talk about how they make those decisions. Whether it's the new big bestseller, a book you've never heard of, or the nerdy and bookish gifty things we have in the shop, the gang is here to tell you all about how we...

It's spooky season so of course Lindsey and Kristin had to share some of the best horror (and horror-ish) titles they've read in the past few years. Lindsey is an avid scary-story fan and she has some great titles to share. Kristin has some recommendations for the more cowardly/squeamish among us, so no matter what, you're bound to like something interesting to read. Listen, enjoy, and don't forge...

Join Alex and Kristin as we talk about our favorite (more recent) titles in the sub-genre of feminist dystopian fiction! Alex raves about a few sci-fi titles, and Kristin shares some of her faves in contemporary literature. We also talk a little classics like The Handmaid's Tale and The Parable of the Sower because how can we not when this is the genre we're talking about? Get ready for some great...

Well, after a few weeks of sickness, Kristin's voice is back (kind of). In this episode Kristin keeps you up to date on shop events, important holiday shopping reminders, and a look at two titles she's reading. Make sure you check out our website (or our email newsletter if you subscribe to is - and if you don't WHY NOT?!? It's a great way to stay up to date on what's new and happening at Aaron's...