The Bookstore

This week we read  Women Talking by Miriam Toews. Find out what we like about a book with little plot and many women... talking. Our next book discussion will be about  On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Find it where you get your books (preferably not Amazon) and read along with us.

We round up a ton of recent book news: adaptations, new series installments, well deserved awards, book business news, one famous ex-pharmacutical rep turned romance novelist turned private school board member gone bad, one ex-sex crime prosecutor turned mystery novelist turned bad, and more Outrages about Naomi Wolf. A full list of sources for our stories this week can be found on the episode pos...

This week we read Sula by Toni Morrison and discuss the criticisms Morrison has faced throughout her impressive career. You can find show notes/sources on the episode post on our website. Our next book discussion will be  Women Talking by Miriam Toews.

There will be discussion of stuff that is not appropriate for children. And there will be brief mentions of eating disorders, just in case that's not for you. We just can't turn down a scandal. This week what to do when you didn't fact check your book about Victorian history and how not to respond to a gracious yet negative review of your book. Also Corinne says a lot of things she never expected...

This week we read The Dud Avocad o by Elaine Dundy, despite Corinne calling it "The Dove Avocado" literally seconds into the episode.  Next time we will be discussing Sula by Toni Morrison. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. www.thebookstorepodcast.com

Here's a little shorty for you guys. This week we're excited about books that are coming out this summer, including a number of full length books from some of our favorite journalists and critics at large. We're here to break the stigma about summer reads and prove that like a beach body being the body you have, but in a bikini, the best beach reads are whatever book you are reading on the beach....

This week we discuss the complicated task that is reviewing a memoir after we read  The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays  by Esme Weijun Wang. Our next read will be The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy.

By popular demand: we discuss audiobooks, what we like, what we don't and how to get them. Next time we will be discussing  The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays  by Esme Weijun Wang. Get it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

This week in book news: a very Becca and Corinne house has hit the market in St. Clair Shores. For a one time Patreon donation of just $500k you can live in it with us. We also read and discussed Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. Due to the length and nature of the book this conversation is not at all spoiler free. We don't even try. If this troubles you, the book will only take a couple of hours to read...

We took a dive into some feminist literary criticism this week and read Joanna Russ's  How to Suppress Women's Writing. It was published in 1983 and therefore focuses a lot on strictly women's writing - but we contend these methods have been used and continue to be used not just on work and art by women, but that of people of color and the LGBTQ+ community. You can read the book here. Next week we...

Join us this week for a discussion of Sigrid Nunez's National Book Award Winning novel  The Friend . In some ways it was a little too real for our real life events, and in others it wasn't quite real enough. This episode contains more expletives than normal. Next time we will be discussing  Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss. Read along with us!

We're back talking about our boy Bret Easton Ellis and a baffling/hilarious interview he did with the New Yorker. And we know you've been waiting for nearly three months as we finally respond to the Marie Kondo book drama. Sources: The New Yorker: Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You're Overreacting to Donald Trump Electric Literature: Liking Books Is Not a Personality

Content Warning: We read another VC Andrews book. This should be all of the information you need.

A lot of the time we have too much to talk about and we don't get the chance to discuss all of the book news topics that come our way. Well, not anymore! This week we bring you a digest of the hottest recent book world news from fake news about Kurt Vonnegut, to the latest in dunking on Brett Easton Ellis, we've got all of the details and opinions you can handle in under an hour. Next week we will...

We talk about a very fun and very quick read, My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Also we have news! We just launched a Patreon and if you're interested in helping support the podcast you can check it out at www.patreon.com/thebookstore . We love you. Our next read has us returning to our incest obsessed Queen of Bonkerstown when we read  Heaven  by V.C. Andrews.

This week we read Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Becca says something along the lines of "I'm usually pretty empathetic, but I just can't care about a school shooter's feelings." We're going to be off next week, but we will be back the following week with a discussion and review of My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

This week we're here to tell you about good books that we've recently read that you should read, too. Next week we are discussing  Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, so read it along with us! Books mentioned: Burning Your Boats by Angela Carter Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start-up  by John Carreyrou Split Tooth   by Tanya Tagaq A...

This one might be a little divisive. We read My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh and talk about loving books with characters who are gross and mean.  This discussion will include topics related to sexual assault and drug addiction. Our next book discussion will be  Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. Get it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

This week we watched the Studio Ghibli version of Howl's Moving Castle. Does it make any more sense than the book? What's Batman doing here? Next week we will be discussing Ottessa Moshfegh's  My Year of Rest and Relaxation you can find it at your local bookstore or library and  read along with us.

This week we have an update on 18th Century Shakespeare scammer William Henry Ireland, we talk about the latest literary scam hitting the scene, and we talk about how lighthearted fantasies do not spark joy for Becca as we discuss Diana Wynne Jones's fantasy for people of some age group,  Howl's Moving Castle. Next time we will be reading  My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh. Get it...

Seems we're in an era of wild scams (hi, have you watched the Fyre Festival docs?) so we're bringing back one of our favorite topics: literary scandals. Tune in for the story of a literary forger desperate to impress his dad, and a wildly popular Man Booker Prize winning novel that is startlingly similar to one by a Brazilian author. Also, we have an update about The Garden Party from a listener....

This week: corrections, Katherine Mansfield's  The Garden Party , velour pants, dancing with people when you don't like being touched. Next book will be  Howl's Moving Castle  by Dianna Wynne Jones.

We read and discuss Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel memoir, Persepolis . Our next read will be  The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

This week we read The Wedding by Dorothy West, Becca pronounces "chagrin" wrong, and Corinne has been saying "Marjane" wrong for several weeks now, so we actually don't know anything except that The Wedding is a very solid book from the backlist that you should definitely check out. Next week we'll be reading Persepolis I & II by Marjane (don't worry Corinne has it figured out now) Satrapi so you...

Some listener feedback and a discussion of The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard. What even is this book? Next week we will be discussing The Wedding by Dorothy West and the following week, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.