The Bookstore

Get with it, it's the 90's. This week Becca and Corinne discuss Han Kang's first novel to be published in English, The Vegetarian. They find out that even though it is a mere 150 pages long it is difficult. Some slight content warnings regarding sexual assault and mental illness. Next time they're reading Hollywood Wives by everyone's favorite sexy aunt, Jackie Collins. Pick it up at your local bo...

This week we introduce a new corrections segment and talk about our year in books with some recommended reading you haven't heard us discuss on the podcast. Books mentioned: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Infomacracy by Malka Older Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin You Don't Have To Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd and The Sweetness At...

Sorry we're late, and sorry for the inaccuracies, we'll be addressing some of our mis-speaks in next week's episode. Now that that's out of the way: We're back! And this week we are discussing N.K. Jemisin's 2013 fantasy novel The Fifth Season. There are spoilers. It's sometimes confusing, often times great, and we come to a conclusive decision about the Second Person Present tense. Our next book...

So we're not actually talking about memoirs, that was just a funny line that I said when we were recording this. But we are talking Literary Scandals! All of the dirty, wordy, fraud you can handle this week on My Favorite Literary Scandal. We're off next week, but we'll be returning on December 5 with a discussion of NK Jemisin's The Fifth Season . Find it at your library or local independent book...

This week we have a very special guest: the guy who helps us produce this and also the guy who is married to Corinne, Josh Bourdon. We're discussing Turtles All the Way Down by John Green . And also John Green in general. And also mental illness, and being in high school, and other things tangential to the subject. But mostly Turtles All the Way Down. A reminder that this is a book club-like discu...

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Literary Fiction, Horror, NEW WEIRD. There's a lot of genre out there. But what does any of it even mean? We have a lot of questions. And maybe some answers. (No guarantees). This episode was inspired by two articles: Nunnally, Mya. "A Beginner's Guide to the New Weird Genre." Book Riot. 2017 October. Gaiman, Ishiguro. "'Let's Talk About Genre': Neil Gaiman and...

If only Emil Ferris could have illustrated this episode! This week we talk about the massive graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris, published by Fantagraphics Books. It's got some truly beautiful art and many truly twisty plots, so let's get right to it. **Note: some sort of demon (probably Corinne's cat Murphy) got into the sound board and screwed up Corinne's mic feed...

Ermahgerd! We're living in spooky times (it is the fourth week of October after all) so we're talking about nothing but the most chilling classics on this weeks Bookstore mini-episode. That's right, R.L. Stine's lauded and revered Goosebumps Series. Get ready to talk memes, mysterious giggles, and bookstore shenanigans! This week we read Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine , you can get it at your...

This week Becca and Corinne discuss Ayobami Adebayo's 2017 debut novel, Stay With Me. An incredibly strong first novel that made us feel ALL of the emotions! You can buy Stay With Me at your local independently owned bookstore. Our next book discussion (10/31/2017) will be about Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing is Monsters . Buy it at a bookstore near you or pick it up at the library and read along...

The leaves are changing, you're wearing pumpkin spice deodorant, and spooky sounds are playing on your favorite radio station. You know what that means... it's book award season! This week Becca and Corinne discuss some book award news and book award related topics They also ponder what reading even means. Follow us on all of the social medias! @thebookstorepod/@thebookstorepodcast Email us at the...

This week we discuss Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, one of the American Civil Rights Movements lesser taught leaders. We look adoringly at his treatment of women, and wrack our brains to understand some more obscure Biblical references. It's all here, folks! Follow us on all of the social medias, @thebookstorepodcast or @thebookstorepod. Buy Go Tell It on the Mountain at a your local...

We're back for a new mini episode! Like Audrina we just couldn't leave Whitefern. This week we watched Lifetime's movie adaptation of My Sweet Audrina.   You can own My Sweet Audrina from Amazon Prime Video for just $2.99!   Next week we'll be discussing an actual classic, and we'll be much more dignified. You can buy Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin from your local bookstore and read a...

This week Becca and Corinne read Gilead by Marilyn Robinson because their first guest, Josh Weston, told them to! Today's episode includes thoughtful discussion of a novel about an intentional and intelligent elderly pastor, weird anecdotes about religious experiences, and a story about why you should never question Marilyn Robinson's dedication to her work. Follow us on instagram , twitter , and...

On our first ever between the book episode (a minisode, a .5, whatever you want to call it!) we bring you the story of the Native American literature world's very own Rachel Dolezal. Becca and Corinne try to break down John Smelcer's many grifting ways in the aftermath of a PEN Literary award scandal. Lessons learned: do some leg work. **NOTE: this episode was produced and published many months be...

This time around we thought we'd read a trashy little romp to round out our summer. And, boy, did we read some real trash! VC Andrew's really brought it with My Sweet Audrina. Listen as Becca and Corinne walk through what is possibly the most offensive book either of them have ever read.   follow us on  instagram! and on twitter! or e-mail us about your VC Andrews experiences at thebookstorepodcas...

Welcome back to The Bookstore, citizens of Earth! This time Becca and Corinne talk about their Read Around the World Challenge and discuss Svetlana Alexievich's Nobel Prize winning oral history, Voices from Chernobyl. Becca's actually been there! We've got personal experience all over this thing! send us an email at  thebookstorepodcast@gmail.com follow us on  instagram ! Find a local bookstore an...

This episode Becca and Cori discuss the Hulu series that everyone was talking about two months ago, play a game of Title Mashup, and really get into Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower." If you've got a Title Mashup for us, send it to thebookstorepodcast@gmail.com  and don't forget to put "Title Mashup" in the subject line. Purchase a copy of Parable of the Sower from an independent bookstor...

Becca and Corinne welcome you to The Bookstore's first episode and discuss Elif Batuman's 2017 novel, "The Idiot." Segments: Working at a a bookstore "The Idiot" discussion Translation Game   Find "The Idiot" at a local bookseller near you: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594205613

Welcome to The Bookstore. It's like a like a book club but we actually read the book. Take a listen to our series promo to hear more about the show and highlights from upcoming episodes.