Your Bookstore Besties

Rachele and Becky catch up in this episode and discuss the new movie Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, their Podcast Wrapped stats, and play a game of fantasy madlibs. All the books we mentioned: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarrows Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarrows The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins Rhapsodic | Laura Thalassa _________________ Follow us on Goodr...

Becky and Daniel discuss Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games universe in a spoilery way.

On this episode, Rachele and Becky play two rounds of Literary Balderdash with their two guests: Sara Crawford and Athena Varvarezis. You can learn more about author Sara Crawford at https://saracrawford.net/. You can follow Athena Varvarezis on instagram @proudvictimoffiction. _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @you...

Becky annoys Rachele with her last five reads. All the books we mentioned: The Woman in Me | Britney Spears One of us is Dead | Geneva Rose Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer Cruel Prince | Holly Black Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid One True Loves | Taylor Jenkins Reid Killers of the Flower moon: the Osage Murders an...

Becca Frankel guest hosts for our discussion on Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. All the books we mentioned: Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson The Lottery | Shirley Jackson Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling Home Before Dark | Riley Sager The Last September | Elizabeth Bowen My Cousin Rachel | Daphne du Maurier Carmilla | Sheridan Le Fanu Uncl...

Rachele and Becky chat with author Natalie Lloyd about reading, writing, and the magic of stories. All the books we mentioned: The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak Once Upon a Time in the Meadow | Rose Selarose The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis Hummingbird | Natalie Lloyd Matilda | Roald Dahl The Witches | Roald Dah The Westing Ga...

We discuss our witchy book recommendations. All the books we mentioned: Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros Grey | E L James Twilight | Stephenie Meyer Midnight Sun | Stephenie Meyer Akata Witch | Nnedi Okorafor Akata Warrior | Nnedi Okorafor Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi Circe | Madeline Miller Beyond the Wand | Tom Felton The Witches | Roald Dahl Go Hex Yourself | Jessica Clare The Ex Hex R...

The bookstore besties catch up after Rachele’s bachelorette party and then try to figure out what’s going on with the unnamed Fourth Wing book. All the books we mentioned this episode: All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr Starling House | Alix E. Harrow Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros A Snicker of Magic | Natalie Lloyd The Ke...

Rachele and Best chat about upcoming books they want to read. All the books we mentioned: The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris All The light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr Dracula | Bram Stoker Halloween Party | Agatha Christie Exorcist | William Peter Beatty Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Grams Fall of the House of Usher | Edgar Allan Poe Good Omens |...

On this episode, the Besties invite a new Bestie Bert on to discuss books! All the books we mentioned: Zero Days | Ruth Ware Foxglove King | Hannah Whitten That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon | Kimberly Lemming Gearbreakers | Zoe Hana Mikuta Red Rising | Pierce Brown Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson The Only Good Indians | Stephen Graham Jones The Hacie...

In this catch up episode, Rachele and Becky catch up on the bookstore they worked at and the books they’re reading.  All the books we mentioned; Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier Secret History | Donna Tartt Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson If we Were Villains | M.L. Rio Crescent City 2 | Sarah J. Maas Crescent City 3 | Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas Tower of Dawn | Sarah J. Maas...

Rachele and Becky have two guests on two play a chaotic game of Literary Balderdash. The guests are Daniel and Jessie. _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.

The Besties discuss what autumnal/fall means to them and desperately try to discuss books with fall vibes.  All the books we mentioned: Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab Echo North | Joanna Ruth Meyer Hunted | Meagan Spooner Cruel Beauty | Rosamund Hodge Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides The Maidens | Alex Michael...

Rachele and Becky discuss their reading challenge books. Rachele read Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling, and Becky read Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa. All the books we mentioned: Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling Rhapsodic | Laura Thalassa House Across the Lake | Riley Sager A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Atonement | Ian McEwan Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins Gild | Rave...

Rachele surprises Becky in this episode with a fun literary game: explain a book badly. Follow along and see how many you can get.

We finally discuss Fourth Wing. Spoilers begin at 11:27. All the books we mentioned: Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros I’m Glad My Mom Died | Jennette McCurdy The Poppy War | R.F. Huang From Blood and Ash | Jennifer L. Armentrout Serpent and the Wings of Night | Carissa Broadbent The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Be...

The Bookstore Besties catch up after their month-long hiatus. All the books we mentioned: Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros King of Wrath | Ana Huang The Measure | Nikki Erlick Clockwork Angel | Cassandra Clare Zero Days | Ruth Ware Death of Jane Lawrence  Rhapsodic | Laura Thalassa Legends and Lattes | Travis Balder Cloud Cuckoo Land | Anthony Doerr Red Rising | Pierce Brown  Lightbringer | Pierce Bro...

The Bookstore Besties do their third Reading Challenge. This time, Rachele and Becky give each other 5 books, and they can only pick one of them to read. Don’t forget about the summer read-along of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. If you’re reading along with the Besties, we hope you can find a copy! Lastly, we’ll be back again on August 4th! ______________ All the books we mentioned: Icebreaker | H...

In this wacky episode, the Bookstore Besties record separately and talk all about the author events they’ve been to. _________________ All the books we mentioned: The Woman in Cabin 10 | Ruth Ware The Run of the Key | Ruth Ware The Lying Game | Ruth Ware One by One | Ruth Ware The Death of Mrs. Westaway | Ruth Ware The It Girl | Ruth Ware In a Dark, Dark Wood | Ruth Ware WarCross | marie Lu Legend...

A Shorter episode this week. The bookstore besties discuss their most recent reads, reading slumps, and summer bookish plans. They also unofficially announced an all podcast read along of Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing. It has dragons! _________________________ All the Books we mentioned Lying Game | Ruth Ware The Measure | Nikki Erlick King of Wrath | Ana Huang Kingdom of the Wicked | Kerri Manisca...

The Bookstore Besties talk all things books. Yes, books about books.  _____________________________ All the books we mentioned Book Lovers | Emily Henry Yellowface | RF Kuang Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops | Jen Campbell  Franklin’s Flying Bookshop | Jen Campbell  The Hazel Wood | Melissa Albert Home Before Dark | Riley Sager The Ten Thousand Doors of January | Alix E Harrow The Invisible...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Bookstore Besties will go on hiatus in July. ________________________ The Bookstore Besties catch up and talk about their favorite LGBT+ books, and Becky interviews her friend Troy about the books that helped him in his journey with accepting his sexuality. ________________________ All the Books we Mentioned Delilah Green Doesn’t Care | Ashley Herring Blake One Last Stop | Casey McQu...

With Memorial Day coming, the unofficial start of the summer, the Bookstore Besties discuss the genre #beachreads. All the books we mentioned: Beach Read | Emily Henry Verity | Coleen Hoover The House Across the Lake | Riley Sager Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides Leviathan Wakes | James S.A. Corey The Martian | Andy Weir Love & Saffron | Kim Fay Unhoneymooners | Christina Lauren People We Mee...

The Bookstore Besties discuss their book club reading of Little Women. All the Books we mentioned: The House Across the Lake | Riley Sager Business or Pleasure | Rachel Lynn Solomon The Ex Talk | Rachel Lynn Solomon Little Women | Louisa May Alcott Lying Game | Ruth Ware Zero Days | Ruth Ware Clockwork Angel | Cassandra Clare The Measure | Nikki Erlick Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties...

The Bookstore Besties are burnt out and doing Literature Trivia again. You can follow along with them https://www.usefultrivia.com/literary_trivia/ and https://www.usefultrivia.com/literary_trivia/novels_trivia.html . *Correction: Becky accidentally used the word "abdicate" instead of "usurp". She promises she's not an idiot. The correct score was Rachele 13 and Becky 8. Al...