Ranked #1
47.5 - Audiobooks, Like Podcasts But Longer and Different
47.5 - Audiobooks, Like Podcasts But Longer and Different
By popular demand: we discuss audiobooks, what we like, what we don't and how to get them. Next time we will be discussi... Read more
14 May 2019
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37mins
Ranked #2
63.5 - 2019 Year in Review
63.5 - 2019 Year in Review
Here we are with reflections on our year in reading and talking about books. Auld Lang Syne and all that, too. Next time... Read more
31 Dec 2019
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35mins
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52 (FIXED) - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
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This week we read and discuss On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Find out how we fared with this very poeti... Read more
18 Jul 2019
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62 - Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
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Correction: We stated that this novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, but that is wrong. One of Susan Choi's prev... Read more
3 Dec 2019
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26 Nov 2019
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57 - Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
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24 Sep 2019
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Ranked #7
48.5 - The Best Beach Reads Are Whatever You Read On A Beach
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Here's a little shorty for you guys. This week we're excited about books that are coming out this summer, including a nu... Read more
28 May 2019
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49.5 - Authors Behaving Badly
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There will be discussion of stuff that is not appropriate for children. And there will be brief mentions of eating disor... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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55 - The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
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We're coming at this later than usual due to some serious technical difficulties (ok, fine! Corinne managed to talk an e... Read more
31 Aug 2019
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49mins
Ranked #10
70.1 - Books You Shouldn't Read Right Now, Or Maybe You Should, Your Choice
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We tried to think of comforting books to read during quarantine and failed. What is comfort? We've never heard of it. Ne... Read more
7 Apr 2020
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Ranked #11
53 - Eileen
53 - Eileen
We return to a favorite author and read Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. What's so relatable about being a disgusting slob pe... Read more
30 Jul 2019
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46mins
Ranked #12
61 - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
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We rave about Olga Tokarczuk's genre-defying novel, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, which also has the best ... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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Ranked #13
68 - Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
68 - Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
This week we read and discuss Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. Our next book discussion is going to be The Collect... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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50 - Sula
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This week we read Sula by Toni Morrison and discuss the criticisms Morrison has faced throughout her impressive career. ... Read more
18 Jun 2019
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Ranked #15
60 - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
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This week we discuss the recently translated (to English) literary fantasy/dystopia The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa and ... Read more
5 Nov 2019
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This week we read Women Talking by Miriam Toews. Find out what we like about a book with little plot and many women... t... Read more
2 Jul 2019
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44mins
Ranked #17
65.5 - Very Difficult or Very Hard
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We discuss how we feel about movie adaptations of books, and Becca quizzes Corinne on some Oscar winners. But before th... Read more
28 Jan 2020
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Ranked #18
54 - Hairstyles of the Damned and The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Well, well, well. It's our 100th episode and our 2nd anniversary and in this moment we swear, we're infinite. This week ... Read more
16 Aug 2019
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53.5 - Author Feuds: Finger Bowls
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Welcome back to the Bookstore, we're bringing you more authors having fights on the Dick Cavett Show. Next time we'll be... Read more
6 Aug 2019
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59.5 - Real Life Horror Stories for Halloween
59.5 - Real Life Horror Stories for Halloween
Content warning on this one! We don't go into great detail about the awful events described in the books we recommend, b... Read more
29 Oct 2019
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50mins
