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53 - Eileen

FromThe Bookstore

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Jul 30, 2019

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We return to a favorite author and read Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. What's so relatable about being a disgusting slob person? Not sure, but sometimes we know, it we. Next time we will be reading our teenage favorites, Hairstyles of the Damned by Joe Meno, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. You can find them at your local library or bookstore and read along with us.

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Jul 30, 2019

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It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.

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08 - My Favorite Thing is Monsters Vol. 1: Doing Justice By Grendel by The Bookstore
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9.5 - Literary Scandals 101: Never Trust a Memoir: 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... by The Bookstore
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5.5 - 2nd Best Audrina: 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 for just $2.99! Next week we'll be discussing an actual classic, and... by The Bookstore
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03 - Voices from Chernobyl: 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!... by The Bookstore
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Welcome To The Bookstore: 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. by The Bookstore
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01 - The Idiot: 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... by The Bookstore
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05 - Gilead: 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... by The Bookstore
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13 - Future Home of the Living God by The Bookstore
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07 - Stay With Me: Your Weekly Reminder by The Bookstore
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02 - Parable of the Sower: 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 and... by The Bookstore
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06 - Go Tell It on the Mountain: 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.... by The Bookstore
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7.5 - Mah Fravrit Thing is Gersberms: The Berkstore Talks Goosebumps by The Bookstore
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04 - My Sweet Audrina: These People Should Go To Jail by The Bookstore
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18 - After the Eclipse: This week we discuss and review a difficult, but beautiful memoir. After the Eclipse by Sarah Perry is the story of a young girl and her mother before and after her mother's murder. This episode may be difficult for some listeners, please take note... by The Bookstore
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20 - Swing Time: Well, Instagram voted and we read Swing Time by Zadie Smith. It was our first foray into her writing and probably not the best place to start. A paradoxical novel that somehow has a ton going on and nothing at all, we try to pull back the curtain in... by The Bookstore
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6.5 - Award for Best Clone Fiction Goes To...: Book Awards by The Bookstore
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13.5 - The Canon Can Do Better: A Little Shade to Mark Twain by The Bookstore
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23 - I Am Thunder: This week we read I am Thunder by Muhammad Khan. And reader, we did not like it. Spoilers abound, but don't worry because you're not going to be reading this one anyway - we took care of that for you. Find out what sank this promising premise of a... by The Bookstore
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11 - The Vegetarian: It's The 90's by The Bookstore
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4.5 - What's Norman Mailer Going To Do With a $100 Bill?: 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... by The Bookstore
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8.5 - Okay - Look - We Know We're Wrong About Romance: 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... by The Bookstore
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16.5 - Cheating On Our Taxes: Because of a bit of a vacation we didn't have a lot of time to prepare a typical topic episode for this mini. So we're going to brag about the fact that we've actually been reading some extracurricular stuff! And we've really really liked some of it!... by The Bookstore
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17.5 - We Hire a Witch to Make Us Look Like Patti Smith on the Cover of Horses: We're fangirling hard this week, so you know it's serious because we don't do that unless Becca is talking about Bones. Patti Smith is great and a beautiful writer and I wish I could dress like her and she has done a lot of cool things. So listen to... by The Bookstore
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19 - Stranger With My Face: This week we're really putting ourselves out there (get it?) discussing Lois Duncan's 1981 classic suspense thriller about astral projection twins, Stranger With My Face. The book was a childhood favorite of both Corinne and Becca, so there's all... by The Bookstore
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19.5 - Stranger With My Makeup: We watched the Lifetime Original movie version of Lois Duncan's Stranger With My Face so that you don't have to, but maybe you should because you know what? We kind of loved it. We talk about why we don't trust people who wear shoes and pants at home,... by The Bookstore
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12 - Hollywood Wives: Happy New Year! We're kicking 2018 off by chatting about Jackie Collins' catty bonkbuster Hollywood Wives. Content Warning! This episode talks about sex. Like a lot, because we're talking about a book by Jackie Collins. It's not hot sex, it's not even... by The Bookstore
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29.5 - The Bookstore Call Center: The long awaited call-in episode is here! We finally get to hear your beautiful voices and answer your questions/respond to your stories and we have absolutely the most fun we've ever had recording an episode. Also there is a thunderstorm in the... by The Bookstore
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12.5 - Feuds - Please Don't Ruin Marlon James For Us: Since scandals were so much fun, we thought we'd try our hand at talking literary feuds! It's sort of like an episode of Ryan Murphy's Feud, but in a podcast and about people who write books instead of a TV show about glamorous actresses. Next week we... by The Bookstore
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16 - An American Marriage: We've got a spoiler free discussion and review of Tayari Jones's An American Marriage for our newest episode. It's a beautiful novel that changes every time we think about it. We picked this before Oprah announced it, so we'll be owning knowing that... by The Bookstore
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10 - The Fifth Season: 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... by The Bookstore
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172 - Latitudes of Longing: April's prompt is to read a book of ecofiction, and Becca's pick is Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup. Content warning: miscarriage, death in childbirth, sexual topics Our next book will be The Employees by Olga Ravn, as chosen by... by The Bookstore
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170 - I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem: Now THIS is the type of historical fiction that we love. Corinne's pick for March's prompt to read a book with a name in the title is . This novel is a fictionalized account of Tituba, an enslaved woman from Barbados who became the first person... by The Bookstore
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167 - Priestdaddy: For our first read of the February Bookstore Challenge Prompt (read a memoir written by a writer) Corinne chose by Patricia Lockwood. It's a memoir about being a poet and having your dad literally be a Catholic priest. And we're of divided opinions... by The Bookstore
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166 - True North: Our second book for January's prompt to read a book set in a place where you're from is Jim Harrison's True North. True North is set mostly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and follows David Burkett, descendant of lumber barons as he... by The Bookstore
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160 - Death With Interruptions: November's prompt is to read a book about death and Corinne's pick is . This book is about an unnamed country where suddenly one New Year's, death stops happening. It reads like a textbook at times, going over logistical issues and government... by The Bookstore
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159 - The Dispossessed: This week was an extra week for October (yes, technically it's November, apologies, I've had some personal stuff going on), so we had our Patreon Patrons pick the book and they chose . The novel is one of the six major novels of The Hainish... by The Bookstore
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155 - The Book of Goose: Our first book for September's prompt to Read a Book with an Animal in the Title is . We loved reading about this obsessive, codependent relationships between two girls in post-war France. Content warnings: mentions of violence and sexual... by The Bookstore
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154 - Crazy Brave: For our last book in August, Corinne picked . Content Warning: racism, abuse, alcoholism Our next book discussion will be . You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. If you want to read along with The... by The Bookstore
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153 - Woman of Light: Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine follows several generations of a family in the Colorado area. Fair warning, we have some criticisms about this book's writing, so if you loved it, you may want to skip this episode. Content advisory:... by The Bookstore
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152 - The Books of Jacob: Or: A Fantastic Journey Across Seven Borders, five languages, And Three Major Religions, not counting the minor sects. Told by the DEAD, supplemented by the AUTHOR, drawing from a range of BOOKS, and aided by IMAGINATION, the which being the greatest... by The Bookstore
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151 - Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands: July's prompt for The Bookstore Challenge 2023 is to Read a Book Over 500 Pages, and/or a Graphic Novel. Our pick for the 500 pager is coming up later this month, but in the meantime, we have a graphic novel, . Is it this... by The Bookstore
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150 - Weetzie Bat: This week we read Weetzie Bat and Witch Baby by Francesca Lia Block (both can also be found in the anthologized book Dangerous Angels). These books were massively popular with off-beat teens in the 90s and have a huge following. Will they still manage... by The Bookstore
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