65 - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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65 - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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We discuss and review Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and... well, we can't like them all. Next time we will be reading False Bingo: Stories by Jac Jemc. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us. www.thebookstorepodcast.com

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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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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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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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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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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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14 - The Best We Could Do: This week Becca and Corinne talk about graphic memoirs and specifically about Thi Bui's The Best We Could Do. Corinne also remembers the name for the pages of the book that are immediately after the cover. It felt like a big deal at the time. More... 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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09 - Turtles All the Way Down: 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 . And also John Green in general. And also mental illness, and being in high school, and other things... 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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20.5 - The Bookstore's Lifestyle Division: Welcome to our new lifestyle podcast where we talk about owning books and where to keep your books and what color of book will be big this spring and how to prepare the best books for your dinner guests and which books make your butt look better and... 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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11.5 - We Love Flightless Birds (The New Zealand Episode): Becca and Corinne talk about a being tourists in the country of New Zealand, about how some english words don't mean what you think and others mean a lot of things, and about the book Corinne went there to buy (j/k that would be an irresponisble... 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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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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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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6.5 - Award for Best Clone Fiction Goes To...: Book Awards 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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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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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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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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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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22.5 - 12 Rules for Spotting Red Flag Books: A wise woman once said, "Sometimes books can tell you a lot about a person, and sometimes they can't, but sometimes they really can." And that wise person was Corinne. This week, Becca and Corinne are inspired by alt-right darling Jordan Peterson's... 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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39 - The Wedding: 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... by The Bookstore
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18.5 - As You Do - Interview with Claire Handscome of Brit Lit Podcast: This week Claire Handscome joins The Bookstore to talk about her work on Brit Lit Podcast, Brit Lit Blog, and her upcoming novel Unscripted. She also recommends several incredible new books from the UK that we cannot wait to check out. You can... by The Bookstore
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