A Little Bookish

This week Mere and McCall chat about some favorite books in the mystery/thriller genre. Plus, they recap the grand opening weekend and unpack some thoughts on what it feels like to get to launch day.

Books discussed in the episode:

• The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
• Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
• The Silent Patient by Michaelides
• Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 
• Rebecca by Daphne du Marier 
• Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
• Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister 
• Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
• Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+
• Nate Bargatze SNL Monologue 

Thanks for listening :)

This week Mere and McCall announce the Grand Opening for the Little Professor Homewood shop and talk about unforseen challenges they've faced over the last week.

Plus, Anna Miller, Jamie Durham, and Kathleen Wylie share their favorite Fall 2023 book releases. 

The episode wraps with an update on the Book-Buddy read + "the little things."

Books discussed on this episode:

• Inheritance Games (Book 1) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Hawthorne Legacy (Book 2), The Final Gambit (Book 3), The Brothers Hawthorne (Book 4)
• The Wild Robot (Book 1), Wild Robot Escapes (Book 2), Wild Robot Protects (Book 3)
• The Witching Tide by Margaret Meyer 
• Let us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 
• The Glutton by AK Blakemore
• The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl
• Margaret Renkl Book Event! 
• Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl
• The Shining by Stephen King

This week McCall & Mere have the Little Professor Pepper Place Store Manager, Tessa, on the pod to talk scary books! The hosts are not big horror readers (shocker), but they are eager to hear why Tessa loves the genre. In the episode Tessa shares three books to choose from for their "buddy read." Plus, all three share the "little things" of the week.

We talked about a lot of books, and they're all linked here:

Stephen King's Tweet about Catriona Ward

The Girl from Rawblood by Catriona Ward

 Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Salem's Lot by Stephen King

Hell House by Richard Matheson

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Muppets Christmas Carol

The Shinning by Stephen King

The Trap by Catherine Ryan Howard 

Listen to the episode to get 10% off the book Mere and McCall pick for their scary book buddy read!

In the first-ever episode of A Little Bookish, Mere and McCall talk about:

1. Why they're starting a podcast
2. The ups and downs of getting the Homewood Store ready to open in a few weeks
3. The "little things" that are bringing them joy

Links from the pod:

• New Little Professor Location 
• Where Everybody Knows Your Name - NYT Opinion
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Press Conference from Cannes Film Festival with Killers of the Flower Moon cast & crew
• Christmas Orphans Club
• Adult Spooky Story Time at Little Professor!

And, thank you to our friends at InfoMedia for helping us on our podcast journey!