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In Episode 236 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah sit down with Joanna from the indie bookstore This Is a Bookstore & BookBug in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In this episode, we step inside an indie bookstore with Joanna from This Is a Bookstore & BookBug in Kalamazoo, exploring the role independent bookstores play in shaping local reading communities, what it means to be a bookstore caretaker, and more!

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Dollar Tree (T)

Hemp Dreams Oil Mist

Nina Pool on TikTok

Spy High - Prime Video (H)

The Man on the Inside - Netflix (Joanna)

Latest Reads:

How to Read a Book | Monica Wood (T)

Coffin Moon | Keith Rosson (H)

Theo of Golden | Allen Levi (Joanna)

Books Mentioned

Grown Up Book Fair

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald | John U. Bacon

The Correspondent | Virginia Evans

Vigil | George Saunders 

American Fantasy | Emma Straub

Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane | Lindy West 

Shelf Additions: 

Murder Your Darlings | Jenna Blum (T)

Meet the Newmans | Jenni

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