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The Bookstore episodes

February 09, 2022 115 - The Mothers
We're back! We discuss The Mothers by Brit Bennett, Becca's pick for February's prompt: A book people keep telling you to read. Next book discussion will be Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney.
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43 min
January 29, 2022 HIATUS EP - Totally Not About Dune
We talk a bit about our picks for January's prompt, Book Adapted into a Movie or TV Show, and then Becca regales Corinne with a tale of an art auction, a sci-fi novel, and cryptocurrency. Lots of laughter!

We'll be back in February with The Mothers by Brit Bennett.

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41 min
December 31, 2021 The Bookstore Challenge 2022
We really enjoyed having a prompt every month to help choose our books, and we loved seeing our listeners using this challenge to pick books as well, so we're doing it again in 2022!

These are the prompts we will be following to choose our podcast reads for the year. There is just one prompt per month, making this an approachable and adaptable to work with other challenges you may be attempting in 2022!

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15 min
December 30, 2021 114.5 - 2021 Year in Review
Title says it all, really. We talk about our favorite and not-so-favorite books we read this year, and our plans for 2022. We won't be releasing a book episode in January, but we will be releasing a new Bookstore Podcast Challenge for the year! Watch for that episode to drop later this week and we'll post it on social media as well.

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43 min
December 21, 2021 114 - A Little Princess
Our final book for December's theme of "Book Published Before 1950," we read A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, released in 1905. We both loved the 1995 movie as kids and it was interesting to compare.

Next week we will be announcing our plans for 2022!

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47 min
December 09, 2021 113 - My Great, Wide, Beautiful World
For December's theme, A Book Published Before 1950, Becca picked My Great, Wide, Beautiful World by Juanita Harrison, first released in 1936. It's the travel journal of a young Black woman who journeyed to 22 different countries.

Next week we will be discussing A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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49 min
December 03, 2021 112.5 - A Survey of Sci-Fi
We've got a chatty one for you this week. Becca received a tweet that prompted her to lightly investigate the origins of the Science Fiction Genre. We talk about where it started, where it's gone, is it different from Fantasy, and is the sky a place or just the top.

Next week we will be discussing My Great, Wide, Beautiful World by Juanita Harrison. You might be able to get a copy from a local library, otherwise you should be able to find PDFs online to read if you'd like to read along with us!

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39 min
November 25, 2021 112 - The Undocumented Americans
Our final book for Non-Fiction November is The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Our theme for December is Books Published Before 1950.

Our next read will be My Great, Wide, Beautiful World by Juanita Harrison, first published in 1936.

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50 min
November 11, 2021 111 - Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford
Our first read for Non-Fiction November is a memoir called Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford. The story of her childhood and teen years, the memoir does cover some sensitive topics related to child abuse and sexual assault. Please listen and read with caution.

Our next read will be The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavencencio.

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48 min
November 02, 2021 110.5 - Pen Names
Today we dive into the subject of pseudonyms. Corinne has a recent news item and Becca plays a game.

Next time we will be in Non-Fiction November reading Somebody's Daughter by Ashley C. Ford. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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43 min

About The Bookstore

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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.