The Bookstore

Our May prompt was to read a book published the year you were born, so we chat about big book news that happened in our respective birth years, as well as some pop culture tidbits. Let us know what exciting things happened the year you were born!

Next time we will be discussing Becca's May prompt pick, Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. See the Independent Bookstore Day details here.

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Content warnings abound because we read Katherine Dunn's 1989 novel about an abusive carnival family turned cult carnival turned ??? Geek Love.

Next time we will be discussing Becca's May prompt pick (read a book published the year you were born) Anthills of the Savannah by Chinua Achebe. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. See the Independent Bookstore Day details here.

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We read National Book Award winner Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. Do we understand how screenplays work? Not really! But we do think this is a very interesting concept.

Next week we will be discussing Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

We revisit our dear old friend, Norman Mailer. But before that, we find out the truth about the storied literary feud between Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner.

Next time we will be reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. See the Independent Bookstore Day details here.

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Discussion and review of The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar for the April challenge prompt: a book that won or was shortlisted for a literary award in 2020.

Next time we will be reading Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout. See the Independent Bookstore Day details here.

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We're starting April off with a Between the Books episode featuring recommendations based on our April Prompt, read a book that won an award in 2020. We talk about all the books we've read in previous episodes that won or were on shortlists, and we add a few more of our personal recommendations.

Next time we will be reading The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar for the April prompt, a book that won or was shortlisted for an award in 2020. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout.

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This week we read the our final book for the March prompt (read a book you already own). Because it is a 3 book episode month, we turned to Patreon to pick between our respective choices. Becca's pick won and so we read A Question of Power by Bessie Head. The book itself is a little hard to get a hold of, though it seems plenty of fairly priced used options exist. Either way, we hope you'll join us for our discussion of this auto-fiction novel about a South African ex-pat living in Botswana in the 1970s while struggling with mental illness.

Next time we will be reading The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree by Shokoofeh Azar for the April prompt, a book that won or was shortlisted for an award in 2020. You can find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout.

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Our March prompt for our 21 Month Challenge is to read a book you already own. We're here to talk about how great libraries are, why we buy books, why we don't always buy books, how we store books, you know, that kind of thing.

Our next book discussion will be A Question of Power by Bessie Head, you may have to search some less common avenues to find that one.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout.

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First - apologies for Corinne's sub par audio this week, but there were some issues on her end. It'll be back to normal next week.

In this episode we discuss The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi and question our Western viewpoints on gender.

Our next book discussion will be A Question of Power by Bessie Head, you may have to search some less common avenues to find that one.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout.

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Inspired by this Reddit thread, we talk about the different things that are distracting or take us out of the book. Not necessarily pet peeves, but also maybe a little bit. This brings us to the conclusion that writing is hard!

Next time we will be discussing The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi.

Get two months for the price of one at Libro.fm with code 'bookstore' at checkout.

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