The Bookstore

This week we read Samanta Schweblin's Little Eyes, a very Black Mirror-type story featuring, you guessed it, some little eyes. We have a conversation about if a kentuki is more like a drone or a phone app, and talk about why exactly someone would want to have a stranger staring at them all the time.

We are off next week, returning December 29th with our Year in Review episode!

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We've been at it for a little over three years and at the suggestion of a Patreon Patron, we have decided to finally do a comprehensive GET TO KNOW US episode. In this episode you will learn such incredible life details as:

• What is our favorite sandwich meat
• Joey Ramone or Joey Fatone
• How good is Corinne's Pee Wee Herman impersonation
• Does Becca know the name of her favorite Star War

A list of titles and other recommendations can be found on the blog post for this episode. You can follow Becca and Corinne on GoodReads.

Next time we will be reading Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin. Get it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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This week we wanted something very chill, and so we picked the cozy mystery queen, Agatha Christie. Other than the main question of the book, which is who did the murdering, we also wonder if people are really climbing in and out of windows, and why is blancmange so popular?

Next time we're reading Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin.

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During Pandemic Times ™, it isn't every day you get to meet new friends. This week we talk with Marci and Ako from The Colored Pages Book Club Podcast about what their podcast is about, how it came to be, and what books they love and have been recommending.

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Here's the books Marci and Ako recommended on this episode.

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This week we read How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. We love the Western setting, the lyrical, atmospheric descriptions of the landscape. We have some complicated feelings about the plot and character development.

Next time we're reading The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.

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We're putting our gift guide out a little early this year to give you time to order from your favorite indie bookstore! We have a list of Black-owned bookstores on our website. The books we recommended on this episode can be found here.

Next week we'll be discussing How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang.

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If you're receiving this on the day it is released, that means it's Election Day in the US and I hope if you're eligible to vote, you've either done so or are on your way to the polls. Take care of yourself today and all days!

This week we discuss Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, why it's better than classics by old white guys and how it manages to make us swoon over a guy who gets stabbed while gambling despite ourselves.

Next time we will be discussing How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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For our Halloween Between the Books episode, we read Roald Dahl's The Witches and watched the 1990 Anjelica Huston vehicle. We digress to talk about what scared us as kids and Dahl's problematic legacy.

Next week we're reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

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This week we read and discussed The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. It's a horror/slasher, a good change of pace, and a little confusing, but that's probably because we are both a little unaccustomed to audiobooks.

Next time we will be reading Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. Pick it up at your local bookstore or library and read along with us.

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As the title suggests, today we bring to you a few graphic novel recommendations. Becca recommends Monstress, Kaptara, and The Old Guard. Corinne recommends Dancing After TEN, Cosmoknights, and Pretending is Lying. We also mention a few other graphic novels and comics that got us into the genre, and talk about why we like graphic novels. As always, find all the books mentioned in the episode on our website.

Our recommendations can be purchased here.

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Next week we'll be discussing The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones.

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