Your Bookstore Besties

Your Bookstore Besties hosts its first guest! Drew is an indie bookstore owner. Rachele and Becky interview him on what it was like to own a bookstore durning the pandemic. They also announce the first read along! They invite all their listeners to read Yeonmi Park’s In Order to Live, and they will discuss the book on February 10. 

Drew recommends using Libro.Fm for audio books through your local indie bookstore.

All the Books we mentioned:

Hank the Cowdog | John R. Erickson

Animorphs | K.A. Applegate

Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling

Great Expectations | Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens

Book Lovers | Emily Henry

The Bromance Book Club | Less Kay Adams

Summer People | Elin Hilderbrand

Spare | Prince Harry

Johannes Cabal the Necromancer | Jonathan L. Howard

In Order to Live | Yeonmi Park

Rachele and Becky answer listener questions. 

All The books we mentioned:

Ugly Love | Colleen Hoover

All the Ugly Wonderful Things | Bryn Greenwood

Gild | Raven Kennedy

Anne of Green Gables | L. M. Montgomery

Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins

Divergent | Veronica Roth

Maze Runner | James Dashner

Harry Potter | J. K. Rowling

The Crucible | Arthur Miller

Catcher in the Rye | J. D. Salinger

Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini

The Book Thief | Markus Zusak

Atonement | Ian McEwan

Never let me Go | Kazoo Ishiguro

Dead Wake | Erik Larson

Splendid and the Vile | Erik Larson

Devil in the White City | Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts | Erik Larson

Into the Raging Sea | Rachel Slade

Under the Banner of Heaven | Jon Krakauer

Into the Wild | Jon Krakauer

Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer

Missoula | Jon Krakauer

House Across the Lake | Riley Sager

Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V. E. Schwab

Darker Shade of Magic | V. E. Schwab

The Raven Boys | Maggie Stiefvater

A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Mass

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are | Rachel Bloom

Dead Silence | S.A. Barnes

Flesh & Blood: Reflections on Infertility, Family, and Creating a Bountiful Life | N. West Moss

A Child Called It | Dave Pelzer

Verity |  Colleen Hoover

Nightfilm | Marisha Pessl

The Selection | Kiera Cass

The Bible

Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Grams

Daughter of the Moon Goddess| Sue Lynn Tan

Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt

Good in Bed | Jennifer Weiner

To Bleed a Crystal Bloom | Sarah A. Parker

Old Man in the Sea | Ernest Hemingway

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Rachele and Becky look back at the past year and talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of books.

All the books we mentioned:

Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir

Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey

Hummingbird | Natalie Lloyd

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel | Gabrielle Zevin

Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love | Kim Fay

Home Before Dark | Riley Sager

House of Earth and Blood | Sarah J. Maas

Death of Mrs. Westaway | Ruth Ware

Spin the Dawn | Elizabeth Lim

Local Woman Missing | Mary Kubica

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi | S. A. Chakraborty

The Wedding Crasher | Mia Sosa

Open Book | Jessica Simpson

Dead Silence | S.A. Barnes

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story | Simu Liu

The Mercies | Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Violet made of Thorns | Gina Chen

House Across the Lake | Riley Sager 

Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang

Book Lovers | Emily Henry

The Mist | Stephen King

The War of Two Queens | Jennifer L. Armentrout

From Blood and Ash | Jennifer L. Armentrout

A Dance with the Fae Prince | Elise Kova

I’mInstagram Glad my Mom Died | Jennette McCurdy

Happy Place | Emily Henry

Hook, Line, and Sinker | Tessa Bailey

It Happened One Summer | Tessa Bailey

Happenstance | Tessa Bailey

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Last week Rachele and Becky challenged each other to read a book that the other recommended. This episode we discuss our thoughts on those books. 

All the Books we mentioned:

I’m still here | Austin Channing Brown

10,000 Sorrows | Elizabeth Kim

Night | Elie Wiesel

I’m Glad My Mom Died | Jennette McCurdy

Making a Scene | Constance Wu

Open Book | Jessica Simpson

Home: A memoir of My Early Years | Julie Andrews 

The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls

Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir

Recipe for Persuasion | Sonali Dev

Pride Prejudice and Other Flavors | Sonali Dev

The Heart Principle | Helen Hoang

Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang

The Martian | Andy Weir

Artemis | Andy Weir

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Rachele and Becky discuss ARCs they’re excited about in 2023 as well as books they need to finish by the end of the year. They’re also participating in a new book challenge!

All the books we mentioned: 

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | Shannon Chakraborty,

Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey

Happy Place | Emily Henry

The Last Tale of the Flower Bride | Roshani Chokshi

A Crown of Ivy and Glass | Claire Legrand

The only one left | Riley Sager 

Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer

I’m Still Here | Austin Channing Brown

Just Mercy | Bryan Stevenson

Things I Never Got Over | Lucy Score

Icebreakerer | Hannah Grace

Deadly Education | Naomi Novik

She Who Became the Sun | Shelley Parker-Chan

The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller

The Final Girl Support Group | Grady Hendrix

Dance with the Fae Prince | Elise Kova

The Makeup Test | Jenny L. Howe

Shipwrecked | Olivia Dade

Pride Prejudice and Other Flavors | Sonali Dev

Recipe for Persuasion | Sonali Dev

Red Rising | Pierce Brown

Morning Star | Pierce Brown 

Disappearing Act | Catherine Steadman

The very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna

Scythe | Neal Shusterman

Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir

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Rachele and Becky discuss how Rachele annotates her books. 

Color coding! 

Underlining! 

Tabbing! 

Rachele and Becky talk all things Middle Grade! Middle Grade books are for ages 9-12. They talk about the books they remember as kids, the books they’ve most recently read, and the middle grade they want to read. 

All the Books we discussed:

Castle in the Attic | Elizabeth Winthrop

Howl’s Moving Castle | Diana Wynne Jones

Indian in the Cupboard | Lynne Reid Banks

The Secret of the Attic | S. Sinykin

Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine

Meet Molly | Valerie Tripp

Meet Felicity | Valerie Trippe

Meet Kiersten | Janet Beeler Shaw

The Clique Series | Lisi Harrison

Dear America Series

Dear America Voyage of the Great Titanic | Ellen Emerson White

The Royal Diaries Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles | Kathryn Lasky

Things Not Seen | Andrew Clements

Frindle | Andrew Clements

Landry News | Andrew Clements

Report Card | Andrew Clements

Door in the Dragon’s Throat | Frank Peretti

Molly Moons Incredible Book of Hypnotism | Georgia Byng

Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis

Percy Jackson & The Olympians : The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan

Wings of Fire | Tui T. Sutherland

Warrior Cats | Erin Hunter

Keeper of the Lost Cities | Shannon Messenger

Babysitter’s Club | Ann M. Martin

Football Hero | Tim Green 

I survived Series | Lauren Tarshis

Alan Gratz

Magic Tree House | Mary Pope Osborne

Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney

Dork Diaries | Rachel Renee Russell

Hummingbird | Natalie Lloyd

Kiki’s Delivery Service | Eiko Kadono

The Barren Grounds | David Robertson

The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett

A Place to Hang the Moon | Kate Albus

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky | Kwame Mbalia

The Storm Runner | J.C. Cervantes

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Rachele and Becky discuss their DNFs, book ratings, and how they use Goodreads.

Special Note: Becky’s Goodreads review average is 3.76 and wants everyone to know that you can’t see it in the place Rachele said on the app (only on desktop).

All the books we mentioned:

Priori of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon

Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter

Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier

Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins

The Mist | Stephen King

Furiously Happy | Jenny Lawson

It | Stephen King

Let Me Lie | Clare Mackintosh

Year of Yes | Shonda Rhimes

Memorial | Bryan Washington

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Rachele and Becky discuss book Classics (or forced high school readings). What were their favorites, and why we love adaptations of the classics. 

All the books we mentioned in this episode:

FrontBlack Tide | K.C. Jones

The Mist | Stephen King

Just the Nicest Couple | Mary Kubica

Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi | S.A. Chakraborty

City of Brass | S.A. Chakraborty

Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter

Pride & Prejudice | Jane Austen

Silas Marner | George Eliot

Animal Farm | George Orwell

1984 | George Orwell

Siddhartha | Hermann Hesse

The Stranger | Albert Camus

Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad

All Quiet on the Western front | Erich Maria Remarque

I Heard the Owl Call My Name | Margaret Craven

Moby Dick | Herman Melville

Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck

Lord of the Flies | William Golding

Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini

Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier

Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston

Heartstone | Elle Katharine White

Pride Prejudice & Other Flavors | Sonali Dev

Matilda | Roald Dahl

Big Little Lies | Liane Moriarty

Murder of Mr. Wickham | Claudia Gray

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Rachele and Becky do a deep dive into their three favorite genres: Romance, Fantasy, and Thrillers. They decide that they are PRO-TROPE!

All the books we discussed in this episode:

Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang

The Bride Test | Helen Hoang

The Heart Principle | Helen Hoang 

Book Lovers | Emily Henry

Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey

Tessa Bailey author

Author Tessa Dare for Historical Romance

Author Lisa Kleypas for Historical Romance

Julia Quinn | Bridgerton Series

Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen

Anne of Green Gables | L.M. Montgomery

Something Borrowed | Emily Giffin

Author Colleen Hoover

The Poppy War | R.F. Kuang

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Bandanna

A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas

The Priori of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon

A Promise of Fire | Amanda Bouchet

City of Brass | S. A. Chakraborty

Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tan

Wrath and the Dawn | Renée Ahdieh

Spin the Dawn | Elizabeth Lim

Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao

Mystery author J.D. Robb 

Mystery author Mary Higgins Clark

Murder at the Lobstah Shack | Maddie Day

Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware

Death of Mrs. Westaway | Ruth Ware

The Guest List | Lucy Foley

The Hunting Party | Lucy Foley

Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter 

The Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood

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