Your Bookstore Besties

By Becky Wierschen

Rachele and Becky met working at an indie bookstore. They discuss all things bookish and reading related.... more

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The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.

Your Bookstore Besties episodes:

March 14, 2025 Ep. 98 | ACOTAR w/ DAVID!
The episode where David reads A Court of Thorns and Roses for the very FIRST TIME and discusses it with Rachele!

All the books we mentioned:A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
and the other books in the series :)
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
Becky: Bexmex
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36min
March 01, 2025 Ep. 97 | Rachele's February Reading Wrap-Up!
In this episode Rachele yaps about her February reads, the highs and the lows (lookin' at you lil' tuna)
All the books we mentioned:
The Trap - Catherine Ryan Howard
Wild Robot - Peter Brown
Beach Read - Emily Henry
First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston
Night She Disappeared - Lisa Jewell
Beautiful Ugly - Alice Feeney
Daisy Darker - Alice Feeney
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
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30min
January 31, 2025 Ep. 96 | Rachele's EXCITING Reading Updates!
Rachele gives the Besties a VERY unexpected reading update...what could it possibly be?!

The Boyfriend - Freida McFadden
Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn
The Trap - Catherine Howard Ryan
The Wild Robot - Peter Brown
Beach Read - Emily Henry
First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett
Beautiful Ugly - Alice Feeney
Psalm for the Wild Built - Becky Chambers
Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - Suzanne Collins
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
Becky: Bexmex
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31min
January 10, 2025 Ep. 95 | New Year, New Reading Goals w/ Athena!
Welcome back podcast-regular a bookstore bestie Athena as we discuss her 2024 reading challenges, and both our challenges and goals for the New Year, including her promise to read Gone Girl!!

All the books we mentioned:
The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica
Boys with Sharp Teeth - Jenny Howell
Daughter of Ruins by Yvette Manessis Corporon
Once There Were Wolves - Charlotte McConaghy
Ariadne - Jennifer Saint
Piranesi - Susanna Clarke
Beartown - Frederik Backman
Fence by CS Pacat
Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper
Yellowface - R.F Kuang
XOXO - Axie Oh
Zorba the Greek - Nikos Kazantzakis
Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan
The Last September - Elizabeth Bowen
Emma - Jane Austen
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Awakening - Kate Chopin
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
The Mist - Stephen King
Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff
Radium Girls - Kate Moore
Demon of Unrest - Erik Larson
Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
Becky: Bexmex
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46min
January 04, 2025 Ep. 94 | End of Year Wrap Up with Becky! (Pop Up Episode)
Rachele is joined by Becky (and Jonah!) to discuss their Christmas bookish gifts, and their plans for a new year of reading!

All the books we mentioned:
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret - Benjamin Stevenson
Everyone On This Train is a Suspect - Benjamin Stevenson
Faithful Executioner by Joel Harrington
Born to Be Hanged - Keith Thomson
In the Heart of the Sea - Nathaniel Philbrick
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
Phantasma by Kaylie Smith
Half King by Melissa Landers
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
River Has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar
Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab
A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic by Jay Penner
The High Mountain Court by A.K Mulford
Asiri and the Amaru by Natalia Hernandez
Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
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30min
November 15, 2024 Ep. 93 | The One With Rachele's Music Teacher
Rachele brings her music teacher turned friend Amanda to join her for this episode of the podcast! We talk reading taste, Goodreads lack of half stars, journaling, and book challenges!
All the books we mentioned:
Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson
Baby Sitter's Club - Ann M. Martin
The Crash - Freida McFadden
Parallel - Elle O'Roark
Conversations with a St. Bernard - Jim Kraus
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
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33min
November 01, 2024 Ep. 92 | Rachele's Most Anticipated 2025 Releases
Rachele braves the deep and uncharted solo podcast waters to bring you her most anticipated 2025 releases!

All the books we mentioned:

At the Bottom of the Garden - Camilla Bruce
Dream on Ramona Riley - Ashley Herring Blake
The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica
Immortal - Sue Lynn Tan
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix
Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry
This Book Will Bury Me - Ashley Winstead
The Listeners - Maggie Stiefvater
With a Vengeance - Riley Sager
Blood Moon - Britney S. Lewis
The Last Room on the Left - Leah Konen
The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig
The Baby Dragon Cafe - Aamna Qureshi
The Staircase in the Woods - Chuck Wendig
The Library at Hellebore - Cassandra Khaw
Tenderly, I Am Devoured - Lyndall Clipstone
The Man Made of Smoke - Alex North
The Tempest - Victoria Aveyard
Notorious Virtues - Alwyn Hamilton
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom - Amelie Wen Zhao
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
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31min
October 25, 2024 Ep. 91 | Becky's Last Episode (for a while)
Becky is the trivia master in this week's episode combining pop culture references, history, literature, and podcast facts. Let us know how you did!
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
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40min
October 18, 2024 Ep. 90 | Rebecca
The Bookstore Besties, along with Rachele's dad Kevin, discuss the gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. They also compare it to Hitchcock's 1940 best picture adaptation. Yes, there are spoilers!
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38min
October 11, 2024 Ep. 89 | First LINE Wins
We play a little game to see if we can correctly guess what first line of a book the other is reading.
All the books we mentioned:
The Maidens | Alex Michaelides
Animal Farm | George Orwell
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries | Heather Fawcet
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Benjamin Stevenson
Everyone on this train is a suspect | Benjamin Stevenson
Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tana
Just Mercy | Bryan Stevenson
A court of thorns and roses | Sarah j. Maas
A Curse so Dark and Lonely | Brigid Kemmerer
Hunted | Meagan Spooner
Cruel Beauty | Rosamund Hodge
Bride | Ali Hazelwood
Little Women | Louisa May Alcott
The Monsters we Defy | L. Penelope
A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
Cruel Prince | Holly Black
All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr
Red Rising | Pierce Brown
Golden Sun | Pierce Brown
Kingdom of the Wicked | Kerri Maniscalco
Us Against You | Fredrik Backman
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store | James McBride
Rebel Rising | Rebel Wilson
Clean Sweep | Ilona Andrews
A Praying Life | Paul Miller
Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier.
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
Becky: Bexmex
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28min

FAQs about Your Bookstore Besties:

How many episodes does Your Bookstore Besties have?

The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.