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:

October 04, 2024 Ep. 88 | Life & Podcast Updates
Rachele and Becky catch up and share some life updates as well as big podcast news.
All the books we mentioned:
Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow | Sarah J. Maas
Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
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29min
September 27, 2024 Ep. 87 | Unpopular Book Opinions
Becky surprises Rachele with 10 unpopular book opinions she found on Reddit. Rachele reacts!
All the books we mentioned:
Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas
Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas
Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco
When the Moon Hatched | Sarah A. Parker
Moby Dick | Herman Melville
Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad
Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger
Lord of the Flies | William Golding
I heard the Owl Call My Name | Margaret Craven
The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway
Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston
The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck
Great Expectations | Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen
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38min
September 20, 2024 Ep. 86 | Literature Balderdash 4
Becky & Rachele invite Athena and Jessie back for the fourth iteration of Literature Balderdash!

All the books we mentioned:
Shatter Me by Tehera Mafi
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
The Simple Wild by K. A. Tucker
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
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32min
September 13, 2024 Ep. 85 | Reading Challenge #5
Becky and Rachele take on the 5th and biggest reading challenge yet - each received FIVE books from their bestie to choose from, and now will discuss the ones they chose! Beartown vs. Sea of Tranquility!

All the books we mentioned:
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Crescent City #1 by Sarah J. Maas
Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Manacled by SenLinYu (Alchemised)
On the Plus Side by Jenny L. Howe
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30min
August 30, 2024 Ep. 84 | Hans Christian Andersen?
This week, Rachele and Becky do another episode of literature trivia. There will be no episode next week. See you again on 9/13.

All the books we mentioned:
A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas
Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier
1984 | George Orwell
Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
Book Lovers | Emily Henry
Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas
Crescent City | Sarah J. Maas
The Paradise Problem | Christina Lauren
Beartown | Fredrik Backman

Saphie: The One-Eyed Cat | JOHO
Our Wives Under the See | Julia Armfield
When the Moon Hatched | Sarah A. Parker
Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros
First Lie Wins | Ashley Elston
She Memes Well | Quinta Brunson
Station Eleven | Emily St. John Mandel
Dawn | Octavia Butler
Serpent and the Wings of Night | Carissa Broadbent
The Roommate | Rosie Dana
All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr
Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid
Such a Fun Age | Kiley Reid
Beyond the Wand | Tom Felton
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Benjamin Stevenson
Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop | Hang Bo=reum
Middle of the Night | Riley Sager
Sea of Tranquility | Emily St. John Mandel

Becky decided not to list the books in the trivia portion
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32min
August 23, 2024 Ep. 83 | I'm a Book Dragon
For the third time, we have our guest host Melissa on to chat about her Bookalicious summer while on school summer break. She also read the entire Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas in 9 days and chats about that experience.

All the books we mentioned:
Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte
Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame
War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play | Nick Offerman
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury
Once upon a Broken Heart
Little Thieves | Margaret Owen
Nettle & Bone | T. Kingfisher
Divine Rivals | Rebecca Ross
House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Kline
First Lie Wins | Ashley Elston
The Flatshare | Beth O’Leary
Bride | Ali Hazelwood
Beach Read | Emily Henry
Freewater | Amina Luqman-Dawson
A Good Different | Meg Eden Kuyat
Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas
Carter Avery’s Tricky Fourth Grade Year | Rob Buyea
The Wee Free Men | Terry Pratchett
Shark Heart : A Love Story | Emily Habeck
Crescent City | Sarah J. Maas
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43min
August 16, 2024 Ep. 82 | Ladders in Bookstores are sexy
Rachele has returned from gallivanting in Europe, and she shares about the bookstores/libraries she visited abroad. We also discuss Becky's latest read, and the drama surrounding It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover.

All the books we mentioned:
Matilda | Roald Dahl
House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski
S | J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst
Fictions | Jorge Luis Borges
Book of Azrael | Amber V. Nicole
Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop | Hang Bo-reum
Beartown | Fredrik Backman
It Ends with Us | Colleen Hoover
November 9 | Colleen Hoover

How many books do you think Rachele owns?
Podcast mentioned: Books Unbound
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39min
August 09, 2024 Ep. 81 | Riley Sager's Middle of the Night
The July Read-Along was Riley Sager’s Middle of the Night. The Bookstore besties discuss the book. Spoilers begin at 12:22.
All the books we mentioned:
Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
Survive the Night | Riley Sager
The Turn of the Key | Ruth Ware
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31min
August 02, 2024 Ep. 80 | We're back!
The Bookstore Besties are back after a July Sabbatical. They catch up on their lives and then conclude with the Reading Challenge. Both Rachele and Becky present the other with 5 books they can choose from, ultimately picking one that they will report back on.
All the books we mentioned:
Not in Love | Ali Hazelwood
Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood
Bride | Ali Hazelwood
The Paradise Problem | Christina Lauren
Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco
Bear Town | Fredrik Backman
The Wife Between Us | Greer Hendricks
A Deadly Inside Scoop | Abby Collette
Powerless | Lauren Roberts
Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera
Just for the Summer | Abby Jimenez
One in a Millennial | Kate Kennedy
Middle of the Night | Riley Sager
Sea of Tranquility | Emily St. John Mandel
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34min
June 28, 2024 Ep. 79 | Bookish Updates
Rachele catches us up on her Riley Sager author event. We talk about our July read along with the whole podcast. We’ll be reading Middle of the Night by Riley Sager. We’ll also be taking July off! See you in August!
All the books we mentioned:
Middle of the Night | Riley Sager
Hidden Pictures | Jason Rekulak
The Only One Left | Riley Sager
If We Were Villains | M.L. Rio
Bunny | Mona Awad
Funny Story | Emily Henry
Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco
Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros
Trial of the Sun Queen | Nisha J Tuli
Kingdom of the Wicked | Kerri Maniscalco
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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks
Becky: Bexmex
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35min

FAQs about Your Bookstore Besties:

How many episodes does Your Bookstore Besties have?

The podcast currently has 107 episodes available.