Your Bookstore Besties

A very exciting episode where Becky & Rachele interview the father-daughter pair that co-owns Bigfoot Books & Brews, a new indie bookstore in Marion, NC! We interrogate them all about the reason they opened the store, some memorable customer interactions, all about their thriving, local community, and get to the bottom behind the Bigfoot inspiration!

Visit their website here: https://www.bigfootbooksnc.com/

And social media here!

https://www.facebook.com/bigfootbooksnc

https://www.instagram.com/bigfootbooksnc/

https://www.tiktok.com/@bigfootbooks

All the books we mentioned:

Mary Roach

Chuck Palahniuk

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

The Last Voyage by Brian McLaren

Dead Wake by Erik Larson

Into the Raging Sea by Rachel Slade

Told You So by Mayci Neeley

The Gales of November by John U. Bacon

Hour of the Pumpkin Queen by Megan Shepard

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

Becky: Bexmex

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A very special podcast episode! Rachele and Becky interview Rachele's dad Kevin who wrote his first novel! We ask him about his writing process, weirdest Google searches, and how difficult it is getting a book ready to publish. Check out all the links below!

Information and links:

Title: Midnight at Eberly Manor by K. P. Gillespie

Release Date: November 4th, 2025

ISBN: 9798998644733 / 9798998644719

Website: kpgillespiebooks.com

Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243087868-midnight-at-eberly-manor

All other social links: https://linktr.ee/kpgbooks

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

Becky: Bexmex

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Rachele and Becky discuss their recent travels and book adventures! Then they play a game for bragging rights where they recommend books to each other that we've (hopefully) never heard of!

All the books we mentioned:

The Monk and the Robot by Becky Chambers

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

SkyBlue by M. P. Halladay

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

You Want to Be on Top? A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model by Sarah Hartshorne

Alchemised by SenLinYu

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton.

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne

The Summer War by Naomi Novik

The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

The Last Sweet Bite: Stories and Recipes of Culinary Heritage Lost and Found by Michael Shaikh

Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer

A Most Agreeable Murder by Julia Seales

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison.

The Nanny's Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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Rachele and Becky get cozy and talk about what feels like Fall to them, the books they've read that remind them of the season, and some books on their TBR!

All the books we mentioned:The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping - Sangu Mandana

Daisy Darker - Alice Feeney

Love and Saffron - Kim Fay

When the Wolf Comes Home - Nat Cassidy

House of Hollow - Krystal Sutherland

Alchemised - SenLinYu

The Midnight Feast – Lucy Foley

The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz

Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë

Blood Over Bright Haven - M. L. Wang

Violet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore - Emily Krempholtz

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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Rachele and Becky discuss the September Bestie's Read-Along title, The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark! See what each of us rated the book, and listen to our full spoiler-y AND non-spoiler-y thoughts!

All the books we mentioned:

The Ghostwriter - Julie Clark

The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig

The Last Flight - Julie Clark

The Lies I Tell - Julie Clark

Alchemised - SenLinYu

Shield of Sparrows - Devney Perry

Flicker in the Dark - Stacy Willingham.

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping - Sangu Mandana

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In this episode, Becky & Rachele chat about their recent and current reads, and Rachele talks about the bookshops she visited in West Virginia!

All the books we mentioned:

The Wedding People by Alison Isbach

Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson

Me, Myself, and Bob by Phil Vischer

Rose and Chains by Julie Soto

When the Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy

Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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On this episode, Rachele and Becky invite the husbands back onto the podcast and they tell us all what they've been reading lately! We all leave with new books on our TBR!

All the books we mentioned:

Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven King - Maggie Stiefvater

Dandadan series - Yukinobu Tatsu

The Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz

Ministry for the Future - Kim Stanley Robinson

Red Mars trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson

The Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard Rhodes

The Bastard Brigade:The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb - Sam Kean

The Retreat - Sarah Pearse

Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera

ACOTAR series - Sarah J. Maas

Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Legendborn - Tracy Deonn

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros

Serpent and the Wings of Night - Carissa Broadbent

Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler

The Forever War - Joe Haldeman

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Series #1) - James S.A. Corey

Red Rising - Pierce Brown

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

Other Birds - Sarah Addison Allen.

Dark Matter - Blake Crouch

My Husband's Wife - Alice Feeney

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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Rachele and Becky return this week with a trivia episode, a short game, and the announcement of the return of the Bookstore Besties read along with their September pick!

All the books we mentioned:

With A Vengeance - Riley Sager

The Dream Thieves - Maggie Stiefvater

Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

The Ghostwriter - Julie Clark

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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In this episode, the Besties catch up with Melissa on her summer off from school and talk about what she's been reading! Jonah makes a guest appearance, Becky gets some FANTASTIC news, and Rachele talks about a very exciting DM from an author!

All the books we mentioned:

Alchemised by SenLinYu

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst

Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

Captive Prince series by C.S. Pacat

Butcher and Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli

Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli

With a Vengeance by Riley Sager

The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

The Wager by David Grann

Endurance by William Shackleton

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt

The Measure by Nikki Erlick

The Poppy Fields by Nikki Erlick

The Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia Gray

The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D Vance

Paris by Paris Hilton

The Woman In Me by Britney Spears

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Taste by Stanley Tucci

Spare by Prince Harry

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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In this episode, Rachele talks about her day trip for an exclusive event at the Strand in NYC to meet Alchemised author SenLinYu and Becky and Rachele chat about bookish news and their recent reads!

All the books we mentioned:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy

Caught Up by Navessa Allen

The Retreat by Sarah Pearse

Dandadan Vol 1 by Yukinobu Tatsu

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Captive Prince trilogy by C.S. Pacat

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Gothictown by Emily Carpenter

The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

The Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Alchemized by SenLinYu

The Personal Librarian by Heather Terrell and Victoria Christopher Murray

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

Becky: Bexmex

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