Your Bookstore Besties

Rachele and Becky talk about the books they are most excited about for the rest of the year and early 2026!

The Listeners - Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven Boys - Maggie Stiefvater

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier

Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules Verne

Graceless Heart - Isabel Ibanez

Graceview Patient - Caitlin Starling

The Starving Saints - Caitlin Starling

The Blonde Who Came In From the Cold - Ally Carter

Seasons of Glass and Iron - Amal El-Mohtar

Wild Reverence - Rebecca Ross

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross

Red City - Marie Lu

Accomplice to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer.

Warrior Princess Assassin - Bridget Kemmerer

The Kiss of Deception - Mary E. Pearson

Not My Type - E. Jean Carroll

In the Veins of the Drowning - Kalie Cassidy

Sister Wife - Christine Brown

My Husband's Wife - Alice Feeney

Katabasis - R.F. Kuang

Poppy War - R.F. Kuang

Rose in Chains - Julie Soto

Alchemised - SenLinYu

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Rachele & Becky chat it up! They talk about their recent, current, and upcoming reads, Rachele's exciting work update and the plans for the next episode!

All the books we mentioned:

Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli.

Lights Out by Navessa Allen

The Retreat by Sarah Pearse

The Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli

Fearless by Lauren Roberts

A Court of Sugar and Spice by Rebecca Kenney

Guilt and Ginataan by Mia P. Manansala

The Guest List by Lucy Foley

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

1984 by George Orwell

Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Circe by Madeline Miller

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

King's Rising (Captive Prince #3) by C.S. Pacat

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

The Martian by Andy Weir

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

Little Women by Lousia May Alcott

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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Becky and Rachele tackle the Reading Challenge #6 (where they have to choose one book to read from a short list) and share the successes or failures of this challenge!

All the books we mentioned:

Paris - Paris Hilton

Beautiful Ugly - Alice Feeney

Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera.

Heartless Hunter - Kristen Ciccarelli.

Onyx Storm - Rebecca Yarros

A Court of Sugar and Spice - Rebecca F. Kenney

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Becky and Rachele celebrate a HUGE milestone of 100 episodes together! They reflect on lessons they've learned in those 100 episodes, people they've met, and their best memories of the past two and a half years.

All the books we mentioned:

Head Cases - John McMahon

Will Trent series - Karin Slaughter

Powerless - Lauren Roberts

Reckless - Lauren Roberts

Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

Listen for the Lie - Amy Tintera

Paris by Paris Hilton

The Will of the Many - James Islington

Beautiful Ugly - Alice Feeney

Turn of the Key - Ruth Ware

Death of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware

Little Women - Louisa May Alcott

Recipe for Persuasion - Sonali Dev

Rhapsodic - Laura Thalassa

Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

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Becky makes an unofficial return to chat with Rachele about recent and past reads, future plans, and the besties give each other 3 (or 4!) books to choose from to read this month!

All the books we mentioned:

Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins

My Time to Stand - Gypsy-Rose Blanchard

Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak

Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Little Threats by Emily Schultz

Head Cases by John McMahon

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Never Live by Freida McFadden

You Are Fatally Invited by Ande Pliego

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

The Main Character by Jaclyn Goldis

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Undertaking of Heart and Mercy by Megan Bannen

A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

Paris: the Memoir by Paris Hilton

The Spell Shop by Sarah Beth Durst

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

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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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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 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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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 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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