Your Bookstore Besties

We chat about some of our favorite underrated books.

All the books we mentioned:

Dolls of our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl |Mary Mahoney and Allison Horrocks

Tidesong | Wendy Xu

The Tea Dragon Society | Kay O'Neill

The Blonde Identity | Aly Carter

Finlay Donovan Is Killing It: A Novel | Elle Cosimano

Into the Raging Sea | Rachel Slade

Dead Wake | Erik Larson

This Woven Kingdom | Tahereh Mafi

Shatter Me | Tahereh Mafi

Ember in the Ashes | Sabaa Tahir

A Very Large Expanse of Sea | Sabaa Tahir

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Ransom Riggs

Salt. | Nayyirah Waheed

Give Me a God I Can Relate To | Blythe Baird

After the Witch Hunt | Megan Falley

The Golden Spoon | Jessa Maxwell

I Need You to Read This | Jessa Maxwell

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho | Sappy (translated by Anne Carson)

Milk and Honey | Rupi Kaur

The Monsters we Defy | Leslie Penelope

Storm and Silence | Robert Thier

Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

Becky: Bexmex

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We play our third round of Literary Balderdash. Our two guests are Becky’s brothers Nathan and Daniel. Who will win this great American game?

All the books we mentioned:

Coraline | Neil Gaiman

Guardian of Ga'Hoole | Kathryn Lasky

Meet Felicity | Valerie Tripp

Holes | Louis Sachar

The City of Ember | Jeanne DuPrau

Eragon | Christopher Paolini

I will Teach you To Be Rich | Ramit Sethi

The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan

Flipped | Wendelin van Draanen

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

Becky: Bexmex

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Rachele is finally back from her wedding and Honeymoon. She gives a short synopsis of her special day. Then Rachele and Becky present each other with a reading challenge. They must pick one book from a series of books the other presented to them to read. What will the Besties pick?

All the books we mentioned:

The Light We Carry | Michelle Obama

A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas

First Lie Wins | Ashley Elston

Once Upon a Broken Heart - Stephanie Garber

Caraval | Stephanie Garber

The FlatShare | Beth O'Leary

The Secret History | Donna Tarttt

Trial of the Sun Queen | Nisha J. Tuli

Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Writing Retreat | Julia Bartz

Swift and Saddled | Lyla Sage

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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Becky has guest Troy Parker to discuss the book House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. No spoilers!

All the books we mentioned:

House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Klune

Heartstoppers | Alice Oseman

Under the Whispering Door | TJ Klune

Somewhere Beyond the Sea | TJ Klune

Legends and Lattes | Travis Baldree

Otherworldly | FT Lukens

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandana

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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Becky interviews her little brother Aaron on his book tastes and his favorite book recommendations.

All the books we mentioned:

Lord of the Rings | J.R.R. Tolkien

Chronicles of Narnia | C. S. Lewis

The Boxcar Children books | Gertrude Chandler Warner

Nancy Drew | Carolyn Keene

The Lightning Thief | Rick Riordan

The Maid | Nita Prose

The Riyria Revelations | Michael j. Sullivan

A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas

A court of Silver Flame | Sarah J. Maas

Best Men | Sidney Karger

Wrong Place Wrong Time | Gillian McAllister

Red White and Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston

The House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Klune

Fatemarked | David Estes

Rebel Rising | Rebel Wilson

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Benjamin Stevenson

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Author Kara Duncan discusses her self-published book Love Always Wins: One Couples Story of Infertility, Adoption and a Faithful God. She talks about how her faith was able to keep her anchored in her times of trials. We also talked about her writing process and the books she loves to read.

You can find more information about Kara at Kara-Duncan.com, and on Instagram @duncankara

All the Books we Mentioned:

The Babysitter’s Club

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill | Abbi Waxman

Machiavelli for Women: Defend Your Worth, Grow Your Ambition, and Win the Workplace | Stacey Vanek Smith

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While Rachele is off preparing for her wedding, Becky invites guest and 1st grade teacher on to chat about all the books they have been reading recently.

All the books we mentioned:

Eragon | Christopher Paolini

Onyx Storm | Rebecca Yarros

Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros

Fourth Wing | | Rebecca Yarros

Love Always Wins: One couples story of infertility, adoption, and a faithful God | Kara Duncan

The House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Kline

Percy Jackson & the Olympians | Rick Riordan

The Chalice of the Gods | Rick Riordan

The Blood of Olympus | Rick Riordan

Son of Neptune | Rick Riordan

A love Song for Ricki Wild | Tia Williams

The Dead Romantics | Ashley Poston

The Seven Year Slip | Ashley Poston

War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy

Wuthering Heights | Emily Brontë

Les Miserable | Victor Hugo

I’m Glad My Mom Died | Jennette McCurdy

Happy People Are Annoying | Josh Peck

The Sign for Home | Blair Fell

Tress of the Emerald Sea | Brandon Sanderson

The Hobbit | JRR Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings | JRR Tolkien

Clean Sweep | Ilona Andrews

The Murderbot Diaries | Martha Wells

What the River Knows | Isabel Ibañez

Where the Library Hides | Isabel Ibañez

Divine Rivals | Rebecca Ross

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Rachele discusses her love of NYT games, and we discuss our “book icks”. How many of these do you agree with?

All the books we mentioned:

Dune | Frank Herbert

Bride | Ali Hazelwood

A Fate of Wrath and Flame | K.A. Tucker

One Dark Window | Rachel Gillig

The Black Dagger Brotherhood | J.R. Ward

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We interview author F.T. Lukens on their reading habits, writing, and newest book Otherworldly. Otherworldly publishes April 2.

To get signed copies of F.T.’s books, order them from Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe

https://www.malaprops.com/

All the books we mentioned:

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish | Dr. Seuss

The Poke Little Puppy

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams

The Good Vampire's Guide to Blood and Boyfriends | Jamie D’Amato

Practical Rules for Cursed Witches | Kayla Cottingham

So Let them Burn | Kamilah Cole

A Lady for a Duke | Alexis Hall

So this is Ever After | F.T. Lukens

In Deeper Waters | F.T. Lukens

Otherworldy | F.T. Lukens

Spell Bound | F.T. Lukens

Doctor Faustus | Christopher Marlowe

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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We catch up on our most recent reads. We also announce next week’s interview with author F.T. Lukens on their upcoming novel Otherworldly.

All the books we mentioned:

Bonded by Thorns | Elizabeth Helen

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Benjamin Stevenson

The Monsters we Defy | Leslye Penelope

Daughter of the Merciful Deep | Leslye Penelope

Everyone on This Train is a Suspect | Benjamin Stevenson

Just Mercy | Bryan Stevenson

Murder on the Orient Express | Agatha Christie

Wings of Fire | Tui T. Sutherland

Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney

Keeper of the Lost Cities | Shannon Messenger

Percy Jackson | Rick Riordon

A Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicker

Dune | Frank Herbert

The Heiress | Rachel Hawkins

Bride | Ali Hazelwood

Gold | Raven Kennedy

Gilded | Marissa Meyer

A Fate Inked in blood | Danielle L. Jensen

The Bridge Kingdom | Danielle L. Jensen

One Dark Window | Rachel Gillig

Otherworldly | F.T. Lukens

In Deeper Waters | F.T. Lukens

So This is Every After | F.T. Lukens

The Rules and Regulations for Mediating Myths & Magic | F.T. Lukens

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Rachele: Littlelovedbooks

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