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It's like a book club, but we actually read the book. Join hosts Becca and Corinne as they recreate their days working and hanging out at their local independent book store.
Years ago, I can't remember when, we read Katherine Dunn's Geek Love , by far her most famous work. We returned to Dunn to read Toad, which...
Today we are talking about The Wall by Austrian author Marlen Haushofer, published in the 1960s. In addition to the book, we also discuss ho...
I, Becca, have been going through a big life transition, and that is why this episode is so incredibly late. I will be okay though! It also...
Due to this being a weird year (Corinne had a baby!) instead of our usual wrap-up of the year's books, we decided to take a look at our hist...
Content warning straight off the top for this one! Both for the actual content, in which Becca recommends a terrible tv show and for the boo...
We're back! We're a bit all over the place in this episode, but mostly it's me (Becca) recommending a few horror/scary books I've read. Most...
We are now officially on hiatus! Corinne is on maternity leave, although that's not why this episode is late, I just forgot about uploading...
Today we discuss Nicole Dennis-Benn's novel Patsy , which won the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction. Content warning: brief men...
For the month of May, our prompt is to read a dystopia or post-apocalyptic work of fiction. Corinne's pick is I Who Have Never Known Men by...
Our first book for May's prompt to read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel is Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson. Set in a Toronto...
Today's book discussion is on Underground Barbie by Maša Kolanović, translated from Croatian by Ena Selimović. We get slightly off-topic tal...
Becca's pick for April's prompt to read a book based on its cover or title is Nonfiction: A Novel by Julie Myerson, because the contradictio...
The March prompt is to read a book published by an indie press, and Corinne's pick is Witches by Brenda Lozano , translated by Heather Clear...
Becca's pick for March's prompt to read a book published by an indie press is Earthlings by Sayaka Murati, translated from the Japanese by G...
February's prompt is to read a book with a non-human narrator or from a non-human perspective. Corinne's pick, that we'll be discussing toda...
Romantic Goat sex on today's episode. We read The Story of a Goat by Perumal Murugan. Next time we will read Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck C...
Last episode for January is Pastoralia by George Saunders, this is a book of short stories that all have the trademark Saunders satirical ed...
New year, same us. We discuss (more like complain about, to be honest) Maggie O'Farrell's novel After You'd Gone . January's prompt is to re...
We are back and we have a recap of our reading in 2024, along with the challenge prompts for 2025, since I don't know how we chose books bef...
Unfortunately, we are not releasing an episode today because we're going on hiatus. We are fine in terms of physical health and have not exp...
We were in Chicago during the week we should have been recording and editing this episode, so apologies for the lateness! Today we talk abou...
Google Doc for Helene Recovery Resources LESBIAN. VAMPIRES. We read The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez for October's prompt to read a book i...
This book has everything, except for an idea of how novels are formulated. Our next read will be The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez.
For September's prompt to read a book by a celebrity, Corinne has chosen The Morning Show Murders by Al Roker and Dick Lochte. Al Roker is a...
Our last book for August's prompt to read a book that won a translation award is Every Fire You Tend by Sema Kaygusuz. Very poetic and beaut...
Our first book for August's prompt to read a book that won a translation prize is Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed. Corinne picked this one,...
Coming in late with our discussion of Nobel Laureat Kenzaburō Ōe's The Silent Cry . This book is difficult in basically every way a book can...
Look! You just got another free Patreon Episode of Corinne spoiling the ever living life out of It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover. Next week...
Corinne's pick for July's prompt to read a book published 20 years before you were born is The Stud by Jackie Collins . It's a wild ride wit...
Let this be a sign that if the only Nabokov book you've read is Lolita , you should remedy that. Despair is Corinne's pick for June's prompt...
Today we discuss Wise Children by Angela Carter, a book about twins, fulfilling June's prompt to read a book with twins or doppelgangers. It...
You ready for a messy book? This week we read The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin. Next time we will be reading Wise Chil...
We're back! Becca's still suffering from a sinus infection, but we're pressing on anyway. The Quick and the Dead by Joy Williams is Corinne'...
Due to some unforseen circumstances this week we are bringing you an episode from our Patreon about Colleen Hoover's massively popular novel...
Perhaps our most referential episode, ever. The book: The Employees by Olga Ravn The art it was created to accompany: Consumed Future Spewed...
April's prompt is to read a book of ecofiction, and Becca's pick is Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup. Content warning: miscarriage,...
It's a book by a translator that's a book by a translator that's translated by a translator about translators translating a book and we love...
Correction: in the epsiode we say that the book was published in Barbados, but Condé is actually from the island of Guadeloupe - a French de...
Today we discuss Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya . This is one of the first books of Chicano/a Literature, with Rudolfo Anaya considered o...
This week we read and discussed My Garden (Book): by Jamaica Kincaid. It's memoir, it's essays, it's history, it's botany, it's maybe not wh...
For our first read of the February Bookstore Challenge Prompt (read a memoir written by a writer) Corinne chose Priestdaddy by Patricia Lock...
Our second book for January's prompt to read a book set in a place where you're from is Jim Harrison's True North. True North is set mostly...
Our first book of the year! Daughters of Eve by Lois Duncan is set in the fictional town of Modesta, Michigan, thus fulfilling January's pro...
Happy New Year! Out with the old (reviewing last years reading) and in with the new (walking through the 2024 Bookstore Challenge prompts)....
Last book of the year! It's Becca's pick for December's prompt to read a book by an author who shares the first initial of your surname is Y...
First book for December's prompt to read a book by an author who shares your surname or first initial of your surname is Ice by Anna Kavan ....
Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace November's prompt is to read a book about death and...
Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace November's prompt is to read a book about death and...
Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace This week was an extra week for October (yes, techn...
Action Items - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action Items - Jewish Voices for Peace Free Ebooks - Haymarket Books Open Letter from Arab...