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**The Bookstore**

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.

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73.5 - Fiction About Isolation May 19, 2020

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This week we look to fiction for reading about isolation. It's on everyone's mind, so now it'll be in your TBR.

Next episode we will be reading and discussing Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

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73 - Dawn (Lilith's Brood #1) May 12, 2020

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Way, way back in Episode 2, we read Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower. We're returning to the Butlerverse with Dawn, and we had a bit of a different reaction to her work this time.

Next time we'll be reading Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi as picked by our Instagram followers!

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72.5 - We Brainstorm Ideas for How to Pick What to Read Next May 05, 2020

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Need a quarantine craft to MacGyver? Need help feeling motivated to read books you already own? Well, we've got you covered.

We will be discussing Dawn from Lillith's Brood by Octavia E. Butler for our next episode. Find it and read along with us.

Notes: DIY Bookspinner Recitatif by Toni Morrison

72 - Abigail by Magda Szabo Apr 28, 2020

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This week we read celebrated Hungarian author Magda Szabo's novel Abigail. Abigail is Szabo's most popular work in Hungary, but was only recently published in English for the first time by NYRB. And let me tell you, we are thrilled that it was finally translated.

Next book we're reading is Dawn by Octavia E. Butler, the first part of her Lilith's Brood trilogy.

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71.5 - Short Books for Short Attention Spans Apr 21, 2020

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The world feels weird and some of us (Corinne) can only focus for very short, very concentrated periods of time. So this week we're talking about short books, novellas and otherwise.

Our next discussion will be Abigail by Magda Szabo.

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71 - Passing by Nella Larsen Apr 14, 2020

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Thank you to Brilliant Books Monthly for sending us Nella Larsen's Passing! We liked it so much we decided to do an entire episode about it.

Next book we'll be reading is Abigail by Magda Szabo. Order online from your local indie bookstore or from Bookshop.org!

70.1 - Books You Shouldn't Read Right Now, Or Maybe You Should, Your Choice Apr 07, 2020

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We tried to think of comforting books to read during quarantine and failed. What is comfort? We've never heard of it.

Next time we will be discussing Passing by Nella Larsen. You can get it and read along with us.

Website Patreon Bookshop Affiliate Link Books mentioned in this episode: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids by Kenzaburo Oe Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild Empire of the Summer Moon by SC Gwynne Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

70 - Weather by Jenny Offill Mar 31, 2020

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We didn't set out to talk about politics and the pandemic, but it's nearly impossible not to since Jenny Offill's Weather could not be more relevant to the current situation.

Up next is Passing by Nella Larsen.

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69.5 - Enter the Tingleverse Mar 24, 2020

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There will be explicit content in this episode because we both read stories by famous gay erotica writer Chuck Tingle. Warning: There is lots of laughter! This is Version 2, with even more laughter and any mentions of the cosmic void have been edited out, in case that's what you need right now.

Next week we're reading Weather by Jenny Offill.

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69.5 - Enter the Tingleverse Mar 24, 2020

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There will be explicit content on this episode because we both read stories by famous gay erotica writer Chuck Tingle. Warning: You will hear lots of laughter! This is Version 1 of the episode, we get a little personal about our fears during this time, so if you want solely uplifting silliness, listen to Version 2.

We're reading Weather by Jenny Offill next week!

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