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07 - Stay With Me Oct 17, 2017

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This week Becca and Corinne discuss Ayobami Adebayo's 2017 debut novel, Stay With Me. An incredibly strong first novel that made us feel ALL of the emotions!

You can buy Stay With Me at your local independently owned bookstore.

Our next book discussion (10/31/2017) will be about Emil Ferris's My Favorite Thing is Monsters. Buy it at a bookstore near you or pick it up at the library and read along with us!

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6.5 - Award for Best Clone Fiction Goes To... Oct 10, 2017

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The leaves are changing, you're wearing pumpkin spice deodorant, and spooky sounds are playing on your favorite radio station. You know what that means... it's book award season! This week Becca and Corinne discuss some book award news and book award related topics They also ponder what reading even means.

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Next week we will be discussing Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo. Buy it from your local bookseller and read along with us!

06 - Go Tell It on the Mountain Oct 03, 2017

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This week we discuss Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin, one of the American Civil Rights Movements lesser taught leaders. We look adoringly at his treatment of women, and wrack our brains to understand some more obscure Biblical references. It's all here, folks!

Buy Go Tell It on the Mountain at a your local bookstore.

Read along with us for our next discussion of Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo.

Source:

James Baldwin Audio from Youtube (Creative Commons) - James Baldwin Speaks! The Fire This Time: A Message to Black Youth

5.5 - 2nd Best Audrina Sep 26, 2017

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We're back for a new mini episode! Like Audrina we just couldn't leave Whitefern. This week we watched Lifetime's movie adaptation of My Sweet Audrina.

You can own My Sweet Audrina from Amazon Prime Video for just $2.99!

Next week we'll be discussing an actual classic, and we'll be much more dignified.

You can buy Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin from your local bookstore and read along with us!

05 - Gilead Sep 19, 2017

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This week Becca and Corinne read Gilead by Marilyn Robinson because their first guest, Josh Weston, told them to! Today's episode includes thoughtful discussion of a novel about an intentional and intelligent elderly pastor, weird anecdotes about religious experiences, and a story about why you should never question Marilyn Robinson's dedication to her work.

Buy Gilead from your local bookstore!

Read along with us for our next discussion of Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin.

4.5 - What's Norman Mailer Going To Do With a $100 Bill? Sep 12, 2017

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On our first ever between the book episode (a minisode, a .5, whatever you want to call it!) we bring you the story of the Native American literature world's very own Rachel Dolezal. Becca and Corinne try to break down John Smelcer's many grifting ways in the aftermath of a PEN Literary award scandal. Lessons learned: do some leg work.

**NOTE: this episode was produced and published many months before the news of accusations against Sherman Alexie reached outside of the publishing world. The Bookstore stands in solidarity with victims and the #metoo movement.

Next week we read Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Find it at a bookstore near you and read along!

Episode Sources:

Smith, Rich. The Stranger. Meet John Smelcer, Native American Literature's "Living Con Job".

Mailhot, Terese. Indian Country Media Network. John Smelcer: Indian by Proxy.

04 - My Sweet Audrina Sep 05, 2017

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This time around we thought we'd read a trashy little romp to round out our summer. And, boy, did we read some real trash! VC Andrew's really brought it with My Sweet Audrina. Listen as Becca and Corinne walk through what is possibly the most offensive book either of them have ever read.

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or e-mail us about your VC Andrews experiences at thebookstorepodcast@gmail.com

Find My Sweet Audrina at a local bookstore near you!

Or read Gilead for our next episode!

03 - Voices from Chernobyl Aug 22, 2017

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Welcome back to The Bookstore, citizens of Earth! This time Becca and Corinne talk about their Read Around the World Challenge and discuss Svetlana Alexievich's Nobel Prize winning oral history, Voices from Chernobyl. Becca's actually been there! We've got personal experience all over this thing!

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Find a local bookstore and buy Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich.

Read along for next episode with My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews.

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NOTES:

1. Deep Vellum Publishing

2. Read Around the World Book List

3. A year of reading the world blog

02 - Parable of the Sower Aug 09, 2017

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This episode Becca and Cori discuss the Hulu series that everyone was talking about two months ago, play a game of Title Mashup, and really get into Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower."

If you've got a Title Mashup for us, send it to thebookstorepodcast@gmail.com and don't forget to put "Title Mashup" in the subject line.

Purchase a copy of Parable of the Sower from an independent bookstore here: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780446675505

Next Episode: Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312425845

01 - The Idiot Aug 08, 2017

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Becca and Corinne welcome you to The Bookstore's first episode and discuss Elif Batuman's 2017 novel, "The Idiot."

Segments:

Working at a a bookstore "The Idiot" discussion Translation Game

Find "The Idiot" at a local bookseller near you: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594205613

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