Hi, hello, happy March, welcome to another chaos episode! Today, we’re joined by the incredible Nicole Brinkley. Nicole is a manager at the independent bookstore, Oblong Books, located in Rhinebeck, NY. We’re picking her brain about all things indie bookstores and her amazing podcast, Misshelved, where she connects booksellers with authors for a conversation. BUT FIRST: before this interview, Nicole actually sent us a brief questionnaire about our reading tastes. She then used that info to choose three 2022 new releases for each of us (including a couple of bonus “buddy read” picks!) This was SO MUCH fun, and Nicole really nailed all her picks for each of us. Hope you’re ready to add 12 news books to your TBR… We have links to Nicole and her store below, along with a list of all the incredible sounding books she mentioned on this episode. Thank you for listening, we love you! Grab your BATC merch (including the coveted SWEATSHIRT) here: https://www.booksandthecitypod.com/merch. Browse and shop all the books we’ve discussed on past episodes at https://www.bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity. Subscribe to our newsletter on our website, and send us an email at booksandthecitypod@gmail.com. --------------------------------------------------->
Oblong Books: https://www.oblongbooks.com/
Find Nicole online! Here’s her website: https://www.nebrinkley.com, and here she is on social media: https://www.instagram.com/nebrinkley/?hl=en
Listen to her podcast, Misshelved: https://misshelved.nebrinkley.com/
Preorder the books Nicole recommended for Emily:
THE DEAD ROMANTICS by Ashley Poston
THE SIGN FOR HOME by Blair Fell
A FAR WILDER MAGIC by Allison Saft
Preorder the books Nicole recommended for Kayla:
THE HACIENDA by Isabel Cañas
TO MARRY AND TO MEDDLE by Martha Waters
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus
Preorder the books Nicole recommended for Libby:
THE BOOK EATERS by Sunyi Dean
A TINY UPWARD SHOVE by Melissa Chadburn
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by Henry Fry
Preorder the books Nicole recommended for Becky:
ACTS OF VIOLET by Margarita Montimore
PORTRAIT OF A THIEF by Grace D. Li
SIREN QUEEN by Nghi Vo
Music by EpidemicSound, logo art by @niczollos, all opinions are our own.
