Becky Wierschen - Podcast Details

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Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 100 | The Bookstore Besties Celebrate 100 Episodes!!Becky and Rachele celebrate a HUGE milestone of 100 episodes together! They reflect on lessons they've learned in those 100 episodes, people they've met, and their best memories of the past two and a half years.All the books we mentioned:Head Cases - John McMahonWill Trent series - Karin SlaughterPowerless - Lauren RobertsReckless - Lauren RobertsRed Queen - Victoria AveyardCatching Fire - Suzanne CollinsListen for the Lie - Amy TinteraParis by Paris Hilton...2025-05-0952 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 99 | Catch-Up with Becky & New Book Challenge!Becky makes an unofficial return to chat with Rachele about recent and past reads, future plans, and the besties give each other 3 (or 4!) books to choose from to read this month!All the books we mentioned:Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne CollinsMy Time to Stand - Gypsy-Rose BlanchardHidden Pictures - Jason RekulakHunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBallad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsLittle Threats by Emily SchultzHead Cases by John...2025-04-1840 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 98 | ACOTAR w/ DAVID!The episode where David reads A Court of Thorns and Roses for the very FIRST TIME and discusses it with Rachele!All the books we mentioned:A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maasand the other books in the series :)_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation 2025-03-1435 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 97 | Rachele's February Reading Wrap-Up!In this episode Rachele yaps about her February reads, the highs and the lows (lookin' at you lil' tuna)All the books we mentioned:The Trap - Catherine Ryan HowardWild Robot - Peter BrownBeach Read - Emily HenryFirst Lie Wins - Ashley ElstonNight She Disappeared - Lisa JewellBeautiful Ugly - Alice FeeneyDaisy Darker - Alice Feeney_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us...2025-03-0129 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 96 | Rachele's EXCITING Reading Updates!Rachele gives the Besties a VERY unexpected reading update...what could it possibly be?! The Boyfriend - Freida McFadden Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn The Trap - Catherine Howard Ryan The Wild Robot - Peter Brown Beach Read - Emily Henry First Lie Wins - Ashley Elston Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett Beautiful Ugly - Alice Feeney Psalm for the Wild Built - Becky Chambers Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - Suzanne Collins 2025-01-3130 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 95 | New Year, New Reading Goals w/ Athena!Welcome back podcast-regular a bookstore bestie Athena as we discuss her 2024 reading challenges, and both our challenges and goals for the New Year, including her promise to read Gone Girl!! All the books we mentioned: The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica Boys with Sharp Teeth - Jenny Howell Daughter of Ruins by Yvette Manessis Corporon Once There Were Wolves - Charlotte McConaghy Ariadne - Jennifer Saint Piranesi - Susanna Clarke Beartown - Frederik Backman Fence by CS Pacat 2025-01-1045 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 94 | End of Year Wrap Up with Becky! (Pop Up Episode)Rachele is joined by Becky (and Jonah!) to discuss their Christmas bookish gifts, and their plans for a new year of reading! All the books we mentioned: Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret - Benjamin Stevenson Everyone On This Train is a Suspect - Benjamin Stevenson Faithful Executioner by Joel Harrington Born to Be Hanged - Keith Thomson In the Heart of the Sea - Nathaniel Philbrick Quicksilver by Callie Hart Phantasma by Kaylie Smith ...2025-01-0429 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 93 | The One With Rachele's Music TeacherRachele brings her music teacher turned friend Amanda to join her for this episode of the podcast! We talk reading taste, Goodreads lack of half stars, journaling, and book challenges! All the books we mentioned: Bridge to Terabithia - Katherine Paterson Baby Sitter's Club - Ann M. Martin The Crash - Freida McFadden Parallel - Elle O'Roark Conversations with a St. Bernard - Jim Kraus _______ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on...2024-11-1532 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 92 | Rachele's Most Anticipated 2025 ReleasesRachele braves the deep and uncharted solo podcast waters to bring you her most anticipated 2025 releases! All the books we mentioned: At the Bottom of the Garden - Camilla Bruce Dream on Ramona Riley - Ashley Herring Blake The Unworthy - Agustina Bazterrica Immortal - Sue Lynn Tan Witchcraft for Wayward Girls - Grady Hendrix Great Big Beautiful Life - Emily Henry This Book Will Bury Me - Ashley Winstead The Listeners - Maggie Stiefvater 2024-11-0130 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 91 | Becky's Last Episode (for a while)Becky is the trivia master in this week's episode combining pop culture references, history, literature, and podcast facts. Let us know how you did! ______________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2024-10-2539 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 90 | RebeccaThe Bookstore Besties, along with Rachele's dad Kevin, discuss the gothic novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. They also compare it to Hitchcock's 1940 best picture adaptation. Yes, there are spoilers! ______________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2024-10-1837 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 89 | First LINE WinsWe play a little game to see if we can correctly guess what first line of a book the other is reading. All the books we mentioned: The Maidens | Alex Michaelides Animal Farm | George Orwell Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries | Heather Fawcet Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Benjamin Stevenson Everyone on this train is a suspect | Benjamin Stevenson Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tana Just Mercy | Bryan Stevenson A court of thorns and roses | Sarah j. Maas 2024-10-1127 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 88 | Life & Podcast UpdatesRachele and Becky catch up and share some life updates as well as big podcast news. All the books we mentioned: Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow | Sarah J. Maas Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco _____________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2024-10-0428 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 87 | Unpopular Book OpinionsBecky surprises Rachele with 10 unpopular book opinions she found on Reddit. Rachele reacts! All the books we mentioned: Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco When the Moon Hatched | Sarah A. Parker Moby Dick | Herman Melville Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger Lord of the Flies | William Golding I heard the Owl Call...2024-09-2737 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 86 | Literature Balderdash 4Becky & Rachele invite Athena and Jessie back for the fourth iteration of Literature Balderdash! All the books we mentioned: Shatter Me by Tehera Mafi Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson The Simple Wild by K. A. Tucker 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke _______ Follow us...2024-09-2031 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 85 | Reading Challenge #5Becky and Rachele take on the 5th and biggest reading challenge yet - each received FIVE books from their bestie to choose from, and now will discuss the ones they chose! Beartown vs. Sea of Tranquility! All the books we mentioned: Beartown by Fredrik Backman Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Crescent City #1 by Sarah J. Maas Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel Manacled by SenLinYu (Alchemised) On the Plus Side by Jenny L. Howe _______ 2024-09-1329 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 84 | Hans Christian Andersen?This week, Rachele and Becky do another episode of literature trivia. There will be no episode next week. See you again on 9/13. All the books we mentioned: A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier 1984 | George Orwell Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson Book Lovers | Emily Henry Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Crescent City | Sarah J. Maas The Paradise Problem | Christina...2024-08-3031 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 83 | I'm a Book DragonFor the third time, we have our guest host Melissa on to chat about her Bookalicious summer while on school summer break. She also read the entire Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas in 9 days and chats about that experience. All the books we mentioned: Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy Where the Deer and the Antelope Play | Nick Offerman Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury Once upon a Broken Heart Little...2024-08-2342 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 82 | Ladders in Bookstores are sexyRachele has returned from gallivanting in Europe, and she shares about the bookstores/libraries she visited abroad. We also discuss Becky's latest read, and the drama surrounding It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. All the books we mentioned: Matilda | Roald Dahl House of Leaves | Mark Z. Danielewski S | J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst Fictions | Jorge Luis Borges Book of Azrael | Amber V. Nicole Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop | Hang Bo-reum Beartown | Fredrik Backman It Ends with...2024-08-1638 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 80 | We're back!The Bookstore Besties are back after a July Sabbatical. They catch up on their lives and then conclude with the Reading Challenge. Both Rachele and Becky present the other with 5 books they can choose from, ultimately picking one that they will report back on. All the books we mentioned: Not in Love | Ali Hazelwood Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood Bride | Ali Hazelwood The Paradise Problem | Christina Lauren Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Maniscalco Bear Town | Fredrik Backman The Wife Between Us | Greer Hendricks 2024-08-0233 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 79 | Bookish UpdatesRachele catches us up on her Riley Sager author event. We talk about our July read along with the whole podcast. We’ll be reading Middle of the Night by Riley Sager. We’ll also be taking July off! See you in August! All the books we mentioned: Middle of the Night | Riley Sager Hidden Pictures | Jason Rekulak The Only One Left | Riley Sager If We Were Villains | M.L. Rio Bunny | Mona Awad Funny Story | Emily Henry Throne of the Fallen | Kerri Mani...2024-06-2834 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 78 | 1 Star ReviewsWe read 1 star reviews for our most beloved books. We also announce our July sabbatical and our July read along of Riley Sager’s Middle of the Night. All the books we mentioned: The Martian | Andy Weir Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir Red Rising | Pierce Brown Divergent | Veronica Roth Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins 1984 | George Orwell The ESV Study Bible Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo The Cruel Prince | Holly Black The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hu...2024-06-2139 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 77 | Meet our dadsWe have both our dads on this episode and chat about all things books. Also, watch Rachele’s dad’s award winning film : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yoks0mlyFTg&t=118s&ab_channel=KevinGillespie All the books we mentioned: Dick and Jane | Scott Forsman The Hardy Boys | Edward Stratemeyer Tom Swift | Victor Appleton The Seven-Per-Cent Solution | Nichola Meyer 1984 | George Orwell Animal Farm | George Orwell The Andromeda Strain | Michael Crichton 2001 Space Odyssey | Arthur C. Clarke 2024-06-1439 min

Your Bookstore BestiesThe Fourth Reading ChallengeRachele and Becky spent the month reading each others’ book challenge. Rachele read Trial of the Sun Queen by Nisha J. Tuli, and Becky read The Secrets History by Donna Tartt All the books we mentioned: Trial of the Sun Queen | Nisha J. Tuli Rule of the Aurora King | Nisha J. Tuli Fate of the Sun King | Nisha J. Tuli Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Heart of Night and Fi...2024-06-0729 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 75: Summer Staff PicksBecky shares her last 4 reads, and Rachele discusses her summer staff picks for the bookstore. All the books we mentioned Trial of the Sun Queen | Nisha J. Tuli The Secret History | Donna Tartt The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store | James McBride A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara Rebel Rising | Rebel Wilson Knot My Type | Evie Mitchell. Clean Sweep | Ilona Andrews Burn for Me | Ilona Andrews Dark Fever | Karen Marie Moning Johannes Cabal the Necromancer | Jonathan...2024-05-3137 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp 74 | AdaptationsThe Bookstore Besties chat about the book to movie/tv adaptations that they’re looking forward to. What adaptations are you looking forward to? All the books we mentioned: The Duke and I | Julia Quinn Romancing Mr. Bridgerton | Julia Quinn Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | Gregory Maguire Dark Matter | Blake Crouch 100 Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Talented Mr. Ripley | Patricia Highsmith Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir Frankestein | Mary Shelley...2024-05-2431 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 73 | Underrated BooksWe 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 Ta...2024-05-1733 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 72 | Literature Balderdash 3We 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 _________ Follow us on Go...2024-05-1030 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 71 | Rachele is back!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 ...2024-05-0336 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 70 | House in the Cerulean SeaBecky 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 _________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow...2024-04-2633 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 69 | Interview with AaronBecky 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 ...2024-04-1929 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 68 | Kara DuncanAuthor 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 Yo...2024-04-1233 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 67 | Catching up with MelissaWhile 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...2024-04-0535 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 66 | Book IcksRachele 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 _________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2024-03-2930 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 65 | Interview with F.T. LukensWe 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 fo...2024-03-2238 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 64 | Are you a tree girlie?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...2024-03-1532 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 63 | Dr. Kimmie Farris NarewskiThe Bookstore besties chat with Dr. Kimmie Farris Narewski on her research into little known 19th century author Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford and her contributions to the literary world. The Amber Gods https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t3610w735&seq=5 Poetry https://theotherpages.org/poems/spofford.html All the books we mentioned: In a Cellar | Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford The Amber Gods and Other Stories | Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford The Turning of the Screw | Henry James 2024-03-0841 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 61 | Sister, SisterThe Bookstore Besties chat with Becky’s little sister Sarah. She talks about how she hated reading growing up and is now back in to reading. The conversation then devolves into the Besties sharing their favorite books from each genre. All the books we mentioned: The Secret | Rhona Byrne The Power of Now | Eckhart Tolls Too Late | Coleen Hoover The Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides The Family Upstairs | Lisa Jewell The Perfect Marriage | Geneva Rose The Housemaid | Freida McFadden The Spanish Love De...2024-03-0135 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 60 | Interview with MelissaRachele and Becky interview Melissa. She cooked her way through Joanna Gaines’s Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering. They also discuss the books she reads to her 1st grade students. All the books we mentioned: The Wild Robot | Peter Brown Matilda | Roald Dahl Otto Tattercoat and the Forest of Lost Things | Matilda Woods The Color Purple | Alice Walker Wuthering Heights | Emily Bronte Atomic Habits | James Clear _________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Li...2024-02-2335 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 59 | Interview with Dr. Don HolmesBecky chats again with Dr. Don Holmes Professor at University of Pittsburgh. They discuss the books from his childhood that helped to form his love of reading as well as suggest great books by black authors. All the books we mentioned: The Martian | Andy Weir Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist | Charles Brockden Brown My Side of the Mountain | Jean Craighead George T*Witches | H.B. Gilmour Silas Marner | George Eliot Frankenstein | Mary Shelley The Known World | Edward...2024-02-1633 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 58| Everyone in My Family Has Killed SomeoneWe discuss our January Read-Along by Benjamin Stevenson! Spoilers start at 21:47. All the books we mentioned: Everyone on this Train is a Suspect | Benjamin Stevenson Thursday Murder Club | Richard Osman Killers of a Certain Age | Deanna Raybourn _________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2024-02-0941 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 57 | We're BackAfter a month off, the Bookstore Besties catch up on life and other bookish things. If you read Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone with us in January, let us know your thoughts on the book. We’ll discuss it next week. All the books we mentioned: House of Flame and Shadow | Sarah J. Maas Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Benjamin Stevenson Everyone on This Train is a Suspect | Benjamin Stevenson The Ma...2024-02-0232 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 56 | 2023 RecapRachele and Becky recap their 2023 reading year and look forward to their 2024 goals and books. The January Read-Along book will be Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson. They’ll discuss the book in mid February. The Bookstore Besties will take a hiatus in January! Happy New Year! All the books we mentioned: Pageboy: a Memoir | Elliot Page Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros Daughter of the Moon Goddess Sue Lynn Tan Serpent and the Wings of Night | Carissa Broadbent Only Survivors | Megan Miranda Un...2023-12-2932 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 55 | These are a few of my favorite thingsRachele and Becky discuss their favorite bookish things and non-bookish things of 2023. All the books we mentioned: Unquiet Women: From the Dusk of the Roman Empire to the Dawn of the Enlightenment | Max Adams Very Secret Societs of irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tan Little Women | Louisa May Alcott (Penguin Threads Version) Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett (Penguin Threads Version) Wizard of Oz | L. Frank Baum (Penguin Threads Version) Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame (Penguin Threads...2023-12-2234 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 54 | Failing Christmas TriviaRachele and Becky catch up on book publishing gossip, present suggestions for the January read-along, and fail Christmas book trivia. All the books we mentioned: Yellowface | R.F. Huang Iron Widow | Xiran Jay Zhao Zachary King and the Dragon Emperor | Xiran Jay Zhao The Heiress | Rachel Hawkins The Fury | Alex Michaelides Everyone on This Train is a Suspect | Benjamin Stevenson Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone | Benjamin Stevenson _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks 2023-12-1535 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 53 | Cookbooks with SherriThe Bookstore Besties chat with Becky’s mom Sherri about her love of cookbooks. All the books we mentioned: Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook Diet for a Small Planet | Frances Moore Lappé The Essential Home-Ground Flour Book | Sue Becker Dessert Can Save the World | Christina Tosi All About Cake | Christina Tosi Cravings | Chrissy Teigen America’s Test Kitchen cookbooks Cooks Illustrated Books Cooking at Home: Or, How I Learned to Stop W...2023-12-0836 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 52 | Podcast WrappedRachele and Becky catch up in this episode and discuss the new movie Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, their Podcast Wrapped stats, and play a game of fantasy madlibs. All the books we mentioned: Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarrows Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarrows The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins Rhapsodic | Laura Thalassa _________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation 2023-12-0131 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 51 | The Hunger GamesBecky and Daniel discuss Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games universe in a spoilery way. 2023-11-1732 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 50 | Literary Balderdash 2On this episode, Rachele and Becky play two rounds of Literary Balderdash with their two guests: Sara Crawford and Athena Varvarezis. You can learn more about author Sara Crawford at https://saracrawford.net/. You can follow Athena Varvarezis on instagram @proudvictimoffiction. _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation. 2023-11-1031 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 50 Literary Balderdash 2On this episode, Rachele and Becky play two rounds of Literary Balderdash with their two guests: Sara Crawford and Athena Varvarezis. You can learn more about author Sara Crawford at https://saracrawford.net/. You can follow Athena Varvarezis on instagram @proudvictimoffiction. _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2023-11-1028 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 49 | The last 5 readsBecky annoys Rachele with her last five reads. All the books we mentioned: The Woman in Me | Britney Spears One of us is Dead | Geneva Rose Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer Cruel Prince | Holly Black Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid One True Loves | Taylor Jenkins Reid Killers of the Flower moon: the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI | David Grann The Wager: A...2023-11-0332 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 48 | The Haunting of Hill HouseBecca Frankel guest hosts for our discussion on Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. All the books we mentioned: Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson The Lottery | Shirley Jackson Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling Home Before Dark | Riley Sager The Last September | Elizabeth Bowen My Cousin Rachel | Daphne du Maurier Carmilla | Sheridan Le Fanu Uncle Silas | Sheridan Le Fanu Her Body and Other Parties | Carmen Maria Machado ____________________________ ...2023-10-2737 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 47 | Interview with Natalie LloydRachele and Becky chat with author Natalie Lloyd about reading, writing, and the magic of stories. All the books we mentioned: The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak Once Upon a Time in the Meadow | Rose Selarose The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis Hummingbird | Natalie Lloyd Matilda | Roald Dahl The Witches | Roald Dah The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin The Babysitter’s Club | Ann M. Martin Confessions of...2023-10-2051 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 45 | Straight ChillingThe bookstore besties catch up after Rachele’s bachelorette party and then try to figure out what’s going on with the unnamed Fourth Wing book. All the books we mentioned this episode: All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr Starling House | Alix E. Harrow Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros Iron Flame | Rebecca Yarros A Snicker of Magic | Natalie Lloyd The Key to Extraordinary | Natalie Lloyd Over the Moon | Natalie Lloyd Th...2023-10-0628 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 44 | Coming to a Shelf Near YouRachele and Best chat about upcoming books they want to read. All the books we mentioned: The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris All The light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr Dracula | Bram Stoker Halloween Party | Agatha Christie Exorcist | William Peter Beatty Killers of the Flower Moon | David Grann Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Grams Fall of the House of Usher | Edgar Allan Poe Good Omens | Neil Gaiman Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Suzanne Collins Charlie...2023-09-2926 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 42 | Rachele will read CC 2In this catch up episode, Rachele and Becky catch up on the bookstore they worked at and the books they’re reading. All the books we mentioned; Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier Secret History | Donna Tartt Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson If we Were Villains | M.L. Rio Crescent City 2 | Sarah J. Maas Crescent City 3 | Sarah J. Maas Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas Tower of Dawn | Sarah J. Maas Empire of Storms | Sarah J. Maas Cruel Pri...2023-09-1530 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 41 | Literary BalderdashRachele and Becky have two guests on two play a chaotic game of Literary Balderdash. The guests are Daniel and Jessie. _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2023-09-0833 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 40 | Fall VibesThe Besties discuss what autumnal/fall means to them and desperately try to discuss books with fall vibes. All the books we mentioned: Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab Echo North | Joanna Ruth Meyer Hunted | Meagan Spooner Cruel Beauty | Rosamund Hodge Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides The Maidens | Alex Michaelides Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | J.K. Rowling It happened One Autumn | Lisa Kle...2023-09-0131 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 39 | Another Reading Challenge!Rachele and Becky discuss their reading challenge books. Rachele read Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling, and Becky read Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa. All the books we mentioned: Death of Jane Lawrence | Caitlin Starling Rhapsodic | Laura Thalassa House Across the Lake | Riley Sager A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Atonement | Ian McEwan Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins Gild | Raven Kennedy Bride | Ali Hazelwood Zero Days | Ruth Ware Clockwork Angel | Cassandra Clare A...2023-08-2536 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 38 | Explain a book badlyRachele surprises Becky in this episode with a fun literary game: explain a book badly. Follow along and see how many you can get. 2023-08-1830 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 37 | Fourth WingWe finally discuss Fourth Wing. Spoilers begin at 11:27. All the books we mentioned: Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros I’m Glad My Mom Died | Jennette McCurdy The Poppy War | R.F. Huang From Blood and Ash | Jennifer L. Armentrout Serpent and the Wings of Night | Carissa Broadbent The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins _________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on Instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2023-08-1137 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 35 | Reading Challenge 3The Bookstore Besties do their third Reading Challenge. This time, Rachele and Becky give each other 5 books, and they can only pick one of them to read. Don’t forget about the summer read-along of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. If you’re reading along with the Besties, we hope you can find a copy! Lastly, we’ll be back again on August 4th! ______________ All the books we mentioned: Icebreaker | Hannah Grace The Bridge Kingdom | Danielle L. Jensen Kiss of Deception | Mary E. Pearson Rhapsodic | Laura Thalassa ...2023-06-3029 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 34 | Author EventsIn this wacky episode, the Bookstore Besties record separately and talk all about the author events they’ve been to. _________________ All the books we mentioned: The Woman in Cabin 10 | Ruth Ware The Run of the Key | Ruth Ware The Lying Game | Ruth Ware One by One | Ruth Ware The Death of Mrs. Westaway | Ruth Ware The It Girl | Ruth Ware In a Dark, Dark Wood | Ruth Ware WarCross | marie Lu Legend | Marie Lu The Young El...2023-06-2325 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 33 | A Shorter EpisodeA Shorter episode this week. The bookstore besties discuss their most recent reads, reading slumps, and summer bookish plans. They also unofficially announced an all podcast read along of Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing. It has dragons! _________________________ All the Books we mentioned Lying Game | Ruth Ware The Measure | Nikki Erlick King of Wrath | Ana Huang Kingdom of the Wicked | Kerri Maniscalco Hunger Games | Unhoneymooners | Christina Lauren The Soulmate Equation | Christina Lauren Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating | Chris...2023-06-1627 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 32 | Books about BooksThe Bookstore Besties talk all things books. Yes, books about books. _____________________________ All the books we mentioned Book Lovers | Emily Henry Yellowface | RF Kuang Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops | Jen Campbell Franklin’s Flying Bookshop | Jen Campbell The Hazel Wood | Melissa Albert Home Before Dark | Riley Sager The Ten Thousand Doors of January | Alix E Harrow The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue | V.E. Schwab People of the Book | Geraldine Brooks Storied Life of AJ Fikry...2023-06-0929 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 31 | Interview with TroyANNOUNCEMENT: Bookstore Besties will go on hiatus in July. ________________________ The Bookstore Besties catch up and talk about their favorite LGBT+ books, and Becky interviews her friend Troy about the books that helped him in his journey with accepting his sexuality. ________________________ All the Books we Mentioned Delilah Green Doesn’t Care | Ashley Herring Blake One Last Stop | Casey McQuiston The Captive Prince | C.S. Pact Him | Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy Take a Hint, Dani Brown | Talia Hibbert Pretty Girls | Karin Sl...2023-06-0239 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 30 | Beach ReadsWith Memorial Day coming, the unofficial start of the summer, the Bookstore Besties discuss the genre #beachreads. All the books we mentioned: Beach Read | Emily Henry Verity | Coleen Hoover The House Across the Lake | Riley Sager Silent Patient | Alex Michaelides Leviathan Wakes | James S.A. Corey The Martian | Andy Weir Love & Saffron | Kim Fay Unhoneymooners | Christina Lauren People We Meet on Vacation | Emily Henry Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop | Roselle Lim ...2023-05-2635 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 28 | Trivia 2The Bookstore Besties are burnt out and doing Literature Trivia again. You can follow along with them https://www.usefultrivia.com/literary_trivia/ and https://www.usefultrivia.com/literary_trivia/novels_trivia.html. *Correction: Becky accidentally used the word "abdicate" instead of "usurp". She promises she's not an idiot. The correct score was Rachele 13 and Becky 8. All the Books we mentioned (before trivia): Fall of Ruin and Wrath | Jennifer L. Armentrout From Blood and Ash | Jennifer L. Armentrout Court of Wings and Ruin | Sarah J. Maas 2023-05-1228 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 27 | AAPI Heritage MonthIn honor of AAPI Heritage month, the Bookstore Besties discuss their favorite books by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors. All The Books we mentioned: Fall of Ruin and Wrath | Jennifer L Armentrout The Good Neighbor: The life and Work of Fred Rogers | Maxwell King The Vegetarian | Han Kong Flame in the Mist | Renee Ahdieh The Wrath and the Dawn | Renee Ahdieh The Beautiful | Renee Ahdieh Convenient Store Woman | Sayaka Murata An Ember in the Ashes | Sabah Tahir...2023-05-0536 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 26 | Recent Bookish AdventuresThe Bookstore Besties update each other on their current and recently read books, and Rachele updates Becky on her bookish adventures on the West Coast. Don’t forget to enter to win the Little Women Book giveaway being drawn on instagram on Saturday 4/29. All details are on instagram @yourbookstorebesties All the books we mentioned: Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson The Lying Game | Ruth Ware Serpent and the Wings of Night | Carissa Broadbent The Fall of Wrath and ruin | Jennifer L. Armentrout ...2023-04-2836 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 25 | The PartnersThe Bookstore Besties invite their partners on and discuss all things books with them. All the books we mentioned: Little Women | Louisa May Alcott Linux for Hackers | OccupyTheWeb The Boxcar Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner The Hardy Boys series | Franklin W. Dixon Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone | J.K. Rowling Berenstain Bears | Jan & Stan Berenstain A Court of Thorns of Roses | Sarah J. Maas Legendborn | Tracy Deon Children of Blood and Bone | To...2023-04-2145 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 24 | Book Goal Check-inThe Bookstore Besties do a quarter of the year check in for their 2023 reading goals. All The books we mentioned: Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tan A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas Crescent City | Sarah J. Maas Clockwork Ange | Cassandra Clare Born a Crime | Trevor Noah How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides, and Disconnects Us | Carlos Whittaker The Bride Test | Helen...2023-04-0734 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 23 | The Book Challenge 2The Bookstore Besties do their second book challenge. They each challenged one another to read a book that the other loved. Becky read Scythe by Neal Shusterman and Rachele read Daughter of the Moon Goddess. Find out what they thought of the books. All the books we mentioned: Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tan Recipe for Persuasion | Somali Dev Twilight | Stephanie Meyer Kiss of Deception | Mary E. Pearson A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Scythe | Neal Shusterman Heart...2023-03-3130 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 22 | The Other Bookseller : AthenaThe Bookstore Besties interview their colleague Athena! All the books we mentioned: The Foxhole Court | Nora Sakavic Starless Sea | Erin Morgenstern Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lin Tan Chain of Thorns City of Bones | Cassandra Clare Vicious | V. E. Schwab Between Shades of Gray | Ruth Sepety Salt to the See | Ruta Sepety I Must Betray You | Ruta Sepety Fountains of Silence | Ruta Sepety House on the Cerulean Sea | TJ Kline The Invisible...2023-03-2440 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 21 | Body DiversityThe Bookstore Besties discuss book that contain all sorts of body diversity: weight, disability, neurodivergent and others. Have you read any of the books they discussed? All the books we mentioned: Only Survivors | Megan Miranda For the Wolf | Hannah Whitten Born a Crime | Trevor Noah Marple : Twelve New Mysteries | Agatha Christie Daughter of the Moon Goddess | Sue Lynn Tan Fellowship of the Ring | J. R. R. Tolkien A Curse so Dark and Lonely | Brigid Kemmerer Forging Silver | Brigid Kemmerer ...2023-03-1730 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 20 | Strong Female CharactersIn honor of Women’s History month and the International Women’s Day, the Bookstore Besties discuss some of their favorite strong female characters from books. All the books we mentioned: Scarlet Letter | Nathaniel Hawthorn Harry Potter | J.K. Rowling Matilda | Roald Dahl Throne of Glass | Sarah J. Maas A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo ...2023-03-1032 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 19 | The AdaptationsLet’s talk all about adaptations. What were are favorites? What was a better movie than book? We also bring back the Reading Challenge. Rachele and Becky challenge each other to pick one of the three choices presented to read in a month. All the books we mentioned Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson Matilda | Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl The Witches | Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl Princess Diaries | Meg Cabot Holes | Louis Sachar Lord of th...2023-03-0339 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 19 | The AdaptationsLet’s talk all about adaptations. What were are favorites? What was a better movie than book? We also bring back the Reading Challenge. Rachele and Becky challenge each other to pick one of the three choices presented to read in a month. All the books we mentioned: Because of Winn-Dixie | Kate DiCamillo Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson Matilda | Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach | Roald Dahl The Witches | Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Roald Dahl Princess Diaries | Meg Cabot...2023-03-0303 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 18 | Let's Catch UpThe Bookstore Besties catch up on life and what they’re reading. Let them know what you want to hear more of on the podcast, and let them know if you were a Titanic girlie. Every book we discussed: Tonight on the Titanic | Mary Pope Osborne Voyage on the Great Titanic | Ellen Emerson White Icebreaker | Hannah Grace From Lukov with Love | Mariana Zapata Love Hypothesis | Ali Hazelwood Love, Theoretically | Ali Hazelwood Loathe to Hate You | Ali Hazelwood Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn ...2023-02-2427 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 17 | Interview with Dr. Don HolmesThe Bookstore Besties interview Dr. Don Holmes, and they discuss 18th century published author and poet Phillis Wheatley. Phillis Wheatley was the first black American poet to publish a book. Poems by Phillis Wheatley On Being Brought from Africa to America To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth On Messrs. Hussey and Coffin To S.M. an African Painter Book by Phillis Wheatley Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral The Poems of Phillis Wheatley With Letters and a Memoir (isbn #978-0...2023-02-1742 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 16 | In Order to Live by Yeonmi ParkThe Bookstore Besties discuss Yeonmi Park's In Order to Live, the story of Yeonmi's life and escape from North Korea. Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.2023-02-1040 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 15 | Our Favorite Black AuthorsIn honor of Black History Month, the Bookstore Besties talk about their favorite books by black authors. Also, if you want us to read your comments/thoughts on Yeonmi Park’s In Order to Live, please message or send the girls your comments by this upcoming Monday. All the books we mentioned this episode: In Order to Live | Yeonmi Park Unfortunately Yours | Tessa Bailey Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston The Artists Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity | Julia Cameron Icebreaker | Hannah Grace ...2023-02-0332 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 14 | Literature TriviaRachele and Becky play literature trivia. How many can you get right? Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation. 2023-01-2733 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 13 | Graphic Novels!Rachele and Becky discuss what they’re reading and all things graphic novels. All the books we mentioned The House in the Cerulean Sea | TJ Klune Born a Crime | Trevor Noah A Court of Thorns and Roses | Sarah J. Maas Crescent City | Sarah J. Maas In order to Live | Yeonmi Park Dating Doctor Dil | Nisha Sharma The Serpent and the Wings of Night | Carissa Broadbent A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas Cruel Prince | Ho...2023-01-2036 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp 12 | Interview with Drew!Your Bookstore Besties hosts its first guest! Drew is an indie bookstore owner. Rachele and Becky interview him on what it was like to own a bookstore durning the pandemic. They also announce the first read along! They invite all their listeners to read Yeonmi Park’s In Order to Live, and they will discuss the book on February 10. Drew recommends using Libro.Fm for audio books through your local indie bookstore. All the Books we mentioned: Hank the Cowdog | John R. Erickson Animorphs | K.A. Applegate Harry Potter | J.K...2023-01-1346 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 10 | 2022 Wrapped!Rachele and Becky look back at the past year and talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of books. All the books we mentioned: Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey Hummingbird | Natalie Lloyd Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: A Novel | Gabrielle Zevin Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love | Kim Fay Home Before Dark | Riley Sager House of Earth and Blood | Sarah J. Maas 2022-12-3039 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 9 | The Reading ChallengeLast week Rachele and Becky challenged each other to read a book that the other recommended. This episode we discuss our thoughts on those books. All the Books we mentioned: I’m still here | Austin Channing Brown 10,000 Sorrows | Elizabeth Kim Night | Elie Wiesel I’m Glad My Mom Died | Jennette McCurdy Making a Scene | Constance Wu Open Book | Jessica Simpson Home: A memoir of My Early Years | Julie Andrews The Glass Castle | Jeannette Walls Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir ...2022-12-2338 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 8 | 2023 ARCs & Endless TBRsRachele and Becky discuss ARCs they’re excited about in 2023 as well as books they need to finish by the end of the year. They’re also participating in a new book challenge! All the books we mentioned: The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi | Shannon Chakraborty, Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey Happy Place | Emily Henry The Last Tale of the Flower Bride | Roshani Chokshi A Crown of Ivy and Glass | Claire Legrand The only one left | Riley Sager Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmer...2022-12-1636 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 7 | Rachele's AnnotationsRachele and Becky discuss how Rachele annotates her books. Color coding! Underlining! Tabbing! How to mark a book 2022-12-0914 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 6 | Middle Grade MadnessRachele and Becky talk all things Middle Grade! Middle Grade books are for ages 9-12. They talk about the books they remember as kids, the books they’ve most recently read, and the middle grade they want to read. All the Books we discussed: Castle in the Attic | Elizabeth Winthrop Howl’s Moving Castle | Diana Wynne Jones Indian in the Cupboard | Lynne Reid Banks The Secret of the Attic | S. Sinykin Ella Enchanted | Gail Carson Levine Meet Molly | Valerie Tripp Meet Felicity | Valerie Tripp...2022-12-0236 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 5 | Do you DNF?Rachele and Becky discuss their DNFs, book ratings, and how they use Goodreads. Special Note: Becky’s Goodreads review average is 3.76 and wants everyone to know that you can’t see it in the place Rachele said on the app (only on desktop). All the books we mentioned: Priori of the Orange Tree | Samantha Shannon Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins The Mist | Stephen King Furiously Happy | Jenny Lawson It | Stephen King Let Me L...2022-11-2526 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 4 | Classics & AdaptationsRachele and Becky discuss book Classics (or forced high school readings). What were their favorites, and why we love adaptations of the classics. All the books we mentioned in this episode: FrontBlack Tide | K.C. Jones The Mist | Stephen King Just the Nicest Couple | Mary Kubica Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi | S.A. Chakraborty City of Brass | S.A. Chakraborty Pretty Girls | Karin Slaughter Pride & Prejudice | Jane Austen Silas Marner | George Eliot Animal F...2022-11-1833 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 3 | Deep dive into GenresRachele and Becky do a deep dive into their three favorite genres: Romance, Fantasy, and Thrillers. They decide that they are PRO-TROPE! All the books we discussed in this episode: Kiss Quotient | Helen Hoang The Bride Test | Helen Hoang The Heart Principle | Helen Hoang Book Lovers | Emily Henry Secretly Yours | Tessa Bailey Tessa Bailey author Author Tessa Dare for Historical Romance Author Lisa Kleypas for Historical Romance Julia Quinn | Bridgerton Series Pride and Prejudice | J...2022-11-1135 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 2 | Bookstores: The sexy retail jobRachele and Becky discuss the secrets of working in an indie bookstore, how Amazon ruins our lives, and the best and worst customers. All the books we discussed in this episode: Diary of a Wimpy Kid | Jeff Kinney Misty of Chincoteague | Marguerite Henry Black Beauty | Anna Sewell Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens The Stolen Heir | Holly Black To find different book versions for The Classics you can look on goodreads.com. Please follow us, rate, and sh...2022-11-0426 min

Your Bookstore BestiesEp. 1 | Who are the Besties?Rachele and Becky start a podcast! They discuss their backgrounds, the books they gravitate towards, and all things book and reading related. Please like follow us and share! All the books we discussed in this episode: - Just the Nicest Couple: A Novel | Mary Kubica - Things We Never Got Over | Lucy Score - Twilight | Stephenie Meyer - Little House on the Prairie | Laura Ingalls Wilder - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe | C.S. Lewis - Lord of t...2022-10-2834 min