Your Bookstore Besties

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Your Bookstore Besties

Rachele and Becky met working at an indie bookstore. They discuss all things bookish and reading related.

  1. 31 JAN

    Ep. 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 _______ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

    30 min

  2. 10 JAN

    Ep. 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 Vanderbilt by Anderson Cooper Yellowface - R.F Kuang XOXO - Axie Oh Zorba the Greek - Nikos Kazantzakis Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan The Last September - Elizabeth Bowen Emma - Jane Austen Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin Carmilla - J. Sheridan Le Fanu The Awakening - Kate Chopin Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote This Side of Paradise - F. Scott Fitzgerald The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde The Mist - Stephen King Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn How I Live Now - Meg Rosoff Radium Girls - Kate Moore Demon of Unrest - Erik Larson Swimming in the Dark - Tomasz Jedrowski Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë Iron Flame - Rebecca Yarros _______ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

    46 min

  3. 4 JAN

    Ep. 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 Half King by Melissa Landers This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone River Has Roots - Amal El-Mohtar Bury Your Bones in the Midnight Soil - V.E. Schwab A Fellowship of Bakers and Magic by Jay Penner The High Mountain Court by A.K Mulford Asiri and the Amaru by Natalia Hernandez Spark of the Everflame by Penn Cole Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros _______ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

    30 min

  4. 15/11/2024

    Ep. 93 | The One With Rachele's Music Teacher

    Rachele 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 instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

    32 min

  5. 01/11/2024

    Ep. 92 | Rachele's Most Anticipated 2025 Releases

    Rachele 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 With a Vengeance - Riley Sager Blood Moon - Britney S. Lewis The Last Room on the Left - Leah Konen The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig The Baby Dragon Cafe - Aamna Qureshi The Staircase in the Woods - Chuck Wendig The Library at Hellebore - Cassandra Khaw Tenderly, I Am Devoured - Lyndall Clipstone The Man Made of Smoke - Alex North The Tempest - Victoria Aveyard Notorious Virtues - Alwyn Hamilton The Scorpion and the Night Blossom - Amelie Wen Zhao _______ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

    31 min

  6. 25/10/2024

    Ep. 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.

    40 min

  7. 18/10/2024

    Ep. 90 | Rebecca

    The 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.

    37 min

  8. 11/10/2024

    Ep. 89 | First LINE Wins

    We 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 A Curse so Dark and Lonely | Brigid Kemmerer Hunted | Meagan Spooner Cruel Beauty | Rosamund Hodge Bride | Ali Hazelwood Little Women | Louisa May Alcott The Monsters we Defy | L. Penelope A Court of Mist and Fury | Sarah J. Maas Cruel Prince | Holly Black All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr Red Rising | Pierce Brown Golden Sun | Pierce Brown Kingdom of the Wicked | Kerri Maniscalco Us Against You | Fredrik Backman The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store | James McBride Rebel Rising | Rebel Wilson Clean Sweep | Ilona Andrews A Praying Life | Paul Miller Rebecca | Daphne du Maurier. ______________________________ Follow us on Goodreads too! Rachele: Littlelovedbooks Becky: Bexmex Follow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation.

    27 min
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Rachele and Becky met working at an indie bookstore. They discuss all things bookish and reading related.

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  • Creator
    Becky Wierschen
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    95
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Becky Wierschen
  • Show Website
    Your Bookstore Besties

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