Your Bookstore Besties

Rachele and Becky end the year with a bang with the seventh rendition of the Besties Reading Challenge, and discuss their plans for the rest of December!All the books we mentioned:Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettTwo Can Play by Ali HazelwoodBride by Ali HazelwoodThe Knight and the Moth by Rachel GilligProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirSociopath by Patric GagneThe Wager by David GrannMurder at the Lobstah Shack by Maddie DayIf We Were Villains by M. L. RioThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstoneJane Austen’s Bookshelf by Rebecca RomneyThe Games Gods Play by Abigail OwenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxPeter Pan by J. M. BarrieThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahamePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsHouse of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. MaasParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerEveryone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin StevensonStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Lost Village by Camilla StenHalf a Soul by Olivia AtwaterA Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. JensenMate by Ali HazelwoodAlchemised by SenLinYuSemi-Well Adjusted Despite Literally Everything by Alison StonerFinding My Way by Malala YousafzaiSecond Chance Romance by Olivia Dade_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Rachele and Becky catch up on all they've been reading the past month and discuss the schedule for the last episode of the year!All the books we mentioned:The Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanKillers of a Certain Age by Deanna RaybournProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe September House by Carissa OrlandoForbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwanThe Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty GreenwoodRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltTold You So by Mayci NeeleyA Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky ChambersA Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky ChambersThe Deep by Nick CutterI Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline HarpmanForged in Blood by Sadie KincaidThe Hurting Kind by Ada LimónEmily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Fairies by Heather FawcettAgnes Albert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather FawcettThe Lost Village by Camilla StenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Only One Left by Riley SagerAtonement by Ian McEwanMidnight at Eberly Manor by K. P. GillespieWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyAlchemised by SenLinYuFive Prickly Porcupines_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

A very exciting episode where Becky & Rachele interview the father-daughter pair that co-owns Bigfoot Books & Brews, a new indie bookstore in Marion, NC! We interrogate them all about the reason they opened the store, some memorable customer interactions, all about their thriving, local community, and get to the bottom behind the Bigfoot inspiration!Visit their website here: https://www.bigfootbooksnc.com/And social media here! https://www.facebook.com/bigfootbooksnchttps://www.instagram.com/bigfootbooksnc/https://www.tiktok.com/@bigfootbooksAll the books we mentioned:Mary RoachChuck PalahniukEverything is Tuberculosis by John GreenThe Anthropocene Reviewed by John GreenThe Last Voyage by Brian McLaren Dead Wake by Erik Larson Into the Raging Sea by Rachel SladeTold You So by Mayci NeeleyThe Gales of November by John U. BaconHour of the Pumpkin Queen by Megan Shepard_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

A very special podcast episode! Rachele and Becky interview Rachele's dad Kevin who wrote his first novel! We ask him about his writing process, weirdest Google searches, and how difficult it is getting a book ready to publish. Check out all the links below!Information and links:Title: Midnight at Eberly Manor by K. P. GillespieRelease Date: November 4th, 2025ISBN: 9798998644733 / 9798998644719Website: kpgillespiebooks.comGoodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/243087868-midnight-at-eberly-manorAll other social links: https://linktr.ee/kpgbooks_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Rachele and Becky discuss their recent travels and book adventures! Then they play a game for bragging rights where they recommend books to each other that we've (hopefully) never heard of!All the books we mentioned:The Monk and the Robot by Becky ChambersThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareSkyBlue by M. P. HalladayThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootYou Want to Be on Top? A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model by Sarah HartshorneAlchemised by SenLinYuOnyx Storm by Rebecca YarrosProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love by India Holton.Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettBrightly Burning by Alexa DonneThe Summer War by Naomi NovikThe Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart TurtonThe Last Sweet Bite: Stories and Recipes of Culinary Heritage Lost and Found by Michael ShaikhHominids by Robert J. SawyerA Most Agreeable Murder by Julia SealesThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison.The Nanny's Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes by Amy Rose Bennett_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Rachele and Becky get cozy and talk about what feels like Fall to them, the books they've read that remind them of the season, and some books on their TBR!All the books we mentioned:The Knight and the Moth - Rachel GilligA Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping - Sangu MandanaDaisy Darker - Alice FeeneyLove and Saffron - Kim FayWhen the Wolf Comes Home - Nat CassidyHouse of Hollow - Krystal SutherlandAlchemised - SenLinYuThe Midnight Feast – Lucy FoleyThe House of Silk - Anthony HorowitzWuthering Heights - Emily BrontëBlood Over Bright Haven - M. L. WangViolet Thistlewaite Is Not a Villain Anymore - Emily Krempholtz_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Rachele and Becky discuss the September Bestie's Read-Along title, The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark! See what each of us rated the book, and listen to our full spoiler-y AND non-spoiler-y thoughts!All the books we mentioned:The Ghostwriter - Julie ClarkThe Knight and the Moth - Rachel GilligThe Last Flight - Julie ClarkThe Lies I Tell - Julie ClarkAlchemised - SenLinYuShield of Sparrows - Devney Perry Flicker in the Dark - Stacy Willingham.A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping - Sangu Mandana_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

In this episode, Becky & Rachele chat about their recent and current reads, and Rachele talks about the bookshops she visited in West Virginia!All the books we mentioned:The Wedding People by Alison IsbachNot Quite Dead Yet by Holly JacksonMe, Myself, and Bob by Phil VischerRose and Chains by Julie SotoWhen the Wolf Comes Home by Nat CassidyFlicker in the Dark by Stacy WillinghamThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesThis Thing Between Us by Gus MorenoThe Ghostwriter by Julie Clark_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

On this episode, Rachele and Becky invite the husbands back onto the podcast and they tell us all what they've been reading lately! We all leave with new books on our TBR!All the books we mentioned:Blue Lily, Lily Blue - Maggie StiefvaterThe Raven King - Maggie StiefvaterDandadan series - Yukinobu TatsuThe Magpie Murders - Anthony HorowitzMinistry for the Future - Kim Stanley RobinsonRed Mars trilogy - Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Making of the Atomic Bomb - Richard RhodesThe Bastard Brigade:The True Story of the Renegade Scientists and Spies Who Sabotaged the Nazi Atomic Bomb - Sam KeanThe Retreat - Sarah PearseListen for the Lie - Amy TinteraACOTAR series - Sarah J. MaasCo-Intelligence by Ethan MollickThrone of Glass - Sarah J. MaasLegendborn - Tracy DeonnFourth Wing - Rebecca YarrosSerpent and the Wings of Night - Carissa BroadbentParable of the Sower - Octavia ButlerThe Forever War - Joe HaldemanLeviathan Wakes (The Expanse Series #1) - James S.A. CoreyRed Rising - Pierce BrownProject Hail Mary - Andy WeirOther Birds - Sarah Addison Allen.Dark Matter - Blake CrouchMy Husband's Wife - Alice Feeney _______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Rachele and Becky return this week with a trivia episode, a short game, and the announcement of the return of the Bookstore Besties read along with their September pick!All the books we mentioned:With A Vengeance - Riley SagerThe Dream Thieves - Maggie StiefvaterSong of Achilles - Madeline Miller The Ghostwriter - Julie Clark_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

In this episode, the Besties catch up with Melissa on her summer off from school and talk about what she's been reading! Jonah makes a guest appearance, Becky gets some FANTASTIC news, and Rachele talks about a very exciting DM from an author!All the books we mentioned:Alchemised by SenLinYuGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryThe Spellshop by Sarah Beth DurstTwenty Years Later by Charlie DonleaCaptive Prince series by C.S. PacatButcher and Blackbird by Brynne WeaverHeartless Hunter by Kristen CiccarelliRebel Witch by Kristen CiccarelliWith a Vengeance by Riley SagerThe Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerRed Rising by Pierce BrownPowerless by Lauren RobertsThe Bodyguard by Katherine CenterThe Wager by David GrannEndurance by William ShackletonThe Favorites by Layne FargoThe Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. SchmidtThe Measure by Nikki ErlickThe Poppy Fields by Nikki ErlickThe Rushworth Family Plot by Claudia GrayThe Prison Healer by Lynette NoniHillbilly Elegy by J.D VanceParis by Paris HiltonThe Woman In Me by Britney SpearsI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy Taste by Stanley Tucci Spare by Prince Harry_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

In this episode, Rachele talks about her day trip for an exclusive event at the Strand in NYC to meet Alchemised author SenLinYu and Becky and Rachele chat about bookish news and their recent reads!All the books we mentioned:Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdyCaught Up by Navessa AllenThe Retreat by Sarah PearseDandadan Vol 1 by Yukinobu TatsuMockingjay by Suzanne Collins Captive Prince trilogy by C.S. Pacat The Guest List by Lucy FoleyGothictown by Emily CarpenterThe Midnight Feast by Lucy FoleyThe Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily HenryAlchemized by SenLinYuThe Personal Librarian by Heather Terrell and Victoria Christopher Murray_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Rachele and Becky talk about the books they are most excited about for the rest of the year and early 2026!The Listeners - Maggie Stiefvater The Raven Boys - Maggie StiefvaterLights Out by Navessa AllenMy Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier Journey to the Center of the Earth - Jules VerneGraceless Heart - Isabel Ibanez Graceview Patient - Caitlin StarlingThe Starving Saints - Caitlin StarlingThe Blonde Who Came In From the Cold - Ally Carter Seasons of Glass and Iron - Amal El-MohtarWild Reverence - Rebecca RossDivine Rivals - Rebecca RossRed City - Marie LuAccomplice to the Villain - Hannah Nicole Maehrer.Warrior Princess Assassin - Bridget KemmererThe Kiss of Deception - Mary E. PearsonNot My Type - E. Jean CarrollIn the Veins of the Drowning - Kalie CassidySister Wife - Christine BrownMy Husband's Wife - Alice FeeneyKatabasis - R.F. KuangPoppy War - R.F. KuangRose in Chains - Julie SotoAlchemised - SenLinYu_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Rachele & Becky chat it up! They talk about their recent, current, and upcoming reads, Rachele's exciting work update and the plans for the next episode!All the books we mentioned:Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli.Lights Out by Navessa AllenThe Retreat by Sarah PearseThe Rebel Witch by Kristen CiccarelliFearless by Lauren RobertsA Court of Sugar and Spice by Rebecca KenneyGuilt and Ginataan by Mia P. ManansalaThe Guest List by Lucy Foley Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirHunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCourt of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. MaasRebecca by Daphne du Maurier1984 by George OrwellInvisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabCirce by Madeline Miller Book Lovers by Emily HenryCruel Prince by Holly BlackKite Runner by Khaled Hosseini King's Rising (Captive Prince #3) by C.S. PacatNight Film by Marisha Pessl Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin StevensonReady Player One by Ernest Cline Home Before Dark by Riley Sager The Mercies by Kiran Millwood HargraveThe Martian by Andy Weir All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Twilight by Stephanie Meyer Beautiful Ugly by Alice FeeneyPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelLittle Women by Lousia May AlcottAnne of Green Gables by L. M. MontgomeryBook Thief by Markus ZusakSong of Achilles by Madeline MillerDaisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidBeartown by Fredrik BackmanThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max GladstonePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Shelley_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

Becky and Rachele tackle the Reading Challenge #6 (where they have to choose one book to read from a short list) and share the successes or failures of this challenge! All the books we mentioned:Paris - Paris HiltonBeautiful Ugly - Alice FeeneyListen for the Lie - Amy Tintera.Heartless Hunter - Kristen Ciccarelli.Onyx Storm - Rebecca YarrosA Court of Sugar and Spice - Rebecca F. Kenney_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

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 HiltonThe Will of the Many - James IslingtonBeautiful Ugly - Alice FeeneyTurn of the Key - Ruth WareDeath of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth WareLittle Women - Louisa May AlcottRecipe for Persuasion - Sonali DevRhapsodic - Laura ThalassaProject Hail Mary - Andy Weir_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

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 McMahonWe Used to Live Here by Marcus KliewerNever Live by Freida McFaddenYou Are Fatally Invited by Ande PliegoPowerless by Lauren RobertsThe Main Character by Jaclyn GoldisCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsRed Rising by Pierce BrownThe Undertaking of Heart and Mercy by Megan BannenA Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia WilliamsParis: the Memoir by Paris HiltonThe Spell Shop by Sarah Beth DurstBeautiful Ugly by Alice FeeneyThe River Has Roots by Amal El-MohtarThis is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone_______Follow us on Goodreads too!Rachele: LittlelovedbooksBecky: BexmexFollow us on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

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

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 on instagram @yourbookstorebesties and join the conversation

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