Episodes

Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023 15:52
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Andrea & I discuss writers who make everyday tasks & life minutiae interesting. Topics include convenient store & restaurant employees daily lives to discussions overheard at adjoining diners' tables!

Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Dec 9, 2023 14:18
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Saturday Dec 09, 2023
Channeling winter related books including Pulitzer prize winning authors Joshua Cohen & Elizabeth Strout & more with my friend and fellow Bookseller Andrea Ginsky.

Friday Nov 17, 2023
Nov 15, 2023 15:56
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
Andrea & I discuss books that make us feel grateful, thankful for the literary artists that evoke memories & those that snap us into realizing how lucky we are.

Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Nov 4, 2023 14:15
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Andrea and I discuss what no fail book tidings to buy for your holiday friends & family. From gamers to cat lovers, from business oriented or bohemian, we have suggestions!

Friday Oct 20, 2023
Oct 18, 2023 15:38
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Andrea & I discuss books for the seasoned and sage audience. Including memoirs of famous octo and nanogenarians (Brokaw & Shatner) plus the beautiful novel sharing between Andrea & her Mom, including Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell and many more!

Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Oct 4, 2023 16:36
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Epigraphs in books help set the theme & also offer a reflective pause. Andrea & I discuss Maggie Smith's recent memoir, David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon, and Dayswork incorporating Melville & more!

Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Sep 6, 2023 15:42
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Andrea thought autumn is a time for books that make us feel nostalgic or hopeful. Listen to our lively discussion of inspirational fiction and non-fiction including a Venice California set multigenerational novel and Novel Prize winner JM Coetzee's book coming out September 19th!

Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Aug 12, 2023 14:24
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
Saturday Aug 12, 2023
In honor of National BookStore Romance Day, Andrea & I discuss six books ripe with various types of love; from the mysterious to the passionate to the tragic. Ann Patchett, Douglas Stuart, and even a few love-in- retrospect memoirists, including Val Kilmer!

Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Jul 26, 2023 15:16
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Andrea cover the proverbial globe of choices regarding short books for long dog day afternoons: Japanese novellas, graphic novels, a classic, & other books that resonate far longer than their short page length.

Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Jun 28, 2023 16:28
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Andrea & I talk books related to music including a soon to be release of J.M. Coetzee's The Pole and Andrea's software on adoration for Patty Smith's melodic writing voice. And more music minded authors!