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Best Sellers & Indie Bookstore Day Recap

Happy Indie Bookstore Day! Spring is here, which can only mean one thing - Independent Bookstore Day happened! Over 1,600 bookstores around the country (including Lake City Books!) celebrated on April 26th with a record number of readers taking part in the festivities in the Madison area. Molly and Jamie sit down to take a breath after the craziness, talk about bestsellers from the weekend and the year so far, as well as what they’re reading now. Books mentioned: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry  [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/ymASTSSKIbZgp4TD_MM5cg] Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/sHLPL3DeHtUANJwNyibbXA]  Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/gQpiPqSJBXisgBCa8ts_kA]  Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/3bfSPEKfdTefBznJDiFHpg]  Funny Because It's True by Christine Wenc [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/uG-0X6mP_t0Tt23Fkal5bg]  Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/mqz1tIp0zJv_K8fGmhwnkg]  Butter by Asako Yuzuki [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/Vus7kAU5V3WnZ_ruFb_vEw]  A Death in Door County by Annelise Ryan [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/ymASTSSKIbajqUYlrswdrQ] I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/YhqD3VmM9ItVpR-J69C5bQ]  I See You've Called In Dead by John Kenney [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/gZ7zTkaPjsHn6QWOBwUYjQ] Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/ZoOPMvNQhqZXVW8xfaIa3g]  Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/UhelvOrckPkX_xXiy6cdvg]  Shop all the books we mentioned! [https://lakecitybooks.com/book-pop-podcast] Follow us on Instagram: @bookpop.podcast [https://www.instagram.com/bookpop.podcast/] Follow Lake City Books on Instagram: @lakecity.books [https://www.instagram.com/lakecity.books] Visit us! https://www.lakecitybooks.com [https://www.lakecitybooks.com]

Episode 36 - All the layers of The Onion

Molly and Jamie sit down with Wisconsin author Christine Wenc to discuss her smash-hit novel Funny Because It's True, detailing the rise of The Onion, an irreverent newspaper started by a group of UW Madison students that became a cornerstone of modern satire. Christine’s reading list: Moby Dick by Herman Melville [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/BuTAPAkYq0G4TSDIZ0UI9w] Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/wLu_br6H3tWV7SXYYr4Zuw] Debt by David Graeber [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/9JsuMsJ9TCKKjmiUnvn0UA] The Freaks Came Out to Write by Tricia Romano [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/FUkcZsH8MljaA0whvLNWBw] (colloquially known as ‘The Oral History of the Village Voice’ - we recommend listening instead of reading this one!) Tales From the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/82EtCtTCIcva6Ua3aiKULA] Shop all the books we mentioned! [https://lakecitybooks.com/book-pop-podcast] Follow us on Instagram: @bookpop.podcast [https://www.instagram.com/bookpop.podcast/] Follow Lake City Books on Instagram: @lakecity.books [https://www.instagram.com/lakecity.books] Visit us! https://www.lakecitybooks.com [https://www.lakecitybooks.com]

Episode 35 - Coming in HOT

Bare with us on this whirlwind of an episode as Molly and Jamie settle in to talk about all the recent titles they have read, announce exciting April events, and give you a sneak peek into new products coming to the store.  What are they reading... Both:  Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson   [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/gQpiPqSJBXisgBCa8ts_kA] Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire by Christine Wenc [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/uG-0X6mP_t0Tt23Fkal5bg]  Jamie: Inward by yung pueblo [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/hiL2VKWObKEB5EPNXlxeXA] Bind Me Tighter Still by Lara Ehrlich [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/n5pvlbKrgJdxN5Wxv6eRYw] Kate & Frida: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Books by Kim Fay [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBQdRCe3sHVSNw] Molly:  Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel) by Suzanne Collins [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/sHLPL3DeHtUANJwNyibbXA] Don't forget to check out our event at https://lakecitybooks.com/events [https://lakecitybooks.com/events] Shop all the books we mentioned! [https://lakecitybooks.com/book-pop-podcast] Follow us on Instagram: @bookpop.podcast [https://www.instagram.com/bookpop.podcast/] Follow Lake City Books on Instagram: @lakecity.books [https://www.instagram.com/lakecity.books] Visit us! https://www.lakecitybooks.com [https://www.lakecitybooks.com]

Episode 34 - 2025 Spring Preview

Spring is in the air! Jamie and Molly and a room full of excited readers are bringing you a new kind of episode this week with a live recording of Lake City Books' Spring Preview Event. The ladies each picked five upcoming titles they are excited about and break them down for you. A big thank you to our audience for sharing some of the books they are looking forward to this spring.  Molly's Spring Picks: The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/UhelvOrckPn7ZGx4i98JWw] Fish Tales by Nettie Jones  [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/f10yIDkbWssCmSiqBgFG-g] We Can Do Hard Things: Answers to Life's 20 Questions by Glennon Doyle,  Abby Wambach,  Amanda Doyle [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/BQmk5nUNoKFv90Uch8fN2Q] The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett by David Demchuk,  Corinne Leigh Clark [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/z5gDKBmobYvsEf_f9ycFqQ] The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBSedruGhSyNTg]  Jamie's Spring Picks: The Lilac People by Milo Todd [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/bpbaCfxrCRa-hcLc9cfNmw] The Names by Florence Knapp [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBRQlzmwKgjO5g] Life and Art by Richard Russo [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBRkH_ORmFaAkQ] The Dark Maestro by Brendan Slocumb [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/zb7C99cVE0wM4TVtoreY0g] Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/UPeceejxZgcsUM6YgNpo5g] PRE-ORDER NOW AT LAKECITYBOOKS.COM [https://lakecitybooks.com/] Shop all the books we mentioned! [https://lakecitybooks.com/book-pop-podcast] Follow us on Instagram: @bookpop.podcast [https://www.instagram.com/bookpop.podcast/] Follow Lake City Books on Instagram: @lakecity.books [https://www.instagram.com/lakecity.books] Visit us! https://www.lakecitybooks.com [https://www.lakecitybooks.com]

Episode 33 - Spring 2025 Read-Along Announced

Molly and Jamie announce the Book Pop! Spring 2025 Read-Along pick and catch up on what they read over their break! What are they reading.... Molly: The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/nuS6iEhC-Axtwjss68s4PA] Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton,  Rebecca Podos [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBS0hEqRrV8klQ]  Jamie: Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/UhelvOrckPn65Kz79BnNEg] First-Time Caller by B K Borison  [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/zb7C99cVE0yscw6Ik34yHw] Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell,  Ashley Mackenzie [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBSb9W5hKH6Qeg] Also Mentioned in this episode: Three Days in June by Anne Tyler  [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBR3-dxCYE1UEw] Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley [https://lakecitybooks.com/item/ZoOPMvNQhqZXVW8xfaIa3g] Shop all the books we mentioned! [https://lakecitybooks.com/book-pop-podcast] Follow us on Instagram: @bookpop.podcast [https://www.instagram.com/bookpop.podcast/] Follow Lake City Books on Instagram: @lakecity.books [https://www.instagram.com/lakecity.books] Visit us! https://www.lakecitybooks.com [https://www.lakecitybooks.com]