Get Ready for Indie Bookstore Day 2026

Ellyn, Amanda, and Their Moms

Today’s special episode celebrates Mother’s Day, as Amanda and Ellyn each welcome their moms to the Bubbles & Books podcast for the very first time. Together, they chat about Amanda and Ellyn’s journey opening Dog-Eared, reflect on parenting, share when their love of reading, and discuss how they passed the reading bug onto their daughters.   MOTHER’S DAY RECS: These are recs that we feel speak to what it is to be and have a mom- the good and the hard: * Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/rPCoGQ_-yAVEleSicON6fg] by Mary Laura Philpott * The Correspondent [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/ZoOPMvNQhqZK0jqWpK636Q] by Virginia Evans * Heartwood [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/gQpiPqSJBXjEX9JeX8pvKQ] by Amity Gaige * Fundamentally [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBS2DMxHILmutg] by Nussaibah Younis * The Most Fun We Ever Had [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/3bfSPEKfdTepz5TlAy6YzA] by Claire Lombardo * Margo’s Got Money Troubles [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/UhelvOrckPnJrc43ZAarmA] by Rufi Thorpe * The Anthropocene Reviewed [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/3bfSPEKfdTe--fp52yJGCQ] by John Green * Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/zroBIQl5na_XoSzNWJfFDA] by J Ryan Stradal * Tom Lake [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/UhelvOrckPlG_6SorQ_LnQ] by Ann Patchett * All About Love [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/2QHtVTCGJR-y-vmDK_S93w] by bell hooks ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/bubblesandbookspodcast/] Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames [https://www.instagram.com/dogearedbooksames/] Shop Dog-Eared Books and pick up your books in store or have shipped HERE [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/]. Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://libro.fm/dogeared]. Interested in e-books? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://bookshop.org/ebooks]. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE [https://dogearedbooksames.com/subscriptions/]. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com [https://dogearedbooksames.com/]

Good Books Bad Reviews

Ellery Adams. This one is for you. Today, Ellyn brings back one of our favorite games, Good Books Bad Reviews. She has scoured Goodreads for some of the most outrageous reviews left on some iconic and favorite books. See if you can guess along with Amanda. Books featured in today's episode aka books we loved and books people wrote bad reviews about.  Dear Monica Lewinsky [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/Tjsi1wmychPG1cIMjpQj0Q] by Julia Langbein Invasive Species [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/44euZQqJnHLTDmmdFMp3VA] by Ellery Adams Lonesome Dove [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/mgXnLR7gCg8kWKIGH41nzQ]by Larry McMurtry 1984 [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/Jbk-o9rCuFf_3LEosJ3oUA]by George Orwell Martyr [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/zb7C99cVE0xDD2pUpSCV-w] by Kaveh Akbar How to Solve Your Own Murder [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/ymASTSSKIbZkEjP7aLYJWg] by Kristen Perrin Murder Bimbo [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/DFe05H_njq6cv6ujGPWXMQ]by Rebecca Novack Everything is Tuberculosis [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/3bfSPEKfdTefBznJDiFHpg] by John Green Bog Queen [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/BQ7V_Xv-HEDqRVt-8zfo9Q]by Anna North Dungeon Crawler Carl [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/item/p5lAnqxqGBRws9v9sorwqQ] by Matt Dinniman ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/bubblesandbookspodcast/] Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames [https://www.instagram.com/dogearedbooksames/] Shop Dog-Eared Books and pick up your books in store or have shipped HERE [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/]. Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://libro.fm/dogeared]. Interested in e-books? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://bookshop.org/ebooks]. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE [https://dogearedbooksames.com/subscriptions/]. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com [https://dogearedbooksames.com/]

Get Ready for Indie Bookstore Day 2026

The biggest day of the year is coming up and we can't wait! We are celebrating with all of our Central Iowa Indie Bookstore friends and bringing back the Indie Bookstore Day passport! Listen along, and hear about all the fun things we have going on, and from the bookstores participating in the passport. Order your Readers For Liberty T-shirt HERE [https://www.raygunsite.com/products/readers-for-liberty-and-books-for-all?_pos=1&_sid=fcdc4e79a&_ss=r] Central Iowa Indie Bookstore Day Passport Stores: Dog-Eared Books [https://www.instagram.com/dogearedbooksames/] Nos Books [https://www.instagram.com/nosbooksdsm/] Dungeon's Gate [https://www.instagram.com/dungeonsgate/] Reading in Public [https://www.instagram.com/readinginpublicbooks/] Shelf Love DSM [https://www.instagram.com/shelflovedsm/] Storyhouse Bookpub [https://www.instagram.com/storyhousebookpub/] The Little Book [https://www.instagram.com/thelittlebookdsm/] Pageturners Books [https://www.instagram.com/pageturners_bookstore/] Beaverdale Books [https://www.instagram.com/beaverdalebooks/] Wandering Raccoon [https://www.instagram.com/wanderingraccoonbooks/] Bonus bookstore: The Book Shoppe [https://www.instagram.com/thebookshoppeboone/] ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/bubblesandbookspodcast/] Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames [https://www.instagram.com/dogearedbooksames/] Shop Dog-Eared Books and pick up your books in store or have shipped HERE [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/]. Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://libro.fm/dogeared]. Interested in e-books? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://bookshop.org/ebooks]. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE [https://dogearedbooksames.com/subscriptions/]. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com [https://dogearedbooksames.com/]

Poppin' Off with Ellery Adams

Ellyn has spent many a Bubbles & Books episode talking about one of her favorite reads Invasive Species, and today we are thrilled to have the author Ellery Adams join us! We're all about weird books and monsters, and Invasive Species is right in that wheelhouse. Listen and enjoy and make sure to follow Ellery on Instagram and grab her latest novel Invasive Species today! Order your copy of Invasive Species HERE [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/44euZQqJnHLTDmmdFMp3VA] Follow Ellery Adams on Instagram HERE [https://www.instagram.com/elleryadams/] ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/bubblesandbookspodcast/] Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames [https://www.instagram.com/dogearedbooksames/] Shop Dog-Eared Books and pick up your books in store or have shipped HERE [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/]. Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://libro.fm/dogeared]. Interested in e-books? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://bookshop.org/ebooks]. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE [https://dogearedbooksames.com/subscriptions/]. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com [https://dogearedbooksames.com/]

Poppin' Off with Julia Langbein

Dear Julia Langbein, we are honored to have you grace us with your presence on the Bubbles & Books podcast. We are not worthy of such greatness, but are incredibly glad to be discussing your new novel Dear Monica Lewinsky. Your masterful storytelling has once again brought a top-tier book to our shelves.  Truly, we are so excited to have one of our favorite authors Julia Langbein back on Bubbles & Books. We first fell in love with her book American Mermaid and couldn't wait for what she wrote next. We hope you love Julia and her stories as much as we do. Order your copy of Dear Monica Lewinksy HERE [https://dogearedbooksames.com/item/Tjsi1wmychPG1cIMjpQj0Q] Follow Julia Langbein on Instagram HERE [https://www.instagram.com/juliallangbein/] ______________________________________________________________________ Make sure to subscribe and rate the Bubbles & Books Podcast. And don't forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on Instagram: @bubblesandbookspodcast [https://www.instagram.com/bubblesandbookspodcast/] Follow Dog-Eared Books on Instagram: @dogearedbooksames [https://www.instagram.com/dogearedbooksames/] Shop Dog-Eared Books and pick up your books in store or have shipped HERE [https://shop.dogearedbooksames.com/]. Interested in audiobooks? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://libro.fm/dogeared]. Interested in e-books? Listen while supporting Dog-Eared Books HERE [https://bookshop.org/ebooks]. Learn more about a Dog-Eared Books book subscription HERE [https://dogearedbooksames.com/subscriptions/]. Visit us! www.dogearedbooksames.com [https://dogearedbooksames.com/]