The Bookshop Chronicles

"Don't be a lady. Be a legend." - Stevie Nicks

It is almost exactly a year since I last posted a podcast episode. Hopefully, that gives you some insight into how wild and unpredictable this bookstore life can be! I couldn't be happier to launch a new series of podcast episodes with this gem. 

Bobbi French is a force, with all the wisdom, grit, and passion I imagined she would possess. She brings all of it to this discussion. Not only an award winning national best selling author for her debut novel, "The Good Women of Safe Harbour", but her second book, "The Brink of Something Beautiful" has immediately landed her on The Booksellers' List as a top pick from Canadian Independent Booksellers.

If you like your podcast convos to have heart, wit, and feminine energy for days, this is the one for you. And please get her books at your local indie bookstore, give them to your friends, leave a review, and spread the word. This is how we champion smaller, indie novels!

Find more of Bobbi at bobbifrench.com or on Instagram

 

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** For information on the upcoming Booktruck BOOK, please go to my author Instagram page for updates, access to sneak peeks, and more!

Let's get social - follow Daisy Chain Book Co. on Instagram, and TikTok, or email me at brandi@daisychainbook.co

If you are in the Edmonton area, come and see our beautiful store in High Street, and if you are in the community of Beaumont, come and see us on Main St. as the only bookshop in town! For updates on all the bookish events at the bookstore, and an online database of our marvelous books visit Daisy Chain Book Co. 

Our bookstore offers audiobooks that you can listen to on your iPhone, Android device, or PC. These audiobooks are available through our partner, Libro.fm, and all sales support our store. Choose to support indie bookstores with your audiobooks - it MATTERS.

Podcast theme music created and performed by the incredible Kerri Bridgen.

"There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." - Leonard Cohen

Knowing our own nation's history is something we endure in school, and possibly only come to appreciate the older we get. Genevieve Graham is determined to change that. As someone who confesses that High School Canadian History class put her to sleep, Genevieve has chosen to write about stories grown right here on our own soil that will inspire and challenge us all to get to know our country a little better. As a USA Today Bestselling Author of popular historical fiction titles such as The Forgotten Home Child, The Secret Keeper, and her recent bestseller, On Isabella Street, Genevieve is opening readers' eyes to the brave and noble people who have stories to be told right across our amazing nation - and they are far from boring, no one falls asleep on Genevieve's watch! 

TEACHERS: If you are interested in requesting Genevieve come to your school, suggest books for your libraries, or support your Canadian History lessons, please reach out to her at mail@genevievegraham.com

or visit her website: genevievegraham.com

You can also find her very active on Instagram: instagram.com/@gengrahamauthor

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** For information on the upcoming Booktruck BOOK, please go to my BLOG for updates, access to sneak peeks, and more!

Let's get social - follow Daisy Chain Book Co. on Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok, or email me at brandi@daisychainbook.co

Our bookstore offers audiobooks that you can listen to on your iPhone, Android device, or PC. These audiobooks are available through our partner, Libro.fm, and all sales support our store. Choose to support indie bookstores with your audiobooks - it MATTERS.

If you are in the Edmonton area, come and see our beautiful store in High Street, and if you are in the community of Beaumont, come and see us on Main St. as the only bookshop in town! For updates on all the bookish events at the bookstore, and an online database of our marvelous books visit Daisy Chain Book Co. 

Podcast theme music created and performed by the incredible Kerri Bridgen.

"Be strong enough to let go and wise enough to wait for what you deserve."

Breaking up is hard to do. Or, is it? I am known for breaking up with books often. If it no longer suits me, and I do not want to spend time with the characters, then I am OUTTA HERE. There are so many other books to read and a book has to earn the right to be finished. These ones did not make the cut. Not sorry. Onto books that I can eagerly recommend!

 

** For information on the upcoming Booktruck BOOK, please go to my BLOG for updates, access to sneak peeks, and more!

Let's get social - follow Daisy Chain Book Co. on Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok, or email me at brandi@daisychainbook.co

Our bookstore offers audiobooks that you can listen to on your iPhone, Android device, or PC. These audiobooks are available through our partner, Libro.fm, and all sales support our store. Choose to support indie bookstores with your audiobooks - it MATTERS.

If you are in the Edmonton area, come and see our beautiful store in High Street, and if you are in the community of Beaumont, come and see us on Main St. as the only bookshop in town! For updates on all the bookish events at the bookstore, and an online database of our marvelous books visit Daisy Chain Book Co. 

Podcast theme music created and performed by the incredible Kerri Bridgen.

"Just found out the wife is writing a book about our honeymoon called 50 Shades of Just OK." - Conan O'Brien

It is no surprise that I have some contrary ideas about romance novels. I love a good romance, after all, I've been feasting on romcoms & romance novels for the past 40+ years, and I have seen how the world has changed in its acceptance of romance novels in popular culture. There is a difference between smut and romance, and I am happy to sit down with two romance readers today to talk about what they love about the genre and what critiques they have about tropes, book boyfriends, and steamy scenes. Michelle and Vanessa are regulars around the bookshop, and it is a genuine delight to spend time with them. I knew their bookish relationship would be one that you'd enjoy too, so I was eager to invite them onto the pod. Enjoy this convo, and don't worry, I will have more in future episodes about strong opinions about the genre... I hold nothing back. ;-)

Books Discussed:

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Butcher and Blackbird

Lights Out

Swift & Saddled

The Forty Year Kiss

Birthday Girl

Wild Love/Wild Eyes/Wild Side

Fourth Wing

Throne of Glass

The Fault in Our Stars

Flawless/Heartless/Powerless/Reckless

The Friend Zone

Truth or Beard

The Striker

Ready or Not

Prayer For the Crown Shy

Bright Side

Ice Planet Barbarians

Funny Feelings

Dungeon Crawler Carl

Outlander

Haunted Ever After

Things We Never Got Over

My Best Friend's Exorcism

The Way of Kings

Into Shadow

The Fine Print

The Time I Got Abducted By Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Romcom

Say You'll Remember Me

Lord of the Rings

Kingdom of Ash

Harold and the Purple Crayon

The Pandas Take a Vacation

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

Project Hail Mary

 

** For information on the upcoming Booktruck BOOK, please go to my BLOG for updates, access to sneak peeks, and more!

Let's get social - follow Daisy Chain Book Co. on Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok, or email me at brandi@daisychainbook.co

Our bookstore offers audiobooks that you can listen to on your iPhone, Android device, or PC. These audiobooks are available through our partner, Libro.fm, and all sales support our store. Choose to support indie bookstores with your audiobooks - it MATTERS.

If you are in the Edmonton area, come and see our beautiful store in High Street, and if you are in the community of Beaumont, come and see us on Main St. as the only bookshop in town! For updates on all the bookish events at the bookstore, and an online database of our marvelous books visit Daisy Chain Book Co. 

Podcast theme music created and performed by the incredible Kerri Bridgen.

"Whatever you do, always give it 100% - unless you're donating blood."  - Bill Murray

 

What if you could invite someone into your reading life, someone who knows you better than anyone, and you could swap books and book recs like a Book Club of 2? At Daisy Chain Book Co., I met Sylvia and Kelsie, a mother/daughter reading duo who have taught me a lot about inviting someone you trust into your bookish life. So, you know I had to talk with them about their marvelous reading habits!

Books Discussed:

The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

Beneath the Devil's Bridge and The Patient's Secret by Loreth Anne White

The Measure by Nikki Erlich

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Everyone Here is Lying by Shari Lapena

Beartown and My Friends by Fredrik Backman

Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

The Nightingale and Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

The One With the Kiss Cam by Cindy Steel

The Warehouse by Rob Hart

I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman

The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

The Next Mrs. Parrish and The Last Mrs. Parrish by Lynn Constantine

What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks

A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Elison

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

Love You Forever by Robert Munsch

The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue by V.E. Schwab

The School of Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

 

** For information on the upcoming Booktruck BOOK, please go to my BLOG for updates, access to sneak peeks, and more!

Let's get social - follow Daisy Chain Book Co. on Instagram, Bluesky, and TikTok, or email me at brandi@daisychainbook.co

Our bookstore offers audiobooks that you can listen to on your iPhone, Android device, or PC. These audiobooks are available through our partner, Libro.fm, and all sales support our store. Choose to support indie bookstores with your audiobooks - it MATTERS.

If you are in the Edmonton area, come and see our beautiful store in High Street, and if you are in the community of Beaumont, come and see us on Main St. as the only bookshop in town! For updates on all the bookish events at the bookstore, and an online database of our marvelous books visit Daisy Chain Book Co. 

Podcast theme music created and performed by the incredible Kerri Bridgen.