Bubbles and Books

Are you ready for Love Unleashed? This week we have Bookseller Katie on the podcast and she's sharing with us all about our newest subscription offering Love Unleashed. This subscription will feature spicy love stories featuring different genres, time periods, tropes, and identities delivered to its readers in a monthly paperback book. The books selected may be a much anticipated new release or an author that has been largely under-the-radar of most readers whom the staff at Dog-Eared Books thinks you might enjoy. We also chat about our love stories and what tropes they might fit into. 

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Introducing the two middle-est readers, the "Jans" if you will, the glue that holds the sandwich together, the middle children of Dog-Eared Book's co-owners, Flora and Atticus. 

These two bring not only hilarity to today's episode, but we are blessed with the musical stylings of Atticus, Flora's great bookish questions, as well as a cameo from her dog Posy. They share with us some of their favorite books they remember as well as what they're currently reading. 

The foundation of Dog-Eared Books was built on Amanda and Ellyn and their reading tastes. But what are the books they absolutely agree on and the books one loved and the other didn't. Amanda & Ellyn take a dive into their list of finished books and see where the venn diagram comes together and where it doesn't.  

We have the mini versions of Ellyn and Amanda are on the podcast. Holden and Margot, both 7 years old, are joining Bubbles & Books for the first time. They ask each other questions about books, movies and hot dogs. Then all four together write a story live on the podcast!! 

It's a crazy week with RAGBRAI coming through and we'll have author Genevieve Gornichec in the store for Cocktails & Convos. Make sure to share and let us know what you think of this week's episode. 

In this episode of Poppin' Off Amanda and Ellyn are joined by former Ames Middle School Principal Yonas Michael. Yonas not only was Ellyn's boss at one time, but is also an advocate for education, creating change, and doing work towards eliminating barriers that educators face every day.

He shares insight into his article Course Correction: Teaching Critical Consciousness in an Anti-CRT State.

If you would like to read Yonas' article, Course Correction: Teaching Critical Consciousness in an Anti-CRT State, by Yonas Michael, Nicolas Tanchuk, and Sara O'Brien, as mentioned in the podcast, you can do so HERE. 

Ellyn has brought back the fun game of quizzing Amanda on whether the title of a book is a romance or a thriller. It may seem like it's an easy game, but don't be so sure! Listen and play along, and share with us a title we should guess if it's romance or thriller!

Don't miss finding out about the poppin' new releases coming out this week, there are so many good ones your tbr list is going to be overflowing! 

In today's poppin' off episode we have author Joe Milan Jr. on the podcast. We first met Joe in St. Louis at Heartland Fall Forum, an industry conference. Joe happened to land at our table during the moveable feast where we quickly learned not only that he lives in Forrest City, IA but we learned all about his debut book "The All-American". We are drinking Somaeks, a drink that mixes soju and beer, as recommended by the author and chatting all about "The All-American" as well as the next book Joe is working on.

We will have Joe Milan Jr. at Dog-Eared Books on Thursday, August 31, at 7 PM for Cocktails & Convos. Buy your ticket for the event (which includes a copy of "The All-American") or if you can't make it, order a copy to have signed and personalized. https://dogearedbooksames.com/cocktails-conversation-joe-milan/

Cheers!

Happy birthday to both Amanda and Ellyn. To celebrate they are sharing 41 collective book and book-adjacent wishes. This episode is a fun one full of all the biggest book dreams we could ask for. Find out what they are, and let us know what you biggest book wish would be!

Volunteer for the Downtown Ames RAGBRAI festivities here! https://discoverames.com/ragbrai/ragbrai-volunteers/

It's been crazy town over here at Dog-Eared Books, and Ellyn decided to play a game that unfortunately involved Rachel. Amanda and Ellyn battled it out to see which of them knows Rachel better, or as they like to put it, which of them is the favorite parent. The game quickly dissolved into a game of Amanda or Ellyn while being asked specific questions. This fun episode is the perfect way to get the rest of your week going and don't miss hearing about the great new releases that are out this week. 

In the episode Amanda mentions her sister Lindsay. If you would like to view Lindsay's art you can do so here.

Want to see author Genevieve Gornichec in person!? Get your tickets today! Can't make the event and still want a signed copy? Click here to order. 

Poppin' Off is a bonus episode of Bubbles & Books! This episode is featuring Raygun's (THE GREATEST STORE IN THE UNIVERSE) owner Mike Draper. He may not capitalize his letters when he sends an email, but he has capitalized on brining his fantastic store to Main Street Ames. We are so excited to welcome Raygun to the neighborhood, and couldn't wait to bring Mike on the podcast to chat about Raygun, books, dogs, origin stories and more. 

We hope you enjoy this interview, and don't miss out on visiting Raygun at any of their locations!