Book Shop of Beverly Farms

Also, did you listen to this fortnight's episode yet?!?

Weird. The reaction we get most often from customers when we mention the pod is, "oh, podcasts. I feel like I might like them, but I don't understand what they are exactly. How does one listen to a ... podcast?"

If you like books, and you’re not listening to the Four Books podcast by @bfbookshop.bsky.social, then what are you really doing, anyway?! Thrilled to have HEARTLAND get a little love here. Come see me at the Book Shop of Beverly Farms on 3/10!

A Conversation with Keith O'Brien | The Book Shop of Beverly Farms The best bookstore in Beverly Farms and the North Shore and Cape Ann area since 1968.

See all the details on our event with Keith here:

bookshopofbeverlyfarms.com/events/49403

Absolute banger of an episode this week, with books by three authors who are NOT on bluesky and @keithob.bsky.social - who we'll be chatting with March 10, at the Beverly Farms Library! Larry Bird!

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I see the New Yorker has given up on the correct usage of "begs the question." John Updike is surely spinning somewhere.

Missed a good one last night, if you weren't there, which, maybe you were!

Was listening to this earlier today as we prepped for EP9 recording and there's a part where Hannah says, "sometimes the author can't keep it up," and you can just hear Sam snicker and what is he, 12 years old?

Y'all, we are seeing that AI is not inevitable. Bankrupt these anti-human clowns! No one wants what they're selling and you don't have to believe them when they say we don't have any choice in the matter. We do! We can choose not to abdicate our humanity to machines!

Just a simple Mainer wondering if it's possible to make a purchase or go to an appointment without immediately receiving texts afterward demanding a review of said experience.

Just say no to this garbage. We are under no obligation to supply market research to the people we buy things from!

Seeing "Wuthering Heights" as the #16 bestselling book in the bookmanager system is pretty wild!

Seeing if this works. Read a fun book this weekend. Because it's good for you!

So much great stuff to talk about in EP8. Kathy Acker is ... wild. And we do a little lesson on what makes something "gothic." And then look at the very flawed foundations of liberal notions of "freedom." The seabirds are squawking!

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So much great stuff to talk about in EP8. Kathy Acker is ... wild. And we do a little lesson on what makes something "gothic." And then look at the very flawed foundations of liberal notions of "freedom." The seabirds are squawking!

Find, like, review, etc., on Apple or wherever you get your pods.

Uploading the podcast in a minute and really struck by Hannah's question: "Why isn't enough to just ... be happy?"

This is a good one, folks.

Copy of Life After Cars by Goodyear, Gordon and Naparstek at the Book Shop of Beverly Farms

Spotted @thewaroncars.bsky.social at the charming @bfbookshop.bsky.social

In general, when people tell us what they like about it, they usually say that we're not afraid to say we don't like the books we've read! Not every book is for every person. If you're tired of these books pods wherever every book is AWESOME, we're here for you.

Also, the sound-effect ratings.

If you haven't listened to EP7 yet, now's the time!

Or start back at EP1. All we do is talk about the books, so no need to worry that you're "behind," or whatever.

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The more we think about it, the more we think "The Rose Field" and the "Dark Materials" world it concludes, has a message that's just incredibly salient. We can't let "progress" and "efficiency" stamp out our imaginations and the ineffable quality that makes us human and capable of love.

For the morning crowd: We're closed today.

Ultimately this is what it comes down to for us: We can't go on acting like everything is business as usual, even if Beverly Farms feels as safe and welcoming as ever. We'll be closed tomorrow in protest of the federal government's gross and inhumane law-enforcement overreach (and other things).

EP7: No More Daemons Podcast Episode · Four Books a Fortnight · 01/29/2026 · 36m

Find it (and, I dunno, maybe rate it and review it) on Apple podcasts:

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Oh, look at that, Episode 7. Right on schedule. Lots of good stuff this episode, but there's a sneaky "Heated Rivalry" chit-chat you won't want to miss.

Turns out it was just that Libsyn didn't push it to Apple for some reason, and once we fixed that, all the downloads happened, which means no one listens to the pod on Spotify, which is great, because Spotify sucks ass. Carry on.

EP6: Do you think that's funny?

Is it just a stupid title? Can't be, right?

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Any of you podcast knowers have an idea why this episode might be getting blocked or flagged or something? It posted on Thursday and it's got, like, 10% of the normal downloads...

Oh, that's right! Episode 6 DID go live yesterday! Find it on the streamers, folks! We're over 150 weekly listeners now. You should be 151!

You can always find the books we talk about here!

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Y'all, EP6 of "Four Books a Fortnight" is dropping tomorrow. So you better make sure you're caught up with EP5!

I'm a third of the way through The Rose Field and I'm already finding myself not wanting to read it quickly because I feel like I'll never get another new word about these characters and I never want it to end.

If you ain't down with Philip Pullman, you ain't down with us.