S2 - E4 - Five-Minute Rule

A crowded bus, a bruised ego, and one sharp realization: new people can walk into our bookstore every single day without knowing who we are. That thought kicks off a frantic, funny push to level up customer service and stop treating “future fans” like they’ll magically appear. We keep it playful, but the takeaway is real for anyone in retail, bookselling, or small business growth: if you want a fan base, you have to meet people where they are and give them a reason to care.

We also get wildly practical with a rapid-fire stack of five-minute storybooks for busy families and bedtime chaos. Think fast storytime, short attention spans, and easy wins for parents and caregivers. We talk through big-name favorites like Bluey Five Minute Stories, Marvel Five-Minute Avenger Stories, Star Wars collections, Blippi five-minute stories, plus Pete the Cat five-minute and bedtime story picks. If you’re looking for children’s books that sell, quick giftable reads, or a simple way to make better recommendations on the floor, you’ll leave with a ready-made list.

And yes, we detour into an aggressively short nursery rhyme performance, because sometimes building an audience means doing the thing you swear nobody wants. The twist is the sweetest part: real superfans show up and remind us what loyalty sounds like when it’s said out loud. If you laughed, cringed, or nodded along, help us out: subscribe, share the show with a fellow book lover, and leave a review so new listeners can find us.

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Welcome To The Book Review Pod

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It's time for Baby Baby and Evil Glaxi's Book Point Book Review Podcast. Book reviews incarnate. Good morning, baby. How are you today? Oh, I'm kind of in a hurry, Glossy, real quick. Uh, do you want some catnip coffee? I made a fresh batch. Yeah, sure, why not? I'll probably need all the buds I can get this morning. Well, that's good, baby. No, thank you, Glossy. Thank you. Here it goes. Here you go. Don't spill. Don't spill. Not bad. Not bad. So, what are you in a hurry for, baby?

Bus Epiphany About New Fans

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Well, I took the bus in today, and while I was sitting there not being recognized by anyone, I had an epiphany. Okay. On the bus, I realized that there may be new fans coming in and out of our little bookstore every day. So in order to build up my fan base, I'm going to have to start doing better customer service, I guess. Well, customer service is always a good thing, baby. Sometimes you're right, you're right. I hate it when you're right, Gloxy. I'm going to have to start giving better customer service. That is. That may be a wonderful thing in disguise, baby. Starting now, so I'm in a hurry, Gloxy.

Five-Minute Storybooks Rapid-Fire

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I gotta go waste time on the floor. I mean, I gotta go introduce myself to my future fans on the floor. Well, I've got the perfect books for you. Glaxi, I don't have time for books this morning. This is my day to build up my fan base. Well, I think you like these ones. Glocky. These are all five-minute storybooks. And they're really, really popular. And they're for people on short schedules like you, baby. I don't have any time, Gloxy. Those who are just trying to get their kids to bed on the other. I know, I know. But Gloxi, I gotta go. Okay, okay. Um I mean, go and introduce myself to my fan. My fans. Uh, well, let me tell you about these books really, really quick. I'll go really fast. No time. I think you'll really like them. Well, gotta go. The first one is Bluey Five Minute Stories by Penguin Young Readers. But it's really by a guy named Joseph Joe Brown. Oh, great. The pendulum's person's here today? They do a lot of compilations that use different authors. Ernie's penny, by the way. Especially on Five Minute Stories. I don't know who they're talking. The next one is Marvel Five-Minute Avenger Stories. And her kids here too. By Marvel Press Book Group. Sticker Kid. But it's really by Brandon T. Schneider and Shoshana Stoker. And you know what, Gloxy? His name is Kid. There's also Five Minute Star Wars Stories Strikeback. They aggravate me, Gloxy. By Lucasfilm Press. But it's really by Calliope Glass, S.T. Bende, Rebecca L. Schmidt, Meredith Russo, Ella Patrick, and Pilot Studios as the illustrator. Sticker Kid. Isn't that fun? No. I think so too. And don't forget the blippy five-minute stories created by Stephen John. And they were written by Meredith Russo, Marilyn Easton, Adam Devaney, Jason Frutcher, and Maruzio Campadelli. Oh, thank you, Glotsy. And last but not least, the five-minute Pete the Cat stories and Pete the Cat five-minute bedtime stories. All by James and Kimberly Dean. Finally. Isn't that great? Okay, are we done? Yeah, it's great. Whatever. That should keep you busy. No, it won't. Why? Well, you can use them on the floor to sell. Oh. And get your fan base. Oh, that may work. I didn't think about that, Gloxy. I hate it when you're running. Well, you're really gonna hate me because we gotta do a song

The Reluctant Nursery Rhyme Break

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real quick. Are you serious, Cloxy? Nobody wants to hear me sing. Or you for that matter. You know that. Well, sing it for your fans to hear. My fans don't want to hear me sing either. I'm trying to get action movies, not music. It's okay, it's a quick one. It's hickory dickory duck. It's gonna be real fast. Nothing's fast about this. Yep. Now it's horrible. It's okay, baby. It's not okay, Cloxy. I should be on the floor getting fan, Coxy. Hickory Dickory duck. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one. This song is dumb! Hickory dickory duck. Hickory dickory duck. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck two. What's it do? Hickory dickgery duck. Hickory dickory duck. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck three. Hickory dickory duck. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck four. No more. Hickory dickory duck. Hickory dickgery duck. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck five. So then I've got lots of work to do, Cloxy, and I'm done. But baby, it's not over yet. Whatever.

A Surprise Meet With Superfans

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Excuse me, excuse me. Baby baby. Yes. My name is Penny Pangulus, and I wanted to introduce you to my kid. How nice. His name is Kid. Uh-huh. And we're your biggest fans in the whole world. Really? In the world? Are you serious? And I'm really sorry we knock stuff over a lot, but you know it's okay. We kind of clutched it. We love it. It's okay. We can pick it up. Sorry about that. Oh, that's okay. We've seen every movie of everything. Really? And we love them all. We watch them a million times on stream. I do too. We love you, baby. I love myself. We hope you know that. Oh, I love you. That's why we love to come into a story. Oh, you're so wonderful. We love you, but we wanted to tell you that. Okay, thank you. We love you. Oh, that's a good enough.

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Well, it looks like that's the end of our podcast today. Like and subscribe wherever you like and subscribe. It's really good to see you guys. Thank you. Have fun. Love everybody. Bye.