SHE Reads: Recent Episodes
Siobhan, Hunter, Elizabeth
SHE Reads is a podcast that grew out of discussions about books and reading among a group of friends that needed books to feel connected to each other and the world.
This week the girls talk about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo–about frienships and soulmates, true love, casual inclusion, public entitlement to celebrities, etc. Read this book, we loved it! What we are reading this week: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda Lullabies for Little Criminals by… Continue reading Episode 8 – It’s hard to make Kobos look cute
This week the girls talk about Taylor Jenkins Reid’s The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo–about frienships and soulmates, true love, casual inclusion, public entitlement to celebrities, etc. Read this book, we loved it!
What we are reading this week:
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
- Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
- He Will Be My Ruin by K. A. Tucker
- Ten Tiny Breaths by K. A. Tucker
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book News:
- Harry Potter in Scots translation
- Rupi Kaur announces second book of poetry: the sun and her flowers
- Audree Archambault leaves books in Montreal subway
- Over 4,000 items returned to Montreal libraries during late fee amnesty
- Lucy Maud Montgomery complete journals coming
- Emma Watson interviews Margaret Atwood
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This week the girls tackle our second segment of The Book Was Better! We discuss Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies and the HBO’s adaptation of the same name. What we are reading this week: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews Until it Fades by K. A. Tucker Eleanor Oliphant… Continue reading Episode 7 – The Book was Better: Big Little Lies
This week the girls tackle our second segment of The Book Was Better! We discuss Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies and the HBO’s adaptation of the same name.
What we are reading this week:
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
- A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
- Until it Fades by K. A. Tucker
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- Forever Interrupted by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Too Much and Not The Mood by Durga Chew-Bose
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Book News:
- Happy 20th birthday Harry Potter!
- Nobody wants to be in the Harry Potter House Hufflepuff
- New John Green novel
- Kobo Emerging Writer’s Prize announced
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This weeks the girls discuss unpopular book opinions, in response to some unpopular opinions in the Canadian publishing scene surrounding issues of appropriation. We’re not getting political, but also not ignoring the realities of the industry! What we are reading this week month: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Shrill by Lindy West So You’ve… Continue reading Episode 6 – Not Putting our Foots in our Mouths
This weeks the girls discuss unpopular book opinions, in response to some unpopular opinions in the Canadian publishing scene surrounding issues of appropriation. We’re not getting political, but also not ignoring the realities of the industry!
What we are reading this ~~week~~ month:
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
- Shrill by Lindy West
- So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
- The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
- The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
- The Circle by Dave Eggars
- The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
- Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
- Come Sundown by Nora Roberts
- The Wedding Girl by Madeleine Wickham
- When You Find Out the World is Against You by Kelly Oxford
- Everything is Perfect When You’re a Liar by Kelly Oxford
- Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
- Notes from a Feminist Killjoy by Erin Wunker
- A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
Book News
- Anniversary editions of Harry Potter series
- Fan produced Voldemort film
- Jordan Abel wins Griffin Poetry Prize
- Emerging Indigenous Voices’ Award
- Zoe Whittall book deal with HarperCollins
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This week the girls read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and watched the first episode of the new Hulu series based on the book. We discuss! What we are reading this week: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Hunter’s creepy book cover: More The Handmaid’s Tale … Continue reading Episode 5 – Oh Peggy
This week the girls read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale and watched the first episode of the new Hulu series based on the book. We discuss!
What we are reading this week:
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- The Arrangement by Sarah Dunn
- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Hunter’s creepy book cover:
More The Handmaid’s Tale
- The Outline website
- The Red Center Podcast
Book News
- Free Comic Book Day! May 6, 2017
- Pongapalooza May 16, 2017
- Pottermore launches Wizarding World Book club!
- Senate’s The Wise Owls published to explain role of Red Chamber
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This week the girls talk about the ins and outs of their reading practice–where, what, how, and when. Where’s the weirdest place you like to read?
What we are reading this week:
- Durga Chew-Bose’s Too Much And Not the Mood
- Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why
- Jessica Shattuck’s The Women in the Castle
- Megan Miranda’s All The Missing Girls
- Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
Other books we mentioned:
- J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- David Sedaris’ Me Talk Pretty One Day
- George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set
- Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey
- David Grann’s The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
- Liz Tuccillo’s How to Be Single
- Jennifer Closes’ Girls in White Dresses
- Richard Adams’ Watership Down
Books in the News:
- Jude Law cast as young Dumbledore
- https://www.pottermore.com/news/jude-law-cast-as-albus-dumbledore-in-next-fantastic-beasts-film
- Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People to be adapted for film by Sarah Polley
- http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/04/sarah-polley-writing-and-directing-adaptation-of-zoe-whittalls-the-best-kind-of-people.html
- Shortlist of Griffin Poetry prize announced, hurray for Jordan Abel
- http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2017-shortlist/jordan-abel/
- Authors for Indies, April 29!
- https://www.authorsforindies.com/
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This week the girls talk about the ins and outs of their reading practice–where, what, how, and when. Where’s the weirdest place you like to read? What we are reading this week: Durga Chew-Bose’s Too Much And Not the Mood Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why Jessica Shattuck’s The Women in the Castle Megan Miranda’s All The Missing Girls … Continue reading Episode 4 – David Sedaris Was Not My First
This week the girls interrupt their regular programming for a special episode in honour of Jerry Haig, who passed away on March 26, 2017. We talk about the dads of literature who have a special place in our heart in memory of Hunter’s beloved father.
What we are reading this week:
- Liz Tuccillo’s How to be Single
- Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
- Sophie Kinsella’s My Not So Perfect Life
- Kate Eberlen’s Miss You
- Pottermore Presents ebook series
Other books we mentioned:
- Harry Potter series
- Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl
- L. M. Montgomery’sAnne of Green Gables
- Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
- Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart
- Anthony Doerr’s All The Light We Cannot See
Authors we mentioned:
- Robert Munsch
- Roald Dahl
- A. A. Milne
Book News:
- Kids Can Press wins at Bologna!
- Kobo acquires Shelfie
- CBC’s Canada Reads has ended
- Anne of Green Gables gets photoshopped!
- Harry Potter themed escape room!
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This week the girls interrupt their regular programming for a special episode in honour of Jerry Haig, who passed away on March 26, 2017. We talk about the dads of literature who have a special place in our heart in memory of Hunter’s beloved father. What we are reading this week: Liz Tuccillo’s How to be Single… Continue reading Episode 3 – This One’s For You, Jerry
In this second episode of SHE Reads, the ladies—sans one—discuss women’s history month, and the literary women that have shaped and changed our worlds. What are we reading this week: Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies Madeline Ashby’s Company Town Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane Jeffrey Eugenides’ MIDDLESEX Katherena Vermette’s The Break… Continue reading Episode 2 – I Love Your Exposed Brick –
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In this second episode of SHE Reads, the ladies—sans one—discuss women’s history month, and the literary women that have shaped and changed our worlds.
What are we reading this week:
- Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies
- Madeline Ashby’s Company Town
- Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane
- Jeffrey Eugenides’ MIDDLESEX
- Katherena Vermette’s The Break
- Scaachi Koul’s One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
Other books we mentioned:
- Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life
- Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City
- Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s The Nest
- Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime
- Kate T. Parker’s Strong is the New Pretty
- Rupi Kaur’s Milk and Honey
- J.K. Rowling’s Very Good Lives
Feminist Awakening Characters:
- Anne Shirley
- L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
- New CBC television series
- Kirsten Raymonde
- Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
- Princess Elizabeth
- Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess
- Antoinette Cosway
- Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea
- Pecola Breedlove
- Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye
- Ma
- Emma Donoghue’s Room
- Hermione Granger
- J.K. Rowling’s The Harry Potter Series
Female Authors:
- Jane Austen
- Hanya Yanagihara
- K. Rowling
- Zadie Smith
Book News:
- Feminist Bookstore in Montreal
- https://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/a-feminist-bookstore-in-montreal
- 70% rise in poetry sales
- http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/poetry-sales-rise-79-per-cent-in-2016-credited-to-rupi-kaurs-milk-and-honey/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Quill%20%20Quire%20%20March%2016%202017&utm_content=Quill%20%20Quire%20%20March%2016%202017%20CID_25e6727d0fecc2edd782170e9742d131&utm_source=Omni%20newsletter&utm_term=Toronto%20Life
- Toronto Library Pilot Project
- http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/toronto-public-library-pilots-staff-less-library-project/
- Wattpad and Hachette Audiobooks
- http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/73057-hachette-partners-with-wattpad-to-produce-audiobooks.html
Looking to the Future:
- Jann Arden’s Memoir “Feeding My Mother”
- http://www.quillandquire.com/omni/daily-deals-knopf-acquires-jann-arden-memoir/
- http://www.cbc.ca/books/2017/03/jann-arden-to-release-new-book-about-caring-for-her-mother-with-alzheimers-disease.html
- Miriam Toews
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In this first episode of SHE Reads, the ladies discuss who they are, how they met, and why SHE Reads exists! Also, we talk about books, a lot of books.
What we are reading this week:
- Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey
- Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology
- Claire Fuller’s Swimming Lessons
- Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove
- The Betches’ I Had a Nice Time and Other Lies…: How to Find Love & Sht Like That*
Other books we mentioned:
- rupi kaur’s milk and honey
- Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People
- L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
- Tina Fey’s Bossy Pants
- Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
- Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Stephen King’s The Green Mile
- Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
- Dave Eggers’ What is the What
- Jo Jo Moyes’ The Girl You Left Behind
- Miriam Toews’ All My Puny Sorrows
- Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air
- Anthony Doerr’s All The Light You Cannot See
- Heather O’Neill’s Lullabies for Little Criminals
- Heather O’Neill’s The Lonely Hearts Hotel
- Ian McEwan’s Atonement
- Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides
Podcasts we mentioned, and love:
- The Book Riot Podcast
- Call your Girlfriend
- Who? Weekly
Books in the News:
- Chick Lit articles:
- “Taking back ‘Chick Lit’: With Babe, Petra Collins joins the ranks of women owning their point of view”
- “Gloria Steinem: Women Have ‘Chick Flicks.’ What About Men?”
- André Alexis wins Windham-Campbell Prizes
- “Toronto author André Alexis awarded one of world’s richest literary prizes”
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In this first episode of SHE Reads, the ladies discuss who they are, how they met, and why SHE Reads exists! Also, we talk about books, a lot of books.