Another Book on the Shelf: Recent Episodes
Another Book on the Shelf
So we started a book club but never talked about the books so we decided to start a podcast to talk about the books.
In Episode 153, Gen and Jette talk about Reality Squall by J. Krawczyk. Space-time gets funky in this one, so you know we loved it!
Show Notes
One of Jason's other books, It Look Like Dad, was published by Little Ghosts Books, one of our favourite Toronto bookstores that is also a publisher!
Jason Krawczyk is not just a writer of books, but a filmmaker too. His production company is called Alternate Ending Studios.
We've talked about time travel before on the pod—the first time being way back in Episode 9 with Eating the Dinosaur—but we've never read about different dimension and universes colliding. Whoa.
Shout out, as always, not just to our local bookstores, but also our local libraries. Even if you don't use your library card, just getting one helps support them. Plus, why wouldn't you want access to everything that Hoopla and Libby and Kanopy has to offer?
Summerween continues in our next episode with I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones.
Other Books by Jason Krawczyk
“Crusade” – Hellbound Books – Madame Gray’s Vault of Gore 2021
“An Earth That Knows Magic” – Black Hare Press – Novella 2022
“It Looks Like Dad” – Little Ghosts Books – Novella 2023
Films by Jason Krawczyk
Writer/Director, The Briefcase (2013) Ft. Vincent Pastor and Kip Pardue. Crystal Palace Festival
Writer/Director, He Never Died (2015) Ft. Henry Rollins and Steven Ogg. SXSW, Fantasia
Writer/Producer – She Never Died – (2019) Companion sequel to He Never Died
Writer/Director – Sunset Superman (2023) Ft. Michael Jai White and Billy Zane
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The sun is out, the weather is sweaty, which means it's time for our summer hangout episode. We're talking about what we've been reading over the last couple months and checking in on our reading goals now that we're halfway through the year.
Show Notes
The Aberfoyle Antique Market runs until late October if you want to check it out.
Write or Die has some amazing writing workshops. If you're interested in Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya's Queer Imagination workshop, she's running it again in September. Or sign up for her Gays and Ghouls queer horror workshop in October.
Keep an eye out for Gen's next blog instalment of most anticipated 2024 book releases coming soon.
Read along with our current book club pick, Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo, which we'll be talking about in September.
Books Mentioned
The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials by Marion Gibson
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Middle of the Night by Riley Sager
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Five Year Lie by Sarina Bowen
Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James
US by Sara Soler
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Rainbow Black by Maggie Thrash
Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey
Beautyland by Marie Helene-Bertino
Future Feeling by Joss Lake
The Artists Way series by Julia Cameron
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Ghost 19 by Simone St. James
Murder Road by Simone St. James
Margaret and the Mystery of the Missing Body by Megan Milks
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Body Work by Melissa Febos
Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema by Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay
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In Episode 151, we're doing another instalment of Page to Screen with Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey and the mini series of the same name. It's a true crime story based on the 1997 murder of Reena Virk in Victoria, BC.
Show Notes
This is our second true crime story, the first being way back in Episode 8 with Killers of the Flower Moon. In a strange coincidence, that film adaptation stars Lily Gladstone, as does Under the Bridge.
We're fully committed to Summerween at this point. Next up we have a hangout episode, which will surely feature some thrillers, then a book from Little Ghosts Books, followed by Stephen Graham Jones' upcomjng release, I Was a Teenage Slasher.
Don't forget to read along with our book club book, Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo.
Other Books Mentioned
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
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It's our 150th episode! Very fittingly, it's a book club episode, which is the entire reason this podcast exists. In this episode, we're talking about Jette's pick, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and we loved reading more of Moreno-Garcia's work.
Show Notes
We can't believe we've recorded 150 episodes of book content! Of those episodes, 38 have been book club discussions. That's...a lot of books. And somehow our TBRs are still threatening to topple over.
It was way back in Episode 59 that we talked about Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
This book is loosely based on The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells, which was published in 1896. The film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Val Kilmer came out in 1996.
Our next episode is another instalment of Page to Screen and we'll be discussing Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey and the series adaptation of the same title.
Our next book club pick is Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo.
Other Books Mentioned
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia — Silver Nitrate, Certain Dark Things, Velvet Was the Night, The Seventh Veil of Salome
By H.G. Wells — The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
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In Episode 149, Gen and Jette continue to celebrate Pride Month with Tony Kushner's award-winning play, Angels in America. We had to cut ourselves off eventually because we could talk about this play forever.
Show Notes
We went to see this play last December at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto. It was produced by That Theatre Company and directed by Craig Pike. (Yes, Torontonians, Craig Pike of Craig's Cookies.) It was phenomenal and we knew we had to read the play and dedicate an episode to it.
The play runs about 7 hours long in total and is technically two separate plays: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika.
HBO made a mini series, adapted for the screen by Tony Kushner, in 2003.
In 2017, The National Theatre produced a revival starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane and it eventually went to Broadway.
This play has won a lot of awards and it's very clear why. We'll definitely make it a point to see any production of this that we can get to.
This spring, Gen went to see another 7-hour long play called The Inheritance, put on by Canadian Stage Company. It's a reimagining of E.M. Forester's novel Howard's End and also deals with AIDS and being gay in America, but in a contemporary setting that takes place before and after the election of Donald Trump.
Our next episode is our 150th! Appropriately, it is a book club episode. We'll be talking about Jette's pick, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno Garcia.
Other Media Mentioned
The Inheritance by Matthew Lopez
Caroline, or Change
Munich (2005)
Lincoln (2012)
West Side Story (2021)
The Fabelmans (2022)
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In Episode 148, Gen and Jette are kicking off Pride Month with Maia Kobabe's graphic novel memoir, Gender Queer.
Show Notes
This graphic novel memoir was such a great entry point for talking about gender and sexuality.
Maia Kobabe uses Spivak pronouns, e/em/eir.
You can check out Kobabe's other work in a number of anthologies, including Gothic Tales of Haunted Love and Be Gay, Do Comics.
Super into all the required classes that Kobabe took in High School at the Waldorf School.
Watch our Instagram for some Pride book recs this month, and check out some of our queer reading lists on the blog:
A Queer Reading List to Keep Pride Going All Year Long
Top 7 Pride Month Books to Celebrate Queer Joy
Our love for The Storygraph is never ending, especially the reading stats.
In our next episode we'll be talking about Angels in America by Tony Kushner. We went to see the play last December, so now we're going to read it, and probably watch the HBO mini series and/or the National Theatre production.
Other Books and Media Mentioned
Pet by Akweke Emezi
Tranny by Laura Jane Grace
The Laramie Project
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In Episode 146, Gen and Jette talk about their most recent book club pick—Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. We are so here for the spooky houses and gothic vibes!
Show Notes
Eleanor Starling was giving Mark Ryden and Margaret Keane vibes.
Starling House is a portal fantasy of sorts, as is Harrow's debut novel, The Ten Thousand Doors of January. She also wrote a short story called "A Witch’s Guide to Escape: A Practical Compendium of Portal Fantasies."
Our next book club pick is The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia MorenoGarcia. It's based on H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau. So we're sticking with the gothic, spooky vibes. We loved Mexican Gothic and we're sure this one is going to be great! We'll be discussing it first thing in July.
We may also have to watch the 1996 film, The Island of Doctor Moreau, starring Val Kilmer, Marlon Brando, and Fairuza Balk, among others. It looks like a wild time.
Other Books Mentioned
Lost in the Neverwoods by Aiden Thomas
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia
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In Episode 144, Gen and Jette read the first volume of Night Eaters, a horror graphic novel by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda.
You know we're all about the creepy graphic novels, but this one had the added bonus of being very funny. Safe to say we loved it!
Show Notes
Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda have worked in all corners of the comic/graphic novel world, including Marvel and their co-created series, Monstress, published by Image Comics. They've both won Hugo and Eisner awards, and Liu is the first ever woman (and woman of colour) to win an Eisner in the Best Writer category.
Shout out to Hoopla, as always. We love being able to read even more graphic novels through their library platform.
Somehow we stumbled across this graphic novel separately...maybe? Hard to say. We might just share a brain now.
Another shout out belongs to the Concord Bookshop, where Jette snagged her copy of Night Eaters from their amazing graphic novel section.
In our next episode, we'll be talking about the sequel to Her Majesty's Royal Coven, The Shadow Cabinet, because that cliff hanger means we need to discuss it ASAP!!
Other Books Mentioned
Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera
Paper Houses & Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
The Martian by Andy Weir
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
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In Episode 143, Gen and Jette talk about everything they've been up to so far this year, including what books they've been reading and what they've been writing.
Show Notes
We may end up squeezing in an episode on The Shadow Cabinet as a follow up to Her Majesty's Royal Coven.
Word to the wise if you decide to work through The Artist's Way — buy a smaller notebook.
In our next episode we'll be talking about the graphic novel The Night Eaters by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda.
Our current book club pick is Starling House by Alix E. Harrow, so make sure to read along with us before the episode drops on May 8.
Books Mentioned
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez
Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer
A Twist of the Knife by Anthony Horowitz
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins
Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Couplets by Maggie Milner
The Silent Woman by Minka Kent
Leslie F*cking Jones
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
Fall On Your Knees by Anne Marie MacDonald
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan Maguire
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
Amateur by Thomas Page McBee
Freaks, Gleeks and Dawson's Creek by Thea Glassman
The Fran Lebowitz Reader
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In Episode 142, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club selection, Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. Obviously we loved the witchy vibes and the stellar queer rep, but also the end of this book had us screaming. Yes, it ends on a cliffhanger!
Show Notes
We haven't done a book quite like this one before! Obviously we've done witchy books in the past, but not one that was so action-packed and full of such cool world building.
Spoilers abound! Especially by the end. We need to read the next book immediately and may have borrowed it on Libby while we were recording lol
If you loved the series about a certain boy wizard about which we no longer speak, but find that author loathsome, this book is exactly the grown-up, queer positive version you're looking for.
Our next book club selection is Gen's pick and we'll be reading Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. It has some gothic haunted house vibes that sound amazing.
Next episode is a hangout episode to catch you up on everything we've been reading, writing, etc. and there's a high chance we'll end up talking about the sequel to HRMC.
Other Books by Juno Dawson
HRMC #2: The Shadow Cabinet
This Book Is Gay
Mind Your Head
Margot & Me
The Gender Games
Clean
Meat Market
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In Episode 141, it's time for another James Baldwin book!
If you've been around for a while, you'll know that James Baldwin is one of our favourite authors, so we've turned it into an annual tradition to read one of his works every February. This time we're reading Baldwin's non-fiction with his first essay collection, Notes of a Native Son.
As usual, we had an incredible time talking about this, and we just need more Baldwin in our lives.
Show Notes
Baldwin wrote the introduction to the 1984 edition while he was in Amherst, Massachusetts. The universe is telling us we need to go visit.
Another Country was our first Baldwin book, and it's still one of our favourites. You could start anywhere with his work, but this one remains high on the list and we're so glad it was the first one we read.
We loved getting to learn more about Baldwin's life in America and abroad in Europe.
Be sure to read Jette's blog post 5 Must-Read James Baldwin Books That Will Change Your Life.
Yes, we already dropped a Pale Shadows reference in this episode.
In our next episode we'll be talking about Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson.
Other Books by James Baldwin
Go Tell It on the Mountain
The Devil Finds Work
The Fire Next Time
Another Country (Episode 55)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Episode 61)
Giovanni's Room (Episode 113)
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In Episode 140, Gen and Jette get to revisit one of their favourite books, Paper Houses, with the sequel, Pale Shadows. Dominique Fortier's follow-up to her reimagining of Emily Dickinson's life, traces the publication of Dickinson's poems after her death and the women who helped it happen.
Obviously we loved this. It's time to add every Emily Dickinson collection to our reading lists.
Show Notes
We learned a lot about the process of readying Emily's poems for publication, which included removing dashes and deciding on which word Emily intended for the poem. There are several different collections with slightly different versions of the poems. The one being published in Pale Shadows was edited and transcribed by Mabel. A later edition was done by her daughter, Millicent.
Shout out to Coach House Books for never steering us wrong. Paper Houses was the first book of theirs we ever read on the podcast.
If you haven't listened yet, check out Episode 26 on Paper Houses.
Emily Dickinson's Herbarium was also published and it has been digitized by Harvard Library for anyone to look through.
In our next episode we'll be reading James Baldwin's essay collection, Notes of a Native Son.
Other Books and Media Mentioned
Dickinson (HBO TV series)
The Letters of Emily Dickinson
Other Coach House Books Episodes
36: Disfigure by Amanda LeDuc
51: 2020 Fall Releases
62: Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne
74: And Miles to Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier
88: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
117: Sing, Nightingale by Marie Hélène Poitras
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In Episode 139, Gen and Jette continue their #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series with The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz. It's our first whodunnit style mystery, and we had a great time.
Show Notes
While we've definitely seen this book floating around Instagram (hence why we picked it), we've also seen a lot of others by Anthony Horowitz. Probably because he's written...to say a lot would be an understatement.
Fun fact: it's possible that Horowitz has committed more fictional murders than any other living author!
He's written instalments for both Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, having been selected by the Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming estates to continue the respective stories.
Did you catch our brief mention of our other podcast? To follow our rewatch of One Tree Hill (and The OC before that), check out Teenage Daydream Podcast.
Our next episode we've been anticipating since the books was announced — it's the follow-up to podcast favourite, Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier, which we talked about way back in Episode 26. This one is called Pale Shadows and we can't wait to be incoherent messes about it.
After Pale Shadows, join us for our annual James Baldwin read on February 28.
Other Books and Media Mentioned
Knives Out
Glass Onion
Columbo
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Riley Sager
Sue Grafton
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In Episode 138, Gen and Jette discuss the graphic novel Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer. It reimagines the life of author Patricia Highsmith and the inspiration for her classic lesbian novel The Price of Salt.
Show Notes
We've begun a bit of a tradition of reading a graphic novel as our second episode of the year, and we're loving it. It's especially fun to talk about the illustrations alongside the writing.
It was fascinating to learn more about Patricia Highsmith—both the good and the bad—and we'd love to learn more.
Did you catch the Paper Houses references? We're going to have many more coming when we read the follow up book, Pale Shadows, in early February.
Our next episode we'll be talking about The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz.
Don't forget to read along with our current book club pick, Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. We'll be talking about that one first thing in March.
Other Books & Media Mentioned
Carol (2016 film)
May December (2023 film)
Highsmith: Her Secret Life (2004 film)
Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
The Price of Salt/Carol by Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
It's our first episode of 2024, and as usual we're kicking it off with last year's final book club book. In episode 137, we're talking about The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez. It's a fantastically strange and creepy collection of short stories, so of course we loved it.
Show Notes
Neither of us knows enough about Argentinian history, so some of the sociopolitical context goes over our heads, but it's clear that the disappearances during Argentina's Dirty Wars have a significant influence on some of the stories.
Jette has never used a Ouija board. It seems to be one of those things that people are genuinely afraid to use. We don't need to accidentally conjure malevolent spirits! (Power to the teenage girls who are trying to though.)
Our next book club book is Jette's pick, and we're reading Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. There's witches and gender stuff and the corruption of power. It sounds like it's going to be great. We'll be talking about that one in March.
We'll be back in two weeks with a graphic novel. It was TBD when we recorded, but we've since decided to read Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer. It's a reimagining of real life author, Patricia Highsmith, and her inspiration for the classic lesbian novel, The Price of Salt.
Until next week, check out our latest blog post all about the thrillers you can cozy up with this winter and keep an eye out for Gen's round up of anticipated reads for 2024.
Other Books Mentioned
By Mariana Enriquez – Things We Lost in the Fire, Our Share of Night
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
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It's the end of the year, so it's time for our annual wrap-up episode! Join us as we chat about what we've been up to the last few months, how we did with our reading and writing goals this year, and what we have coming in the new year. We've got a few teasers in there to look out for!
Show Notes
Obviously one of our most hotly anticipated 2024 episodes is the sequel to Paper Houses. We'll be talking about Pale Shadows early next year.
We both read a lot of horror and queer lit this year.
Our first episode in January will be Gen's book club pick, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez. We're ready for some weird short stories, so grab your copy and read along over the holidays!
Books Mentioned
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate
Pluralities by Avi Silver
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Mother, Nature by Jedidiah Jenkins
Grimoire Girl by Hilarie Burton Morgan
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
You're on an Airplane by Parker Posey
Leslie F*cking Jones by Leslie Jones
Defending Jacob by William Landay
Season of the Bruja by Sara Soler and Aaron Duran
Yoga For Witches by Sarah Robinson
Luna by Tamara Driessen
The Photographer's Playbook
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Eyes Guts Throat Bones by Moira Fowley
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
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In Episode 135, it's time for our annual FUJK book selection.
Once upon a time, before a certain author who wrote a book about a certain boy wizard revealed herself to be a piece of trash, we had begun working out way through the series. Now we choose a queer trans author to read instead!
This year we're reading Pluralities by Avi Silver. We absolutely loved it! Prepare for some obsessed rambles. This was definitely a favourite!
Show Notes
We've read so many good books for this series! See below for the full list.
You may recognize Avi Silver from Episode 42 about The Shale Project. We read Silver's book Two Dark Moons and Sienna Tristen's The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming.
In our next episode we're wrapping up 2024 (HOW?!). Join us for a chat about our favourite books and episodes of the year, and some of our reading and writing goals for the new year.
Other FUJK Episodes
57: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
83: A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
109: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Other Books Mentioned
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee
In Episode 134, it's the re-return of podcast fave Jedidiah Jenkins. We're talking about Jenkins' latest book Mother, Nature, about a road trip he takes with his mother and their relationship.
Show Notes
This is Jenkins' third book and our third episode about one his books (yes, we've done all of them). I think that officially makes him our most revisited author!
Are we going to have to do a cult book soon?
Jedidiah and his mom listen to some really interesting sounding podcasts on their trip, including ones about DB Cooper, the feral pigs tweet, and cult leader Sherry Shriner.
We've got an eye any future Jedidah Jenkins writing retreats.
Our next episode is our annual middle finger to JKR, and this time we're reading Pluralities by Avi Silver — another author we've read before! You might recognize them from our episode on The Shale Project.
Books, Authors and Episodes Mentioned
To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins (Episode 12)
Like Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins (Episode 65)
These Violent Delights (Episode 69) & Our Violent Ends (Episode 86) by Chloe Gong
The Rural Diaries (Episode 46) & Grimoire Girl (Episode 133) by Hilarie Burton Morgan
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes (Episode 60) & Hayley Alrdrige is Still Here (Episode 114) by Elissa R. Sloan
Autopsy of a Boring Wife (Episode 20) & A Boring Wife Settles the Score (Episode 70) by Marie-Renée Lavoie
Paper Houses (Episode 26) by Domnique Fortier
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In Episode 133 Gen and Jette revisit one of their favourite authors, Hilarie Burton Morgan, and kick off Non Fiction November with Grimoire Girl. Burton's latest book combines personal stories with her tips and simple spells for creating your own personal grimoire.
Show Notes
We have allll the ideas and creative inspiration now. Like so many projects are brewing.
Some questions we got to consider while discussing this book include: What body of water do you most relate to? Which planet/celestial body is your favourite?
We need to visit Wethersfield Garden.
The Rural Diaries by Hilarie Burton Morgan is still our top episode ever. Will Grimoire Girl beat that?
If you're not quite ready to create your own oracle deck, check out The Tessera Oracle.
For some essay writing ideas check out Summer Brennan's Essay Camp on Substack.
Our next episode we'll be re-revisiting another podcast favourite, Jedidiah Jenkins. We'll be talking abouy his latest book Mother, Nature.
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In Episode 132, Gen and Jette tackle a horror novel with The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay. It had a moment that shocked both of us and definitely gave us lots to talk about.
Show Notes
We're officially in our fifth season of the podcast!
Gen has a theory that the horror genre is like country music. Listen to the end of the episode to find out why.
The movie adaptation with M. Night Shyamalan is called Knock at the Cabin and has a few changes to the books that we talk about.
Spoilers abound in this episode, for both the book and the movie, even though neither of us has seen it.
Will we watch the movie? Undecided.
In keeping with the spooky theme, but on a completely different note, we'll be discussing Grimoire Girl by Hilarie Burton Morgan in our next episode.
Other Books and Media Mentioned
The Silence of the Lambs
Riley Sager
The Exorcist
Saw
Funny Games
Stephen King
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Eyes Throat Guts Bones by Moïra Fowley
Other Books by Paul Tremblay
Survivor Song
A Head Full of Ghosts
Episode 131 is an anniversary hangout. We're celebrating 5 years of Another Book on the Shelf. 5 years of great books, great discussions, and amazing listeners! We can't wait to bring you another 5 more!
Show Notes
We're actually going places out in the world now and it's very exciting.
Check out Gen's cookie website Honeybee Cookie Co. and get your Christmas orders in!
Our next episode we're sticking with the creepy October theme and reading The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay just in time for Halloween.
Don't forget to read along with our current book club selection, Grimoire Girl by Hilarie Burton Morgan.
Books Mentioned
The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird
Gotham Academy, Volume 2: Calamity by Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, and Mingjue Helen Chen
Bear by Marian Engel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Volume 1 by Jordie Bellaire and Dan Mora
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
You're On and Airplane by Parker Posey
What Draws Us Near (published by Little Ghosts Books)
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Tombs by Junji Ito Still
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
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In our latest instalment of Page to Screen, Gen and Jette talk about The Silence of the Lambs. We had a great time talking about the classic film and the novel by Thomas Harris to kick off spooky season. It's easy to see why Hannibal Lecter has captivated people! We're not saying we like him necessarily, but he's definitely fun to read about (and watch!)
Show Notes
The Silence of the Lambs film is one of only three to have won all five major awards at the Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Anthony Hopkins, and Best Actress for Jodie Foster.
The film is also the only horror film to have won Best Picture.
We're both ready to dive deep into the Hannibal Lecter canon, including all the books, films, and tv adaptations.
In our next episode we'll be celebrating our fifth (!!!) anniversary of the podcast!
Other Books & Screen Adaptations in the Hannibal Series
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
Hannibal (2001 film)
Red Dragon (2002 film)
Hannibal Rising (2007 film)
Hannibal (2013-2015 tv show)
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In Episode 129, Gen and Jette dive into "the most controversial Canadian novel" ever written. A woman goes to work in Northern Ontario and begins a relationship with a bear. Spoiler in 2023, it wasn't that wild. Or was it?
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In Episode 128, Gen and Jette team up with one of their favourite local publishers, House of Anansi Press, to read The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird. It's the second book of poetry for the pod and we absolutely loved it.
Show Notes
House of Anansi's namesake comes from the spider god of West-African tradition, Kwaku Anansi, who created the world.
House of Anansi is located in Toronto. Be sure to check out their sister imprint, Groundwood Books, for children's and young adult lit.
If you're looking for the book version of the annual CBC Massey Lectures, it's House of Anansi you want!
The All + Flesh was published on August 8 and is available for purchase.
The other book of poetry we talked about on the pod is Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne, published by our other fave indie publisher, Coach House.
Our next episode is a book club episode! We'll be talking about Bear by Marian Engel (also published by House of Anansi). It's going to be an interesting one!
If you haven't already, take a look at the Narcisse snake pits in Manitoba, but be warned! It is very much a writing pit of snakes.
Other House of Anansi Episodes
20: House of Anansi Press 2019 Spring Books
39: House of Anansi New Releases
43: You Are Not What We Expected – Interview with Sidura Ludwig
70: A Boring Wife Settles the Score by Marie-Renée Lavoie
97: A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm
Other Book Mentioned
I Am Still Too Much by Brandi Bird
The Rez Sisters by Thomson Highway
Paper House by Dominique Fortier
It's time for another hang out episode! In this episode, Gen and Jette talk about what they've been up to and what they've been reading (actually so much!). We may be ready for fall already, but we're making the most of summer while it's still here.
Show Notes
Check out our latest blog post, Top 7 Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2023
The new show on Netflix about the Sacklers and the opioid crisis is called Painkiller.
Our next episode we team up with House of Anansi Press to read a new poetry collection, The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird.
Books Mentioned
It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood
The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood
Surfside Girls by Kim Dwinell
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera
The Cryptid Club by Sarah Andersen
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
The Book of Phobias and Manias by Kate Summerscale
Always Never by Jordi Lafebre
Ripple Effects by Jordan Hart and Matthew Noe
My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler
The Beauty by Jason A. Hurley and Jeremy Haun
Welcome to Gotham Academy by Becky Cloonan (of The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys), Brendan Fletcher, and Karl Kerschel
Stillwater by Chip Zdarsky
Ghost Tree by Bobby Curnow
Life is Strange: Dust by Emma Vieceli
Tell Me Everything: A Memoir by Minka Kelly
House of Slaughter by James Tynion IV (Something is Killing the Children spin-off)
You're On An Airplane by Parker Posey
Mother, Nature by jedidiah Jenkins
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Junior High by Tegan and Sara Quin\
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
Steering the Craft by Ursula Le Guin
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Sordidez by E.G. Condé
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Syllabus by Lynda Barry
Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes
Moonheart by Charles de Lint
Seven Tears into the Sea by Terri Farley
Who Will Run the Frog Hospital by Lorrie Moore
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
The Blue Salt Road by Joanne M. Harris
Sealskin by Su Bristow
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In Episode 126, Gen and Jette team up with indie publisher Stelliform Press. They generously sent us a copy of their recent release Sordidez by E.G. Condé, which follows different members of communities trying to survive in a world ravaged by war and climate catastrophe.
Show Notes
We first heard about Stelliform Press at last year's Word on the Street festival. They publish stories that centre climate change and environmental justice.
The book about Guatemala that Gen couldn't remember the name of is Bitter Fruit by Stephen Schlesinger. It details the CIA's operation to overthrow the country's democratically elected government in 1954.
Find more of E.G. Condé's work at www.egconde.com or follow him on social media — @CloudAnthro on Twitter and @boricuascribe on Instagram.
Our next episode is going to be our summer hangout! Join us for some iced tea and reading/writing updates.
Other Books Mentioned
The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade (also published by Stelliform)
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It's time for another round of #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt! Actually, it was mostly BookTok this time. We're finally diving into one of Colleen Hoover's books. Verity has been all over Instagram and TikTok, and when friend of the pod Kattie read it, we knew it was time. We had a lot to say about this one. Let us know where you fall on the CoHo books – love or hate? We want to know.
Show Notes
Are we going to read another CoHo book for the pod? Maybe.
In our next episode we're teaming up with a new indie book publisher that we discovered at Word on the Street—Stelliform Press. They publish mostly speculative climate fiction and we'll be talking about their new release, Sordidez by E.G. Condé.
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In Episode 124, Gen and Jette talk about The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder. This was Jette's pick for our book club and we loved the dystopian vibes and talking all about memories.
Show Notes
Yōko Ogawa has won every Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa Prize and Yomiuri Prize.
Playing It Cool is a 2014 film starring Chris Evans, Aubrey Plaza, Michelle Monaghan, Anthony Mackie, Topher Grace, and Luke Wilson. With such a stacked cast, you'd think Gen would've heard of it.
Our next book club pick is Bear by Marian Engel
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Gen and Jette up their CanCon for Pride this year with Junior High - a middle grade semi-autobiographical graphic novel from Canadian musical duo Tegan and Sara, with the illustrations of Tillie Walden.
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In Episode 122, Gen and Jette keep up their CanCon with a discussion of Canadian authors.
Show Notes
If you're unfamiliar with CanCon, it's the stipulation that all Canadian media contain a certain percentage of content produced, written, etc. by Canadians.
It turns out we have a lot of episodes about books by Canadian authors (though not 35% as dictated by CanCon...we're working on it LOL). Find them all listed below.
Listen to the CBC Massey Lectures for free on the CBC Radio website
Alicia Elliot's new novel, And Then She Fell, is expected September 26.
Anne Michael's new novel, Held, is expected November 9.
Should we do an episode on Marian Engle's Bear?
We did our best to list everything we talked about below, but it's very likely that we left something out since we talked about a lot. (Buckle in, she's a long one)
Our next episode we'll be talking about Tegan and Sara's new graphic novel, Junior High (more CanCon!)
Books & Authors Mentioned
Robert Munsch
Fiona Staples (Saga)
Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals)
Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer)
Margaret Atwood
Leonard Cohen (Beautiful Losers)
Carol Shields (The Stone Diaries)
Margaret Laurence (The Stone Angel)
L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables)
Roberston Davies
Alice Munro
Mordecai Richler (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version, Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang)
Lawrence Hill (The Book of Negroes)
Yann Martel (Life of Pie)
Michael Ondaatje (The English Patient)
Miriam Toews (A Complicated Kindness, Women Talking, All My Puny Sorrows)
Esi Edugyan (Hald-Blood Blues, Washington Black)
Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel, Sea of Tranqulity)
Courtney Summers (Sadie, The Project)
Silvia-Moreno Garcia (Mexican Gothic, Certain Dark Things, Velvet Was the Night, Silver Nitrate)
Madeleine Thein (Do Not Say We Have Nothing)
Anne Michaels (Fugitive Pieces)
Marian Engle (Bear)
Douglas Coupland (Generation X, Girlfriend in a Coma, Hey Nostradamus, All Families Are Psychotic, Terry, Microserfs)
Episodes with Canadian Authors & Books
10: Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey
20: House of Anansi Press 2019 Spring Books (Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie & Dual Citizens by Alix Ohlin)
25: Sadie by Courtney Summers
26: Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
36: Disfigured by Amanda Leduc
39: House of Anansi New Releases (Coming Up for Air by Sarah Leipciger &
Pallbearing Stories by Michael Melgaard)
42: The Shale Project (Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver & The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming by Sienna Tristen)
43: You Are Not What We Expected by Sidura Ludwig
50: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
51: Coach House Books 2021 Fall Releases (Imago Stage by Karoline Georges & Fauna by Christiane Vadnais)
59: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
62: Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne
70: A Boring Wife Settles the Score by Marie-Renée Lavoie
74: And Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier
82: Pegamoose Press
88: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
92: Interview with Stephanie Cooke
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In episode 121 Gen & Jette sit down for Another Cup of Tea and a spring hangout. We're talking all about what we've been reading lately and what we have planned for the coming months.
Show Notes
If you're in Toronto on May 27 & 28, be sure to stop by the Word On the Street festival.
Find out more about Gen's upcoming summer retreats.
Our next episode (for real this time) is all about Canadian authors.
Read along with our current book club pick, The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa, which we'll be discussing first thing in July.
Books Mentioned
The Cannibals by Tingu
Vicious Creatures by Sarah Gordon
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
Sing Nightingale by Marie Hélène Poitras
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
The Girl and the Glim by India Swift
Junkwraith by Ellinor Richey
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
These Witches Don't Burn & This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Losers by Andy Diggle and Jock
Surfside Girls by Kim Dwinell
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Small Mercies by Denis Lehane
Tombs by Junji Ito
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
Moonheart by Charles de Lint
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
In Episode 120, Gen and Jette dive into the latest book club pick and talk all things writing with The Writing Life by Annie Dillard. This one has been on Gen's list for a while and the consensus it that it should be required reading for any writer or artist.
Show Notes
You can sign up for Gen's writing and yoga retreat here: Fort Erie July 17-20 & The June Motel in PEC September 8-10
Our next episode is all about Canadian authors because we gotta get that CanCon. But sincerely Canada has some really incredible writers and we can't wait to talk about them.
And the next book club selection is The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder. Read along with us this May & June so you know what's going on when we talk about it on July 5!
Other books and authors mentioned
How to Write and Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee (listen to the episode)
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier, translated by Rhonda Mullins (listen to the episode)
A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm (listen to the episode)
Henry David Thoreau
Jack London
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The first rule of Fight Club is: you do not talk about Fight Club.
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In Episode 118, Gen and Jette continue their series #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt with Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. It takes place in a Tokyo cafe that allows people to time travel...though there are a few rules. We're always suckers for a time travel story and immediately fell in love with this one.
Show Notes
Before the Coffee Gets Cold actually began as a stage ply and was adapted into a novel in 2015.
There is also a film adaptation that came out in 2018, and in 2021 it was announced that the novel was being developed for television.
The cafe in the novel is called Funiculi Funicula after the song, which was apparently written to mark the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. The more you know.
If you want more of us losing our minds over time travel particulars, check out one of our very early episodes (episode 9!) about Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman.
In our next episode we'll be continuing with another series, Page to Screen, and talking about Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk alongside the 1999 film.
Other Books Mentioned
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Cafe by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In Episode 117, Gen and Jette discuss a new release from Coach House Books — Sing, Nightingale by Marie Hélène Poitras, translated by Rhonda Mullins. We always love the unique books from Coach House, and this one is no exception.
Show Notes
Obviously we talked about Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier (also translated by Rhonda Mullins).
The books we read from Coach House never fail to make us looks at writing in a fresh way and spark our creativity.
Shout out to Rhonda Mullins for her amazing translation of so many wonderful books!
In our next episode we'll be talking about Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Other Coach House Episodes
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne
2020 Fall Releases (The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges, Fauna by Christiane Vadnais, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann)
Disfigured by Amanda Leduc
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier
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In episode 116, Gen and Jette sit down with a cup of tea for a casual chat about what they've been up to and what they have planned for the spring, and of course what they've been reading.
Show Notes
Gen is co-hosting two yoga and writing retreats in the summer — one in Fort Erie and one in Prince Edward County — find out more about them at Wild Wandering Creations.
Next time you're in Boston, make sure to visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — or at least read up about one of the most infamous unsolved art heists.
Jette stumbled across a new cafe last time she was in NYC. It's called The Lost Draft and it sounds amazing.
Check out Self Made Hero, a graphic novel company that publishes a lot of biography and non-fiction titles.
If you haven't already hopped on the astronomy nerd train with us, check out Episode 107 about How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Michael E. Brown
In our next episode we'll be talking about a new Coach House release — Sing, Nightingale by Marie Hélène Poitras, translated by Rhonda Mullins.
Our current book club pick is The Writing Life by Annie Dillard.
Books & Media Mentioned
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
The Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling
Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley Doyle
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman
Steering the Craft by Ursual K. LeGuin
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
The Only One Left by Riley Sager (coming June 20)
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
On Photography by Susan Sontag
At Work by Annie Leibovitz
Thoreau and Me by Cédric Taling
Basquiat by Julian Voloj & Søren Mosdal
The Neverending Stoy by Michael Ende
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In Episode 115, Gen and Jette talk about Jette's most recent book club pick - Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion. How have we gone 115 episodes before doing a Didion episode? I know, right. While Jette can't remember where the idea for this book as her pick even came from, she's glad she picked it. This collection of essays from the 1960s, mostly focusing on California, you quickly see why Didion is a classic
Show Notes
If ever in LA - you must visit the Howard Hughes Headquarters
This is the SNL skit that Jette is still laughing at - The Californians
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In Episode 114, Gen and Jette read the latest novel from Elissa R. Sloan, Hayley Aldridge is Still Here. The novel follows the life of former child star Hayley Aldridge as she tells her story and works to get out from under a conservatorship that she's been in for a decade. Sound familiar? Sloan draws on the real life stars of the '90s and early '00s and slots Hayley's story seamlessly into that history.
If you loved the Sloan's last book, The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes (which we talked about in Episode 60), you're going to love this one.
Show Notes
We really did treat our young celebrities very badly back in the day. A lot of what makes Hayley Aldridge so effective is knowing that everything that happened to her was also happening in real life.
Reading this made us think of so many young stars, such as Drew Barrymore, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Bynes, and Brad Renfro.
So, conservatorships should be banned, right? Why are they allowed?
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In Episode 113, Gen and Jette return to one of their all time favourite authors, James Baldwin. We're finally talking about Giovanni's Room, probably Baldwin's most well known novel. Get ready to be devastated and blown away by Baldwin's writing all over again. (No, we'll never get over it. Yes, we will continue to ramble our glowing praise.)
Show Notes:
Did anyone out there read any James Baldwin at the university level or do many of us have this appalling gap in our literary education?
As always, there were some lines in this novel that absolutely wrecked us. Which one is living in your brain rent free for the rest of time?
For more about Paris, listen to Episode 97 about A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm.
For more James Baldwin, check out Episode 55 on Another Country and Episode 61 where we talk about If Beale Street Could Talk and the film adaptation.
In our next episode we'll be returning to another well loved author, Elissa R. Sloan, with her latest book Hayley Aldridge is Still Here. The episode is out February 15, the day after the book's release date.
Other Books by James Baldwin
Another Country
If Beale Street Could Talk
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Notes of a Native Son
The Fire Next Time
The Devil Finds Work
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In Episode 112, it's time for another instalment of our unofficial graphic novel book club — this time with Fatale by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. We cover volumes 1 & 2 (with little sneak peeks at volumes 3–5) of this supernatural noir thriller from one of the most celebrated duos in graphic novels today.
Show Notes
Ed Brubaker has won a whopping 7 Eisner Awards for his work, which includes Batman, Catwoman, Winter Soldier, Criminal, Incognito, and Reckless among many others.
Sean Phillips' son also works in graphic novels and has actually done some of the colouring for Phillips' work.
We loved diving into all these different decades and getting a bit more of Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythology (even if we still can't pronounce it).
For more graphic novel goodness, check out our episodes on Shade, the Changing Girl, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, Fun Home , and Something is Killing the Children. And listen to our interviews with Stephanie Cooke, and with husband and wife duo Brenda Hickey and Troy Little of Pegamoose Press.
In our next episode we'll be talking about Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin.
Other Books by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Reckless
Criminal
Incognito
Fatale
The Fade Out
Kill or Be Killed
My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies
In Episode 111, Gen and Jette talk about their most recent book club book, The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle. It's a retelling of H.P. Lovecraft's short story, "The Horror at Red Hook" that subverts the xenophobic message of the original tale.
Show Notes:
We fell down a Lovecraft rabbit hole that made us realize how little we know about him (and how many references we probably missed in the novel!)
As with so many books we read, we now want to get our hands on everything else Victor LaValle has written...and also up out Lovecraft knowledge so we're better prepared to catch those references
Turns out we've inadvertently made Lovecraft the theme for January. For more Lovecraftian vibes, stay tuned for our next episode on Ed Brubaker's graphic novel Fatale.
Read along with our current book club pick, Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion.
Other Books Mentioned
By Victor LaValle – Slapboxing with Jesus, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver, The Changeling, and Destroyer (graphic novel)
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
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It's our last episode of 2022, so we're taking a look back at our reading and writing goals for the year, as well as looking ahead to 2023.
Show Notes:
We may have dropped the ball on 52 Weeks of Short Stories, but that doesn't mean we won't try something new in 2023. The Artist's Way, anyone?
Jette is so close to being done her graphic novel script!
Gen finally finished the first draft of her YA novel!
We can't wait for all the events next year, like Word on the Street, TCAF, and Toronto Festival of Authors.
Stelliform Press is a new to us publisher that we hope to work with in the new year!
Check out our holiday wrap-up blog post for more of our 2023 reading and writing goals.
Our first book club pick of 2023 is Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion.
Books Mentioned:
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV & Werther Dell'Edera
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction & David Aja
Sandford Meisner on Acting
How I Killed Pluto and Why it Had it Coming by Michael E. Brown
Persuasion by Jane Austen
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
Through the Woods by Emily Carrol
Shades of Fear edited by Allison O'Toole
By Chance or Providence by Becky Cloonan
Making A Scene by Constance Wu
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
Thoreau and Me by Cedric Taling
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
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In Episode 109, Gen and Jette discuss Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. We absolutely loved this one and are now planning on reading everything Emezi has written, including Bitter, the prequel story to Pet.
Show Notes:
This episode is in keeping with our annual December tradition of replacing a discussion about a certain series featuring a certain boy wizard in favour of queer, and especially trans, stories. Check out last year's discussion of A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee, and our episode on Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas from the year before that.
The name of the poem by Dylan Thomas featuring the line "rage against the dying of the light" is called "Do not go gentle into that good night." Another poem that Gen loves is, "In my craft or sullen art." The radio play that she has yet to read is called Under Milk Wood.
Emezi's novel You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty, their first romance, is partially inspired by Florence + The Machine's song "Hunger." That might be enough for us to give romance a try.
Other Books by Akwaeke Emezi
Bitter
The Death Vivek Oji
Freshwater
You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
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It's November, aka National Novel Writing Month, so in episode 108 Gen and Jette talk all things writing! We get into the projects we're currently working on, the ones that have fallen by the wayside (ahem, 52 weeks of short stories), and what we're doing to cultivate a writing routine. As always, we come away with some fresh inspiration and creative spark.
Show Notes
We were bright eyed and bushy tailed when he began our 52 Weeks of Short Stories challenge at the beginning of this year. 2023 is calling for some softer, gentler writing goals.
Both Gen and Jette have committed to working through The Artist's Way...one of these days.
If anyone remembers a show where they'd have a word of the day, please let us know what it is.
Listen to Episode 106: Something Is Killing the Children for more graphic novel goodness and more about the project Jette is working on.
Books Mentioned
The Writing of Fiction by Edith Wharton
The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk
The Wave in the Mind by Ursula K. LeGuin
Steering the Craft by Ursula K. LeGuin
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
How to Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
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In Episode 107, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club book — How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown. This was Jette's pick and we had a great time nerding out about all things space. Should we become astronomers?
Show Notes
The trans-Neptunian objects discovered by Mike Brown and his team include Quaoar, Sedna, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.
Is there actually a ninth planet out there?
If you haven't already looked at all the photos from the James Webb telescope what are you even doing?
You need to watch these cute kid song videos about Quaoar and Dwarf Planets
Other Books Mentioned
By Andy Weir: Artemis, The Martian, Project Hail Mary
Reality Is Not What It Seems by Carlo Rovelli
The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
It's almost Halloween! Which means episode 106 is dedicated to all things spooky — specifically Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV, Werther Dell'Edera, and Miquel Muerto. And we're welcoming guest and friend of the pod, Mike Storey, to talk all things horror and graphic novels.
Show Notes
Mike is well-versed in the horror genre and is also an artist. It was so much fun to have him on to talk about this book and hear his insights on the story, genre, and art.
Mike has a lot of really cool projects coming soon. We hope you enjoyed the snippet of his audio short at the end of the episode. Find the full project on the Horrormooners YouTube channel
Find his artwork in the game instruction manual for the upcoming Project EOS Rise. You can support it on Kickstarter soon!
You can also find Horrormooners on TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook.
Find the creators and letterer for Strike the Dead on Instagram.
Next episode we'll be talking about our latest book club pick, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown
Other Books Mentioned
Revival by Tim Seeley & Mike Norton
Harrow County by Cullen Bun & Tyler Crook
The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado with DaNi
The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV with Alvaro Martinez
Killadelphia by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
The Woods by James Tynion IV & Michael Dialynus
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? by Eric Powell & Harold Schechter
Crossed by Garth Ennis & Jason Burrows
The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young & Jorge Corona
The Autumnal by Daniel Krausand & Chris Shehan
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
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It's time for a fall hang out episode, which means it's also our podcast anniversary! We're celebrating 4 years of awesome books, reading discoveries, and so much more. In four years, we've recorded 105 episodes that have listeners in over 70 countries, and we're pretty proud of that! A huge thank you to all our listeners who've been with us over the years, and a welcome to all our new listeners!
Show Notes
Shout out to Coach House Books and House of Anansi Press, as always. We love reading and chatting about the books they send us.
Speaking of Coach House, two of their books have made the Scotiabank Giller Prize short list — Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu, which we did and episode on, and The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr.
If you're in Toronto (or if you feel like visiting), Word on the Street and TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival) are two book festivals that are worth checking out.
Two indie publishers we learned about at Word on the Street this year are Stelliform Press and Invisible Publishing and we hope to work with them in future episodes!
Do you feel guilty for reading graphic novels too quickly?
Books & Media Mentioned
*There were a lot, so apologies if we missed any!
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado with DaNi
The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona
The Autumnal by Daniel Krausand and Chris Shehan
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Book 1: The Crucible by Robert Aguirre-Sacasa with Robert Hack
The Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV with Alvaro Martinez
Wytches by Scott Snyder and Jock
Swamp Thing The Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue in Green by Anand Rk and Ram V
Killadelphia by Rodney Barnes and Jason Shawn Alexander
Seance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
The End of Everything (Astophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack
Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell'Edera
Destroyer by Victor Lavalle
Stillwater by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K. Pérez
Making a Scene by Constance Wu
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Michale E. Brown
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno Garcia
Lilith by George MacDonald
The Changeling by Victor Lavalle
Perfume: Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater
Be Scared of Everything by Peter Counter
It Came From the Closet edited by Joe Vallese
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Inspired by Jette's recent blog post, we dive into some of the books we should have read by now—whether it's because they touch on current issues or because they've been on our shelf for ages. Turns out we have a lot of these books, so we made a pact to read at least one book from our list before the end of this year. Listen to find out which ones we chose!
Books & Authors Mentioned
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
James Baldwin – Giovanni's Room, Another Country, The Fire Next Time, The Devil Finds Work
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
Rib King by Ladee Hubbard
Flaubert's Parrot by Julian Barnes
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
Dennis Lehane
Blood Meridien by Cormac McCarthy
The Stand by Stephen King
Dune by Frank Herbert
The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer
How to Write An Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Gone Girl by Gillian Glynn
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In Episode 103, Gen and Jette dive into Gen's book club pick - How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. After seeing this book everywhere and reading so many rave reviews of Chee's work, we knew we had to read it. Obviously, we are now obsessed. An amazing read if you do anything creative. We're both now headed into Autumn feeling inspired and ready to write and create and more.
Show Notes:
So... can we go to the Iowa Writers' Workshop?
Highly recommend watching the documentary The Times of Harvey Milk
If you're a writer, you should read On Writing by Stephen King or Bird by Bird by Anne Lamont
There were definitely other things we talked about but we were bad at taking notes!
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In Episode 102, Gen and Jette head back to the 1800s with Little Women in another edition of our Page to Screen series. We talk about Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel and the 1994 and 2019 films.
Show Notes
Yes Jette is still obsessed with her trip to Concord MA and her visit to Orchard House
This was the first book that managed to stump us both but we swear we will finish reading it eventually LOL
There were definitely other things we talked about but we were bad at taking notes!
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In episode 101, Gen and Jette talk about the settings that feel so alive they become an entire character in the novel — the haunted houses, the seaside towns, the cities that feel like living, breathing entities, we're here for all of it!
Show Notes
Make sure to check out Gen's blog post, which inspired this episode.
We, uh, talked about a lot of books. Find (most of) them listed below!
In our next episode we'll be talking about Little Women the novel, as well as two of the film adaptations from 1994 and 2019
Books & Media Mentioned
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufmann
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Another Country by James Baldwin
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
L.A. Confidential
The Shining by Stephen King
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Batman
Sin City by Frank Miller
Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Martian, Project Hail Mary, and Artemis by Andy Weir
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James
Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Slade House by David Mitchell
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Jaws by Peter Benchley
The Dark Library by Cyrille Martinez
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Dune by Frank Herbert
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It's our 100th episode! We're celebrating by talking about all our favourite moments from the podcast over the last few years, including our favourite episodes, interviews, and books.
The podcast has evolved a lot since we started and we've both expanded our reading — which was the entire point! Achievement unlocked. We're so excited to keep growing and evolving. A huge thank you to all of our listeners for sticking with us and helping make this community so amazing!
Show Notes:
The coffee shop that Jette visited in Concord is Haute Coffee.
Be sure to check out Coach House Books, one of our favourite indie Toronto publishers!
Have you listened to our top five most listened to episodes? Here they are in order:
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The Rural Diaries by Hilarie Burton Morgan
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The Institute by Stephen King
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Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman
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To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins
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Another Country by James Baldwin
Visit Hay-on-Wye, Wales to visit all the bookstores.
Our next episode is all about setting as character. We'll be drawing a bit on our blog post, and exploring more books that fall in this category. Will we talk about Mexican Gothic again? Probably.
Keep an eye on our Instagram account so you can join our Little Women watch party! We'll be having two — one for the 1994 adaptation and one for the Greta Gerwig adaptation.
Books and Authors Mentioned
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Renee Marie Lavoie
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction & David Aja
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
The Impossible Resurrection of Grief by Octavia Cade
Be Scared of Everything: Horror Essays by Peter Counter
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn & Cliff Chiang
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In Episode 98, Gen and Jette discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This episode falls into our #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series, which lets us jump on the train of a popular book to see what all the fuss is about and if it lives up to the hype.
Evelyn Hugo has been all over Instagram and TikTok and we can see why! Just like with Daisy Jones and the Six, Jenkins Reid crafts an impeccable fictional story that slides so neatly into real history that you'd think it actually happened. If you're looking for your next summer read, look no further!
Show Notes
We might just be Taylor Jenkins Reid super fans now. Time to work our way through her entire catalogue. And maybe reread Daisy Jones?
It was a lot of fun looking into the Taylor Jenkins Reid Universe, which loosely connects Daisy Jones, Evelyn Hugo, and Malibu Rising in the same fictional history. We suspect her latest book, Carrie Sotto is Back, also fits into this timeline. As far as we can tell, Evelyn's third husband, Mick Riva, is the common thread in all of them.
Daisy Jones and the Six has been adapted into a mini series and is set to release some time this year, though we don't have an exact date yet. All we can say is: Give it to us now! (We may or may not have a bonus episode once we've watched it.)
We're celebrating our 100th episode next! Let us know your favourite episodes and what you'd like to see more from us in the future.
Other Books & Media Mentioned
By Taylor Jenkins Reid – Daisy Jones and the Six, Malibu Rising, Carrie Sotto is Back
Stephen King
By Emily St. John Mandel – Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel, Sea of Tranquility
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In Episode 98, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club book, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. It's our first time discussing a thriller and we had a grand spooky time. Sager's story within a story keeps you guessing right until the very end, making for a great #IcedCoffeeRead this summer.
Notes
The snake pit that Jette mentions in Manitoba is called the Narcisse Snake Dens. It's exactly what it sounds like! If you're not terrified of snakes, check out some of the videos on their website:
The Grange House that was the first home of the Art Gallery of Ontario is definitely haunted. The website doesn't mention that it's haunted, but as former employees, we can assure you that it is.
We had a bit of fun telling our own personal ghost stories. Now we want to know: do you believe in ghosts? Tell us all your ghostly encounters in the comments or DM us on Instagram!
Our next episode we'll be talking about one of Bookstagram/BookTok's favourite books, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reed.
Other Books by Riley Sager
The Last Time I Lied
Final Girls
Lock Every Door
Survive the Night
The House Across the Lake
Other Books & Media Mentioned
The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Agatha Christie
The Walking Dead
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In Episode 97, Gen and Jette collaborate with one of their favourite Toronto indie publishers, House of Anansi, to give you a preview of one of their upcoming new releases, A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm.
This memoir chronicles Chisholm's time in Paris, scraping out a living in a restaurant as he works his way up from runner to waiter. As former barista/servers/etc., we loved this deep dive into the world of waiting tables. We did a lot of reminiscing and commiserating because it turns out, no matter where you are, waiting tables doesn't really change.
Show Notes
Check out our other collaborations with House of Anansi — Episode 70: A Boring Wife Settles the Score, Episode 43: You Are Not What We Expected, Episode 39: Coming Up for Air and Pallbearing, Episode 20: Autopsy of a Boring Wife and Dual Citizens
Chisholm's memoir is partly inspired by George Orwell's Down and Out in Paris and London, so if you enjoy this one, be sure to check out Orwell's book also.
In our next episode, we'll be discussing our latest book club read, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. If you've read it, send us all your thoughts!
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It's June, which means it's Pride month, and to celebrate Gen and Jette dedicate Episode 96 to all things queer lit! We talk about a lot of different books in this one and realized that quite a few of our past episodes feature queer books and writers. Hell yeah!
Show Notes
Quite a few of our favourite books get mentioned in this episode and you can find the complete (as possible) list below of everything we talked about.
If you're in Toronto, be sure to hit up Glad Day Bookshop in the Village.
Keep an eye out for Gen's blog post this month — she'll be giving you her Pride reading wish list.
Let us know all your favourite queer books! Comment below, DM us, tag us...we want all the recommendations!
Books and Authors Mentioned
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Jeannette Winterson – Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Written on the Body
Kacen Callender – Felix Ever After, King and the Dragonflies
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
Casey McQuiston – I Kissed Shara Wheeler, One Last Stop, Red White and Royal Blue
James Baldwin – Another Country, If Beale Street Could Talk, Giovanni's Room
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Jedidiah Jenkins – To Shake the Sleeping Self, Like Streams to the Ocean
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
The Shale Project by Avi Silver & Sienna Tristen
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Tranny by Laura Jane Grace
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Sadie by Courtney Summers
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Trixie & Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
David Sedaris
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In Episode 95, Gen and Jette finally take on the science fiction genre! We've put it off until now because neither of us thought we read much sci-fi, but it turns out we've read more than we thought and we actually love it! A lot of the books we talk about in this one might not be the ones that first come to mind when you think of sci-fi, but that's what makes the genre so interesting — there's so much variety!
SHOW NOTES
Did you catch Jette's not-reference to Paper Houses?
We're going to cook up a recommendation list for getting into science fiction based on books you already like to read.
The Octavia Butler book about vampires is not Lilith's Brood, it's Fledgling.
Predictably, we couldn't help talking about some films as well. There's so much great science fiction out there!
Is sci-fi secretly our favourite genre?
We did our best to round up everything mentioned in the episode and list it below, but we talked about so much some things may have slipped through the cracks.
Books, Authors & Films Mentioned
Star Trek
Back to the Future
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Fauna by Christiane Vadnais
The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
Andy Weir – The Martian, Artemis, Project Hail Mary
Alien
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Blake Crouch – Recursion, Dark Matter, Upgrade, Wayward Pines
Marvel Comics
Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Ursula K. Le Guin – The Left Hand of Darkness, The Dispossessed, The Lathe of Heaven
Octavia Butler – Kindred, Lilith's Brood, The Parable of the Sower
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
Isaac Asimov
Ray Bradburty
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
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In Episode 94, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club book — Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. We couldn't stop talking about the style and structure of this novel written in verse. Acevedo writes such a full and vivid narrative even with her pared back style and we're in awe.
Show Notes
Keep an eye out for Elizabeth Acevedo's newest book, still untitled, expected to be released next year.
Yahaira's wonderful girlfriend's name is Dre and we love her makeshift fire escape garden.
We absolutely loved the way Acevedo used the visual layout of the words on the page to emphasize different words, phrases, and scenes. It got us thinking back to our episode about Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne.
Our next book club book is the thriller Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. We'll be discussing it in our first episode of July.
Next episode we'll be doing another genre breakdown, this time talking science fiction. It's a genre that covers a lot of ground and we can't wait to dive in.
Other Books by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Poet X
With the Fire on High
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
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In Episode 93, Gen and Jette kick off their graphic novel book club with Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. This graphic novel memoirs chronicles Bechdel's complex relationship with her father, and she does it with nuance, honesty, and humour. It's a fantastic read and we nerd out a lot on literature, as well as the graphic novel form.
Show Notes:
Fun Home was adapted as a musical and won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015.
After finishing Fun Home, we both immediately wanted to read Are You My Mother?, Bechdel's second graphic novel memoir that chronicles, you guessed it, her relationship with her mother.
We go off on a few literary tangents (as you do) and ponder James Joyce, the Fitzgeralds, the Alcotts, and Thoreau, among others.
You may recognize Bechdel's name from the famous Bechdel test, wherein a movie will pass the test so long as two female characters speak to each other about something other than a man.
For more graphic novel content, check out Episode 44: Genre Breakdown — Graphic Novels
Our next episode is a book club episode and we'll be discussing Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo.
Other Books, Authors, and Media Mentioned
Alison Bechdel's long-running comic strip "Dykes to Watch Out For"
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Colette
Zelda & F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ulysses by James Joyce
Henry David Thoreau
The Wire
Six Feet Under
Albert Camus
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Gen and Jette had the pleasure of speaking with Stephanie Cookie - an award-winning writer and editor based out of Toronto, Canada. She’s a comic book fan, avid gamer, movie watcher, and pun appreciator. Her graphic novels, Oh My Gods! and ParaNorthern are out now from Clarion Books. A sequel to Oh My Gods! was just released on April 5th, 2022.
We talked so many awesome books and movies and video games we were too busy to even write them down!
Connect with Stephanie on her website, Instagram, and TikTok!
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In Episode 91, Gen and Jette dive into another book to film adaptation with a discussion of The Martian. We love a well done adaptation and Ridley Scott's film does Andy Weir's book full justice. Plus, we got to indulge our inner space nerd.
Show Notes
The cast is stacked in this film and rewatching it was a fun exercise in exclaiming, "I forgot they were in this!"
We didn't just nerd out over space science. The cinematography of the Martian landscape is swoon worthy. Shout out to cinematographer Dariusz Wolski.
For more adaptation goodness check out the rest of the episodes in our Book to Screen series:
80: Jurassic Park
61: If Beale Street Could Talk
48: Mystic River
27: The Virgin Suicides
18: Sharp Objects
In our next episode we'll be chatting with graphic novel author Stephanie Cooke about all things writing and creativity.
Other Books & Films Mentioned
The Batman
Artemis by Andy Weir
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Alien
Gladiator
House of Gucci
Blade Runner
Legend
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In Episode 90, Gen and Jette sit down for another cup of tea to chat about the year so far. While we haven't been up to much in the last few months, we have actually been reading. Join us for this casual chat about what we're reading, what we're planning to read, and what we have in store for the podcast over the next few months.
Show Notes
We can't believe this already episode 90! Absolutely wild.
So much love for The Storygraph and its breakdown of our reading stats. Follow us both there and join our bookclub reading challenge! https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jettefierce
https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/genandtonic
Our watch party of The Martian is happening Wednesday March 23 at 8:30 PM EDT. Message us on Instagram to join the group chat! We'll be chatting about both the book and the film in our upcoming episode.
In our excitement over Hawkeye we go off on a bit of a Marvel tangent...
Find out what's on Jette's Spring TBR in her latest blog post.
We'll be chatting with graphic novel author Stephanie Cooke in an upcoming episode. Check out her work on Instagram @hellocookie
Books & Media Mentioned
A Ghost in the Throat by Doreann Ní Ghríofa
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Our Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney
Fables by Bill Willingham
Reckless by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Constellations by Nick Payne
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Becoming Andy Warhol by Nick Bertozzi & Pierce Hargon
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction & David Aja
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk
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In Episode 89, Gen and Jette chat about their first book club book of the year, Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon. Get your inner emo kid ready! This memoir is an emotional and beautifully written account of McMahon's life. It begins with his childhood and takes the reader through his life as a musician, experienced through the lens of his relationship with three different pianos.
Yes, it's as incredible as it sounds. We hope you enjoy this discussion as much as we did! You know we have Everything In Transit on repeat now.
Show Notes
Somehow it's been 3.5 years since we started this podcast.
Yeah, we're super emo, but you probably already knew that.
For more music throwbacks and emo vibes check out our other podcast, Teenage Daydream, where we're currently going through every episode of One Tree Hill.
Make sure you listen to Dark Blue and cry a little.
Check out McMahon's solo work, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.
The Dear Jack Foundation raises money for programming that benefits young adult cancer patients, survivors, and their families.
Here's the link to the Dear Jack documentary Jette mentioned.
And here's another playlist for your listening enjoyment.
Other Books & Episodes Mentioned
The Rural Diaries by Hilarie Burton Morgan
Everything is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs
Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman
Movies and Other Things by Shea Serrano
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In Episode 88, Gen and Jette chat about Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu. This collection of short stories was generously sent to us by Coach House Books, who always seem to know exactly which books we’re going to love. Lesser Known Monsters is no exception. We’re obsessed with the weird and wonderful worlds that Kim Fu creates in these stories.
Other Coach House Episodes 26: Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
36: Disfigured by Amanda Leduc
51: Coach House Books 2020 Fall Releases
62: Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne
74: And Miles to Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier
Show Notes A huge shoutout to Coach House Books for always sending us the coolest books and being all around wonderful to work with. Be sure to check them out!
If short stories are your jam, and you’ve always wanted to write one, join us for 52 Weeks of Short Stories. Jette has put together a list of prompts to take us all the way through a year of writing.
This book made it onto Gen’s list of Most Anticipated Books of 2022.
Our next episode is our book club episode. We’ll be discussing Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon.
Other Books & Media Mentioned The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore by Kim Fu
For Today I Am a Boy by Kim Fu
Waydowntown
Inception
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In Episode 87, Gen and Jette talk all things alternative to purchasing physical copies of books. We chat e-books, audiobooks, apps, and more. There's a lot of library love in this episode and all around appreciation for all the different ways we can experience books!
Show Notes
This episode was inspired by a few of our old blog posts: "4 Audiobooks and E-readers that Make Reading More Accessible," "5 Ways to Read Sustainably," and "How to Read More Books."
We love our Kobo e-readers so much and highly recommend for any Canadian who also wants to borrow ebooks from their local library.
One of our favourite things about all these different reading options is that it makes reading so much more accessible!
Shoutout to The Storygraph for getting Gen to read everyday with their January pages challenge.
Read all about the surge in digital reading through libraries here and about Toronto's incredible 9 million digital checkouts, which puts them at the top worldwide.
Overdrive is the main app for borrowing ebooks from your library through the Kobo. You can also borrow audiobooks and magazines.
Hoopla is another app accessible through your local library and gives you access to movies, music, and so. many. comics and graphic novels.
Audible and Libro.fm are both excellent apps for listening to audiobooks. Audible is an Amazon company, while Libro.fm allows you to support a local bookstore of your choosing.
Not reading related, but if you're into films (as we are!), Kanopy is another library app that lets you watch a few movies each month for free and they have an extensive catalogue of recent films, classics, and foreign films.
Books Mentioned
The Stand by Stephen King
Dune by Frank Herbert
Reckless by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Captain America by Ed Brubaker
Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker
Like Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins
To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins
This Will All Be Over Soon by Cecily Strong
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk
Another Country by James Baldwin
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
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In Episode 86, Gen and Jette discuss Our Violent Ends, Chloe Gong's sequel to These Violent Delights. (Listen to that episode here!) This book solidifies it — we'll officially read everything Chloe Gong writes!
Show Notes
We go off o:n a few tangents about Shakespeare, retellings, and art history.
Check out this Buzzfeed article for the complete list of teen movies based on classics: "17 Teen Movies That Are Based On Classic Pieces Of Literature"
We had some fun speculating about who will be the protagonist of Chloe Gong's spin off duology that begins with Foul Lady Fortune.
Speaking of which, Foul Lady Fortune is slated for release this fall 2022, and Immortal Longings, her adult fantasty retelling of Antony and Cleopatra is due in 2023!
Our next episode we'll be talking about what counts as reading, featuring audiobooks, graphic novels, and ebooks.
Other Books and Media Mentioned
Anna K by Jenny Lee
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
Darling by K. Ancrum
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet
Jane Austen
She's All That
Clueless
10 Things I Hate About You
She's the Man
John Tucker Must Die
Easy A
Cruel Intentions
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In Episode 85, Gen and Jette discuss their last book club selection of 2021 — Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney. Gen decided it was about time they jumped on the Rooney train and we had a great time talking about her debut novel.
SHOW NOTES:
Jette still can't stop talking about Before We Go.
Here's the link to the Electric Lit article, "Our Situationship Will Never Be Instagram Official"
Keep an eye out for the limited series adaptation of Conversations With Friends, coming in 2022. In the meantime, catch up on the adaptation of Normal People.
Read along with our next book club book, the memoir Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon.
In our next episode we'll be finishing up Chloe Gong's duology with a conversation about Our Violent Ends.
OTHER BOOKS BY SALLY ROONEY
Normal People
Beautiful World, Where Are You
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It's the last episode of the year. And what a year it's been...
In Episode 84, Gen and Jette look back at 2021. We chat about the ups and downs of the past year, the reading we did (or didn't accomplish), and look ahead to 2022.
Books & Media Mentioned
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Angora Napkin by Troy Little
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The Taking of Jake Livingstone by Ryan Douglass
The Scapegracers by Hanna Abigail Clarke
What Would Frida Do: A Guide to Living Boldly by Arianna Davis
This Will All Be Over Soon by Cecily Strong
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Martian by Andy Weir
The Gray Man by Mark Greaney
Station Eleven
Defending Jacob
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline
Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire
Hawkeye by Matt Fraction & David Aja
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon
The Umbrella Academy
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In Episode 83, Gen and Jette dive into the world of dark academia with A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee. It's heavy with witchy vibes and spooky atmosphere. If you know us, then you know that's completely on brand. We had so much fun talking about all the twists in this one. Now we're wondering why we haven't been reading more dark academia.
Show Notes:If Gen had written her "Books Where the Setting is a Character" blog post after reading this book, it would have made the list. The setting is so good.
We're now on the hunt for more books in the dark academia category, so if you have any favourites, let us know. Drop them in the comments, Tweet us, DM us, or email us, we want them all.
There was another shout out to Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier. We'll never stop talking about that one.
Spoilers abound in this episode, which normally doesn't matter too much, but this book benefits from being read spoiler-free.
Next episode is a Holiday Wrap episode. Keep an eye on the blog for our year-end write ups as well. We'll be talking about our bests of the year and looking forward to a (hopefully) better 2022.
Other Books & Media MentionedThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Fever King by Victoria Lee
The Electric Heir by Victoria Lee
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
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In Episode 82, Gen and Jette chat with Brenda Hickey and Troy Little of Pegamoose Press. We talk about all things comic books, visual storytelling, how great collaborations elevate everyone involved, and the importance of putting pen to paper. It was a fantastic conversation and we're so excited to share it with you!
Show Notes:
Brenda has worked on My Little Pony, and more recently Aggretsuko, in addition to her self published work, Halls of the Turnip King.
Troy has worked on Power Puff Girls, Rick & Morty, an adaptation of Fear and Loathing, and has self published Angora Napkin and Chiaroscuro.
Never underestimate the importance of showers and hanging in coffee shops during the creative process.
Find more cool graphic novels and comics by browsing Kickstarter, your local comic book shop, and hitting up comic cons and TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival).
Keep an eye out for Brenda and Troy's first collaboration together, Butterfly House.
Find Brenda on her website and on instagram @brenda_e_hickey
Find Troy on instagram @angoranapkin
Find them both at pegamoosepress.com
Book Recs from Brenda and Troy:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
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Look alive, Sunshine! It's time for another Book Club episode. Gen and Jette discuss The True Live of the Fabulous Killjoys: California by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon, and Becky Cloonan. It's a great conversation about storytelling, graphic novels, and dystopian aesthetics.
Show notes:
Killjoys may have begun as an idea for a comic book series, but it first came to life on My Chemical Romance's album Danger Days. The graphic novel picks up where that story leaves off.
Watch the music videos for "Na Na Na" and "SING" for more Killjoys content and to see the where the aesthetic of the comic was born.
The sequel to Killjoys: California is available in a collected edition called The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem.
We came up with about five different essays we could write based on this book and had a great discussion about the use of colour.
Gerard Way was cofounder of the DC imprint Young Animal, but both Killjoys and Umbrella Academy were published by Dark Horse Comics.
For more graphic novel goodness, listen to Episode 21 where we discuss Shade, the Changing Girl by Cecil Castellucci.
Our next book club book is Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney. We'll be discussing this one in our first episode of 2022!
Other Media Mentioned
Neverboy by Shaun Simon
Collapser by Shaun Simon and Mikey Way
The Umbrella Academy
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem
You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon
Mad Max: Fury Road
Blade Runner 2049
Illuminae by Amie Kauffman and Jay Kristoff
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In Episode 80, Gen and Jette take on another book to film comparison with one of our all time favourites—Jurassic Park! It was so much fun to discuss the book alongside the beloved film.
We talk about the tone differences between the book and the movie, which characters were more or less likeable, the incredible special effects in the film, John Williams' iconic score, and so much more!
Show Notes:
Jette has a soft spot for Roberta the T-Rex.
We were impressed by how well the science holds up in both the book and the film, thirty years later. And those special effects? We've seen worse CGI in much more recent films.
Keep an eye out for more Book to Screen episodes. We've got The Martian on our radar.
Other Books & Films Mentioned
We Have Always Lived in the Castle (book by Shirley Jackson & 2018 film adaptation)
The Martian (book by Andy Weir & 2015 film adaptation)
The Andromeda Strain (book by Michael Crichton & 1971 film adaptation)
Congo (book by Michael Crichton & 1995 film adaptation)
More Episodes in Books to Screen
61: If Beale Street Could Talk
48: Mystic River
27: The Virgin Suicides
18: Sharp Objects
And make sure to read Jette's blog post "5 Best Book to Film Adaptations You Need to Read and Watch"
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Happy Anniversary to us! It's been three years since we launched our podcast.
79 episodes total
2000 listens in the past year
66 countries listening
In this anniversary episode, we touch on some of our favourites of the past year, our top ever episodes, as well as everything we're looking forward to. Graphic novel book club? Patreon and Discord? Stick around to see what we have in the works!
Show Notes:
Our top 3 episodes by number of listeners are: The Rural Diaries by Hilarie Burton Morgan, The Institute by Stephen King, and Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman
Some of favourite episodes of the past year include: Cookbooks, Interview with Tiffanie DeBartolo, Interview with Kattie Thorndyke
Next episode, we're doing another book and movie comparison with Jurassic Park.
Stayed tuned for the relaunch of our Patreon, which will include a Discord server so we have a place to chat and discuss our bookclub books, and a bunch of other perks.
Check out Hoopla to digitally borrow all the graphic novels and comics you could ever want.
Other Books & Media Mentioned
James Baldwin
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
This Will All Be Over Soon by Cecily Strong
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado
Pegamoose Press
Zodiac
Dune
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In Episode 78, Gen and Jette talk about recent WattPad release, Big Boned by Jo Watson. You know we're not generally romcom readers, but we absolutely loved this story!
Notes:
Jo Watson has over 50 millions reads on WattPad! Check out her other books on her website.
Check out our Episode 52, where we talk about WattPad books Historically Inaccurate by Shay Bravo and The Bro Code by Elizabeth A. Seibert.
We're all about the fan fiction lately, which you can find on WattPad or Archive of Our Own.
We went on a bit of Chris Evans tangent. Have you watched Snowpiercer or Before We Go?
Other Media Mentioned
10 Things I Hate About You
She's All That
Monday
Snowpiercer
Before We Go
In Episode 77, Gen and Jette finally cover a topic they've had planned since Another Book on the Shelf was born—cookbooks!
Do cookbooks count as books? Do they count as reading? What makes a great cookbook? We discuss these questions and talk about some of favourite cookbooks, as well as cover what is about cookbooks that we love so much.
Show Notes:
This conversation was a so much fun, so please add to it by letting us know your favourite cookbooks (or nostalgic recipes!).
Our minds are working over cookbook ideas of our own, so let us know what novel you think deserves it's own cookbook. What bookish cookbook have you always wanted? Maybe we'll fulfill your dreams at some point in the future!
Here's the flow chart for How to Measure Things Like a Canadian
Jette's Cookbook Recommendations
All the Milkbar cookbooks
Better Homes and Gardens - The CookBook Gifts from the Kitchen
Gen's Cookbook Recommendations
How to Be a Domestic Goddess by Nigella Lawson
Sugar by Anna Olson
Love & Lemons by Jeanine Donofrio
Other Books Mentioned
Milkbar Life by Christina Tosi
The Jane Austen Cookbook by Deirdre LaFaye and Maggie Black
How Baking Works by Paula Figoni
The Total Me-Tox by Beth Behrs
The Rural Diaries by Hiliarie Burton-Morgan (Listen to the episode:)
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Next Episode: Wattpad Books New Release—Big Boned by Jo Watson
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In episode 76, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club book, Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich. This dystopian story follows Cedar Hawk Songmaker, a young pregnant woman who finds herself having to hide in a world where pregnancy has become a matter of state security. Evolution is moving backwards and society as we know it is no longer.
You know we love a good dystopia, and Erdrich packs so much into this relatively short book. We had such a good conversation about these characters, the end of the world, and the possibility of never seeing snow again.
Show Notes:
Louise Erdrich's next book, The Sentence, is set for release on November 9, 2021.
Check out this article about Future Home of the Living Gods in The New York Times
Our next book club book is a graphic novel, The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: California by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, illustrated by Becky Cloonan. The novel serves as a sequel to My Chemical Romance's album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, so make sure you listen to that first!
Books Mentioned
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Firekeeper's Daughter by Ageline Boulley (Listen to the episode!)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
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In Episode 75, Gen and Jette talk about Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. This is the third instalment of our #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series.
As with all the books we love, we kind of rambled on a bit, but we also talked about how well Boulley balanced the crime genre with real world issues and Indigenous culture. It's impossible not to fall in love with her characters and she keeps you guessing the whole time.
We're happy to report that Firekeeper's Daughter lives up to the Bookstagram hype!
Show Notes:
Firekeeper's Daughter is being adapted for Netflix with the Obamas' production company, Higher Ground.
We had to point out the similarities to One Tree Hill. (And if you love teen dramas as much as we do, check out our other podcast Teenage Daydream!)
Do you love the fake dating trope as much as we do?
Keep an eye out for future episodes in our Bookstagram Made Me Do It series. We might even have some Instagram polls to help us decide what to read next!
Join us for our next episode where we're discussing our latest book club book, Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich.
Other Books Mentioned:
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan
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In Episode 74, we're teaming up once again with Coach House Books to discuss one of their recent releases, And Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins.
Coach House Books is one of our favourite publishers. We always love the books they send us, and this one is no exception. The story follows an unnamed narrator tracking down the story of Gladys, a woman who up and leaves her small town of Swastika one day without a word to her neighbours. It's also about the Northern trains in Canada, small communities, and people coming together in unexpected ways.
Show Notes:
August is Women in Translation Month, so this book is a perfect
Read more about the travelling schools that made their way to remote towns in Canada between 1928 and 1967.
The title comes from Robert Frost's poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" and really fits with the themes of the book.
We've read quite a few books translated by Rhonda Mullins, including one of our favourites, Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier, and The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges.
Books Mentioned:
Sadie by Courtney Summers
The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
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"I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear." –Joan Didion
In Episode 73, Gen and Jette discuss the broad category of essay collections. From Joan Didion to Chuck Klosterman to Samantha Irby, essay collections cover a wide range of topics in a wide variety of forms. We love a good collection of essays, so we share a few of our favourites, discuss what works for us and what doesn't, and talk about a few on our TBR lists.
Show Notes:
We've covered a few essay collections on the podcast: Episode 9 – Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman, Episode 38 – Movies and Other Things by Shea Serrano, Episode 65 – Like Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins, Episode 68 – We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
Essay writing opens up so many possibilities that we'd both love to explore in our own writing.
Check out Electric Lit for one off essays and sign up for their newsletter to get a curated list delivered to your inbox.
Gen's Essay Collection Recommendation: anything Zadie Smith has written
Jette's Essay Collection Recommendation: But What If We're Wrong by Chuck Klosterman
Books and Authors Mentioned:
Joan Didion – Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, South and West
Chuck Klosterman – But What If We're Wrong, Eating the Dinosaur, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, Killing Yourself to Live
Samantha Irby – We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, Wow, No Thank You
Zadie Smith – Intimations, Changing My Mind, Feel Free
Like Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins
Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living edited by Manjula Martin
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
The Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
In Episode 72, Gen and Jette discuss their most recent book club book—that's actually a play! Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris tackles race, sexuality, and interracial relationships and has been nominated for a record 12 Tony Awards.
Show Notes:
Check out Nine Stories Productions (#whispersJakeGyllenhaal)
Jeremy O. Harris consulted on the first season of Euphoria, and is back for season 2 as co-producer.
The record for most Tony Awards for a non-musical production was previously held by the 2018 revival of Angels in America.
Make sure to read our next book club book, Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich.
If you haven't listened to Jagged Little Pill lately, you should. Especially 'You Oughta Know' aka the ultimate angry break-up song.
Other Plays/Books/Movies Mentioned:
Euphoria
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
Jagged Little Pill (musical)
Seawall/A Life
The Handmaiden
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It's officially summer and that means it's time for another hangout episode! Gen and Jette chat about summer plans, what they've been up to lately, and the reading slump that just won't end. As always, we go off on a few tangents as we have a casual chat about books, writing, and everything in between.
Show Notes
Jette's (virtually) attending the Jackson Hole Writer's Conference. Thanks to Tiffanie DeBartolo who told us about it in Episode 64.
Do you have an internal monologue? Apparently some people don't and this is baffling.
In our Toronto wanderings, we've recently visited Evergreen Brick Works and Sugar Beach.
We recently made a guest appearance on the Books and Bones Podcast. This Winnipeg-based podcast, with hosts Gin and Geleena, covers book to film adaptations. We had such a fun time discussing Jaws with them! The book episode is out now. Keep an eye out for the film episode to follow! Find Books and Bones on Instagram @booksandbonespodcast and Twitter @booksandbonespod
For more mind blowing time travel discussions, throw it back to our Chuck Klosterman episode on Eating the Dinosaur.
Be sure to check out Sophia Bush's podcast Work In Progress.
Check out our latest blog posts discussed in the episode here.
Books Mentioned
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
A Boring Wife Settles the Score by Marie-Renée Lavoie
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Jaws by Peter Benchley
What White People Can Do Next by Emma Dabiri
Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi
One Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
Recursion by Black Crouch
Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater
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In Episode 70, Gen and Jette team up again with one of their favourite Toronto publishers, House of Anansi Press. This time we're reading A Boring Wife Settles the Score by Marie-Renée Lavoie, the sequel to Autopsy of a Boring Wife, which we talked about all the way back in Episode 20!
It was so much fun to revisit Lavoie's candid and hilarious writing style and spend more time with Diane—the titular boring wife who is anything but boring!
We're keeping this episode relatively SPOILER FREE so that you can listen before entering our GIVEAWAY! Enter to win 1 of 5 copies of A Boring Wife Settles the Score, generously provided by House of Anansi. All you have to do is send us a screenshot of you listening any one of our episodes before June 23 and you'll be entered! Winners will be announced on our Instagram stories on June 24, so make sure you give us a follow if you haven't already.
Show Notes:
Autopsy of a Boring Wife is being developed for TV and we can't wait to get more details on that.
In case anyone doesn't know what cassoulet is or wants to try their hand at making it, here's a recipe from The Kitchn:
This book totally qualifies as an #IcedCoffeeRead. If you don't know what that is, check out Jette's latest blog post.
Books Mentioned
Recursion by Blake Crouch
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In Episode 69, Gen and Jette continue their series #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt with These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong. In this retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai, Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov are heirs to their respective gangs who have to work together to find the source of a monstrous plague.
We loved talking about Chloe Gong's debut novel. She has a vivid writing style and plays with the source material in the best way. So you know we can't wait for the sequel! In the meantime, we'll just have to rewatch Baz Luhrmann's classic film adaptation.
Find Chloe Gong on Twitter @TheChloeGong and on her website TheChloeGong.com
Books and Movies Mentioned:
Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Anna K by Jenny Lee
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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It's time for another book club episode! Gen and Jette talk about their March/April book club selection—We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby. We talk about Irby's pull-no-punches writing style, her ability to put herself out there in her writing, and how we could turn some of our life experiences into essays of our own.
Show Notes
We don't know if we could ever be as honest and raw as Samantha Irby is, but we respect her style.
We'll definitely be borrowing some of Irby's essay formats for writing exercises!
Our next book club selection and Tony nominated play Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris.
For more on writing, listen to our previous episode where we chat with fellow blogger and podcaster, Kattie Thorndyke.
Other Books Mentioned
By Samantha Irby—Meaty; Wow, No Thank You; New Year, Same Trash
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Movies and Other Things by Shea Serrano
Chuck Klosterman
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Gen and Jette talk about all kinds of writing with a wonderful guest. Kattie Thorndyke is a podcaster, engineer (with TWO Masters degrees), tea lover, technical writer, blogger, mom, and so many more things! Jette has been on Kattie's podcast (The Otherwise Intelligent Woman) and now Kattie is returning the favour. Kattie has helped us make our blog awesome and is also just an amazing friend so talking about all things writing related was a ton of fun.
Show Notes:
Find Kattie on LinkedIn
Check out Kattie's blog and contact her if you want to work with her.
Listen to The Otherwise Intelligent Woman on Spotify
Listen to The Otherwise Intelligent Woman on Apple Podcasts
Follow Kattie on Instagram
It's time for another cup of tea and our first hangout episode of 2021! We'll be real guys, it's been a rough start. Still, there have been a few good things and even though we haven't been reading as much as wanted to, we've read some great books as well. So settle in with a cup of tea and join us for a casual discussion of what we've been up to so far this year and what we're looking forward to the rest of the year (hint: it's mostly more books).
Show Notes
Time remains a tenuous concept at best because how is it already mid-April??
We're still going strong with the yoga thanks to Yoga with Adriene and keeping each other accountable.
whispersJakeGyllenhaal
The two cardigans Gen is working on are Morginn and Willa.
Can you beat Jette for longest time spent on a single knitting project?
If you want to learn more about perfume check out Art and Olfaction —they have very reasonably priced online courses.
Kattie, who we're talking to next episode, has a podcast called The Otherwise Intelligent Woman.
Books Mentioned
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr
Brooklyn Brujas #1 - Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Finals Girls by Riley Sager
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
A Very Punchable Face by Colin Jost
The Dark Library by Cyril Martinez
Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne
Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by
Phuc Tran
Home Before Dark by riley sager
The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard
The Project by Courtney Summers
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin
Sorrow by Tiffanie DeBartolo
Return of the Trickster by Eden Robinson
Like Streams to the Ocean by Jedidiah Jenkins
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
The White Album by Joan Didion
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In episode 65 Gen and Jette discuss the latest from Jedidiah Jenkins. His new book, Like Streams to the Ocean, covers all the things that make us who we are—ego, family, friends, home, work, and more. We loved Jedidiah's first book, To Shake the Sleeping Self, and we loved his new one just as much! Jedidiah Jenkins is officially on our automatic buy list.
Show Notes:
For more Jedidiah Jenkins, listen to Episode 12 about To Shake the Sleeping Self.
Jedidiah Jenkins narrates the audiobook, so definitely check it out!
This one had us thinking about writing styles and not following traditional career paths. Instead we're building career trees!
For more on writing listen to our conversations with Tiffanie DeBartolo and with Sidura Ludwig.
Can you believe Jette forgot to mention Paper Houses?
We go off on a couple of tangents reminiscing about Lake Louise, New York City, Boston, and working at the AGO.
Books and Movies Mentioned
Be:cause the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne
David Sedaris
Requiem for a Dream
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We had a wonderful chat with Tiffanie DeBartolo in this episode. She is an author and record label owner and we were so glad to be able to talk to her about her latest novel, Sorrow. We loved chatting with her about about art, music, writing, and living a creative life.
Show Notes:
Tiffanie's film is called Dream for an Insomniac.
She teaches at the Jackson Hole Writing Conference every year.
Listen to Jeff Buckley's album Grace.
Check out Tiffanie's record label Bright Antenna.
Tiffanie's book recommendation: Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
Tiffanie's album recommendations: High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me, both by The National
"Pink Rabbits" is on Trouble Will Find Me and was Tiffanie's initial inspiration for Sorrow.
You can find Tiffanie on Instagram @tiffaniedebartolo and on her website tiffaniedebartolo.com
You can also find her dogs on Instagram @dipsea.and.kazoo
Tiffanie's Other Books:
How to Kill A Rock Star
God-Shaped Hole
Grace: The Jeff Buckley Story
Sorrow Spotify playlist
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Another Book on the Shelf - The podcast where we talk about whatever book we want because it’s our podcast, not yours.
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OH HONEY! In Episode 63 Gen and Jette have a blast talking about Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood. In our first book club episode of 2021, we talk about everything from make-up to air travel to BFFs. Trixie Mattel and Katya of Drag Race fame offer their tips and tricks—both ridiculous and sneakily insightful—in this colourful and hilarious guide. You don't want to miss this, honey!
Show Notes
You know we're never spoiler-free so—Drag Race spoilers ahead!
Check out the YouTube playlist Jette put together of her favourite Trixie and Katya videos, including episodes from their web series UNHhhh!
Both Trixie and Katya were on Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race and in All Stars 3, Trixie won!
There's a lot of reminiscing of the Before Times in this episode and a few tangents.
Listen Katya's album Vampire Fitness and Trixie's cover of "Blister in the Sun."
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In Episode 62 Gen and Jette once again team up with one of our favourite publishers—Coach House Books! This time we're talking about one of their spring releases—and our first book of poetry—Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne. We loved the way Burgoyne plays with words and form while exploring the work of Camus, and the film Thelma and Louise.
We also talk a bit about some other recent books from Coach House. Jette loved The Dark Library by Cyrille Martinez, which came out last fall. We're looking forward to recent January release, The Crash Palace by Andrew Wedderburn, as well as their forthcoming collection, Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place.
Show Notes:
Yes, we're still obsessed with Paper Houses. Listen to that episode if you haven't already.
If you read Jette's Best Memoirs post then you might already know that Guy Maddin's selected writings was also published by Coach House Books.
Be sure to check out the characters playlists that accompany The Crash Palace on Spotify.
Indigenous Toronto: Stories That Carry This Place will be out March 16th.
Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne will be out April 13th.
Other Books Mentioned:
Crush by Richard Siken
Blinking with Fists by Billy Corgan
L'Etranger by Albert Camus
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
Emily Dickinson
From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings by Guy Maddin
Other Coach House Books Episodes:
51: Coach House Books 2020 Fall Releases
36: Disfigured by Amanda LeDuc
26: Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
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In Episode 61 Gen and Jette talk about If Beale Street Could Talk. Our love for James Baldwin knows no bounds, so we read his 1974 novel and watch the 2018 film adaptation written and directed by Barry Jenkins.
Show Notes:
We ramble a lot about how much we love this book because we can't get over James Baldwin's incredible writing.
Barry Jenkins directed Moonlight in 2016, and we can't believe that was already five years ago!
Listen to the novel's namesake, "Beale Street Blues" by Louis Armstrong.
Join our James Baldwin reading challenge on the StoryGraph.
For more James Baldwin goodness, listen to Episode 55 where we discuss Another Country.
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Gen and Jette introduce a new episode category—Bookstagram Made Me Do It! We see so many incredible books on Instagram and we want to talk about some of the ones we had to get our hands on immediately. So we’re starting with The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan.
In the same vein as Daisy Jones and the Six, Sloan’s debut novel follows the rise and fall of the fictional pop girl group Gloss. The story plays out across two timelines through four perspectives. Each Gloss girls gets a chance to tell her story. If you loved Daisy Jones, don’t miss The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes. It’s the perfect balance of early 2000s nostalgia and the darker side of fame.
CW: suicide, rape
Show Notes:
Who remembers Britney dancing with the snake at the 2001 VMAs and Christina’s Dirrty video?
We had a lot of fun reminiscing about early 2000s Justin Timberlake, American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, and The Spice Girls.
Merry’s wardrobe malfunction in the book definitely reminded us of Janet Jackson and her Super Bowl Halftime malfunction with Justin Timberlake. It even has its own wikipedia entry.
It’s hard to believe all of this was 20 years ago. Time is a flat circle.
Something that took Gen way too long to realize: Illuminated Eyes is a play on real life band Bright Eyes.
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Gen and Jette dive into a book club book to kick off 2021. They discuss Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Mexican Gothic
Show Notes:
How did we not know that Silvia Moreno-Garcia was Canadian?
Check out this CBC article on how Moreno-Garcia subverts the genre
Do you know the Oprah Effect?
The Guillermo del Toro exhibit at the AGO in 2017 was a brilliant spectacle of his creativity.
Give us this as a tv series!!!
Yes we are always the same - we both watching Palm Springs over the holidays.
Just let us have our giant black witch house like the Spellmans do in the Chilling adventures of Sabrina
Support your local libraries! And make sure we don't buy more books unless they're James Baldwin
Books mentioned:
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Certain Dark Things - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Untamed Shore - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Gen and Jette talk about some of their favourite books of 2020. We chat about writing through the pandemic, reading slumps, and what we're looking forwards to in 2021. We know things won't magically be better on New Year's Day, but making it through the year still feels like a reason to celebrate!
Thank you to all of our listeners! We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year! We'll be back in January, kicking off 2021 with a discussion of Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. In the meantime, keep an eye out for our next blog post about our 2021 reading challenge.
Show Notes:
Whatever else happened in 2020, it was at least a great year for books.
If we thought getting Kobos would reduce our book buying, we were very wrong!
As Canadians we don't need beach reads. We have #snowdriftread instead! (We're going to make this hashtag trend, just you wait.)
Check out the Creative Writing Program at Humber College.
We love Barre3 and Yoga with Adriene!
Definitely watch The Flight Attendant and His Dark Materials on HBO!
Books Mentioned
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Rural Diaries by Hialrie Burton Morgan
Another Country by James Baldwin
The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elissa R. Sloan
The Best of Me by David Sedaris
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Mexican Gothic by Silivia Moreno-Garcia
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Gen and Jette give all their love to Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas! We're shifting our Christmas tradition away from a certain wizarding series to talk about fantasy with incredible trans rep instead. We spend most of the episode gushing about how much we loved this YA paranormal debut, the magical world building, and loveable characters. Not to mention some quality pet content (we're looking at you Purrcaso, Donatello, and Michaelangelo).
Show Notes:
We battled with some technical difficulties, so apologies if some parts are a bit disjointed.
You can read Daniel Radcliffe's full statement on The Trevor Project website.
We are the most incoherent when we love a book beyond measure because all we want to do is shout about how good it is.
Shout out to Bones for incorporating flower meanings into their episodes.
Aiden Thomas' next book, Lost in the Never Woods, is a reimagining of Peter Pan and comes out March 23, 2021.
Gen and Jette talk all things writing for NaNoWriMo! We talk about books that inspire us, discovering what we like to write, and how making this podcast has helped us grow as writers. Congrats to the all the NaNo writers who hit their 50k word goals and to all those who didn't, but got some more words than that what they started with.
Show Notes:
Apologies if you can hear a dog barking in the background, Gen's room is not soundproof and one of her neighbours has a loud dog.
Fun drinking game: take a shot every time we mention Paper Houses (we'll be talking about it forever).
Gen mentions Supernatural, of course.
whispers Jake Gyllenhaal
If you have a journaling practice, please tell us about it. We don't know how to do this thing!
Books and Authors Mentioned:
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes by Elisa R. Solan
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
Fauna by Christiane Vadnais
You Are Not What We Expected by Sidura Ludwig
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
Nocturnal Animals by Austin Wright
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Theft By Finding by David Sedaris
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg
Another Country by James Baldwin
Toni Morrison
Courtney Summers--Sadie, The Project
Jedidiah Jenkins--To Shake the Sleeping Self, Like Streams to the Ocean
Elizabeth Acevedo--The Poet X, With the Fire on High, Clap When You Land
Chuck Palahniuk--Fight Club, Damned, Doomed, Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different
Gen and Jette read their first James Baldwin novel - Another Country - and they are in love. While Baldwin tackles tough themes that are still relevant today, he does it in the most beautiful of ways. This novel paints a picture of New York City in the 1950s through its characters, weaving their ways through life and trying to find themselves through relationships. The story touches on extramarital affairs, bisexualilty, and interracial couples.
Show Notes:
whispers Jake Gyllenhaal
Jake Gyllenhaal and Colm Toíbín: In Conversation The Year of James Baldwin
Paris Review Interview - James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78
Other James Baldwin works mentioned:
Notes of a Native Son
Giovanni's Room
Go Tell It On The Mountain
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Fire Next Time
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It's our two year anniversary! It's hard to believe it's been two years since we sat at Page One cafe and decided we'd make a podcast. Since then, we recorded 53 episodes (almost 7 days worth of minutes) and had over 3500 listens in 52 different countries. We have a shiny new website with multiple blog posts every month. We've worked with wonderful publishers, like House of Anansi Press, Coach House Books, and Wattpad Books. We can't wait for what is next to come!
Show Notes
Jette is drinking Cinnamon Bun Chai from David's Tea and Gen is drinking Alpine Punch, also from David's Tea. We've both surpassed our Goodreads goals! Turns out that our most popular episodes are about non-fiction books. We can't wait to do more! How do you get listeners in Antarctica? We're loving our Kobo eReaders and learning to love audiobooks. Whispers Jake Gyllenhaal
Our Favourite Episodes
9: Eating the Dinosaur by Chuck Klosterman 12: To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins 25: Sadie by Courtney Summers 40: Learn with SJP Interview 41: Making A Routine of Writing 43: You Are Not What We Expected - Interview with Sidura Ludwig 44: Graphic Novels 47: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Books Mentioned
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Another Country by James Baldwin Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Gideon the Ninth by Tasmyn Muir The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Serpentine by Philip Pullman Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune The Guest List by Lisa Foley Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Sea Wall/A Life by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Rural Diaries by Hilarie Burton The Secret History by Donna Tartt The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reid Consider This: Moments in my Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different by Chuck Palahniuk My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook or email us at hello@anotherbookontheshelf.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter and add us to Pinterest!
Gen and Jette dive into the extended canon of some of their favourite series/universes. We crave more from the characters we love but do we really want more of their stories? Show Notes: Why is is that extended canon books never quite live up to the original books you fell in love with? Do you automatically read extended canon even if you know it might disappoint you? Yes… Yes we do. The series that we no longer speak of by the author we do not speak of has a very bad track record with extended canon - The stage play? Really? Yikes. What do you call a book series of 4 books - Quartet? Quadriology? Did y’all know there was a novella in the Twilight series? Jette was wrong - Doctor Sleep the NOVEL does follow the original novel. The film adaptation of Doctor Sleep is a blend of the new novel and the Kubrick film. The story of The Shining and Danny Torrance is so much bigger than the collective consciousness of us all! We LOVE our proper architectural blueprints and laid out timelines Check out our episode on The Rules of Magic. Comic books and superhero stories and grown into almost all extended canon at this point. We talked about this in our Graphic Novels episode too. Jette was right - the Batman films we grew up on were considered a series - Batman Forever is listed as a “stand-alone sequel” to Batman Returns (an obvious sequel to Tim Burton’s Batman). Batman & Robin is considered the 4th film in the Warner Brothers series, despite different Batmans and directors throughout. Looking back, our episode on The Shale Project is about extended canon too. All of the technology and firetruck noises in this episode - sorry! Gen doesn’t have self control when it comes to Maggie Stiefvater Star Wars has become the definition of extended canon. Films and novelizations and animated series Oh My! Authors Mentioned (too many books to list!): Stephenie Meyers (Twilight universe) Suzanne Collins (Hunger Games universe) Phillip Pullman (His Dark Materials universe Maggie Stiefvater (The Raven Cycle and more) Stephen King (All of the books) David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas etc) Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic series) Leigh Bardugo (The Grishaverse and more) VE Schwab (Shades of Magic and more) Ransom Riggs (Miss Peregrine series) Adaptations: BBC His Dark Materials The prequel films to the series that we no longer speak of Castle Rock All 3 Spider-man trilogies - Sorry Tobey and Andrew - Tom for the win All 3 Batman series’ (3rd one coming soon) Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook or email us at hello@anotherbookontheshelf.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter and add us to Pinterest!
In Episode 52, Gen and Jette team up with Wattpad Books to discuss two of their fall 2020 releases: Historically Inaccurate by Shay Bravo and The Bro Code by Elizabeth Seibert. Both are debut YA authors with large followings on Wattpad, an online community of writers and readers. Wattpad Books is combines the best of art and science to find new voices in storytelling and elevate their stories. We had a lot of fun talking about these two fall 2020 releases from Wattpad. Be sure to check them out!
Show Notes:
Wattpad is based in Toronto. This sends us off on a tangent about Schitt's Creek sweeping the Emmy's. If you haven't watched it yet, do it know. It's excellent. We promise. You can find it on Netflix and CBC Gem. Oh, and the actor who plays Ted is Dustin Milligan.
Shay Bravo has connected with over 114, 000 followers on Wattpad and Historically Inaccurate won the 2019 Watty Awards.
Reminder: we will never be spoiler free.
It might be time to rewatch The Skulls (2000).
Yes, of course Gen noticed the Supernatural reference in Historically Inaccurate.
Elizabeth A. Seibert's stories on Wattpad have amassed over 30 million reads. Our minds are blown.
It's been a very long time since we we've been in high school.
It's also been a very long time since we thought about Nick Carter.
If your high school had a pool, let us know!
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Gen and Jette talk about Coach House Books' 2020 fall releases. First, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann, translated by Jen Calleja. The reader travels with Gilbert on a pilgrimage through Japan. Then, The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges, translated by Rhonda Mullins, which follows the narrator as she negotiates between her virtual world and the real world. And lastly, Fauna by Christiane Vadnais, translated by Pablo Strauss. This work connects a series of stories about a climate-changed world. We love working with Coach House Books and had such a great time discussing these new fall releases!
Show Notes:
Aokigahara Jukai forest in Japan is more commonly known as the suicide forest.
The Complete Manual of Suicide is in fact a real book. This is not a recommendation.
You can read about more about Basho's travels in The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches.
The 2019 Canada Reads selection translated by Rhonda Mullins is Suzanne by Anais Barbeau-Lavalette.
Listen to our other Coach House Book Episodes: 36 - Disfigured by Amanda Leduc and 26 - Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier.
Darwin's Origin of Species was published in 1859.
Voyager I launched on September 5, 1977.
Learn more about the polar bears of Churchill, Manitoba with Ewan McGregor.
The tale of Daniel in the lions' den appears in Chapter 6 of the Book of Daniel. The painting that Gen was thinking of was this one by Peter Paul Rubens.
Books and Media Mentioned:
The X-Files, Season 1, Episode 8, "Ice"
Black Swan
Annihilation and The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
Westworld
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Gen and Jette discuss Jesse Thistle's memoir - From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way.
Show Notes:
- From the Ashes was a Canada Reads finalist. The winner of Canada Reads 2020 was We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib, which also sounds like an excellent read.
- The term we couldn't recall for Thistle's family in Saskatchewan is Michif "road allowance" people, referring to their living on unused Crown land.
- The instances of Indigenous people freezing to do death after being dropped outside city limits by police in the dead of winter actually happened in Saskatoon, not Winnipeg. It's come be known as "starlight tours" - a term that sounds very benign for such a horrific practice. Neil Stonechild was one of these victims. He was 17 years old.
- A National Inquiry is looking into the high number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Learn more about these women here: https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/
- Go follow Dani Roulette on Instagram @thunderbirdwomanreads for more incredible Indigenous lit content. The incident Jette mentioned that Dani spoke of recently was the death of Brian Sinclair
- Read Tracey Lindberg's (author of Birdie) review of From the Ashes
- Read our September/October book club book, Another Country by James Baldwin.
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Gen and Jette get our their magnifying glasses and trench coats and talk everything mystery. Did you know there are a bunch of different mystery sub-genres, including: bumbling detective, amateur detective, caper/heist, comedy detective, cozy/soft boiled, hardboiled, holmesian, whodunit, and even more? Who knew!
Show Notes:
Agatha Christie has written 66 novels under her own name, 6 under a pseudonym, 14 short stories, and a handful of plays, which have sold over a billion copies worldwide.
Read more about Agatha Christie in Publisher's Weekly: "In the Study, with a Typewriter"
Books and Authors Mentioned
Agatha Christie
Dorothy L Sayers
Elizabeth Daly
Dashiell Hammett
Raymond Chandler
Sue Grafton
P.D. James
Robert Ludlum
Tom Clancy
Mary Higgins Clark
Riley Sager
Michael Crichton
Kathy Reichs
John Grisham
Dennis Lehane's Kinsey and Gennaro Series
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Series
Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse Series
Nancy Drew Series
The Hardy Boys Series
Dark Places, Sharp Objects, and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Guest List and The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
Joyland by Stephen King
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
I'll Be Gone In the Dark by Michelle McNamara
The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
TV Shows and Movies Mentioned
Knives Out
James Bond
Pretty Little Liars
Bones
True Blood
The Adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley
Scooby-Doo
Murder She Wrote
Columbo
The Baby-Sitters Club
Supernatural
Elementary
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Gen and Jette dive into the Mystic River - both the novel by Dennis Lehane and the film adaptation by Clint Eastwood - and breakdown adaptations in general. Prepare for spoilers and having your heartbroken.
Show Notes
Favourite Authors episode.
Jette is still obsessed with Boston.
Shutter Island stars Leo DiCaprio, directed by Scorsese.
The Drop is based on Animal Rescue - we always forget!
Gone, Baby, Gone is the 4th in the Kenzie-Gennaro series and book #6 is actually a continuation.
Ben Affleck directed and starred in Live by night.
The guy from CSI: Miami is Jonathan Togo.
This was before Emmy Rossum was in The Day After Tomorrow (Yas Jake Gylls) or Shameless.
Can you guess where we had to splice the episode together when Jette had to run get the #podcat’s cat food delivery?
Allegiant is the final book of the Divergent series and is written with 2 POVs that are not marked and it’s confusing.
Watch Gone, Baby, Gone if you want your soul crushed - yes it’s Michelle Monaghan and Morgan Freemans’ wife is played by Kippy Goldfarb
Good adaptations mentioned- The Martian (Yes Captain Lewis gets more film time than she had book time), Gone Girl, Virgin Suicides, Sharp Objects, Watchmen, Practical Magic (wild different but it works)
Dark places was already a movie in 2015 starring Charlize Theron??
Gen and Jette are over quarantine and miss each other
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Gen and Jette welcome a guest! Laurelle, Gen’s sister, joins them to discuss Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid - one of the best summer reads ever to exist! This was originally a bonus episode we posted to our Patreon. Since we have taken a break from Patreon due to the pandemic, we wanted to share it here since Daisy Jones and The Six is the perfect summer read. Show Notes: Check out Laurelle over at Wild Wandering Creations Reese’s bookclub Disney+ will always be Disney “Ploose” - have you watched Love, Victor? (Sidenote - apparently Disney+ dropped the show due to “family values” concerns… but shout out to Hulu for scooping it up) Anyone else think this was a real band and look for the music albums while reading the book? WE HATE DECKLED EDGES Books We Hated episode Podcat makes an appearance because she’s hungry and trying to be cute Books: Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier (yes we’re still obsessed with this book) Love Simon by by Becky Albertalli Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Gen and Jette head to upstate New York and fall in love with farm animals and candy shops in Hilarie Burton Morgan's Memoir - The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm.
Show Notes: Samuel's Sweet Shop Astor Servies We are officially going on a road trip to Rhinebeck when the world opens up again for the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool festival Canada Reads is July 20-23rd We have discussed a few memoirs now on the pod but nothing is as amazing and crushing as Everything is Horrible and Wonderful.
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Gen and Jette hang out... virtually. It's been a wild ride since our last hangout episode in February. The world is different - actually... Look below for links, anti-racist resources, and a great lecture on James Baldwin's Another Country.
Since we're crushing our Goodreads goals in quarantine - here is a huge list of all the books we mention:
So You Want To Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin This Is How You Lose the Time War - Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado Coming Up for Air - Sarah Leipciger Pallbearing - Michael Melgaard You Are Not What We Expected - Sidura Ludwig The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming - Sienna Tristan Two Dark Moons - Avi Silver There There - Tommy Orange Vengeful - V.E. Schwab The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne The Dispossessed - Ursula K. LeGuin Split Tooth - Tanya Tagaq Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones Empire of Wild - Cherie Dimaline The Rural Diaries - Hilarie Burton Morgan Red, White, and Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls - T Kira Madden The Devil All The Time - Donald Ray Pollock Movies and Other Things - Shea Serrano Sea Wall/A Life - Simon Stephens and Nick Payne Atomic Habits - James Clear The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Nine Stories - J.D. Salinger
Jette found this Columbia lecture on YouTube and it is fascinating and very relevant now. - Jake Gyllenhaal and Colm Toíbín: In Conversation The Year of James Baldwin
Look to our Instagram highlights for some other great anti-racist resources
"So you want to talk about race in tech" - Ijeoma Oluo
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Gen and Jette talk about the graphic novel genre. They start with a bit of history and just what a graphic novel is exactly, and then talk favourites, adaptations, and what makes the genre a unique and effective form of storytelling. Check out our stories on Instagram to see inside some of our faves.
Novels:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon
*Dr. Strange - Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
*Black Panther - Don McGregor
*The Adventures of Tintin
Asterix
Kindred: Graphic Novel Adaptation - Octavia Butler
Maus I & II - Art Spiegelman
*Spider-Man (Miles Morales) - Brian Michael Bendis, Sara Pichelli
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) - G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona
*Thor
*Watchmen - Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Hawkeye - Matt Fraction, David Aja
Saga - Brian K. Vaughn, Fiona Staples
Shade, The Changing Girl - Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone
*V for Vendetta - Alan Moore, David Lloyd
*The Umbrella Academy - Gerard Way, Gabriel Bá
*Ghost World - Daniel Clowes
Map of My Heart - John Porcellino
*Tank Girl - Jamie Hewlett, Alan Martin
*The Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman
*Batman
*Superman
*Spider-Man
Adaptations:
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Gotham
Smallville
Into the Spiderverse
Jessica Jones
Daredevil
(*for the sake of not repeating ourselves, everything with a star under the novel section has a film and/or television adaptation)
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Gen and Jette interview Sidura Ludwig, discussing her latest release - You are not what we expected, growing up in Winnipeg, and the importance of writing routines. Show Notes: Winnipeg might be a deep freeze but it breeds creativity through it's chilly isolation. Sidura used to work at McNally Robinson - Canada's largest indie bookstore (and Jette used to go there while in university!) Art is more accessible in Winnipeg because it's small - RWB, Symphony, Theatre as examples The Winnipeg Fringe Festival is MASSIVE!! There are so many great writing courses and communities out there! Vermont College of Fine Arts has a wonderful MFA in Children and Young Adult writing Sara Selecky writing school Humber correspondence program Writing routines are crucial (and we did a whole episode on it! Check out Episode 41) Treat your writing time like a meeting - take is seriously and make it a commitment You can You Were Not What We Expected anywhere but it would be great to support House of Anansi How to Connect with Sidura: Her website Facebook Instagram Twitter Books mentioned: Purple America - Rick Moody Violet Shrink - Christine Baldacchino Sweep: A Story of a Girl and her Monster - Jonathan Auxier Writing Down the Bones - Natalie Goldberg Holding My Breath - Sidura Ludwig Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! And check out our Patreon and sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette dive deep into The Shale Project for the most recent bookclub book reads with The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming by Sienna Tristen and Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver.
Show notes:
We found this awesome series at the Word on the Street Festival
Read Tales from a Library
Dive into the history and culture of the different regions of Shale
Books and Movies Mentioned
Game of Thrones
The Lord of the Rings
Jurassic Park
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Gen and Jette talk about writing during this uncertain time and try to figure out the best way to develop a writing routine.
Show Notes:
Please go listen to The Otherwise Intelligent Woman podcast right now!
Skillshare has some awesome writing classes on developing routines and things like flash fiction - use this link for 2 months free!
Did you know that Dr. Seuss wore a silly hat every time he sat down to write?
Can we talk about Jo's writing jacket in the new Little Women film?
What is your dream writing space?
Do you have a favourite French Canadian Film Director?
Watch these shorts by Floris Sigismondi for the 2017 NYT's Great Performers series.
You heard it here first - The Another Book on the Shelf Zine is coming!
Sarah Maria Griffin has awesome zines.
Do you make writing playlists? You should listen to the Dickinson playlist on Spotify.
Also - watch Dickinson on AppleTV+
Do you make mood boards for the stories you're working on?
We will never stop talking about Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
Check out The Shale Project - the topic of our next episode
Our new book club book is The Rural Diaries by Hilarie Burton Morgan
One day - we will knit sweaters for Rhinebeck!
Books Mentioned:
Any book by James Baldwin
Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Marie Griffin
The Dictionary of Animal Languages by Heidi Sopinka
Videos You should watch:
Anything by Spike Jones and Mark Romanek
All things Floria Sigismondi
Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson
Anna is a Speed Freak by Pure
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Gen and Jette talk with Sara-Jayne of Learn with SJP about book marketing and how to authors can use social media to connect with readers.
Show Notes:
@sarajayne.poletti
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
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Gen and Jette teamed up with Toronto publisher House of Anansi again and talk about 2 new releases - "Coming up for Air" by Sarah Leipciger and "Pallbearing" by Michael Melgaard
Show Notes: If you haven't figured it out - we live in Toronto. Stay home! (and read) House of Anasi has a promotion right now called Reading Apart Together. Visit houseofanansi.com and when you buy any ebook they will send a free digital copy of the same title to a friend of your choice.
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Gen and Jette talk about Shea Serrano's Movies (And Other Things) and go off on many movie tangents.
Show Notes:
You know we love The Ringer
Yes - Jette's favourite movie is Requiem for a Dream and yes maybe that says something about her.
There is just too much to even put in the notes here so just give it a listen ;)
We aren't making a list of the movies we talked about because there were just too many.
Fun Chapter Titles:
Were The Jurassic Park Raptors Just Misunderstood?
Which Movie Had A More Intense Opening - FACE/OFF or Finding Nemo?
Who Is In The Perfect Heist Movie Crew?
When Did Michael B Jordan Break Your Heart Into The Most Pieces?
Show Notes: January was the entire year and February is over, go back to our Eating the Dinosaur episode for more on how time is fake. Our new podcast, Teenage Daydream, is live! We're starting with The OC, so if you need to relive your early 2000s teen drama obsession we got you covered. Definitely go see Knives Out and Little Women. Who else was excited to watch Eminem finally perform at the Oscar's this year? We kind of failed at #janowrimo but we've still got big writing goals. Survivor is 20 years old??? Jagged Little Pill remains an excellent album and we are proud Canadians. We're super pumped for all our author and publisher collaborations this year!
Books: Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer Movies (And Other Things) by Shea Serrano (the book club book, go read it now!) Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead The Boat People by Sharon Bala Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Where Did You Sleep Last Night? by Lynn Crosbie Dual Citizens by Alix Ohlin Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie
Gen and Jette got an advanced reading copy of "Disfigured" by Amanda Leduc - Thanks to James at Coach House Books for our ongoing collabs! This book breaks down fairy tales and how disability has been etched into the collective unconscious as a bad thing that you have to overcome.
Show Notes:
Who know all the Disney movies came from such creepy scary "Fairy Tales"
Hans My Hedgehog sounds like the craziest story - can you picture a half-man, half hedgehog?
Changing Faces used #Iamnotyourvillain to transform the British film industry and now the BFI won't fund projects were the villains have facial disfigurements.
Can we talk about Marvel and how Hawkeye was actually deaf and the Matt Fraction series had illustrated ASL?
Allison Janney is the actress that Jette couldn't remember
Jamie Brewer is the actress from the AHS series
Books/Stories/Movies:
Paper Houses - Dominique Fortier
The Centaur's wife - Amanda Leduc (coming 2021)
The Miracles of the Ordinary Men - Amanda Leduc
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Sleeping Beauty
Rapunzel
Cinderella
The Maiden Without Hands
The Magicians
The Lion King
Gen and Jette talk about memoirs, themes that tend to run through most, and floating into that grey area of creative non-fiction versus cold hard facts.
Show Notes:
How truthful are memoirs and what is the difference between a memoir and an autobiography? Please tell us - we're not sure.
So don't piss off Oprah or you'll live through the scandal that was A Million Little Pieces by James Grey.
It looks like Kirsten Dunst and Dakota Fanning aren't actually making The Bell Jar.
Was Running with Scissors Ryan Murphy's first film??
Jette's intro to memoirs was film school and a lot of pop culture-drug related stories.
Does anyone else tell time by what Starbucks they worked at?
What is the difference between an author and a writer and is someone who wrote a memoir either?
So many memoirs have been adapted to film - any favourites?
Elizabeth Wurtzel passed away on Jan 7. 2020 of breast cancer.
Books:
Educated - Tara Westover
The Woman Warrior - Maxine Hong Kingston
Everything is Horrible and Wonderful - Stephanie Wittels-Wach
To Shake the Sleeping Self - Jedidiah Jenkins
Just Kids - Patti Smith
Darling Days - Io Tillett Wright
On Writing - Stephen King
A Moveable Feast - Ernest Hemingway
Running in the Family - Michael Ondaatje
The Bell Jar - Sylvie Plath
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion
Down and Out in Paris and London - George Orwell
The Diaries of Anne Frank
Cherry - Nico Walker
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
The Pianist - Wladyslaw Szpilman
Hollywood Gives You Cancer - Tom Green
Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel
Party Monster (originally released as Disco Bloodbath) - James St. James
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
Drugs are Nice - Lisa Crystal Carver
Can I Say - Travis Barker
The Widow Basquiat - Jennifer Clements
Gray - Pete Wentz
What is the What - Dave Eggers
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Gen and Jette talk about The Institute by Stephen King, sent to them by Simon and Schuster Canada.
Show Notes:
You can hear more about Stephen King In our favourite author episode.
We wouldn't find SK's cumulative word count but the best estimate is somewhere in the tens of millions.
Apparently "night knocker" rose in Google trends when this came out because everyone was trying to figure out what it was.
Yes - Jette goes on another Umbrella Academy tangent. File that under her side of the drinking game (Gen mentions HP/Jette mentions UA).
Get our new bookclub book - Movies (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano!
Stephen King Books mentioned:
On Writing
Carrie
The Shining
The Outsider
IT
Dreamcatcher
The Body (Stand by Me)
Under The Dome
Gen and Jette review 2019 their Goodreads goals, and their holiday plans.
Show Notes:
Happy Holidays!
We're launching a new podcast in 2020 - Teenage Daydream
Join us for #janowrimo - let's write 25,000 words!
Please add The Skulls (2000) to your holiday watch list
Books:
The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion - Gerard Way and Gábriel Ba
Annihilation - Jeff Vandermeer
The Institute - Stephen King
The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
Paper House - Dominique Fortier
Daisy Jones and the Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid
Our Homesick Songs - Emma Hooper
Other Words for Smoke - Sarah Maria Griffin
The Marrow Thieves - Cherie Dimaline
Call Down the Hawk - Maggie Stiefvater
IV - Chuck Klosterman
To Shake the Sleeping Self - Jedidiah Jenkins
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Disclaimer: There is a lot of love for JKR in this episode with regards to plotting and character development. We recorded this before JKR made her anti-trans stance public. We in no way support JKR or her opinions and we stand with the trans community. Gen and Jette talk about Harry Potter. FINALLY! For the sake of not being here for 500 years, they cover books 1-3 and still only scratch the surface. They talk about JKR's impeccable plotting, details that make it into the later books, and some of Gen's favourite moments. So climb aboard the Hogwarts Express and join them for Harry's first three years at Hogwarts.
Show Notes:
All of the love for Alan Rickman The first movie came out in 2001 Alfonso Cuarón's HP movie was a game changer If you're a serious Potter-head - listen to Binge Mode Harry Potter (scroll back past Star Wars and Game of Thrones ;) ) Gen is already thinking of all of the things that she didn't talk about.
Books: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 1997 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 1998 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 1999
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Gen and Jette talk about the novel writing event, Nanowrimo
Show Notes:
Nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month
The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days or 1667 words a day
Neither us of are accomplishing this this year
This is the 20th year of #Nanowrimo
Conclusion - writing is hard
Anvil Press has a 3 day novel writing event - that seems a bit much
Join us in January for #jannowrimo where we are going to aim for 25,000 words!
Books:
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Paper Houses - Dominique Fortier
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Gen and Jette talk about the semi-autobiographical novel Cherry by current inmate, Nico Walker.
Show Notes:
You know we love The Ringer and Jette heard about this book on The Watch podcast thanks to Chris Ryan.
keepingitreal aka The Podcat makes an appears.
Jette is sick and sounds weird, the table keeps creaking, and so many other oddities
This novel is being adapted for the screen by the Russo Brothers and will star Tom Holland.
Top Gun is about the Navy. Maverick is a Naval Aviator.
Read along with our new bookclub book - The Institute by Stephen King
Books:
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
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Gen and Jette get spooky and try to breakdown the horror genre.
Show Notes: You definitely need to Google Dean Koontz – all of the dog pictures are amazing. The Goosebumps series is #2 behind Harry Potter for most sold series – what? Also – maybe Jette is a little too de-sensitized and Saving Private Ryan should have shook her a bit more. Like how Gen is still scared of bathrooms with the lights out because of Bloody Mary. Send us your halloween kisses! You know – those weird molasses taffy candies – we love them! Movies/TV: AHS Coven Scream I Know What You Did Last Summer The Blair Witch Project Saw Books/Authors: Dean Koontz Stephen King Gillian Flynn Annihilation Jane Eyre RL Stine We Have Always Lived in the Castle HP Lovecraft Kelley Armstong Anne Rice Dracula Frankenstein The Walking Dead The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde Wilder Girls The Haunting of Hill House Clive Barker – Hellraiser Charlaine Harris – True Blood The Witches – Roald Dahl The Witches of Eastwick – John Updike
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It’s our one year podcast anniversary! Gen and Jette reflect on their first year of podcasting, past episodes, and what’s next (like some super exciting new books and collaborations!) Thank you all so much for listening!
Show Notes:
Page One cafe is where it all began!
Tune in for more strange time travel…
Local Toronto publishers Coach House Books and House of Anansi have been so amazing to work with.
We can’t wait to dive deeper into The Shale Project and the books set in this universe.
Summer is hard for vampires like us.
Keep an eye out in November for another project in the works.
Word on the Street was an incredible way to discover new books and authors and connect with the book community.
The movie Renée Zellweger was nominated for was Bridget Jones’s Diary.
Jette needs to get her copy of the next instalment of the Umbrella Academy–Hotel Oblivion–ASAP
The Goodreads goals seem suddenly achievable! Go team.
The Toronto Women’s Podcasting Network is incredible. Be sure to check out some of their podcasts and give them some love: Cleats and Cocktails, Alpaca My Bags, Pub Hub, and Inappropriate Questions
Books:
Two Dark Moons by Avi Silver
Heretics Guides to Homecoming by Sienna Tristen
Dual Citizens by Alix Ohlin
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
White Dancing Elephants by Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Unscripted by Claire Handscombe
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
The Actor’s Life by Jenna Fischer
Cherry by Nico Walker
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Movies and Other Things by Shea Serrano
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl & The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
Raised in Captivity by Chuck Klosterman
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater
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Gen and Jette discuss The Virgin Suicides novel and film adaption (by Sofia Coppola).
Show Notes:
Toronto filming locations
Please go watch Sneaky Pete on Amazon and anything else with Giovanni Ribisi
The soundtrack to the film has Air, Styx, and Sloan – it’s the BEST
You should definitely watch Sofia Coppola’s other films – Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, The Bling Ring, and more.
Who the heck even saw The Switch??
Books:
Middlesex + The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
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Coach House books sent Gen and Jette an advanced reading copy of Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier and they fell in love with it immediately. It cleverly intertwined the life of Emily Dickinson with that of the narrator, blending fact and fiction.
Show Notes:
Obviously the song Jette was thinking about was “It’s Been a Summer” by New Found Glory #nfgforlife
Dickinson died of Bright’s disease but also heart failure? Medicine in 1886 may not have been that conclusive.
The book comes out on October 8, 2019
The French translation seems to mean Paper Towns but perhaps this was changed because of John Green’s Paper Towns novel? Also about the fictitious towns that map makers used to copyright their maps.
Emily’s sister-in-law was Susan and her friend was Sophia.
You can find Emily’s herbarium online at Harvard Library.
Fascicle is the word Jette couldn’t pronounce.
Books:
Little Fires Everywhere by Celest Ng
Space Opera by Catherynne M Valente
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Read Chuck Klosterman
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Gen and Jette paired up with the BMV Queen bookclub and talked about Sadie with an awesome group of ladies.
*Please note that we recorded in the bookstore cafe so the sound has its moments but the discussion is worth it! Plus sometimes it sounds like we're in a spaceship and that's cool
Show Notes:
Serial Podcast was mentioned, obvi.
Did anyone else catch the stars motif?
We cut a bunch of the discussion as to what exactly YA is because Episode 19 is all about this
Books:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
And Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Lincoln and the Bardo y George Saunders
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Gen and Jette talk about books they hated and why they won't read certain books. Show Notes: Check out our Favourite Authors Episode (#4) Is it October yet? We are ready for Witches’ Christmas
sorrynotsorry – We will never like LOTR or GoT
Bildungsroman means a novel dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education A Visit from the Goon Squad actually came out in 2010, not 2004.. wait what? Art books from shows are Exhibition Catalogues – between the two of us, we have worked at a major art institution for 13 years combined…. One day we will remember this Jette has physical proof of her love of the Warriors from 2010 – #dubnation for life
Books: Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky Anna Karenina - Tolstoy The Red and The Black - Stendhal The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot Molloy - Samuel Beckett Faust - Goethe Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton Macbeth - Shakespeare Manhattan Beach and A Visit from the Good Squad - Jennifer Egan The Gum Thief - Douglas Coupland The Given Day - Dennis Lehane Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh Mansfield Park - Jane Austen Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy Damned and Doomed - Chuck Palahniuk A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette attempt to breakdown the Classics genre and figure out what books might qualify. SHOW NOTES: Oh yes – Before he was Sandy Cohen, Peter Gallagher was in an NBC mini-series adaptation of Brave New World We learned about Copyright & Public Domain rules The Chronicles of Narnia always make Jette think of the SNL Digital Short – Lazy Sunday The sad Irish lady Jette couldn’t remember was Flannery O’Connor who is actually from Georgia Yes – we aren’t fans of JRR Tolkien… Don’t @ us Apparently Atlas Shrugged was a movie trilogy that’s less than 8 years old? The Diviners WAS a CBC mini series but is too “modern” to be a classic but is technically considered a Canadian classic Have you been keeping count of how many times Gen has mentioned HP on the podcast? Ray Bradbury died in 2012 Jette is obsessed with Chicago Fire and does not care! #Shayveride Books and Authors Mentioned: Brave New World (1932) Hemingway Steinbeck The Bell Jar (1963) Faulkner Farenheit 451 (1953) Frankendstein (1818) Brontë Sisters Wuthering Heights (1847) War and Peace (1869) Crime and Punishment (1866) Anna Karenina (1878) Lord of the Flies (1954) Flannery O'Connor Willa Cather James Joyce The Hobbit (1937) Lord of the Rings (1954) Peter Pan (1911) C.S Lewis Alice in Wonderland (1865) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) Sherlock Holmes (1887-1927) Charles Dickens The Goldfinch (2013) The Great Gatsby (1925) Heart of Darkness (1902) Lolita (1955) Ayn Rand Kafka Alexandre Dumas Carol Shields The Stone Angel Anne of Green Gables Margaret Atwood To Kill a Mockingbird The Shining (1977) Good Omens (1990) Michael Crichton The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay Far, from the Madding Crowd Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette won a night at the Broadview Hotel and went live on Instagram for a hangout episode. Show Notes: Can you tell we are sitting on the bed and the awesome duvet is rustling? Shout out to AfterGlow yoga studio for putting on the Flow in the Dark for CAMH event this spring. The Broadview Hotel opened in 1891 and was most recently, a stripclub called Jilly’s. If you’re in the east end and looking for awesome Middle Eastern food – head to Tabule. If you’re in PEC – check out Shed Alpaca Farm Jette loves curling – Team Bottcher all the way #stillrollin. The Strand is a magical bookstore in New York. Studio Minto is a wonderful photographer from Toronto. Join us and BMV Queen in reading Sadie by Courtney Summers. Team Pacey for life. Please watch The Path. If you were paying attention, a huge hint about a secret project was dropped.
Books: The Long Way to A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Space Opera by Cathrynne M Valente Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Wilder Girls by Rory Power Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Martian by Andy Weir Divergent by Veronica Roth Crime & Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette talk about Shade, The Changing Girl - a collection of comics on DC's Young Animal imprint - about an alien that embodies a teenage girl and all the baggage that they both carry. Show Notes: My Chemical Romance will always be amazing. Jette’s funeral will be a recreation of the “My Helena” video. The Umbrella Academy is LIFE – Klaus forever! Doom Patrol is another comic on YA that has been made into a tv show. Cecil Castellucci was in Bite and Nerdy Girl before going solo. Other stories by Cecil are “Boy Proof” and “We Have Always Lived on Mars” – soon to be a movie directed by John Krasinski. Marley Zarcone is the artist behind these comics. Gen and Jette may go on a tangent raging about the “live-action” remakes of the Disney animated films of their childhood. Their opinion is real. Saga is a comic by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughn on Image Comics. Yes – Gen mentions Supernatural and Harry Potter again for anyone who’s counting. Shade, the Changing Girl stems from Shade, the Changing Man and also continues in Shade, the Changing Woman. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette discuss "Autopsy of a Boring Wife" by Marie-Renee Lavoie and "Dual Citizens" by Alix Ohlin, two books sent to the podcast from House of Anansi Press. Show Notes: We haven’t officially figured out what the ICI “Battle of the Books” is but it’s CBC related and probably cool. Alix Ohlin was a Giller Finalist for her novel Inside – not Dual Citizens (as of yet – the long list will be announced in September) Books: Marie-Renee Lavoie - "La Petite et le Vieux", "Le Syndrome de la Vis" Alix Ohlin - "Signs and Wonders", "The Missing Person", "Babylon and Other Stories" Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette try to sort out just what the Young Adult genre is and why it is so popular. Show Notes: Jette thought the Miss Peregrine movie was “Tim Burton-esque” and that’s because it WAS a Tim Burton movie. YA is a genre that is far more open to inclusivity and representation than your average fiction book. Please go to YouTube and watch “Shia LeBeouf” Live – Rob Cantor Books: There are SO MANY so please head to www.anotherbookontheshelf.wordpress.com for the full list! Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette talk about Gillian Flynn's debut novel, the HBO adaptation of it, and explore the layers of violence in both. Show Notes: Eliza Scanlen plays Amma Yes, there are 2 Kansas City‘s except technically they are part of the same city 🙂 HBO killing it with a great series again #sixfeetunder Jean-Marc Vallée and Marti Noxon created a stunning series Led Zeppelin – finally giving license to a tv show, creating a haunting soundtrack Read ALL of Gillian Flynn’s books – Dark Places: A Novel and Gone Girl: A Novel Robert Pickton – a notorious Canadian serial killer The Martian is another example of an amazing book to screen adaptation Remember Mischa Barton in The Six Sense? Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette talk about The Refrigerator monologues - Catherynne M. Valente's take on the trope of women being "fridged" to further the story of the men in their lives. Show Notes: Supernatural is guilty of “fridging” So is Peaky Blinders And… Daredevil, The OC, and The Amazing Spiderman Also – why hasn’t Jette watched emo-Spiderman? The author that coined the phrase is Gail Simone, not Simon. our bad! Annie Wu is the awesome illustrator for the book
Books - all by Catherynne M. Valente Deathless Space Opera The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette breakdown - or at least try to breakdown - the Fantasy genre. Show Notes: Harry Potter mention counter – Gen kept it to a very minimal EIGHT (with one bonus Supernatural mention) The Raven Cycle – For the record, Gen was incredibly chill about this in this episode (so super chill) Are you afraid of capaill uisce? Nicolas Hoult is playing Tolkien. So… Bowie and a 12 year old Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth – creepy? Star Trek versus Star Wars – what genre do you think they are? Umbrella Academy – fair – this one is on Jette. UA counter – ONE Clearly Superhero stories are a genre unto themselves. What the heck is The Big Rock Candy Mountain? Bedknobs and Broomsticks holds up. Books: Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien Game of Thrones by George RR Martin Howl's Moving Castle by Dianne Wynne Jones The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum Neverwhere and Americans Gods by Neil Gaiman Deathless by Cathrynne M Valente Other Words for Smoke by Sarah Maria Griffin Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette break from tradition and take some time to catch up on what they have been reading and writing. There may be a couple of Umbrella Academy and Supernatural tangents... Perhaps... Show Notes: Do you have a Goodreads challenge goal? Stories need a plot?? We need to visit Salem, Mass strictly for business purposes. Check out the Giller Prize nominees. Umbrella Academy is life. We don’t know our own website. Please don’t hate us but… We don’t care about GOT… hides The CW/WB RULED tv in the early 2000s Podcasts: Hwy to Hell The Bill Simmons Podcast The Watch The Big Picture The Rewatchables Binge Mode
Books: Carrie by Stephen King Dual Citizens by Alex Ohlin Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne Valente Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Hermann Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette interview Claire Handscombe, author of the new novel, Unscripted, coming out April 4th. Show Notes: The things you do for the West Wing. Listen to Claire’s podcast – The BritLit Podcast. You’re Booked sounds like another great podcast. Why not visit Washington, DC? Want to read even more about books? Check out BookRiot. Litsy is a great new social media took for readers and authors. Books mentioned in this episode: The Plot Whisperer – Martha Alderson One Day – David Nicholls The Time Traveler’s Wife – Audrey Niffenegger One Day in December – Josie Silver How to Be a Grown Up – Daisy Buchanan Sisterhood – Daisy Buchanan The Hunting Party – Lucy Foley The Great Believers – Rebecca Makkai Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette discuss Chaya Bhuvaneswar's short story collection, White Dancing Elephants - a collection of stories spotlighting diverse women of colour that face sexual harassment and racial violence, and occasionally inflicting that violence on each other. White Dancing Elephants explores feminist, queer, religious, and immigrant stories with precision, drama, and compassion. Show Notes: Follow Chaya on Twitter @chayab77 or check out her website – www.chayabhuvaneswar.com Gen was almost right in recounting the Bhopal disaster but may have mixed up a few other disasters. Go check it out as people of that era focused on Chernobyl and this story seems to have been mostly forgotten. Follow our social media for an upcoming giveaway!! [NOW CLOSED] Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette travel from Oregon to Patagonia with Jedidiah Jenkins as he reconciles his identity, upbringing and what a life of travel can do for your soul. Show Notes: jedidiahjenkins.com mybyta.com – don’t use paper cups or plastic water bottles. There are so many great reusable options out there! You can even customize the Bytas! invisiblechildren.com Our love of One Tree Hill and Chicaho PD runs deep. Check out A Walk Across America This story was one of growth and, ultimately, happiness but Harry Devert’s storywas nowhere near that. Check out The Rambling Loon blog if you love to travel – she’s a good friend and she’s awesome.
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Gen and Jette talk about journalling daily and why it is important for writers. Show Notes:
Journals/Diaries we've read - David Sedaris, Sylvia Plath, Guy Maddin, Jedidiah Jenkins, Patti Smith, Joan Didion, Travis Barker. Moleskines are life. Boston is a great city for notebooks (Trident Booksellers, Harvard Bookstore) Did you hear Gen being wistful about notebooks?
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What is a cracker? No really... 642 Things to Write About
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Gen and Jette talk about Toronto-based author Claudia Dey's latest novel, Heartbreaker. "An isolated town. The remains of a mysterious cult. And a woman who disappears."
Show Notes: If you're in Toronto, hit up Book City. Do you remember who shot JR? This podcast was born at Page One Cafe. We miss David Bowie. Ajax is awesome. How's your Canadian geography these days? Go listen to Claudia Dey's Heartbreaker playlist and immerse yourself in the novel.
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Gen and Jette talk about Chuck Klosterman's Eating the Dinosaur and have their minds blown trying to figure out time travel.
Show Notes: Listen to everything on The Ringer! If you like Harry Potter, listen to Binge Mode with Jason Concepcion and Mallory Rubin. Remember when Garth Brooks had an alter ego names Chris Gaines? There was a lot of Podcat distractions today. Enjoy. Go learn about Kurt Cobain and David Koresh and then let's talk cult leaders. Jette forgot she was 13 and NOT 14 in 1994 but then remembered... speaking of time travel... Can you tell we were censoring ourselves and trying not to swear to maintain our clean content rating? I can't believe we mentioned KNOTB on this podcast but it happens. Go listen to Big Shiny Tunes 2 - 1997 had JAMS. Physics! We know science! Don't worry - we removed Jette's Joker laughs even though she really is that desperate to get on the Villains podcast. Who wants to road trip to Nashville this year? Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette talk about David Grann's non-fiction novel about the Osage murders of the 1920s. "Killers of the Flower Moon is a twist on what the Osage call the prairie’s gigantic “flower-killing moon” in May, when taller, aggressive plants snuff out tinier blooming flowers."
Notes: Apologies for any weird sounds. The wind was howling like crazy and apparently changed Jette's voice at one point. Charlie Hunnam was the star of The Lost City of Z. Bagged milk will always be weird. This was our first episode back after the holidays and we were a little rusty. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette talk holiday reading, suggest some great books for gifts, and look to what will be coming to the podcast in January. Notes: The Christina Tosi book Jette couldn't remember was Milk Bar Life. Don't forget to pick up "To Shake the Sleeping Self" by Jedidiah Jenkins and read long with us in Jan/Feb. Shout out to @litapowers for the lovely Dickens/Star Wars holiday picture.
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Gen and Jette reflect on 2018, starting a book club, starting a podcast, and looking to 2019.
Notes: Douglas Adams wrote Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Travis Barker's memoir "Can I Say" is sad and beautiful. Yes - we shouted out The Ringer again and yes we will do it every time :) As Shea Serrano says - Go listen to "Villains" or go to Hell Check out our reading goals on Goodreads.
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Gen and Jette talk about Stephanie Wittels Wachs' memoir about her brother Harris, who, at the height of his comedic fame, died of a heroin overdose. Notes: We edited out a fair amount of long pauses where we stopped to ponder the awful of this book. It is a very hard book to put into words. Shout Outs: Late Night with Seth Meyers The Sarah Silverman Show Comedy Bang! Bang! Master of None
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The Ringer Beautiful Boy Pete Wentz's book - Gray The Bell Jar
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Gen and Jette take a night off from the book club to talk about their favourite authors, featuring John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Donna Tartt, Dennis Lehane, Maggie Stiefvater, and Chuck Klosterman. Disclaimer Jette had been up since 4am and Gen was still on Copenhagen time during the recording so the english language wasn't flowing too well LOL Show Notes: Snow White came out in 1938 - not 1939. Adam's brother is Charles. The story that The Drop is an adaptation of "Animal Rescue" Shout out to DavidsTea for fuelling this episode and Jette will try to clink her mug less next time. Also - Jette gets really excited about Boston. This won't be the last time.
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Gen and Jette talk about The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, a prequel to Practical Magic. The book follows the Owens' siblings through their lives, the ups and downs and other complications that come along with being witches. If you hear any crinkling in the background, it's just our resident PodCat, Cypher, eating her dinner. Book Revelation - Vincent and William live "happily ever after" because Vincent is the first wizard in the family and NOT an Owens' woman so the curse does not apply!!!!
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Gen and Jette talk about Andy Weir's second novel, Artemis, which follows Jazz Bashara living in Artemis, a colony on the moon. The book is about a heist and the uncovering of a conspiracy. The girls talk about how the story relates to capitalism and about how the main character just really isn't very likeable. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram @anotherbookpodcast, Twitter @anotherbookpod, and Facebook or email us at anotherbookontheshelfpodcast@gmail.com. We’d love to hear from you! Sign up for our newsletter as well!
Gen and Jette introduce themselves and their bookclub that led to this podcast.
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