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 …
It’s our last episode of 2022, so it’s time for a holiday wrap up. 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 …
Well, we made it through 2022. Who would have guessed? Reading and writing were tumultuous this year, to say the least. Jette did a lot of reading. Gen did a lot of writing. This is why we’re a good team. Check out Another Book on the Shelf’s Duo on the …
In Episode 109, Gen and Jette discuss Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. We absolutely loved this one and now plan to read 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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
