In Episode 80, Gen and Jette take on another book to screen 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 …
Happy Three-Year Anniversary to us! We can’t believe it’s been three years since we launched our podcast—and that half of that has been during the pandemic. 79 episodes total2000 listens in the past year66 countries listening In this anniversary episode, we touch on some of our favourites of the past …
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! Episode Notes Jo Watson has over 50 millions reads on WattPad! Check out her other books on her website. Check out …
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 …
And the sky has bloomed, it is verdant with stars. I’ve never seen stars like this before. Deep, brilliant, soft. I am comforted because nothing we have done to this earth affects them. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich In episode 76, Gen and Jette discuss their …
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 …
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, …
“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 …
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. It’s been nominated for a record 12 Tony Awards. We had such a good discussion about this play and its themes. Maybe …
We didn’t realize when we set a reading challenge for 2021 that the challenge would be actually, you know, reading. Who would have anticipated The Great Reading Slump of 2021? Reading feels impossible these days (The Slump is powerful), but we haven’t stopped adding more books to our TBR piles. …
