We talk a lot about memoirs on the podcast and on our blog, but since it’s Nonfiction November I wanted to give some love to other types of nonfiction. When I become obsessed with a new interest I like to read as much about that thing as I can. Right …
You know those books that are heavy on atmosphere? The ones with spooky houses and wild landscapes? The ones that feel like the setting itself is a character? Those are some of my favourites. In books where the setting is a character, the city or landscape or house has a …
If you’ve been following the podcast for awhile, you’ll know that we love memoirs. Back in January, Jette wrote about her Top 5 Memoir Books, so I decided I should add to that list with my own top five. Like Jette, I tend to be drawn to memoirs that will …
We’ve all heard that you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, but have you ever judged a book based on its length? I’ll admit that I’ve been guilty of leaving short books by the wayside because I have some half-formed notion that they won’t be as meaty or as …
When we recorded our Summer Solstice hangout episode and wrote our Summer Update blog post, I realized I’d read a lot of the books I had on my Top 10 New Book Releases of 2021. Having a Kobo eReader has helped. I’ve been able to borrow ebooks from the library, …
It’s Pride month, so I thought I’d put together a list of books that celebrate queer joy. So often, queer stories revolve around trauma and tragedy, but we deserve happy endings, too. Pride is a protest, but it’s also a celebration, and these books reflect that. The following titles embrace …
I don’t know about you, but I love to reread my favourite books. It’s a somewhat controversial opinion. Some readers wonder why you’d waste your time on a book you’ve already read when you could be reading something from your never-ending TBR pile. I get it. I always feel a …
Well, here we are again. Stay at home orders. Lockdown. Whatever it is we’re calling it these days. If you’re in Toronto, like we are, you never really left. Either way, the pandemic fatigue is real and we miss the days of travelling, so in the meantime we’ll have to …
People are always asking me—how do you read so much? Meanwhile I’m over here trying to figure out how I can read even more because my TBR pile is starting to rival Mt. Everest. My greatest tragedy in life is knowing that I’ll probably never be able to read all …
Do you ever pick up a book and wonder, why have I never read this author before? And then you want to read every book that author has ever written? If you read Jette’s post about James Baldwin, you’ll know he’s one of those authors for us. He’s just one …
