In Episode 69, Gen and Jette continue their series #Bookstagram Made Me Do It 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 …
It’s time for another book club episode! Gen and Jette talk about their March/April book club selectionāWe 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 …
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 …
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. …
In episode 65, Gen and Jette discuss Like Streams to the Ocean, the latest from Jedidiah Jenkins, which covers all the things that make us who we areāego, family, friends, home, work, and more. We loved Jedidiah’s first book, To Shake the Sleeping Self, and we loved his new one …
In episode 64 we had a wonderful chat with Tiffanie DeBartolo about her latest novel, Sorrow. Tiffanie is an author and record label owner living in Mill Valley, California. We loved talking with her about books, writing, art, and living a creative life. Show Notes: Tiffanie’s film is called Dream …
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 …
In Episode 62 Gen and Jette once again team up with one of our favourite publishersāCoach House Books! This time we’re talking about one of their spring releasesāand our first book of poetryāBecause the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne. We loved the way Burgoyne plays with words and form while exploring …
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 …
In Episode 60, Gen and Jette introduce a new episode categoryāBookstagram 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 …
