In Episode 87, Gen and Jette talk all things alternative to purchasing physical copies of books. We chat eBooks, audiobooks, libraries, 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.
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.
Hoopla is another app accessible through your local library and gives you access to movies, music, and so. many. comics and graphic novels.
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.
In our next episode we’re teaming up with Coach House Books again to talk about Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu. Read more about it in Gen’s recent blog post about her most anticipated books of 2022.
Read along with our latest book club selection: Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon
Books Mentioned
The Stand by Stephen King
Dune by Frank Herbert
Reckless by Ed Brubaker & Sean Philips
Captain America
Winter Soldier
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
