“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 …
Reading with a good beverage is the key to truly up-levelling your experience. It’s part of the ritual. It enhances the story. I never just pick up a book and read. I always start by thinking about what drink to make that I can savour while I flip pages. Certain …
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. …
It’s officially summer and that means it’s time for another hangout episode! Gen and Jette chat about summer plans, what they’ve been up to lately, and the reading slump that just won’t end. As always, we go off on a few tangents as we have a casual chat about books, …
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 …
In Episode 70, Gen and Jette team up again with one of their favourite Toronto publishers, House of Anansi Press. This time we’re reading A Boring Wife Settles the Score by Marie-Renée Lavoie, the sequel to Autopsy of a Boring Wife, which we talked about all the way back in …
Can you believe it’s basically summer? I almost feel excited this year but I think that’s just because we’ve been inside for nearly 15 months. In reality, you know Gen and I are vampires and hate summer and the sun. BUT that doesn’t mean we don’t get excited for summer …
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 …
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 …
