In Episode 31 Gen and Jette talk about NaNoWriMo 2019. Love it or it hate, November has been designated National Novel Writing Month. It’s the time to tackle your novel with writers around the world. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 day, averaging about 1667 words per …
In Episode 30 Gen and Jette talk about Cherry by Nico Walker, our 2019 September/October book club selection. This semi-autobiographical novel tackles war, addiction, and bank robbery. It follows an unnamed narrator through a tour in Iraq as an army medic, and then home, where his resulting PTSD triggers his …
In Episode 29 Gen and Jette do another genre breakdown and this time we’re haunted by horror! We take on the spookiest of genres in our latest genre breakdown. So many genres cross over with horror and we had so much fun picking this one apart, talking about some of …
In Episode 28 Gen and Jette say “Happy Anniversary” as they celebrate one year of Another Book on the Shelf! We can’t believe it’s already been a year of podcasting! This episode is all about reflecting on the past year and looking ahead to what’s next for our little podcast. …
In Episode 27 Gen and Jette discuss The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides. We watch the film adaptation directed by Sofia Coppola and look at how it holds up to the novel. We love a good adaptation, and this was no exception. Both the book and the film strike a …
Villains. We love to hate them and hate to love them. Sometimes, we land in the middle and don’t know how to feel because either side feels wrong. Every story has a hero and a villain. Every hero and heroine needs a villain to become a true hero, otherwise the …
In Episode 26 Gen and Jette talk about Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier. Translated from French by Rhonda Mullins, Paper Houses cleverly intertwined the life of Emily Dickinson with that of the narrator, blending fact and fiction. We absolutely fell in love with this one. We loved the writing style …
Science fiction is such a massive genre that it’s difficult to know where to start. So why not start at the beginning? With the grandmother of it all, Mary Shelley. Most people who know anything about Mary Shelley know the mythology of how Frankenstein came to be. Lord Byron invited …
In Episode 25 Gen and Jette discuss Sadie by Courtney Summers. This time we team up with local bookstore, BMV Queen, and their bookclub for a group discussion. We recorded on location and had an incredible discussion with an awesome group of ladies! Sadie was the perfect book to discuss …
In Episode 24 Gen and Jette talk about the books we hated. You can’t love every book you read. We don’t usually spend much time talking about the books we didn’t like, because we’d rather talk about the books we loved. We want to recommend books. That’s the whole point …
