In Episode 5 Gen and Jette discuss Everything Is Horrible and Wonderful by Stephanie Wittels Wachs, our 2018 May/June book club selection. In this memoir, she tells the story of her brother, Harris, who died of a heroin overdose at the height of his comedic fame. It is an unflinchingly …
In Episode 4 Gen and Jette talk about their favourite authors. We each pick our three favourite authors to talk about, and if you know Gen, you know this was a difficult decision! Featuring John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Donna Tartt, Dennis Lehane, Maggie Stiefvater, and Chuck Klosterman, the girls talk …
In Episode 3 Gen and Jette discuss The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman, our 2018 March/April book club selection. Hoffman’s latest novel is a prequel to her acclaimed novel Practical Magic. The story begins in the sixties in New York City, and follows Franny, Jet, and Vincent Owens from …
In Episode 2 Gen and Jette discuss their very first book club selection–Artemis by Andy Weir. Weir sets his second novel in the nearish future of the late 2080’s in the first human moon colony, Artemis. The story follows Jazz Bashara, a porter with a talent for engineering and a …
Welcome to Another Book on the Shelf Podcast! This brief first episode is an introduction to your hosts, Gen and Jette. We introduce ourselves and give you a short background on the Book Club that inspired the podcast. And now we’re asking you to join us! Every two months we’ll …
