In Episode 103, Gen and Jette dive into Gen’s book club pick — How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. After seeing this book everywhere and reading so many rave reviews of Chee’s work, we knew we had to read it. Obviously, we are now obsessed. An amazing …
In Episode 102, Gen and Jette head back to the 1800s with Little Women in another edition of our Page to Screen series. We talk about Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel and the 1994 and 2019 films. Show Notes Yes, Jette is still obsessed with her trip to Concord MA …
Can you believe we’re already more than halfway through 2022? Me neither. It doesn’t seem like it should be possible, but here we are. Luckily for us, this means we’re due for another wave of new book releases in the fall. Whatever else the world may be throwing at us …
In episode 101, Gen and Jette talk about the settings that feel so alive they become an entire character in the novel — the haunted houses, the seaside towns, the cities that feel like living, breathing entities, we’re here for all of it! Show Notes Make sure to check out Gen’s …
It’s our 100th episode! We’re celebrating by talking about all our favourite moments from the podcast over the last few years, including our favourite episodes, interviews, and books. The podcast has evolved a lot since we started and we’ve both expanded our reading — which was the entire point! Achievement …
We all have that massive stack of books on our shelf, silently waiting to be read. Those books know their fate. They will sit there and sit there as newer shinier books come in and get read first. It’s not that we don’t want to read the books. There is …
In Episode 98, Gen and Jette discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This episode falls into our #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series, which lets us jump on the train of a popular book to see what all the fuss is about and if it lives up to the hype. The …
In Episode 98, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club book, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. It’s our first time discussing a thriller and we had a grand spooky time. Sager’s story within a story keeps you guessing right until the very end, making for a great #IcedCoffeeRead …
As you know, neither of us are summer fun girls. We don’t do #HotGirlSummer. We are more #SpookyGirlFall people. Summer is great for outdoor reading and writing though, so we have high hopes for those cooler summer days. Hanging out in the shade with an icy drink is where we …
I had initially conceived of this list as a Pride reading wishlist that I knew I’d never finish, but then I looked up and June was almost over. This is still a queer reading list, but it’s one to last the whole year. I read books by queer authors all …
