In Episode 80, Gen and Jette take on another book to screen comparison with one of our all time favourites— Jurassic Park! It was so much fun to discuss the book alongside the beloved film. We talk about the tone differences between the book and the movie, which characters were …
You know those books that are heavy on atmosphere? The ones with spooky houses and wild landscapes? The ones that feel like the setting itself is a character? Those are some of my favourites. In books where the setting is a character, the city or landscape or house has a …
Happy Three-Year Anniversary to us! We can’t believe it’s been three years since we launched our podcast—and that half of that has been during the pandemic. 79 episodes total2000 listens in the past year66 countries listening In this anniversary episode, we touch on some of our favourites of the past …
Finally! It’s Autumn! There will be afghans, sweaters, knitting, hot beverages, and reading. With the breeze getting crisper everyday, I feel life in my lungs again. I ended up reading 3.5 of the 5 books on my summer TBR list and, considering the heat waves killing my brain, I take …
In Episode 78, Gen and Jette talk about recent WattPad release, Big Boned by Jo Watson. You know we’re not generally romcom readers, but we absolutely loved this story! Episode Notes Jo Watson has over 50 millions reads on WattPad! Check out her other books on her website. Check out …
If you’ve been following the podcast for awhile, you’ll know that we love memoirs. Back in January, Jette wrote about her Top 5 Memoir Books, so I decided I should add to that list with my own top five. Like Jette, I tend to be drawn to memoirs that will …
In Episode 77, Gen and Jette finally cover a topic they’ve had planned since Another Book on the Shelf was born—cookbooks! Do cookbooks count as books? Do they count as reading? What makes a great cookbook? We discuss these questions and talk about some of favourite cookbooks, as well as …
All this time in quarantine got me thinking… About ways to be creative, and a nagging idea for a short film. Yes, by now you all know I went to film school so it’s about time I made something that wasn’t a silent, black and white, 16 mm actual celluloid …
And the sky has bloomed, it is verdant with stars. I’ve never seen stars like this before. Deep, brilliant, soft. I am comforted because nothing we have done to this earth affects them. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich In episode 76, Gen and Jette discuss their …
We’ve all heard that you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, but have you ever judged a book based on its length? I’ll admit that I’ve been guilty of leaving short books by the wayside because I have some half-formed notion that they won’t be as meaty or as …
