OH HONEY! In Episode 63 Gen and Jette have a blast talking about Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood. In our first book club episode of 2021, we talk about everything from make-up to air travel to BFFs. Trixie Mattel and Katya of Drag Race fame offer their tips …
Do you ever pick up a book and wonder, why have I never read this author before? And then you want to read every book that author has ever written? If you read Jette’s post about James Baldwin, you’ll know he’s one of those authors for us. He’s just one …
In Episode 62 Gen and Jette once again team up with one of our favourite publishers—Coach House Books! This time we’re talking about one of their spring releases—and our first book of poetry—Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne. We loved the way Burgoyne plays with words and form while exploring …
In Episode 61 Gen and Jette talk about If Beale Street Could Talk. Our love for James Baldwin knows no bounds, so we read his 1974 novel and watch the 2018 film adaptation written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Show Notes We ramble a lot about how much we love …
Normally I’m the queen of the backlist. Even when I worked at a bookstore I didn’t read new book releases until several years after they were published. The only exceptions to this were new books in a series I was already reading. I’ll admit—I used to purposely avoid books with …
In Episode 60, Gen and Jette introduce a new episode category—Bookstagram Made Me Do It! We see so many incredible books on Instagram and we want to talk about some of the ones we had to get our hands on immediately. So we’re starting with The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes …
Up until now I had no idea, but I’ve always been drawn to memoirs. Typically, I find myself picking up the more emotional, heartbreaking, not-so-happy ones but if you know me, you know that makes sense. Looking at my shelf, I still have a handful of memoirs I read in …
Gen and Jette dive into a book club book to kick off 2021. They discuss Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Show Notes How did we not know that Silvia Moreno-Garcia was Canadian? Check out this CBC article on how Moreno-Garcia subverts the genre Do you know the Oprah Effect? The Guillermo del …
If you’re anything like us, your ‘to be read’ list is always growing, and the new year means a new stack of potential favourites. For 2021 we wanted to build on our reading and writing habits from 2020, so we set up a reading challenge for ourselves. (This blog post …
