In Episode 92, Gen and Jette had the pleasure of speaking with Stephanie Cooke — an award-winning writer and editor based out of Toronto, Canada. She’s a comic book fan, avid gamer, movie watcher, and pun appreciator. Her graphic novels, Oh My Gods! and ParaNorthern are out now from Clarion …
Writing. We all know the key to writing is actually sitting down, pen in hand (or hands on keyboard), and just letting the words flow. That makes it sound so easy, right? Well, just like how planning and thinking and reading a random romance novel could get the creative juices …
In Episode 91, Gen and Jette dive into another book to film adaptation with a discussion of The Martian. We love a well done adaptation and Ridley Scott’s film does Andy Weir’s book full justice. Plus, we got to indulge our inner space nerd. Show Notes The cast is stacked …
In Episode 90, Gen and Jette sit down for a 2022 spring hangout to chat about the year so far. While we haven’t been up to much in the last few months, we have actually been reading. Join us for this casual chat about what we’re reading, what we’re planning …
If you’re a regular around here, then you know that I’m physically incapable of narrowing down a list of favourite books. Any time Jette asks me to pick my three favourite books of the year, I’ll have a couple bonus titles to add on top of that. Look, It’s not …
So far, 2022 has actually been a great year for reading. January started off with quite the bang and, yes, we’re slowing down a bit now but still feeling good. This got me thinking and planning my Spring reading list. Looking back at my autumn TBR blog post I only …
In Episode 89, Gen and Jette chat about their first book club book of the year, Three Pianos by Andrew McMahon. Get your inner emo kid ready! This memoir is an emotional and beautifully written account of McMahon’s life. It begins with his childhood and takes the reader through his …
This year one of my reading goals is to reread some of my favourite middle grade books that I loved as a kid. I plan to read one a month for the whole year, and since it’s Middle Grade March, I thought now would be a good time to talk …
In Episode 88, Gen and Jette chat about Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu. This collection of short stories was generously sent to us by Coach House Books, who always seem to know exactly which books we’re going to love. Lesser Known Monsters is no exception. …
I’m pretty sure Chuck Klosterman is the author that I have read the most and I haven’t even read all of his books. I’m only missing a couple – and let’s be honest – you know after writing this, I’m going to order them to complete my collection. With his …
