In Episode 167, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club pick, The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman. As children of the nineties ourselves, we loved revisiting this decade through Klosterman’s pop culture lens. Show Notes One of our earliest episodes—episode 9!—was also a Chuck Klosterman book. We read his essay …
It’s a new year and we’re kicking it off, as always, with a book club episode. Gen’s pick for the end of 2024 was Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. It follows the narrator through his journal entries as he records his life amongst the statues and tides that occupy a series …
Episode 159 is a book club episode. Gen and Jette talk about Patti Smith’s memoir Just Kids. The book chronicles her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe and their early days in New York City before they were the artists we know them as today. Show Notes This book. THIS BOOK! We …
Episode 155 is a book club episode, and we’re talking about Gen’s summer pick, Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo. It offers up some spooky southern gothic vibes with a side of car races and a family curse. Show Notes After picking this book, Gen realized it was blurbed by the …
It’s our 150th episode! Very fittingly, it’s a book club episode, which is the entire reason this podcast exists. In this episode, we’re talking about Jette’s pick, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and we loved reading more of Moreno-Garcia’s work. Show Notes We can’t believe we’ve recorded …
In Episode 146, Gen and Jette talk about their most recent book club pick—Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. We are so here for the spooky houses and gothic vibes! Show Notes Eleanor Starling was giving Mark Ryden and Margaret Keane vibes. Starling House is a portal fantasy of sorts, …
In Episode 142, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club selection, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson. Obviously we loved the witchy vibes and the stellar queer rep, but also the end of this book had us screaming. Yes, it ends on a cliffhanger! Show Notes We haven’t …
In Episode 133, Gen and Jette revisit one of their favourite authors, Hilarie Burton Morgan, and kick off Non-Fiction November with Grimoire Girl. Burton’s latest book combines personal stories with her tips and simple spells for creating your own personal grimoire. Show Notes We have allll the ideas and creative …
In Episode 129, Gen and Jette dive into “the most controversial Canadian novel” ever written. A woman goes to work in Northern Ontario and begins a relationship with a bear. Spoiler: in 2023, it wasn’t that wild. Or was it? Show Notes This book created a bit of a stir …
In Episode 124, Gen and Jette talk about The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder. This was Jette’s pick for our book club and we loved the dystopian vibes and talking all about memories. Show Notes Yōko Ogawa has won every Japanese literary award, including the Akutagawa …
