We all need some March 2025 book releases to cozy up with, right? I don’t know about you, but over here, the beginning of the year has felt like a slog. The bad news seems as interminable as the winter, and it’s difficult to be creative or productive under those …
It’s spring, which means it’s time for another hangout episode. We love having these chats about all the non-podcast books we’ve been reading and the writing projects we’re working on. Show Notes We actually hung out IRL recently. It was so much fun to walk around TCAF (Toronto Comic Arts Festival) and …
And we’re back with Part 2 of my top 10 books to read in 2024! I won’t give you much preamble, except to say if you haven’t read Part 1, you can check it out here. This list takes us through June, which means I’ll be back with a new …
Well. This post is very late. Normally this is my way of kicking off a new year of reading in January, but 2024 has been…let’s just say it’s been a lot. Things haven’t eased up in the last few months, but something about spring is reawakening my motivation to read …
In Episode 141, it’s time for another James Baldwin book! If you’ve been around for a while, you’ll know that James Baldwin is one of our favourite authors, so we’ve turned it into an annual tradition to read one of his works every February. This time we’re reading Baldwin’s non-fiction …
In Episode 140, Gen and Jette get to revisit one of their favourite books, Paper Houses, with the sequel, Pale Shadows. Dominique Fortier’s follow-up to her reimagining of Emily Dickinson’s life, traces the publication of Dickinson’s poems after her death and the women who made it happen. Obviously we loved …
Thrillers are typically my go-to reads outside of books for the podcast. They’re fast, and it’s always fun trying to figure out the twist. I didn’t predict any of the twists and turns on this top 5 list of chilling books. I have read multiple books by all of these …
A first line can suck you into a book just like a pretty cover. With NaNoWriMo happening, I’ve been thinking a lot about writing (but not writing — you know we never ACTUALLY do any writing) and how important a first line can be. It sets the tone. It hooks …
Vampires, like anything else, go in and out of fashion. I’m happy to report that they appear to be coming back in. On our television screens we have Vampire Academy, Interview with the Vampire, and First Kill, and we’re starting to see a resurgence in books as well. I’ve always …
We have endured a long and awful summer to get to the best season of all — spooky season. The weather has finally started to cool down and the creepy coffee mugs are in full rotation. I don’t know what it is about 2022 but I want more witches and …
