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 …
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 …
You know we’re emo. You know we love rainy, gloomy days. It makes sense that we love a good “sad girl” book. You know, a book that doesn’t necessarily have a sad story (even though they often do) but one that makes you want to listen to Lana Del Rey, …
When we recorded our Summer Solstice hangout episode and wrote our Summer Update blog post, I realized I’d read a lot of the books I had on my Top 10 New Book Releases of 2021. Having a Kobo eReader has helped. I’ve been able to borrow ebooks from the library, …
“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” Joan Didion In Episode 73, Gen and Jette discuss the broad category of essay collections. From Joan Didion to Chuck Klosterman to Samantha …
Reading with a good beverage is the key to truly up-levelling your experience. It’s part of the ritual. It enhances the story. I never just pick up a book and read. I always start by thinking about what drink to make that I can savour while I flip pages. Certain …
Well, here we are again. Stay at home orders. Lockdown. Whatever it is we’re calling it these days. If you’re in Toronto, like we are, you never really left. Either way, the pandemic fatigue is real and we miss the days of travelling, so in the meantime we’ll have to …
It’s happening. Another birthday in lockdown and this one is a big one. I’m not always excited about my birthday but this one was going to be special. I was going to go to New York City and celebrate my 40th birthday in style. I, however, will be celebrating at …
People are always asking me—how do you read so much? Meanwhile I’m over here trying to figure out how I can read even more because my TBR pile is starting to rival Mt. Everest. My greatest tragedy in life is knowing that I’ll probably never be able to read all …
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 …
