And the sky has bloomed, it is verdant with stars. I’ve never seen stars like this before. Deep, brilliant, soft. I am comforted because nothing we have done to this earth affects them. Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich In episode 76, Gen and Jette discuss their …
In Episode 75, Gen and Jette talk about Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley. This is the third instalment of our #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series. As with all the books we love, we kind of rambled on a bit, but we also talked about how well Boulley balanced the crime genre with real …
In Episode 74, we’re teaming up once again with Coach House Books to discuss one of their recent releases, And Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins. Coach House Books is one of our favourite publishers. We always love the books they send us, …
“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 …
In Episode 72, Gen and Jette discuss their most recent book club book—that’s actually a play! Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris tackles race, sexuality, and interracial relationships. It’s been nominated for a record 12 Tony Awards. We had such a good discussion about this play and its themes. Maybe …
It’s officially summer and that means it’s time for another hangout episode! Gen and Jette chat about summer plans, what they’ve been up to lately, and the reading slump that just won’t end. As always, we go off on a few tangents as we have a casual chat about books, …
In Episode 70, Gen and Jette team up again with one of their favourite Toronto publishers, House of Anansi Press. This time we’re reading A Boring Wife Settles the Score by Marie-Renée Lavoie, the sequel to Autopsy of a Boring Wife, which we talked about all the way back in …
In Episode 69, Gen and Jette continue their series #Bookstagram Made Me Do It with These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong. In this retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s Shanghai, Juliette Cai and Roma Montagov are heirs to their respective gangs who have to work together to find …
It’s time for another book club episode! Gen and Jette talk about their March/April book club selection—We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby. We talk about Irby’s pull-no-punches writing style, her ability to put herself out there in her writing, and how we could turn some of …
It’s time for another cup of tea and our first hangout episode of 2021! We’ll be real guys, it’s been a rough start. Still, there have been a few good things and even though we haven’t been reading as much as wanted to, we’ve read some great books as well. …
