In Episode 61 Gen and Jette talk about If Beale Street Could Talk. Our love for James Baldwin knows no bounds, so we read his 1974 novel and watch the 2018 film adaptation written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Show Notes We ramble a lot about how much we love …
In Episode 60, Gen and Jette introduce a new episode category—Bookstagram Made Me Do It! We see so many incredible books on Instagram and we want to talk about some of the ones we had to get our hands on immediately. So we’re starting with The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes …
In Episode 55, Gen and Jette discuss their first James Baldwin novel, Another Country, and they are in love. While Baldwin tackles tough themes that are still relevant today, he does it in the most beautiful way. This novel paints a picture of New York City in the 1950s through …
In Episode 51 Gen and Jette talk about Coach House Books’ 2020 fall releases. First, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann, translated by Jen Calleja. The reader travels with Gilbert on a pilgrimage through Japan. Then, The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges, translated by Rhonda Mullins, which follows the narrator …
In Episode 47 Gen and Jette discuss Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This time we’re joined by Gen’s sister Laurelle to discuss one of our favourite reads of 2019. It follows the rise and fall of fictional band Daisy Jones and Six during the ’70s. Written …
In Episode 30 Gen and Jette talk about Cherry by Nico Walker, our 2019 September/October book club selection. This semi-autobiographical novel tackles war, addiction, and bank robbery. It follows an unnamed narrator through a tour in Iraq as an army medic, and then home, where his resulting PTSD triggers his …
In Episode 26 Gen and Jette talk about Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier. Translated from French by Rhonda Mullins, Paper Houses cleverly intertwined the life of Emily Dickinson with that of the narrator, blending fact and fiction. We absolutely fell in love with this one. We loved the writing style …
In Episode 10 Gen and Jette discuss Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey, our 2018 November/December book club selection. We’re officially caught up on book club episodes! And this one was written by a local Toronto-based author. Dey’s quirky novel revolves around Billie Jean Fontaine. She stumbles into an isolated town and …
