Inspired by Jette’s recent blog post, we dive into some of the books we should have read by now—whether it’s because they touch on current issues or because they’ve been on our shelf for ages. Turns out we have a lot of these books, so we made a pact to read …
In Episode 103, Gen and Jette dive into Gen’s book club pick — How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. After seeing this book everywhere and reading so many rave reviews of Chee’s work, we knew we had to read it. Obviously, we are now obsessed. An amazing …
In Episode 102, Gen and Jette head back to the 1800s with Little Women in another edition of our Page to Screen series. We talk about Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel and the 1994 and 2019 films. Show Notes Yes, Jette is still obsessed with her trip to Concord MA …
It’s our 100th episode! We’re celebrating by talking about all our favourite moments from the podcast over the last few years, including our favourite episodes, interviews, and books. The podcast has evolved a lot since we started and we’ve both expanded our reading — which was the entire point! Achievement …
In Episode 98, Gen and Jette discuss The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This episode falls into our #BookstagramMadeMeDoIt series, which lets us jump on the train of a popular book to see what all the fuss is about and if it lives up to the hype. The …
In Episode 98, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club book, Home Before Dark by Riley Sager. It’s our first time discussing a thriller and we had a grand spooky time. Sager’s story within a story keeps you guessing right until the very end, making for a great #IcedCoffeeRead …
In Episode 97, Gen and Jette collaborate with one of their favourite Toronto indie publishers, House of Anansi, to give you a preview of one of their upcoming new releases, A Waiter in Paris by Edward Chisholm. This memoir chronicles Chisholm’s time in Paris, scraping out a living in a …
It’s June, which means it’s time for our Pride reads, and to celebrate Gen and Jette dedicate Episode 96 to all things queer lit! We talk about a lot of different books in this one and realized that quite a few of our past episodes feature queer books and writers. …
In Episode 95, Gen and Jette finally take on the science fiction genre! We’ve put it off until now because neither of us thought we read much sci-fi, but it turns out we’ve read more than we thought and we actually love it! A lot of the books we talk …
In Episode 94, Gen and Jette discuss their latest book club book — Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo. We couldn’t stop talking about the style and structure of this novel written in verse. Acevedo writes such a full and vivid narrative even with her pared back style and …
