In Episode 39 Gen and Jette discuss two House of Anansi new releases. We chat about Coming Up for Air by Sarah Leipciger and Pallbearing by Michael Melgaard. Coming Up for Air follow three stories in different eras and countries–a young woman in present-day Canada with cystic fibrosis, a man …
In Episode 38 Gen and Jette talk about Movies (and Other Things) by Shea Serrano, their 2020 January/February book club selection. We love Shea Serrano and we had a great time discussing his latest book. It let us go off on a bunch of movie tangents and talk about some …
In Episode 37 Gen and Jette sit down for another cup of tea and a winter hangout. Join us for a casual chat where we talk books, writing, and everything we’ve been up to lately. We can’t believe February is almost over while January was the longest month. Possibly we …
In Episode 36 Gen and Jette talk about Disfigured by Amanda Leduc. We loved chatting about this book that tackles fairy tales and disability. Leduc breaks down how disability has been etched into the collective unconscious as a bad thing that a person needs to overcome and how stories need …
In Episode 35 Gen and Jette have another genre breakdown and ask: memoirs, fact or fiction? This is one of our favourite genres and we had a great time discussing it. We talk about the themes that run through many memoirs and examine the grey area of creative non-fiction, semi-autobiographical …
In Episdoe 34 Gen and Jette talk about The Institute by Stephen King, our 2019 November/December book club selection. King’s latest novel follows a group of children with special powers who are prisoners of a mysterious Institute that runs experiments on them. We chat about fate and chance, shady governments, …
In Episode 33 Gen and Jette have a Holiday Wrap Up for 2019. We keep things pretty short as we review our Goodreads goals, talk about writing, and chat about our holiday plans. It was a great reading and podcasting year, and we’re excited to share some of our favourite books …
In Episode 32 Gen and Jette talk about Harry Potter Years 1-3. If you’ve been listening to our podcast since the beginning, you know this is a long time coming! *Disclaimer: There is a lot of love for JKR in this episode with regards to plotting and character development. We …
In Episode 31 Gen and Jette talk about NaNoWriMo 2019. Love it or it hate, November has been designated National Novel Writing Month. It’s the time to tackle your novel with writers around the world. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 day, averaging about 1667 words per …
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 …
