Another Book on the Shelf

Gen and Jette talk about memoirs, themes that tend to run through most, and floating into that grey area of creative non-fiction versus cold hard facts. Show Notes: How truthful are memoirs and what is the difference between a memoir and an autobiography? Please tell us - we're not sure. So don't piss off Oprah or you'll live through the scandal that was A Million Little Pieces by James Grey. It l...

Gen and Jette talk about The Institute by Stephen King, sent to them by Simon and Schuster Canada.   Show Notes: You can hear more about Stephen King In our favourite author episode . We wouldn't find SK's cumulative word count but the best estimate is somewhere in the tens of millions. Apparently "night knocker" rose in Google trends when this came out because everyone was trying to figure o...

Gen and Jette review 2019 their Goodreads goals, and their holiday plans. Show Notes: Happy Holidays! We're launching a new podcast in 2020 - Teenage Daydream Join us for #janowrimo - let's write 25,000 words! Please add The Skulls (2000) to your holiday watch list Books: The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion - Gerard Way and Gábriel Ba Annihilation - Jeff Vandermeer The Institute - Stephen King Th...

*Disclaimer: There is a lot of love for JKR in this episode with regards to plotting and character development. We recorded this before JKR made her anti-trans stance public. We in no way support JKR or her opinions and we stand with the trans community.* Gen and Jette talk about Harry Potter. FINALLY!  For the sake of not being here for 500 years, they cover books 1-3 and still only scratch the s...

Gen and Jette talk about the novel writing event, Nanowrimo Show Notes: Nanowrimo is National Novel Writing Month The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days or 1667 words a day Neither us of are accomplishing this this year This is the 20th year of #Nanowrimo Conclusion - writing is hard Anvil Press has a 3 day novel writing event - that seems a bit much Join us in January for #jannowrimo where...

Gen and Jette talk about the semi-autobiographical novel Cherry by current inmate, Nico Walker.   Show Notes:  You know we love The Ringer and Jette heard about this book on The Watch podcast thanks to Chris Ryan. #keepingitreal aka The Podcat makes an appears. Jette is sick and sounds weird, the table keeps creaking, and so many other oddities This novel is being adapted for the sc...

Gen and Jette get spooky and try to breakdown the horror genre.  Show Notes: You definitely need to Google Dean Koontz – all of the dog pictures are amazing. The Goosebumps series is #2 behind Harry Potter for most sold series – what? Also – maybe Jette is a little too de-sensitized and Saving Private Ryan should have shook her a bit more. Like how Gen is still scared of bathrooms with the lights...

It’s our one year podcast anniversary! Gen and Jette reflect on their first year of podcasting, past episodes, and what’s next (like some super exciting new books and collaborations!) Thank you all so much for listening! Show Notes: Page One cafe is where it all began! Tune in for more strange time travel… Local Toronto publishers Coach House Books and House of Anansi have been so amazing to work...

Gen and Jette discuss The Virgin Suicides novel and film adaption (by Sofia Coppola). Show Notes: Toronto filming locations  Please go watch Sneaky Pete on Amazon and anything else with Giovanni Ribisi The soundtrack to the film has Air , Styx , and Sloan – it’s the BEST You should definitely watch Sofia Coppola’s other films – Lost in Translation , Marie Antoinette , The Bling Ring , and mor...

Coach House books sent Gen and Jette an advanced reading copy of Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier and they fell in love with it immediately. It cleverly intertwined the life of Emily Dickinson with that of the narrator, blending fact and fiction.  Show Notes: Obviously the song Jette was thinking about was “It’s Been a Summer” by New Found Glory #nfgforlife Dickinson died of Bright’s disease...

Gen and Jette paired up with the BMV Queen bookclub and talked about Sadie with an awesome group of ladies.  *Please note that we recorded in the bookstore cafe so the sound has its moments but the discussion is worth it! Plus sometimes it sounds like we're in a spaceship and that's cool Show Notes: Serial Podcast was mentioned, obvi. Did anyone else catch the stars motif? We cut a bunch of t...

Gen and Jette talk about books they hated and why they won't read certain books. Show Notes: Check out our Favourite Authors Episode (#4) Is it October yet? We are ready for Witches’ Christmas #sorrynotsorry – We will never like LOTR or GoT Bildungsroman means a novel dealing with one person’s formative years or spiritual education A Visit from the Goon Squad actually came out in 2010, not 2004.....

Gen and Jette attempt to breakdown the Classics genre and figure out what books might qualify.  SHOW NOTES: Oh yes – Before he was Sandy Cohen, Peter Gallagher was in an NBC mini-series adaptation of Brave New World We learned about Copyright & Public Domain rules The Chronicles of Narnia always make Jette think of the SNL Digital Short – Lazy Sunday The sad Irish lady Jette couldn’t remember was...

Gen and Jette won a night at the Broadview Hotel and went live on Instagram for a hangout episode.  Show Notes: Can you tell we are sitting on the bed and the awesome duvet is rustling? Shout out to AfterGlow yoga studio for putting on the Flow in the Dark for CAMH event this spring. The Broadview Hotel opened in 1891 and was most recently, a stripclub called Jilly’s. If you’re in the east end and...

Gen and Jette talk about Shade, The Changing Girl - a collection of comics on DC's Young Animal imprint - about an alien that embodies a teenage girl and all the baggage that they both carry.  Show Notes: My Chemical Romance will always be amazing. Jette’s funeral will be a recreation of the “My Helena” video. The Umbrella Academy is LIFE – Klaus forever! Doom Patrol is another comic on YA that ha...

Gen and Jette discuss "Autopsy of a Boring Wife" by Marie-Renee Lavoie and "Dual Citizens" by Alix Ohlin, two books sent to the podcast from House of Anansi Press.  Show Notes: We haven’t officially figured out what the ICI “Battle of the Books” is but it’s CBC related and probably cool. Alix Ohlin was a Giller Finalist for her novel Inside – not Dual Citizens (as of yet – the long list will be an...

Gen and Jette try to sort out just what the Young Adult genre is and why it is so popular.  Show Notes: Jette thought the Miss Peregrine movie was “Tim Burton-esque” and that’s because it WAS a Tim Burton movie. YA is a genre that is far more open to inclusivity and representation than your average fiction book. Please go to YouTube and watch “Shia LeBeouf” Live – Rob Cantor Books: There are SO MA...

Gen and Jette talk about Gillian Flynn's debut novel, the HBO adaptation of it, and explore the layers of violence in both.  Show Notes: Eliza Scanlen plays Amma Yes, there are 2 Kansas City‘s except technically they are part of the same city 🙂 HBO killing it with a great series again #sixfeetunder Jean-Marc Vallée and Marti Noxon created a stunning series Led Zeppelin – finally giving license to...

Gen and Jette talk about The Refrigerator monologues - Catherynne M. Valente's take on the trope of women being "fridged" to further the story of the men in their lives.  Show Notes: Supernatural is guilty of “fridging” So is Peaky Blinders And… Daredevil, The OC, and The Amazing Spiderman Also – why hasn’t Jette watched emo-Spiderman? The author that coined the phrase is Gail Simone, not Simon. o...

Gen and Jette breakdown - or at least try to breakdown - the Fantasy genre.  Show Notes: Harry Potter mention counter – Gen kept it to a very minimal EIGHT (with one bonus Supernatural mention) The Raven Cycle – For the record, Gen was incredibly chill about this in this episode (so super chill) Are you afraid of capaill uisce? Nicolas Hoult is playing Tolkien. So… Bowie and a 12 year old Jennifer...

Gen and Jette break from tradition and take some time to catch up on what they have been reading and writing. There may be a couple of Umbrella Academy and Supernatural tangents... Perhaps...  Show Notes: Do you have a Goodreads challenge goal? Stories need a plot?? We need to visit Salem, Mass strictly for business purposes. Check out the Giller Prize nominees. Umbrella Academy is life. We don’t...

Gen and Jette interview Claire Handscombe, author of the new novel, Unscripted, coming out April 4th.  Show Notes: The things you do for the West Wing. Listen to Claire’s podcast – The BritLit Podcast. You’re Booked sounds like another great podcast. Why not visit Washington, DC? Want to read even more about books? Check out BookRiot. Litsy is a great new social media took for readers and authors....

Gen and Jette discuss Chaya Bhuvaneswar's short story collection, White Dancing Elephants - a collection of stories spotlighting diverse women of colour that face sexual harassment and racial violence, and occasionally inflicting that violence on each other. White Dancing Elephants explores feminist, queer, religious, and immigrant stories with precision, drama, and compassion. Show Notes: Follow...

Gen and Jette travel from Oregon to Patagonia with Jedidiah Jenkins as he reconciles his identity, upbringing and what a life of travel can do for your soul.   Show Notes:  jedidiahjenkins.com mybyta.com – don’t use paper cups or plastic water bottles. There are so many great reusable options out there! You can even customize the Bytas! invisiblechildren.com Our love of One Tree Hill and Chicaho P...

Gen and Jette talk about journalling daily and why it is important for writers. Show Notes: Journals/Diaries we've read - David Sedaris, Sylvia Plath, Guy Maddin, Jedidiah Jenkins, Patti Smith, Joan Didion, Travis Barker. Moleskines are life. Boston is a great city for notebooks (Trident Booksellers, Harvard Bookstore) Did you hear Gen being wistful about notebooks? #ywadedicate What is a cracker?...