Another Book on the Shelf

Another Book on the Shelf
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So we started a book club but never talked about the books so we decided to start a podcast to talk about the books.

  1. 1H AGO

    192 - Property by Kate Cayley

    In Episode 192, we're once again teaming up with one our favourite local indie publishers, Coach House Books. This time we're reading Kate Cayley's novel Property. Show Notes Coach House Books has never steered us wrong. Make sure to check out their backlist, as well as their new releases and forthcoming titles. We had a great time trying to figure out where exactly this neighbourhood in Toronto is located. And you know we clocked Nadège Patisserie immediately! Speaking of Toronto, we're very excited to go on our next book adventure to check out the team-up bookstore in Union Station from two of our favourite indie bookstores: Hopeless Romantic and Little Ghosts Books. If you're in Toronto, this pop-up bookshop will be there until May! And shout out as always to public libraries everywhere, and especially our very cool Toronto Public Library branches. In our next episode we'll be talking about Jette's book club pick, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. Other Coach House Books Episodes 26: Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier (The one that started it all!) 51: Coach House Books Fall 2020 Releases (The Imago Stage by Karoline Georges, The Pine Islands by Marion Poschmann, Fauna by Christiane Vadnais) 62: Because the Sun by Sarah Burgoyne 74: And Miles to Go Before I Sleep by Jocelyne Saucier 88: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu 117: Sing, Nightingale by Marie Hélène Poitras 128: The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird 140: Pale Shadows by Dominique Fortier 174: Born by Heather Birrell

    1h 2m

  2. FEB 5

    191 - Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

    It's February, which means it's time for our annual James Baldwin episode. This we're reading his short story collection, Going to Meet the Man, published in 1965. Show Notes As you might have noticed, we could talk about Baldwin for hours, so let us know your favourite James Baldwin books!  We spent a good chunk of time before recording trying to figure out why we didn't have a James Baldwin episode in 2022 and we have no answers. We were sure we had done one every year since reading Another Country, but apparently not in '22! Time is fake. In our next episode we'll be reading Property by Kate Cayley, which is a novel recently released by our fave indie publisher, Coach House Books.  Don't forget to read along with our book club! We're currently reading Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk and we'll be talking about it on March 4. Other James Baldwin Episodes 55: Another Country 61: If Beale Street Could Talk 113: Giovanni's Room 141: Notes of a Native Son   166: Go Tell It On the Mountain

    1h 19m

  3. JAN 21

    190 - Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

    Yes, we're doing it, we're talking about Heated Rivalry. If you follow us on Instagram you already know that this series has eaten Gen's brain, so it only seemed fitting that we do an official episode. We're talking about the first two books in Rachel Reid's Game Changers series and the TV adaptation. So hop into Shane's very normal, practical car with us, we're going to the cottage. Show Notes This is our longest episode yet, surprising precisely no one, because Gen physically can't shut up about these boys. Are we going to end up doing an episode on the rest of this series? Probably. Will we wait for Season 2 to drop? That depends how soon we get it. This show is so Canadian. We're so proud. The seventh book in the series, Unrivaled, (yes, another Ilya and Shane book!) drops on September 29 of this year. Pre-orders are already open, but if you go here, you already know that. Canada Dry forever, especially the mini cans. Our next episode is our annual Jame Baldwin episode. This year we're talking about his short story collection, Going to Meet the Man. And don't forget to read along with our book club pick, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. Books in the Game Changers Series by Rachel Reid 1. Game Changer 2. Heated Rivalry 3. Tough Guy 4. Common Goal 5. Role Model 6. The Long Game 7. Unrivaled (Forthcoming September 29, 2026)

    1h 37m

  4. JAN 7

    189 - Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

    It's 2026 and we're back with our first episode of the year! As always, it's a book club book, and we're talking about Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. We had a great time discussing the screenplay style in this one and all the layers of meaning that Yu is playing with throughout the story.  Show Notes Are there other books like Interior Chinatown? If you have any recommendations, let us know because we absolutely loved it! Our Kobos continue to hang on to life, but we wouldn't be mad if we had to get new ones. #TheKoboLife It's Jette's turn to choose a book club book, and she's decided we'll be reading Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk. We've both seen her books everywhere, what with being a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature and all, and we can't wait to see what this one is all about. In our next episode we'll be discussing the book and tv show that has taken over not just Gen's brain, but perhaps our collective societal brain. Yes, we're talking about Heated Rivalry.

    52 min

  5. 12/22/2025

    188 - 2025 Holiday Wrap Up

    In Episode 188, we're saying goodbye to 2025 with a look back at all we've read this past year, and a look forward to what's in store for 2026. Show Notes Since we recorded this before we actually had final reading numbers for the year, we'll give you a brief update in our first episode back in 2026 to see where we ultimately landed. If you're looking for romance books in Toronto, go check out Hopeless Romantic! We're going to be doing all of the art things in 2026. Our first episode of 2026 will be Gen's book club pick, Interior China Town by Charles Yu. After that, we're going to follow Gen down the Heated Rivalry rabbit hole with a Page to Screen episode. (This might be the most unhinged you'll ever see Gen.) Books and Media Mentioned Beloved by Toni Morrison Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer Salt Fish Girl by Larissa Lai The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Fall Shook Up by Piper Sheldon Happy Medium by Sarah Adler Wild Love by Elsie Silver Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez Tourist Season by Brynne Weaver The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston Morbidly Yours by Ivy Fairbanks My Roommate is a Vampire by Jenna Levine Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie You, Again by Kate Goldbeck The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish Casket Case by Laura Evans Daddy Issues by Kate Goldbeck Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch Picture This by Lynda Barry Crazy Spooky Love by Josie Silver The Honey Crisp Orchard Inn by Valeria Bowman Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid Root Rot by Saskia Nislow Wild Eyes by Elsie Silver The Holiday Fakers by Evie Alexander The Holiday Whoopie by Sara L Hudson Wild Side by Elsie Silver Say You'll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez A Five Letter Word for Love by Amy James Blessed Water by Margot Douaihy

    1h 7m

  6. 12/10/2025

    187 - The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish

    It's time for one of our favourite episodes of the year! Yes, episode 187 is our annual FU to JKR, and as always we're reading something hella queer. This year the book of honour is The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish. We spent basically the whole episode gushing about how cute this was. It's the perfect holiday romance read! Show Notes We need to visit New Orleans immediately. It's calling to us! Couples reading books aloud to each other is goals. It is peak romance. A few moments in this reminded us of our spooky season read, Somebody is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana Enriquez. Partly because of Lafayette No. 1 and partly for...other reasons. And some of the quotes and insights from all our loveable characters had us thinking back to our last episode about David Lynch's book, Catching the Big Fish. Next episode is our Holiday Wrap! We're pretty excited to say goodbye to 2025. And to find out exactly how wild Jette's reading stats are this year. Other Books by Roan Parrish The (Most Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy The Remaking of Corbin Wale (and honestly so many more but those were the ones we mentioned) Other FUJK Episodes 57: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas 83: A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee 109: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi 135: Pluralities by Avi Silver 161: Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore

    1h 17m

  7. 11/26/2025

    186 - Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch

    For non-fiction November, and with a nod to NaNoWriMo (RIP), we're reading Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity by David Lynch. Somehow this ended up falling exactly at the intersection of all our interests—creativity, art, yoga, film, science. It's all coming together.  Show Notes Of course this made us want to do all the creative things. We just have to do them! We know. We know! We're getting there. This is such a great book to read in little snippets if you need a bit of creative inspiration. Are we going to have to try Transcendental Meditation? Apparently the Toronto TM centre is in the Royal York Hotel.  Our next episode is our annual FUJK episode, in which we read something hella queer instead of the boy wizard series by she who must not be named. This year we're reading The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish. And our last episode of the year will be our Holiday Wrap Up episode! How is almost 2026 already? Books and Movies by David Lynch Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna Eraserhead (1977) The Elephant Man (1980) Dune (1984) Blue Velvet (1986) Wild At Heart (1990) Twin Peaks (1990-1991; 2017) Lost Highway (1997) Mulholland Drive (2001) Inland Empire (2006)

    1h 10m

  8. 11/12/2025

    185 - Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    In episode 185, Gen and Jette talk about their latest book club episode, Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid. This was Jette's pick and our third Jenkins Reid episode! Show Notes We've done two previous episodes on books by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Way back in the Patreon archive we did a bonus episode on Daisy Jones and the Six which eventually became episode 47 of the podcast. And in episode 99 we talked about The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Taylor Jenkins Reid did extensive research for this book and the story takes place during the very real Space Shuttle Program at NASA in the 80s. Shoutout to Sally Ride, the first woman in space, and to the Canadarm, the robotic arm that Canada developed for NASA and the Space Shuttle Program. In our next episode we'll be talking about David Lynch's book on creativity and meditiation, Catching the Big Fish. And our final book club pick of the year is Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu. This is Gen's pick and it works our perfectly because both of us have it on our shelf for ages. We'll be talking about it in our first episode of the new year in January. Other Books by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Daisy Jones and the Six Malibu Rising Carrie Soto is Back

    1h 30m
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    Another Book on the Shelf
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    192
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