Welcome to our new listeners! We saw last month that a bunch of people were going back and downloading old episodes, so last month was probably when they found us for the first time. Let us know what you like, what you miss from our old episodes, or what you want us to do going forward!

Read This To Get Smarter: about Race, Class, Gender, Disability & More by Blair Imani

The Power of Story: On Truth, The Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era by Harold R. Johnson

Revival by Stephen King

Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano

97 Orchard by Jane Ziegelman

Other Maps by Rebecca Morris

Revisionaries: What We Can Learn From the Lost, Unfinished, and Just Plain Bad Work of Great Writers by Kristopher Jansma

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda Trailer 

Candice's 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days List

Candice's Hooptober Movie List

00:00 Intro

07:30 Steph's reading update

20:00 Candice's reading update + Steph's fiction pick

34:00 Candice's real life visit to a place she read a book about

36:00 What's with all the pizza places in Guelph?

39:00 Back to Candice reading, and Guelph in the 90s and 00s

47:00 100 Horror Movies in 92 Days update

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It's September and we are back! Tune in to hear what we've read over our summer break and what we are looking forward to coming up! Including what reading project Candice will take on when she's finished the Stephen King project.

On Freedom by Timothy Snyder

On Property by Rinaldo Walcott

It's Not You, It's Capitalism by Malaika Jabali

The Internet Con by Cory Doctorow

On Our Best Behaviour by Elise Loehnen

The Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, & End of Watch)

The Curator by Owen King

Other Maps by Rebecca Morris 

Learn more about the 2024 Massey Lecture and the book What I Mean To Say, by Ian Williams 

See Candice's August Wrap Up graphics from Storygraph

Follow Candice on Storygraph

Follow Steph on Storygraph

Follow Candice's horror movie challenge #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days

00:00 Intro and welcome

06:27 Steph's non-fiction summer reading update

19:00 Candice's non-fiction summer reading update

30:00 Looking at our Storygraph reading stats and talking about genres

38:00 Steph's other non-fiction reading

43:49 Candice Stephen King reading update and Steph's fiction reading update

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Candice goes on much too long about how much the hot weather gets her down, while Steph reflects on how young people take care of each other in the hot weather and how we don't love enough.

A Haunted History of Forgotten Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes 

Resilience Is Futile: The Life and Death and Life of Julie Lalonde by Julie S. Lalonde

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham Risher 

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King  

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar , 

On Browsing by Jason Guriel 

How To Resist Amazon and Why: The Fight For Local Economies, Data Privacy, Fair Labor, Independent Bookstores, and a People-Powered Future by Danny Caine 

Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility edited by Rebecca Solnit 

Dirty Dancing

La Bamba

Young Guns II

Family Ties

The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

60 Songs That Explain the 90s Podcast 

Wonderful World of Disney Opening Themes 

00:00 Welcome and catch up

13:30 Steph’s reading update - all about love

22:30 A sidebar about resilience, needing help and self-care

34:15 How pop culture and media can impact you for life

51:00 Candice’s Stephen King update and TBR for vacation week

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How do you deal with being too busy - Steph and Candice reflect on the last month’s busy-ness and how they coped.

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Inside Out as a touchstone for mental wellness

Land of the Dead - Movie clip showing class divide in the movie (curse words included)

Renfield - Deleted dance scene as teased in the closing credits 

Cocaine Bear - Trailer  (curse words included)

Picard Season 3 - Candice hates it - sorry fans, Star Trek and Star Wars stories can be about more than the original main characters!

00:00 Introduction

01:00 On finding time for ourselves

09:00 The Star Trek conversation and fan service

17:00 Politics in shows, movies, books and life

23:00 Land of the Dead and how movies and books bring up current issues

28:00 Renfield

40:00 Cocaine Bear

45:00 Lessons in Chemistry and how marketing books and movies goes wrong

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Steph and Candice start with a regional conversation about moving around neighbourhoods, but end up bringing it to the esoteric about self and relationships.

They also talk memoirs and horror, more Stephen King, AI, and somehow even Hallmark movies.

The Go Between: A Portrait of Growing Up Between Different Worlds by Osman Yousefzada  

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books and Questions that Grew Me Up by Remica Bingham-Risher  

It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror edited by Joe Vallese 

Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson 

From A Buick 8 by Stephen King 

Autonomy by Victoria Hetherington 

Manchester By The Sea Trailer

Made for Each Other Trailer - Hallmark Channel 

M3gan - scene of child creating emotional bond with an AI doll - CW terrifying AI, Parent Death

3:00 Catch up with Steph’s move

8:35 Designing cities, urban planning and 15-minute cities

16:00 Steph’s reading memoirs

20:00 Candice is reading about horror

28:00 Stephen King update (From a Buick 8)

36:00 Telling human stories through horror vs drama

38:00 AI an our relationship with it (this is not a ChatGPT conversation)

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Steph and Candice did not watch a movie together this month, but still had lots to catch up on, including the upcoming Oscar Awards, the new Grady Hendrix novel, and the many stories by and about women that they are reading or planning to read this month to celebrate Women's History Month.

How To Sell a Haunted House  & The Final Girl Support Group  & other books  by Grady Hendrix

From A Buick 8  by Stephen King

Annie and the Wolves by Andromeda Romano-Lax

Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up   by Remica Bingham-Risher

The Girl in the Middle: Growing Up Between Black and White, Rich and Poor by Anais Granofsky

Waking Beauty by Rebecca Solnit

The Sleeping Beauty Series  by Anne Rice

Elvis

Women Talking

The Fablemans

Top Gun Maverick

Everything Everywhere All At Once

Fast and the Furious series

Hudson Hawk 

1408

Read the full Oscars nominee list

What is a Paladin? 

Grady Hendrix Podcast Super Scary Haunted Homeschool 

01:30 Oscars talk

18:00 Oops, Candice disses Paladins

19:00 Recap of Podcamp Toronto (What is it, why do people go to it?)

25:00 Doing the things that bring you joy

28:18 On Hudson Hawk and 1408

34:00 Candice’s reading update and Grady Hendrix chat

44:30 Steph’s reading update

50:00 A short Degrassi side bar

52:00 On reading poetry and fairy tales by women and non-white authors

57:25 We somehow return to Grady Hendrix

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Steph recommits herself to skiing, and Candice recommits herself to reading Stephen King novels. And they both get their 3 Laws of Robotics wrong, sorry Isaac Asimov!

The Dark Tower VI - Song of Susannah by Stephen King

Scattered Showers by Rainbow Rowell

After The Flood by Kassandra Montag

All City by Alex DiFrancesco

Corsage 

M3gan 

California Split - Behind the Scenes short film

Licorice Pizza, The Big Lebowski, Slacker, Go, Kids, Clerks, Clerks III, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Nope 

Some Stephen King podcasts - Kingcast, The Losers Club, Castle Rockettes (a Guelph based podcast!)

00:00 Intro and Stephs skiing adventures

05:00 Candice's Stephen King update

14:00 A quick Star Trek: Discovery side bar conversation

16:15 Thoughts on the film Corsage

21:27 Candice and Steph's M3gan love

28:30 Steph's reading update

32:40 The difference between complex characters in books versus movies or tv.

35:50 The Robert Altman film project

 39:18 Movies about nothing

43:30 Will Steph enjoy the Jordan Peele film Nope?

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Welcome to 2023! Steph and Candice round up a few of their hopes for the new year and what they will be focusing on. Not resolutions per say, but plans.

Tell us your reading or non-reading resolutions for this year by sending us an email at podcast@bookshelf.ca.

My Hygge Home: How To Make Your Home Your Happy Place by Meik Wiking

Dreamcatcher, Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower, & Under The Dome by Stephen King

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell by Susanna Clarke

The Annotated American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Wanderers & Wayward: A Novel both by Chuck Wendig

Zed: A Novel by Joanna Kavenna

The Menu 

Moleskine Daily Planner

Hemlock and Oak Daily Planner

Storygraph Reading Challenge

Follow Candice on Letterboxd and Storygraph

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Getting out to see more movies

13:00 The Menu review

23:00 Plans and planners for the new year

33:00 Reading self help and non fiction

35:00 Storygraph Reading Challenges

40:00 Upcoming and recent reads from both Steph and Candice

44:00 Stephen King Project update

50:00 On reading different books at once and finishing them

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December took us by surprise. It snuck up so fast both Candice and Steph feel like they missed November. But with the long nights and darker days, everything is getting a bit more gothic and introspective.

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman  

Mind The Gap, Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan  

Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris 

She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh

Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker by Alice Walker 

A Celtic Temperament: Roberston Davies as Diarist by Robertson Davies 

Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight - Movies

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix on Prime  - Youtube Trailer

Midnight Club by Christopher Pike and Mike Flanagan - Youtube Trailer

The Home For Good Campaign and The Bookshelf’s $20,000 donation - https://bookshelf.ca/article/view/1172

Dolly Parton’s America - https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america

Grammar Girl Podcast - https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/

The Allusionist - https://www.theallusionist.org/ 

0:00 Intro and Catchup Up

8:00 - The time for giving

13:00 - Slipping into the winter mood

18:30 - Winter reading plans

22:00 - Dolly Parton and Feminism

29:00 - Journals of authors and hosts

38:00 - Self Care

44:00 - Reading genre fiction & Grady Hendrix

49:00 - Midnight Club review

52:00 - Reading YA as an adult vs as a Young Adult

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It's an oversized episode all about the books we bought, were gifted, or otherwise acquired this month

Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King

The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination by Douglas Cowan

Sing, Nightingale by Marie Helene Poitras

What Remains of Elsie Jane by Chelsea Wakelyn

Suite as Sugar: and Other Stories by Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar

High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

Our Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

My Hygge Home: How To Make Home Your Happy Place by Meik Wiking

The Spirited Kitchen: Recipes and Rituals for the Wheel of the Year by Carmen Spagnola

The Nature of Economies by Jane Jacobs

Wisdom from the Homeless: Lessons a Doctor Learned at a Homeless Shelter by Neil Craton M.D.

I Feel Bad About My Neck: and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman by Nora Ephron

The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

Silent Night, Deadly Night series of films

Toys of Terror - Youtube Trailer

Divided opinions on Krampus (Youtube Trailer) and Nightmare on Elm Street (special effect in question)

The Night House - Youtube Trailer **CW: deals with suicide and depression

1408 - Youtube Trailer

Gerald's Game - Youtube Trailer

Inside Out - Youtube Trailer

00:30 Steph and Candice Catch-Up on the month that was October

11:10 Candice's Stephen King update

17:30 Steph's newly acquired books this month

33:30 Candice's newly acquired books this month

39:30 Young Adult novels as a genre

43:30 On rewatching and rereading favourites

46:30 Final update on Candice's Horror Movie watch-a-thon

1:07:00 Clips from Nina Nesseth Author Event

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It's someone's favourite month and it's probably because of Halloween, or maybe Thanksgiving, or maybe just the cooler days and earlier nights. To celebrate The Bookshelf is hosting a bunch of events about just those things.

Steph and Candice catch up on all the scary stories they are reading and all the food they wish they could cook in this month's episode.

October 20th - Carrie and The Forbidden Body with author Douglas Cowan

October 26th - Film viewing and Author Interview with Nina Nesseth

October 18th - Author talk and cookbook samples with Emily Richards

The Forbidden Body: Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination by Douglas Cowan

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth

Best of Bridge Comfort Foods: Recipes for Family and Friends by Emily Richards

This Is What It Sounds LIke: What The Music You Love Says About You by Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Across The Void by S.K. Vaughan

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King 

and for the very big stans of the Dark Tower Series

Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the World of the Dark Tower by Beryl Evans

Secret Ingedients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink edited by David Remnick

Spontaneous Trailer

Slash/Back Trailer

Bad CGI Sharks Trailer

Sharks of the Corn Trailer

The Bear Series Trailer

The Afterparty Series Trailer

A League of Their Own Trailer

Prom Night 3: The Last Kiss Trailer (with an excellent example of the school announcements right away!)

Follow Candice on Letterboxd

Find Horror Movie recommendations by scrolling through #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days on Twitter

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Welcome back to The Village. Steph and Candice do some book reviews from the summer of 2022 while also talking music, algorithms, and what we learned this summer

Sweet Valley High Books 1-12 by Francine Pascal (Apple iBooks Store link)

Recollections of my Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit (other books by Solnit)

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 

Zed by Joanna Kavenna

Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elaine Abdelmahmoud

Rehearsals for Living by Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance, and Surviving the Music Industry by Rollie Pemberton

Everything Everywhere All At Once Official Trailer

Storygraph

Eden Mill's Writer's Festival

0:00 - 2:00 Welcome

2:00 - 8:00 School’s back! Recollections of school time with Steph and Candice

8:00 - 12:25  Memory keeping and digital storage

12:25 - 21:00 Summer travel with Steph and family, and Steph’s reading update

21:00 - 27:45 Down with algorithms and the change from Spotify to Youtube

27:45 - 38:00 Candice’s new book logging app Storygraph https://app.thestorygraph.com/ 

38:00 - 41:00 Eden Mills Writer’s Festival, https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/ 

41:00 - 47:25 What Candice learned from Son of Elsewhere

47:25 - 49:00 Candice’s summer book reading

49:50 - 59:50 Clips from Rollie Pemberton’s reading and talk (there are some curse words in this talk)

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As we head into the summer break Steph and Candice check in on how they are doing on their TBR lists. Steph's behind and Candice is ahead? Who saw that coming!?

Lots of 90s and fan culture nostalgia in this months.

See everyone in September!

Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg, 

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow, 

Joyland by Stephen King 

Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma by Clair Dederer 

I Saw The TV Glow Trailer

00:00 Intro

03:35 I Saw the TV Glow and 90s nostalgia

15:00 Steph’s reading update

20:00 Candice’s reading update

38:40 Another Steph book

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Steph and Candice fit in a check in despite very busy schedules.

They chat about the usual topics - reading writing by women, reading Stephen King and other authors and looking past the problematic racism and misogyny of the 1980s, as well as the problematic misogyny of Dr. Peter Venkman.

Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent's Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age by Julie Bogart

The Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

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Candice and Steph discuss whether antiheroes, reluctant heroes, or very good heroes are the best to tell stories about. 

And then they get into trying to decide what makes fantasy fantasy.

Basically the title says it all "We don't need a pandemic to justify our escapism" and Candice and Steph say read it all, watch it all, whatever makes you happy.

Wizard and Glass: Dark Tower IV by Stephen King

Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (coming back to print in May 2022)

What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J.A. Chancy

Xenogenesis Series by Octavia E. Butler

Licorice Pizza playing March 13 - 17

West Side Story playing March 13 - 17

Full schedule

The Batman, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, Guardians of the Galaxy, Abbot Elementary, iZombie

3:30 Cinema Update

8:26 The future of movie watching, and Cats the Musical, The Movie.

15:45 The Batman, and our opinions, having not seen the film.

20:30 Heroes and chosen family

26:25 Reading and watching the lighter fare

36:22 The Stephen King Re-read Update

42:00 What makes fantasy fantasy?

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Steph and Candice declare a new start and share highlights from 2021

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraquip

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin Diangelo

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Woman that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

Monster She Wrote by Lisa Kröger and Melanie R Anderson

Hello, Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki

Mallory O'Meara's Podcast Reading Glasses

Books Unbound Podcast and Bookmark Subscription

January 25 - Lawrence Hill in conversation with Nana aba Duncan about his children's book Beatrice and Croc Harry

Feb 1 - Tara McKenna in conversation with Candice Batista about her book Don't Be Trashy

00:00 Welcome

02:18 Steph's update on 2021 resolutions and goals

06:20 Candice's update on 2021 goals

08:07 Update on the Stephen King re read

17:00 On musicians and writers revisiting their work

20:07 Steph's reading highlights of 2021

26:27 Candice's reading higlights of 2021

33:00 Goals for 2022

42:00 Events around the Bookshelf

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After a summer break Candice and Steph are back to talk books, movies and music, with only a side of feminism and social justice.

Candice read some books on break and Steph started a dance class.

** We were together in real space with lots of distance so there's a bit of a big echoey room sound, and lots of talking all over each other. We were excited. Deal with it.

Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, Insomnia, Rose Madder & The Green Mile by Stephen King

Evil by Julia Shaw

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix along with Horrostor, My Best Friend's Exorcism, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

Just Mercy Trailer - https://youtu.be/GVQbeG5yW78 

Titane Trailer - https://youtu.be/epoyDw8EU9I

Suspiria 2018 Trailer - https://youtu.be/BY6QKRl56Ok 

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This pandemic doesn't seem at all like the post apocalyptic books we've read in the past!There is way more sitting around reading books and watching movies and television shows from our younger years.

Join Steph and Candice as a conversation about Lindy West brings them down the path of all the things we've revisted recently before we get to the monthly Stephen King update.

Shit Actually by Lindy West

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Needful Things by Stephen King

Gerald's Game by Stephen King

Survivor's Song by Paul Tremblay

I Hate It But I Love It

You're Wrong About

This Ends At Prom

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Steph and Candice chat Fox Mulder, critical thinking skills and 20th and 21st century popular music.

1973: Rock at the Crossroads by Andrew Grant Jackson

k-os cover of The Cars Just What I Needed (opens a Youtube video)

Strong Songs Podcast on Babylon Sisters by Steely Dan

Switched on Pop podcast How Streaming Changed the Sound of Pop

3:00 There was an anti-mask protest near the bookstore; empathy and critical thinking

7:56 Fox Mulder is not the hero you think he is

10:30 It's okay to not be okay, but how do we move forward

16:00 The importance of routine

22:00 Reading as a habit that shakes up your habit

26:50 Podcasts vs radio

30:00 Gen X talking about music these days

50:00 The terror of algorithms

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From Grady Hendrix to habit forming to bananas? It's not as wild a ride as this description would have you believe.

Candice and Steph check in on recent books and authors and how to be intentional with our time.

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Needful Things by Stephen King

Hello Habits: A Minimalist's Guide to a Better Life by Fumio Sasaki

The Great Stephen King Reread by Grady Hendrix

00:00 Intro and check in with Steph and Candice - what's new, what are you doing once businesses re-open a bit

08:16 Steph talks about books she's read and whether or not she can recommend them

09:45 Let's talk Grady Hendrix 

21:00 What did women socially do before the book club became popular?

23:25 Candice's Stephen King reread and how everyone is wrong about Pet Sematary

30:30 Talking about habit forming

37:30 What else are we doing to relax besides reading?

41:00 Intentionally doing nothing or something - just be intentional

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Welcome to 2021! Steph and Candice do a mini year in review for 2020 and talk about the music and movies and restaurants they missed and the books and television and home cooking they didn't miss.

Shining In The Dark: Celebrating 20 Years of Lilja's Library edited by Hans-Ake Lilja

The Dark Tower: The Waste Lands by Stephen King

Midsommar - and how we relate to it now https://twitter.com/alexem/status/1339389665590185985

Spotify's business - https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dzje3/daniel-ek-spotify-artists-pay-interview

Lilja's Library, a Stephen King fansite - https://www.liljas-library.com/

Stephen King Ranked - https://screenrant.com/every-stephen-king-book-ranked-best-worst 

01:45 We start with music

11:30 Moving on to television and streaming services

16:00 Home cooking

18:00 Stephen King book club - Steph has a complementary read and we talk about rankings

33:00 How social media and criticism may have changed Stephen King

38:40 Movies - Midsommar and how it represents our collective experience

42:15 What does the future hold?

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Why do we read? To get away, to learn, to watch other people without guilt. Why do we write?

Let's be honest, Steph and Candice come to no conclusions about these existential questions, but they try.

The Stand, The Green Mile, Needful Things, Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, Cell by Stephen King

Stephen King's accidental blindness on race - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/28/stephen-king-says-oscars-are-rigged-in-favor-of-the-white-folks-washington-post

02:15 - What's NaNoWriMo?

07:00 - revisiting stories you already know

10:00 - taking time to think about what you are reading and watching

11:00 - The Stephen King Project

15:00 - Stephen King and the myth of meritocracy

22:00 - How our lifestyles have changed with Covid

26:00 - Where everyone wonders "What does epistolary mean?"

29:00 - The pain of group chats

30:45 - The real reason why Steph doesn't journal

34:00 - Students writing letters to elected officials and why you should too

42:00 Back to The Stand

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Halloween time has come around again... Steph and Candice take full advantage by chatting about spooky books and spooky tv shows.

We also discuss whether or not people should be reading stories about the downfall of humanity, whether it be from viruses or robots.

Unsolved Mysteries - the proto crime podcast, as a television show of the 80s and 90s

The Stand by Stephen King - the study described by the sociologist in the book, Glenn Bateman, is entirely fiction. 

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and the genre or rewriting classics with supernatural elements.

End Credits Radio, CFRU's movie review program.

Lindy West, columnist

Genre bending novels and novelists

The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Ted Chiang

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Steph updates us about the student event where they got to meet a number of local authors and hypes supporting the arts. Candice buys herself an e-reader. We also talk about managing TBR lists and go deep into both of our feminist books this month.

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kalefa Sanneh 

Son of Elsewhere by Elamin Abdelmahmoud 

60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer 

Missing Witches: Recovering True Histories of Feminist Magic by Risa Dickens and Amy Torok 

A Feminist City: A Field Guide by Leslie Kern 

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King  

Yes I’m Hot In This: The Hilarious Truth about Life in a Hijab by Huda Fahmy 

The Jewish Deli: An Illustrated History of the Chosen Food by Ben Nadler 

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingals Wilder 

Suspiria (2018) Trailer (NSFW)  

Mandy Trailer (NSFW) 

Fight Club Trailer (NSFW) 

Wilder Podcast 

0:00 Welcome and student event update from Steph

11:00 Why events are important, and placing a value on them

14:45 Candice update - a new e-reader!

18:50 Managing the TBR

21:45 Steph’s reading update

42:00 Radiohead sidebar and then Fight Club

46:30 Steph and Candice’s feminist book club reads

1:00:00 The rest of Candice’s reading update

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After an accidental summer off from recording Steph and Candice are back, much like school and in-store shopping at The Bookshelf!

That's right the bookstore is open to the public 7 days a week from 11am - 6pm. But not to worry, they are still offering delivery, and if you know exactly what you want please consider ordering online for either delivery or pick-up and limiting the number of people browsing the stacks.

We are all in this together and doing what we can to support each other!

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

The Dark Half by Stephen King

The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

The Stand by Stephen King

Well Read Black Girl by Glory Edim

Also follow the online book club Well Read Black Girl

Note - Candice is ashamed to have not been able to come up with the name of Maya Angelou on the spot while trying to remember who said "When you know better, you do better."

In consideration - the return of the Non-Fiction Book Club with a focus on relearning Canadian History.

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Steph and Candice check in again on how life, work and entertainment is going during work from home times.

Hint, it's a lot of television watching, way more than usual

Listen along to hear what they've been watching, reading and maybe eating!

The Flooded Earth by Mardi McConnochie

American War by Omar El Akkad

Melmoth by Sarah Perry

Misery by Stephen King

Tommyknockers by Stephen King

A Matter of Taste by Rebecca Tucker

Movie commentary with friends from Candice's podcast, 100% Candice

What is Cli-Fi? 

Read what Stephen King thought of Annie Wilkes, villain of Misery. 

00:33 Intro

01:30 Missing movies with friends

05:50 Choosing what movies to watch

06:50 The Outer Limits reboot of the 90s

09:10 The X-Files conspiracy theory

10:16 Telling stories through years long series

14:30 Role playing games and playing characters outside yourself

19:03 How we communicate in audio without visual cues

22:00 How our reality is different from the tropes of sci fi

24:00 Giving people the nod while out for a walk

26:17 Reading updates

30:50 The Stephen King update

39:10 Steph realizes keeping a journal might be a positive thing, again.

43:45 Candice's accidental food industry book club 

48:50 Plea to support local businesses

49:46 What do live events and celebrations look like now?

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It will be a Mother's Day weekend to remember, and it's not because of the snow predicted to land in Southern Ontario over the weekend!

You can't take your mom out for dinner or to see a movie this year, but you can treat your mom to puzzles, games, books, and wine! Or a Psycho movie marathon if you've got that type of mom (Candice does!)

Misery by Stephen King

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle

Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay

Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Wall Will Tell You: The Forensics of Screenwriting by Hampton Fancher

Camp Murderface by Josh Berk and Saundra Mitchell

The Mutant Mushroom Takeover by Summer Rachel Short

Clan by Sigmund Brouwer

Maniac - 70s serial killer exploitation film

American Psycho directed by Mary Harron as a satire!

The Booksellers streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs

This Is Not A Movie streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs

Kedi streaming from the Cinema in partnership with Blue Ice Docs

Jerry Maguire - Steph's favourite buddy film?

The Object of My Affection - Candice favourite film to press stop at 5 minutes before the end.

Candice's episode of End Credits Radio covering Grady Hendrix written horror comedy film, Satanic Panic

My Favourite Murder Podcast 

Bookshelf Cinema's streaming movies

Bookshelf delivers wine with books! 

The Dana Buckler Show Terminator retrospectives

01:00 Mother's Day ideas and plans

07:10 How does the book look?

08:00 - 08:10 Special guest makes an appearance!

09:38 Check in on Candice's reading

11:00 We go deep on Grady Hendrix

13:15 Chatting women's obsession with true crime and horror

18:30 The villain in horror films aren't meant to be redeemed

22:20 Bookshelf Cinema brings you streaming films!

31:30 Steph's reading update

34:00 Practice exploring what wasn't in the story - basically Fan Fic

38:00 Send your best alternate parts of a story to Steph at podcast@bookshelf.ca

39:45 Kids books Steph has been reading with her kids

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Hey everyone, we are back! If you thought the store closed to the public and working from home would keep us from recording, you were almost right.

It took us a bit longer to find the time we could connect but here we are.

We check in with each other, chat about popular reads for strange times, and coping mechanisms.

Now that we are all staying home all the time, we want to know either what you miss most or what you have found you don't miss at all.

Let us know by email at podcast@bookshelf.ca

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl is back on The Bookshelf's best seller list! First published in 1959

The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

It by Stephen King

Watch Fierce's live DJs

5:00 How are things at the Bookshelf?

10:00 Personal check in on how Candice and Steph are doing

18:30 What's selling at The Bookshelf?

23:00 How has the pandemic affect music and live events?

27:15 What happens to the third place when we can go back?

31:30 Update on what we're reading

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**Recorded before major public impacts of social distancing to slow down COVID-19 transmission started 

March Break is coming up and Steph and family have some fun and events planned. Also included are some updates about the cinema, the "death" of live music and the questionable way Stephen King approaches racism in his characters.

Little Women - March 13 - 19

Knives Out - March 14 - 19

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The Lost Ones by Anita Frank

The Lost Puzzler: The Tarakan Chronicles by Eyal Kless

Danse Macabre and On Writing - the nonfiction by Stephen King

Why Was this Recommended reddit board - not necessarily safe for work

Cineplex holds on to films causing indie theatres across Canada to scramble for content.

Change.org petition to support The Bookshelf Cinema and other indie theatres across Canada.

Dear Young Rocker podcast being adapted into a My So-Called Life style television show.

On Stephen King's trouble depicting racism in his books

6:00 Steph saw Julie Black live! Which lead to a conversation about live music, the where and the how.

17:00 Steph forgot to turn her ringer off!

17:30 What's happening at the eBar? What do you want to happen at the eBar? The Bookshelf is always seeking your opinion.

22:00 Shopping algorithms on the internet (spoiler: they're no good!)

28:00 The Bookshelf Cinema and others keep getting movies pulled from them thanks to Cineplex

31:00 Rant about remakes of movies and television shows

35:00 Candice goes down a rabbit hole talking about My So Called Life

37:00 What we are reading update

42:00 Prioritizing reading over other things? 

47:00 On Stephen Kings racist language

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After an extra week apart Steph and Candice had more than usual to catch up on. Movie awards season is all wrapped up and we know what movies are worthy now. And both Steph and Candice started the new year reading books outside their usual niche.

Second run theatres like the Bookshelf struggle to schedule a regular calendar because sometimes first run theatres (like Cineplex) choose to keep playing a film long past their release date. This month Knives Out was pulled from the calendar just a few days from the showings.

Jojo Rabbit, playing Feb 3 - 18

Little Women, playing Feb 28 - Mar 7

Parasite, playing Feb 7 - 17

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey

It by Stephen King

Break in Case of Emergency by Brian Francis

Grady Hendrix Great Stephen King Reread

Quit Like A Woman by Holly Whitakre

2:00 A run-down of awards seasons movies

7:30 Black History (Future) Month

9:00 Women in Horror Month

11:30 Knives Out

13:30 War dramas vs war satires

17:00 Congrats to Taika Waititi

18:50 What's playing at the cinema

24:30 Book talk Candice's list

30:00 Book talk Steph's list

32:30 A discussion about YA fic, genre and romances

36:00 Fandom and creators who bow to what they want

41:00 Stephen King re-read update

46:00 Steph's feminist book club update

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Resolutions! What are yours? Steph and Candice chat about theirs, including learning new skills, maintaining course and doing the boring duties of being an adult. Our wish for you - do the things you want to do with your free time.

And always, more books, more movies, and more music!

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

Penguin's Little Black Classics

A Different Kind of Christmas by Alex Haley

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeanette Winterson

In The House In the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

In The Night Wood by Dale Bailey

The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Frankissstein: A Love Story by Jeanette Winterson

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Me by Elton John

Face It by Debbie Harry

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Minstry

Candice's Stephen King Project update:

Finished Eyes of the Dragon in December and IT begun!

It's an Imagine Dragon decade! Billboard's Rock Songs of the Decade 

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Find out what is on Candice's rider and what is definitely not on Steph's. It's a season of food and excess and we get right into it before we check in on Steph's feminist book club and Candice's Stephen King project.

In the House In the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt

Stealing the Show: How Women are Revolutionizing Television by Joy Press

Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic and Power by Pam Grossman

Had It Coming: What's Fair in the Age of #MeToo? by Robyn Doolittle

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King, the palate cleanser which follows Pet Sematary

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

Game of Thrones Series by George R.R. Martin

Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan

Dolly Parton's America - a podcast

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The times and the building, they are a-changing!

This month's recording is being brought to you by the eBar, upstairs, rather than the floor of the bookstore, thanks to some major building upheaval.

We cover how we remember stories, how we tell our own stories, and loads of speaking events happening at the store this month.

The Massey Lecturer Sally Armstrong on November 5th

Kim Anderson and Renee Mishake launching the book Injichaag: My Soul In Story on November 16th in the eBar

Chris Earley launching his book Feed The Birds on November 18th in the eBar

Robyn Doolittle launching her book Had It Coming on November 19th in the ebar

Adventurer Adam Shoalts launching his book Beyond the Trees on December 3rd in the eBar

Ralph Martin launching his book Food Security on December 10th in the eBar

More events at the eBar, https://bookshelf.ca/eBar

Shrewd by Elizabeth Renzetti

Cujo, Christine, Pet Sematary and It! by Stephen King

On Writing by Stephen King

Parasite playing November 15 - 21

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice playing November 8 - 11

The Irishman playing November 22 - 23

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Christine by Stephen King

Follow along with the Stephen King read through by checking this list, Stephen King Novels: Oldest to Newest.

Movies we've seen.. or maybe we haven't seen them? Maybe it's all the pop culture references.

Pulp Fiction, Fight Club, Forrest Gump, The Maltese Falcon, Lost Highway, Godzilla (2019)

Celebrate Steph and Candice's favourite holiday by going to see The Exorcist at the Cinema playing October 30 &31

Letterboxd - Candice's list

Iron Dog Bus - the book bus Steph found while in Kelowna

Don't forget you can order books directly from the website! Save on shipping costs in Guelph and still get it same day.

Podcast Club, first Tuesday of every month at the Guelph Public Library

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This month Steph and Candice chat about indoor kids versus outdoor kids, how to approach a potluck, and why some books go unfinished.

The Long View: Why We Need to Transform How The World Sees Time by Richard Fisher 

11/22/63 by Stephen King 

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doer 

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King 

The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings, and Why We Eat Together by Gwion Raven 

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han 

The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times 

00:00 -  Intro and chit chat

14:00 - Steph’s reading 

20:00 - a Storygraph side bar about Did Not Finish books

27:00 - Stephen King Article breakdown

37:00 - Food talk

44:00 - Candice’s reading - she’s ahead of her goal!

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What is the nature of human courage and trauma? Just a tiny topic we end up chatting about thanks to some interesting reads this summer.

The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan

The Black Swan by Nassim Nicolas Taleb

Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers by Sady Doyle 

The Familiars by Stacey Halls

The Farm by Joanne Ramos

Cujo by Stephen King

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Passion of the Nerd, Youtube Channel critiquing Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Kids are out of school and looking for things to do, like sitting on their mom’s lap while she tries to record a podcast.

Despite distractions from Steph’s kids and the construction happening in the Bookstore we managed to get at least 25 minutes of actual conversation recorded! And only needed to stop mid-sentence a couple of times. I think you will notice the edit when that happens.

We hear what Steph is reading over her holiday, and we go deep into the third novel in Stephen King’s published (under his own name) works, The Shining.

We have a special book recommendation from Lucas, son of co-host Steph - Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier

Days by Moonlight by Andre Alexis

The Shining by Stephen King 

Rocketman playing August 23 - 28

The Dead Don’t Die playing August 27 - 29

Midsommer playing August 13 - 15

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Summer, everyone's favourite season to complain about how warm it is! Also a great season to get out of the heat and see some movies in the theatre!

We got real regional talking about radio and television stations from our childhood.

Is this Live? by Christopher Ward

Sound Mind: My Bipolar Journey from Chaos to Composure by Erika Nielsen

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and questionable comedy. Alex Winter address it here, https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/bill-ted-star-speaks-use-homophobic-628284 

Booksmart playing from June 28 - July 7 and how it compares to Superbad, Bridesmaids and Lady Bird 

Mark Dailey - the voice of City TV Everywhere (opens a YouTube clip)

Local station CJOY hosts retiring

Ongoing History of New Music by Alan Cross 

Stephen King Watch

Carrie - completed

Salem's Lot - in progress

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The weather is warming up which means more outdoor music, at least it does to Steph and Candice! We get an update on shows they've both seen recently, some reading plans for the summer, and the usual coverage of whatever is on their mind!

Daily Rituals: Women at Work by Mason Currey

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

Stephen King Oeuvre in chronological order

Is This Live by Christopher Ward

Steph went to see The 1975

Candice went to see Mario Speedwagon's 90s Prom

Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Arrested Development, Britney Spears, Celine Dion at 50,

Don't Label Me book launch with Irshad Manji on June 6th

The story of Guelph's Diwali Night Gala

Happy Pride Everyone! Take 20 minutes to learn more about the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Stonewall Forever

Candice's summer reading list

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We accidentally went directly to "Oh my gosh the sky is falling!" but we recovered quickly with Canadian music and old looking babies.

This episode is jam packed with lots of book talk and event talk. There is so much happening in May at the Bookshelf.

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd

Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

This One Looks Like a Boy by Lorimer Senher

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Julia Shaw 

In Conversation with Lorimer Senher on May 8 from 7 - 9

Movie Night at the eBar: Footloose on May 10 from 7 - 9

Haunted Town Halls with Peter Roe on May 11 from 7 - 8:30

Clyde Fans: Seth at the Bookshelf on May 15 from 7 - 9

FLEUR*ish: in the eBar Art show running April 23 to July 6

Susan Benson: Art, Design and Craft on Stage a conversation between biographer Pat Flood and subject Susan Benson on May 31

The Downtown Theatre Project

Guelph Little Theatre

Royal City Music Production Inc

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It's Spring! Another time of renewal, we have so many fresh starts in a year.

Steph and Candice talk about the importance of 80s culture and finding time to read around so much pressure to do things.

The Art of Noticing by Rob Walker

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (yes, Candice is still reading this one!)

The Binding by Bridget Collins

Hairspray in the eBar on April 19

Michael McCreary, Funny You Don't Look Autistic on April 16

Other events in the eBar in April

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We learn about both Candice and Steph's woo woo superstitions this month. There's nothing wrong with it folks, it's perfectly normal, and apparently so is evil.

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

EVIL: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side by Dr. Julia Shaw

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote To Chaos by Jordan Peterson

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse playing March 11

Green Book playing March 9 - 20

March Break Family Films! 

Spielberg's Angry Old Man Impression

GenreCon

Podcamp Toronto

End Credits Radio

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After a month of deep cold Steph and Candice have lots to catch up on! As usual we go deep into dystopian novels and movies about music, with a side of teen melodrama as a palate cleanser.

Groundhog Day, played over and over again on February 2nd (link opens Youtube trailer)

Bohemian Rhapsody playing Feb 8 - 12

The Favourite playing Feb 1 - 14

Can You Ever Forgive Me? playing Feb 13 - 15 

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - petition for this to play at Cult Cinema! (link opens Youtube trailer)

Help choose the next Cult Cinema film

Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

84K by Claire North

American War: A Novel by Omar El Akkad 

The Atlantic's investigative reporting on Bryan Singer - serious trigger warnings.

Riverdale has gone mad! Spoilers for season 3.

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Steph decides to begin her year long documentation of every piece of media she consumes! And Candice spends most of the episode shilling for Spotify?

The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke

Is This Live by Christopher Ward

Letterboxd, a tool to track which movies you are watching

Bohemian Rhapsody, playing February 4 - 17

A Star is Born, playing February 18 - 31

If Beale Street Could Talk, playing February 18 - 28

Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse - two words, "See it"

And we dissect Venom way too much for the quality of film it is.

** Green Book did not play at the Bookshelf Cinema, it is still playing at the Galaxy Theatres

Q Magazine, Steph's music curator of choice

Spotify, Candice's music curator of choice

Eli's Coming, original by Laura Nyro

Read about Spotify's Algorithms at QZ.com

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"Just do what you can, when you can", this and other words of wisdom from Steph this month as we struggle with the usual glut of holiday expectations.

A Star Is Born, playing December 26 - 31

Bohemian Rhapsody, playing January 2 - 10

Suspiria, playing December 20 - 23 (not talked about in the episode, but if you've learned one thing from Candice it's to always go see horror films at the holidays)

It's A Wonderful Life, playing at limited Cineplex Galaxy Screens

Annihilation (opens a Youtube video)

Songbook by Nick Hornby

The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to my Daughter by David Chariandy

I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Who's Who When Everyone Is Someone Else by C.D. Rose (It wasn't for Steph, but maybe it's for you?)

The Winters by Lisa Gabriele (This one also wasn't for Steph, but she enjoyed it like a guilty pleasure anyway)

Monstress by Marjorie Liu and Sana Tekada (This one wasn't for Candice, but sure has been huge in the world of Graphic Novels)

Skydiggers Holiday Show (opens a Youtube video)

Jeremy Dutcher (opens a Youtube video)

Thank you to everyone who entered the Easter Egg Hunt. Have you watched the video yet? Watch it here. The answers and winner are announced in this episode.

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Steph read a book about women’s fitness this month which launched a lot of conversation about dancing, weight lifting, synchronizing with others.

Meanwhile Candice is hoping the world gets saved in the next Stephen King novel on her to-read list.

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

60 Songs That Explain the ‘90s by Rob Harvilla

11/22/63 by Stephen King

Language of the Night by Ursula K Le Guin 

Buffalo is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel 

Catchpenny by Charlie Huston, 

Let’s Get Physical by Danielle Friedman

Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger, 

Check out the Bookshelf’s new website!  

00:00 Intro and new website launch

06:40 Candice’s reading update

16:45 Steph’s vacation and reading update

34:00 Side bar about people moving or singing together (synchronicity)

38:28 Back to book talk about physical fitness

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This month we needed to stitch our audio together from two recording devices. Can you find the stitch?

How is our year long book challenge going? Not well! Candice hasn't completed a book since August, and is 26 books away from her year long goal of 52 books.

Steph had switched from reading for pleasure to reading for work, which was its own challenge, but is now back on track.

How is your book challenge going?

We spend a lot of time discussing the nature of "Art", how stealing or borrowing affects art and whether being popular excludes art from being celebrated.

Cataract City, The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson

The Troop by Nick Cutter

Bad Times at the El Royale - Nov 18, 21 & 22

The Hate You Give - Dec 1 - 6 

Up From Freedom - Wayne Grady & Lawrence Hill - Nov 6

Greta Van Fleet versus Led Zeppelin (Youtube video)

50 Short Nonfiction Books You Can Read In A Day

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October Love! A little train travel, a little convention talk, a whole lot of horror talk.

An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim is nominated for a Giller Prize

October 9 at 7pm - Sam Maggs Book Launch - Girl Squads

October 15 at 7pm - Emily Richards Book Launch - Your Weekday Suppers

Mandy starring Nicholas Cage, playing October 14 - 16

Prom Night starring Jamie Lee Curtis, playing October 25 for Cult Cinema Night

Lizzie starring Chloe Sevigny, playing October 26 - 30

And when it comes to Halloween decor and costumes, support your local year round costume shop - not the giant corporate pop-up shops in the mall! In Guelph, it's Party Corner Costumes! 

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The tap has turned back on around here and everything is happening!

Eighth Grade

Mean Girls

2001: A Space Odyssey

Bladerunner

Showgirls and the Verhoeven Oeuvre

Cataract City by Craig Davidson

Precious Cargo by Craig Davidson

Craig Davidson is also Nick Cutter! 

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson (for the cover art)

Gifts of Evil by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk

What Would Keynes Do? by Tejvan Pettinger

What Would Marx Do? by Gareth Soutwell

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar by Thomas Cathcart

The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together by Adam Nayman

It Doesn't Suck: Showgirls by Adam Nayman

The Salt Line by Holly Goddard Jones

September Book Challenge - read a book in another language!

Steph and Candice have both chosen to read in French.

Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Maigret by Georges Simenon

September 7 - 9th - Eden Mills Writer's Festival

September 27th Cult Cinema Kick-Off: Adam Nayman Book Launch

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AI, Robots, in home spying. We really couldn't get past our fears of technology this month.

Nothing but Books this month!

Florida by Lauren Groff

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

An Ocean of Minutes by Lea Thim

The Undercover Economist by Tim Harford

The Song Machine by John Seabrook

I'll Be Gone In The Dark by Michelle McNamara

Plum Rains by Andromeda Romano-Lax

The Power by Naomi Alderman

Come Die For Me by David Paul Lyday

Stay tuned for our special spoiler filled review of My Best Friend's Exorcism!

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