#97 April 2026

Steph confesses to DNFing a book she thought would be right up her alley, but she’s got other books on the go. Candice continues her monthly genre challenge with a Canadian historical fiction book. Meanwhile both have a lot to say about the end of the world.

Cory Doctorow will be in Guelph on May 8th! Buy your tickets now!

Books

The Gilda Stories by Jewell Gomez 

The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris  

Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World by Dorian Lynskey 

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by various authors 

The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore 

The Laundryman’s Boy by Edward Y.C. Lee https://bookshelf.ca/item/ihViYpG-txVQzGRZSNIZMQ 

They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada by Cecil Foster 

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix 

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix  

The Troop by Nick Cutter 

Movies

The Godfather Trilogy

Hot Fuzz

Fast and the Furious series

Links

The Genre Challenge on Storygraph 

The Canadian Challenge on Storygraph 

Fable book app 

Follow Candice on Fable 

Timestamps

1:00 Steph starts by admitting to putting away a novel unfinished

7:37 The Godfather trilogy and other comfort watches

17:45 Bookclub preview chat 

26:40 Steph’s reading update

30:00 Candice’s reading update

44:33 New book tracking app!

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#96 March 2026

This month we cover the end of the world, and how sports can be beautiful. We also both watched Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie and how much we loved it.

If you want to join the Stranger than Fiction Book Club contact ben@bookshelf.ca.

Buy tickets to hear Cory Doctorow at the Guelph Lecture on Being at https://riverrun.ca/whats-on/guelph-lecture-on-being-2026/ 

Books

Born Into In: A Fan’s Life by Jay Baruchel 

Everything Must Go by Dorian Lynskey 

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese 

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson 

My Friends by Fredrik Backman 

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 

Movies

Nirvana The Band, The Show: The Movie

Nirvana The Band, The Show (the webseries)

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction

03:35 Steph’s reading about the end of the world

12:40 Movie time with Steph and Candice

26:44 Candice reading challenges, stories about sports

38:30 Stranger Than Fiction Bookclub book - My Friends

43:15 Enjoying the weather and the sun setting later

46:44 Cory Doctorow is coming to Guelph!

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#95 February 2026

Steph and Candice did not get a lot of reading done between the last episode and this, but we did watch some sports, some music, and some movies. Times are tough right now, but we agree that finding joy is an act of resistance!

Books

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon 

Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World by Brooke McAlary  

The Acts of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by John Steinbeck  

Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson  

The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel

The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by Lisa Yaszek 

Movies

A Star is Born (1976) Trailer 

The Way We Were Trailer

Funny Girl Trailer  

Cats Trailer 

Links

Bad Bunny’s half time show  

CBC Gem full Olympics coverage   

Podcamp Toronto (Feb 28 & Mar 1) 

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Steph hosted a Super Bowl party

04:38 Candice watched some Olympics

13:00 On hyper fixation 

15:50 Movie watching - A Star is Born, Barbara Streisand, and Cats

22:38 Steph Reading - Eve and a talk on longevity

43:15 On staying social and active in February - midwinter parties

54:00 Candice’s reading update

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#94 January 2026

Steph and Candice spend time sharing some reading and life goals for the new year, and chat about how they choose what books to read.

Books

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz 

Silver Nitrate  by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 

Pop Classics Series 

The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck 

Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson 

The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by Lisa Yaszek 

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon 

A Girl Called Echo series by Katherena Vermette  

Let It Glow by Marissa Meyer & Joanne Levy  

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson 

The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett  

Strange Houses by Uketsu 

Movies

Frankenstein  by Guillermo del Toro

Nuremberg by James Vanderbilt 

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson

The Lodger by Alfred Hitchcock  

Links

2026 Genre Challenge on Storyboard 

2026 Onboarding Challenge on Storyboard 

Timestamps

00:00 Intro and goals for 2026

07:27 Steph’s reading update

10:40 What are our reading key words / wheelhouse

21:16 Candice’s reading update

32:30 A few more of Steph’s current reads

41:10 Candice end of year reads

45:00 Candice’s Hitchcock re-watch update and other movies

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#93 December 2025

It’s time for resolutions for 2026 and as usual both Steph and Candice are thinking about their balance of fiction to non-fiction books. 

Books

Mood Machine by Liz Pelly 

The Future on Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz  

The Future is Female Vol 1 edited by Lisa Yaszek 

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe by C.S Lewis 

Movies

A Grand Ole Opry Christmas Trailer https://youtu.be/1EiHRW0eEVY?si=qcoaaPSdQVesz-VC 

Timestamps

01:40 Steph’s move and TBR update and how we choose which book to read

06:45 How to track analog + digital reading on Storygraph

10:15 The end of year music wraps and how old your listening is - The Algorithm

24:40 What’s Steph Reading

29:20 Reading reviews of books and movies on Storygraph and Letterboxd

31:50 Candice's Hallmark holiday movie update

37:30 Ooops, the Paul Dano / Tarantino feud

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#92 November 2025

Winding up and winding down as the weather changes and the holidays get closer!

 

Books

Enshittification by Cory Doctorow 

Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis  

The Future is Female: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women edited by Lisa Yaszek 

Full Throttle by Joe Hill 

Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas by Alonso Duralde  

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman 

Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman 

The Lost Art of Doing Nothing by Maartje Willems & Lona Aalders 

Movies

Nosferatu by Robert Eggers Trailer 

The Godfather by Francis Ford Coppola 

Links

Cory Doctorow’s Blog 

Cory Doctorow’s Podcast 

Obsidian 

Timestamps

01:00 Intro

02:50 Sneak peak at the book club convo about Enshittification

16:30 Talking about wealth - who needs it?

19:45 Steph’s reading update

21:40 Candice’s Stephen King challenge update 

28:00 A side bar of how we celebrate Christmas 

35:00 “Digital Gardening” with Obsidian and what we get from our reading

51:25 A coda on our reading - reading about doing less, with intention

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#91 October 2025

Energy is high now that the weather has cooled. Steph and Candice have joined a “real world, offline” bookclub, and Candice is on the final book in the Stephen King Collection

Books

Vanished Beyond the Map by Adam Shoalts 

A Life in Comedy by Paul Meyers 

Full Throttle by Joe Hill 

Exhalation by Ted Chiang 

Enshittification by Cory Doctorow 

Never Flinch by Stephen King 

Events

Stranger Than Fiction Book Club Thurs November 13th at 7pm - contact Steph at Stephanie@bookshelf.ca to join, or to host your own book club

Timestamps

01:00 Intro

07:20 Are young people reading?

13:00 Steph’s reading and watching update

18:00 The Bookshelf’s new book club Stranger Than Fiction

35:25 Candice reading update

40:25 Is art for us or for the artist?

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