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.
Books
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
Movies and TV
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix on Prime - Youtube Trailer
Midnight Club by Christopher Pike and Mike Flanagan - Youtube Trailer
Links
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/
Timestamps
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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