#81 September 2024

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.

Books

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 

Links

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

Timestamps

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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#80 June 2024

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!

Books

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 

Movies

I Saw The TV Glow Trailer

Timestamps

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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#79 May 2024

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.

Books

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 

Movies

Suspiria (2018) Trailer (NSFW)  

Mandy Trailer (NSFW) 

Fight Club Trailer (NSFW) 

Links

Wilder Podcast 

Timestamps

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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#78 April 2024

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

Books

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 

Links

The Essential Stephen King from The New York Times 

Timestamps

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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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

#77 March 2024

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.

Books

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, 

Links

Check out the Bookshelf’s new website!  

Timestamps

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's episode of The Village Podcast

#76 February 2024 (when we finally decide to start numbering our episodes)

Did someone say February was the shortest month? What’s that, February of 2024 is actually one day longer? Still not long enough to release the February episode in the month of February though apparently.

Books

Kick Out The Jams by Dave Marsh 

Listen by Michele Faber 

60 Songs that Explain the 90s by Rob Harvilla 

Moon of the Turning Leaves - by Waubgeshig Rice 

Don’t be Trashy by Tara McKenna 

Under the Dome by Stephen King 

From A Buick 8 by Stephen King 

Wanderers by Chuck Wendig 

Movies

Memento, Inception, Oppenheimer, Tenet, and Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan

Saltburn Trailer 

Links

60 Songs that Explain the 90s podcast

The 2024 Oscars Nominees  

Timestamps

Steph’s reading update - 01:00 

Candice’s Reading update - 08:50

Apocalypse stories - 16:00

How many answers each person needs in a story - 20:50

The Christopher Nolan rabbit hole - 31:00

Saltburn 34:00

The Oscars 38:00

 

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This month's episode of The Village Podcast

Ready for 2024

New year, same old Steph and Candice!

Books

Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig 

Wanderers & Wayward by Chuck Wendig  

Under The Dome by Stephen King  

Listen: On Music, Sound, and Us by Michel Faber 

Infused: Adventures in Tea by Henrietta Lovell

Movies

Dream Scenario starring Nicolas Cage 

Renfield starring Nicolas Cage 

The Killer directy by David Fincher 

Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola 

A Murder at the End of the World 

Links

Goodreads review scandal 

Please use Storygraph instead of Goodreads -  and here’s why 

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:07 - What are we reading?

37:30 - What are we watching?

47:00 - A discussion on how things are reviewed by the public and the Goodreads issue

 

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