Tara wraps up her latest Scotiabank Giller Prize reading goal. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):  Where the Falcon Flies by Adam Shoalts Tara (@onabranchreads): How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur Stray Dogs: Stories by Rawi Hage Pure Color by Sheila Heti In the City of Pigs by André Forget  Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama Avenue of Champions by Conor Kerr All the Quiet Places by Brian Thomas Isaac If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga Lucien and Olivia by André Narbonne A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt What We Both Know by Fawn Parker   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara kick off October with some of their favorite creepy books! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Little Amal https://www.walkwithamal.org/ The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid How to Survive Your Murder by Danielle Valentine The Merciless series; Survive the Night, The Haunted, The Unleashed by Danielle Vega A Quality of Light by Richard Wagamese Tara (@onabranchreads) The Marigolds by Andrew S. Sullivan The Daughter of Dr. Moreau by  We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix Camp Damascus by Chuck Hingle All the World's a Wonder by Melia McClure  https://radiantpress.ca/ Also, Rebecca was confusing The Island of Dr. Moreau with the classic film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca is excited to chat with author Lucy E.M. Black about her historical novel, The Brickworks, which is a compelling story about two Scotsmen who emigrate to the US and Canada and have a passion for engineering, industrialization, and community. Lucy has also authored The Marzipan Fruit Basket, a collection of short stories, Eleanor Courtown, a work of historical fiction, and Stella’s Carpet, a novel about intergenerational trauma.  Instagram: @lucyemblack Website: https://lucyemblack.com/   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara chat about the Eden Mills Writers' Festival and their latest reads. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta Try Not to be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda by Michael Hingston Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past by Brett Popplewell Black Water Sister by Zen Cho Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel The Brickworks by Lucy E.M. Black Tara (@onabranchreads): The Circle by Katherena Vermette Holi-FATE series; Moral Bloodlines series by Tori Samuels Pebble & Dove by Amy Jones The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay by Merilyn Simonds Stay tuned to the end for a blooper that Tara did not want Rebecca to edit out! LOL    Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara discuss the upcoming Eden Mills Writers' Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario, which takes place on Sunday, September 10, 2023 and runs from noon to 5:30 pm.  Tickets are on sale now! https://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/festival-sunday/schedule/ Author sessions they plan to attend: Rebecca:  Michael Melgaard, Not That Kind of Place Zalika Reid-Benta, River Mumma Brett Popplewell, Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain, and the Search for a Hidden Past Don Gillmor, To the River: Losing My Brother Gabriel Allahdua, Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada  Tara: Jessica Johns, Bad Cree Ali Hassan, Is There Bacon in Heaven? Uzma Jalaluddin, Much Ado About Nothing Amy Jones, Pebble & Dove Michelle Min Sterling, Camp Zero Janika Oza, A History of Burning  Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers Katherena Vermette, The Circle Tara also highlighted @trishtalksbooks September TBR challenge on Bookstagram.  It's not too late to join in! Rebecca and Tara shared the news that they are planning to launch a patreon account in January 2024 to grow their bookish community! Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara chat about their most recent reads! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):  George: A Magpie Memoir by Frieda Hughes The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Felix Castor series by Mike Carey Everyone Here is Lying; The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena The Break; The Strangers; The Circle by Katherena Vermette Migrations; Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy Tara (@onabranchreads): I Have Some Questions for You; The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë A History of Burning by Janika Oza Care of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan E. Coyote Much Ado about Nada; Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Tara chats with our guest Stephanie Domet about two of her favourite things — literary festivals and books! Stephanie Domet is the co-founder and co-executive director of the Afterwords Literary Festival based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is also an award-winning author of two books — Homing and Fallsy Downsies — and is currently at work on her third novel, Good Birds Don’t Fly Away.   Websites: https://www.afterwordsliteraryfestival.com/ Tickets go on sale September 8, 2023 for the festival that runs November 1-5, 2023. https://stephaniedomet.com/  https://invisiblepublishing.com/authors/stephanie-domet/ https://nanowrimo.org/ https://bellabagu.com/ Instagram: @afterwordsliterary @stephanierdomet   Highlighted Books & Authors: The Fake by Zoe Whittall Heartbreaker by Claudia Day A Grandmother Begins the Story by Michelle Porter Hollow Bamboo by William Ping The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters Happening by Annie Ernaux Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison Monoculture by Sue Goyette Alice Munro   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Tara is back from vacation and wants to share her take on fantasy fiction!  The Lions of Al Rassan; The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy by Guy Gavriel Kay The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse The Midnight Bargain; Witchmark by C.L. Polk Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree https://www.thehugoawards.org/ The cozy fantasy series Rebecca couldn't remember is the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris.   Rebecca's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canadareadsamericanstyle/ Tara's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onabranchreads/   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

With Tara on vacation, Rebecca and Sarah chat about Fantasy Fiction with a quick nod at the end to Sci-Fi. What Is the Fantasy Genre? History of Fantasy and Subgenres and Types of Fantasy in Literature by author Dan Brown The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time Magazine Rebecca (@canadareadsamerican style): The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Watership Down by Richard Adams Redwall by Brian Jacques Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon Sarah (@sareshears): The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Final Empire (Mistborn #1); Tress of the Emerald Sea; Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara chat about their latest reads, including a few titles to celebrate Disability Pride Month, celebrated annually in July. Also, Teach Media, an educational media company and publisher of graphic novels, reached out to Rebecca and is offering their followers a special 20% discount at their online bookstore for No Reason to Apologize with the code: CanLit20.  The discount will be active through August 14, 2023.  https://shop.teachmag.com/ Rebecca: Wise Little One: Learning to Love and Listen to My Inner Child by Jana Wilson Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures by Ivan E. Coyote Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Open Throat by Henry Hoke Mazebook by Jeff Lemire No Reason to Apologize: The Resilient Legacy of Viola Desmond by W.L. Liberman, Andrea Scott, Tajliya Jamal (illustrator) Tara: A Real Somebody by Deryn Collier The Centaur's Wife; Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc Wonder by R.J. Palacio Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan E. Coyote Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist by Holly Hogan Bad Cree by Jessica Johns  Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara review their 2023 Reading Goals at the halfway point in the year.   Rebecca: The Boxer by Kat Fink Aesop's Fables Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer A Promised Land by Barack Obama Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel The Strangers by Katherena Vermette A Quality of Light; Keeper'n Me by Richard Wagamese The Bingo Hall Detectives; The Village Hall Vendetta by Jonathan Whitelaw Vancouver Noir published by Akashic Books Tara: Echo Man by Sam Holland We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama Hercule Poirot series by Agatha Christie Son of a Critch by Mark Critch (memoir and tv series) Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (August 1, 2023) Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Author Emily Henry Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara chat about their home bookshelves.  How many books do they have?  Where are they shelved?  How are they organized?  Check out their Instagram accounts below to see photographs of their bookshelves!   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara welcome Bookstagram friend Trish (@trishtalksbooks) to chat about their next best reads.  Also, check out Trish's blog and subscribe to her newsletter! Trish :  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality by Lindsay Wong The Betrothed by Allessandro Manzoni, translated by Michael F. Moore A Public Space Tara @onabranchreads:  Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer This is How We Love; February by Lisa Moore A Dress Made from Light by Sheri Doyle (Instagram: @the.river.pages) Lostboy: True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry Rebecca @canadareadsamericanstyle:  True North Rising: My 50 Year Journey with the Inuit and Dene Leaders Who Transformed Canada's North by Whit Fraser Ted Kennedy: A Life by John A. Farrell Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara share their picks for Pride Month! Rebecca:  Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent by Brian Francis Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Cam & Beau by Maria Cichosz Open Throat by Henry Hoke Tara:  Fall on Your Knees; Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald Are You My Mother?; Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic; The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For; The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel Red, White & Royal Blue; One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page Also mentioned: Trish Talks Books : sign up on the website for her Monthly Bookish Roundup. Buzzfeed: 24 Of The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2023   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca chats with author Wilson Coneybeare, a proud Canadian-American, to discuss his first novel, A Feast of Wolves.  It is a page-turning political thriller set in the US and imagines a modern day French revolution, complete with guillotine on the steps of the capitol.  Also, of interest to Canadians, he is the son of Rod Coneybeare, who played Jerome and Rusty on the beloved CBC children’s show, “The Friendly Giant.”  IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174551/ Twitter: @WConeybeare Blog: http://www.wilsonconeybeare.com/ Instagram: @wilsonconeybeare   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara share their latest reads. Rebecca: The Measure by Nikki Erlick The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe author Val McDermid Prayers for Sale by Sandra Dallas Cleo by Jean Brody My Journey to Lhasa by Alexandra David Néel Tara: The River; The Guide by Peter Heller Carol Shields Prize for Fiction long list Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri The Indian Lake Trilogy by Stephen Graham Jones: My Heart is a Chainsaw Don't Fear the Reaper  The Trees by Percival Everett   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara welcome Laura from the wonderful independent book store, The Book Keeper in Sarnia, Ontario to answer the Five Reader Repartee Questions.  Laura's responses include: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Stephen King Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley Frodo from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.     

Rebecca and Tara welcome Ann from The Book Keeper, a wonderful independent bookstore in Sarnia, Ontario. Ann's books: Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour by Rickie Lee Jones Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time by Rob Sheffield I Want to Eat Your Pancreas by Yoru Sumino Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love & Karaoke by Rob Sheffield Coke Machine Glow by Gordon Downie We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman Tara's books: The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore Enter the Body by Joy McCullough The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie Rebecca's books: Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver All the Living and the Dead by Hayley Campbell The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads Ann's Instagram: @lowbrow.and.literate.ish   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Rebecca and Tara chat with Canada Reads host Ali Hassan about the 2023 debates!  Books Ali mentions include Reproduction by Ian Williams and An Actor's Companion: Tools for the Working Actor by Seth Barrish. Ali Hassan: Acting: www.imdb.me/alihassan Instagram: @standupali Podcasts: @doctorvcomedian @thispodcastisdelicious Writing: https://standupali.com/my-book   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Rebecca and Tara offer their ideas, respectfully, for future Canada Reads debates.  Rebecca also decided to leave a major blooper in near the beginning of the podcast to illustrate her final point about live programming.  They hope it makes you laugh!   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Due to earlier technical difficulties, Rebecca and Tara had to alter this year's schedule and combine their DAY THREE and DAY FOUR wrap up. Thank you for your patience!    Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara are joined by Sarah (@sareshears) to discuss DAY TWO of Canada Reads. Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Jolene (@bookwormadventuregirl) joins Rebecca and Tara to discuss DAY ONE of CBC's Canada Reads debate. Jolene may be found on YouTube and Instagram, so please check her out! Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Rebecca and Tara share good books they've read over the past month, and they make their final prediction for the CBC's 2023 Canada Reads debates. Rebecca's titles: The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody by Ahmed Taibaoui; translated by Jonathan Wright The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman The Magic of Ordinary Days by Anne Howard Creel Shubeik Lubeik by Deena Mohamed Tara's title:  Fuse by Hollay Ghadery The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female by Tanis MacDonald (via Eden Mills Writers' Festival) All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay The Bingo Palace by Louise Erdrich Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca is excited to introduce award-winning author Michael Christie, who has been longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller prize three out of three times. They will be talking about his latest novel, Greenwood, which will be defended by Keegan Connor Tracy at the CBC’s Canada Reads debates running March 27-30, 2023. According to his website, Greenwood is a "multigenerational family story, in which the unexpected legacies of a remote island off the coast of British Columbia will link the fates of five people over a hundred years."   Website: https://michaelchristie.net/ Facebook and Instagram: @michaelchristie   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara explore the world of DNFs--books that readers "did not finish".  Thank you to Bookworm Adventure Girl for the topic.  Books discussed: Rebecca:  Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Scars and Stars by Jesse Thistle Ted Kennedy by John A. Farrell Mossflower by Brian Jacques The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela Making a Scene by Constance Wu A Snake Falls to Earth; Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons The Orenda by Joseph Boyden Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr Tara: Glorious Frazzled Beings by Angélique Lalonde The Great Alone; The Nightingale; On Mystic Lake by Kristin Hannah The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield If I Fall, If I Die by Michael Christie   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show. 

Rebecca and Tara are excited to chat with Keegan Connor Tracy, an award-winning actor, voiceover artist, writer, and director from British Columbia.  She has starred in the TV show Once Upon a Time as the Blue Fairy and as Belle in Disney's popular Descendents film franchise.  She is championing the novel Greenwood by Michael Christie on the 2023 CBC's Canada Reads debates.   Website: https://keeganthedirector.com/ Instagram: @keegolicious / @keeganthedirector Twitter: @KCTthedirector   Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Rebecca and Tara are excited to chat with 2023 CBC's Canada Reads Defender, Mattea Roach, who is is the most successful Canadian competitor in Jeopardy! history. In the spring of 2022, they won a record-setting 23 games. They also are the host of Canadaland's podcast, The Backbench.  Mattea will be championing the graphic novel Ducks written by Kate Beaton.    Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Rebecca and Tara discuss what they are currently reading and their best 2023 reads to date. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):  Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah Stars and Scars by Jesse Thistle Poet Natalie Diaz The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison YouTube Channel: Bookworm Adventure Girl Poet Mary Oliver How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu YouTube Channel: ThePoptimist Greenwood by Michael Christie Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Stitches by David Small Tara (@onabranchreads): Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol; The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen Podcast: Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe Half-Bads in White Regalia by Cody Caetano In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas Legends & Latte by Travis Baldree Canada Reads American Style is now an affiliate of Bookshop.org, where your purchases support local independent bookstores.  Our curated shop includes books discussed on the podcast.  When you purchase a book through our virtual bookshop, a portion of the sales benefits a local bookstore, as well as the podcast, which helps offset the costs of the show.   

Rebecca and Tara welcome Margot Fedoruk, author of Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir.  Margot lives and works on Gabriola Island, BC and has been writing a personal blog since 2016 called Death Defying Acts of Living and an instructional soap making blog called Wash Rinse Repeat.  She is currently enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Studies program at the University of Alberta.  Memoirists mentioned in the podcast include: Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir of a Dublin Woman by Nuala O'Faolain Mary Karr Catherine Gildiner Jan Wong Website: https://margotfedoruk.ca/ Twitter and Instagram: @margotfedoruk Facebook: Margot Fedoruk Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara welcome Bookstagram and Canada Reads friend Sarah to answer the five questions. Sarah's responses include: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers Marmee by Sarah Miller Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler Sarah's Instagram: @sareshears Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara discuss the 2023 CBC's Canada Reads Short List and five defenders.  They also make their predictions for this year's winner. Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads 

Rebecca and Tara welcome Bookstagram and Canada Reads friend Sarah to discuss the world of Reading Challenges. POPSUGAR 2023 Reading Challenge  Scotiabank Giller Prize (personal challenge) Adabiyat Book Club / Instagram: @__adabiyat__ JRR Tolkien (personal challenge) Agatha Christie (personal challenge) Read Around the World Challenge / Instagram: @readaroundtheworldchallenge StoryGraph Sarah's Instagram: @sareshears Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara welcome Rebecca's friend and former colleague Geoff--their first American guest--to answer the five questions. Geoff's answers include: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie American Rhapsody by Joe Eszterhas The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli Spare by Prince Henry Geoff joined them via Sacramento (CA) Public Library. Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads 

Rebecca and Tara predict the five contenders for CBC's Canada Reads competition, which airs March 27-30, 2023. Rebecca: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Greenwood by Michael Christie Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew Finding Edward by Sheila Murray Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice or Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Tara: Greenwood by Michael Christie Ducks by Kate Beaton Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye or All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay Finding Edward by Sheila Murray Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin Also, Tara mentions Kia Nurse, and Rebecca sends apologies to Andrew Phung for using his TV character's name, Andrew Pham.  Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads   

Rebecca and Tara share the top three books they've read since Book Chat #2. Rebecca: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent by Brian Francis Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffan Tara: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune Scars & Stars by Jesse Thistle Tara also references a favorite podcast: Eat Like a Heroine by Jenny Williams and Lorilee Craker. Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads  

In the first author interview of 2023, Rebecca is thrilled to chat with Canadian author Hollay Ghadery.  Fuse, Ghadery's memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released in Spring 2021. Rebellion Box is her debut collection of poetry and is planned for publication in 2023. Instagram: @hollayghadery Twitter: @Hollay2   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle  

In the first podcast of the New Year, Rebecca welcomes Sandra, her Bookstagram friend, to answer the slightly revised Five Questions.  Sandra's responses include the following titles: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Rebecca makes a quick reference to The Five by Hallie Rubenhold.   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads 

Happy New Year!!  Rebecca and Tara wrap up their first year of podcasting together and discuss what they read in 2022 and if they met their goals.  Then they'll share their New Year goals for 2023! Rebecca's highlights: Nora Watts series by Sheena Kamal What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad Diary of a Young Girl: Definitive Edition by Anne Frank Instagram: #readingtheworld / #readtheworld / #readaroundtheworld Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's highlights: On Account of Darkness by Ian Kennedy The Spoon Stealer by Lesley Crewe Starling by Kirsten Cram Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads  

Rebecca and Tara are thrilled to chat with Sheena Kamal, whose bestselling debut The Lost Ones won her a Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, a Strand Critics Award, and Macavity Award for Best First Novel. The sequel It All Falls Down has been called “a stunning, emotionally resonant thriller” in its Kirkus-starred review. No Going Back and her first YA novel Fight Like A Girl were released in 2020. According to her website, The Lost Ones is a dark, compulsively readable psychological suspense debut, the first in a new series featuring the brilliant, fearless, chaotic, and deeply flawed Nora Watts—a character as heartbreakingly troubled, emotionally complex, and irresistibly compelling as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander and Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole. TikTok and Instagram: @sheenakamalwrites Website: https://www.sheenakamal.com/   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads    

Tara shares a few of her much loved Christmas books and highlights titles she's planning to read this season! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Christmas Tree: Two Tales for the Holidays by David Adams Richards Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season by Tanya Kirk Midnight in the Snow by Karen Swan Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories by L.M. Montgomery A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey Hercule Poirot's Christmas   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca welcomes David Crow, author of the award-winning memoir, The Pale-Faced Lie.  David spent his early years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. Through grit, resilience, and a thirst for learning, he escaped his abusive childhood, graduated from college, and built a successful lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Rebecca guarantees that you will not be able to put down this memoir from the opening paragraph to the epilogue. Website: https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/ Instagram: @davidcrowauthor Facebook: Author David Crow

Rebecca and Tara each discuss three books they've read since Book Chat #1. Rebecca: Nora Watts series by Sheena Kamal The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai Tara:  The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Starling by Kirsten Cram Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara welcome Tara's friend Marnie to answer the Five Reader Repartee Questions! Marnie's responses include: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Authors Richard Wagamese, Thomas King, Cherie Dimaline, Douglas Stuart Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R. King Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese   Marnie's Instagram: @burlington_bookworms Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara chat about their top three memoirs and the one they can't wait to read! Rebecca: Becoming by Michelle Obama Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances by Rachel Anne Ridge The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman Tara:  Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson A Promised Land by Barack Obama Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Pauline Dakin I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara discuss five books that define their reading taste. Rebecca:  The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf Tara:  Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Salem’s Lot by Stephen King Still life by Louise Penny Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese After taping the podcast, Tara found a great article that answers "What Exactly is a Cozy Mystery?". Also, the Anne of Green Gables picture book Rebecca mentioned is If I Couldn't Be Anne by Kallie George.

Rebecca and Tara chat about what they've read recently. Tara:  Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt Rebecca:  Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild by Susanne Reber and Robert Renaud The Little Brudders of Miséricorde by David M. Wallace The Trees by Percival Everett   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara are so excited to welcome Comedian, Actor, Podcaster, and Author Ali Hassan and discuss his new memoir, Is There Bacon in Heaven?  In the opening introduction, Rebecca was so busy outlining all of Ali's accomplishments, she completely forgot to mention his new book!  But as you'll soon hear, this is a memoir you do not want to miss! Ali Hassan: Acting: www.imdb.me/alihassan Instagram: @standupali Podcasts: @doctorvcomedian @thispodcastisdelicious Writing: https://standupali.com/my-book   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads