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Canada Reads American Style
Two friends -- one American, one Canadian -- who share a love for CBC’s Canada Reads and Canadian literature! https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads
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Our 100th Episode

Our 100th Episode

Rebecca and Tara celebrate the podcast's 100th episode by discussing the topic that brought them together--CBC's Canada Reads! Titles we loved Tara: The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Johnny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akaad The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Rebecca: A book club book: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry A book that is now coming true: American War by Omar El Akkad  A book with an unlikeable main character: Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette  A memoir: From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle A book many DNF: Small Game Hunting by Megan Gail Coles  An epic novel: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan  Titles we have yet to read Rebecca: Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan Tara: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyn Saucier Titles we would like to see in the future Tara: The Lights of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kaye Rebecca: The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill Still Hopeful: Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism by Maude Barlow Favorite moments from the show Rebecca: Tahmoh Penikett defending American War Mark Tewksbury defending Washington Black Christian Allaire defending Five Little Indians; Paul Sun-Hyung Lee defending Hench; Chuck Comeau defending Homes Tara: Devery Jacobs defending Jonny Appleseed Justin Trudeau defending (sort of) The Colony of Unrequited Dreams and then Next Episode   Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads
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