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This is Our Year (along with all the others)

The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Release Date: 01/05/2023

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

It's holiday season! Busy days, dark days, but ultimately fun. Candice and Steph check in one last time for 2023 to see how reading goals are going, and what's up for the month. See you all in 2024! Books by Erin Morgenstern  by Adib Khorram And sequel by Wab Kinew  And sequel    edited by Jeff VanderMeer  by Carl Honore  by Shawn Levy  Movies Napoleon The - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Priscilla . Playing at Bookshelf Cinema Dec 1 - 6 Elvis Marie Antoinette The Beguiled Timestamps 00:00 -   Intro and late life athletics 08:50 -...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

We’re back for the Fall! Summer “break” was quite busy for both Steph and Candice and extended into very busy Septembers, but we are back in time for Spooky season.   Special event  November 7th at 7pm book launch and conversation at the Cinema with authors Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson Tickets are $10 and can be bought at the bookstore. Books by Sheridan Le Fans  by Stephen King  by Stephen King  by Stephen King  edited by Jeff VanderMeer  Movies Nightmare Alley & Cronos by Guillermo del Toro  Misery by Rob Reiner Silence of the...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Candice goes on much too long about how much the hot weather gets her down, while Steph reflects on how young people take care of each other in the hot weather and how we don't love enough. Books by Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes  by Julie S. Lalonde by Remica Bingham Risher  by Stephen King   by Henry Grabar ,  by Jason Guriel  by Danny Caine  edited by Rebecca Solnit  Movies Dirty Dancing La Bamba Young Guns II Family Ties The Suite Life of Zack and Cody Links Podcast    Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and catch up 13:30 Steph’s...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

How do you deal with being too busy - Steph and Candice reflect on the last month’s busy-ness and how they coped. Books by Stephen King by Bonnie Garmus Movies Inside Out as a touchstone for mental wellness - Movie clip showing class divide in the movie (curse words included) - Deleted dance scene as teased in the closing credits  - Trailer  (curse words included) TV Shows Picard Season 3 - Candice hates it - sorry fans, Star Trek and Star Wars stories can be about more than the original main characters! Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 01:00 On finding time for...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Steph and Candice start with a regional conversation about moving around neighbourhoods, but end up bringing it to the esoteric about self and relationships. They also talk memoirs and horror, more Stephen King, AI, and somehow even Hallmark movies. Books by Osman Yousefzada   by Remica Bingham-Risher   edited by Joe Vallese  by Jeanette Winterson  by Stephen King  by Victoria Hetherington  Movies - Hallmark Channel  - scene of child creating emotional bond with an AI doll - CW terrifying AI, Parent Death Timestamps 3:00 Catch up with Steph’s move...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Steph and Candice did not watch a movie together this month, but still had lots to catch up on, including the upcoming Oscar Awards, the new Grady Hendrix novel, and the many stories by and about women that they are reading or planning to read this month to celebrate Women's History Month. Books  &  &  by Grady Hendrix  by Stephen King by Andromeda Romano-Lax   by Remica Bingham-Risher by Anais Granofsky  by Rebecca Solnit   by Anne Rice Movies Elvis Women Talking The Fablemans Top Gun Maverick Everything Everywhere All At Once Fast and the Furious...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Steph recommits herself to skiing, and Candice recommits herself to reading Stephen King novels. And they both get their 3 Laws of Robotics wrong, sorry Isaac Asimov! Books by Stephen King by Rainbow Rowell by Kassandra Montag by Alex DiFrancesco Movies   California Split - short film , , , , , , ,   Links Some Stephen King podcasts - , , (a Guelph based podcast!) Timestamps 00:00 Intro and Stephs skiing adventures 05:00 Candice's Stephen King update 14:00 A quick Star Trek: Discovery side bar conversation 16:15 Thoughts on the film Corsage 21:27 Candice and Steph's M3gan...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

Welcome to 2023! Steph and Candice round up a few of their hopes for the new year and what they will be focusing on. Not resolutions per say, but plans. Tell us your reading or non-reading resolutions for this year by sending us an email at . Books by Meik Wiking , , , & by Stephen King by Susanna Clarke by Neil Gaiman & both by Chuck Wendig by Joanna Kavenna Movies   Links Daily Planner Daily Planner Follow Candice on and Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 02:00 Getting out to see more movies 13:00 The Menu review 23:00 Plans and planners for the new year 33:00 Reading self help...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

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 by Zeba Blay by Oliver Burkeman   by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan   by David Sedaris  by Sarah Smarsh by Alice Walker  by Robertson Davies  by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight - Movies Movies and TV by Grady Hendrix on Prime  - Youtube Trailer by Christopher Pike and Mike Flanagan - Youtube Trailer Links...

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The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf

It's an oversized episode all about the books we bought, were gifted, or otherwise acquired this month Books by Stephen King by Douglas Cowan by Marie Helene Poitras by Chelsea Wakelyn by Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar by Kelly Robson by Neil Pasricha by Meik Wiking by Carmen Spagnola by Jane Jacobs by Neil Craton M.D. by Nora Ephron by Ellen Raskin Movies series of films - Youtube Trailer Divided opinions on (Youtube Trailer) and (special effect in question) - Youtube Trailer **CW: deals with suicide and depression - Youtube Trailer - Youtube Trailer - Youtube Trailer...

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Welcome to 2023! Steph and Candice round up a few of their hopes for the new year and what they will be focusing on. Not resolutions per say, but plans.

Tell us your reading or non-reading resolutions for this year by sending us an email at [email protected].

Books

My Hygge Home: How To Make Your Home Your Happy Place by Meik Wiking

Dreamcatcher, Song of Susannah, The Dark Tower, & Under The Dome by Stephen King

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell by Susanna Clarke

The Annotated American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Wanderers & Wayward: A Novel both by Chuck Wendig

Zed: A Novel by Joanna Kavenna

Movies

The Menu 

Links

Moleskine Daily Planner

Hemlock and Oak Daily Planner

Storygraph Reading Challenge

Follow Candice on Letterboxd and Storygraph

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Getting out to see more movies

13:00 The Menu review

23:00 Plans and planners for the new year

33:00 Reading self help and non fiction

35:00 Storygraph Reading Challenges

40:00 Upcoming and recent reads from both Steph and Candice

44:00 Stephen King Project update

50:00 On reading different books at once and finishing them

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