Episode 3 – This One’s For You, Jerry

This week the girls interrupt their regular programming for a special episode in honour of Jerry Haig, who passed away on March 26, 2017. We talk about the dads of literature who have a special place in our heart in memory of Hunter’s beloved father.

What we are reading this week: 

• Liz Tuccillo’s How to be Single
• Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation 
• Sophie Kinsella’s My Not So Perfect Life
• Kate Eberlen’s Miss You 
• Pottermore Presents ebook series

Other books we mentioned:

• Harry Potter series
• Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl 
• L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables
• Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird 
• Cornelia Funke’s Inkheart 
• Anthony Doerr’s All The Light We Cannot See 

Authors we mentioned:

• Robert Munsch
• Roald Dahl
• A. A. Milne

Book News:

• Kids Can Press wins at Bologna!
• Kobo acquires Shelfie
• CBC’s Canada Reads has ended
• Anne of Green Gables gets photoshopped! 
• Harry Potter themed escape room!

Episode 1 – Snaps for André

In this first episode of SHE Reads, the ladies discuss who they are, how they met, and why SHE Reads exists! Also, we talk about books, a lot of books.

What we are reading this week:

• Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey
• Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology
• Claire Fuller’s Swimming Lessons
• Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove
• The Betches’ I Had a Nice Time and Other Lies…: How to Find Love & Sh*t Like That

Other books we mentioned:

• rupi kaur’s milk and honey
• Zoe Whittall’s The Best Kind of People
• L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables 
• Tina Fey’s Bossy Pants
• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
• Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
• Stephen King’s The Green Mile
• Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
• Dave Eggers’ What is the What
• Jo Jo Moyes’ The Girl You Left Behind
• Miriam Toews’ All My Puny Sorrows
• Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air
• Anthony Doerr’s All The Light You Cannot See 
• Heather O’Neill’s Lullabies for Little Criminals 
• Heather O’Neill’s The Lonely Hearts Hotel 
• Ian McEwan’s Atonement
• Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides

Podcasts we mentioned, and love:

• The Book Riot Podcast
• Call your Girlfriend
• Who? Weekly

Books in the News:

• Chick Lit articles:
  • “Taking back ‘Chick Lit’: With Babe, Petra Collins joins the ranks of women owning their point of view”
  • “Gloria Steinem: Women Have ‘Chick Flicks.’ What About Men?”
• André Alexis wins Windham-Campbell Prizes
  • “Toronto author André Alexis awarded one of world’s richest literary prizes”

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