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This week we celebrate our very first Podcast Book Club! We read The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune and absolutely loved it. This was the perfect book to finish 2020 and ring in the new year.

Learn more about TJ Klune and check out his extensive list of books at http://www.tjklunebooks.com/ and/or check out The Klunatics Podcast created by his fans- https://www.klunaticspodcast.com/

Learn more about Richard Wagamese and his books, specifically Indian Horse that takes place in and explores the trauma of residential schools. https://www.writerstrust.com/authors/richard-wagamese/


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Shanna Kay

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Jennifer West

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In this episode, we talk about a few of the common tropes that can be found in the books we read.

What is a trope? A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase, or image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech. The word trope has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring literary and rhetorical devices, motifs, or clichés in creative works.

Examples of tropes are endless so we chose to only talk about:

1. Off-Limits Romance
2. Love Triangles
3. The Secret Heir (or The Secret Hair)
4. The Chosen One
5. The Mentor
6. Token Diversity
5. Gruff Old Character Whose Life is Changed by a Precocious Child
6. Bad Communication Kills

Click here for Shanna's video about why she hates love triangles so so much.
And here is a link to the video by Tiffany Russell called "But, I'm the Chosen One. What's Wrong With the Chosen One Trope?" that Shanna references.

Update: FYI There IS an audio version of Carmen Maria Machado's In The Dream House. We haven't given it a listen yet, but when we do, we will let you know how it goes.

Currently Reading
Shanna: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Jennifer: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Next week is Book Club! So, if you haven't read The House in the Cerulean Sea yet, get reading and let us know what you thought! Click on any of our social media links below. We would love to hear from you!


Find Us Together At

www.bestbookclub.ca

Instagram 📸 @best_bookclub

Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

YouTube 📹 Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

Shanna Kay

Instagram 📸 @vellum.and.vellichor

YouTube 📹 Shanna Kay - Vellum and Vellichor

Facebook: Vellum.and.Vellichor

Jennifer West

Instagram 📸 @thats_weird_j

Facebook: That's Weird, J

In this episode, we talk about a few of the common tropes that can be found in the books we read.

What is a trope? A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase, or image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech. The word trope has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring literary and rhetorical devices, motifs, or clichés in creative works.

Examples of tropes are endless so we chose to only talk about:

1. Off-Limits Romance
2. Love Triangles
3. The Secret Heir (or The Secret Hair)
4. The Chosen One
5. The Mentor
6. Token Diversity
5. Gruff Old Character Whose Life is Changed by a Precocious Child
6. Bad Communication Kills

Click here for Shanna's video about why she hates love triangles so so much.
And here is a link to the video by Tiffany Russell called "But, I'm the Chosen One. What's Wrong With the Chosen One Trope?" that Shanna references.

Update: FYI There IS an audio version of Carmen Maria Machado's In The Dream House. We haven't given it a listen yet, but when we do, we will let you know how it goes.

Currently Reading
Shanna: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Jennifer: One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Next week is Book Club! So, if you haven't read The House in the Cerulean Sea yet, get reading and let us know what you thought! Click on any of our social media links below. We would love to hear from you!


Find Us Together At

www.bestbookclub.ca

Instagram 📸 @best_bookclub

Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

YouTube 📹 Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

Shanna Kay

Instagram 📸 @vellum.and.vellichor

YouTube 📹 Shanna Kay - Vellum and Vellichor

Facebook: Vellum.and.Vellichor

Jennifer West

Instagram 📸 @thats_weird_j

Facebook: That's Weird, J

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Use our code GOODBOOKS at checkout and get two books for the price of your first months membership!

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We are affiliated with Libro.fm, but all reviews are our true and honest opinions!

In this episode, we go deep into a discussion about Madeline Miller's first book The Song of Achilles which was published in 2011, won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2012, and most importantly, made it to the top of both our lists for Favorite Reads of 2020.

There was so much to talk about in regards to this book because it is so well written and retells such a rich story that we could have talked about it forever but we kept it to only one and a half hours. If you want to hear us talk about it more, we would love to hear from you! Find our links below, don't be shy!

Next week we are going to be talking about popular literary tropes and how we feel about them so if you have any strong opinions on this subject matter, we want to know what they are.

If you haven't started it yet, the following week we will be talking about our #bestbookclub pick which is The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. We originally made a mistake by scheduling this episode a little early in the month and we were just going to go with it, but then we realized that we make the rules - so we've changed it. Have the book read by January 24th and let us know what you thought! We'd love to know because this podcast isn't just for us or just about us it's for you guys.

Don't forget to subscribe to our show and maybe leave us a review if you like what you hear (or if you don't, that's okay too, but preferably if you do)


Find Us Together At

www.bestbookclub.ca

Instagram @best_bookclub

Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

YouTube: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

Shanna Kay

Instagram: @vellum.and.vellichor

YouTube: Shanna Kay - Vellum and Vellichor

Facebook: Vellum.and.Vellichor

Jennifer West

Instagram: @thats_weird_j

Facebook: That's Weird, J

Libro.fm.
Use our code GOODBOOKS at checkout and get two books for the price of your first months membership!

Find us at:

www.goodbookspodcast.com
Facebook - In Her Good Books Podcast
Instagram - @inhergoodbookspodcast
TikTok - @inhergoodbookspodcast

We are affiliated with Libro.fm, but all reviews are our true and honest opinions!

In this episode, we go deep into a discussion about Madeline Miller's first book The Song of Achilles which was published in 2011, won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2012, and most importantly, made it to the top of both our lists for Favorite Reads of 2020.

There was so much to talk about in regards to this book because it is so well written and retells such a rich story that we could have talked about it forever but we kept it to only one and a half hours. If you want to hear us talk about it more, we would love to hear from you! Find our links below, don't be shy!

Next week we are going to be talking about popular literary tropes and how we feel about them so if you have any strong opinions on this subject matter, we want to know what they are.

If you haven't started it yet, the following week we will be talking about our #bestbookclub pick which is The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. We originally made a mistake by scheduling this episode a little early in the month and we were just going to go with it, but then we realized that we make the rules - so we've changed it. Have the book read by January 24th and let us know what you thought! We'd love to know because this podcast isn't just for us or just about us it's for you guys.

Don't forget to subscribe to our show and maybe leave us a review if you like what you hear (or if you don't, that's okay too, but preferably if you do)


Find Us Together At

www.bestbookclub.ca

Instagram @best_bookclub

Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

YouTube: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

Shanna Kay

Instagram: @vellum.and.vellichor

YouTube: Shanna Kay - Vellum and Vellichor

Facebook: Vellum.and.Vellichor

Jennifer West

Instagram: @thats_weird_j

Facebook: That's Weird, J

In this episode, we chat about how 2020 affected our reading goals for the year. Between the pandemic and giving birth to babies, both of us struggled for a little bit, threw out our reading challenges and then still ended up killing it in the end with Shanna reading 62 books and Jennifer reading 48 - not bad. Then we discuss what we want our reading year to look like, what we are going to do or not do as far as challenges go and which books made it onto our must reads list and why.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Update! After recording this episode, Shanna came up with a different way of going to go about the money jar challenge. Instead of putting a loonie or a toonie in for every book read to go towards a book shopping spree at the end of the year, she came up with incorporating the five star rating system. Five star book? $5 bill into the jar. Two and a half stars? $2.50 in. We are so here for this. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Our Favorite Reads of 2020

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (S+J)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (S+J)
Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (J)
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (S)

Most Anticipated Books of 2021

A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
(And a few others, but lets be honest, not even Jennifer really cared about these ones)

If you haven't started the #bestbookclub book already, we are loving The Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune and really hope that you will give it a read and let us know what you think about it before our Book Club episode that will be airing on January 20th - We messed up and scheduled it a little early so sorry for rushing you this month but we will be much more organized for February! We will be recording that episode on January 15th though so if you want us to chat about what you thought, let us know before then but don't worry, if you aren't done by then, the podcast will still be there for you to listen to after and we would still love to know what you thought! So no matter when, head over to our social media and let us know.

Speaking of next month! February is Black History and Month and, in celebration of that, we are going to read a book written by a black author. Each member of book club gets to put a suggestion into the hat and then we will read whichever one gets drawn. If you have any "must read" suggestions for this category, please let us know!

Join us next week when we get deep into our most favorite read of 2020 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. If you haven't read it, we HIGHLY recommend that you do.


Find Us Together At

www.bestbookclub.ca

Instagram @best_bookclub

Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

YouTube:

Libro.fm.
Use our code GOODBOOKS at checkout and get two books for the price of your first months membership!

Find us at:

www.goodbookspodcast.com
Facebook - In Her Good Books Podcast
Instagram - @inhergoodbookspodcast
TikTok - @inhergoodbookspodcast

We are affiliated with Libro.fm, but all reviews are our true and honest opinions!

In this episode, we chat about how 2020 affected our reading goals for the year. Between the pandemic and giving birth to babies, both of us struggled for a little bit, threw out our reading challenges and then still ended up killing it in the end with Shanna reading 62 books and Jennifer reading 48 - not bad. Then we discuss what we want our reading year to look like, what we are going to do or not do as far as challenges go and which books made it onto our must reads list and why.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Update! After recording this episode, Shanna came up with a different way of going to go about the money jar challenge. Instead of putting a loonie or a toonie in for every book read to go towards a book shopping spree at the end of the year, she came up with incorporating the five star rating system. Five star book? $5 bill into the jar. Two and a half stars? $2.50 in. We are so here for this. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Our Favorite Reads of 2020

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (S+J)
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (S+J)
Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (J)
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (S)

Most Anticipated Books of 2021

A Vow So Bold and Deadly by Brigid Kemmerer
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
(And a few others, but lets be honest, not even Jennifer really cared about these ones)

If you haven't started the #bestbookclub book already, we are loving The Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune and really hope that you will give it a read and let us know what you think about it before our Book Club episode that will be airing on January 20th - We messed up and scheduled it a little early so sorry for rushing you this month but we will be much more organized for February! We will be recording that episode on January 15th though so if you want us to chat about what you thought, let us know before then but don't worry, if you aren't done by then, the podcast will still be there for you to listen to after and we would still love to know what you thought! So no matter when, head over to our social media and let us know.

Speaking of next month! February is Black History and Month and, in celebration of that, we are going to read a book written by a black author. Each member of book club gets to put a suggestion into the hat and then we will read whichever one gets drawn. If you have any "must read" suggestions for this category, please let us know!

Join us next week when we get deep into our most favorite read of 2020 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. If you haven't read it, we HIGHLY recommend that you do.


Find Us Together At

www.bestbookclub.ca

Instagram @best_bookclub

Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

YouTube: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen

Shanna Kay

Instagram: @vellum.and.vellichor

YouTube: Shanna Kay - Vellum and Vellichor

Facebook: Vellum.and.Vellichor

Jennifer West

Instagram: @thats_weird_j

Facebook: That's Weird, J

In our very first episode we discuss Best Book Club's pick for December, Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. Hogfather is the 20th book in the Discworld series but don't worry, you do not have to read the first 19 books to enjoy this one - it works great as a stand alone novel. Listen into our Christmas Special as we dive into this incredible satire of the holiday season.

For more info on Discworld visit https://www.discworldemporium.com/

Our Best Book Club pick for January is The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. We invite you to read a long with us this month and then let us know what you think by heading over to Facebook or Instagram to leave us a comment or by sending us an email at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you and will answer any comments or questions you have. If you want to participate, have the book read and your thoughts sent in by January 17.

Don't forget to subscribe to our channel, download our episodes and leave us a review because it really helps us out!

Find Us Together At

Instagram @best_bookclub
Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen
Website: www.bestbookclub.ca
YouTube: Best Book Club

Shanna Kay

Instagram: @vellum.and.vellichor
YouTube: Shanna Kay - Vellum and Vellichor
Facebook: Vellum.and.Vellichor

Jennifer West

Instagram: @thats_weird_j
Facebook: That's Weird, J

In our very first episode we discuss Best Book Club's pick for December, Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. Hogfather is the 20th book in the Discworld series but don't worry, you do not have to read the first 19 books to enjoy this one - it works great as a stand alone novel. Listen into our Christmas Special as we dive into this incredible satire of the holiday season.

For more info on Discworld visit https://www.discworldemporium.com/

Our Best Book Club pick for January is The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune. We invite you to read a long with us this month and then let us know what you think by heading over to Facebook or Instagram to leave us a comment or by sending us an email at [email protected]. We would love to hear from you and will answer any comments or questions you have. If you want to participate, have the book read and your thoughts sent in by January 17.

Don't forget to subscribe to our channel, download our episodes and leave us a review because it really helps us out!

Find Us Together At

Instagram @best_bookclub
Facebook: Best Book Club with Shanna and Jen
Website: www.bestbookclub.ca
YouTube: Best Book Club

Shanna Kay

Instagram: @vellum.and.vellichor
YouTube: Shanna Kay - Vellum and Vellichor
Facebook: Vellum.and.Vellichor

Jennifer West

Instagram: @thats_weird_j
Facebook: That's Weird, J

Libro.fm.
Use our code GOODBOOKS at checkout and get two books for the price of your first months membership!

Find us at:

www.goodbookspodcast.com
Facebook - In Her Good Books Podcast
Instagram - @inhergoodbookspodcast
TikTok - @inhergoodbookspodcast

We are affiliated with Libro.fm, but all reviews are our true and honest opinions!