Book Chat 33

From Canada Reads American Style by Canada Reads American Style

March 24, 2026 · 54 min · Episode 261

About this episode

Rebecca and Tara discuss their recent reading experiences and share book recommendations.

It's Book Chat time! Rebecca had a meh reading month and Tara crushed it!! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Director's Choice: Flint Institute of Arts by Tracee J. Glab Poets and Pahlevans: A Journey into the Heart of Iran; Walls: Travels Along the Barricades by Marcello Di Cintio Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life by Rachel Hartigan Tara (@onabranchreads): No Friend to This House by Natalie Haynes Bang Crunch by Neil Smith The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies by Lindsay Wong The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson "A Fine Old Firm" Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature by Becky Siegel Spratford A Truce That is Not Peace by Miriam Toews Redshirts Sometimes Survive by Finnian Burnett The Tinder Sonnets by Jennifer LoveGrove Shoebox by Sean Paul Bedell Good Guys by Sharon Bala Stag Dance; Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters If you have any comments or suggestions that you would like to share with Rebecca and Tara or you are interested in joining their monthly virtual book talk, please email them at craspod2019@gmail.com

People in this episode

Hosts: Rebecca, Tara

Topics covered

reading
book recommendations
literature

Keywords

Flint Institute of Arts
Iran
Amelia Earhart
Natalie Haynes
Neil Smith
Michael Finkel
Shirley Jackson
Miriam Toews
Finnian Burnett
Jennifer LoveGrove
Sean Paul Bedell
Sharon Bala
Torrey Peters

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Flint Institute of Arts, No Friend to This House, Bang Crunch, The Art Thief, Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies, The Lottery and Other Stories, Why I Love Horror, A Truce That is Not Peace, Redshirts Sometimes Survive, The Tinder Sonnets

Books & works: A Journey into the Heart of Iran, Travels Along the Barricades, Lost: Amelia Earhart's Three Mysterious Deaths and One Extraordinary Life, No Friend to This House, The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession, Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies, The Lottery and Other Stories, A Fine Old Firm, Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, A Truce That is Not