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Canada Reads American Style

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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35:28

Book Chat #4

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/02/11

Rebecca and Tara discuss what they are currently reading and their best 2023 reads to date. Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah Stars and Scars by Jesse Thistle Poet Natalie Diaz The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison YouTube Channel: Bookworm Adventure Girl Poet Mary Oliver How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu YouTube Channel: ThePoptimist Greenwood by Michael Christie Heartstopper by Alice Oseman Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Stitches by David

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22:30

Interview - Margot Fedoruk and Cooking Tips for...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/02/07

Rebecca and Tara welcome Margot Fedoruk, author of Cooking Tips for Desperate Fishwives: An Island Memoir. Margot lives and works on Gabriola Island, BC and has been writing a personal blog since 2016 called Death Defying Acts of Living and an instructional soap making blog called Wash Rinse Repeat. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Studies program at the University of Alberta. Memoirists mentioned in the podcast include: Are You Somebody?: The Accidental Memoir

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24:04

Reader Repartee with Sarah

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/28

Rebecca and Tara welcome Bookstagram and Canada Reads friend Sarah to answer the five questions. Sarah's responses include: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers Marmee by Sarah Miller Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler Sarah's Instagram: @sareshears Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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20:06

2023 CBC’s Canada Reads Short List

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/26

Rebecca and Tara discuss the 2023 CBC's Canada Reads Short List and five defenders. They also make their predictions for this year's winner. Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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27:50

Reading Challenges

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/22

Rebecca and Tara welcome Bookstagram and Canada Reads friend Sarah to discuss the world of Reading Challenges. POPSUGAR 2023 Reading Challenge Scotiabank Giller Prize (personal challenge) Adabiyat Book Club / Instagram: @__adabiyat__ JRR Tolkien (personal challenge) Agatha Christie (personal challenge) Read Around the World Challenge / Instagram: @readaroundtheworldchallenge StoryGraph Sarah's Instagram: @sareshears Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram:

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21:43

Reader Repartee with Geoff

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/20

Rebecca and Tara welcome Rebecca's friend and former colleague Geoff--their first American guest--to answer the five questions. Geoff's answers include: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie American Rhapsody by Joe Eszterhas The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry Enough Already by Valerie Bertinelli Spare by Prince Henry Geoff joined them via Sacramento (CA) Public Library. Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's

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34:12

2023 CBC’s Canada Reads Long List

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/15

Rebecca and Tara predict the five contenders for CBC's Canada Reads competition, which airs March 27-30, 2023. Rebecca: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton Greenwood by Michael Christie Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew Finding Edward by Sheila Murray Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice or Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Tara: Greenwood by Michael Christie Ducks by Kate Beaton Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye or All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay Finding Edward by

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26:47

Book Chat #3

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/14

Rebecca and Tara share the top three books they've read since Book Chat #2. Rebecca: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir by Paul Newman Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent by Brian Francis Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile Arctic by James Raffan Tara: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune Scars & Stars by Jesse Thistle Tara also references a favorite podcast: Eat Like a Heroine by Jenny Williams

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32:34

Interview - Hollay Ghadery and Fuse

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/12

In the first author interview of 2023, Rebecca is thrilled to chat with Canadian author Hollay Ghadery. Fuse, Ghadery's memoir of mixed-race identity and mental health, was released in Spring 2021. Rebellion Box is her debut collection of poetry and is planned for publication in 2023. Instagram: @hollayghadery Twitter: @Hollay2 Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

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20:38

Reader Repartee with Sandra

Canada Reads American Style ·

2023/01/06

In the first podcast of the New Year, Rebecca welcomes Sandra, her Bookstagram friend, to answer the slightly revised Five Questions. Sandra's responses include the following titles: The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Portrait of an Unknown Lady by Maria Gainza Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Rebecca makes a quick reference to The Five by Hallie Rubenhold. Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's

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34:35

2022 Wrap Up - 2023 Goals

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/12/31

Happy New Year!! Rebecca and Tara wrap up their first year of podcasting together and discuss what they read in 2022 and if they met their goals. Then they'll share their New Year goals for 2023! Rebecca's highlights: Nora Watts series by Sheena Kamal What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad Diary of a Young Girl: Definitive Edition by Anne Frank Instagram: #readingtheworld / #readtheworld / #readaroundtheworld Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's highlights: On Account of Darkness

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32:47

Interview - Sheena Kamal and The Lost Ones (Nora...

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/12/06

Rebecca and Tara are thrilled to chat with Sheena Kamal, whose bestselling debut The Lost Ones won her a Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, a Strand Critics Award, and Macavity Award for Best First Novel. The sequel It All Falls Down has been called “a stunning, emotionally resonant thriller” in its Kirkus-starred review. No Going Back and her first YA novel Fight Like A Girl were released in 2020. According to her website, The Lost Ones is a dark, compulsively readable psychological suspense debut, the

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24:44

Christmas Books

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/11/20

Tara shares a few of her much loved Christmas books and highlights titles she's planning to read this season! How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson The Christmas Tree: Two Tales for the Holidays by David Adams Richards Chill Tidings: Dark Tales of the Christmas Season by Tanya Kirk Midnight in the Snow by Karen Swan Christmas with Anne and Other Holiday Stories by L.M. Montgomery A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd The Snow Child by Eowyn

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36:13

Interview - David Crow and The Pale-Faced Lie

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/11/13

Rebecca welcomes David Crow, author of the award-winning memoir, The Pale-Faced Lie. David spent his early years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. Through grit, resilience, and a thirst for learning, he escaped his abusive childhood, graduated from college, and built a successful lobbying firm in Washington, DC. Rebecca guarantees that you will not be able to put down this memoir from the opening paragraph to the epilogue. Website:

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43:30

Book Chat #2

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/11/10

Rebecca and Tara each discuss three books they've read since Book Chat #1. Rebecca: Nora Watts series by Sheena Kamal The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories by Jamil Jan Kochai Tara: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu Starling by Kirsten Cram Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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19:45

Reader Repartee with Marnie

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/10/28

Rebecca and Tara welcome Tara's friend Marnie to answer the Five Reader Repartee Questions! Marnie's responses include: The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne Authors Richard Wagamese, Thomas King, Cherie Dimaline, Douglas Stuart Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie R. King Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Marnie's Instagram: @burlington_bookworms Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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32:28

Memoirs

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/10/24

Rebecca and Tara chat about their top three memoirs and the one they can't wait to read! Rebecca: Becoming by Michelle Obama Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances by Rachel Anne Ridge The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman Tara: Broken (In the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson A Promised Land by Barack Obama Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood by Pauline Dakin I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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45:55

Five Books That Define Our Taste

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/10/20

Rebecca and Tara discuss five books that define their reading taste. Rebecca: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf Tara: Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards Salem’s Lot by Stephen King Still life by Louise Penny Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese After taping the podcast, Tara found a great article that answers "What Exactly is a

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40:17

Book Chat #1

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/10/10

Rebecca and Tara chat about what they've read recently. Tara: Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt Rebecca: Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild by Susanne Reber and Robert Renaud The Little Brudders of Miséricorde by David M. Wallace The Trees by Percival Everett Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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33:42

Interview - Ali Hassan and Is There Bacon in Heaven?

Canada Reads American Style ·

2022/10/07

Rebecca and Tara are so excited to welcome Comedian, Actor, Podcaster, and Author Ali Hassan and discuss his new memoir, Is There Bacon in Heaven? In the opening introduction, Rebecca was so busy outlining all of Ali's accomplishments, she completely forgot to mention his new book! But as you'll soon hear, this is a memoir you do not want to miss! Ali Hassan: Acting: www.imdb.me/alihassan Instagram: @standupali Podcasts: @doctorvcomedian @thispodcastisdelicious Writing:

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