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The Book Interrupted ladies are joined by Ashley for our first fan book of our banned book season. Ashely’s book pick is “When Dad Killed Mom” by Julius Lester. This novel has been banned for sexual content and genital references. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book and continue in the group discussion. The women d…

The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode we take a glimpse behind the scenes while the Book Interrupted women discuss Valentines Day, hickeys, merkins, and the British naked dating show: Naked Attraction. Do individual body parts matter in choosing a partner? Do you like hickeys? Dis…

Forms of freedom, cliffhangers, Team Edward, telomeres, intimacy, the relationship between power and empathy, banshees, and historical notes. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood and then share their final book reports. Atwood’s dystopian novel has been banned for being sexually explicit, viole…

The Book Interrupted women kick-off Seasons Three: The Banned Book Season with “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood. Atwood’s dystopian novel has been banned for being sexually explicit, violently graphic, and morally corrupt. The Book Interrupted members give their first impressions of the book, and continue in the group discussion while joine…

Re-reading, recycling, finishing, audio, and our books. Welcome to our recap of Book Interrupted Season Two! What are the members’ favourite moments? What authors do we want on the podcast? And we wouldn’t be Book Interrupted if we didn’t go off on at least a couple tangents! Discussion Points: What do we remember from season two? What were the boo…

Another follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” What has she been up to since we last spoke to her? Discussion Points: Fertility in the world and changing issues surrounding fertility Skinny jeans Puberty Plastics/BPA affecting fertility Periods Men and love langua…

Ducks, names, insults, mom stories, fake news, and residential schools. Concluding their series on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Discussion Points: Voicemails Ducks Children swearing and “insulting” hand gestures…

Reconciliation, the climate crisis, and Bev Sellars’ life. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars, then share their final book reports. Discussion Points: Reconciliation Climate crisis Would they recommend the book? Bev Sellars’ life and …

Rotten food, freezing temperatures, seven generations, truth, healing and reconciliation. The women continue their chat inspired by “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars. Discussion Points: Did they finish the book? The Orange Shirt story The structure and storytelling style of the book Pai…

Orange Shirt Day, the loss of language, land and climate change. The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars and finish with a group discussion. Discussion Points: Personal journals Truth and Reconciliation Day/Orange Shirt Da…

Being uncomfortable, banned books, allyship, and socks. The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School” by Bev Sellars. Discussion Points: Banned books Making people and yourself uncomfortable and anti-racism work Indian Hospitals and forced sterilizations o…

Residential schools, shaming, dehumanization, and children’s rights. The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “They Called Me Number One” by Bev Sellars. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “They Called Me Number One”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Discussion …

The Book Interrupted women answer quizzes, inspired by the book “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. This episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! Discussion Points: Are you stressed? Is your feminism angry enough? Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted: Book…

Being inside yourself, crank calls, reassessing your life, stress leave, miscarriages, and bookmarks. Concluding their series on “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Special guest Virginia, the fan who chose The Midnight Library…

Moby Dick, the Human Giver Syndrome, the timing of books in our lives, underwear, and do we recommend the book? The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski, then share their final book reports. Discussion Points: Practical aspects of the book The Human…

BMI, judging other women, grocery store conversations, and human libraries. The women continue their chat inspired by “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. Discussion Points: The Bikini Industrial Complex and the BMI (Body Mass Index) Do you judge other women and yourself about they way they/you lo…

Kissing, speaking up, shutting up, the mad woman in the attic, and “the patriarchy (ugh)”. The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski and finish with a group discussion. Discussion Points: Personal journals Kissing for six seconds to …

Giving, boundaries, burnout, social connection and finding “the middle of the Oreo”. The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. Discussion Points: Human Giver Syndrome and accepting and asking for help Sense of and setting boundaries Choosing you…

Moustache hairs, humour, the patriarchy, and audio books. The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle” by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Burnout”, then they continue the discussion into a group c…

Inspired by the advanced words from “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel, the Book Interrupted women play a game. Which definition is real, and which ones are fake? This episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! Discussion Points: Humectant Crepuscular Rococo Bathetic Mentioned on this episode of Book Int…

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Nice ghosts, chin hairs, companion book, the Mandela Effect, and interruptions while reading. Concluding their series on “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Discussion Points: Why was this book chosen? Kim’s follow-up of what she thought - feeling left out of the b…

Periods, sex scenes, references, and recommendations. The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel, then share their final book reports. Do they recommend the book? Discussion Points: Period references and period underwear Writing to the author Do you recommend the book? Were there any book…

Life choices, raising children, household organization, solipsism, and more. The women continue their chat inspired by “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. Are you a person who has too many mugs or just enough? Discussion Points: Reading a graphic novel like reading poetry Literary references and complicated vocabulary in Fun Home Phi…

Journaling, “To Do” lists, discovering parents are real people, and of course, the book. The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel and finish with a group discussion. Discussion Points: Personal journals Did you finish the book? Connecting or not connecting to the book T…

Funerals, death, cadavers, goo bags, and Weekend at Bernies. The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. Discussion Points: Fun Home = Funeral home Drawings of cadavers What do you want to happen to your body after you are dead? Would you donate your body? Death and funerals in differ…

Boobs, booze, banned books, and the Bechdel Test (and graphic novels, literary references, and talking about the weather). The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic” by Alison Bechdel. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Fun Home”, then they continue t…

Author Karma Brown of “The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life”, joins the Book Interrupted women and fan Lindsay for a chat about finding the time for yourself, raising children, rhubarb baking, and Roe v. Wade. This episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! Discussion Points: The 4% Fix conversational style Fi…

Limbo in limbo; vintage shopping; and full belly laughs. Concluding their series on “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Discussion Points: Have you ever lost a friend over their recommendation of books? Do you want to stay in the never-ending “library” like Hugo? Limboing in lim…

The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, then share their final book reports. Do they recommend the book? Discussion Points: Do they recommend the book? Short chapters What time do you go to bed? Good for a book club Parallel universes Final book reports Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted…

The Book Interrupted women and Virginia continue the group discussion about “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. They discuss kindness & relationships, whether suicide is courageous or not, wine-book pairings, and then imagine their own midnight libraries. Discussion Points: Kindness, hard lessons, the impact of relationships Suicide – is it brave …

The Book Interrupted women and Virginia share their personal thoughts at the halfway mark of reading “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, then continue in the group discussion. The women discuss depression, the unpredictable outcomes of choices, and fiction versus reality. What roles do philosophy, perspective, & mindset have in regret? How does th…

The Book Interrupted women and Virginia continue the conversation about “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. They discuss acceptance instead of regret, abortion, right choices with bad feelings, and the happiest life yet. Discussion Points: Living without regret –decisions make us Unpacking feelings about abortion Making the right choice sometimes …

The Book Interrupted women welcome Virginia and kickoff the first fan book choice of Season 2: “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig. The women individually give their first impressions of the book, and continue in the group chat. They discuss fate, soulmates, parallel universes, purgatory, Gene’s Picks from Seinfeld, and (of course) regret. Discussi…

The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off the Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women play Two Truths and a Lie. Can you guess which one is a lie? Discussion Points: The unlikely accidents that left scars on Lindsay’s hands The embarrassing things that happened to Lia while she was working on a tattoo Meredith’s bat bloo…

Concluding their series on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Naked in the forest, multiple penises, doing it birdie style, self-esteem & mirrors, and Bird Call Challenge. Discussion Points: Squiggy’s Stumble Forward T-shirt Tw…

The Book Interrupted women finish their discussion on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, then share their final book reports. Do they recommend the book? Discussion Points: The last chapter Listening to the birds Exercises and techniques learned from the book Mindful meditation, nature, and fores…

The Book Interrupted women continue their discussion on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, exploring topics of balance, individuality in animals, bird calls, and learning from nature. Discussion Points: Did you like the book? Can being out in nature create a balance? Time management Connecting ou…

The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. They continued on to the group discussion, exploring whether energy and emotions are contagious across species, birds calls, pet versus city versus country birds, if they liked reading the bo…

The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young, exploring topics of bird language, multitasking, interconnectedness, naturalists versus naturists, and so much more. The episode ends with a new challenge: can you master/mimic a bird call and spell it? D…

The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World” by Jon Young. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “What the Robin Knows”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of sit spots, Scouts, …

Follow up interview with inspiring Kirsten Karchmer, author of “Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period.” How has she been over the past year and what are her current projects? How can we change the messaging around periods and puberty? Discussion Points: Tik Tok Parents in Texas can now be prosecuted for child abuse if they give…

Concluding their series on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle. Discussion Points: Squiggy’s Stumble Forward t-shirt Mere’s mullet Twitter responses and Kim’s attempt to connect with Oprah Book Interrupted playlists Inter…

The women finish their chat and share their final book reports inspired by “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. Kim brings to the group a few concerns she has with the book, then they finish with whether they recommend it. Discussion Points: Suicide - is the information in the book is out o…

The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. “Friends”, TV, The Stanley Milgram Experiment, authoritative figures, body language, and attractiveness - how do all these things influence our perceptions of strangers and our interactions with t…

The Book Interrupted women share their personal journals while reading “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. So many things to talk about with this book in the group chat: default to truth, relationships, oppression, the Holy Fool and more. Discussion Points: Personal journals The illusion o…

The Book Interrupted women continue their conversation on “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell, exploring topics of biases, first impressions, empty sorrys, shoulds versus coulds, rules, sisters, mothers, sense of self and Legends of the Fall. Discussion Points: Have you met a stranger and h…

The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know” by Malcolm Gladwell. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “Talking to Strangers”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat. Through the topics of Gladwell’s …

The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! The Book Interrupted women talk about “little t” traumas in their lives and bonus tarot card readings from Kim. What happened to them and what will happen to them? Discussion Points: Sarah’s wax on the eyeballs story Meredith’s Great Dane dog stories Lindsay’s fa…

Concluding their series on “What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing” by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry, the women discuss follow-ups and fan responses during the book cycle, Ikea furniture, Britney, Uncle Buck, the dangers of eating magnets, dog-earring pages of books, giant bookshelves, merkins, and all the pop cu…