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- Off The Shelf Episode 11 - Tarot Card Readings
The following episode of Book Interrupted is Off The Shelf. Hold on to your bookmarks! During this episode the Book Interrupted members get a tarot card reading by Kim. Listen as Kim explains the interpretations associated with the cards picked and the Greek mythology behind them. The cards reveal love, shame, money, celebration and sacrifice.
Discussion Points:
- Tarot card readings and Greek mythology
- The story of the pentacles
- Letting go of shame
- New beginnings and love
- Spending, money and self-worth
- Celebration and stability
- Voluntary sacrifice and putting your oxygen mask on first
- Boundaries
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
31 min - When Dad Killed Mom - Episode 2
During this final episode of Julius Lester’s book ‘When Dad Killed Mom’ the Book Interrupted women discuss the loss of a parent, fairness arguments, good stress, validating creepy feelings and reveal their love life book predictions. They end the episode with their individual final book reports.
This juvenile/young adult novel has been banned for sexual content and genital references.
Discussion Points:
- Behaviours after loss
- Different points of view
- The loss of a parent
- Love life book predictions
- Brazilian waxing
- Tarot card advice
- Body battery
- Good stress
- When Dad Killed Mom Music Playlist choices
- Fairness arguments
- Dad’s origin story
- Negotiating part of grief
- Validating creepy feelings
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The 4% Fix by Karma Brown
Courageous Creatures (I Survived True Stories #4) by Lauren Tarshis
When Dad Killed Mom Book Interrupted Music Playlist
American Idol -Somebody I Used to Know
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
1 hr 5 min - When Dad Killed Mom Episode 1
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 discuss how this book is a fiction, two perspectives, murder, saunas, hair porosity, vagina acceptance and phallic symbols.
Discussion Points:
- This is a fiction not a memoir
- Two perspective and alternative point of view books
- Hard to get books
- The topic of murder
- Teenage argumentative behaviour
- Sauna’s, hot tubs, and water spas
- Climate and temperature preferences
- Hair porosity and mold
- Vagina acceptance and differences
- Phallic symbols and dick drawings
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
When Dad Killed Mom by Julius Lester
Google Book: When Dad Killed Mom
Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
The System Podcast
White Lotus
The Shinning
Miss Maple
Body Blitz
FoundMyFitness Podcast: #073 Sauna Benefits Deep Dive
1 hr 1 min - Off The Shelf - Episode 10 -Valentines Day Behind the Scenes
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?
Discussion Points:
- Naked Attraction -British naked dating show
- Genitals
- Do individual body parts matter in choosing a partner?
- Kissing your own beloved body parts
- Merkins
- Hickeys
- Valentines Day
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Naked Attraction
17 min - The Handmaids Tale - Episode 2
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, violently graphic, and morally corrupt.
Discussion Points:
- First edition book covers
- The freedom to choose and the freedom from choice
- Cliffhangers in books and tv shows
- How time and perspective can change your memory of a story
- Twilight, vampire love and banshees
- Telomeres and chromosomes
- Is intimacy an intrinsic need?
- Does power make you less empathetic?
- What makes a person?
- Is passion a choice?
- The Testaments and suggestions for a third novel
- Historical notes are part of the novel
- Final book reports
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice
Severance
Ted Lasso
Mr. Deeds
Hustle
Twilight Saga
The Matrix
1 hr - The Handmaids Tale - Episode 2Forms 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, violently graphic, and morally corrupt.Discussion Points:First edition book coversThe freedom to choose and the freedom from choiceCliffhangers in books and tv showsHow time and perspective can change your memory of a storyTwilight, vampire love and bansheesTelomeres and chromosomesIs intimacy an intrinsic need?Does power make you less empathetic?What makes a person?Is passion a choice?The Testaments and suggestions for a third novelHistorical notes are part of the novelFinal book reportsMentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:Book Interrupted WebsiteBook Interrupted YouTube ChannelBook Interrupted Facebook Book Club GroupThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodMargaret AtwoodThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodPride and PrejudiceSeveranceTed LassoMr. DeedsHustleTwilight Saga1 hr
- The Handmaids Tale - Episode 1
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 joined by Lindsay. The women discuss the parallels between the book and current reality, women’s rights, fertility, gift giving, penis imagery, and the end of the world.
Discussion Points:
- Fiction based on reality
- The importance of a name, and women changing or keeping theirs after marriage
- What’s in the name Offred?
- Superfans reading deeply into books
- Cyndi Lauper’s response to overturning of Roe v. Wade
- Everyday toxins, and fertility of both men and women
- Abstaining from having children for environmental reason
- Pollution, capitalism, consumption, and gift giving
- Penis metaphors or just your dirty mind
- Pooping during labour and loss of modesty
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Margaret Atwood Teaches Creative Writing MasterClass
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Cyndi Lauper Talks About Women's Rights
56 min - Season Two Recap
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 books from Season One versus Season Two?
- What is the funniest/most uncomfortable/favourite moment/episode?
- What books didn’t you finish?
- What was the best and worst audio book?
- What was your favourite and least favourite book from this season?
- Playlists and photos for the website (www.bookinterrupted.com)
- Do you re-read books?
- Have you ever recycled a book?
- If you could have another author on the podcast, who would it be?
- Sneak peek at Season Three
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg
From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
The 4% Fix: How One Hour Can Change Your Life by Karma Brown
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce D. Perry
What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellers
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily NagoskiThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
1 hr 6 min - Off The Shelf - Episode 9 with Kirsten Karchmer
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 languages
- Sex toys and the history of the vibrator
- Raising children with honesty
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Seeing Red: The One Book Every Woman Needs to Read. Period. by Kirsten Karchmer
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
KirstenKarchmer.com
Forever Brazen
The Period Expert | Kirsten Karchmer on TikTok
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
5 Love Languages
Masters of Sex
Baroness Von Sketch Show - Pap Exam Skit 6:45
46 min - They Called Me Number One -Episode 6
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
- Truth and Reconciliation summary
- Mom stories
- Australian residential schools
- Making the “other” scary
- Names - What name could you have had? What name would you prefer? Remembering people’s names on the first meeting.
- Being late
- Other fan feedback and followups
Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:
Book Interrupted Website
Book Interrupted YouTube Channel
Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group
They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
Indigeneyez
A Knock on the Door: The Essential History of Residential Schools from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Edited and Abridged
Willow
Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Australia's Dark Secret: The Inhumane Treatment of Indigenous Peoples
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About Book Interrupted
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Welcome to Book Interrupted, a book club for busy people to connect and one that celebrates life’s interruptions.