With Tara on vacation, Rebecca and Sarah chat about Fantasy Fiction with a quick nod at the end to Sci-Fi.

What Is the Fantasy Genre? History of Fantasy and Subgenres and Types of Fantasy in Literature by author Dan Brown

The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time by Time Magazine

Rebecca (@canadareadsamerican style):

• The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

Sarah (@sareshears):

• The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Rebecca and Tara chat about their latest reads, including a few titles to celebrate Disability Pride Month, celebrated annually in July.

Also, Teach Media, an educational media company and publisher of graphic novels, reached out to Rebecca and is offering their followers a special 20% discount at their online bookstore for No Reason to Apologize with the code: CanLit20.  The discount will be active through August 14, 2023.  https://shop.teachmag.com/

Rebecca:

• Wise Little One: Learning to Love and Listen to My Inner Child by Jana Wilson

Tara:

• A Real Somebody by Deryn Collier

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Rebecca and Tara review their 2023 Reading Goals at the halfway point in the year.  

Rebecca:

• The Boxer by Kat Fink

Tara:

• Echo Man by Sam Holland

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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Rebecca and Tara chat about their home bookshelves.  How many books do they have?  Where are they shelved?  How are they organized?  Check out their Instagram accounts below to see photographs of their bookshelves!

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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Rebecca and Tara welcome Bookstagram friend Trish (@trishtalksbooks) to chat about their next best reads.  Also, check out Trish's blog and subscribe to her newsletter!

Trish : 

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Tara @onabranchreads: 

• Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Rebecca @canadareadsamericanstyle: 

• True North Rising: My 50 Year Journey with the Inuit and Dene Leaders Who Transformed Canada's North by Whit Fraser

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Rebecca and Tara share their picks for Pride Month!

Rebecca: 

• Missed Connections: A Memoir in Letters Never Sent by Brian Francis

Tara: 

• Fall on Your Knees; Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Also mentioned:

Trish Talks Books : sign up on the website for her Monthly Bookish Roundup.

Buzzfeed: 24 Of The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books of 2023

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Rebecca chats with author Wilson Coneybeare, a proud Canadian-American, to discuss his first novel, A Feast of Wolves.  It is a page-turning political thriller set in the US and imagines a modern day French revolution, complete with guillotine on the steps of the capitol. 

Also, of interest to Canadians, he is the son of Rod Coneybeare, who played Jerome and Rusty on the beloved CBC children’s show, “The Friendly Giant.” 

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174551/

Twitter: @WConeybeare

Blog: http://www.wilsonconeybeare.com/

Instagram: @wilsonconeybeare

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Rebecca and Tara share their latest reads.

Rebecca:

• The Measure by Nikki Erlick

Tara:

• The River; The Guide by Peter Heller

• My Heart is a Chainsaw

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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Rebecca and Tara welcome Laura from the wonderful independent book store, The Book Keeper in Sarnia, Ontario to answer the Five Reader Repartee Questions.  Laura's responses include:

• Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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Rebecca and Tara welcome Ann from The Book Keeper, a wonderful independent bookstore in Sarnia, Ontario.

Ann's books:

• Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour by Rickie Lee Jones

Tara's books:

• The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore

Rebecca's books:

• Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Ann's Instagram: @lowbrow.and.literate.ish

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