Canada Reads Inspired

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 Ivey

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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: https://www.davidcrowauthor.com/

Instagram: @davidcrowauthor

Facebook: Author David Crow

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

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

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 by Maya Angelou

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

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 Cozy Mystery?".

Also, the Anne of Green Gables picture book Rebecca mentioned is If I Couldn't Be Anne by Kallie George.

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

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: https://standupali.com/my-book

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads

Rebecca and Tara welcome Scottish author Jonathan Whitelaw.  He has written a wonderful cozy mystery starring a mother and son-in-law detective duo set in the Lake District of the UK. The Bingo Hall Detectives will be released in North America in January 2023.

Jonathan also references the Bloody Scotland Festival and the Bloody Scotland Book Club on Facebook. 

Jonathan's Instagram: @jdwhitelaw13

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads   

Rebecca and Tara ask Tara's cousin Lisa the Five (new & improved)  Reader Repartee questions!

Lisa responses include:

• The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah

Lisa's Instagram: @theenamoredbibliophile

Rebecca's Instagram: @canadareadsamericanstyle

Tara's Instagram: @onabranchreads