Thank you for joining us this month for our discussion of I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid.

In this episode we mentioned

Iain Reid’s sister

RBC Taylor Emerging Writer award-winner

“Thoughts become words. Words become deeds” and variations

Get Out movie

Easter Eggs

Fingernails falling out and symbolism: “If you dream of your nails falling out, it could mean that you are concerned about your ability to defend against some kind of emotional attack or aggression.”

Movies that are better than the books: The Prestige by Christopher Priest, Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Can You Tell Me A Book You Would Also Like?

Erica: Foe by Iain Reid

Trevor: Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Kirsten: Women Talking by Miriam Toews and the true story

Alan: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Nerd Word for Word Nerds

Erica: Oversight and the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Trevor: Sloppy Joes

Kirsten: Single-Use and other Words of the Year https://www.collinsdictionary.com/woty

Alan: Appalachia and Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance and Coalfields to Cornfields  — Appalachia: The Pronunciation Matters

WPL Programs and Services Mentioned

Ugly Sweater Ornaments teen program

Jordan Wheeler our Writer-in-Residence

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Next month we are reading Beartown by Fredrik Backman.

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