Thanks for joining us! This month we are discussing Unless by Carol Shields.

Welcome dear readers, you are listening to Time to Read, a Winnipeg Public Library podcast book club.  We are recording today from the Millennium Library, located on Treaty One, the traditional lands of the Anishinaabe, Cree and Dakota as well as the birthplace of the Métis Nation and the heart of the Métis Homeland. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation in Treaty Three territory.

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Trevor: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Toby: Fight Night by Miriam Toews

Dennis: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

NERD WORDS FOR WORD NERDS

Trevor: chitinous

Toby: maladroit

Dennis: ailurophile

Next month we will be discussing Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson.

For extra credit, here is a list of the “Eight Perfect Murders” mentioned in the novel:

1. The Red House Mystery – A. A. Milne

2. Malice Aforethought – Anthony Berkley Cox

3. The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie

4. Double Indemnity – James M. Cain

5. Strangers on a Train – Patricia Highsmith

6. The Drowner – John MacDonald

7. Deathtrap – Ira Levin

8. The Secret History – Donna Tartt

Thank you to everyone who read Unless with us and for those who left comments on our social media.

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Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Toby Cygman, Dennis Penner, and Trevor Lockhart.