Books in 140 Seconds: The Juliet Stories

By , on April 2nd, 2012

Welcome back to your monthly installment of that microfiction of book clubs, Books in 140 Seconds. Last time we relished the quirks and quarks of Jessica Westhead’s And Also Sharks, and now we’re featuring another short story collection, The Juliet Stories by Carrie Ann Snyder. There was so much to talk about in this one that we went over our time and still couldn’t talk about it all. Have a watch has we talk about Carrie’s striking precision and eloquent insights (or, at least, that’s what we should be talking about, we do tend to ramble as the camera rolls):

Next month’s video will be on a special theme, to be revealed tomorrow! So stay tuned for that, and a whole month of goodness ahead.

 

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KIRBC Notes, November 30, 2010

By , on December 13th, 2010

On November 30th, the lovely Ashleigh Gardner opened her doors to the book loving hordes for our annual Holiday Edition. This time we celebrated with our biggest group to date (22 people), loads of holiday treats, mulled wine, and a version of the present game that might as well have been called “Just steal whatever Jen has.”

We also managed to talk about books, with each person given 140 seconds by timekeeper Erin Balser (who now had a good reason for yelling regularly). Here’s what everyone crammed into their commercial-length presentations:

JK — Motorcycles & Sweetgrass, by Drew Hayden Taylor

Warm, funny retelling of the Nanabush legend
A little big of magic, a lot of hi-jinks and some vengeful raccoons
JK’s Advent Book Blog recommendation!

Emily — Plainsong, Kent Haruf

Weaving together the stories of a small town outside Denver, Colorado
Crusty old bachelor brothers — favourite characters
Descriptive passages, sparse but meaningful
Description of cattle branding spot on — cure for country town nostalgia
Recommendation from her smart mom.

Loretta — The Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddharta Mukherjee

“It’s a cancer book, and I’m not into cancer”
One of the best books she’s ever read
History of the war of cancer, enough stories to make a great narrative
Loretta had a little “cry on [...]

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Books in 140 Seconds: Let the Great World Spin

By , on November 25th, 2010

Welcome back to your regularly scheduled edition of Books in 140 Seconds, one-take book club blitz straight from my kitchen. A couple weeks ago, Erin and I ran the Giller gauntlet, postponing our regular  videos to talk about all of the Giller nominated titles and even trying to predict the winner. (We didn’t, but then, who did?) Now we’re back on track. This week, Erin and I are chatting about Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin:

If you’d like to read along, next week we’re chatting about Kate Torgovnick’s Cheer!: Inside the Secret World of College Cheerleaders (or, you could prepare by watching Hellcats, but er, I’d recommend the book.)

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