Dear readers, please join us in a discussion of Linda Holme’s debut novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over. Evvie married her high-school sweetheart, but on the day that she plans to take her life in a new direction, her husband is killed in a car accident. All of a sudden, Evvie is forced to (you guessed…
Read More February Discussion: Evvie Drake Starts OverWe hope everyone is enjoying the summer the best way the Time to Read gang knows how: by reading a good book! This month, we are reading Charcoal Joe by best selling (and some would say America’s greatest) crime-fiction writer, Walter Mosley. We’d love it if you joined us in the conversation – let us…
Read More July Discussion: Charcoal JoeHappy Pride everyone! The Time to Read gang is reading the classic Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, and as always we want to hear from you. Maupin’s influential novel was first written as a serial in the San Francisco Chronicle and was one of the first novels to speak about the AIDS epidemic,…
Read More June discussion: Tales of the CityDear Time to Read listeners and readers, this month our podcast team is reading Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. And as usual we’d love to hear from you! Let us know your thoughts about this beloved classic. Do you agree? Is it beloved? Should it be a classic? Join the discussion: 1. Little Women…
Read More May discussion – Little WomenDear readers, this month we are talking about The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book is available all the time via Winnipeg Public Library’s Overdrive account. We are all listening to the public health experts and staying at home right now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still meet up…
Read More April Discussion – The Hound of the BaskervillesOur podcast team is tackling a bit of a different topic this month. We are super excited to be reading and discussing some of this year’s book nominees for the 2020 Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Awards (MYRCA) We will be reading and presenting a book report on the following: Coop the Great by Larry Verstraete…
Read More March discussion: Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards booksHello, dear readers. This month we are chatting about The Break by (fellow Winnipegger) Katherena Vermette. As always we’d love to know what you think. Did you love it? Hate it? Feel indifferent? Here are some questions we’ll be pondering for our podcast discussion: The Break is a dark and difficult read. But important because…
Read More February Discussion: The BreakHappy New Year dear readers! We are kicking off 2020 with Great House by Nicole Krauss. And as always we’d love to know what you think. Did you love it? Hate it? Feel indifferent? Here are some questions we’ll be pondering for our podcast discussion: Do you have a favourite piece of furniture? What does…
Read More January Discussion: Great HouseCan you believe it’s December already? “Inconceivable!” This month we thought we’d tackle a fan favourite, The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Seen the movie, but never read the book? Here’s your chance to read “my favorite book in all the world, though I have never read it.” Please let us know what you think. Here…
Read More December Discussion: The Princess BrideDescribed as an American classic and one of the world’s great antiwar books, Slaughterhouse-Five turns 50 this year! So, we decided to read this novel by Kurt Vonnegut to see how it stands up. What do you think of this book? Have you read it? Recently? Back at school? Let us know what you think –…
Read More October Discussion: Slaughterhouse-Five