#94 January 2026

Steph and Candice spend time sharing some reading and life goals for the new year, and chat about how they choose what books to read. Books The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz  Silver Nitrate  by Silvia Moreno-Garcia  Pop Classics Series  The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck  Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson  The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by Lisa Yaszek  Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon  A Girl Called Echo series by Katherena Vermette   Let It Glow by Marissa Meyer & Joanne Levy   The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson  The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett   Strange Houses by Uketsu  Movies Frankenstein  by Guillermo del Toro Nuremberg by James Vanderbilt  Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson The Lodger by Alfred Hitchcock   Links 2026 Genre Challenge on Storyboard  2026 Onboarding Challenge on Storyboard  Timestamps 00:00 Intro and goals for 2026 07:27 Steph's reading update 10:40 What are our reading key words / wheelhouse 21:16 Candice's reading update 32:30 A few more of Steph's current reads 41:10 Candice end of year reads 45:00 Candice's Hitchcock re-watch update and other movies   --- Find all of our past episodes at Stories From The Village Please leave us a review on iTunes and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow Candice on Storygraph Follow Steph on Storygraph Follow the Bookshelf on Twitter and Facebook and now Tumblr!! Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at http://bookshelf.ca and join the weekly newsletter.  Send us an email at [email protected] Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by The Underscore Orkestra