#97 April 2026

Steph confesses to DNFing a book she thought would be right up her alley, but she's got other books on the go. Candice continues her monthly genre challenge with a Canadian historical fiction book. Meanwhile both have a lot to say about the end of the world. Cory Doctorow will be in Guelph on May 8th! Buy your tickets now! Books The Gilda Stories by Jewell Gomez  The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris   Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World by Dorian Lynskey  Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by various authors  The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore  The Laundryman's Boy by Edward Y.C. Lee https://bookshelf.ca/item/ihViYpG-txVQzGRZSNIZMQ  They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada by Cecil Foster  Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix  My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix   The Troop by Nick Cutter  Movies The Godfather Trilogy Hot Fuzz Fast and the Furious series Links The Genre Challenge on Storygraph  The Canadian Challenge on Storygraph  Fable book app  Follow Candice on Fable  Timestamps 1:00 Steph starts by admitting to putting away a novel unfinished 7:37 The Godfather trilogy and other comfort watches 17:45 Bookclub preview chat  26:40 Steph's reading update 30:00 Candice's reading update 44:33 New book tracking app! --- 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 Instagram and Facebook. 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