We Only Have Now

December took us by surprise. It snuck up so fast both Candice and Steph feel like they missed November. But with the long nights and darker days, everything is getting a bit more gothic and introspective. Books Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Popular Culture by Zeba Blay Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman   Mind The Gap, Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan   Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris  She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs by Sarah Smarsh Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker by Alice Walker  A Celtic Temperament: Roberston Davies as Diarist by Robertson Davies  Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction by Sheree Renee Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight - Movies Movies and TV My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix on Prime  - Youtube Trailer Midnight Club by Christopher Pike and Mike Flanagan - Youtube Trailer Links The Home For Good Campaign and The Bookshelf's $20,000 donation - https://bookshelf.ca/article/view/1172 Dolly Parton's America - https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dolly-partons-america Grammar Girl Podcast - https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/ The Allusionist - https://www.theallusionist.org/  Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Catchup Up 8:00 - The time for giving 13:00 - Slipping into the winter mood 18:30 - Winter reading plans 22:00 - Dolly Parton and Feminism 29:00 - Journals of authors and hosts 38:00 - Self Care 44:00 - Reading genre fiction & Grady Hendrix 49:00 - Midnight Club review 52:00 - Reading YA as an adult vs as a Young Adult --- 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 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