This week, join Laura and Nicole as they go beyond the Big Names of Regency (Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, Amanda Quick), and draw your attention to some lesser-known titles set during this extremely popular time period. Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform by searching for Read This Next, listen through your web... Continue Reading →
I am choosing this movie because it is my favorite marvel movie. It is my favorite Marvel movie because it has all the superheroes in the Marvel universe against one person called Thanos. The story is that this giant purple alien has a gauntlet that holds five infinity stones that are all different colors. The... Continue Reading →
If yes is no and once is never how many sides does a triangle have? In The Inheritance Games, Avery Grambs is mysteriously sent a multi-billion dollar inheritance by a man she has never met. The catch? She must live in the riddle and puzzle-filled Hawthorne House for a year to receive that money, with... Continue Reading →
If you have Netflix, you may be familiar with the title "Heartstopper", as this heartwarming graphic novel has recently become a series on the streaming service. Alice Oseman's story follows Charlie Spring, a young openly gay teenager at an all boys school in the UK. Before we meet Charlie, we learn he was bullied when... Continue Reading →
Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform by searching for Read This Next, listen through your web browser, or watch on our YouTube channel. Place your TPBL holds for print books through our online catalogue, or search for eBooks through cloudLibrary. For full details about these titles and all the books we’ve mentioned on the show, go... Continue Reading →
On to Part 2 of our 2022 Spooky Season episodes! Get ready to hear about titles from some of our re-occurring fav authors, a tribute to a horror classic, and more. Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform by searching for Read This Next or watch on our YouTube channel. Place your TPBL holds... Continue Reading →
It's one of our favourite times of year: spooky season! Unlike last year, when we grouped our horror by genre, this year it's just a bunch of different styles of horror all piled together. We have some literary (Motherthing), some pastoral (The Honeys), some historical gothic (The Wild Hunt)... something for everyone! And make sure... Continue Reading →
The Summer I Turned Pretty follows the main character Belly, whose favourite time of the year is summer, and only summer. Every year when school’s out Belly and her family go to the summer house with Susannah; Belly’s mom's friend, and her two sons Conrad and Jeremiah. They’ve known each other for countless summers, but... Continue Reading →
This week, join Nicole and Laura as they attempt to define dark academia as something other than "vibes." For an actual description, check out this BookRiot article; for a rambling conversation that defines and then quickly contradicts what we just said about dark academia, check out this episode! Listen to the episode on your favourite... Continue Reading →
Based in 19th Century England, we find ourselves mainly focused on the life of Elizabeth Bennet amongst her four other sisters wanting to find love. After a ball, Elizabeth finds herself attracted to a man who she had the pleasure of dancing with twice, but it doesn’t happen as quickly as you’d imagine. They are... Continue Reading →
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