Rebecca and Tara celebrate their 100th episode as co-hosts by sharing ten facts about themselves and their top three podcasts.  Interestingly, they both had near death experiences and divulged youthful criminal secrets. Rebecca: I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity by Izzeldin Abuelaish Podcast episodes: Mark Tewksbury -- March 14, 2022 and April 30, 2022; Ali Hassan most recently on March 17, 2024; Adam Shoalts on December 11, 2024 Tara: The Hapless Milliner (Miss Austin Investigates #1) by Jessica Bull Podcast episodes: Keegan on July 24, 2 ..read more

Rebecca and Tara discuss their latest reads! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): There There; Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange The Street by Ann Petry The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West Sisters of the Spruce by Leslie Shimotakahara My Ántonia by Willa Cather Wrong Time Wrong Place by Gillian McAllister Tara (@onabranchreads): Peril in Pink by Sydney Leigh The Song of Achilles; Circe by Madeline Miller Son of Elsewhere: A Memoir in Pieces by Elamin Abdelmahmoud; Commotion (CBC Radio One) Fangirl Down by Tessa Bailey Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World; The Golden Spruce: A Tru ..read more

Rebecca chats with the podcast's good friend Sarah from Nova Scotia to find out what she thought of the 2024 Canada Reads debate. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sareshears/   ..read more

Rebecca and Tara discuss CBC's 2024 Canada Reads DAY THREE! https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads   Rebecca and Tara will be doing a live YouTube Wrap Up on DAY FOUR (3/7/24) with Jolene at 2:00 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/@canadareadsamericanstyle/streams   Connect with Jolene on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BookwormAdventureGirl ..read more

Rebecca and Tara discuss CBC's 2024 Canada Reads DAY TWO! https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads https://www.johnkingbooksdetroit.com/   Rebecca and Tara will be doing a live YouTube Wrap Up on DAY FOUR (3/7/24) with Jolene at 2:00 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/@canadareadsamericanstyle/streams   Connect with Jolene on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BookwormAdventureGirl   ..read more

Rebecca and Tara discuss CBC's 2024 Canada Reads DAY ONE! https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads   Rebecca and Tara will be doing a live YouTube Wrap Up on DAY FOUR (3/7/24) with Jolene at 2:00 pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/@canadareadsamericanstyle/streams   Connect with Jolene on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BookwormAdventureGirl   ..read more

Rebecca and Tara share what they are currently reading and their latest reading recommendations! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle): Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming Fifteen Thousand Pieces by Gina Leola Woolsey Amelia & Me #1; Under Amelia's Wing #2; Beyond Amelia #3: (Ginny Ross Series) by Heather Stemp Bird Suit by Sydney Hegele Tara (@onabranchreads): The Song of Achilles; Circe by Madeline Miller https://www.cardcarryingshop.com/ Who's Afraid of Gender by Judith Butler Love and Rain by Carmela Circelli Leaving Earth by Helen Humphreys Meet Me at ..read more

Rebecca chats with award-winning author Garnett Kilberg Cohen, the author of four short story collections: Cravings (October 2023); Lost Women, Banished Souls; How We Move the Air; and Swarm to Glory.  Her chapbook, Passion Tour, was published by Finishing Line Press. Garnett's writing has appeared in The New Yorker online, Rumpus, The Gettysburg Review, Witness, The Literary Review, StoryQuarterly, The Antioch Review and elsewhere. https://garnettcohenauthor.com/ Short Stories and Author Recommendations:  Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro Laure ..read more

Rebecca and Tara celebrate Black History Month with their picks and TBR! Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):  Fifteen Thousand Pieces by Gina Leola Woolsey Driving the Green Book: A Road Trip Through the Living History of Black Resistance by Alvin Hall  The Last Slave Ship: The True Story of How Clotilda Was Found, Her Descendants, and an Extraordinary Reckoning by Ben Raines South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot Lies About Black People: How to Comb ..read more

Tara interviews Gina Leola Woolsey, author of Fifteen Thousand Pieces: A Medical Examiner's Journey Through Disaster, a nonfiction account of Dr. John Butt who was Chief Medical Examiner at the time of the Swissair plane crash off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1998.  Gina left her corporate career mid-life to pursue an education in creative writing, earning a BFA from the University of British Columbia and a MFA from the University of King's College.  She splits her time between small-town Alberta, downtown Montreal, and her hometown of Vancouver.  Gina won the 2010-2011 CBC ..read more