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  <title>We Only Have Now</title>
  <description>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 &amp;amp;nbsp;  Mind The Gap, Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;  Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris&amp;amp;nbsp; 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&amp;amp;nbsp;  A Celtic Temperament: Roberston Davies as Diarist by Robertson Davies&amp;amp;nbsp; 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&amp;amp;nbsp; - 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/&amp;amp;nbsp; 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 &amp;amp; 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&amp;amp;nbsp;Stories From The Village Please leave us a&amp;amp;nbsp;review on iTunes&amp;amp;nbsp;and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow the Bookshelf on&amp;amp;nbsp;Twitter&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Facebook&amp;amp;nbsp;and now&amp;amp;nbsp;Tumblr!!&amp;amp;nbsp;Stay up to date on what's happening around the store at&amp;amp;nbsp;http://bookshelf.ca&amp;amp;nbsp;and join the weekly newsletter.&amp;amp;nbsp; Send us an email at&amp;amp;nbsp;podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by&amp;amp;nbsp;The Underscore Orkestra </description>
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