{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#97 April 2026","description":"Steph confesses to DNFing a book she thought would be right up her alley, but she\u2019s 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&amp;nbsp; The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris &amp;nbsp; Everything Must Go: The Stories We Tell About the End of the World by Dorian Lynskey&amp;nbsp; Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow by various authors&amp;nbsp; The Glutton by A.K. Blakemore&amp;nbsp; The Laundryman\u2019s Boy by Edward Y.C. Lee https:\/\/bookshelf.ca\/item\/ihViYpG-txVQzGRZSNIZMQ&amp;nbsp; They Call Me George: The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada by Cecil Foster&amp;nbsp; Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix&amp;nbsp; My Best Friend\u2019s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix &amp;nbsp; The Troop by Nick Cutter&amp;nbsp; Movies The Godfather Trilogy Hot Fuzz Fast and the Furious series Links  The Genre Challenge on Storygraph&amp;nbsp;  The Canadian Challenge on Storygraph&amp;nbsp; Fable book app&amp;nbsp; Follow Candice on Fable&amp;nbsp; 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&amp;nbsp; 26:40 Steph\u2019s reading update 30:00 Candice\u2019s reading update 44:33 New book tracking app! --- Find all of our past episodes at&amp;nbsp;Stories From The Village Please leave us a&amp;nbsp;review on iTunes&amp;nbsp;and subscribe using your podcatcher of choice. Follow&amp;nbsp;Candice on Storygraph Follow&amp;nbsp;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&amp;nbsp;and join the weekly newsletter.&amp;nbsp; Send us an email at&amp;nbsp;podcast@bookshelf.ca Theme music from the Free Music Archive, by&amp;nbsp;The Underscore Orkestra &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Village Podcast from The Bookshelf","author_url":"http:\/\/bookshelfnews.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40948065\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/40948065"}