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Getting Lofty with Cloud Cuckoo Land
Getting Literate - June 05, 2022 11:00 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia soar into Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr. The gals discuss sex in space, plagues and pandemics, and the unsupervised nature of the early internet. Katie sounds off on the use of sound and the oral tradition, and Julia reflects on the impact of t...
Getting Zoomered with Sally Rooney
Getting Literate - May 22, 2022 11:00 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia dive into Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends. The gals cover Irish bisexuals, online affairs, and theorizing on the spot. Katie identifies way too much with Frances, and Julia things tech is opening the door to affairs a little too easily. PL...
Getting Feminist with Ariadne
Getting Literate - May 08, 2022 11:00 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia are BACK with Ariadne by Jennifer Saint. The gals tackle being repulsed by stepmom-stepson porn, how incredibly badly they would like to live on a Grecian commune, and if a feminist lit would really only have problems centred around men. Julia wants...
Getting Bimbo with Lore Olympus
Getting Literate - March 27, 2022 14:09 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia travel back (but also forward?) to the Grecian Pantheon with Rachel Smythe’s Lore Olympus! The girls discuss the thin line between bimbo and baby, translating something from internet to page, and the many ways that graphic novels lend themselves to ...
Getting Saccharine with Bunny
Getting Literate - March 13, 2022 12:44 - 55 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia work through the insane and fun world of Bunny by Mona Awad. The gals talk about Bunny Boys, the hell that is creative writing workshops, and the violence of female friendships . Katie thinks this is an interesting subversion of the Heathers archety...
Getting Organized with Murder On The Orient Express
Getting Literate - February 27, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia take a trip with Agatha Christie’s Murder On The Orient Express. The gals continue to love Hercule, delight in the many many voices from the audiobook, and attempt to understand just exactly why the plot went the way it did. Katie cannot understand ...
Getting Murdery with Death on The Nile
Getting Literate - February 13, 2022 12:00 - 57 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia delve into the murder mystery that just hit screens: Agatha Christie’s Death on The Nile! The gals gush over Hercule Poirot, unpack all the scandalous secrets, and consider taking a cruise with Mrs. Christie's cast of freaks. Katie might consider re...
Getting Moony-Eyed with The Starless Sea
Getting Literate - January 30, 2022 12:00 - 59 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia dove into The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern. The gals discuss the best bees on the planet, needing serial killer-style boards to figure out plot points, and sexy sexy pirates. Katie thinks this book might have been written explicitly for Julia, a...
Getting Ghosty with Ninth House
Getting Literate - January 16, 2022 12:00 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia are BACK from their winter break with Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House! The gals discuss adult fiction with fantasy, how incredibly sexy yearning can be, and how desperately they need the sequel to be released. Julia goes off on the way we so often ignor...
Getting Snappy with The Ten Snaps of Christmas
Getting Literate - December 12, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia chose a short story by Maeve Binchy, The Ten Snaps of Christmas, from her collection “This Year It Will Be Different”. It’s exam season and we’re tired! The gals discuss how to be underage smokers on Christmas, holiday stress, and whether or not gif...
Getting in The Spirits with Angel Square
Getting Literate - December 05, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia take a trip into the Ottawa of the past with a novella by Brian Doyle, Angel Square. The gals tackle slurs for Irish Catholics, loving and hating Christmas, and what happens when Santa is a cop. Julia applies the Madonna Whore Complex to the novella...
Getting Colourful with Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
Getting Literate - November 28, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia tackle a short story by Sylvia Plath, Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom. The gals dive into colour symbolism, female agency, and the religious connotations of certain numbers. Julia unpacks all kinds of symbols and allusions within this, and Katie ...
Getting Whimsical with Straw House
Getting Literate - November 21, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia are on their THIRD novella, Straw House, from Daniel Nayeri’s collection Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow! The gals discuss whimsical Westerns, the significance of tractors, and magical realism. Julia despises the protagonist, and Katie so...
Getting Wishful with Brick House
Getting Literate - November 14, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia cover their second novella, Brick House, from Daniel Nayeri’s collection Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow: Brick House! The gals discuss blending dichotomies, demonizing figures from Arabic folklore, and the differences between neo-noir fi...
Getting Blown Away by Blow
Getting Literate - November 07, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia delve into the novella Blow by Daniel Nayeri, one of four in his collection Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow. The gals discuss Frat Boy Farquad, Death being a real creep, and walking that line between comedy and poetry. Julia draws paralle...
Getting Vampiric with Dracula
Getting Literate - October 31, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia finish out their Spooky October Book Club with Dracula! The gals discuss super sexy vampires, guys who eat flies, and dying with a mouthful of garlic. Julia thinks Dracula is an incredible comedian, and Katie thinks this would make a really good cam...
Getting All Dolled Up with Coraline
Getting Literate - October 24, 2021 11:00 - 48 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia enter into the world of Coraline for round FOUR of their Spooky October Book Club! The gals cover creepy rat songs, who they want to be when they grow up, and making your very own creepy Coraline-esque doll. Katie is obsessed with evil women, and Ju...
Getting Spooky with Poe
Getting Literate - October 17, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia uncover a few of Edgar Allan Poe’s selected works for round three of our Spooky October Book Club. Julia explores why cocky men get so guilty, and Katie does a deep-dive into Edgar Allen Poe’s insane death. PLUS: Jamie Lee Curtis, Gilmore Girls and ...
Getting Electric with Frankenstein
Getting Literate - October 10, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia are here for the second installment in Spooky October Book Club: Frankenstein!! For this classic horror novel, the gals discuss cottagecore moments, BBLs (Brazilian Butt Lifts) and gay husbands. Katie thinks Mary Shelley was the template for Regina ...
Getting Bloody with Carrie
Getting Literate - October 03, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia kick off spooky season with Carrie, Stephen King's seminal horror novel! The gals discuss Freud, teenage girl power dynamics, and boys who are psychopaths. Katie is obsessed with Sue Snell and Julia did way too much research on Freud. PLUS: Olivia R...
Getting Grateful with Braiding Sweetgrass
Getting Literate - September 26, 2021 11:00 - 56 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia learn from the beautiful & insightful Braiding Sweetgrass. The gals gush about the beautiful writing, compare how connected to the earth they are, and the physical, spiritual, and emotional benefits of practicing gratitude. Katie cries thinking abou...
Getting Shakespearean with the Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Getting Literate - September 19, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia tackle The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, a modern retelling of Julia’s favourite Shakespearean Tragedy, Hamlet. The gals discuss Hamlet, names, and dog breeding. Julia gushes about the parallels between the novel and the original play, and Katie makes it...
Getting Loony with The Grace Year
Getting Literate - September 12, 2021 11:00 - 47 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia dive into the hottest new YA that everyone's talking about: The Grace Year. The gals discuss girls going wild, teenage girlhood, and why YA dystopia hasn't been good since The Hunger Games. Julia wants to learn more about flower meanings, and Katie ...
Getting Golightly with Breakfast at Tiffany's
Getting Literate - September 05, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia cover Breakfast at Tiffany's: which characters pass the vibe checks, which characters are inspired by real life, and which ones register on the girls' gaydar. Katie dives into the Golightly Sweepstakes (read the article here), and Julia imagines a b...
Getting Weepy with The Song of Achilles
Getting Literate - August 29, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia take on a book chosen by Instagram: The Song of Achilles. The gals dive into the myth of Achilles, the Trojan war, and just who is doing who when it comes to Achilles and Patroclus. Julia crafts some wonderful prose honouring Madeline Miller's portr...
Getting Sneaky with King of Scars
Getting Literate - August 22, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia are back in the Grishaverse for their third (and as of now, final) coverage of a Leigh Bardugo duology, King of Scars. The gals discuss weaponizing religion and femininity, maybe possibly queerbaiting (but Julia says it's not), and the dreaminess of...
Getting Greece-y with The Penelopiad
Getting Literate - August 15, 2021 15:16 - 55 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, your fave book club goes back to Ancient Greece for a retelling of the Odyssey from Penelope's (his wife's) point of view. Katie and Julia drink at every mention of a man, every mention of the chorus, and Julia breaks into song at multiple points. Julia has a love/...
Getting Melancholy with The Catcher in The Rye
Getting Literate - August 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hourThis week on Getting Literate, your fave book club tackles the sad-boy text of the 1900's -- The Catcher in The Rye. Katie and Julia get real sad, real drunk, and delve into Holden's world, covering things like suicide (HUGE trigger warning here), the romanticism of Christmas in New York, and wh...
Getting Fruity with Gold Fame Citrus
Getting Literate - August 01, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia tackle their fave dystopia to date -- Gold Fame Citrus. The gals fawn over the Neo-Fauna of the Amargosa Dune Sea, squatting in starlet's mansions, and men with saviour complexes who do no actual saving. Katie thinks real hard about mutations of tra...
Getting Up to Temperature with Fahrenheit 451
Getting Literate - July 25, 2021 11:00 - 59 minutesThis week on Getting Literate, Katie and Julia are live in person, clinking glasses and discussing Fahrenheit 451. The gals dive into communist vs capitalist dystopia, living libraries, and male perspectives on women characters. Katie thinks big emotions are linked to creation metaphors, and Jul...
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