Episode 232 - Coming of (Old) Age

It's episode 232 and time for us to talk about coming of (old) age! 

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In this episode

Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

• The Thirteen Problems by Agatha Christie
• The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
• Real Estate by Deborah Levy
• Becoming Crone by Lydia M. Hawke
• The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Correspondent by Virgina Evans
• Shadow Life written by Hiromi Goto, illustrated by Ann Xu

Other Media We Mentioned

• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
• Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada
• The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
• The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
• The Witches Discworld books by Terry Pratchett
• Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye written by Gerard Way and Jon Rivera, art by Michael Avon Oeming
• Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang
• Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
• What Makes Olga Run?: The Mystery of the 90-Something Track Star and What She Can Teach Us About Living Longer, Happier Lives, by Bruce Grierson
• Old Man's War by John Scalzi

Links, Articles, and Things

• Irene Adler
• Library of things
• Commercial Drive
• Gavel
• UBC University Mace
• UBC Macebearer

10 Coming of (Old) Age by BIPOC Authors:

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

• An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
• Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
• How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
• Old School Indian by Aaron John Curtis
• Mr Katō Plays Family by Milena Michiko Flašar, translated by Caroline Froh
• Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto, illustrated by Ann Xu
• The Unbroken Coast by Nalini Jones
• Praisesong for the Widow by Paule Marshall
• Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell
• In West Mills by De'Shawn Charles Winslow

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