![The Origin of Netflix [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/that-will-never-work.jpg?fit=484%2C750&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph Netflix’s triumph feels inevitable, but the twenty first century’s most disruptive start up began with few believers and calamity at every turn. From having to pitch his own mother on being an early investor, to the motel conference room that served as a first office, to server crashes on launch day, to […]
![Lalani of the Distant Sea: A Filipino Fairy Tale [Family Reads]](https://i0.wp.com/fallingletters.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/lalani-of-the-distant-sea.jpg?fit=428%2C648&ssl=1&resize=245%2C150)
Why we chose Erin Entrada Kelly’s Lalani of the Distant Sea We originally considered reading Jeff Vandermeer’s Dead Astronauts. In the time of COVID-19, though, we were not up to the task. Ash suggested Lalani of the Distant Sea after her book club read it. I’m always happy to read middle grade. I had this title in particular on my TBR because I was curious to see how Kelly writes […]
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Ash began our conversation with “I have nothing to say about this book”. I felt the same way. I responded with “It’s short, it’s boring, it’s underwhelming” but we immediately agreed ‘boring’ wasn’t the correct adjective. The content of Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?…
Why we chose John Nadler’s Valour Road Mom and I didn’t have any particular ideas for this month. So, I asked Mom to pick fiction or non-fiction and then we browsed my to-read-fiction shelf on Goodreads. We landed on Valour Road because it’s about local history. Mom remembered hearing about the Pine Street boys from a Heritage Minute (embedded below) that aired shortly before I was born. It surprised me […]
Why we chose Richard Wagamese’s Starlight My dad and I previously read Wagamese’s novel Medicine Walk for a Family Reads discussion back in 2016. One day, Starlight came up while we were chatting (I think he had just placed it on hold). I pointed out that Starlight is a follow up to Medicine Walk. I still hadn’t read Starlight, so we decided to read it together. Frank Starlight has long […]