Hello! 

I’m excited to share with you my thoughts on entertainment with a focus on books and streaming (TV and movies).  I have always had my nose in a book and loved TV and movies.  To give you a sense of my reading and viewing tastes, here are some of my all-time favourite books and TV shows.

Books:

• The Color Purple

• The Nightingale

• Homegoing

• All The Light We Cannot See

• Lonesome Dove

• Outlander

• The Time Traveler’s Wife

• The Red Tent

• She’s Come Undone

• The Book Thief

 TELEVISION:

• Friday Night Lights

• Grey’s Anatomy

• The Mindy Project

• Felicity

• Six Feet Under

• Gilmore Girls

• Game of Thrones

• Parenthood

• Schitt’s Creek

• The Office

Do we share some favourites?  If so, you may like to hear my musings on what I’m currently reading and watching and devoting my precious free time to. 

The events of the past year (COVID-19, racial inequality, U.S. politics) have had an impact on how I choose the content I consume.  Prior to 2020, I gravitated towards reading historical fiction – mostly books about WWII (My husband once asked me how many books I planned to read about The Holocaust – I replied “all of them”).  I firmly believe that history repeats itself and that we must learn from history and herstory to understand our current realities.   Although I will continue to read historical fiction, I am making a conscious effort to expand my reading horizons.  My word for 2021 is “intentional”.  My goal is to choose books that will both entertain me and educate me.  My reading goals include reading fiction and non-fiction books by diverse authors.  If you’re interested in “intentional reading”, I recommend looking at Indigo’s 2021 Reading Challenge which includes reading books by Black, Indigenous, Transgender or Non-Binary, LGBT2+ authors.

My hope is that we can all get through this pandemic safely and find moments of joy wherever we can. There has never been a better time to become a bookworm! 

If you’re interested in following me on Instagram to see what I’m currently reading/watching, you can find me @thoughtsonplots and I post book reviews on Goodreads.

I’d love to hear about your favourite books, movies and tv shows. Pop yours in the comments below.

Stay safe and I look forward to sharing my first review with you!

Shonna is a Toronto area lawyer and avid lover of books and pop culture.