pick3 ⭐
I enjoyed the story but all the different characters in two time periods was confusing.
Tamra I love this novel and have read it a couple of times, but I agree the time periods can be confusing. 8mo
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Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse | 
pick3 ⭐
I enjoyed the story but all the different characters in two time periods was confusing.
The grass was white with frost on the shadowed sides of the reservation hills and ditches, but the morning air was almost warm, sweetened by a southern wind.
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
pickThis is such an interesting, odd, complex book about so many things - faith and forgiveness, truth and authenticity - all the things that make life meaningful and true. So much of the narrative has a dreamlike quality. You just have to jump in and enjoy it.
pickI loved this story about Agnes who survives the flood and Father Damien doesn‘t. She decides to take on his identity and lives for years out in North Dakota as a mission priest. NanaPush and Fleur also make appearances again in this book. It‘s like visiting old friends. Truth be told I think all of her novels are good, but some are just better.
#AAM
I‘m starting this one this afternoon. I think this is the only Erdrich I haven‘t read. So far so good! Feels good to read classic Erdrich again.
#AAM
pickAgnes has spent most of her life as Father Damien, living on an Ojibwe reservation. I love how Erdrich uses this premise to explore notions of gender, identity, spirituality, friendship, & more. The pronouns for this character switch back & forth; he & she enjoys having both Ojibwe beliefs & Christian ones give him & her fulfillment & understanding. It‘s a great story, too, with fascinating characters, actions, & mysteries. I‘ll seek more by L.E.
Husband is out checking on his blind, so I'm getting a few minutes of extra reading in. Soon it will be back home and back to work though
So I'm keen to participate in a fun Litsy swap at some point, but I never seem to know about them until after they happen.
Anyone know of upcoming swaps and who is organizing them? (I'm guessing it might be too late for me to get in on a Valentine's one) #swap
Heading to the sauna to sweat it out again with this amazing book. I find myself only reading a little bit a day as I don't want to be done it.
Taking some time to sweat it out and read in the sauna
"The grass was white with frost on the shadowed sides of the reservation hills and ditches, but the morning air was almost warm, sweetened by a southern wind."
#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
Some books just need to be picked up at the right time. I love Louise Erdrich and this one has been sitting on my shelf since I bought it at a library sale at least 4 or 5 years ago, but somehow it never felt right to start it. Picked it up today and was immediately drawn in. I guess this was just it's time. Can't wait to continue the journey tomorrow!
pickThis novel (part of the larger Love Medicine set) focuses on Father Damien who is a pretty minor character otherwise. It has through-lines of other stories I know from previous books, but also different perspectives and more information on those stories. And with themes of gender, sexuality, calling, friendship... this might be my favorite yet.
“What is the whole of our existence but the sound of an appalling love?”
This was a slow second reread; it can‘t be rushed or much of the beauty of the writing and meaning is missed, especially since it isn‘t strictly linear or overwritten. Such interesting & complicated characters & intersection of cultures.
It is a mystery to me why I haven‘t particularly appreciated Erdrich‘s other works. It is probably the historical setting of this novel.
Anyone else agree? I do not sleep well unless I read. 😴
Why I volunteer to pick up the kids from school. 😄
Does anyone else struggle, yes I mean struggle, with deciding on whether to spend precious reading time rereading a favorite or moving on to something new to you?
I had such an amazing reading experience with this one and I want to go back, but I also have an exciting TBR.
Sister Leopolda is an awful person, but holy fuck, it's metal as shit that she made a rosary out of barbed wire and used it to strangle the town child rapist (of whom she had been a victim). Respect.
I have a couple of Erdrich‘s books on my shelves, still unread. This quote makes me think I need to get to them sooner than later.
#love #quotsydec17
Esquites, a pescado frito taco, and Louise Erdrich. In other words, nirvana.
Thrifty Wednesday finds! I loved Last Report so much, I bought a second copy because all my books were/are boxed up and banished to the basement to make room after the kids came. Last Report reads like 3 distinct novels in one as it traces the life of a strong woman.
One of the clubs at son's HS had a fundraising used- book sale today. I went over as soon as it started 😊. This is my haul! Cat's Cradle is a title I already have but will upgrade from a mass-market to that. Happy to find the Erdrich and the other titles. The books were $5 total. I know my TBR is out of control but this was for a good cause!
pickI loved this book! Erdrich's prose is stellar and filled with "must read this out loud to whoever will listen" sentences. She tackles so many themes that could bog a novel down - like gender identity and equality, the fine line between visions and hallucinations, mysticism vs. mental illness. I could go on and on. Yet the book is never preachy, the story flows naturally, and humor abounds. I must read her other books about these same characters!
"The vast building echoed and only one small part was still in use - housing a cow, chickens, one depressed pig." With a sentence like that on page 12, you know it's going to be a good book.
pickOh my God. This book. The first 100 pages, I struggled, wondered what it was all about. The last 200 pages was an extended, "Oh!" that's what it's all about. Brilliant and beautiful.
"Time is a fish," said Nanapush slowly, "and all of us are living on the rib of it's fun." @24in48
It's taken me a long time to get into this book but at around page 120, it clicked. Sometimes you just have to be patient.
Sitting by our BioLite Stove on the 4th of July eating dinner and reading some Louise Erdrich
Gorgeous book post today! Looking forward to reading this.
"To love another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection, it is a magnificent task... Tremendous and foolish and human."
I love love love the way Louise Erdrich writes ??
