Welcome to Litsy!

Definitely an interesting read unlike things that I usually read. Had me confused at some points but i really enjoyed the coming of age storyline

This book was amazing and I couldn‘t put it down. The imagery is beautiful, and the story combines a thriller with a coming of age story. The author has an exceptional ability to intertwine humor with horror, and has beautifully described the protagonist‘s relationship with spirituality and death. I would absolutely recommend

Haisla has many sounds that don‘t exist in English, so it is not possible to spell the words using English conventions.

Holy wow! This is a great saga. A dark coming of age story in the midst of gothic indignity, trauma and hurt. Atmospheric at the end after push pulling through earlier events- like reading a dream that flips so easily to nightmare and then back to a dream. Hard to see the healing, but then again not everything is meant to be seen.

This was such a good book! All of the characters leapt off the page for me. One that is hard to put down.

Wow, this was quite an extraordinary story. Modern western Canadian mixed with native Haisla lore, redemption and loss. Loved every moment!

#getoutthemap to find Princess Royal Island, the setting of Monkey Beach 🗺 #lilithjuly
I just finished reading this book for #booked2019 #indigenousauthor

My wrap up post for the spring prompts #booked2019
Sweet Fruit Sour Land and Monkey Beach were my favorites! I‘ll tag the books and prompts below

I am a bit sad to be finished. Eden Robinson is one of my favourite authors right now. This is her first novel and it is a bit choppy? A lot goes on and it jumps from around. Still, I really enjoyed it. I love the myths woven into the book and the ominousness. I love her characters and how she portrays relationships between family and friends. Well worth reading.

Y'all, I should love this book. It's slice of life infused with wonder, grief, and a goodly side of the mystical. It's heavily focused on family. It plays fast and loose with timelines as the protagonist processes a current tragedy alongside some traumatic childhood experiences.

Except... well, I'm bored. I forced my way past the 100-page mark, but now it's time to bail.

(Damn; that came out harsh. Most people do like this.)

I'm in Trip Prep Mode, and of course I sorted out my reading material ahead of anything else. I'm bringing the relevant days from my short story advent calendar, two things from La TBR, and the last three unread print books I acquired this year. I've also made sure my ereader is fully charged and loaded with all my current digital library loans.

Starting this this morning. #bookclub read

The Children's Hospital Book Market started today, so I bunked off and spent the morning there. I usually don't buy books I know I can get from the library, but I made an exception for these because:

~ I wanted to give the hospital some money
~ they were all $0.50 or $1
~ La TBR is currently VERY white, since I tend to read new acquisitions by POC & Indigenous authors more quickly

I also got a couple of journals & lots of practice being in lines

A librarian friend asked me to read this so she could get my view on it and I‘ve been too long getting to it. Love a good rec from a great reader. #currentlyreading

Written about a beach in around Western Canada and about a Native Reserve. The characters are delightful and enjoyable. About a girl that goes through life after her favorite Uncle dies and how she can't get over the loss of her pain. I will read more from this author, glad I found her

Beautifully descriptive, definitely thought provoking.

Here's my April wrap-up. As expected, my numbers are way down (vacation plus busy work schedule before that to pay the piper for taking vacation). I am delighted to have finished Infinite Jest, though--pretty sure I read half of it this month alone. Monkey Beach is my favorite for this month and it looks like Asking for It will be as well, but I'm only halfway through it.

This book is a terrific coming-of-age exploration of Lisa, a Haisla girl living in a village on an island off BC in the 1970s & 80s. It is infused with traditional First Nations beliefs and lifestyle as well as current day challenges, including racism and substance abuse. Now I want to read every word she's ever written. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Litsypartyofone continues! This book is terrific thus far. I needed some snacks to keep me going (water not pictured). How's everyone else's party coming along?

I'm finally able to join in on #Litsypartyofone! First, I'll finish my Owlpost book (peeking out behind MB) and munch on this tasty double caramel ice cream bar. Then on to the brick and Monkey Beach. I heard Eden Robinson on the Can't Lit podcast (which I saw recommended by @shawnmooney ) and she is irresistible. She has the greatest laugh. I knew I had to give her books a try, plus I love that she's a First Nations Canadian woman.

I was surprised and disappointed to find the prose and the sitcom-esque happy-family-with-too-cute-kids tone of this off-putting from the get-go. Abandoned at the 12% mark. I am pretty sure I tried this novel a decade or so ago with the same result, so I guess I shouldn't have been all that surprised.

How did I not know there was a podcast about Canadian literature⁉️⁉️⁉️

What a stunning novel! The prose is beautiful. I love the way nature kind of pervades the entire book. It's so atmospheric, and the setting really comes alive. The characters were all so well-developed, too! Even the side characters felt real and full. It's a pretty slow novel--there's no real overarching plot. But that's just the kind of novel it is; the fragmented, semi-directionlessness is part of the point, I think.

omg school is destroying me right now haha 😣but making a little time at the end of each day to read helps me de-stress and stay calm (or at least calm-ish, lol).

My February #tbr! 😊

This book was pretty incredible. It was filled with horrifyingly real and personal events. It consisted of disturbingly descriptive scenes of death, rape, bullying and family conflict. The only thing I didn't like was the ending. I was left confused and unsatisfied with how it was finished. However, the book was so intriguing and beautifully written that the unsatisfying ending can be overlooked.

My collective #bookhaul from the last two weeks! I might've done some stress shopping ahaha 😆

Yawn! ?

Reading makes Amoré sleepy ?
#catsoflitsy

Snuggled up with a book and my cat, Amoré ❤️

reading this for uni, and for the indigenous MC square in #diversitydecbingo! it is tricky and brilliant and hugely moving.

#womenwriters #weneeddiversebooks #DiverseBookBloggers

#septphotochallenge - POC authors. I believe as a reader it is important to read diversely. To read books by authors who aren't your typical authors who get published (i.e. white men). To read indigenous writers. To read international writers. To read books in translation. And I think this pile of books reflects a little bit of each #somethingforsept #pocauthors

Monkey Beach is one of my favourite ever books & probably the book I recommended to people most frequently; all of which to say that out of all the amazing Canadian writers out there Eden Robinson is probably my favourite. (This has been a Fun Friday photo post for @Liberty 🇨🇦)