Winter in the Blood | 
pickIn this novel a Blackfeet&Gros Ventre man travels to Malta in Montana to track down his girlfriend.He meets a sketchy character & some women, in the end finds Agnes but her brother beats him up.He returns home to find the house empty,his grandmother died&he learns more about his heritage&her life.Themes are loss of identity&trauma.The writing is exceptional,original,concise prose poetry.
pickThe Sentence was my #1 read of 2022. One of my goals for this year is to read all of rookies list of short perfect novels that I had not already read. I read wide Sargasso Sea Pat year and Sula before. This is also the first book I finished in the new year. Another litsy reviewer said it best. Everything that happens to the mc also happens internally. Fascinating and emotional book.
Perhaps it was the suggestion of death, but I smelled it, dark and musty, as surely as one smells the mother‘s milk in the breath of a baby.
But the distance I felt came not from country or people; it came from within me. I was as distant from myself as a hawk from the moon. And that was why I had no particular feelings toward my mother and grandmother. Or the girl who had come to live with me.
#7days7books Day 6
Seven books that left a deep impression on me and changed me.
pick#NewHogwartsAdventure
#transfiguration
This is one of my all-time favourite book. It's a simple enough story, in terms of plot. A man goes haunting for his girlfriend and a few events come in the way.
But this outside plot is only a ruse, because the true story happens inside the MC. Everything that happens 'outside' has a complety different meaning 'inside'.
It's an awesome book.
I‘m about 10 assignments away from finishing my undergrad degree, and I‘m taking a year off to work before pursuing my Master‘s in Library Science. The other day I had an epiphany: as of May, I get to read books WITHOUT writing essays on them 😱😍😁
bailedI read half of this: some stunning standalone scenes aside, I have failed utterly to connect with this story and its characters. This one‘s just not for me.
pick#JubilantJuly #PublishedInThe70s
I didn't know what to expect when l first read this book. I wasn‘t even clear what the story was about.
I ended up loving it. It's a journey, sure, but not just a journey on the road. Everything that happens outside the protagonist is mirrored by something happening inside the protagonist, until each journey enhances the other.
It's a beautiful book.
pick#JuneBookBugs #IndigenousAuthors
#NativeBooks
First novel by an lndigenous author l've ever read. Absolutely, completely loved it. No surprise l then fell into reading indigenous authors quite often.
I love the non-linear narration many of them use and the thin veil between realism and spiritual
I'm reading Winter in the Blood again.
