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I finished my awesome puzzle yesterday afternoon, and Cherie Dimaline and I are back on track with her Secret Garden remix! The original is one of those books Tiny Me drifted away from so I can‘t claim to know the source material well, but from a pure storytelling perspective I love everything Dimaline‘s doing here. #audiopuzzling

This is another beautifully illustrated Canadian cookbook that showcases multiple different Canadian chefs. The recipe I most want to make is tartiflette au fromage (cheese tart). 4.5⭐️

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Here‘s another Canadian cookbook I chose for #foodandlit this month. Standout recipes that I want to try are toasted garlic soup 🤤 and wild rice and mushroom soup. There are also a ton of beautiful pictures of the Canadian countryside. 4⭐️

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I chose this cookbook for #foodandlit this month. It was originally published in 1966 so there are no food pictures but there are a lot of authentic Canadian dishes that sound delicious. I might finally make scotch eggs which I‘ve been wanting to do for awhile. 3.5⭐️

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#bookreport
At various stages in reading the first 4 books, all #NFNovember
A library book mystery, a book I am reading with an ELL student, & the last 2 books I finished-Louise Penny reread & a historical fiction audiobook.
Week of November 10-16.

#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread

Checking in at the midpoint of The Golden Road! Thoughts on the first half of the book?

Which events and adventures stand out to you? What do you think of “Our Magazine”?

In comparing it to The Story Girl, do you see growth and change in the characters?

Listened a second time in preparation for the sequel. I enjoyed it even better! Narrator has the perfect voice and accent for it. 😁

I think this novel especially appeals to me having grown up in an isolated AK Native village. It has a familiar ring.

#36by36Readathon I finished my goals and am very proud. Both great books 📚 #Canada #FoodandLit @MatchlessMarie @Texreader @Catsandbooks

The life of a young teacher in 30s Manitoba. Her pupils‘ poverty is incredible. Meanwhile, where I live, the fog outside is so thick right now it‘s like living in cotton wool...
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I found this very cool offering in a local free puzzle library (!!!) and did most of it while I listened to FUNERAL SONGS FOR DYING GIRLS. Alas, it‘s the first Cherie Dimaline novel I‘ve disliked. It offers up some intriguing threads, but the story as a whole fails to satisfying and the prose is so performatively purple that it shut me out of the emotions instead of placing me inside them. Sigh. #audiopuzzling