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Three Day Road | Joseph Boyden

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lauraisntwilder

Three Day Road | Joseph Boyden

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Another #OhCanada pick I never would've heard about otherwise. I found both of the dual narratives interesting, which isn't always the case. I haven't read many books about WWI and I appreciated the perspective of an indigenous Canadian.

Jess861 I love this cover! So glad you enjoyed it! 6d

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Ruthiella

Three Day Road | Joseph Boyden

#weekendreads

📕Finish up Three Day Road for #OhCanada

📗Continue The Woods in Winter for #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

📘Continue Nevada for #OffMyShelf “orange cover”

📙Maybe finish Civil to Strangers for #10beforetheEnd

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Jess861

Three Day Road (Revised) | Joseph Boyden

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Thoughts on the book? Thoughts on the themes? Thoughts on the author? Just thoughts in general?

Will you read more by this author?

Sorry for such a quick little post for the discussion at the end but I'm battling the flu and a cold right now and this is about as much thought as my head can put into anything right now 😆!

#OhCanada #Canada #CanadianAuthors #BookClub #BuddyRead #Discussion

Jess861 @lauraisntwilder @KathyWheeler @Ruthiella @CarolynM @LapReader @kwmg40 @Readergrrl @JenlovesJT47 @Tamra @PurpleyPumpkin @Kitta @DogMomIrene @Blueberry @BiblioLitten @JuniperWilde @Teresereading @mcctrish @willaful @Singout 7d

mcctrish I am so glad you kicked my butt to finally read this - I will totally read more JB. It should be required reading imo. The glimpse into what life was like for indigenous people, women especially, and the trauma of war 7d

Jess861 @mcctrish This turned into The Bird Family trilogy if you liked it. Through Black Spruce is the second book in the trilogy. 7d

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Ruthiella I‘m glad to finally read Boyden. I don‘t think I will continue with the trilogy, however. There‘s something about the writing style that doesn‘t grab me. But I appreciate this portrayal of the indigenous Canadian experience of WWI. Hope you feel better soon! ❤️ (edited) 7d

Jess861 @Ruthiella Sometimes writing styles are just hard to get into! Glad you didn't mind the book! Thanks so much...I look forward to not feeling like a bag of bricks has hit my head 😆 7d

lauraisntwilder I hope you're on the mend soon! This was a good one. 6d

Jess861 @lauraisntwilder Thanks so much! It's what happens with young kids - always sick, lol 6d

Blueberry I'm still reading. I realized I had already read the third on the series. Now I'll have to read the second. I do like his writing. 5d

Jess861 @Blueberry Glad you're enjoying it! It is definitely a solid book to get through even though it's not a huge page count (I found so anyways) 5d

kwmg40 I hope you are recovering. I started this book but got bogged down in the trench scenes and decided to put it aside for a while. I'll probably get back to it eventually. I've not read Boyden's other books but I've seen the movie adaptation of Through Black Spruce. I thought it was good, though it had gotten mixed reviews. 4d

Jess861 @kwmg40 Totally get it - I think that's what I meant about a solid book up above. Sometimes it's good to put a read aside for a bit! 3d

PurpleyPumpkin Hope you're on the mend @Jess861! I just finished this audiobook today and thoroughly enjoyed it. Excellent writing and the war scenes sometimes had me on the edge of my seat. I like JB but sometimes have a hard time getting started with his books. So, this was a welcome pick for me. Thanks for hosting! 8h

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ShelleyBooksie

The Warm Hands of Ghosts: A Novel | Katherine Arden

@BookishMadHatter - thank you for my awesome #allhallowsreadswap package! I'm so excited to start the books and much on some tasty chocolate.
Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for organizing a great swap.

BookishMadHatter So happy it made it to you on time. Not gonna lie, I went into panic mode when I was getting ready to order stuff and got the strike notice since I'm very remote and Canada Post is our only mailing option. Happy Halloween! And happy reading! 1w

MaleficentBookDragon I ❤️🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤Darcy Coates! 👻 1w

LeahBergen The tagged book sounds good! 1w

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melissajayne

Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War | Jennifer Robson

The Remembered Soldier | Anjet Daanje

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This is a supremely frustrating book. The writing is great, but it is in desperate need of editing. It goes on and on in a way that just makes it a slog, then finally perks up in the last quarter. The only reason I stuck with it was that I was determined not to bail on two #NBAshortlist for translated lit books in a row. If you try to read it and get bogged down, I recommend skipping forward to chapter 11 and going from there.

BarbaraBB Thanks for the heads up. I want to read it too but it‘s such a chunkster. I now know what to expect. 1w

squirrelbrain Gah! I was so looking forward to this one….. 1w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1w

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melissajayne

Somewhere in France: A Novel of the Great War | Jennifer Robson

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4.5⭐️ I had forgotten about how much I liked this book the first time I read it about 10 years ago. There was a good discussion about the book during the #bookclub meeting on Monday night (one of the people at the meeting had major hang ups in regards to the sex scene at the end of the book) #2025 #historicalfiction #fiction #historicalromance #romance #wwi

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LeahBergen

A House of Ghosts: A gripping murder mystery set in a haunted house | W. C. Ryan

Well, my local post office was open yesterday after the Canada Post strike and I could finally get my #AllHallowsReadSwap in the mail. Unfortunately, the tracking shows it‘s probably going to be late. 😭 So sorry, @BookishMadHatter !

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BookishMadHatter Don't worry about it even a little bit. I was convinced this strike would go into next month at least 3w

LeahBergen @BookishMadHatter Thanks for being so understanding! 3w

Cathythoughts Oh no ! Postal strike around your birthday again 😳🤞🏻 3w

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts It‘s so annoying! 3w

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mcctrish

Three Day Road | Joseph Boyden

Thankful for #ohcanada group for choosing this and enabling me to get it off my Death Tower where it sat for 10 years? A raw look at war, the horrors of trench warfare and an informative look at indigenous life in Canada in the early 1900‘s and their roles in the Great War.
My favourite part was Niska‘s story - she always had hope, Xavier and Elijah‘s story in the war was reflective of the awfulness of the killing fields

Jess861 So glad you were able to find time and read it! Glad you enjoyed it! 3w

Tamra I will start soon, looking forward to it! 3w

mcctrish @Tamra I‘m so glad I went with audio, despite having this print copy because I loved hearing the indigenous language spoken 3w

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