
Started this tonight after reading @TheBookHippie review. Also it‘s an #OhCanada pick.
Started this tonight after reading @TheBookHippie review. Also it‘s an #OhCanada pick.
#WhereAreYouMonday
My current book puts me back in Canada this Monday. A difficult memoir to read because the author has suffered so much pain and violence.
#roll100 plus book club read for this month. Really enjoyed this - although some pretty harrowing sections about Covid/Floyd George which made for difficult (but important) reading. I‘m looking forward to discussing this one!
Plus, first time I‘ve come across a dog in a book with the same name as mine!
Oh my, I love this book. “Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants”. Written skillfully and beautifully. I believe one of our direst problems (and there are so many 😩) is our loss of connection to the earth.
So @Allyneedsbooks and I are visiting the hometown of on of our very best friends. On a walk, she pointed out a neighbor‘s house, a ‘botanist at a college who spends her summers up here.‘ Y‘all, it‘s the author of Braiding Sweetgrass and The Serviceberry! I can‘t believe it!
Part of the University of Alberta lecture series, this slim volume sees Eden Robinson exploring a bit of her family and Haisla heritage. Unsurprisingly, her prose is magnetic and I was drawn right in. My only complaint is that I wish it was longer.
Really enjoyed this book. Very different from what I normally read. The gators are in Savannah.
Darcie Little Badger again showcases her wonderful storytelling skills in this sad, hopeful, love-filled, and painful tale. It features Nina, a Lipan Apache teenage girl and Oli, a cottonmouth boy from the Reflecting World. It beautifully tells the story of how their lives connect in an effort to save Oli‘s friend, Ami, a toad whose Earth-equivalent species is facing extinction on Earth. #bookblanket
Monday night after my extra ballet exam private lesson (despite being off work sick as the show must go on and I only work to fund my expensive ballet habit so I know what I‘d rather save my energy for), I stopped by the book swap on my walk home. I can‘t help myself. Yes I have a serious problem. I fear I will never get through all my books in this lifetime. What a lovely problem to have.