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#IMWAYR November 7, 2022


Welcome! It's #IMWAYR time again, when bloggers share what they have been reading and find out what others have been up to. Kathryn hosts the adult version of this meme at Book Date. Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers host the kidlit rendition. These are fabulous places to start your search  for what to read next.

On Sunday as I write this, we are experiencing our second snowfall. It's divinely lovely and peaceful, but maybe a bit too soon? I guess it always feels too soon, but with hope it won't last long. I still don't have winter tires on my car...

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Lala, a wild kind of child, has her own kind of magic. Unfortunately, her mother doesn't see or appreciate this in her.
Against a black and grey city, Lala emits a golden hue as she goes about her daily activities full of joy and energy. Lala spends time in her garden in an empty lot nurturing the plants there. I was struck by the profound contrast between the mother's words to Lala, and Lala's words to plants. Where Lala's words are full of kindness, her mother's are harsh.
When her mother, in an attempt to tame her, refuses to let her go outdoors, Lala's garden magically grows huge and comes in search of her.
As much as I appreciate this book, I was also a bit distressed that it took such a magnitude of magic for Lala's mother to finally accept her as she was.
Alas, there is no magic for other wild children like her.
Gracey Zhang was born in Canada, but now lives in the USA. I hope she is still a Canadian. 

There is much to gush about here.
This charming tale tells of two Chinese girls who overcome obstacles to get to know one another and become friends. Both have come from the country and are now living in a city. Because they don't have residency permits for this area, they are unable to attend public school, and their parents can't afford to pay for school for them.
Rebecca Evans artwork, rendered in pencil and watercolour, is stunning. I love the bright colours of the two girls against a gloomy backdrop of blue greys.
While the story is set in China, the issues of bullying, loneliness and finding a friend are universal themes that children from around the world can relate to.
I appreciated the glossary and pronunciation guide at the beginning of the book that helped me figure out both how to pronounce the Chinese words and to understand them. However, because it is situated on the copyright page, I suspect it might end up being overlooked.
I also appreciated the author's note at the end of this book explaining more about the social situation in China.

This story of a "multiracial child navigating identity and belonging draws from author Tasha Spillett-Sumner's own experience growing up as an Afro-Indigenous girl." It is a gorgeous book with a refrain that will be especially poignant for multiracial children, yet has an important message for all of us. 

"You're part of me
and I'm part of you.

I'm beautiful like me
and you're beautiful like you."

You can read my full review here.  



I Hope by Monique Gray Smith & Gabrielle Grimard (Illustrator) September 13 2022 🍁

If you are not already a hard core Gabrielle Grimard fan by now, this book will certainly turn you into one. Her soft dreamy artwork makes this book feel like a blessing. 
This dual language book in both English and Plains Cree, is about adults wishing wonderful things for their children. It showcases multicultural groups of children from different parts of the world. 
This is a wonderful book to get for graduates, but will work for students of any age. I will be purchasing copies of this for my grandchildren.

 NON FICTION PICTURE BOOKS 


Bellen Woodward, in grade 6 at the time of this book, is responsible for Crayola coming out with Crayola Colours of the World Crayons: crayons that reflect the many different skin colours of children around the world.
Bellen began by just changing the language around the one crayon called flesh. Instead of handing it over when someone asked for the skin colour crayon, she replied, "Which one? Skin can be any number of beautiful crayons." Soon this way of looking at crayons and skin colour was reflected across her school.
This part of the story was clear to me, but what happened afterwards to influence Crayola is not. Still I appreciate the section that sets out, in general terms, how anyone can bring change into the world.

NON FICTION GRAPHIC


This is a great introduction to crows. As an adult reader I’m not the target audience, but I was charmed by both the goofy dog and the clever crow.
I’m kind of fascinated by crows and have read adult nonfiction about them. This meant that much of the research wasn’t new to me. But the graphic format certainly helped consolidate my understanding.
I plan to purchase a copy for an adult friend who is crow crazy and collects all things crow.

NON FICTION 

5 stars

The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth byWade Hudson et al August 11, 2020

This collection of writings by diverse authors is an important template for how to make the world a better place for all of us. 
I listened to it once, but no sooner finished it than I started it again. 
You will too if you haven't already been introduced to it. 

MG NOVELS

4 stars

The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L Holm & Maxwell Glick (Narrator) January 5, 2021

I am always happy to read/listen to anything by Jennifer L Holm. 
Bell has been raised on Mars in the American compound. They live in Lava tubes underground. It's a small loving community. However, they are estranged from the other colonies living nearby. 
When illness strikes the adults in their home, Bell and another boy end up heading off to ask them for help. A new reality is opened up to them. By the time the book is done, Bell has changed relationships between the communities for the better. 
 
YA & ADULT FICTION


I really wanted to like this book. I read reviews that lauded it. The premise sounded fascinating. It follows a pair of video game designers from their first meeting as children on into their 40s. As fascinated as I was by the game designing, I didn’t like any of these characters very much. Quite regularly I wanted to smack them across the head and tell them to grow up and get over themselves!
 
CURRENTLY

Butt Sandwich & Tree by Wesley King  🍁

No Vacancy by Tziporah Cohen  🍁

A Green Velvet Secret by Vicki Grant  🍁

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam  🍁

UP NEXT - MAYBE

Death in a Darkening Mist (Lane Winslow #2) by Iona Whishaw 🍁

The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) by N.K. Jemisin

Narwhalicorn and Jelly (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #7) by Ben Clanton

READING GOALS

#MustReadFiction 23/24 one in progress

#MustReadNonFiction 16/18

Canadian Authors 69/100 four in progress

Indigenous Authors 18/25

Goodreads Reading Challenge: 257/250

2022 Big Book Summer Challenge 7
Canada Reads shortlist 5/5 

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#IMWAYR June 28, 2021

Hello everyone. It's #IMWAYR time again, when readers share what they have been reading and find out what others have been up to in the past week. Kathryn hosts the adult version of this meme at Book Date. Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers host the kidlit rendition. Whatever you are looking forward to in your next great read, these are fabulous places to start your search.

    My apologies for such a long post this week. I've been off galavanting so this is three weeks worth of reading. I guess it's a good thing I was too busy to do much  of it. 
    We were camping the first week. Even though it rained every evening, including a wild electrical storm one night, the days were glorious. Then we headed to the coast where we celebrated my four year old grandkids' birthdays and I had minor surgery. We returned home and my brother and I celebrated our birthdays on Saturday. On Sunday I ate the leftover pavlova for breakfast. 
    Here in Canada the confirmation of over 1000 children's bodies in unmarked graves (and more to come) at numerous church run residential 'schools' is waking many white people up to systemic racism in our country. I'm currently reading Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. It's a profound look at what happened in those places as well as the long term ramifications of these institutions.
    Like everyone else in the western part of North America, we are in the middle of a drought and heat wave. This week promises to be brutal. We are thankful for our air conditioning and books to read. 
    Next week my son and his family are coming to visit so I probably won't manage to get in a post. If I get one written, I won't get around to reading yours until later in the week. 

Titles with a 🍁 indicate this is a Canadian or Indigenous Canadian Author and or Illustrator. 

Clicking on the title will take you to the Goodreads page of the book. 

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PICTURE BOOKS


There is a good reason that Rocky is such a bad dog. You will have to read this humorous book yourself to figure out why. (Hint: Look closely at the cover)

5 stars

Maud and Grand-Maud by Sara O'Leary & Kenard Pak (Illustrator) August 18, 2020 🍁

This is a charming book about a loving relationship between a grandmother and a grandchild. I was lucky to get to stay overnight with one of my grandmothers on a regular basis and have had the pleasure of my granddaughter staying overnight with me. This book reflects all the love and joy of those times.

4 stars

You Are New by Lucy Knisley March 12, 2019

This book celebrates all the newness in our lives. It begins at our births, but goes on to include all the times we take on new challenges and learn new things.
I enjoyed the poetry in this one.

4 stars

When I Found Grandma by Saumiya Balasubramaniam & Qin Leng (Illustrations) March 1, 2019  🍁

As a grandmother myself, I am a sucker for books about intergenerational relationships. I appreciate that however diverse our cultures, the connection is still the same. This story shows a young girl, Maya, and her grandmother meeting for the first time. Grandma does not fit Maya’s expectations of how a Grandma should be. I appreciate that the two of them gradually bond. I also liked that it was the grandmother who adapted most, but both of them changed.

4 stars

Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki September 22, 2020 🍁

I loved the energy in this book. It tells of a diverse group of people getting together once a week to feed others in their community. Sometimes food is plentiful. At other times it's scarce and they have to make do with what they can scrounge. It's based on Tamaki's experience volunteering. The rhyming poetry didn't quite work for me.

4 stars

Something's Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Some Underwear by Jory John & Erin Kraan (Illustrator) March 23, 2021

This is the book to read if you need a laugh. Bear has no idea why people are looking at him funny. Thankfully he has a good friend to help him out.

5 stars

Stand Like a Cedar by Nicola I. Campbell & Carrielynn Victor (Illustrations) February 23, 2021 🍁

This gorgeous picture book celebrates indigenous culture, tradition, and language here in British Columbia. The text is composed of English and different indigenous languages. It’s a book full of environmental awareness and thankfulness. The back matter includes a glossary, a pronunciation guide and an additional note about coastal and interior Salish languages.


This beautifully written and illustrated picture book introduces readers to the Inninwak and other indigenous peoples' understanding of conception and childbearing. “Summer was fading into fall on the day I found out that you had chosen to make my body your first home.”
While carrying her baby, the mother collects gifts for the child’s medicine bundle. Some are from nature while others are made by her. In the end we see that the child is their own kind of medicine for the people around them.

4 stars

Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by Kat Zhang & Charlene Chua (Illustrations) December 15, 2020

This is a charming story that compares Eastern and Western dragons. No matter the variety, inclusivity is the message.

4 stars

The Bruce Swap by  Ryan T. Higgins May 4, 2021

Bruce's family and friends secretly long for Bruce to be more cheerful and adventuresome. When fun loving Kevin comes for a visit, Bruce didn't get the letter and is away from home. At first everyone thinks that their wishes have come true. Soon they wish they hadn't.

5 stars

Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh / This Is How I Know by Brittany Luby & Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley (Illustrations) March 1, 2021 🍁

A grandmother and her granddaughter spend time together in nature. As the year cycles through the seasons, the grandmother teaches her grandchild what to look for during the different parts of the year.
It's written in both Anishinaabemowin and English. Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley's woodland art is the perfect match for Brittany Luby's words.

NON FICTION PICTURE BOOKS

4 stars

Maryam's Magic: The Story of Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani by Megan Reid & Aaliya Jaleel (Illustrations) January 19, 2021

In 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman and first Iranian to win the most prestigious award in mathematics, The Fields Medal. She was both an artist and a storyteller who was rewarded because of her magic wand theorem. 

CHAPTER BOOKS

5 stars

The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem By Shannon Hale, Dean Hale & LeUyen Pham (illustrator) October 6, 2020

I introduced my granddaughter to the Princess in Black by giving this to her for her fourth birthday. We read it four times in five days.We also downloaded the first two books from the library and read those. I'm calling it a success. I also purchased a copy for my grandson, but haven't heard any word on what he thinks. She loved the snow monsters and all the superhero princesses. She liked the giants. "They are so funny!"

4 stars

Trouble with Tattle-Tails by Jonathan Auxier & Olga Demidova (Illustrations) May 18, 2021 🍁

I'm not sure the younger crowd will appreciate all the idioms in this book, but I laughed out loud a number of times.
This is the second in Auxier's Fabled Stables series. When the alarm sounds ,Augie, Willa the Wisp, and Fen, the reluctant Stick in the Mud, head off to the rescue of another magical beast. When the arrive in the village they discover that the citizens have been plagued by literal Tattle-Tails. It's a hilarious challenge to figure out how to get rid of them and find the robbers who have stolen the villagers treasure.


I appreciate how close to the original Anne of Green Gables series these books are. This one made me cringe a bit. I guess they don't really carry over into modern times. You can read my full review, and see more of Abigail Alpin's gorgeous illustrations here. 

GRAPHIC NOVELS


I adored this memoir that highlights the relationship between two siblings. You can read my full review here. 

NOVELS

4 stars

The Forest of Stolen Girls by June Hur & Sue Jean Kim (Narrator) April 20, 2021  🍁

This mystery, set at the turn of the 14th century in Korea, is the story of two estranged daughters and their detective father.
Thirteen girls have gone missing from a forest on an island. The father disappeared while trying to find out what happened to them. A year later the eldest daughter came to search for him. She reunites with her younger sister who was left behind.
There is much sweetness in this story of two sisters reconnecting. It's also a tense murder mystery full of subterfuge and betrayal.

5 stars

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed August 4, 2020

Set against the backdrop of the Rodney King riots in LA, the story focuses on the life of a privileged black girl. Ashley Bennett is one of a handful of black kids attending a prestigious private school. All of her friends are white. Her older sister has dropped out of college, married a white construction worker, and become a communist.
This complex narrative shows readers that no matter how successful black people become, no matter how much they try to shelter their children, ultimately racism is inescapable.
Reed provides us with a cast of authentic individuals. I really appreciated how rich, complicated and layered all her characters are.
I loved this quote:
"You can’t tell people to pull up on bootstraps when half of them never had any boots to begin with, never even had the chance to get them."

5 stars

The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga, Reena Dutt (Narrator) & Jennifer Jill Araya (Narrator) May 11, 2021

This is the story two best friends. They have been estranged since Quinn’s brother went on a shooting spree and killed Cora’s older sister.
They come up with a plan to find a wormhole and travel back in time to fix things so that the event never happened. Their magical thinking is jumbled up with the memories of their siblings in those last few days. It takes a near disaster before the two girls manage to come back to each other. My eyes leaked a few times while reading this.


I liked this a lot. It is narrated by Bahni Turpin so you know it is a brilliant audiobook. The tension is high right off the bat and before you know it, you are sucked right into Ophie's story and life. When her father is murdered and their house in Georgia is torched, Ophie and her mother head north to Pittsburgh where they stay with a Great Aunt Rose, and some reprehensible cousins. Ophie has the power to see ghosts. She's lucky that her great aunt has the same power and gives her advice on how to use it to help these specters move along.
Her mother gets a job cleaning at Daffodil Manor. Then a position opens up and Ophie has to leave school and go to work keeping the cantankerous old Mrs Caruthers happy. Daffodil Manor is full of ghosts. Ophie ends up befriending a ghost named Clara. Ophie figures that if she can figure out who murdered Clara, she will be able to help her move on.
At the same time as this is a fascinating paranormal murder mystery, it's also full of historical details that educate the reader about life for Black people in the 1920's.

5 stars

Ways to Make Sunshine by Renée Watson & Nina Mata (Illustrator)

I loved this book about a young black chef trying to make sense of her life. Renée Watson writes powerful full fledged characters. Ryan Hart and her family are some of them. Move over Ramona Quimbly and make room for Ryan Hart in the world of young, female protagonists. 


This modern version of Peter Pan addresses the misogyny and racism of the original version. Two step sisters, one of them Native American, and their four year old brother are tricked into visiting Neverland. They don't realize they can't leave until after they arrive.
What I admired most about this retelling is the richness of characters. I also liked that the ending is ambiguous but hopeful.



I'm working on a longer review of this. In the meantime, what you need to know is that this book is stunning. If you haven't read The Serpent King go find it for a taste of what you have to look forward to. Jeff Zentner writes with exquisite grace and beauty.

CURRENTLY 

Audiobook: Five Little Indians by Michelle Good & Kyla Garcia (Narrator)
Fiction: Thrive by Kenneth Oppel
Nonfiction: Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think Is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis by Elin Kelsey

UP NEXT

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids by Cynthia Leitich Smith et al
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Fred Korematsu Speaks up by Laura Atkins 
North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both by Cea Sunrise Person
Audiobook: War: How Conflict Shaped Us by Margaret MacMillan
I also have a pile of picture books demanding attention

BLOG POSTS PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK

In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
 
PROGRESS ON MY READING GOALS

#MustReadIn2021 18/25 

#MustReadNFIn2021 6/12 

#MustReadPBIn2021 35/100 

Big Book Summer Challenge 3 - one in progress

Books by Canadian Indigenous Authors 20/25 - one in progress

Books by Canadian Authors: 66/100 - three in progress

Canada Reads 2021 4/5 

Discworld Series 41/41

Goodreads Reading Challenge: 235/333 

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Thao by Thao Lam


Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. It will be released April 15, 2021 by Owlkids Books.

Renowned Canadian author, Thao Lam, tells the story of growing against the backdrop of a culture that doesn't deal well with difference. 

It begins with an adorable photograph of the author as a young girl.  The next page shows her surrounded by a diverse group of students - all of them staring at her. The text reads, It's not easy being Thao. 

What follows is a description of her name and the issues she had to deal with because of it. It's regularly misspelled. Sometimes it is accidentally mispronounced. More often, other children make fun of her because of it. 

Life with an English name would have been easier. At one point Thao contemplated becoming Jennifer. There is a page of text with a Jennifer doing all the things Thao would do during a day. Then she imagines her mother's gỏi cuốn (spring rolls), and leaves off wanting to be someone else. At the end of the book she finally teaches us to say and spell her name properly. 

The artwork, a combination of childhood photographs and cut paper collage, is full of angst, tenderness, and humour. This important book teaches readers awareness and empathy. It encourages other new immigrants to take pride in their own names and identity. 

Highly recommended. 

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#IMWAYR November 9, 2020

Hello out there. It's #IMWAYR time again, when readers share what they have been reading and find out what others have been up to in the past week. Kathryn hosts the adult version of this meme at Book Date. Jen at Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee and Ricki at Unleashing Readers host the kidlit rendition. Whatever you are looking forward to in your next great read, these are fabulous places to start your search.

Congratulations to all my American friends on a successful election. We celebrate with you, not only the first Black woman vice president, the first woman vice president! The days ahead might be rocky and there is a lot of work ahead to unity your fractured country, but for now we are revelling in the victory of democracy in your country. You have returned hope to many of us in the rest of the world. 

I'm working hard to finish up a quilt for my son and daughter in law. Using a quilt as you go process, I'm turning a Piet Mondrian painting into a reversible quilt. I'm now putting all the sections together. It's a lot of hand sewing for the final seam in each sashing. I'm getting a sense of what it will look like finished and am liking it more and more. I will post pictures next week.

 Titles with a 🍁 indicate this is a Canadian Author and or Illustrator. 

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My Hair is Beautiful by Shauntay Grant 🍁

This board book highlights different hairdos of black children. The last page has an embedded mirror for readers to look at themselves. I might not be the target audience, but looking at the faces of these happy toddlers brought joy into my heart. Shauntay Grant is the award winning Canadian author of Africville and Up Home.


I am trying to get on top of this series. What a wacky and wonderful collaboration between Arthur Yorinks and Sergio Ruzzier. When Mean Ant ends up lost in the middle of the desert and asks, "Where the jalapeño am I?, I started laughing and chuckled all the way through to the end. I love the hilarious idioms and play on words. The comical interactions between the ant and the fly are delightful. If only my library had the next one.

NONFICTION PICTURE BOOKS


I'm Trying to Love Rocks by Bethany Barton

This humorous book introduces young readers to the many aspects of studying geology. I sure wish it had been around when I was teaching this topic. If I was still in the library I would purchase 2 copies. 

Bethany Barton's earlier book, I'm Trying to Love Spiders, helped me come to some kind of truce with those creatures. While people might not have pathological fears to overcome with regards to rocks, this book is certain to make them passionate about learning more about them. 

It is a brilliant introduction for older readers ready for a deeper study these aspects. I'm pretty sure that my four year old grandson, who loves rocks, will love this.

DISCWORLD NOVELS


This novel is both a murder mystery and parody of opera. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Og head off to Ankh-Morpork for a couple of reasons. The first is to deal with a shady publisher who has cheated Nanny Og. The second is to see if they can recruit Agnes Nit into their coven since Magrat Garlick has gone off and married the King of Lancre. Agnes knows their purpose, but is almost content at the opera house as a member of the chorus. Not only is the opera house haunted, the ghost has started murdering people. 
This might be one of the most hilarious novels in the series.  


Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett & Nigel Planer (Narrator)

"Terry Pratchett pastiches the traditions of vampire literature" with hilarious results. When a group of modernized Vampires take over Lancre Castle, things look very dire indeed. Even the powerful Granny Weatherwax seems incapable of dealing with them. However, Granny's strength should never be underestimated. With the help of Brother Oats, the new priest, she is a force even Vampires shouldn't try to mess with.

NONFICTION


This is a powerful look at what it means to have PTSD. Roméo Dallaire, a retired three star Canadian general and retired Senator, writes about the aftermath of his time in Rwanda. As leader of the peacekeeping troops there, he was unable to stop the genocide of the Tutsi and other people in 1994.

What Delaire makes clear in this book is that war is not what it once was: “The soldiers had changed, as had war itself: it was no longer a matter of superpowers meeting each other on the field of battle, but the new world disorder. We were Cold War warriors ready to fight huge armoured forces in Central Europe, hoping that these small, inter-state kerfuffles were just a passing phase. But we were no longer facing classic war, or even classic peacekeeping: in this new style of warfare civilians, even women and children, are not only on the front line, they are the front line. The Somalia mission was able to degenerate the way it did because our training had not adapted to these new realities.”

Not only does this book reveal how he deals with his own PTSD, it chronicles the ways he fought, and continues to fight for help for soldiers returning from recent conflict. In Canada, “We have lost more veterans to suicide during and since our mission in Afghanistan than we did in our thirteen years of combat there.”

If we truly claim to honor our soldiers and others who deal with traumatic experiences (police, ambulance, firefighters etc) then it is our duty to ensure that they are well cared for, emotionally, physically, and financially when they can no longer serve.

This is a challenging emotional read. I wept a number of times. 


This is a powerful read that looks at America through the lens of a caste system. Isabel Wilkerson compares the USA to India and Nazi Germany. (Did you know that the German Nuremberg Laws were based on the segregation laws of the Southern states?) There are sections in this book I found challenging to read. I took breaks and went back to it because essentially it is bearing witness to historic atrocities.  
I read and finished this while Americans and the world waited for the results of the 2020 US election results. While I am happy with the results, after reading this, I'm also not surprised that 70 million people, almost all of them white, (five million more than last time) voted for that orange menace. 
I learned a lot from this book. I can't help but integrate the role global unfettered capitalism has in exacerbating the deep rooted issues Wilkerson identified here.


An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff, Alex Tresniowski & Pam Ward (Narrator)

I mostly enjoyed this feel good story. I appreciated the author's honesty and enjoyed reading about her early life. It was in her interactions with Maurice that I became uncomfortable. I don't think she fully grasped the responsibility she took on when she befriended this young boy. She acknowledges that it benefited her as much as him, but at the same time, once she found the man of her dreams, she very nearly abandoned him. 
I was glad that the afterward includes a letter from Maurice sharing his perspective of their relationship. In spite of my misgivings, I am glad that these two disparate people met.

CURRENTLY 

I've started Ghosts by David A Robertson. I'm listening to Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. 

UP NEXT 

My next audiobook will be Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi. I'm hoping to get to Class Act by Jerry Craft and Bloom by Kenneth Oppel.  

PROGRESS ON MY READING GOALS 

#MustReadIn2020: 21/25 

#MustReadNFIn2020: 10/12 

Books by Canadian Indigenous Authors: 21/25 one in progress

Books by Canadian Authors: 121/100 

Goodreads Reading Challenge: 291/333

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