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Indian Horse | Richard Wagamese

#ISpyBingoAugustOctober Working on my bingos and got acouple with this book. #FoodandLit #Canada @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks @Catsandbooks @Texreader #LitsyLoveReads

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 7h

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LiseWorks

Indian Horse | Richard Wagamese

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Every Canadian should read this book! An Obibway boy who is taken from his culture to be in a residential school in the early 1960s. It is sad and full of racism. As a Canadian, I feel ashamed as to how this could have been allowed to happen to so many children.As a descendent of The Ojibway people (Great Great Grandmother was Ojibway from Sault st Marie, Ont), I felt for this little boy being taken away from his culture.This book touched my heart

LiseWorks #FoodandLit #Canada #ReadAway24 @Catsandbooks @Texreader @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES 1d

Texreader 😢 24h

Catsandbooks Heartbreaking 17h

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BarbaraBB

The Handmaid's Tale | MARGARET. ATWOOD

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“Has the world gone mad
Or is it me?
All these small things they gather 'round me
Gather 'round me
Is it all so very bad?
I can't see
All these small things they gather 'round me
Gather 'round me
And I can‘t see my love”

(Ben Howard, Small Things)

Balibee146 💔💔💔 1d

Eggbeater I know. Me too. Sending love. 1d

TheLudicReader Shocking! 1d

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Chelsea.Poole It‘s horrific but sadly I feared this would be the outcome so I‘m not surprised. Just really upset about the chaotic next four years. 1d

CBee @Chelsea.Poole I feared this too. But I was still so hopeful that maybe this time it would change. Just horrified. 1d

julesG Apt picture. I am worried at what this means for the US, but also for the rest of the world. 1d

staci.reads Heartbroken and worried. I have no other words right now. 1d

Leftcoastzen Thank you for posting. Beyond horrified. 1d

Suet624 I am scared, sad, heartbroken, angry, never knew so many people in my country hate others. 1d

Leftcoastzen @Suet624 agree 1d

Librarybelle 💔 1d

Jeg I feel angry and sad. After that comes the worry of what it means for the world. 1d

BarbaraBB @julesG Me too. The power of this unpredictable man and his new BFF Musk will be of consequence for the rest of the world and I have no clue yet in what way. 1d

JenReadsAlot I'm so upset i don't have words...That picture is terrifying and accurate. Don't know how we got here. 1d

Jas16 I don‘t have words right now. 1d

Flaneurette So ashamed to be american today (edited) 1d

Deblovestoread Beyond devastated for my country and the rest of the world. 💔 23h

dabbe I feel like we have failed not only ourselves but the entire world as well. 😔 22h

sarahbarnes 😣💔I have no words 14h

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lynneamch

The Handmaid's Tale | MARGARET. ATWOOD

Saw this on BigTentUSA.org "It's not partisan. It's #Democracy" #vote #women #freedom

Reecaspieces Amen! 3d

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I love this ❤️ and shared it with my family. This election is majorly stressing me out. 😭 3d

dabbe 🎯!!! 💙🇺🇸💙 3d

JamieArc @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Me too! My stomach is in knots thinking about it! 3d

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BarbaraBB

Self | Yann Martel

#WeeklyForecast 45/24

Somehow I haven‘t read as much lately so I think these two books might me ambitious already. I have started The Echoes already and am enjoying it.
The tagged one (by the author of Life of Pi) has been sitting on my shelves for ages so I am glad to pick it up for #FoodAndLit 🇨🇦

sarahbarnes I loved Pi so will be curious to hear about this one. And I am excited to read something by Wyld soon - I never have! 4d

TheKidUpstairs I've got The Echoes pre-ordered (it's not out here until February!), eager to hear your thoughts when you've finished!

@sarahbarnes The Bass Rock is my favourite of hers! 4d

sarahbarnes @TheKidUpstairs that is really good to know! 4d

BarbaraBB Thanks for the recommendation @TheKidUpstairs 3d

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monalyisha

And the Birds Rained Down | Jocelyne Saucier

The emoji in the center of the flower says it all. The choice between And the Birds Rained Down and My Broken Language was painful!

Ultimately, I went with the title I did because it does *a lot* in few words. My Broken Language could be a bit rambly (but I‘d happily drown in her tidal wave of language forever).

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CSeydel The best kind of dilemma to have! 6d

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LitsyEvents

The Golden Road | L. M. Montgomery

Repost for @BarbaraJean
For those following along with the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReRead or #LMMJounals, in November we‘re starting Vol 3 of the Complete Journals and also reading The Golden Road.
Then in December we‘ll read LMM‘s Christmas stories. @BarbaraJean will assemble a #KindredSpiritsChristmas story-a-day schedule for reading these cosy holidays stories together. All are welcome. If you‘d like to join in for December let her know.

BarbaraJean Thanks for the re-post! 6d

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BarbaraJean

The Golden Road | L. M. Montgomery

For those following along with #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead #LMMReread or #LMMJournals, in November we‘re starting Vol. 3 of the Complete Journals and also reading The Golden Road.

Then in December we‘ll read LMM‘s Christmas stories! I‘ll assemble a #KindredSpiritsChristmas story-a-day schedule for us to read these cozy holiday stories together. All are welcome—if you‘d like to join in just for December, let me know and I‘ll add you to the tag list!

rubyslippersreads, Daisey, LeahBergen, JenlovesJT47, CogsOfEncouragement, lauraisntwilder, kwmg40, TheAromaofBooks, Roary47, LitsyEvents, julieclair, Seabreeze_Reader

Seabreeze_Reader Enjoy your reading. 🙂Unfortunately I won't have time in my schedule to join in. 6d

BarbaraJean @Seabreeze_Reader Thank you! Maybe we‘ll catch you another time 😊 6d

TheAromaofBooks I actually read the “Haunted“ short story this week! Still plowing my way through Seven Gables 😅 My copy of the journals should be here this weekend. I'm looking forward/also somewhat apprehensive to read about LMM's early marriage years and leaving PEI. Are the Christmas stories going to a specific book of collected stories, or just random ones from here and there? 6d

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BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks Seven Gables turned out to be quite a slog! 😬 I‘ll see how this volume of the journals feels—I‘m a bit apprehensive as well! There are more of LMM‘s books to break things up with at this point, though, and I‘m going to go through the notes and jot down adjacent titles to work into the schedule also. The Christmas stories are random—I have a list compiled from a few different Christmas collections (minus that weird Red Room one!) 6d

Roary47 The golden road looks enchanting. I‘m going to read the first book really quick to be on track. 🥰 6d

TheAromaofBooks Yeah, The Red Room, randomly depressing and not remotely Christmasy haha That story was a disappointment! 😂 6d

julieclair @TheAromaofBooks I actually read the haunted story too! I‘m so proud of us! 😀 6d

julieclair I will skip the journals, but join in for The Golden Road. And December sounds delightful! 6d

BarbaraJean @Roary47 Yay! Glad to have you join in, and I hope you enjoy both books! 😊 6d

BarbaraJean @julieclair Looking forward to reading Golden Road and Christmas stories with you! And good job reading the ghost story—LMM loved ghost stories, but it sounds like it‘s not in any of our wheelhouses, so good job to all of us! 6d

Daisey I‘d like to try to join in for the Christmas stories. Please add me to that list. 5d

BarbaraJean @Daisey Will do! Glad to have you along for the Christmas stories! 4d

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TheKidUpstairs

And the Birds Rained Down | Jocelyne Saucier

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"Ted was a broken soul, Charlie a nature lover and Tom had seen everything a man is allowed to see."

Three men retreated from society to live and die on their own terms in the remote Northern Ontario wilderness.

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TheKidUpstairs ...After one's death, the isolation of the remaining men is broken by the arrival of two women: one, a photographer searching for survivors of a Great Fire; the other, an elderly woman who had lived her days in the constrains of others, hoping for a chance at a life of her own.... cont'd 1w

TheKidUpstairs Their stories are shared, as tales around a campfire, by the witnesses: the photographer, the pot farmer who brings them supplies, the wilderness hotel manager who keeps their secrets, and an omniscient narrator with the feel of a Greek chorus. It is a beautiful, thoughtful, questioning meditation on life, death, and the freedom in accepting that others live lives we can never fully comprehend, but there is comfort in the not knowing... cont'd
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TheKidUpstairs
"And death? Well, she is still prowling. But pray her no mind. She lurks in every step."

Thank you @monalyisha for inspiring me to push this one up my TBR. 1w

monalyisha I‘m so glad you had a positive experience with this one, too! 💚 1w

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shawnmooney

Held: A Novel | Anne Michaels

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