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Another title left over from November. Glad I finally made it through as it was a a bit dry and meandering for my normal reading tastes. On one hand it‘s a true crime murder mystery during the oil boom in the 2010‘s on Native American reservations. On the other it‘s a sociological look at the idea of intergenerational trauma that the oil boom exacerbated. This also provides a lot of context for the recent protests at 👇🏼

November #bookspin

I‘ve been horrible about completing my bookspin picks but I love to play! Here‘s hoping I get to November‘s pick.

Week 3 #teamslaughter #scarathlon total: 5238
Favorite book from this week is the tagged true crime that focuses on the Indigenous woman who searches for the missing and helped uncover corruption on her reservation. Lots of great detail on the reservation history and the oil boom on reservation land that led to this corruption, and the author‘s voice is lovely and meditative.
Also read: Ararat, The Archived, In the Tall Grass, The Jigsaw Man⬇️

A fascinating true crime account of murder, money, addiction, generational pain, and family on a Dakota reservation during the oil boom. Well-researched and with a unique perspective for non fiction, this kept me reading late into the evening to find out the ending. I suspect this powerful story will stay with me for a long time. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks Book 125 of 2021!

After finishing Firekeepers Daughter (which was 5 ⭐️) I decided to dive into more Native American reads, starting with this true crime book.

Thank you so much for the book. It arrived safe and sound @Addison_Reads

Thanks Again!

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #NonFiction2021 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

If you go into this expecting it to be simply true crime, you'll be disappointed. While there is a crime that takes place, this book is also about sociology, addiction, obsession, and forgiveness. Lissa Yellow Bird gives a candid look at a woman fighting to find purpose in her life, while unraveling a mystery, and reconnecting with her culture.

Great read! 💚

I thought I should give an #AwesomeApril update.
I did not meet either goal. I was a few pages short on my goal for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, but I did read enough to contribute to my Anti-Racist Teacher group.
I didn‘t finish Yellow Bird in time for book club, but only 3 out of 9 did so we rescheduled. I think that‘s the most who didn‘t in all our years of book club! It was interesting but it needed some editing.
Thank you anyway @Andrew65 !

It‘s almost time for the #AwesomeApril Readathon with @Andrew65 !

🔎 My first goal is to read the tagged book in time for my book club meeting on April 18th at 11:00 am!

✊🏾 My next goal is to read the introduction, the rest of chapter 1, and all of chapter 2 of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire for my Anti-Racist Teacher meeting on April 15th.

Who else is joining in?

#birthday #bookhaul

Here‘s my review for the first book I finished this month. I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway. I‘m glad that I decided to listen to this book on audio because I had a hard time getting through this book. I finished this book but I wish I would have DNF‘d it instead.

I do not read a lot of true crime, so I can‘t speak to how this book will fare for enthusiasts of the genre. But I can say the book is a fascinating and complex display of investigative journalism, written with honesty and a poetic keenness. Can‘t wait to discuss it at book club tonight!

Here are my #top6reads of the first half of the year. What a fun idea!

“Lissa Yellow Bird cannot explain why she went looking for Kristopher Clarke.”

#FirstLineFridays

📚📚📚32 books total
🎧 18 audiobooks
🏛 14 library books
#bestofMay #May2020

I‘m a few days late in giving my #BuzzWordBookathon #wrapup due to overdoing it in the garden and ending up flat on my back in agony in bed! Won‘t be doing that again, but the gardens looking great🌻I ended up finishing two books & 3/4s of another. With my #buzzword being #colours I read The Girl In Red & Six Gun Snow White plus most of Yellow Bird. Hopefully my reading will improve along with my back! Thanks for hosting @Clwojick & @hes7

Amazing book! Lissa Yellowbird‘s quest for justice is an amazing and wonderful look at true crime from an indigenous point of view. It‘s an unflinching view of her life and those around her.

A man disappeared from a fracking outfit on the MHA Nation in North Dakota, prompting Lissa Yellow Bird to investigate his disappearance and the oil company. This reads as part Erin Brockovich, part Killers of the Flower Moon and is a great blend of history, sociology and true crime. I thought it was terrific.

And with batteries acquired, my little bookstore is finished! I‘m so happy with it and will enjoy having it as an addition to my library. Thanks to everyone who showed interest in this project—it helped me push through when I got frustrated!

Bk12 of my #MarchBookHaul & #BirthdayBookHaul (don‘t judge me🤦🏻‍♀️) is another NF, a true crime about a Native American woman‘s search for the killer of a white oil worker on her reservation in North Dakota. Lissa Yellow Bird is released from prison to find her home corrupted by oil wealth with an increase in violence & addiction. When an oil worker goes missing she becomes determined to find out what happened against overwhelming opposition.

The true crime story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it--an urgent, page-turning work of literary journalism and social criticism. When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom.

Such an interesting article - this is now a must read for me!

https://lithub.com/on-the-trail-of-a-murder-in-the-dakota-badlands/

I won a #goodreads giveaway today! 🎉🎉🎉

I love True Crime. This just drug and I finally gave up.