Welcome to Litsy!

An awesome novel that looks at the struggles, hardships, joys, and triumphs of a Cherokee/Kiowa/Latino family.

Thank you @dabbe for creating this play~tag~share card & for the tag.

All Time Favorite:
1 - The Old Kingdom Series By Garth Nix.

Newest:
2 - Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie.

Because I am obsessed:
3 - Batman!

I‘m having one of those days when the world‘s bigotry weighs even heavier on me than it normally does, which means it‘s a good time to read Thomas King. A caramel latte won‘t hurt, either.

This was an amazing mystery. I like how focused this story was on “mystery“ and not graphic violence and gory scenes.

The story was not predictable, at least it kept surprising me, especially the last bit of chapter twenty and the last few chapters. Oh, that ending was spectacular! 👇

I read a lot of mystery/crime fiction and it can start to feel exploitative, especially when the victims are BIPOC and the authors are white. Lillie is a Cherokee citizen, as is the main character here. This is a well written mystery centered around missing and murdered Indigenous women in a small Oklahoma town. There‘s more to it, of course, but no spoilers here. I‘m definitely interested in reading more of Lillie‘s work.

I didn't plan on reading this...I collect American Indigenous (and Canadian Aboriginal) books and authors (fictional and nonfiction), yet I don't always have the courage to read them.

It is difficult for me to explain. I best try now that I've mentioned this...

I've become squeamish over the years when it comes to graphic scenes and certain sensitive subjects. I prefer quick facts, not detailed.

With Native books, these feelings intensify. 👇

It‘s been a struggle to stick with anything this past week. Nothing is holding my interest so I‘m just not reading much. I‘m hoping to change that by bailing on my #bookspin, since it‘s getting all “hidden/forbidden relationship” angsty and I wanted to supernatural, isolated setting, high body count, not angst, so I‘m mad at it. 😂 Fingers crossed that the tagged book grabs my attention and doesn‘t let go.

This was such an interesting way to tell a story. We learn about Ever by hearing from the perspectives of those close to him: his grandmother, mother, cousin, and so on. Each voice and story is unique and gives insight into both their lives and struggles but also how they shaped Ever and how he helped shape them.

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I had high expectations going in, & I was still kind of blown away! Hard to believe this a debut novel!

Ever Geimausaddle is trying to figure out how to belong to the world as a young man who is both Native American and Mexican. Told largely through other members of his family, we see how their struggles have shaped his own.

Heartbreaking & beautifully written. I highly recommend it, especially if you have ever called Oklahoma home.

A novel centered on Ever, a man of Native American & Mexican heritage, navigating a complicated legacy and life in OK. Though Ever is the MC, the novel weaves together a number of other characters‘ stories into an intergenerational web of connections. I loved the sense of community and spirituality imbued throughout, a necessary means to counter violence, substance abuse, and poverty.