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TieDyeDude
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#valloweenswap @bookish_wookish
Thank you for a most excellent swap! The book sleeve is perfect. I'm excited for the tagged book, and to return to Chuck Palahniuk after quite a few years.

bookish_wookish I‘m glad you like everything! 🦇 4h
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Nebklvr
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Pickpick

This is not an easy read but it is an inspiring one. Ma-Nee experienced multiple episodes of violence and abuse, racism, homophobia, and homelessness. Her ability to forgive and to release the bitterness and anger towards those who caused her harm is beautiful and hard won. This may not be the best written narrative but it is an amazing one. #CanadaReads

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Jolynne
Looking for Smoke | K A Cobell
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Contemporary Cree teenagers come to life in this book focusing and bringing attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women.

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bookandbedandtea
These Silent Woods: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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A smidge of snow (looks like we're getting a break from False Spring 😀) and some quiet time to start a fresh book. Ahhh Sunday, I ❤️ you
#CurrentRead

Chelsea.Poole Lovely photo ☺️ 5d
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lauraisntwilder
Indian Horse | Richard Wagamese
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Wow. The first pick for the #OhCanada #BuddyRead was intense. I loved this story of an Ojibway boy falling in love with hockey, but that's only part of the book. Saul's story is heartbreaking and moving. I can only imagine the continued lasting effects of the so-called "residential schools."

DogMomIrene The writing was so beautiful! I cried at the end. What a freaking journey to even get to the tip of healing. 6d
lauraisntwilder @DogMomIrene I cried, too! It was such a good book. 5d
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wildwoodreads
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So I just finished Wind and Truth and now I need time to process what I just read. It really is the end of an era.

But now I need another great read to fight off a book hangover so here‘s my lineup for February.

mariaku21 The Reformatory is a book that stayed with me for weeks after reading it. 1w
wildwoodreads @mariaku21 I‘m really looking forward to it! 1w
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DogMomIrene
Indian Horse | Richard Wagamese
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Powerful novel. Feels like a memoir. Saul was ripped from his Ojibway family & forced into a Residential School, where he tried to escape trauma by playing hockey. His external & internal journey highlight his rage against racism & prejudice, his fight w/ alcoholism, & his healing. I despise sports, but even the hockey sections were so beautifully written, I was eagerly reading. And the conclusion brought me to tears. #OhCanada

@Jess861

Jess861 Both of his parents are Residential School survivors. Not a memoir but I believe he had a very close attachment to all the points in the book. 1w
Tamra Agreed, such lyrical prose! 1w
LiseWorks This was a very good book 1w
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DogMomIrene @Jess861 Not surprised about his parents😢. I knew it wasn‘t a memoir, but you can definitely feel how closely tied he is to his characters. And his acknowledgements mention a lot of people,not all of whom work at his publisher. 1w
DogMomIrene @Tamra Especially the opening chapters focused on nature and Ojibway culture. I kept pausing as I read there. 1w
DogMomIrene @LiseWorks I even liked the hockey section! I was rooting for the Moose and Saul so many times. And I thought that aspect of the story might be difficult for me. Flew through the games. 1w
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DogMomIrene
Indian Horse | Richard Wagamese
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The observations about nature within the first chapters of Indian Horse are beautifully expressed. Enough so, that trying to decide what to share was going to be tough, but then Saul‘s grandmother made this statement. Timely words I‘ll be keeping in the back of my mind. #OhCanada

Jess861 2w
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Hanna-B
There There: A novel | Tommy Orange
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5 stars, a razor sharp tale of First Nations American Indians. Filled with pathos and aching sadness. The language is like a target that shoots you into the story so that you feel it like you‘re there

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Yenya1954
These Silent Woods: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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This novel was set in the mountains of the northern Appalachians. A father and his daughter are living in seclusion. The father has had a difficult time with PTSD after serving in the military. The land they live on is owned by a friend from the service. Isolation is the only life the daughter knows. The past and its challenges were easier when the girl was younger. She needs to become part of the world. 4.5/5