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March 2024 best read = Mean Spirit / Linda Hogan, Book #26 2024. (#ReadICT : indigenous author)
February = Blackouts / Justin Torres, Book #11 - winner ToB XX
January = Clare Pooley's The Authenticity Project, Book #5. (Also #ReadICT : lost/found category)

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @CSeydel Is the creator. I‘m using it too, love the idea! ❤️ 3w

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WHEEL OF FORTUNE | Thane Gustafson

These are my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for April 2024 @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!!! 3w

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BkClubCare

MEAN SPIRIT | Linda Hogan

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Mean Spirit is better!! Or maybe, I can suggest that if you liked/appreciated Grann‘s NF book: Killers of the Flower Moon, you must please seek out Mean Spirit to get a fabulously told story with heart & grit with the Indigenous Peoples perspective.

(In further study, FYI, Hogan was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize with Mean Spirit.)
#ReadICT category Indigenous author

Liz_M I wholeheartedly agree! 4w

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BkClubCare

MEAN SPIRIT | Linda Hogan

Copper helping with the photo shoot . . . NOT 🤣🐶

#ReadICT category Indigenous ✍️ Author

Liz_M I read this years ago, well before Killers of the Flower Moon was a thing. Eye opening and well written! 1mo

BkClubCare @Liz_M - thank you for your comment. I was introduced to this title when the movie for Flower Moon was being discussed somewhere online 😉 and was said to be BETTER. I am looking forward to it. 1mo

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo

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Mobility | Lydia Kiesling

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I‘m fairly certain that I probably wouldn‘t like/respect Bunny in real life, but in this novel, I did. Following her meandering through her life and her proximity to oil yet not understanding it completely was mesmerizing. This worked for me and liked the quick pace of time.

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Mobility | Lydia Kiesling

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Welcome to Day 3 of #LitsyTob24!

Our winner today is Mobility, with two thirds of the vote!

Both books had female MCs who were navigating their way through life, alongside unique storytelling about families, but each book had a distinctive style.

What did you think of the storytelling? Did you like both Belle and Bunny?

We‘re looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the books and today‘s result!

Megabooks, BarbaraBB

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Bookwormjillk I bailed on Rogue, and liked Mobility. Although I didn‘t think it was the coming of age story it was made out to be. 2mo

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Chelsea.Poole I didn‘t love either of these two 😬 But I did appreciate them both a bit more after reading reviews and I‘ll look forward to reading the comments from you all in this thread! 2mo

BarbaraBB I struggled through Rouge and appreciated Mobility much more. It felt so on point, about climate change and how we integrate it into our lives in a way that feels fitting and maybe reassuring as if we do what we can and should do. It‘s way too little though, Kiesling seems to implicate. 2mo

sarahbarnes I may still have to give Mobility a try after this vote! I am a shameless Awad fan and I did love Rouge. 😊 2mo

AmyG I didn‘t read either…..so waiting patiently for the books I DID read. 2mo

Deblovestoread Awad is not for me. I thought Mobility was good and the ending was definitely on point. 2mo

kwmg40 I liked Mobility very much. I'm still working on Rouge. Finding it hard to get into it, but I really liked All's Well so will probably continue. BTW, is it a complete coincidence that Awad has a book called Bunny and that's also the name of Kiesling's main character. Was this a fated pairing? 😂 2mo

Readerann I loved Kiesling‘s The Golden State, so I will definitely get to Mobility. Rouge was meh for me. 2mo

squirrelbrain I agree @Bookwormjillk @BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread - I fought my way through Rouge (list-completist here 🙋🏻‍♀️) but liked Mobility. 2mo

squirrelbrain @kwmg40 - I though exactly that about the ‘Bunny‘ thing when I wrote this post earlier! 2mo

squirrelbrain @sarahbarnes @Readerann - I think you‘ll like Mobility. It‘s rather a quiet book, in my view, but seems more impactful because of that. 2mo

squirrelbrain @AmyG - hopefully soon! 🤞😃 2mo

squirrelbrain @chelsea.poole - at least we had better books, in general, than the real ToB! 🤪 2mo

BarbaraBB @Readerann I loved The Golden State too! 2mo

Ruthiella I was neutral on both Belle and Bunny, though I recognized a lot more of myself in Bunny than Belle. I am an Awad fan, but found Rouge disappointing. It was too rooted in the fantastical for me to enjoy. I liked Mobility a lot. As @squirrelbrain notes, it‘s quiet but it does have a kick to it if you look for it. 2mo

Hooked_on_books After liking each of Awad‘s books less than the one before, I refused to read Rouge, the only book of ours I didn‘t read. Then I hated Mobility and bailed on it. So, this pairing was a bit of a wash for me. 2mo

squirrelbrain That was all a bit rubbish then, wasn‘t it?! @Hooked_on_books 2mo

Larkken @kwmg40 I wondered the same thing about the Bunnies! 2mo

Larkken Awad has my heart. Her kind of weird just get me 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo

fredthemoose I liked Mobility, although realized that if it wasn‘t for ToB I don‘t know I would have ever thought about it again. Rouge was a hard no for me. The MC was so dopey it was like being sober and trying to follow your drunk friend‘s stories for HOURS without any payoff or even a funny anecdote by the end. 2mo

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kwmg40

Mobility | Lydia Kiesling

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It took me a while to get into this book but I ended up liking it much more than I thought it would.

I loved the satirical moments when Bunny tries to consider climate change and other momentous issues affecting the world but then gets distracted by a colleague's designer shoes. I'd like to think that I'm not like Bunny but I realize I'm writing this on my computer in my well heated home with my car parked outside the door. 😅

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Ruthiella Great review. 👍 I think this one was pretty subtle and definitely is intended to make the reader consider their own choices and complicity. 2mo

BarbaraBB Great review! 2mo

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Megabooks Fantastic review! You really captured what I liked about Bunny, too! 2mo

Librarybelle Echoing everyone…great review! 2mo

squirrelbrain Fab review - I convinced myself I wasn‘t like Bunny, but then thought I probably am! 2mo

kwmg40 @Ruthiella @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @Librarybelle @squirrelbrain Thanks! Nice to see that I'm not the only one who fears that I've got a bit of Bunny in me. 😂 2mo

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