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merelybookish
How You Were Born | Kate Cayley
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An excellent collection of short stories by Canadian Kate Cayley. (Originally published in 2014, this new edition is coming out soon with 3 additional stories.) Each story is a little gem, a careful observation of human behavior. Indeed in many of the stories, characters are observing others, and figuring out their own reliance on/distance from/ connection to other people. #netgalley

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shawnmooney
This Is How We Love | Lisa Moore
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Lindy
A Jest of God | Margaret Laurence
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Winner of the Governor General‘s Award in 1966, in this superb novel we are in the head of Rachel, a schoolteacher in her 30s in small town Manitoba, where she lives with her ailing, petulant mother. Over the course of 3 seasons, major changes happen for Rachel. I loved witnessing her growth, overcoming her fears & anxiety as she comes to terms with fulfilling her needs for love & human connection. #CanadianAuthor

batsy I loved this ❤️ 2mo
Lindy @batsy It was the first time I‘ve read it. Love it so much! 2mo
LeahBergen I loved it, too! 2mo
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Lcsmcat I love your teacup! 2mo
Lindy @LeahBergen 😁👯🇨🇦🏆 2mo
Lindy @Lcsmcat thanks Linda! 2mo
vivastory 💙Laurence (this is definitely one of my favorites by her) 2mo
Lindy @vivastory I am definitely reading more of her books this year. 2mo
vivastory I think it rewards reading the cycle in order to see some of the connections 2mo
Lindy @vivastory I think the only one in the series that I haven‘t yet read is Fire Dwellers, but it‘s been so long that I‘ve read the others that I plan to reread them too. 2mo
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Lindy
A Jest of God | Margaret Laurence
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We watched until the lights of the town could not be seen any longer. Now only the farm kitchens and the stars are out to signpost the night. The bus flies along, smooth and confident as a great owl through the darkness, and all the passengers are quiet, some of them sleeping.

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Lindy
A Jest of God | Margaret Laurence
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… in among the stalks of last year‘s grass now brittle and brown like the ancient bones of birds, the crocuses were growing, the flowers‘ faint mauve protected by the green-grey hairs of the outer petals.
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mcctrish
Mad Honey | Katie Welch
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A beautiful mysterious read. I was ready to believe in magical transformations to explain a disappearance 3/4s of the way into this story of bees, love, commitment and compassion. 🇨🇦 lit has a new voice

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mcctrish
Mad Honey | Katie Welch
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I just finished Jodi Picoult‘s Mad Honey so I figured I‘d chase it with Katie Welch‘s.

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CuriousG
We Meant Well: A Novel | Erum Shazia Hasan
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It's been a busy day, but I'm so excited to sit down and read all evening now. This amazing pairing of chocolate and book was sent by @TheKidUpstairs - I'm so glad to hear you loved it. I'm very excited to get going on it tonight! Happy Jolabokaflod ❤️
#jolabokaflodswap #jolabokaflodswap23 @MaleficentBookDragon

TheKidUpstairs I'm glad you like it! Merry Christmas! 3mo
CuriousG @TheKidUpstairs Merry Christmas! And those chocolates were amazing - thank you so much 3mo
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Sapphire
The Fire-Dwellers | Margaret Laurence
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I purchased the Manawaka novels more than a year ago based on @vivastory discussion of them. So I thought I had the tagged book. Review of my shelves and a check with LibraryThing says no I don‘t. How did I miss this. Thanks to @TheKidUpstairs #auldlangspine2024 list I will be correcting that now and prioritizing getting to these as well this year.

Ruthiella Nice editions! 😍 3mo
Sapphire @Ruthiella University of Chicago Press. I thought so! 3mo
vivastory More Laurence! I love to see it 💙 3mo
TheKidUpstairs I haven't read the whole series yet, but obviously I loved Fire Dwellers, and The Diviners is one of my all time favourite books. 3mo
TheKidUpstairs These editions are lovely! 3mo
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Kshakal
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I feel this to my very core… I just need to make it to Friday and then I can enjoy 9 days off!! #teachersoflitsy

wanderinglynn I am so feeling this. 4mo
CatLass007 “I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once.” Ashleigh Brilliant 4mo
Kshakal @CatLass007 🤓🤓🤓 4mo
KadaGul @Kshakal lately, I Feel like getting this engraved and hanging it on my office door 🚪 so everyone knows how I feel every day and avoid 💬 talking to me until Spring 🌸 4mo
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