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Portrait of a Body | Julie Delporte
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Delicate artwork in coloured pencil and watercolour illustrate this graphic memoir about coming out as a lesbian later in life. Translation from French by Helge Dascher and Karen Houle. #CanadianAuthor #LGBTQ #comics

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Portrait of a Body | Julie Delporte
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Throughout this memoir, Delporte references feminist and lesbian writers and filmmakers. In this illustration, she is holding a copy of Dorothy Allison‘s Skin.

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Portrait of a Body | Julie Delporte
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What didn‘t kill me didn‘t make me stronger. Time hasn‘t healed all wounds.
And yet here I am, still very much alive.

Cathythoughts That‘s more like it 👍🏻❤️ 12h
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Portrait of a Body | Julie Delporte
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Recent bails, recent audio and graphic memoir reads, and lots of chat about genre categories in my latest booktube video:
https://youtu.be/6DWRwKxqiKw

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Weyward: A Novel | Emilia Hart
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A soft pick: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The excellent audio production, with three readers to perform the three storylines, kept me engaged while listening to this feminist tale of witchcraft magic that links women in 1619, 1942 and 2019, even though I wished for more nuance in the vile male characters and a less predictable plot.

monalyisha I know your review is less than stellar so it‘s a funny time to stack this…but I keep forgetting to add it. 🙈 2d
Lindy @monalyisha I am in the minority in not completely loving this. It won the Goodreads award for Best Debut Fiction AND for Best Historical Fiction. 2d
monalyisha @Lindy Everyone seems to love it, for sure. I wasn‘t immediately sold based on the description but now I need to know. I‘ll be interested to learn if I‘m with you or the masses! 2d
monalyisha I *have* really loved Alice Hoffman‘s books in the past; this seems like it‘s sort of in the same vein. 2d
Lindy @monalyisha Yes, it is in the vein of Alice Hoffman. I used to enjoy her writing but my tastes have changed. 1d
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Loot: A novel | Tania James
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Superb storytelling, farcical humour and a vivid sense of place carry this historical / high seas adventure / bildungsroman / romance / heist novel centred on a real 18th-century artifact created in southern India: an automaton in the shape of a tiger eating a man. Serious themes—colonialism, imperialism & racism—give this story of self-reinvention heft. Audiobook read by Shawn K Jain.

squirrelbrain Great review! This was one of the most heavily tipped books for the #womensprize, but obviously didn‘t make the list. It was 99p on Kindle recently so, clearly, I bought it! 2d
Lindy @squirrelbrain It may not have won the heart of the Women‘s Prize judges, but it made the National Book Award longlist and is currently longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize. 🏆 2d
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Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth
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“A baby kicks; a bloodshot Raja yowls.
A young man speeds downhill; a father growls.”
Music and languages are highlighted in this chapter. I love how minor characters introduced in earlier chapters come to the fore, deepening themes of cultural, religious and sociopolitical changes happening in India. What about that parakeet? Is it a minor character who will further the plot as well? #SuitableBoy2024

squirrelbrain Ooh yes, the parakeet…I wonder?! 😃 I‘m enjoying Ishaq‘s story and was pleased that it seemed to be taking a positive turn. 3d
Lindy @squirrelbrain Oh, me too. I was sad about Ishaq‘s wrists and glad how the chapter ended for him. 3d
jlhammar Yes, music and languages - fascinating! I also liked how the chapter ended. And it seems like there could be some drama once that parakeet starts speaking. Oh, and Maan seems to have a lot of maturing to do. Interested to see what comes of his time away. 3d
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bekakins You‘re so right - music and language! Also early enjoying Ishaq‘s story and Maan‘s arc - I wonder if he‘ll learn some lessons in the village?!? 3d
Lindy @bekakins @jlhammar Yes, what will happen to Maan in the village?? Rasheed‘s family doesn‘t sound hospitable, especially not to the son of the minister responsible for the zamindari bill. 3d
Leftcoastzen I‘m behind this week , hope to get on track next week ! 2d
Lindy @Leftcoastzen Be prepared: Part 7 is a longish chapter (126 pages). 🍀 2d
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A National Book Award finalist—but I think this could have been shorter. The portrayal of life in northern Finland in 1851 & the culture clash between the Indigenous nomadic Sámi people and the white settlers is well done. I was also fascinated by the real historic figure, Lars Levi Laestadius, and the start of his religious sect, which had come up in other novels that I read. In an NPR interview, Pylväinen says she was raised in Laestadianism.

jlhammar Looking forward to this. I remember enjoying 4d
Lindy @jlhammar It‘s interesting that Laestadianism continues to this day. I haven‘t read Pylvainen‘s debut but I know what it‘s about. I‘m glad to hear you enjoyed it. 4d
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She always wanted to talk about things. She always wanted to understand them. Pick them up and poke them. She could never be left out of the knowing. […] He wanted to say, what will it matter? What will the knowing do?

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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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The excellent audiobook production has a cast of 9 readers to voice the multiple viewpoints in this moving novel that begins with a Cheyenne survivor of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre and his descendants through to contemporary times. Displacement, addiction, home and healing. The novel is linked to the characters in Tommy Orange‘s debut There, There and it‘s every bit as powerful.

ChaoticMissAdventures Oh I love a full cast reading! This is high on my 2024 TBR. 5d
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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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We don‘t live on a planet, we are the planet. It made us.

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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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… even wisdom, which word she hates, soaked as it is in new-ageyness, or so Native American-sounding you automatically hear the word accompanied by a Native American flute or an eagle‘s cry. Except that the sound effect everyone considers an eagle‘s cry is in fact a red-tailed hawk.

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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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The only one who can save him is himself, and that is true for everyone.

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Wandering Stars | Tommy Orange
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Recent Reads March 13: literary salon; Indigenous stories; audiobooks; poetry; women in translation
https://youtu.be/1PFEt1JRWf8

#booktube #CanadianAuthor

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Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth
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The novel takes place in 1950 and Vikram Seth has skillfully woven into his storylines the political and cultural background of India at the time. In Part 5, the prior information we‘ve gleaned about the Nawab Sahib (a Muslim and one of the largest landowners, and his old friend Mahesh Kapoor (a Hindu, the Minister of Revenue) comes to a head with passing of the legislative bill to end the zamindari system. What‘s the fallout? #SuitableBoy2024

jlhammar Very political section! I did feel like I could use a bit more context so thank you for that. So much going on in this novel already and so many characters. Really enjoying it so far. Poor Priya feeling like a prisoner and so miserable living with her in-laws. And that mention of “rats that bite off your hair at night if you don‘t wash the oil off”—eek! 1w
squirrelbrain I agree @jlhammar - a lot of politics in this part. I was fascinated by the zenana, and by Zainab having to speak to Murtaza Ali from behind a sheet; how brave of her to do this. 1w
bekakins Loving the additional context - I didn‘t find this part quite as engaging as the others but I enjoyed the introduction of Begum Abida Khan & Zainab! Also felt very sorry for Priya 1w
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Lindy @jlhammar @squirrelbrain @bekakins I am always curious about women‘s lives, so the parts with Priya, Veena, Abida and Zainab really captured my attention. I hadn‘t been paying as much attention to the political stuff mentioned in previous chapters, so I went back and reviewed passages from them to help me understand Part 5. 1w
bekakins @Lindy that is a really good idea - I might have to go back and revisit some bits as think it‘ll enhance my enjoyment of the book! 1w
KathyR My reading so far is that nearly all of the female characters we have been introduced to have restrictions on their behaviour and mobility. Zainab is on the far end of the continuum but I was reminded of the Saaeda Bai's concert where only men were in the audience while most of the women were behind a screen looking down on it. Many of the restrictions are not physical but cultural - what is proper - but they are as effective. I have read that poor Indian women are not restricted indoors - they must work. 1w
azulaco @KathyR Isn‘t that always the way? All the debate about “women‘s place is in the home” in the US over the last 150 years…the women in my family never had that choice, they all worked from necessity. But of course in India these are low caste or no caste women, so I wonder if they are even considered human :( The author has been mostly silent about caste. I‘d like to hear more about that and less about land reform. 1w
azulaco I didn‘t realize we were going to get a lesson in Indian politics and history of the 1950s, but since I know so little about what was going on, I‘m here for it. 1950s India is quite a contrast to 1950s America, isn‘t it? 1w
Lindy @azulaco Regarding caste as portrayed in this novel: we have seen mostly khatri (merchant) and jatav (leatherworker) castes in the story so far and the contrast between them has been made very clear. Also, Meenakshi‘s family is some higher caste than Arun‘s — I don‘t remember if we have been given more detail about that yet. 1w
azulaco @Lindy oh yes, it‘s clear that we‘re seeing a range of castes, and some of the issues have been touched on. I would be interested in more direct coverage of the subject, the way he‘s gone into more detail on the religious divide or the land reforms. This is an awfully long book, so maybe he will get there! 1w
Lindy @azulaco I hope that Seth has more in store on this topic too. In the meantime, have you read this excellent nonfiction book? 7d
KathyR My guess is that Seth has intentionally set this novel at a time of great change in India and that the social and political issues that come up will be those that had an impact in 1950, like the fight for land reform and the friction between the Hindu and Muslim communities after Partition. I think he's going to focus on the 4 upper class families that he's provided trees for. So far, caste has only come up when it is a factor in the issue that is affecting them, eg shoemakers' strike. 6d
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Ada's Room: A Novel | Sharon Dodua Otoo
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The unusual structure of this novel is part of its appeal: Ada is reborn several times across 7 centuries & a spirit being who takes the form of objects—a broom, a passport—narrates. The disorienting shifts in perspective add texture to the themes of power structures, racism & and search for home. The final Ada, in 2019 Berlin, is such a great character, showing how layers of history affect the present. #audiobook #translation

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Ada's Room: A Novel | Sharon Dodua Otoo
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Withdrawing herself from humiliating situations was not submission for Ada, it was resistance.

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Ada's Room: A Novel | Sharon Dodua Otoo
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I‘ve tagged the most recent audiobook that has accompanied my knitting project. One glove is done, the other still has 3 fingers yet to be knitted. #LitsyCrafters

Texreader Beautiful!! 2w
LeahBergen I love them! 2w
julesG Fantastic. Did you dye some of the yarn yourself? 2w
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Dilara Wow! It looks so professional, and I love the colors 😍 2w
Lindy @Texreader @LeahBergen Thank you ☺️ 2w
Lindy @julesG No, I made a scarf first out of the variegated BFL and some black qiviut. I decided to make gloves to use up the leftover variegated yarn and purchased a small ball of black sheep‘s wool for this project because qiviut doesn‘t have memory. There will still be some left of the original skein of variegated wool. I might make a hat too! 2w
Lindy @Dilara Thank you. The multiple colours are all from one skein of variegated yarn with black for contrast. 2w
OriginalCyn620 Pretty! 2w
Catsandbooks Beautiful work! 💖 2w
Lindy @Catsandbooks Thank you Leila ☺️ 2w
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In 2022, German American illustrator Nora Krug interviewed weekly the same two individuals over the course of a year: a Ukrainian journalist who had been born in Russia, and a Russian artist living in St Petersburg who opposed the war in Ukraine. If you want an idea about the psychological effects of war on individuals, as well as daily practical challenges, this is the book to pick up. Eye-opening and tactful. #comics #nonfiction

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Friday Reads March 1: Canadian books, women‘s literature in translation, Sámi people, war in Ukraine, historical fiction, speculative fiction, Black authors & queer mermaids
https://youtu.be/GaYHVvotA7I

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Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth
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Various new characters are introduced—Haresh, Jagat Ram, Dr Durrani—and it‘s a delight to get to know them through their interactions with people we‘ve already met. I‘m struck by Seth‘s ability to give his characters complexity, such as Kedernath‘s attitude: he‘s not anti-Muslim, but against religious zealotry in general, despite what happened to him and his brother when they left Lahore. Question: Is Haresh a suitable boy?
#SuitableBoy2024

squirrelbrain I had exactly the same thought as you - I love how the author carefully introduces new characters so we don‘t get overwhelmed, and we learn more about the existing characters in the process. 2w
squirrelbrain As for Haresh, I‘m not sure yet…. On the surface he seems like a good hard-working man, but I feel there may be something we don‘t yet know, that would make him another unsuitable boy. 2w
Lindy @squirrelbrain yes, Haresh himself doesn‘t seem open to the possibility of anyone other than his unrequited sweetheart. 2w
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KathyR I'm not sure about that; after spotting her at the train station he nearly went over to have himself introduced. But, given that Haresh is a not a Hindu, would her mother consider him a suitable boy? 2w
jlhammar Hmmm, I‘m not sure about Haresh. Interesting character though. That tannery they visited seemed like a terrible place to work. Young Bhaskar with his passion for mathematics was charming. 2w
Lindy @KathyR Is Haresh not Hindu? I missed that. Did he get his Hindu name from his foster father? Have you read ahead? 2w
Lindy @jlhammar I totally agree about the charming section about Bhaskar and I hope we haven‘t seen the last of Haresh. 2w
bekakins I‘m enjoying the slow introduction of characters also. I am hoping we get a return to Arun & Meenakshi soon though! 2w
KathyR Lindy, you're probably right. I don't know how I got that idea about Haresh... 2w
Lindy @KathyR Maybe because he was being teased about a Sikh girl? 2w
Lindy @bekakins Well Rupa and Lata are boarding a train in their direction… if there aren‘t many side tangents, we should be back to Arun and Meenakshi soon. 🚂 2w
Leftcoastzen A fun section indeed! Tanning leather is such an awful task.Despite the violence in this period between Muslims & Hindus, you can tell the younger people with education might be more tolerant of differences? But most still have elders that they have to deal with. 2w
Leftcoastzen Still thinking of Lata & Kabir.😄 2w
Lindy @Leftcoastzen Yes, young people give me hope too. Who knows, maybe there‘s still a chance for Lata and Kabir. 2w
KathyR Lindy, now I remember why I thought that Haresh is a Sikh. In section 4.9, after Haresh tells Jagat Ram that he will be going through Ken. (rather than dealing with Jagat directly), Jagat curses blood-sucking middlemen. "First the Muslims, now these Punjabis who had taken their place." Since Ken. was not from the Punjab I assumed he was talking about Haresh, and I assumed that if he was Punjabi he was Sikh. 2w
KathyR As for Lata & Kabir: At the end of part 3, Lata feels that she never wants to see Kabir again. I think he deeply disappointed her in not willing to elope, to live up to his words of love. I think that that infatuation may be over. 2w
Lindy @KathyR Kedarnath is from Lahore, which is the capital of Punjab province in Pakistan, so I think Jagat Ram was referring to him, not Haresh. The Indian state of Punjab has a large Sikh population, so there are several understandable avenues of confusion. 2w
KathyR Thanks for the clarification. 2w
KathyR For readers interested in learning more about the life of the very poor in India, I highly recommend the U.S. National Book Award winner, "Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity" by Katherine Boo. It is a book of narrative non-fiction that reads like a novel but is based on the reporting done by Boo between 2007 and 2011 in a settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. 2w
Lindy @KathyR Excellent recommendation 👍 2w
jlhammar @KathyR Yes, Behind the Beautiful Forevers - fantastic read! 1w
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In my estimation, Helen Humphreys can do no wrong. Her latest novel recounts the life of Henry David Thoreau, a subject perfectly suited for Humphreys, who has written extensively on human observations of the natural world. Every time I opened this book, I felt a sense of peace and relaxation. #CanadianAuthor

JuniperWilde Agreed about HH. I saw in your earlier reviews that you read Sarah Leipcigar‘s novel. Her newest is out this spring. I believe the title is Moon Road. I can‘t wait. 2w
batsy Must read more of her. Stacked! 2w
Lindy @JuniperWilde oh! Thanks for the heads up. I see that it‘s not out until August so I‘ve made a note. 2w
Lindy @batsy It‘s really lovely and worth seeking out. 😊 2w
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…it was impossible to keep on top of spring. At a certain point, it just raced ahead, and Henry was left stumbling behind, never able to catch up to what was blooming or fruiting or here on the wing. He used to be frustrated by this, but now that he was older, he just gave over to it when it happened. He was even a bit relieved when it did happen, when spring became a green furnace that burned through every hour.

TrishB I got all excited by a new Humphreys. Amazon says I can have in 3-7 months 🤷‍♀️ yes months. 3w
Lindy @TrishB it‘s strange that publication rights remain so wonky in this age of globalization. 3w
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John Sr. was working in his pencil factory next door, as he did most evenings, trying to keep pace with the ever-increasing orders. The Thoreau pencil, with Henry‘s new design, was becoming the pencil of choice for Americans.

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Henry found no comfort in the changing weather or light, but was reassured by the constancy of the lichen on the bark of the trees and the surface of the rocks.

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I find myself wishing that Putin will die. This feels bad because I never used to wish death on anyone. Now I feel such a desire. There‘s a cognitive dissonance in my head.

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The Collectors: Stories | M.T. Anderson, David Levithan, A.S. King, Anna-Marie McLemore, Jason Reynolds, G. Neri, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Randy Ribay, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Cory McCarthy
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Nine powerhouse authors have contributed to this collection of weird stories about collections for teens. I was so pleased to see that YALSA chose this as the latest Printz winner! Every story is strong yet I have a favourite: David Levithan writes about a boy who steals from other people‘s collections… but only the least valuable item. #YA #shortstories

MaureenMc The Levithan story plot reminds me of this novel 3w
Lindy @MaureenMc Interesting! The plot reminded me of another book too: 3w
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The Collectors: Stories | M.T. Anderson, David Levithan, A.S. King, Anna-Marie McLemore, Jason Reynolds, G. Neri, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Randy Ribay, e.E. Charlton-Trujillo, Cory McCarthy
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Six Recent Reads on booktube: Indigenous & queer, fiction & nonfiction, food, flowers & opera
https://youtu.be/GNPMIrW6VQA

(I‘ve tagged my favourite of the bunch)

Mitch Love your glasses 🤩 3w
Lindy @Mitch Thank you ☺️ 3w
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Love is an Ex-Country | Randa Jarrar
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What happens to young women whose adolescent sexuality is controlled, whose bodies‘ every movement is surveilled? Exit strategies and maps. We draw them up and go over the routes. We try the exits sometimes, at our own peril, too, because it‘s worth it to know that exiting could work. This would be like someone pulling open an exit door on an in-flight plane just to make sure it worked.
[strange to read this passage after seeing news above]

LeahBergen How timely! 😆 3w
Lindy @LeahBergen It‘s such an odd thing. 🤷‍♀️ 3w
batsy Wow. (Also, is it just me or are we reading about more incidents about people doing this on planes now?) 3w
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Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth
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“A couple glide down-river in a boat,
A mother hears that mischief is afloat.”

Playful shenanigans, ridiculous poetry, a sad movie and songs of longing set the mood for romantic trysts and buckets of tears in Part 3. Is there a future for Lata and Kabir?
#SuitableBoy2024

RebelReader I hope so, but if they do have future, I suspect it won‘t be an easy row to hoe. 3w
Lindy @RebelReader Not easy: very true. 😕 3w
squirrelbrain I hope so too @RebelReader - but I feel it may not be so. Still loving the book though - each part seems to fly by in minutes as it‘s so easy to fall in love with the characters, the settings and the writing. 3w
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jlhammar Just finished! Reading Part 3 was a lovely way to start my Saturday. Loved Pran‘s April Fools‘ Day joke at the start. “Those who aren‘t conscious of the date must take the consequences.” 😆 Lata and Kabir are so young and their love so new, but I feel for them. 3w
Lindy @jlhammar I‘ve never been a fan of April Fool pranks but I have to admit that Pran‘s was a good one. 3w
Lindy @squirrelbrain I find that the pages fly too. 😊 3w
bekakins I really enjoyed this part! I was COMPLETELY taken in by the April fools joke and was so confused like ‘what is the rest of this book going to be about?!‘ 🫣😆 Lata & Kabir‘s story is so sad, I always find it really interesting when religion plays such a pivotal role in relationships. I love that the chapters within each part are pretty short, so nice and digestible and really enjoying my daily routine of reading a chapter or 2! 3w
Lindy @bekakins I love the short chapter structure too. It gives good stopping places for spreading each part out over the course of a week. And it helps when I leave my reading to the last day too: I stop after each chapter to stretch for a bit because it‘s hard on my body to sit for 70 pages, but if I don‘t have break reminders I just keep going. 3w
kassandrik One part of me (romantic and hopeful) wishes for Lata's and Kabir's good future, but another one, rational and realistic, knows that it is far from the reality and it may cause so much damage along the way, that I start feeling a bit scared.
But hey, in fictional world miracles should happen!
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azulaco Poor Lata and Kabir. I want them to be together. I don‘t see that happening. Although, he is inviting her into activities that he has to know her parents would not fully approve of, so I wonder a little about his character. Nothing scandalous from our point of view, but pushing limits in their world. Is he modern, or just disrespectful? Never trust the long-term intentions of a guy who tries to avoid meeting your parents! 3w
Lindy @azulaco Not trusting a boy who avoids meeting your parents = good point! 3w
Lindy @kassandrik I expect there will be no miracles, but there are many pages yet for exciting things to happen. 😁 3w
Leftcoastzen I was buying into the April fools joke too! It is a time of change yet not enough for Lata & Kabir . I can‘t wait to see what happens next. 3w
Lindy @Leftcoastzen Yes, a time of great change; it‘s good to remember that these lives are unfolding at a particular moment in time. 3w
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Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth
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Her mother had gone through two chapters of the Gita that she recited every day at dawn. The Gita asked for detachment, tranquil wisdom, indifference to the fruits of action. This was a lesson that Mrs Rupa Mehra would never learn, could never learn. The lesson did not suit her temperament, even if its recitation did. The day she learned to be detached and indifferent and tranquil she would cease to be herself. #SuitableBoy2024

RebelReader I liked this section like I did the first section. How sad not to be with the person you are drawn to and expected to settle for whoever your family picks. My heart breaks! 💔💔 3w
Lindy @RebelReader It IS sad, but I wonder how difficult it would be for the couple on account of anti-Islamic sentiment, as just one of the obstacles in their path. 3w
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Desert Queen | Jyoti R. Gopal
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This electrifying picture book biography of Queen Harish, a Rajasthani drag performer, is told in verse by Jyoti Rajan Gopal. The illustrations by Svabhu Kholi are gorgeous. The message—follow your dreams and you will be rewarded—is inspiring. It was awarded a Stonewall Honor by the American Library Association and has earned many starred reviews. What else do you need to know? #LGBTQ #kidlit

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Desert Queen | Jyoti R. Gopal
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“Svabhu Kohli is an independent visual storyteller. Deeply inspired by the natural world and its mechanics, their work lives on the intersection of magical realism, visual storytelling and community engagement.” —from their website: https://www.svabhukohli.com
I was blown away by Kohli‘s art in the tagged book, so I went to their website to learn more.

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Desert Queen | Jyoti R. Gopal
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My latest booktube episode: Recent Reads February 20: something for every age of reader in these 6 great books!
https://youtu.be/AnPKGOaIAPc

#LGBTQ #picturebooks #kidlit #SFF #comics #memoir #birds #Indigenous #Canadian

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Bad Medicine | Christopher Twin
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A small group of Cree teens sit around a campfire after dark and tell scary stories that draw on traditional folklore as well real life horrors like Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, addictions and mental health demons. Cree cartoonist Christopher Twin grew up on the Swan River First Nation and now lives in Edmonton Alberta. His spiky art and use of dark colours add to the creepy atmosphere in this entertaining graphic novel. #Canadian

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Bad Medicine | Christopher Twin
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I‘m very familiar with people using “clicks” to mean kilometres, talking about either distance or speed, but encountering it in this book by an Alberta author made me stop to consider: is this a Canadianism? Littens, what do you say?

Texreader Hmmm. I thought it was a military term. I‘d be interested to hear the outcome of this informal poll. 1mo
KathyWheeler I thought it was a military term too. Every time I‘ve encountered it, I‘ve been reading some kind of war story. 1mo
llwheeler Also Canadian and also very familiar with it 1mo
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LiteraryinLawrence As an American, I can‘t say I‘ve heard this very much. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 1mo
Ruthiella I thought it was military slang as well. (edited) 1mo
JuniperWilde I‘m CDN and grew up hearing it. Great question. 1mo
IndoorDame As an American I‘ve mostly heard this in military type contexts as well. 4w
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Song of the Sun God | Shankari Chandran
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The Mahabharata, one of Hinduism‘s main texts, is about a great war between two sides of the same family, making this the perfect recurrent backdrop to this tragic multigenerational saga of a Tamil family in Sri Lanka and, later, Australia. It starts in the 1930s and ends in contemporary times, with only the youngest family members emerging unscathed by the brutal civil war between Sinhalese and Tamils. #audiobook

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Song of the Sun God | Shankari Chandran
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She fiddled with the medallion at her neck. It was St Christopher, the Catholic patron of travellers, given to her by Aachi. Her grandmother was a devout Hindu who unashamedly prayed to all gods & saints, just in case. Her grandfather overlooked this religious indiscretion on the grounds that Jesus lived with his mother so he seemed like a good Hindu boy anyway.

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Lindy @LeahBergen @julesG It‘s a relief to find humorous passages in this novel that also documents some grim realities of war. 1mo
marleed Haha. I love that! 1mo
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Territory of Light | Yuko Tsushima
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Originally published in chapters in a monthly literary journal in 1978-79, this quiet Japanese novel follows a year in the life of a sleep-deprived mother and her child after her husband leaves her. She is not always a good mother, but she does her best. I could relate to her failings, like when she left it to the very last minute to invite guests to her daughter‘s 3rd birthday. The subtle power of this story crept up on me. #womenintranslation

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Territory of Light | Yuko Tsushima
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The apartment had windows on all sides.
I spent a year there, with my little daughter, on the top floor of an old four-storey office building. We had the whole fourth floor to ourselves, plus the rooftop terrace.

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Landscapes | Christine Lai
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An elegant, melancholy novel set in near-future Europe, where an art historian recovering from trauma is archiving a private library in a once-grand house that‘s now in ruins. Her journal entries are interspersed with her ekphrastic writings, mostly about sexual violence depicted in paintings by the Old Masters, but also of work by her first love, JMW Turner. Meanwhile, an obscenely rich man is making his way to her. #CanLit

Chelsea.Poole Great photo and great review! 1mo
Suet624 Fascinating review. 1mo
batsy Nice review! This sounds so good. 1mo
Lindy @Chelsea.Poole @Suet624 @batsy thanks friends! This novel is longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness USA Canada Prize. 1mo
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Landscapes | Christine Lai
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In Tabula Rasa, though the scarred surfaces of the tables bear evidence of mutilation, the rebuilt forms also speak of the need to piece together the fragments of a fractured life. Salcedo has spoken of how the victims of sexual violence live with the constant balance between destruction and mending, the unrelenting effort to overcome disintegration.

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Landscapes | Christine Lai
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People once spoke of Ruinenlust, of the picturesque and melancholy beauty of abandoned buildings.

Lindy Image is from Radtke‘s memoir which also addresses the topic of ruin porn: 1mo
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Landscapes | Christine Lai
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Each sculpture was the chaos of memory made tangible. Art as a way of nullifying the past, of moving the self beyond pain.

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Landscapes | Christine Lai
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February 16: poetry as refuge; queer history + fiction from Japan, Finland, Canada, UK & Australia
https://youtu.be/yjknPyadxC8

#booktube #CanLit #womenintranslation #audiobooks

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Suitable Boy | Vikram Seth
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I really enjoyed Maan‘s narrative arc in Part 2: he wakes up smiling in the opening sentence and we can assume he is smiling with the turn of events as the chapter ends too. Although that relationship will likely not end well for him. And I‘m afraid that Maan‘s mischief during Holi will not end well for Pran.
[internet image]. #SuitableBoy2024

squirrelbrain Poor Pran! I think he may lose his job over that prank. 1mo
jlhammar Cool image. Maan and his mischief! Landing himself “in the dog-house again.” Pran will surely have to pay for that. Saaeda Bai and Tasneem are interesting characters. Look forward to seeing where the story takes us in part three! 1mo
Leftcoastzen I think there are definitely ramifications for Pran from Maans pranks. I love the fact that the writing pulls me in. I do spend some time looking up words. I tried to imagine what the bird market looked like. 1mo
Lindy @squirrelbrain @jlhammar @Leftcoastzen As Linda has commented, the writing really pulls us in. Wanting to know what happens next is not always something I look for in a novel, as long as I find the characters interesting, but facing so many pages ahead, I‘m glad of Seth‘s compelling construction. 1mo
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An amazing, amusing biography in comics format about one of the most important military leaders in the American Revolution, Baron von Steuben, a flamboyant homosexual who spoke no English, yet took charge of a disorganized Continental army, led them to victory, and wrote a guidebook for training American soldiers that remained in use for a century. #Queer #LGBTQ #GraphicNonfiction

Reggie Yes!!!!Rachel Maddow talked about him on her show. I believe that he was from Prussia and they gave him citizenship here in exchange for his battle strategy. She talked about him because when Trump was president he rolled all that back when immigrants who were serving were being told they would no longer be given citizenship. Stacked. 1mo
Lindy @Reggie I‘m sure you will love this book. I‘m glad Maddow talked about him; he seems to have been mostly ignored in history books. 1mo
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Look at Catherine (the Great) shooting daggers at her husband 😆

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Spot the meme…

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“Okay, but how can we call a dead guy from the 1700s gay? Even if he was buried in sequins, is that appropriate? Is it accurate?”

I like that the issue of terminology is discussed in this biography.