Happy Saturday night

Oomph. I‘m going to need a few days to stare at mindless TV and colour pretty pictures after closing the final pages of this one. It‘s not for the faint of heart but it definitely showcases Johnston‘s incredible craft. His note at the end describing the parallels between this novel and his real life are mind blowing. Taking a wee reading break at this time. My next read will need to be a light and cozy mystery. #CanLit

Sunday afternoon after shoveling snow (seems like finally after nothing but constant rain in January), WallE on in the background on mute, Amazon music playing and this very good book.

Now I can get started on my #NunLit reading. 😊

Started out my Year of Reading the Chunksters on my shelf with The Ink Black Heart. This one had the highest page count of my stack showing. It did not disappoint! I love the Strike and Ellacott series.

It was a very, very foggy morning today. I‘m settled back inside, packing Christmas away and getting back to The Ink Black Heart #YearofReadingChunksters

In 2023 I plan on setting my Goodreads reading challenge to about 25 books so I can focus on ready the many, many chunksters on my shelves. I‘m kicking it off with the longest one and the super-sized page count in The Ink Black Heart. (I took this picture a few months ago so of course I‘ve added more chunky books to this pile!)

I didn‘t think I would finish another book before the end of the year, but I could not stop reading this one! Loved it. Loved the characters, the timeframe, the setting and the story. All fantastic! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

A gift from my brother-in-law.

I don‘t know if I‘ll finish this before the end of the year but it is a great one to go out on! #CanLit (image taken from publisher‘s Instagram)

Great little story to end my reading year with! I‘m certain this will be the last book I finish before the end of the year.

King of Hope wasn‘t really working for me so I reached for Vintage instead. I think this nice story will be a good one to read over the holiday break.

I now have 7 days to read this one. It has holds on it so no renewals!

An excellent instalment in the Gamache series. How was I to know when I started reading Penny would be featuring the Montreal Massacre, and I would be reading it on its anniversary and in tandem with me reading Because They Were Women”. This was an excellent mystery!

Reading this on the 33rd anniversary of the #MontrealMassacre. The murder of 14 women at Ecole Polytechnique -mainly Engineering students - because they were women. This day says it changed our understanding about violence against women and created a cultural shift in thinking. But did it? Has it?

Need to shift away from Louise Penny‘s latest to read this one. Only a 7-day loan from the library.

Thrilled to be returning to Three Pines!

Archer a great storyteller. This was a hood set up to the William Warwick series. I‘m sure I‘ll be continuing on with it. 😊

My current read:

Been a good read so far.

This is such a great series! I loved this one as much as the others. I‘m now all caught up with the DS Cupidi series, but no word of any more to come…

The temps fell dramatically today! Winter is coming. Perfect weather out there to spend today reading by the fire. Happy weekend everyone!

With The Trawlerman I will be all caught up with the DS Cupidi series. I have spent as much of my year with Cupidi as I have in Backman‘s Beartown. I‘ve had a pretty good reading year (so far). 😊

I‘m a mess of tears. I‘m left bereft. My time in Beartown is done. An amazing end to this incredible trilogy. It‘s going to be a little bit before I find something else to read. Think I need to just stare at the wall for a bit.

Everyone better leave me alone!!! I‘m going back to Beartown and won‘t be back until I‘ve finished all 673 pages!

While it didn‘t pack the oomph that Rock, Paper, Scissors had, I‘m forever a Feeney fan!

My choice for the Giller 2022. However I would not be disappointed to see We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies or Lesser Known Monsters win either. We‘ll see how it shakes out with my #ShadowJury members!

So I just downloaded this from the library for my Kobo and my Kobo chose this moment to blow up. πŸ₯΄ So I ran to the bookstore and just bought a copy. Which is fine because I do love this cover. I read a complaint by someone saying they don‘t like the paper Coach House uses for their books. Personally, I love it. It‘s like card stock. #ShadowGiller

Having to put Daisy Darker aside to get reading the entire Shortlist of the #GillerPrize for my #ShadowGiller duties. First up is the book I actually own, I bought since it sounds so like a book I‘ll love, I just hadn‘t read it yet! @Lindy

I love how Feeny writes! β€œShe is a walking frown.” β€œMy sister stinks of perfume and entitlement.” There have been dozens of these already!

It‘s a rainy, overcast day here today - nothing at all like the horrifying weather those in the East Coast of Canada are experiencing though - but a perfect kind of day to begin this book. It‘s what our book club picked. One complaint - I hate the shitty and cheap quality of paper these paperbacks are being printed on these days. ☹️

Should this book make the #Giller Shortlist (which I fully expect) dare I say it could very well be the winner? I say this after only reading 4 of the 14 on the Longlist. #ShadowGiller @Lindy

It is difficult to live in a world that corrodes freedom.

Next up for #ShadowGiller reading. @Lindy

I fully expect to see this thought provoking collection of interconnected stories on the #Giller Shortlist. #ShadowGiller @Lindy

Up next for my #ShadowGiller reading. @Lindy

A book that haunts after the final page. The last quarter of this one had the most impact for me and that ending. Oh that ending. #ShadowGiller @Lindy

Next up for my #ShadowGiller reading. @Lindy

It‘s pretty dry. Kind of dull and plodding. My first of the #Giller Longlist though so I‘m not weighing in on whether or not it will make the Shortlist. Although right at this moment I would hope not. 😬 #ShadowGiller @Lindy

Official #ShadowGiller duties begin!! The announcement of yesterday‘s Giller Prize Longlist sees me reading What We Both Know to start. Many books on the list are short, almost novella-length for some so I should be able to get through some before the shortlist announcement. @Lindy

Jumped the gun completely by adding this to my Giller Longlist wish list. I made that list before picking this book up and actually reading it. Silly. I based my guess solely on the premise of the story and that it would be from a Syrian-Canadian perspective. It‘s mainly dialogue. It‘s not very literary in my opinion and I‘d be disappointed or surprised, but maybe more disappointed if I see it on the Longlist on Tuesday. ☹️☹️ @Lindy #shadowgiller

My #CanLit reading for the next bit in advance of the Giller Prize Longlist announcement on Tuesday. #ShadowGiller @Lindy

Back to some #ShadowGiller reading. The Giller Longlist announcement is on Tuesday! I blindly put this one on my prediction list but now we‘ll really see if this is actually a strong contender. @Lindy 😊😊

Good read! A little dragged out with very abrupt ending for both characters Hannie and Benny in the two different timelines. But a great piece of history to read about.

β€œBooks built my identity.”

I‘ll be terribly annoyed if I see this in the Giller Longlist. I was bored silly reading it. #ShadowGiller @Lindy

Perfect book at the right time. I‘m really enjoying this series! Part of what I loved here was some of the story was told by an old badger 🦑.

First sentence: β€œFor me my mother was a scent.” Just sounds like something I want to read right now.

Not bad but I think if the Giller judges will pick a book with a feminist bent it should be When We Lost Our Heads by Heather O‘Neill. Not bad but a disjointed and a book I never really felt too compelled to pick up and always be reading. #ShadowGiller @Lindy

Interesting so far! Not very far into it, but I sense it‘s going to be a good one! #ShadowGiller #CanLit