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An attempt at blogging my books

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Hey! Recently I finished The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James. It was phenomenal.

This book has murder, ghosts and duel timelines, with every chapter keeping me interested. It’s a book that you can’t put down once you’re into it. The details are small but if you pay attention, they pull the story together beautifully. The duel timelines are written so well and seem essential to this story rather than just a single timeline.

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The books listed and links for them at GoodMinds.com, owned by Achilles Gentle (Skownan First Nation):

Political/informational: 

Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel

Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview by hereditary chief Umeek, E. Richard Atleo (softcover edition and PDF available through UBC Press)

Fiction: 

Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson (highly recommended!) 

Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese

Not in the video, but if you have a middle/high schooler in your life or want to read it yourself, I recommend The Barren Grounds by David Alexander Robertson

Poetry:

This Accident of Being Lost by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt (not available at GoodMinds.com - available from UMN Press)

Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Comic:

Three Feathers by Richard Van Camp

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Thank you very much!

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In addition to these titles, we have a few blog posts with suggestions for kids and teens (start here and there are links to our other posts): https://www.bcpl.org/undiscovered/board-books-picture-books-to-celebrate-native-american-heritage-month/

AND don’t forget about the Heartdrum imprint: https://issuu.com/harpercollinschildrensbooks/docs/heartdrumbrochure_final

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Beautiful, thank you!

[bindingsandspines]

Day 10 would be indoors! I have such a hard time reading in bright atmospheres and the bugs here suck to be around so I prefer the comfort of my bed for reading :)

[bindingsandspines]

I’m a little late but I’ll be doing the Shelf Confidence Photo Challenge by @myownlittlebookcorner so in this post I’ll catch up 1-9 and tomorrow post 10 :)

1. Hardcover 2. Finished 3. Horror 4. Stand alone 5. Villains I guess 6. Chapter art 7. Neither 8. Poe ;) 9. Fiction

The Stephen King books I have cover 1-4 and 9, currently reading Salem’s Lot ;)

The third book is the Ouroboros Cycle by G. D. Falksen :)

[bindingsandspines]

Book 8 of 2020 is The Institute! I really enjoyed this one, although it was missing the darker elements I was looking for. The story starts off slow then picks up for me. 576 pages, and an exactly 10 hour read for me! The book was well written but with a lower vocabulary than I expected. Overall, 4 stars.

I plan to continue my Stephen King Binge with Salem’s Lot or if I can get my hands on a copy of The Shining.

[bindingsandspines]

Hi!! I finished The Shadows by Alex North which is the first book that’s been published recently that I actually really liked!! I gave it 4 stars because some parts seemed like the magic was ripped away and it saddened me but it was overall an amazing book! Almost 4 hours total but it was nice

[bindingsandspines]

I also recently finished Peter Pan in about an hour. It was about 3 stars because it wasn’t what I expected. Super short though and I’m glad I read it.

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Hey guys! I recently finished It by Stephen King! It was a long process, roughly 28 hours total. I gave it four stars because some parts grossed me out but overall it was a very good book.

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Found a secondhand bookstore I’d never explored before!

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Classics for Quarentine!

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Me: *has no choice but to stay home* hmm what will I do to keep busy...

The pile of unread books in the corner of my room: HELLO WE’RE OVER HERE

Me: really, there’s nothing to do. What a shame.

Unread books: why are you like this

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i thought it was about time for a shelfie

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it’s even better when it’s like..

Oh.

Oh.

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That’s the best shit and you can pry it out of my cold, dead hands

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Bonus points if that’s followed by Oh no.

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A New Head For Jack by ~UndeadPrincess

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