BetteTheRed
Resident Heretic
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Anyone else going to try to read the books? I always listen to it, even if I haven't read all/any of them.
This year's 5:
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. I'm about 4 chapters into this, but it's back on my library hold list. And it's a good read. It's about residential school survivors and their lives after school. Not as depresssing, thus far, as you'd expect. Rather more heartening at the resilience of humanity, again, thus far.
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez. I read part of the first chapter, and I think it will be interesting, but I was reading two others at the same time, so it went back on the library hold list untouched
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad. Doesn't seem to be available on library website, although it's listed. I can't borrow or hold, only "save for later", which if pressed, returns an error message.
Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Muller. Same problem as What Strange Paradise. These both imply that I'll be able to read them at some point, which is an improvement on last year, when I actually had to purchase one (e-book, so cheaper than paper book, and doesn't add to my book problem).
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. I'm reading this one right now, and I can't put it down. Set in 1830 Barbados, told from the POV of a teenaged field slave who ends up as a very talented artist, and assistant to a scientist working on hot air balloons, but is also 1/2 blind and very disfigured by an accident.
This year's 5:
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good. I'm about 4 chapters into this, but it's back on my library hold list. And it's a good read. It's about residential school survivors and their lives after school. Not as depresssing, thus far, as you'd expect. Rather more heartening at the resilience of humanity, again, thus far.
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez. I read part of the first chapter, and I think it will be interesting, but I was reading two others at the same time, so it went back on the library hold list untouched
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad. Doesn't seem to be available on library website, although it's listed. I can't borrow or hold, only "save for later", which if pressed, returns an error message.
Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Muller. Same problem as What Strange Paradise. These both imply that I'll be able to read them at some point, which is an improvement on last year, when I actually had to purchase one (e-book, so cheaper than paper book, and doesn't add to my book problem).
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan. I'm reading this one right now, and I can't put it down. Set in 1830 Barbados, told from the POV of a teenaged field slave who ends up as a very talented artist, and assistant to a scientist working on hot air balloons, but is also 1/2 blind and very disfigured by an accident.
