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Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indians | Sherman Alexie
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A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, this bestselling collection from master storyteller Sherman Alexie tackles love, loss, basketballand everything in between The characters that populate the lyrical and affectionate tales in Ten Little Indians battle stereotypes and navigate the crossroads of culture in life off the reservation. Richard, the narrator of Lawyers League, grows up in Seattle the son of an African American giant who played defensive end for the University of Washington Huskies and a petite Spokane Indian ballerina. Estelle Walks Above (ne Estelle Miller), the mother of the narrator in The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above, studies her way off the Spokane Indian Reservation and into the University of Washington, and goes on to both enjoy and resent the company of the white women of Seattlewho see her as a shamanic genius, and look to her for guidance on everything from sex and fashion to spirituality and politics. These and the other stories in Ten Little Indians run the gamut from earthy humor to sobering emotional truth, mapping the outer reaches of the human heart. This ebook features an illustrated biography including rare photos from the authors personal collection.
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Froglover81
Ten Little Indians | Sherman Alexie
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It was an interesting. There were parts that I got annoyed at, but I still enjoyed the book.

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ErinSBecker
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I'ma try to do daily updates for the #bookspinbonanza. I calculated I need to average 176 pages a day to make it through my stack. Yesterday I got to 182 pages (33 of #1 "Tundra" and 149 of #2 "Ten Little Indians). Today i finished Ten Little Indians (94) and started #3 "Ponciá Vicencio" (60 pages so far) = 154. A bit behind already but the days not over yet! @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Oh wow I really like this goal! I may need to start adding up my pages! 5y
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ErinSBecker
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My second #bookspinbonanza read (I'm still slogging through the first one). Highly enjoyable collection of nine short stories all staring Spokane Indians. Some repetitive themes from his other books (a lot of his characters play basketball and almost everyone has cancer), but varied enough to be fun reading all the way through. The first story (The Search Engine) was my favorite - reminiscent of Luis Borges. Definitely worth reading.

TheAromaofBooks Ack! Litsy didn't tell me about this tag! I just happened to see you in my feed!! But great work!! 5y
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PaperbackPirate
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📘 I chose the blue books from my summer tbr stack and was ready when I came across this great photo opportunity!
👵🏻👨🏻‍🎤Again I‘m sorry to the old lady with punk rock blue hair that almost got hit by Auggie & Me!
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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620
#songsofsummer
#summertimeblues

OriginalCyn620 😎📚🎶 5y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💙💙💙 5y
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Nitpickyabouttrains
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Pickpick

This book of short stories felt connected, all taking place in the Seattle area and all mentioning the Spokane tribe.

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TheBookAddict
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Pickpick

Such a great collection of short stories. I think I had only read one of Alexis‘s short stories before for school (I don‘t think I enjoyed it that much back then). I am now a fan and will be looking for more of his books.

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TheBookAddict
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🤣🤣🤣

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TheBookAddict
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🤣🤣🤣

Johanna414 Ok, I need to get my hands on this asap! 7y
TheBookAddict @Johanna414 😂 you do!!! 🙌🏽 7y
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TheBookAddict
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Made me chuckle.

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TheBookAddict
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Oh my goodness, he finally settled on my lap. He‘s a big boy, so it was impossible to read while he was trying to find a comfy spot on me. Now back to reading, yay! 🤓📚💕😽
#gingerbrat #TwinkyToles #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #mybrat

Bookzombie 💕🐱 7y
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TheBookAddict
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I settled on our comfy recliner with a glass of pink lemonade, low soothing instrumental jazz music in the background, and this gem...and here came #TwinkyToles. So much for my reading time. 😔 #CatMomProblems #Gingerbrat #CatsofLitsy #Littenkitten #catmom

Bookzombie So cute! 7y
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TelevisionNeighbor
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Pickpick

I became a fan during an American lit class in college.

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TheBookAddict
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“...she‘d endured endless domestic interrogations about her bookish nature.”

😆brings back some memories...I wasn‘t interrogated at home, because they were used to my weirdness, but I was interrogated at school. A young Latina living in a not so great neighborhood in Chicago couldn‘t possibly be reading a book. She must be up to no good, somehow...

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TheBookAddict
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Corliss wondered what happens to a book that sits unread on a library shelf for thirty years. Can a book rightfully be called a book if it never gets read? If a tree falls in a forest and gets pulped to make paper for a book that never gets read, but there‘s nobody there to read it, does it make a sound?

GatheringBooks love that question. :) 7y
TheBookAddict @GatheringBooks me too! The first short story in this collection has many quotes that I just want to frame. I hope the other 8 stories are just as good and memorable. 7y
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TheBookAddict
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She endured a contentious and passionate relationship with this Library. The huge number of books confirmed how much magic she‘d been denied for most of her life, and now she hungrily wanted to read every book on every shelf...Corliss wanted to read herself to death. She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.
💕📚 📚💕

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TheBookAddict
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She‘d been a resourceful thief, a narcissistic Robin Hood who stole a rich education from white people and kept it.

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Tamra
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My little thrifty book haul today. I have low expectations for Fates & Furies, but it was only a $1 so no big loss.

emilyhaldi I am one of the seemingly few who LOVED F&F so you never know!! It was definitely ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for me 😁 7y
Tamra @emilyhaldi 🤞🏾 7y
ReadingEnvy I recently snagged Fieldwork at used bookstore. 7y
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Tamra @ReadingEnvy it looks promising. 7y
LauraBeth Fates and Furies was the best book I read last year! 7y
mrozzz Same as @LauraBeth 🙂🙃🙂 7y
mrozzz @emilyhaldi really?!!! That shocks me. 7y
emilyhaldi @mrozzz what surprises you? That I loved it or that I feel like I'm in the minority 😂 7y
mrozzz @emilyhaldi that the people who loved it are in the minority! 7y
emilyhaldi @mrozzz I definitely could be wrong, but from my personal experience I was the minority. My family read the book and I was the only one who liked it! And there seemed to be a lot of haters on Litsy too. It seems to be very polarizing- people either love or hate! (edited) 7y
mrozzz @emilyhaldi definitely! I read F&F before I was on Litsy so I have no real world measure (I'm not as lucky as you to have your family full of readers!!) 7y
Suet624 @emilyhaldi @LauraBeth I was so surprised when I started hearing that people didn't like this book. I devoured it. Loved it. 7y
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TheBookAddict
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So last night I told my husband, "Let's go to BnN, what time does it close?"
He gave me a crazy look, because it was 8pm and that's the time that I head upstairs for bed. After some googling I found out it closed at 10, so jumped up from the couch saying, "Let's go, I need to find something small for a gift for a friend."
1.5 hours later; red eyed, hungry, and ready to fall over at any moment this was the result of my crazy impulse... #BookAddict

TheBookAddict In my defense the puzzles and the Cat Woman DORBZ were 50% off and the books were 20% off, except for the Sherman Alexis book. #BookAddictProblems #BookHaul #BookAddiction (edited) 7y
KennethTolesJr (Silently mouthing) "You sound crazy." 7y
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LindsayReads
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2016 was at least spectacular for meeting my #literarycrush(es). 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

#FeistyFeb

kalinichta Sherman! 8y
rachellayown Ahhhh!!! 8y
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prowlix
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This was so good and I struggle with short story collections usually. Sherman Alexie writes about everything here: poverty and homelessness, alcoholism, grief of losing parents, and the daily work of making a marriage. The collection really shows his range and talent as an author. You can add me to his fan club!

charl08 And me. 8y
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prowlix
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It was a long week! Now new book and a drink for my Saturday night #BooksandBooze 🍻

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LindsayReads
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Litten PSA: My all-time fave collection of #shortstories is a steal today! Such heartwrenching, hilarious, beautiful, fully-realized tales. Get ready to feel the feels. All of them. #recommendsday

Abby-J I bought this at 5:00am after Kyle woke me up. I'm so excited. 8y
LindsayReads @Abby-J I won't judge if you're just a sighing mess when we hang out after you've read it. 8y
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LindsayReads
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I had the exquisite pleasure of meeting Sherman Alexie earlier this year. He signed my favorite collection of #shortstories, adorning it with a semicolon. I assured him I use semicolons accurately and responsibly. #somethingforsept

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OffTheBeatenShelf.com
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Pardon the shit photo (taken from the back of an auditorium), but that's Sherman Alexie! I heard him speak last night & I learned an unexpected lesson about masterful storytelling. & he signed my copy of Ten Little Indians! I had to write about it on my blog. Seriously, best author talk EVER. 💯👏🏼

Sue Squeee! How exciting! 9y
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OffTheBeatenShelf.com
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Brushing up on one of my all time favorite short story collections because I GET TO HEAR SHERMAN ALEXIE SPEAK TONIGHT AND I'M BEYOND EXCITED. My enthusiasm cannot be contained. 😍📚📖🙌🏼🤓

Readasaurus_rex Wow!!!! I'm so jealous! I love him 9y
OffTheBeatenShelf.com @Readasaurus_rex He's so wonderful. I'll be writing a blog post about all the wisdom he shares, so I'll share it with you when it's ready. 💜 9y
OffTheBeatenShelf.com @Readasaurus_rex Sherman doesn't disappoint! Best author talk I've ever heard. I wrote about it at http://www.offthebeatenshelf.com/blog/sherman-alexie if you want to check it out. 9y
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Pandorazboxx
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"Indian poor is the basement in the skyscraper called poverty."

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