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lil1inblue
Love Medicine: A Novel | Louise Erdrich
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I've read 23 or so from this week's #threelistthursday

3 that left an impression:
🩵 Love Medicine
🩵 King Lear
🩵 In the Time of Butterflies

3 on the TBR:
🩵 The Inheritance of Loss
🩵 Kindred
🩵 Invisible Man

1 Confession:
I loathe Hemingway. 🫣😂

#tlt @dabbe

dabbe A few of these are on my TBR, too! Now I have to ask, any particular reason why you loathe Hemingway? I've only read a few of his short stories and have never wanted to tackle his novels. 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 3w
TheBookHippie @dabbe I shall once again declare you all are reading Hemingway incorrectly 😂😂😂😂 I love him. @lil1inblue fyi just giving @dabbe crap 😂😂😂😂 3w
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lil1inblue @dabbe I've read 3 or 4 novels by him. Each one was an utter slog to get through. I just couldn't connect. I find his writing to be self-indulgent. I also think he was an a$$ and a misogynist, and I do think that comes through in his writing. 3w
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie 😂 😂 😂 Absolutely no worries. Different strokes for different folks, right! 😉 3w
TheBookHippie @lil1inblue Ha. Should be said I fell in love with his short stories 30 plus years ago, along with being deeply troubled, he was helpful to women writers. Hemingway's early works, like Cat in the Rain, showed a feminist perspective that focused on women's social and gender role. So yes he could be self involved and misogynist, as well but I don‘t read it that way most of the time. Some of his prose about heartbreak is just so good. 😅🙃🤪🤷🏻‍♀️😂 3w
lil1inblue @TheBookHippie That's fair. I don't think I've read any of his short stories (if I did, I don't remember), so perhaps my opinion is a bit uninformed. I will say I think there is value in the conversations about his writing - both the good and the bad. I don't regret reading his books - even if I didn't care for them, they made me think. I just don't think I could force myself to read any more. 😂 3w
TheBookHippie @lil1inblue I have that with many authors 😂😂😂 3w
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Graywacke
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Pickpick

A soft pick. A Native American history focused on the way the many different tribes responded to, and managed, European encroachment, each responding in their own way. The info is solid. The tone is strange. A lot to of pro-native bias - like way over the top.

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Graywacke
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My current audiobook. This is the recent winner of the 2024 Cundill History Prize. The language is a little overkill in lifting up the native image and condemning the European one. But the info has been good.

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olivia.d

“We are grateful for the stories passed down to us, for the songs that tell us who we are”

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olivia.d

I would use this book in my class for discussing different cultures

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olivia.d
Mehso-so

I enjoyed this book and thought it talked about important topics. I liked how it included Cherokee words

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leslovestoread
Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story | Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator) Kevin Noble Maillard
Pickpick

This book serves as a great symbol of what different families and cultures are made of! The illustrations are great. It is a burning story about food, love, culture, and family!

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M.Marvins

“The star people are always with you. Look up, and you will see me among the stars.”

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M.Marvins

This book would be an amazing addition to classroom library. I believe that it would be an excellent book to help students learn about different cultures and the different histories that are still present in America.

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M.Marvins
Pickpick

I really enjoyed this book and think it‘d be a great addition to a classroom library. I really enjoy the illustration in this book and they were quite impactful. The story also is very meaningful.

Historical fiction