pickDevastating. 😢 A reminder there is serious work for the Americas to do with respect to racism against Indigenous peoples and the consequences stemming from colonialism. Heavy prices continue to be paid, even by the most vulnerable.
pickAudio. The writing style took a bit to get used to, yet once it got there the theme really stuck. Slow narrative, but it works with this theme. Short stories to bring one back to nature. The books points basically take Native American gratitude teachings and reapply them to today‘s desire for buying stuff. What impacted me was the chapter on rain. How water connects us all. How rain is different for every item it falls upon.
pan#WinterGames #XmasChaCha #Wardens2024 #ReadAway2024
This was a pan for me because of the lack of images (Libby never has the accompanying images etc…) things got easily confusing. I look forward to finding more Anishinaabeg stories.
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📕 I was sick yesterday so I‘m getting a late start, but you can now count me in for the #MidDecemberReadathon for #WinterGames24!
🤖 My goal is to finish Take Us to Your Chief. I‘m currently on page 9/153.
🎄Thank you for the push to read in this busy season @LiseWorks and @StayCurious !
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.
so-soA nonfiction meditation on nature & humans & the way we interact. The book is at its strongest when the author is writing about her personal experiences, & not just facts & history. She is a scientist and her passion for the world around her is evident in her reflections.
“That is the power of ceremony. It marries the mundane to the sacred. The water turns to wine; the coffee to a prayer.”
“I close my eyes & listen to the voices of the rain.”
I‘m so close to finishing this but i have zero motivation. there‘s a lot to like about this book but there‘s not enough character or story for me. it‘s an incredibly detailed world and so much care was put into jt. but i‘m a character girlie. if the characters aren‘t pulling me in, detailed worldbuilding just feels like a textbook. it‘s disappointing because it has important things to say about the colonization and genocide of indigenous peoples
pickTold in non chronological order this is a story of a indigenous woman adopted at birth by white parents. Each chapter focuses on part of her story from someone else‘s perspective meaning it‘s at times a bit disjointed. Despite that I really enjoyed and found her story heartbreaking
pickA fairly standard police procedural but set in 2051: near future yet not disappearing into dystopia. Very readable, the near future element entirely realistic and scary, the “figuring out the crime/scare vibes” just what I wanted.
I‘m really excited about my #AuldLangSpine list from @BookmarkTavern . We both had What Moves the Dead on our list, and two books were already on my TBR (Inheritance of Orquidea Divina and Elatsoe). I really enjoyed Sistersong by Lucy Holland, so I‘m eager to read Song of the Huntress. I‘ll see what else I can easily get from a library - part of why I love this event is finding new books and authors I wouldn‘t have found otherwise!
