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I enjoyed reading Louise Erdrich, and the Round House was when I got hooked. The same with There, There. I read Zadie Smith for a challenge.

I only read 20 from this list. If you would like to play, visit @dabbe for the original post and link. #TLT

dabbe The Louise Erdrich books on this list are not ones I've read! 😂 Now on the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤗🤩 2d

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Jen2

The Beet Queen: A Novel | Louise Erdrich

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Really enjoyed it.

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Centique

The Night Watchman | Louise Erdrich

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This is my tenth Louise Erdrich book - and as always i loved her writing. Her characters are so real, and even though there are many characters and i get mixed up between some at times, its an education and an experience to be immersed in this community she creates. Its timely to read this and think about indigenous/First Nations history and treatment. Erdrich also presents plenty of insight into intimate relationships and gender roles here too ⬇️

Centique I get the feeling she has more she could tell us about Thomas and Patrice and Vera etc. Just like in the Love Medicine series how she keeps uncovering more from each family in the community, almost moving from house to house telling the next lot of stories. She is a legend 🙌 4w

Rissreadswithcats And I haven‘t read one of hers yet! I do have this one and another one sitting on my shelf though. I will try read one this year 4w

Ruthiella I loved Pixie/Patrice in this book. ❤️ 4w

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CarolynM I feel like I should try another one of her books. I wasn‘t keen on The Sentence, which is your favourite? 4w

Centique @CarolynM i felt like The Sentence was quite a different style for her. The Love Medicine series is my favourite - but it helps to accept theres going to be a bunch of families you hear about and you‘re not going to get anyones full story in one book. Then again i did love The Round House and thats stand alone.

The Round House

Centique Or Love Medicine is the first in the series @CarolynM

Love Medicine: A Novel

Centique @CarolynM i hope you like whichever one you try 😘 PS i just booked our Amazing Picnic for next week. Very excited thank you! 4w

Centique @Ruthiella she was amazing - i just wanted to keep following what happens to her! 4w

Centique @Rissreadswithcats i think you will really like her! This one has two main POVs and one is a little slower paced than the other - so i did have that feeling of wanting to get back to Patrice‘s POV. So often the case with multiple POVs! 4w

Billypar Great review! I've only read three so far, but I loved them all. I keep forgetting how many Love Medicine books there are - I've only read the first one. But I have to recommend my favorite to @CarolynM - Plague of Doves is on my short list of all-time favorite novels. It's intense all the way through (I still have The Sentence on my tbr shelf, but it sounds quite different based on the description). 4w

Reggie I have never read her. I wanted to read her haunted bookstore one but never got around to it. Great review. 3w

Centique @Billypar thank you! Plague of Doves is one i havent read yet so i must get to that one. My favourite is the third book of the Love Medicine series

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Centique @Reggie oh wow Reggie i think you will really like her. Love Medicine will introduce you to some characters you will love! I got my old book club to read it and one woman said “i just cant stand reading about people who keep making bad decisions” 😩 I guess its tough being perfect huh? Nobody writes books about ya? 3w

Centique @Reggie the haunted bookstore one is also good but i feel like it‘s kind of more genteel. The Love Medicine books are more emotional and darker, harsher realities. 3w

Reggie @Centique we read Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver for book group and most of them harped on this couple who at the end of middle age were living check to check. The way these people talked about this fictional couple you would have thought they took it personal. Lol I loved the book soooooo much and there are 2 scenes that will stick with me. I‘ll look up the Love Medicine books. Thanks! 3w

CarolynM Hope it really is amazing 🤩 😂 or at least that you enjoy it😘 3w

CarolynM Thanks for the particular Louise Erdich recs. You too @Billypar 🙂 (edited) 3w

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MysticFaerie

The Plague of Doves | Louise Erdrich

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4⭐️/5⭐️

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MysticFaerie

The Round House | Louise Erdrich

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4.5⭐️/5⭐️

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Lcsmcat

A Christmas Blizzard: A Novel | Garrison Keillor

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A good book for a busy time of year when I don‘t have much time. Absurdist and at times you weren‘t sure if you were in “real life” or a hallucination, but funny. A soft pick.

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Lcsmcat @Liz_M Aww, thank you! And right back at you. Your organizational skills make Litsy a more welcoming place for all. 2mo

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TorieStorieS

The Night Watchman | Louise Erdrich

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It‘s been a few years since I last read anything of Erdrich‘s, but she‘s an author that I always keep an eye out for! This year I am the closest I have been in a while to reading a book from each state, but I still needed #NorthDakota, so I started listening to this one! The author performs though initially I wished for a cast list since a variety of the community emerges here in this historical novel based in part on Erdrich‘s own grandfather.

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Regan.Weenk

Wild Life | Cynthia DeFelice

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It starts off with young Eric finally getting his hunting license. He's excited about getting to shoot when his parents get sent overseas to fight for their country. Eric is forced to move across the country to live with his grandparents who Eric dislikes. while his grandma was at church and grandpa was out working, a dog came across their yard covered in porcupine quills. Eric takes care of the dog but his grandpa wants her out of the house. 1/2

Regan.Weenk While his grandparents are out again, he heads out to the prairies with his dog to “live like the pioneers.“ This five-day adventure was full of learning experiences, but eventually, he heads home and is reunited with his grandparents, who are a lot more welcoming than before. This book is hard to picture in your head. The setting is just an old house and lots of flat prairie land, and it's a slower, thoughtful story. 4mo

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Regan.Weenk

Wild Life | Cynthia DeFelice

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I'm about half way through the book and its a very interesting book. It starts with a lot happening really quick. The book is a 1st person perspective from the main character, Eric. it starts off with Eric getting his hunters license to shoot birds. hes super excited about it, he is about to go hunting that weekend when his parents are called to go over seas to fight for their country. He has to go live with his grandparents. Go to comments.vvvv

Regan.Weenk After a long awkward trip with his grandparents they finally made it. When Eric gets up the next morning his Grandpa (Big Darrel) already left and his Oma is leaving for church. while he\'s home alone a dog wanders into their yard covered in porcupine quills. After they call the vet Eric tries to convince Big Darrel to let them keep it because they know the owners going to kill the dog for running out again. So Eric and the dog escape into the wild 4mo

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