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My Canadian library (384), 2015 inventory (217), American author (69), not keeping (63), removed 2024 (59), non-fiction (53), read 2023 (42), Canadian author (35), historical fiction (20), read 2024 (18), British author (18), removed to Brenda 2024 (17), keeping (15), from Brenda (14), library loan (14), read at cabin (13), fiction (13), borrowed from Brenda (9), autographed (9), cabin collection (9), memoir (8), excellent read (8), short stories (8), my polar collection (8), borrowed from the library (8), belongs to Jesse (7), indigenous (6), mystery (6), Newfoundland (6), borrowed from Elaine (6), reread 2023 (5), Winnipeg (5), from Jesse (5), good read (5), given to me by Brenda (4), leatherstocking tale (written 1823-1841) (4), autobiography (4), Silver Islet (4), dumped 2024 (4), given to me by Elaine (4), Eastend (4), murder mystery (3), gift from Brenda (3), reread 2016 (3), Library loan (3), biography (3), mental illness (3), Manitoba (3), Saskatchewan (3), loaned to me by Brenda (3), Acknowledging critical importance of Inuit in Arctic exploration (3), Keeping (3), reread 2024 (3), humour (3), time travel (3), WW II (3), novel (3), thriller (3), great read (3), excellent (3), Arctic exploration history (3), WWI (3), Canada Reads 2022 (3), borrowed from SAO (3), Irish/Canadian author (3), Dryden author (3), borrowed from Michele (3), Welsh author (2), mystery thriller (2), bought with my 2022 Xmas gift card (2), Irish author (2), history (2), Jesse gave me for Christmas 2022 (2), Lake of the Woods (2), George Decker (2), Calgary author (2), read at the cabin (2), Loan from Brenda (2), suspense (2), Indian author (2), pioneers (2), England (2), Scotland (2), horse racing (2), Turtle (2), will be passing it on (2), Northern Saskatchewan (2), from free library (2), whodunnit (2), abuse (2), ethics (2), indigenous science fiction (2), philosophy journal editor (2), Ray gave me for Xmas 2018 (2), Anglican minister (2), Not keeping (2), given to me by Shirley (2), Giller shortlist (2), Couldnt finish it (2), Winnipeg setting (2), feminism (2), too many characters and too wordy for my taste (2), rec’d in error from Book Depository in UK (2), First Nations history (2), Christmas gift 2023 (2), Giller winner (2), from Ray Xmas 2017 (2), Newfoundland setting (2), modern explorer (2), reconciliation (2), fun easy read (2), IRA (2), alcoholism (2), abandonment (2), Arctic (2), New France (2), family relations (2), Taylor (2), child abuse (2), Schizophrenia (2), delightful (2), Montreal (2), early 1900s (2), Alaska (2), PTSD (2), crime mystery (2), Giller finalist (2), Cree (2), UK author (2), Banff (2), suicide (2), American authors (2), marriage (2), slavery (2), Cypress Hills (2), Tom Thomson (2), depressing (2), 1930s (2), poetic (2), graphic novel (2), actual publishing date is 1947 although it looks to be the same edition (1), borrowed from Jesse in Vancouver (1), life of a new rector and his wife in the early years of their marriage before 1st WW broke out (1), bought on Bowen Island (1), Jesse gave to us for our birthdays 2022 (1), Laurence’s first published work (1), inscribed inside to Gordon very best wishes from Blanche Christmas 1947 (1), gave it to thrift shop (1), almost 1500 pages (1), very rewarding (1), given me by Elaine (1), widow helping widower and family (1), gave to Mary B. (1), Norway (1), good cabin read (1), may give away (1), 800 plus pages (1), 1950s Irish travellers (1), Pavee Gypsies (1), Wainwright Township (1), sheep (1), started at cabin finished at home (1), canoe trek (1), recd for Christmas 2021 (1), hunting (1), Duluth to York Factory (1), stream of consciousness type of writing (1), pleasant read but quite predictable (1), unnecessarily complex (1), from Jesse Christmas 2022 (1), loved the play on words (1), personal growth (1), Canada Reads winner 2023 (1), originally a journalist (1), excellent history of Arctic issues (1), creation of Nunavut (1), whole families murdered (1), Bolshevik uprising against wealthy Mennonites in Ukraine/Russia (1), bought with my Xmas gift card (1), gift from Dean (1), east coast workers (1), after watching the film online on Canada Film Day. Shocked at the differences between the book and the film. John dies in the book after sinking his house the night before they were going to move to the mainland. The book really dwells in the thoughts of (1), father and daughter reconnect after losing father/grandfather (1), looking for his trap line (1), Calgary setting though not explicitly (1), Brenda knows author’s husband (1), city developers and politicians (1), isolation (1), bought at a Tom Wilson concert Oct/2023 (1), political thriller (1), husband of Mary Simon (Inuk Governor General of Canada) (1), living in an old residential school (1), young girl’s narrates life with her pregnant mother and feisty grandmother (1), just mist (1), Traverspine river myth (1), couldn’t be bothered to finish it (1), too much bragging about famous folk he interviewed etc (1), William Blake translations (1), Canada Reads 2023 (1), canoe trek alone across the Arctic in 2017 (1), read every book in the collection afterwards (1), descriptive stages of life like womb of time (1), the murk (1), Jeremiah Camp main character hasn’t spoken in years (1), tomb of time (1), borrowed from Sis (1), bought used hardback online after reading about it somewhere (1), Vikings to Franklin (1), and upgraded my rating. (1), Lebanese refugee and son (1), Job selling diet products (1), morality of euthanizing the old and defective (1), had read some years ago (1), positive residential school experience (1), Mike recommended The Moon is Down as a healing read after Russia invaded Ukraine (1), young teens (1), Scottish author (1), graphic narrative (1), Boats (1), tinkers (1), early WWII (1), oil sands (1), borrowed from Michael (1), WWI era (1), WAR (1), cruise ship (1), Ferryland (1), West Africa (1), cabin library (1), environmentalist (1), horse jumping (1), wild swimming (1), Norway House (1), mid-1800s (1), Porphyry (1), fille du roi (1), American Revolution (1), Canadian art (1), Kenya (1), Ontario (1), loving family (1), mountaineering (1), Poland (1), Sweden (1), Virginia (1), Canada (1), Morocco (1), murder (1), croft (1), India (1), very moving (1), Dutch author (1), Polish author (1), Rolling Stone Magazine (1), Scottish island (1), Vancouver (1), Barbados (1), alone (1), Métis family (1), “free love” (1), residential school survivors (1), Holocaust (1), journalism (1), (King’s daughters) (1), King of France paid for poor girls to go out to Canada to be wives of men there in the 1600s (1), from Reub and Jo for my 70th (1), Jesse gave me for my 70th birthday 2021 (1), fiction based on recent US politics (1), Cape Cod (1), nomadic Cree family (1), Indigenous viewpoint (1), excellent criticism of current political system (1), Xmas 2021 gift from Ray (1), Canadian authors (1), confusing doesn’t come together until its almost too late (1), First Nations memoir (1), Canada Reads 2022 winner (1), 1939 (1), west coast (1), Labrador (1), Hudson Bay lowlands (1), thief (1), joy (1), forecaster (1), French language crisis (1), Nova Scotia (1), journalist (1), Hebrides (1), Three Pines Quebec (1), Dryden (1), animal rights (1), painter (1), detective mystery (1), Montana (1), Auschwitz (1), Netherlands (1), astrology (1), 2018 Giller prize winner (1), from Ray Xmas 2018 (1), sub-Arctic (1)
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Apr 25, 2014
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I read and collect books by Canadian authors. Hope to inventory them all on this site over the next year (2014-2015) or so.
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