I am an ongoing member of the Canadian reading challenge run by my friend, Shonna, in Ontario. I love reading, acquainting, and supporting the Canadian arts and frequently find names I had never heard of, at book charity sales. Some are local to me, self-published, and old. Canadian work is wonderfully unique and well worth hearing about. My blog review menu is the place to seek a variety of rare, oddball, and famous authors in a great mix.
Shonna, your portrait of your husband in the north is beautiful and exotically inspiring! Oh, to stand in such a wondrous place!
In my quartet of reading themes, I always am host a Canadian category: birth, residence, and location. This year 2020, I am taking a break from my groups for the first time since I built them. My dear Mom has ascended to Heaven. I need to heal and reflect, when I miss her the most and adjust to the biggest change of a family’s life. Here is to you, my precious Mom!
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The books I finished.
“The Halifax Public Gardens” Arthur Carter / The Friends Of The Public Gardens 2008
“The Dangerous Dollhouse” Sarah Gordon 1988
“The Sandhills Of Carberry” John E. Dubois 1976
“Anne Of Avonlea” L.M. Montgomery 1909
“Pockets” Amal El-Mohtar 2015
“The Truth About Owls” Amal El-Mohtar 2014
“Regretfully Invited” Jan L. Mayes 2018
“The Weed That Strings The Hangman’s Bag” Alan Bradley 2010
“Wing” Amal El-Mohtar 2012
(10) “Madeleine” Amal El-Mohtar 2015
“The Green Book” Amal El-Mohtar 2010
“The Egyptian Mirror” Michael Bedard 2020
“Murder At Malenfer” Iain McChesney 2013
“A Trick Of The Light” Louise Penny 2011
“Extra-Ordinary: Stories Of Manitobans With Down Syndrome” Jordan Power & Darnell Collins (photography) 2015
“Sleight Of Paw” Sofie Kelly 2011
“Threshing: The Early Years Of Harvesting” Faye Reineberg Holt 1999
(18) “While The Clock Ticked” Leslie McFarlane 1932
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Winnipeg and Manitoba authors.
“Fifty Stories And A Piece Of Advice” David Arnason 1982
“The Dragon & The Dry Goods Princess” David Arnason 1991
“If Pigs Could Fly” David Arnason 1995
“Paddle To The Amazon” Don Starkell 1990
“The Cashier” Gabrielle Roy 1954
“The Hidden Mountain” Gabrielle Roy 1961
“The Road Past Altamont” Gabrielle Roy 1966
“Wildflower” Gabrielle Roy 1970
“Garden In The Wind” Gabrielle Roy 1975
“Children Of My Heart” Gabrielle Roy 1977
“A Dry Spell” Susie Moloney 1997
“The Darkest Road” Guy Gavriel Kay 1986
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Previous participation
I used to use my Canadian review menu for this reading challenge. Here, I will make an ideal place to browse Canadian books I read previously, by year: beginning with 2019. I hit upon all of our provinces and territories, except the new geographic division of Nunavut!
“Night Travellers” Sandra Birdsell 1982
“Cirak’s Daughter” Charlotte MacLeod 1982
“The Hangman” Louise Penny 2010
“A Fine Italian Hand” Eric Wright 1992
“The Night Gardener” Jonathan Auxier 2014
“The Promise Of The Unicorn” Vicki Blum 2002
“The Gargoyle” Andrew Davidson 2008
“There Was An Old Woman” Howard Engel 1993
“Tunnels Of Time” Mary Harelkin Bishop 2000
(10) “Verdict In Blood” Gail Bowen 1988
“The Shadowy Horses” Susanna Kearsley 1997
“Haunted Canada 3: More True Ghost Stories” Pat Hancock 2007
“Ghost Stories Of Hollywood” Barbara Smith & Arlana Anderson-Hale 2000
“Hallowe’en Trivia: Ghosts, Ghouls, Skeletons, Vampires, Witches, Graveyards, Spiders, Zombies, Haunted Houses” Tonya Lambert 2010
“Darling, Pass The Darjeeling” Pauline Lawson 2004
“Haunted Canada 2: True Tales Of Terror” Pat Hancock 2005
“Caramba” Marie-Louise Gay 2005
“The Tree That Grew To The Moon” Eugenie Fernandes 1994
“Safe At Home With Pooh” Kathleen W. Zoehfeld & Robbin Cuddy 1998
(20) “From Warsaw To Winnipeg: A Tale Of Two Cities” Stefan A. Carter 2011
“Dancing Soul: The Voice Of Spirit Evolving” Gwen Randall-Young 1995
“Ghost Towns And Drowned Towns Of West Kootenay” Elsie G. Turnbull 1988
“Georgie” Robert Bright & Christiane Duchesne (translator) 1944
“The Wildlife ABC: A Nature Alphabet” Jan Thornhill 1988
“Whitehorse, The Wilderness City” Ione J. Christensen 1989
“My Cat: A Scrapbook Of Drawings, Photos, And Facts” Marilyn Baillie & Brenda Clark 1993
“Birthstones” Laurie Steding & James Watling 1995
“Canada’s Peaceful Places” Canadian Heritage 1985
“Firefly Time: The Art And Poetry Of Emilee N. Horn (Carter)” Emilee Carter 2015
“Anne Of Green Gables” L.M. Montgomery 1908
(31) “Ghosts Of The Titanic” Julie Lawson 2011
https://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/canadian-literature-2012-2013/