Got to indirectly quote Ada Palmer today re: the Alberta Separatists garbage
The issue is that this fringe minority is so loud and the idea of it so ridiculous that its getting all of the attention.

EDIT:
Its going to take all of my free will to NOT dive right back in, be it audio, GA, or print.

My kingdom for an edit button.

Perhaps the Stars (Graphic Audio, Parts 1-3) by @adapalmer.bsky.social
🏛️🎥
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This entire series is perfection, and this, the finale, the shining jewel.
Its going to take all of my free will to dive right back in, be it audio, GA, or print.
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#bookreview #audiobooks #fullcast

Almost lost my reading streak on @thestorygraph.com this weekend. Thankfully my daughter likes to read books while potty training, so I was able to sneak in a couple read throughs of her current favorite picture books.
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Mass Mothering: A Novel by Sarah Bruni
🕊️🎧
⭐⭐⭐.75
Stark and beautiful, heartbreaking and infuriating.
I don't recommend the audio, found it made for a very confusing initial read.
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#bookreview #arcreader #audiobooks
app.thestorygraph.co...

January Reading Wrap-up
A solid reading month with a heavy focus on clearing out some of those lingering ARCs.
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#readingwrapup #januarywrapup #storygraphstats #storygraph #reader #yegreader #comics #audiobooks #arcreader

#nowreading / #nowlistening
Everything Else
28% 🛋️📖Crisis on Conshelf Ten, Monica Hughes
12% 💸🎧The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones
26% 🛋️📱The Secret People, John Wyndham
02% 🏛️🎥Perhaps the Stars 3/3, Ada Palmer
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#books #audiobooks

#nowreading / #nowlistening
ARC Edition
5% 🕊️🎧The Forest on the Edge of Time, Jasmin Kirkbride
15% 🕊️📱The Unravelling of Ou, Hollay Ghadery
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#books #audiobooks #arcreader

Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel
🕊️💥
⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
Timely & poignant. Doesn't shy away from the rippling impact that book bans have on both society and individual students.
app.thestorygraph.co...
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#booksky #arcreader #graphicnovel #bookreview

Blankets, Craig Thompson
🛋️💥
⭐⭐⭐
Check your trigger warnings for this one.
Gorgeously rendered, deeply reflective, but viscerally upsetting as someone with childhood trauma.
That last part is on me.
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#booksky #graphicnovel #bookreview

I was out sick Friday and Saturday, but come Monday be prepared for two ARC reviews and one TBR mini review.

#booksky

They are a blast! I have to go then in pencil tho 😅. Not good enough to do in pen.

The evening ended with us being allowed to select a couple of books from their giant collection written and illustrated by first nations peoples from all over Turtle Island. We were so excited to find new titles to add to our home library.
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#books #indigenous

We were also luck enough to hear traditional oral storytelling from Dene and Cree elders from the community. Our daughter in particular loved hearing about how the weasel got his winter coat and why the bear sleeps all winter.
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#books #localauthor #indigenous

Celebrated Family Literacy Day yesterday at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre here in #yeg.
Tammy Rae Lamouche read from her upcoming picture book and gifted us with her Cree singalong colouring book. She even treated us to sing along of one of the songs.
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#books #localauthor #indigenous

100% agree about it being under represented!
The author just built such an incredible and detailed world, I wish a little more of the focus could have been there? Not going to pretend I have any idea of how they could have done it, but thats what the rest of the series is for. 😅

This does mean however that when I went searching for my puzzle books I found 3 seperate ones that were all half finished cause I hadn't flipped to the left side yet. 😅😅😅

lol also anyone else go through their puzzle books and only do the right hand pages first and then go back through and fill our the left hand side? 😅
I find it so much easier to roll up the puzzle book the one direction rather than going back and forth.

Anyone else use word puzzles to keep their hands busy while listening to audiobooks? I can't manage a crossword, but a simple fill-in or wordsearch is the perfect level of complex that still lets me concentrate on the story.
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#booksky #audiobooks #analog

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
🏛️🎧 | Reread
OG rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.25
Updated rating: ⭐⭐⭐.25
Still a solid read, but it read more YA than I remembered. Also the FMC's rage, tho founded, was written in a way that overwhelmed the story and world.
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#booksky #audiobook #bookreview #reread

I am definitely resonating the most with the intense feminine rage this round of listening to Iron Widow. Its nice to have something a little softer, and bookish in the form for Bookshops & Bonedust.

#nowreading / #nowlistening
Everything Else
28% 🛋️📖Crisis on Conshelf Ten, Monica Hughes
05% 💸🎧The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, Stephen Graham Jones
22% 🛋️📱The Secret People, John Wyndham
52% 🏛️🎥Perhaps the Stars 2/3, Ada Palmer
42% 🛋️💥Blankets, Craig Thompson
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#booksky #audiobooks

#nowreading / #nowlistening
Rereads
82% 🏛️🎧Iron Widow, Xiran Jay Zhao
17% 💸🎧Bookshops & Bonedust, Travis Baldree
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#books #booksky #audiobooks #reread

#nowreading / #nowlistening
ARC Edition
22% 🕊️🎧Mass Mothering: A Novel, Sarah Bruni
77% 🕊️💥Wake Now in the Fire: A Graphic Novel, AJ Dungo, Jarrett Dapier
15% 🕊️📱The Unravelling of Ou, Hollay Ghadery
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#books #booksky #audiobooks #arcreader

Shout out to my girl Jaime for this amazing custom eReader cover. I adored the previous cover she had made me but when I upgraded my Kobo this year I was gutted when it didn't fit. When she posted fabric and new I had to order a replacement.
www.gingerandsage.ca...
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#ereader

I use it to indicate that I received it as an ARC. It's a terrible pun but makes me laugh.

To save in characters I have a whole glossary of them that I use.

I listened to it on audio, it was 9:36hrs.
But looks like the digital editions are coming in around 360 pages. It was breeze of a read tho, did not feel that long at all.

How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva
🕊️🎧
⭐⭐⭐.5
Adorable odd couple cozy fantasy romance.
No spice, which was perfect for me.
app.thestorygraph.co...
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#bookreview #arcreader #audiobooks

The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
🕊️📱/🎧
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Absolutely masterful use of tension, and easily one of the best books I've read in years. Personally recommend going in as blind as possible.
app.thestorygraph.co...
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#bookreview #arcreader #audiobooks

This is one of the best descriptions of this book I've run into.
I adored it for its disjointed, otherworldly prose. Fairy tale is the perfect description.