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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), Silver Islet (4), autobiography (4), dumped 2024 (4), given to me by Elaine (4), Eastend (4), murder mystery (3), borrowed from Michele (3), gift from Brenda (3), reread 2016 (3), biography (3), mental illness (3), Manitoba (3), loaned to me by Brenda (3), Arctic exploration history (3), Saskatchewan (3), Keeping (3), humour (3), time travel (3), WW II (3), novel (3), thriller (3), Acknowledging critical importance of Inuit in Arctic exploration (3), excellent (3), great read (3), Library loan (3), WWI (3), Irish/Canadian author (3), Dryden author (3), Canada Reads 2022 (3), borrowed from SAO (3), Welsh author (2), Turtle (2), mystery thriller (2), reread 2024 (2), Irish author (2), history (2), Lake of the Woods (2), George Decker (2), abuse (2), Loan from Brenda (2), Indian author (2), England (2), Scotland (2), Calgary author (2), horse racing (2), read at the cabin (2), pioneers (2), whodunnit (2), suspense (2), Giller shortlist (2), Northern Saskatchewan (2), from free library (2), from Ray Xmas 2017 (2), Ray gave me for Xmas 2018 (2), reconciliation (2), ethics (2), indigenous science fiction (2), philosophy journal editor (2), Anglican minister (2), Not keeping (2), Jesse gave me for Christmas 2022 (2), Winnipeg setting (2), bought with my 2022 Xmas gift card (2), Couldnt finish it (2), given to me by Shirley (2), too many characters and too wordy for my taste (2), feminism (2), rec’d in error from Book Depository in UK (2), will be passing it on (2), First Nations history (2), modern explorer (2), Christmas gift 2023 (2), Newfoundland setting (2), Giller winner (2), IRA (2), Taylor (2), child abuse (2), Cree (2), New France (2), Arctic (2), fun easy read (2), family relations (2), Schizophrenia (2), UK author (2), delightful (2), Montreal (2), early 1900s (2), Alaska (2), PTSD (2), crime mystery (2), Giller finalist (2), abandonment (2), poetic (2), marriage (2), slavery (2), suicide (2), American authors (2), depressing (2), alcoholism (2), Tom Thomson (2), 1930s (2), graphic novel (2), Cypress Hills (2), Banff (2), borrowed from Jesse in Vancouver (1), gave to Mary B. (1), actual publishing date is 1947 although it looks to be the same edition (1), bought on Bowen Island (1), life of a new rector and his wife in the early years of their marriage before 1st WW broke out (1), Jesse gave to us for our birthdays 2022 (1), inscribed inside to Gordon very best wishes from Blanche Christmas 1947 (1), Laurence’s first published work (1), gave it to thrift shop (1), almost 1500 pages (1), given me by Elaine (1), pleasant read but quite predictable (1), read every book in the collection afterwards (1), Wainwright Township (1), 800 plus pages (1), may give away (1), unnecessarily complex (1), good cabin read (1), Norway (1), 1950s Irish travellers (1), Pavee Gypsies (1), from Jesse Christmas 2022 (1), started at cabin finished at home (1), canoe trek (1), very rewarding (1), Duluth to York Factory (1), had read some years ago (1), stream of consciousness type of writing (1), recd for Christmas 2021 (1), widow helping widower and family (1), sheep (1), canoe trek alone across the Arctic in 2017 (1), personal growth (1), gift from Dean (1), husband of Mary Simon (Inuk Governor General of Canada) (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), Canada Reads winner 2023 (1), living in an old residential school (1), east coast workers (1), father and daughter reconnect after losing father/grandfather (1), looking for his trap line (1), Calgary setting though not explicitly (1), isolation (1), pipeline explosions (1), literary criticism (1), political thriller (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), Jeremiah Camp main character hasn’t spoken in years (1), young girl’s narrates life with her pregnant mother and feisty grandmother (1), descriptive stages of life like womb of time (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), hunting (1), loved the play on words (1), just mist (1), morality of euthanizing the old and defective (1), the murk (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), Mike recommended The Moon is Down as a healing read after Russia invaded Ukraine (1), fiction based on recent US politics (1), Canada Reads 2022 winner (1), WWI era (1), graphic narrative (1), Boats (1), tinkers (1), young teens (1), early WWII (1), oil sands (1), borrowed from Michael (1), cruise ship (1), WAR (1), West Africa (1), Ferryland (1), environmentalist (1), cabin library (1), Vancouver (1), horse jumping (1), wild swimming (1), Barbados (1), Scottish author (1), mid-1800s (1), fille du roi (1), Canada (1), Kenya (1), Ontario (1), loving family (1), mountaineering (1), Poland (1), Sweden (1), Virginia (1), American Revolution (1), murder (1), Morocco (1), croft (1), very moving (1), India (1), Dutch author (1), Polish author (1), Rolling Stone Magazine (1), Scottish island (1), Porphyry (1), sub-Arctic (1), Labrador (1), First Nations memoir (1), Jesse gave me for my 70th birthday 2021 (1), residential school survivors (1), journalism (1), Canadian authors (1), Wabasca mention (1), reread Nov 2021 (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), Métis family (1), 1939 (1), Canadian art (1), positive residential school experience (1), nomadic Cree family (1), Indigenous viewpoint (1), excellent criticism of current political system (1), Xmas 2021 gift from Ray (1), alone (1), confusing doesn’t come together until its almost too late (1), Holocaust (1), Cape Cod (1), thief (1), Hudson Bay lowlands (1), Nova Scotia (1), joy (1), forecaster (1), French language crisis (1), journalist (1), Hebrides (1), Dryden (1), Three Pines Quebec (1), painter (1), west coast (1), detective mystery (1), Montana (1), Auschwitz (1), Netherlands (1), astrology (1), animal rights (1), 2018 Giller prize winner (1), from Ray Xmas 2018 (1), Norway House (1)
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Apr 25, 2014
About My Library
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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