June 2022: Read Indigenous (4 of 4)

2022-06-29T15:21:20-04:00

The first and second posts in this series were filled with a variety of forms and styles, and last time there was talk of  poetry, more mythology, some short stories, and a collection of academic essays. Now: a mystery, a dystopia, and more poetry. How comforting to pick up

June 2022: Read Indigenous (4 of 4)2022-06-29T15:21:20-04:00

Thomas King’s Dreadfulwater Mysteries (Books 1 – 3)

2020-11-04T11:08:43-05:00

Thumps Dreadfulwater. That’s his Indian name. No, wait, that’s his actual name. Which is when you know that you are not, actually, in Chinook, where Thumps Dreadfulwater solves cases. You are in Thomas King country. Readers of King’s An Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North

Thomas King’s Dreadfulwater Mysteries (Books 1 – 3)2020-11-04T11:08:43-05:00

Page-turners and other gripping reads

2020-10-01T12:57:47-04:00

What's interesting about each of these novels is that none fits a traditional model in the suspense genre. Shari Lapena's The Couple Next Door is the closest to a conventional thriller. But even her novel spends more time on characterization and atmosphere than many loyal genre readers would tolerate. Nonetheless, she

Page-turners and other gripping reads2020-10-01T12:57:47-04:00

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XI (RIPXI): Novels 2016

2016-10-26T12:53:26-04:00

When I picked up Cherie Priest's I Am Princess X, it was on the advice of a trusted bookseller for a (then) thirteen-year-old friend of mine. Then an older reading friend raved about it too. At last, I picked it up, and was pleased to find it was my first

R.eaders I.mbibing P.eril XI (RIPXI): Novels 20162016-10-26T12:53:26-04:00

Susan Philpott’s Blown Red (2015)

2016-07-08T10:47:42-04:00

It begins with a body. And with short chapters, told from a variety of perspectives, guaranteed to create strong pacing. Blown Red is the first in the Signy Shepherd mysteries ,and it introduces readers to the series' star, as well as some of the other key personnel working on the Line. One stop on

Susan Philpott’s Blown Red (2015)2016-07-08T10:47:42-04:00
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