Canadian Book Challenge.
I've never joined a reading challenge before but this one seemed like a good one to try, given that Canadian authors are mostly what I'm reading these days.
The rules are simple: read 13 Canadian books (books by Canadians and/or about Canadians) before next Canada Day (that's July 1st for you non-Canadians in the audience). [From The Book Mine Set]
I'm choosing my books based on where they are set, one for each province and territory. This is a preliminary list, based on what was close at hand, obviously incomplete, and subject to change. When the Canada Reads selections are announced next month, this list may change substantially. (Update: The Canada Reads books have been announced.)
Final update: I finished! Last review written in the wee hours of June 30th.
The list:
- British Columbia
- Sointula by Bill Gaston (my library) - DONE!
- Alberta
- Icefields by Thomas Wharton (public library) - DONE!
- Saskatchewan
- A Killing Spring by Gail Bowen (my library) - DONE!
- Manitoba
- A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence (my library) - DONE!
- Ontario
- King Leary by Paul Quarrington (public library) - DONE!
- Quebec
- Atonement by Gaetan Soucy (my library) - DONE!
- Nova Scotia
- Sign of the Cross by Anne Emery (public library) - DONE!
- Prince Edward Island
- Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery: Volume I: 1889-1910 edited by Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston (my library) - DONE!
- New Brunswick
- The Devil is Loose! by Antonine Maillet (my library) - DONE!
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- The Big Why by Michael Winter (my library) - DONE!
- Yukon
- South of an Unnamed Creek by Anne Cameron (my library) - DONE!
- Northwest Territories
- Spider's Song by Anita Daher (public library) - DONE!
- Nunavut
- The Curse of the Shaman by Michael Kusugak (public library) - DONE!
Posted by Ripley on October 25, 2007 | Tags: canadian book challenge
Thanks, John. :)
Posted by Ripley on October 26, 2007 12:29 AMMargaret Laurence?! Yikes.
This sounds like a great challenge and I love your idea of one from each province/territory. Is there a list you are pulling that from or do you just happen to know where they all take place?
Oh and YAY comments are back!
Some I knew, some I read the publisher's blurb.
And I like Margaret Laurence! :)
Posted by Ripley on October 29, 2007 8:50 AMComments are closed for this entry.
The only one on your list that I've read is Bird in the House. Granted, it's a favourite- especially "Loons". Glad to have you on board!
Posted by John Mutford on October 25, 2007 3:58 PM