Reading Across Canada 🍁 2024 (Bookworm Adventure Girl) - hosted by justabean_reads

January - A Debut Book
 🍁 Recommendations from Announcement Video 🍁 

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq (NVT)
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (AB, BC)
Shut Up You’re Pretty by Téa Mutonji (ON)
Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados (ON)
Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen (ON)
The Boat People by Sharon Bala (BC, NFLD)
Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald (NS, ON)
Ru by Kim Thúy; translated by Sheila Fischman (QC)
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez (ON)
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead (AB, MB)
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo (BC, AB, MB)
River Thieves by Michael Crummey (NFLD)
Annabel by Kathleen Winter (NFLD, QC)
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (NFLD, QC)
Childhood by André Alexis (ON)
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill (QC)
In The Upper Country by Kai Thomas (ON)
A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay (SK, ON) 
All books added
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

And Then She Fell

Alicia Elliott

10 hours, 9 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary dark emotional tense medium-paced
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

Simu Liu

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

Happy Hour

Marlowe Granados

280 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Birdie by Tracey Lindberg

Birdie

Tracey Lindberg

288 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

Ma-Nee Chacaby

264 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

The Berry Pickers

Amanda Peters

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy

The Jade Peony

Wayson Choy

280 pages • first pub 1995 (editions) user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

Jonny Appleseed

Joshua Whitehead

223 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns

304 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Cereus Blooms at Night by Shani Mootoo

Cereus Blooms at Night

Shani Mootoo

270 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced