Monday, October 01, 2018
12th Annual Canadian Book Challenge: October Round Up
1. Click on the icon above
2. Add a link to your review. (Please link to your specific review, not an entire webpage.)
3. Add your name and in parentheses the title of the book, such as Melwyk (Anne of Green Gables)
4. In the comment section below, tell me your grand total so far. (ex. "This brings me up to 1/13")
5. In the comment section below, note whether you've read a book which meets the monthly challenge set via email for participants.
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Must have missed on as I just recounted and Chasing the Wind is Book 4/13
ReplyDelete8/13 graphic novels, 5 provinces/territories covered (Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories); total of 12
ReplyDeleteJust finished #10 ... "Viola Desmond: Her Life and Times" by Graham Reynolds and Wanda Robson
ReplyDeleteRestart brings me to 14/13
ReplyDeleteMurder's No Picnic brings me to seven. A 1953 mystery set in Westmount and the Laurentians, it is not recommended.
ReplyDelete8/13 graphic novels, 6 provinces/territories covered (Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon); total of 13
ReplyDeleteHey there, all,
ReplyDeleteI am at 57/13.
I forgot at the end of September! I can't believe its October 2nd already!
Talk soon to all!
Irene Roth
Russell Smith's How Insensitive and Noise bring me to 6/13. Have a couple of other reviews to try to get up this month...
ReplyDeleteBook 5/13
ReplyDeleteMyrl Coulter's recent (2017) book of short stories set in Alberta. I liked it. (5/13)
ReplyDeleteNow at 7/13.
ReplyDeleteThe Million brings me to 15/13
ReplyDelete8/13 graphic novels, 6 provinces/territories covered (Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon); total of 14
ReplyDeleteLife of Pi by Yann Martel
ReplyDeleteThis brings me up to 6/13
Find You in the Dark by Nathan Ripley
ReplyDeleteThis brings me up to 7/13
Just finished #11 ... "Everyday Hockey Heroes: Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice" by Bob McKenzie and Jim Lang
ReplyDelete9/13 graphic novels, 6 provinces/territories covered (Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon); total of 15
ReplyDelete9/13 graphic novels, 6 provinces/territories covered (Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Quebec); total of 16
ReplyDeleteWherever I Find Myself: Stories by Canadian Immigrant Women edited by Miriam Matejova
ReplyDeleteThis brings me up to 8/13
Hi all,
ReplyDeleteI am 70/13.
I hope you are all reading spooky books this month! I haven't yet. But I will be going to my local library soon to discover what they have.
Keep warm and let's all read!
Irene Roth
A Knock on the Door brings me to 8/13 for the Challenge.
ReplyDeleteTarget 2067, science writer Leonard Bertin's 1968 book that imagines Canada at our bicentennial, brings me to eight.
ReplyDelete(I write this sitting in the second floor of a 19th-century house, and not the 201st storey of a 21st-century skyscraper, as Bertin anticipated.)
Weather or Not brings me to 16/13
ReplyDeleteJust finished #12 ... "The Kids in the Hall: One Dumb Guy" by Paul Myers
ReplyDeleteJust finished #13 ... "Be Prepared!" by Frankie MacDonald and Sarah Sawler
ReplyDeleteLate in the gate, but here I am at last! Two Canadian books in October (so far): Earle Birney's Turvey and John Buell's Playground = 2/13.
ReplyDeleteHurrah! Good to see you sharing some classics again
DeleteWith Still Missing, I'm at 17/13
ReplyDeleteCabin at Singing River puts me at 3/13.
ReplyDeleteRobert Barr's The Triumphs of EugĆØne Valmont brings me to nine. The most enjoyable book I've read this year!
ReplyDeleteBook 6/13. I love slow cooker recipes.
ReplyDeleteCareless Love brings me to 8/13
ReplyDelete10/13 graphic novels, 6 provinces/territories covered (Ontario, Nunavut, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Quebec); total of 16
ReplyDeleteEwan Whyte's Desire Lines: Essays on Art, Poetry, & Culture. The title itself covers the basics... :) Interesting stuff. That puts me at 6/13.
ReplyDeleteHey there all!
ReplyDeleteI am at 75/13. This book will qualify for my October mini challenge: https://canadianbooksblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/the-saturday-night-ghost-club-by-craig-davidson-75/
Here is another read that qualifies for our mini-challenge this month.
ReplyDeletehttps://canadianbooksblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/starlight-by-richard-wagamese-74/
Happy Halloween all!
Irene
Monoceros brings me to 18/13
ReplyDeleteHi all!
ReplyDeleteHappy end of October! The weather is looking like late fall here...sigh! But I do love this time of year!
I am at 80/13.
Here comes November I guess!
Happy November!
Irene Roth
The Boat People brings me to #9, and The Marrow Thieves brings me to #10 for this Challenge.
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