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A System for Rating Books, Fiction
A discussion of my system for rating books, based on a modified CAPWILE system
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, November 5, 2022
Spotlight: The Woman with the Knife || Weekly Roundup: Laughing with the Trickster, Tumble, To the Lighthouse, Invisible Women, Mirror Mended, Pumpkinheads, Spy Camp
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Reads for the Head and Heart, October 2022
Spotlight: The Language Warrior’s Manifesto || Monthly Roundup: The Roadmap to Reconciliation 2.0, One Drum, Dancing on our Turtle’s Back, Ojibway Heritage
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, October 29, 2022
Spotlight: Erak’s Ransom || Weekly Roundup: Paris Daillencourt Is about to Crumble, All the Quiet Places, A Spindle Splintered, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth, Seoulmates, I Hope
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, October 22, 2022
Spotlight: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy || Weekly Roundup: The Stone Child, Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead, A Gentleman’s Position, Raven Brings the Light, Dancing on our Turtle’s Back, Idol, The Bullet that Missed
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, October 15, 2022
Spotlight: Three Day Road || Weekly Roundup: Strangers, Wretched Waterpark, The Book of the Most Precious Substance, One Drum
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From the Backlist: Mem
Last week I had the opportunity to return to Montréal for a visit for the first time in six years. It’s such a beautiful and historic city, and exhibits a perfect blend of European and North American sensibilities. Being in Montréal this month reminded me of one of my favorite books set in the city,…
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, October 8, 2022
Spotlight: The Marrow Thieves || Weekly Roundup: The Great Bear, The Hourglass Throne, Matilda, Bet on It, Ghosts, Spirit Hunters
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Matt’s Weekly Reads, October 1, 2022
Spotlight Medicine Walk, Richard Wagamese (2014) If you at all followed along with my reading lists this week in honour of yesterday’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, you’ll no doubt be very aware that I’m a big fan of the writing of Richard Wagamese. And this is my absolute favorite thing he’s written. In…
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Reading Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
21 Things You May Not Known about the Indian Act, In This Together: Fifteen Stories of Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenomics, Indigenous Relations, One Story One Song, Resurgence and Reconciliation, Unsettling Truths
Matt's Books and Music
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Matt's Books and Music 