Reading Wrap Up incl #Indigathon & #NonFicNovember | Nov 2020

Books mentioned:

True Story by Kate Reed Petty
Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier
The Last Act of Love by Cathy Rentzenbrink
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer
Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
Thorn by Intisar Khanani
In My Own Moccasins by Helen Knott
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss
From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
Know My Name by Chanel Miller

If you fancy it you can -

[OjaswiShxrma]

This video was so watchable I didn’t even realise 45 minutes had passed...

[ReadingWithKT]

Thank you for saying what you said about True Story and for standing up for survivors ❤️ Xx

[FayroseH]

Know My Name was so incredible. I can't wait to read more by Chanel Miller.

[Aliwishes]

ate my breakfast while watching - loved it. merry christmas!

[opodobed]

I enjoy your videos so much and I even can't say we have similar literature taste or similar views in general. But you are so smart, well spoken and entertaining, I can listen to you for the longest time!

[ingemortensen]

Not at all bored! So excited to see you posted another video. Looking forward to watch the others you will upload.

[alexiarichardson]

I both cooked and ate my dinner while watching this ;-)

[hayleyc]

I love the honesty of your videos. If you don’t like the books you always tell us. I understand that authors put a lot of effort into writing a book but not every book is for everyone and sometimes it can be a good book but just wrong time to read it. Your reviews get straight to the point which I love.

[nl]

Thank you for this video. I find your descriptions very insightful.

[Wolfhailstorm]

Woah, that description of the diving and beauty from Know my Name is such a beautiful outlook on life.
Thanks for sharing your Nov reads! I hope you hands and overall health is doing better x

[fozzymup]

Great video Mercedes, lots of interesting thoughts and books! Hope you are well. Best Wishes 💕🎄📚

[parksch]

Totally agree about The Only Good Indians. Spot on review.

[FlyingElectra]

The night of the gun ! One of my favorite memoirs of all time by the late David Carr.

[juditkovacse]

I was looking forward to your review of a few of these, and was not disappointed. Glad you got around to do it before the end of the year.

[FlyingElectra]

Know my name is also a favorite of mine ! That woman can write ! I and she can draw (following her on IG). I read Indigenous authors all year long. I have all these books on my TBR. Actually one of the best books about the history was also written by Treur. Rez Life explains all the broken treaties and all the laws passed to take all their rights and lands away and their fighting and the recent events. I read them all the time. Glad you joined that challenge ! Chanel Miller is an amazing woman.

[ReadingWithKT]

Sounds like you read some really difficult books last month. I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on them! Thanks for sharing! 😊

[HarrietRosie]

Looking forward to all the upcoming videos, and I liked the length of this one! Love a long video. I'm halfway through Know My Name and it's one of the most beautifully written things I've ever read, she is amazing

[FHMS]

omg i love 30+ minute bookish videos dont even worry about it 👌👌👌 and for memoirs i really recommend Inferno by Catherine Cho (especially on audiobook) 😊

[amyg]

I think you would really enjoy Betty by Tiffany McDaniel, it's about Betty growing up with a Cherokee father and white mother spanning the 50 to 70s and it's inspired by the author's own mother. My top read of 2020.

[jillschroeder]

Thank you for those - yes I will definitely read Know My Name. Janet Frame wrote some some really good autobiographies, beautiful language and stark circumstances. I recently read Rebecca Solnit's Recollections of my Nonexistence, again the language is glorious. I loved Tove Ditlevsen's three little memoirs translated from Danish. I found The Devil that Danced on the Water fascinating and again, really well written. So many books, so little time. Happy sigh!