November Reading Possibilities
It is already the second week of November. My reading has slowed down. Even with the end of the year approaching, I find myself busier, so I have not had as much time to read. I have a few books on the go, and I have many community events to help out with, finding time to watch holiday movies, and getting busy with work-related projects.
I will continue to make reading a part of my life, but will take it easier as other aspects of my life are lighting up.
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With recent awards and prizes to Canadian writers, I thought it would be a good time to highlight more authors.
Moon of the Turning Leaves is the sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow. It is a dystopian story about how an Indigenous community became the only ones to survive a disaster.
The second novel takes place several years later. A permanent blackout lead to anarchy for the whole world.
Evan Whitesky makes the choice to lead his community to a remote part of northern Canada away from the reserve and into the wilderness. The community continues to survive with the birth and raising of children, but how long can they endure the isolation without outside contact?
They decide it is time to see what has happened to their traditional home beside Lake Huron.
Bootleg and Stardust is about the rock n’ roll life in the 1970s.
There is the fashion of the time of bell-bottoms and polyester. There is also the drugs.
Levi Jackson is a high school drop-out. He bounces from one foster home to the next. His dream is to become a rock star.
He tries his luck with a band called the Downtown Exit. The have hit the airwaves and have gained some fans. Levi Jackson aces the audition and is soon travelling with them to record the band’s second album in London.
Glenn Dixon himself has played in bands and written for a number of publications. Before becoming a full-time writer, he taught high school English for twenty-years.
His newest project is a new novel about sentient appliances, The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances, which is scheduled to be published in April 2026.
The Centaur’s Wife is the debut novel by Amanda Leduc.
It is also a dystopian novel following Heather. A meteor from the sky has destroyed civilization, and only ones still surviving are Heather.
She races out the house with her twin babies. Outside the rubble, she sees that the mountain is still green, and somehow spared from the destruction.
Heather’s legs had been damaged from birth. Her dad’s misguided attempt to heal them led to a tragedy that shaped her life since. She has always been drawn to the mountain. At a time of disaster, can the mountain continue to be a place of refuge?
Amanda Leduc’s most recent novel is Wild Life published in March 2025. It was longlisted for the Giller Prize, which was announced earlier this week.
Along with being an author, Leduc is a disability advocate.
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JKStar88 Reader is an active community organizer, radio host, avid reader, and self-published poet. Interests include pop culture, current events, literature, and food. Enjoys visiting local book stores, cafes, going to live theatre, and movies. Things to work on are being more social at gatherings, and being a better friend.
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Bunny by Mona Awad had its original release, then it regained life when the book made the rounds on BookTok. It is unclear how some books gain the attention of online micro-vloggers, and how others don't. There must be something widely appealing to a story about a poor kid getting into an MFA program.
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A breakfast of rice roll, congee, and milk tea. With a street food style, the items are simple, and takes care to prepare. The eatery recently renovated so that it can serve savory foods, along with desserts. It would be ideal to linger a bit longer, but only had time to eat everything, then rush to catch the train. There will be another time to try the other flavours.