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Marcie R. Rendon - Murder On The Red River

#marcie r rendon #murder on the red river #books read 2021

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March Monthly Recap

Like February, March was a rough month for me, although I read 10 books, a few of which I really enjoyed. I finally finished Thief of Time, which I really enjoyed, and I was fascinated by Worn: A People’s History of Clothing. On the other hand, I had two severe disappointments, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels and High Times in the Low Parliament, which made me realize that I don’t really enjoy whimsical books!

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton: 1.5/5, dnf

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett: 5/5

Meet Me in Atlantis by Mark Adams: 4.25/5

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi: 4.5/5

Untouchable by Talia Hibbert: 4.75/5

That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert: 4.75/5

High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson: 2/5

Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon: 2/5

Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser: 5/5

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden: 4.5/5

And my goal progress beneath the cut:

23 in 2023: 7 [+4]

Read 100 books: 42 [+10]

Translated works: 1 [+0]

Physical TBR: 3 [+1]

Top of TBR: 2 [+1]

Books in Spanish: 0

Read 40% AOC: 26.2% [+1.2%]

Discworld books: 1 [+1]

Series: 3 started vs. 12 caught up on/finished [+0/+2]

Storygraph recs: 1 | avg. 3/5 [+0]

Indigenous authors: 1 [+1]

#monthly recap #march 2023 #book review

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We loved this episode of Life Writing Podcast featuring Shane Hawk discussing Never Whistle At Night!!

CONTRIBUTORS: Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller

Credit to @tananarivedue Ep 107: Guest @shane.hawk, horror author and co-editor of NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT, a bestselling Indigenous #horror anthology with an introduction from @stephengrahamjones.

On Hawk's incredible journey from being a non-reader to a new writer to a community builder.

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#tommyorange

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##NeverWhistleAtNight

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i read a total of 10 books in january (59% of my yearly goal) and 3712 pages (69% of my yearly goal) my favourite was notes of a crocodile by qiu miaojin and my least favourite was singapore sapphire by a.m. stuart

full breakdown of star ratings and reviews under the cut 📚🖊🧡

splinters of scarlet by emily bain murphy 3.75⭐ [historical, fantasy, ya] [review]

when the reckoning comes by latanya mcqueen 3⭐ [contemporary, horror] [review]

icebound: shipwrecked at the edge of the world by andrea pitzer 2.5 ⭐[history] [review]

murder on the red river (cash blackbear mysteries #1) by marcie r. rendon 2.75⭐ [historical, mystery] [review]

singapore sapphire (harriet gordon mystery #1) by a.m. stuart 1.5⭐[historical, mystery] [review]

special topics in calamity physics by marisha pessl 3.25⭐[mystery] [review]

the buried giant by kazuo ishiguro 2.75⭐[fantasy, literary] [review]

the luminaries by eleanor catton 4⭐[historical] [review]

the haunting of las lágrimas by w.m. cleese 2.75⭐[historical, gothic] [review]

notes of a crocodile by qiu miaojin (tr. bonnie huie) 5⭐[classics, queer] [review]

#reading #reading wrap up #bookblr #trying to write reviews a full month after finishing books...i can only get more and more incoherent from here #i think technically the luminaries was the best and-slash-or my favourite but notes of a crocodile is so interesting to read about #i don't think it's better on a technical level but it did absolutely decimate me on an emotional level #as usual follow me on storygraph yell in the replies of this post about my choice of reading material

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REVIEW

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Compiled and edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Last Jr.

This collection of twenty-six short stories provides an interesting and different look at some issues I have never thought about. In reading through reviews of this work I found that some reviewers  were able to relate to more of the stories than other readers and some readers were unable to relate much at all. Most went into reading believing the stories would be scary, horror stories, or put them on edge – some did, and some didn’t, in my opinion.

The stories that had the biggest impact on me were:

* KASHTUKA by Mathilda Zeller in which a young woman is pushed by her mother to go with someone she doesn’t want to be with to cook and help with a party. A ghost/scary story is told briefly and seems to allow a Kashtuka to materialize and kill a few people – the twist at the end was a grabber indeed.

* WHITE HILLS by Rebecca Roanhorse looks at what a woman might do to maintain a better quality of life than she was raised in. I hated Marissa’s mother-in-law and husband and really questioned the decision she made at the end of the story.

* SNAKES ARE REBORN IN THE DARK by D.H. Trujillo’s story brought in a bit of magic and touch of horror while talking about respecting and honoring ancient wall/cave paintings.

* BEFORE I GO by Norris Black dealt with grief and loss and made me hope I never run into Mother Night.

* DEAD OWLS by Mona Susan Power is a cold story with ghostly encounters that I hope to never experience myself.

* NAVAJOS DON’T WEAR ELK TEETH by Conley Lyons was dark and disturbing with a main character I wanted to shake and tell to spend time with someone else…someone safer, less abusive, and better for him…that had a darker ending too.

* WINGLESS by Marcie R. Rendon dealt with two boys in a foster care situation no child should find themselves in. I cringe thinking about that story and hoped at the end they both found a brighter future somewhere somehow.

There were a LOT of stories and though I couldn’t relate to all of them, the stories above were the ones that stood out the most to me and will linger longer.

Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group for the ARC – this is my honest review.

4 Stars

BLURB

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to be un-settled?” Featuring stories by: Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce Young Wolf • Mathilda ZellerMany Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home. These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples’ survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.

#Shane Hawk #Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. #Stephen Graham Jones #Indigenous Authors #Scary Stories #Horror #Thriller #Multicultural Interest #Anthology #NetGalley #Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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Episode 186 - Suspense Fiction

This episode we’re discussing the fiction genre of Suspense! We talk about crime, mysteries, horror, and even suspense!

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | Jam Edwards

Things We Read (or tried to…)

Ascension by Nicholas Binge

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger and Steph Cha

Malice by Keigo Higashino

Dead Woman Walking by Sharon J. Bolton

Alice in Borderland by Haro Aso (Wikipedia)

Night Fever by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Reckless by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

A Solitude of Wolverines by Alice Henderson

Read But Not Mentioned

Find Me by Anne Fraser

Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman

The Midnight Line: Jack Reacher #22 by Lee Child

The Phantom Scientist by Robin Cousin, translated by Edward Gauvin

Wyrd, vol. 1 by Curt Pires and Antonio Fuso

Colorless, vol 1 by Kent

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark

Other Media We Mentioned

Scalped by Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera, and others 

Case Histories by Kate Atkinson

At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft (Wikipedia)

Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube by Blair Braverman

Small Game by Blair Braverman

Links, Articles, and Things

Hark! Podcast

Category:Fiction about death games (Wikipedia)

What Matthew described as “escape room fiction”

Final girl (Wikipedia)

20 Suspense Novels by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose

A Person of Interest by Susan Choi

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Sleeping with Strangers by Eric Jerome Dickey

The Between by Tananarive Due

Shutter by Ramona Emerson

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall

The Mantis by Kotaro Isaka

My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok

Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli

Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts

Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh

In the Dark We Forget by Sandra S.G. Wong

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Join us again on Tuesday, December 19th it’s time for our Favourite Reads of 2023!

Then on Tuesday, January 2nd it’s time for trains, planes, and automobiles (and bicycles) as we discuss non-fiction books about Transit and Transportation!

#episodes #podcasts #suspense #fiction

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Book Recommendations: More New Mysteries

Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret - but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out. And now they're worried they're keeping a murderer in.

Irene’s widow hires Evander Mills to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death. Andy, recently fired from the San Francisco police after being caught in a raid on a gay bar, is happy to accept - his calendar is wide open. And his secret is the kind of secret the Lamontaines understand.

Andy had never imagined a world like Lavender House. He's seduced by the safety and freedom found behind its gates, where a queer family lives honestly and openly. But that honesty doesn't extend to everything, and he quickly finds himself a pawn in a family game of old money, subterfuge, and jealousy - and Irene’s death is only the beginning.

When your existence is a crime, everything you do is criminal, and the gates of Lavender House can’t lock out the real world forever. Running a soap empire can be a dirty business.

The Plot and the Pendulum by Jenn McKinlay

Library director Lindsey Norris is happy to learn the Briar Creek Public Library is the beneficiary of the Dorchester family’s vast book collection. However, when Lindsey and the library staff arrive at the old Victorian estate to gather the books, things take a sinister turn. One of the bookcases reveals a secret passage, leading to a room where a skeleton is found, clutching an old copy of The Collected Works of Edgar Allan Poe.

Lindsey does a quick check of missing persons, using the distinctive 80s era clothing worn by the deceased to determine a time frame, and discovers that Briar Creek has an unsolved missing person’s case from 1989. A runaway bride went missing just weeks after her wedding. No suspects were ever arrested and the cold case remains unsolved. Lindsey and the crafternoon crew decide that justice is overdue and set about solving the old murder mystery, using some novel ideas to crack the case.

This is the 13th volume in the “Library Lover’s Mystery” series. 

Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon

Set in 1970s Minnesota on the White Earth Reservation, Pinckley Prize–winner Marcie R. Rendon’s gripping new mystery follows Cash Blackbear, a young Ojibwe woman, as she attempts to discover the truth about the disappearances of Native girls and their newborns.

A snowmelt has sent floodwaters down to the fields of the Red River Valley, dragging the body of an unidentified Native woman into the town of Ada. The only evidence the medical examiner recovers is a torn piece of paper inside her bra: a hymnal written in English and Ojibwe.

Cash Blackbear, a 19-year-old Ojibwe woman, sometimes helps Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian, on his investigations. Now she knows her search for justice for this anonymous victim will take her to the White Earth Reservation, a place she once called home.

When Cash happens upon two small graves in the yard of a rural, “speak-in-tongues kinda church,” Cash is pulled into the lives of the malevolent pastor and his troubled wife while yet another Native woman dies in a mysterious manner.

This is the third volume in the “Cash Blackbear Mysteries” series. 

Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose

Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet with her new husband and their unconventional family and friends. Still, some social obligations must be honored, especially with the grand Peace Celebrations unfolding throughout London to honor victory over Napoleon.

But when Wrexford and their two young wards, Raven and Hawk, discover a body floating in Hyde Park’s famous lake, that newfound peace looks to be at risk. The late Jeremiah Willis was the engineering genius behind a new design for a top-secret weapon, and the prototype is missing from the Royal Armory’s laboratory. Wrexford is tasked with retrieving it before it falls into the wrong hands. But there are unsettling complications to the case - including a family connection.

Soon, old secrets are tangling with new betrayals, and as Charlotte and Wrexford spin through a web of international intrigue and sumptuous parties, they must race against time to save their loved ones from harm - and keep the weapon from igniting a new war...

This is the 6th volume in the “Wrexford & Sloane” series. 

There Are No Happy Loves by Sergio Olguín

The third volume in Olguin's "Buenos Aires" thriller series starring the gutsy, raunchy investigative reporter Veronica Rosenthal.

Haunted by nightmares of her past, Veronica is soon involved in a new investigation. Darío, the sole survivor of a car accident that supposedly killed all his family, is convinced that his wife and child have in fact survived and that his wife has abducted their child. Then a truck searched in the port of Buenos Aires on suspicion that it is carrying drugs, is revealed to be transporting human body parts. These seemingly separate incidents prove to be tied in a shadowy web of complicity involving political and religious authorities. This is a dazzling thriller based on real events in Argentina but also a story about the possibilities of love, in which jealousy, eroticism, humor and even elusive moments of happiness make an appearance.

#mysteries #mystery #Mystery Novels #mystery books #new books #new books to read #library books #book recommendations #reading recommendations #book recs #reading recs #TBR pile #tbr #to read #booklr #book tumblr #book blog

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Why Are Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey Teaching Bitcoin to Poor Kids?

Why Are Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey Teaching Bitcoin to Poor Kids?

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty In another case of wealthy people shilling crypto to the financially vulnerable, rapper Jay-Z and Twitter founder Jack Dorsey have joined forces once again to launch a financial literacy program called The Bitcoin Academy that will teach residents of Brooklyn’s Marcy Houses, where Jay-Z grew up, about the world of cryptocurrency and how…

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Halloween 2020, Day 12

(Photo is “Spooky Woods” by GypsyMist.)

Do you consider crime thrillers and murder mysteries good reading fare for the Halloween season? 

I do.

And I’m glad that we’re in a time when crime fiction by Indigenous American writers is increasingly recognized and celebrated. Here’s a terrific article by Lakota author David Heska Wanbli Weiden for CrimeReads: “Why Indigenous Crime Fiction Matters.” He also contributed this useful reading list for The Strand: “Seven Essential Native American Crime Novels.”

Speaking of David Heska Wanbli Weiden, I read, thoroughly enjoyed, and highly recommend his gripping 2020 novel Winter Counts, which is a (to borrow the official description) “groundbreaking thriller about a vigilante on a Native American reservation who embarks on a dangerous mission to track down the source of a heroin influx.” A tense and engrossing read. 

And speaking of his essay on “Why Indigenous Crime Fiction Matters,” I was very glad to see Cherokee novelist John Rollin Ridge mentioned front and center. Earlier this year in my monthly “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the StarShipSofa podcast, on Episode 628, I discussed how we can trace parts of Batman’s origin back to John Rollin Ridge and his fiction. 

(Photo by Yours Truly.)

Perhaps my favorite discovery this year is the wonderful Cash Blackbear mystery/crime series, including Murder on the Red River (2017) and Girl Gone Missing (2019), by White Earth Nation author Marcie R. Rendon. Set during the Vietnam Conflict, these books follow 19-year-old Cash Blackbear -- “aged-out foster child, girl pool shark, truck driver from Minnesota’s White Earth reservation” -- who asks questions, has dreams, and regularly helps out her friend Wheaton, the cop who is her family by choice rather than blood, as he solves crimes. These books deliver on mood and atmosphere while also telling difficult, important, meaningful stories.

Here is one of Cash Blackbear’s vivid and haunting dreams:

Cash pulled herself up and out of her window. Her heart beat in her ears and she shivered uncontrollably. Her eyes darted left and right as she ran barefoot across the damp ground. She reached the plowed field. Her foot sank into the cold, damp dirt. When she tried to pull her foot up, her front leg sank further into the earth. She threw herself forward, clawing with bare hands, hearing the heavy, labored breathing of the person chasing her. Fear forced her from her body so that she was soon flying above herself. She looked down to see her body stretched out in the mud below, buried to her knees, arms flailing, hair catching in her hands. Instantly, the body in the field changed from herself struggling to two paler, longer-legged, blonde women. The young women looked up at Cash. They mouthed, “Help me, Help me.”

- from Marcie R. Rendon, Girl Gone Missing (2019)

#halloween 2020 #john rollin ridge #winter counts #david heska wanbli weiden #marcie r. rendon #girl gone missing #murder on the red river #Indigenous crime fiction #Native America

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Dr. Darcie Little Badger will join Sistah Scifi Wine Down Wednesday tomorrow to discuss Never Whistle at Night with our CEO/Founder @IsisAsare!

Please note tomorrow's Sistah Scifi Wine Down will be from 4PM to 450PM PST.

“Never Whistle at Night is all I’ve ever wanted in an Indigenous horror anthology. From doubles, to Empty People, to story theft, to zombies, this anthology explores the horror that lives in colonial violence, generational love and trauma, and our everyday lives. It’s a joy to see such a diverse representation of experience, background, and style in this carefully-curated and terrifying collection.”

—#JessicaJohns, author of #BadCree

Never Whistle At Night features stories from Norris Black • Amber Blaeser-Wardzala • Phoenix Boudreau • Cherie Dimaline • Carson Faust • Kelli Jo Ford • Kate Hart • Shane Hawk • Brandon Hobson • Darcie Little Badger • Conley Lyons • Nick Medina • Tiffany Morris • Tommy Orange • Mona Susan Power • Marcie R. Rendon • Waubgeshig Rice • Rebecca Roanhorse • Andrea L. Rogers • Morgan Talty • D.H. Trujillo • Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. • Richard Van Camp • David Heska Wanbli Weiden • Royce K. Young Wolf • Mathilda Zeller

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#NeverWhistleAtNight #DarcieLittleBadger #SistahScifi #TommyOrange

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a common misconception is the assumption that god created flowers on a higher plane than dirt

a common misconception, Marcie R. Rendon

#marcie r rendon #poetry #quotes #native poetry

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#BookBeginnings Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R Rendon

#BookBeginnings Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R Rendon

  Looking forward to reading Girl Gone Missing by Marcie R. Rendon for Book Beginnings on Fridays. Book Beginnings is a fun meme hosted by Rose City Reader blog. To participate, share the first sentence or so of a novel you are reading and your thoughts about it. When you are finished, add your URL to the Book Beginnings page linked above. Hope to see you there!   Girl Gone Missing* by Marcie R.…

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Celebrate With Reading

Alright everyone, I’m putting together a list of some great things to read by Indigenous authors! Take a look at the history of Thanksgiving if you haven’t already because it is much darker than it’s thought to be. If ya’ll can, support Indigenous peoples and their businesses!

POEMS

If Oil is Drilled in Bristol Bay by dg nanouk okpik

A Well-Traveled Coyote by Nora Naranjo-Morse

 All Thirst Quenched by Lois Red Elk

Death by Crisosto Apache 

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

“1612: A New Look at Thanksgiving” by Catherine O’Neill Grace

“A Coyote Solstice Tale” by Thomas King

“A Man Called Raven” by Richard Van Camp

“Buffalo Song” by Joseph Bruchac

TEENS/ YA BOOKS

“#Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women” by Lisa Charleyboy and Beth Leatherdale

“A Girl Called Echo Vol 1: Pemmican Wars” by Katherena Vermette

“April Raintree” by Beatrice Mosionier

“Give Me Some Truth” by Eric Gansworth

MEMOIR/ BIOGRAPHY

“A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder” by Ma-Nee Chacaby

“Beloved Child: A Dakota Way of Life” by Diane Wilson

“Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land” by Toni Jensen

“Gall: Lakota War Chief” by Robert W. Larson

POETRY BOOKS

“A History of Kindness” by Linda Hogan

“Absentee Indians & Other Poems” by Kimberley Blaeser

“An American Sunrise: Poems” by Joy Harjo

“Aurum: Poems” by Santee Frazier 

FICTION

“Bleed Into Me: A Book of Stories” by Stephen Graham Jones

“Blue Ravens” by Gerald Vizenor

“Firekeeper’s Daughter” by Angelina Boulley (Coming Out March 2nd, 2021)

“In the Bear’s House” by N. Scott Momaday

“Little Big Bully” by Heidi E. Erdrich

“Motorcycles and Sweetgrass” by Drew Hayden Taylor

“Murder on the Red River” by Marcie Rendon

“Real Indian Junk Jewelry” by Trevino Brings Plenty

“Tracks” by Louise Erdrich

#godzilla reads #celebrate with reading #indigenous authors #native authors #poetry #poems #reading list #book list #reading #reads #thanksgiving books #books #books and poetry #books and reading #books and literature #book blog #book blurb #book addict #book addiction #book hoarder #bookstore #booklover #bookish #bibliophile #booklife #booklr #bookworm #novels

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20 Suspense Novels by BIPOC Authors

Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers’ Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here.

The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose

A Person of Interest by Susan Choi

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

Sleeping with Strangers by Eric Jerome Dickey

The Between by Tananarive Due

Shutter by Ramona Emerson

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

We Lie Here by Rachel Howzell Hall

The Mantis by Kotaro Isaka

My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa

The Leftover Woman by Jean Kwok

Are You Sara? by S.C. Lalli

Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow

The Man in My Basement by Walter Mosley

Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu

Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts

Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon

There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh

In the Dark We Forget by Sandra S.G. Wong

#booklists #suspense #fiction

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Hello fine person on this lovely evening, I've got a book rec for you if that's your thing. It's called "Walking Sam" and it's available on Amazon. It's a creepy midwestern gothic about this Native American legend, but it's also got a low-key sweet side to it as well. It's by a super unknown author and I managed to stumble upon it by accident because not much is known about the Walking Sam myth itself. Anyway, your blog is cool and I admire your taste in liminal spaces. Happy trails.

I feel like I’m gettin hazed ^^’ are you referring to the Deanna Lynn Sletton book, Walking Sam, a Lake Harriett Novel, or the Walking Sam series by an independently published Amazon author known as Bailey Fouraker, of which I can only find evidence of a book 2?

Although I appreciate the recommendation, I should also let you know I tend to steer away from media that brands itself as being about ‘Native American’ culture, namely by non Native authors, as they’re usually misguided, push harmful stereotypes, mistruths, or are outright racist. It’s usually ignorance that leads to stories about “Native American folklore” as there are over 550 Native tribes with varying traditions, cultures, languages, and religious practices, and lumping any or all of them together is usually a bad sign.

I have heard good things about these contemporary books by Native authors though, if anyone is interested!

Robopocalypse, by Daniel H. Wilson, is about a sci fi near future populated by dangerous, sentient machines, a topic of interest to Wilson, who eagerly and apparently quite frequently writes about robots, and whose gripping works and strange worlds he builds in his writing is influenced by his Cherokee heritage. I hear it’s hard to put down, and a favorite of not just his own fans, but fans of disaster books in general.

Murder on the Red River, by Marcie Rendon, is a dark comedy about a young woman who accidentally discovers she has an almost supernatural ability to solve crimes, and uses this skill to track down the murderer of a Native man whose death wasn’t given the attention it deserved by authorities. (I’m going to buy and read this one, it sounds fantastic!)

And, of course, though not by a Native author, if you’re in the mood for a solid American gothic podcast, I cannot recommend Alice Isn’t Dead enough, which is about a lesbian trucker trying to solve her wife’s disappearance.

I’m sorry if I came across as blunt or rude! I often struggle to put my thoughts into words. I appreciate your patience. If any followers know about Walking Sam, feel free to tell me! And thanks again for the kind words, and for reaching out! Take care of yourself, and I hope you have a lovely weekend.