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No.3 famous last words by Timothy Findley Marvelously conceived and executed. A really nice read that was especially needed after the trash fire of the Goldfinch. #finishedreading #reading #reader #bookto #books #bookblr #readto #instabooks #instaread #canlit #fiction

No.2 the goldfinch by Donna tartt The first four hundred pages of this were a measure of excellence and then this book for the next almost 400 pages went off some cliff. Aside from a few really transcendent passages in the final few pages, this book ended up being a holy mess. Don't bother. Picked this up from a #littlefreelibrary and back to a free library it shall go #finishedreading #reading #reader #readto #bookto #fiction #bookporn #booknerd #bookblr

No.2 the book of negroes by Lawrence hill Riveted the entire time I read it. Brutal, heartbreaking, necessary reading. The name Aminata Diallo should ring as ensconced as Duddy kravitz or Offred in Canadian imaginations and curriculums. Another pickup from one of my (many) #littlefreelibrary stands. #finishedreading #bookto #readto #bookblr #reader #canlit #instabooks #instareads #bookstagram #ontothenext

No.1 the lions of al-rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay I hunted for a used copy of this book in the bookstores and free libraries of this city and any I came across for five years. In shops dedicated to fantasy lit looked, over and over and never found it. The Hunt began those five years ago after a conversation with @minigeeksshop about another how Tigana was my favourite Kay book. She told me she loved Tigana but swore by Al-Rassan as her choice. I'd been offered loans of the book and could have borrowed it easily from the TPL but I have this thing for buying books to add to my expanding and never containable library. Em finally found it on a hunch this December as she was passing by @re__reading and decided to check in to see if it was there. I'd checked that store so many times over the years and could find any other GGK book but that one. They told em that it's a boom they get every so often that leaves as quickly as it comes in. A rare bit of Christmas luck then and without hesitation was my first read of 2017. Katie, i think I'm converted, it's a masterpiece. #finishedreading #canlit #fantasy #readto #reading #bookto #usedbooks #bookblr #bookhunter #instareads #instabooks #fiction

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No.40 The Torontonians by Phyllis Brett Young Em's aunt gave this to me a. Pipes of years ago and it sat on the eternal pile until a few days ago when I decided t was the perfect length to finish before the end of the year. It's lovely and brilliant. It should be an iconic book, it should be read more widely and on more (if any) curriculums, but hey, that's what lost treasures should do I suppose. Set in 1959 Toronto and with some moments of 1940s Toronto, there are moments in the book and it's description of the city and its way of life that remind you that there are some things in this town we call home that never ever change, even 60-70 years later. There is a small paragraph about student tickets and show by student id on the TTC that could be exchanged for any point in our lives and still be perfectly understandable to anyone from here, is so fucking Toronto. And so, 40 books for 2016 read, time to get started on the 2017 count. Peace, fellow readers. #finishedreading #reading #readto #bookto #bookblr #fiction #canlit #lostgem #reader #instabooks #bookstagram #instareads #2016reads

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No.39 Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Still can't believe I found proper used musty copy that smells of libraires and bookshelves in a #littlefreelibrary Eliza rules #reading #readto #bookto #bookblr #books #plays #instareads #instabooks #bookstagram

No.38 Paris to the moon by alan gopnick Still dreaming, I refuse to wake up #paristoujours #finishedreading #bookto #readto #reading #books #memoir #bookstagram #instareads #instabooks #bookblr #reader #littlefreelibrary

No.35 life is elsewhere by a Milan Kundera. A fun quick read from an author who always makes you feel like you've read a dream . Another #littlefreelibrary read that was a nice find. #finishedreading #reading #reader #books #bookto #readto #bookstagram #instareads #kundera #bookporn #fiction #bookblr (at East York)

No.34 I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou A book that was on the all time list to read, found it some months ago being given away for free somewhere on Sammon Ave. It has been a relevant book for generations and now, considering all, is manifestly so again. #finishedreading #reading #reader #readto #bookto #bookblr #bookstagram #instareads #instabooks #nonfiction #bookstagram #books #bookporn

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No.33 Saga vol.1 by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples Brilliant. Exceeded everything I had hoped. The hype is real, looking forward to digging into more And come on, how bad ass and important is that cover? #finishedreading #reading #readto #bookto #comics #graphicnovels #comicbooksarebooks #instareads #bookstagram #bookblr

No.32 the mists of Avalon by Marion simmer Bradley It's been awhile since a book post let alone a #finishedreading post. I thought this book was incredible. Though it took me two months to finish (hi parent life redux, hi) I was continually arrested by the vision, language and story it unfolded. In basic terms it is a feminist (or female centered) retelling of the Arthurian legend with the perspectives of the chief women at the forefront as they witness Britain change from worship of the goddess to Christian dominance and the resulting patriarchy which damns women for breathing in their bodies as prime sin. I would recommend this to anyone seeing how it disrupted the genre and was such a force in fantasy and feminist literature... And then I read more on the author and without retelling it here, her complicity in the sexual assault of her children almost totally ruined the reading I just had. The book stands as an achievement, it is still undeniable art but I can't in good conscience recommend anything she has written without the warning or urging that it comes with a supreme and savage disappointment of the authorship outside the art #reading #readto #bookto #bookblr #instareads #fantasylit #matterofbritain

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Wasn't supposed to run today but then I did. Can't really explain it, you understand it if you do #running #runner #runnerslife #veganrunner #veganrunning #torontorunners #runto #plantbased #instarunners