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Continue reading →: It’s all Shit, ActuallyTruly, I could read 1000 more pages of Lindy West just tearing apart my favourite childhood films with giddy acerbic wit. We can love what we love and still acknowledge the giant gaping plot holes or capital P Problematic casting and story issues. EVERYTHING IS FAIR GAME AND EVERYTHING IS…
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Continue reading →: FreshwaterI was completely blown away by Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. Published in 2018 to great acclaim it was never really on my radar probably because I really dislike the cover art, and that sometimes makes or breaks a book for me. But Emezi has a new novel coming out in…
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Continue reading →: Know My NameThis was such a powerful memoir, told through such an intimate tone that Chanel Miller felt like a friend, sister. I had followed the Brock Turner trial in real time as outraged as anyone else at the media spin and then the leniency. And I remember the day her victim…
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Continue reading →: Genetics
I wonder what I would say to myself, now, if I could visit from the future. Send a missive. Would I say there’s hope here still, whatever life you think you will lead, is not so grim as the one you are imagining. Would I say, hold fast, be strong.…
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Continue reading →: Best Bedtime Books for ToddlersFive fantastic bedtime books for toddlers or young children, give them, get them, love them.
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Continue reading →: Dubious Documents: A PuzzleA great gift for people who love puzzles—and the perfect quietly competitive activity for a lazy Christmas morning.
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Continue reading →: I Heard SomethingJaime Forsythe’s new book of poetry I Heard Something is a trust exercise in the creative process—Forsythe kept the inspiration channel open and all manner of tense and surreal thoughts crept in. “Have you ever gotten so used to listening for your baby’s cry that you auditory-hallucinate her cry?” asks Forsythe. “I…
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Continue reading →: The Perfect NannyIt’s hard to truly express how disquieting The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani is—a portrait of disturbed nanny Louise and the time leading up to the brutal murder of the two children Mila and Adam in her care. Beginning with the horror of the murder and then chugging back in…
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Continue reading →: Trail of LightningI was first introduced to Rebecca Roanhorse’s writing through her incredible short story Welcome To Your Authentic Indian Experience™ which was rightfully nominated for a bunch of awards like the Nebula and Hugo last year. So when I saw her name on Netgalley I knew whatever it was would rocket…
Hello,
I’m Lindsay
Mixed-Cree writer, cozy gamer, and book hoarder. Host of Book Me! Podcast. My debut children’s book Snow Day is coming out October 28, 2024 with Nimbus Publishing.
Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird 