March was a really heavy reading month, both in terms of volume and content; between the glass ceiling facing early women aviators, the abuse of the Métis nation by the Canadian government, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the soul-deadening misogyny that Kate Beaton faced in the Alberta oil sands*, I was pretty down on humanity in general. But the books were awesome and also thank goodness for plenty of happy escapist fiction with which to pass the time. I’ll take it easier next month. (Especially since it’ll be fall break for the kids’ school.)
* Beaton’s book just won Canada Reads though, so I guess that counts for something! Well deserved.
Delivering Evil for Experts, by Annette Marie, read by Cris Dukehart
The Dawnhounds, by Sascha Stronach
More than a Little Warped, by Annette Marie and Rob Jacobsen
One Hundred Days, by Alice Pung
Sink: A Memoir, by Joseph Earl Thomas
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton
How to be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question, by Michael Schur
Clockwork Boys, by T. Kingfisher
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History, by Keith O’Brien, read by Erin Bennett
Sea of Tranquility, by Emily St. John Mandel
Remarkably Bright Creatures, by Shelby Van Pelt
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe, read by Matt Blamey
The Saint of the Bookstore, by Victoria Goddard
The North-West is our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation, by Jean Teillet
Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel
The Wonder Engine, by T. Kingfisher
Heart of the Sun Warrior, by Sue Lynn Tan
The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories, ed. Mahvesh Murad, Jared Shurin
In Bibi’s Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries That Touch the Indian Ocean, by Hawa Hassan with Julia Turshen
Batter Royale, by Liesl Adams
A Conspiracy of Truths, by Alexandra Rowland, read by James Langton
The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi