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@@sarah-roadworthy We didn’t see any otters, but there was a seal in the inner harbour while we were waiting for the boat ballet. Remember? What wildlife did you see on your kayak trip?

@@lindysmagpiereads We saw lots of sea otters and a few seals. Eagles and ospreys, of course. Some teenage girls shared a 16lb coho with us. It was ginormous and delicious. They were so cute and excited to share with us something they caught. The whales were a bit north of where we were.

@@sarah-roadworthy I just saw a fun performance of Twelfth Night. Shakespeare rocks!

@@59cubanita An abundance of choice is a good thing!

@@RememberedReads Jen, I hope you will contribute to the project. I picked ten and then immediately regretted leaving out many other great books.

@@LouiseReader I hope you will vote on your favourite 21st century Canadian book, even if you only have one or two instead of ten. Yes, Australian magpies are included in my collection. Ruby Moonlight by Ali Cobby Eckermann has an Australian magpie on the cover. Plain Jane gives a nod to Dickensian or Victorian literature but it’s not a retelling. It’s also a feminist mashup of fairytale elements. It’s great!

@@MarilynMayaMendoza Malls are interesting spaces to think about. The first indoor, climate controlled shopping center designed by Gruen was Southdale Center in Edina Minnesota. Did you go there when you lived in Minneapolis? He wanted it to mimic the street atmosphere of his Vienna home, a public place where everyone could meet. It opened in 1956. Ala Moana opened in 1959. I’m happy to keep adding to your TBR. Don’t let the choices overwhelm you!

@@theonlyrealproperty2567 Eleanor, I am pleased that you will participate in September, and delighted that our readathon has led you to new booktube channels. My cohosts are fabulous people. I will definitely check out Schiff’s work, so thanks for the tip.

@@bouquinsbooks Woohoo! It’s so hard to pick just 10. 🤓🇨🇦

@@readandre-read It’s odd that news about drama surrounding women’s boxing at the Olympics has just surfaced right after I became interested in Headshot

@@lindysmagpiereads Isn't that always the way? All of a sudden a topic you never think about is everywhere.

@@readandre-read Exactly! It’s weird

@@ameliareads589 Go for it! I would love for you to submit your top three. Once we have the results compiled, I hope that list will bring more awareness to which authors are Canadians.

@@BookwormAdventureGirl I’ve just now promoted our call for top CanLit on the Litsy app. 🇨🇦😊

@@lindysmagpiereads I have put it out to CBC Books and Canada Reads as well.

@@BookwormAdventureGirl 🎉🎉🎉

@@JennieJohnston ooooh, a vlog! Yes! 🙌

@@sreilly66 So many: true. I am curious to see if there will be some consensus, or if we will see lots of single mentions.

@@MarilynMayaMendoza Exploring your own town like a tourist sounds fun; like seeing your home with fresh eyes. Mean museum guards are the opposite of fun, but the silver lining is an indelible memory. Be well my friend!

@@jacquelinemcmenamin8204 Thanks for the recommendation. I looked up The Strays and I see the art connection. It sounds good!

@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Yay! You’ve got a plan; I look forward to hearing about that book and your gallery visit. 📚🎨🖼️❤️

@@richardsonreads573 Thanks! I hope you will participate. 😊

@@LouiseReader welcome Louise! I am delighted that you are keen to participate in Framed! in September. It’s a perfect opportunity to get to your unread art titles. If you read The Girls with Stone Faces, please let me know what you think. Do you also follow the channel Shawn Breathes Books? The reason I ask is because Shawn and I had a conversation with Douglas Bruton about his book Blue Postcards. Shawn will post that on his channel when he has had a chance to edit it.

@@lindysmagpiereads I certainly do follow Shawn, and have for some years, since he was in Tokyo. He's how I eventually made my way here... I ordered Blue Postcards last night, had to do it online, it hasn't been published in Australia and so my local bookshop couldn't get it. I'm going to make it a priority for FramedinSeptember. I started a different memoir in verse this week, Dress Rehearsals by Madison Godfrey. I'm liking it, but it's much more verse than memoir, and I'm not sure I'm understanding all that much but am plugging on regardless.

@@LouiseReader Yay! I’m glad to hear you follow Shawn. He’s the person who convinced me to start my channel. The experience you are having with a memoir in verse reminds me of reading Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt by Brontez Purnell. It was more episodic and impressionistic than I expected in a book described as memoir.

@@booksatthebottomofthestair8446 thanks for watching 🤗

@@59cubanita I’m glad to hear you will be joining us. Australian Indigenous art is a fascinating topic. I don’t have any recommendations but I hope you can find something at your local library.

@@heathergregg9975 Thanks Heather!With a hefty TBR, you will never be short of choices. 😉

@@lindysmagpiereads absolutely! I wonder if anyone nobly didn't spend money at the bookshop right before the Pandemic Lockdown struck in 2020?

@@readandre-read Yay! I’m looking forward to your participation. 🤗

@@karlalikestoread Hi Karla! I’m excited too. Art lovers unite!

@@ariannefowler455 Arianne, I had no idea that you are a painter! I am so glad to hear that you are all in on this readathon. 😁

@@shawnbreathesbooks Yay! When you mentioned Carole Mason I went to my bookshelf and, yes, there is a copy of Maso’s Aureole. I’ve owned it since it was published. In 1996. Still unread. I’m feeling somewhat embarrassed by that.

@@novelideea Hello Deea! I hope you will join us in September. 😊

@@FullyBookedMelissa Hello Melissa! I’m glad you like our prompts. Low-key creativity is our brand. 😊🧘

@@anotherbibliophilereads Thanks Greg. I hadn’t thought about gardens as art until I watched Heather’s announcement. Have you visited Butchart Gardens? Butchart is one of many possibilities for fulfilling prompt #2 in September.

@@lindysmagpiereads When I lived in the Seattle area Victoria was a favorite long weekend destination away spot. My wife and I went to Butchat Gardens numerous times. She is an avid gardener.

@@anotherbibliophilereads I can understand why you found Victoria to be a perfect vacation spot. I feel so lucky to live here.

@@bouquinsbooks I’m excited!

@@ameliareads589 It’s good to hear from you, Amelia! The Secret Lives of Colours would lend itself to a reading project spread out over the entire month, if that makes it easier to fit into your schedule. Although once you start, you might find it’s like a box of chocolates. 😁

@@debtomaselli4586 🌻Thanks for your cheerful message. I’m happy to hear you plan to participate in September. 🎨📚😊

@@BookwormAdventureGirl I’m glad! Do you have a book picked out already?

@@lindysmagpiereads Not one in particular but I have several to choose from. 😊

@@sreilly66 Joni has psyched Laurie out the same way so many times that she doesn’t fall for it anymore. Glad to hear you loved All the Colour in the World. Have you read any of Richardson’s other novels? They are all gems.

@@lindysmagpiereads No, I haven’t read any of his other books. (I don’t mind going out with Lolly most of the time, but 2:00 am is not my favourite.)

@@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Jolene is doing the heavy lifting on a CanLit top books of the 21st century list. We should have an announcement out soon. 🇨🇦😁 I don’t know if the historic building that housed the Jasper tourist office is still standing. Some news has come out about specific structures saved and lost, but I haven’t seen anything about that one. The town and the highway through Jasper National Park are still closed because the fire is still burning.

@@myreadinglife8816 I spent DAYS scrolling through my reading log after looking through the NYT lists. 😁 I decided to make repeated rereads (actual or intended) one of my criterion for selecting a top ten and that eliminated most nonfiction.

@@theonlyrealproperty2567 Eleanor, thanks so much for visiting my channel. I have now watched your first video about Parade and will be watching your second deep dive into it next.

@@lindysmagpiereads Oh wow, thank you!

@@katiesikkes1527 High five to another fan of Hamlet! I’m going to see the musical Something Rotten when I’m in Stratford in September. I’m so glad to hear you got a copy of Delporte’s book and enjoyed it. Also glad that you saw the CanLit protest response to the Giller. I was planning to mention that protest in my most recent video but I ran out of energy. I have read some of the books on that list already and I am making it a priority to read more of them and to feature them on my channel. A Boy of Good Breeding is probably my least favourite of Toews’ works (it’s okay) but I did enjoy Summer of My Amazing Luck (which was made into an excellent theatre production too).

@@lindysmagpiereads yes! I was thinking that I should use that Canlit list as a reading list.

@@katiesikkes1527 Wise minds think alike 😁

@@readandre-read It’s such a nerdy thing to think about reading tendencies but I know I am a nerd. 🤓

We are planning to reconvene to talk about our attitudes towards Alice Munro and her work in light of her daughter’s revelations. I think women who stay with abusive men are doing so for emotional reasons that are more complex than simple sexual needs, but, nevertheless, I am not condoning that behaviour.

@@readandre-read Hi Angelia!

@@shawnbreathesbooks I read recently that blue is the favourite colour of more than half of adults around the world. I read a book that used the word ‘blue’ in every paragraph- wait a minute! You read that book too! Let’s talk about it!

@@MarilynMayaMendoza Joni wagged her tail for you 😉

@@MarilynMayaMendoza You are getting to know Canadian books; do you have a favourite?

@@MarilynMayaMendoza Fingers crossed that there are no fires at all on Oahu

@@BookwormAdventureGirl 🇨🇦❤️ My friends have called Jasper the place most dear to the hearts of Albertans. It’s hard to think of it’s current state.

@@sreilly66 Put on your thinking cap! 😉

@@KathyTrithardt Hi Kathy! I live in Vic West. Maybe we will bump into each other at queer book events. I regret not hearing about Pride in the Word until the day after it happened. I will be watching for it next year!

@@lindysmagpiereads I've been to the last two Pride in the Word events, and they are always interesting 😊

@@CarolBirnbaum-x7b Oh, thank you so much for this message! That’s a beautiful quote. It’s good to be reminded to take that attitude towards time. I was disappointed by Nezhukumatathil’s Bite by Bite partly because I had enjoyed World of Wonders so much. I hope you will enjoy Bluets too. 😊

@@100onBooks Hello Nyambura! How to Hide an Empire sounds good. I don’t usually think of the USA in terms of empire but the title alone is enough to get my mind working in that direction. I just heard about another work of history that I want to get to: How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History by Josephine Quinn. I am glad to have pleased you with my mention of Zanzibar. When I was editing this video I felt embarrassed by the way in my sentence construction I had mashed countries (Oman and Iran) together with a demonymic (Zanzibari) and an ethnic group (Swahili). I’m delighted that you enjoyed A Jest of God and want to read more of Margaret Laurence. The two undertakers (old and new) in A Jest of God are side characters in The Diviners. Happy reading!

It’s good to hear from you Aleksandra. I don’t know what UA-cam gremlins get into the system and disappear comments. The Iranian cookbook has very complicated recipes so I feel the challenge. The Omani cookbook is more approachable, with similar ingredients.

@@lindysmagpiereads After several years of trying to cook Iranian dishes, I came up with fusion versions, which I can prepare quickly. Authentic ones require a lot of time and the right ingredients, which is sadly hard to get in Northern countries. By the way, both Persian limes and barberries are my favourite 😍 ♥️

@@kassandrik I had already started thinking about how I can create fusion versions because, yes, these recipes are complex and entail multiple steps. There’s valuable basic information, such as how to prepare dried barberries before use in cooking. I wouldn’t have guessed that there may be sand with the berries and the best way to deal with that.