Canadian Book Challenge: 2018-2019: 06/26/18

July 1st, Canada Day, is also the starting day for the annual Canadain Books Challenge. It's been running for eleven years and this twelfth year will be the second year of it being hosted on the Indextrious Reader Blog.

Books read and reviewed in 2018-2019

I'm tracking books read and reviewed for the 12th Annual CanBook Challenge.

1. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part One by Faith Erin Hicks
2. The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
3. Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley
4. Black Hammer, Volume 3: Age of Doom Part One by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston
5. Body on Baker Street by Vicki Delany
6. Border Markers by Jenny Ferguson
7. The Cat of the Baskervilles by Vicki Delany
8. Chicken Girl by Heather Smith
9. Circle by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
10. Comics Will Break Your Heart by Faith Erin Hicks
11. The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks
12. Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott
13. Elementary, She Read by Vicki Delany
14. The Enchanted Egg by Kallie George
15. Foe by Iain Reid
16. The Ghost Road by Charis Cotter
17. The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley
18. Heartwood Hotel 1: A True Home by Kallie George
19. The Hollow under the Tree by Cary Fagan
20. House Held Up by Trees by Ted Kooser and Jon Klassen
21. Inkling by Kenneth Oppel
22. Inside Hudson Pickle by Yolanda Ridge
23. The Lotterys More or Less by Emma Donoghue
24. Love, Penelope by Joanne Rocklin
25. Make-A-Saurus: My Life with Raptors and Other Dinosaurs by Brian Cooley
26. Melena's Jubilee by Zetta Elliott and Aaron Boyd
27. The Million by Karl Schroeder
28. The Missing Magic by Kallie George
29. Monoceros by Suzette Mayr
30. My Beautiful Birds by Suzanne Del Rizzo
31. My Life as a Diamond by Jenny Manzer
32. The Mystery of the Missing Mask by M.A. Wilson
33. No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
34. An Ocean of Minutes by Thea Lim
35. Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg
36. One Lie Too Many by Eileen Cook
37. Oscar Lives Next Door by Bonnie Farmer
38. Restart by Gordon Korman
39. Rust: Soul in the Machine by Royden Lepp
40. A Scandal in Scarlet by Vicki Delany
41. Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil, Vol. 1 by Jeff Lemire
42. Slug Days by Sara Leach
43. Sodom Road Exit by Amber Dawn
44. Somnambulance by Fiona Smyth
45. SOS at Night by M.A. Wilson
46. The Spook in the Stacks by Eva Gates
47. Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
48. The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
49. Two Times a Traitor by Karen Bass
50. The Unteachables by Gordon Korman
51. Very Rich by Polly Horvath
52. Weather or Not by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
53. Whatshisface by Gordon Korman
54. Young Frances by Hartley Lin

I have been participating since 2009. With the current challenge that ends on June 30th, I had my best year, managing to keep to my goal of reviewing 52 (or one Canadian book a week). The actual goal is read and review 13 (one for each province).

Last year's theme was the great Canadian Road Trip, which was perfect for my Road Narrative Project. While I didn't read every single book recommended on the blog, I did manage to find and read a number of them, expanding my understanding of how Canadian road narratives are similar yet different from those written and published in the States.

This year's theme is roadside attractions of Canada. So last year the goal was to get from point A to point B. Now I guess we're supposed to stop along the way and take in the sights.

Books read during the 11th Canadian Books Challenge

An asterisk indicates the Canadian person involved or covered in the book if the author isn't Canadian.

1. Adventure on Whalebone Island by M.A. Wilson
2. All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
3. Black Hammer Volume 1: Secret Origins by Jeff Lemire
4. Black Hammer Volume 2: The Event by Jeff Lemire
5. Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad
6. Boundless by Jillian Tamaki
7. Canada and the Canadian Question by Goldwin Smith
8. Cadillac Couches by Sophie B. Watson
9. Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey
10. D4VE by Ryan Ferrier
11. A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong
12. Dragon Overnight by Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins
13. Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
14. A Family Is a Family Is a Family by Sara O'Leary
15. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
16. Flo by Kyo Maclear and Jay Fleck (Illustrator)
17. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
18. The Fog by Kyo Maclear and Kenard Pak (Illustrator)
19. From Ant to Eagle by Alex Lyttle
20. The Good Little Book by Kyo Maclear
21. The Grave's a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley
22. I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
23. Internet Famous by Danika Stone
24. The Journey of Little Charlie* by Christopher Paul Curtis
25. The Lotterys Plus One* by Emma Donoghue
26. Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess by Shari Green
27. Malaika's Winter Carnival by Nadia L. Hohn and Irene Luxbacher (illustrator)
28. Mrs. Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer
29. The Mushroom Fan Club by Elise Gravel
30. The Nest by Kenneth Oppel
31. The Night Garden* by Polly Horvath
32. Nurse, Soldier, Spy* by Marissa Moss and John Hendrix
33. Red Leech (aka Rebel Fire) by Andrew Lane
34. Roughneck by Jeff Lemire
35. A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
36. Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
37. Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel
38. Square by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen*
39. Step Up to the Plate, Maria Singh by Uma Krishnaswami
40. Sweet Tooth: Deluxe Edition, Book One by Jeff Lemire
41. Ten Things We Did by Sarah Mlynowski
42. Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
43. This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong
44. Three Years with the Rat by Jay Hosking
45. Time Ghost by Welwyn Wilton Katz
46. Triangle by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen
47. Under the Dragon's Tail by Maureen Jennings
48. Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
49. Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin
50. The War at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks
51. We Are the Engineers by Angela Melick
52. Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 25* edited by Rosamund Kidman Cox

Comments  (2)

Comment #1: Saturday, June 30, 2018 at 23:47:19

Melanie

What a wonderful round-up! Congrats on making it all the way to your goal of 52. Can't wait to see what you read while you are stopping to take in the sights ;)

Comment #2: Sunday, June 01, 2018 at 18:59:00

Pussreboots

Thank you! I had fun. I want to do more Canadian road trip books since I'm researching American/Canadian road narratives. I have a bunch of books tagged in GoodReads to pick from. Sometimes it takes some tenacity to get hold of the books I want to read.

Comment #3: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 11:27:00

Faith Hope & Cherrytea

Great to find your Canadian Challenge link in sidebar! Have participated in this one for years as well. EnJoy the new year of Canadian reads ;)

Comment #4: Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 11:36:00

Pussreboots

Thanks. This one remains my favorite challenge.