Canadian Challenge II, Eh?

13 books about or by Canadians
July 1, 2008 through July 1, 2009
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Miraculously, I just finished the first Canadian Reading Challenge when I read the last two books for it during the read-a-thon. Of the 13 books required, I actually read 6 for this challenge in June! Many of them were short, which is why I was able to finish. I’ll be posting a wrap-up post about it when I can sit down and write all the reviews.

Meanwhile, I’ve got a partial list going for the second challenge. I’m going for an all female line-up this time, I changed my mind and am just going to the Free Spirit with no more than 2-3 by a single author. Here’s the list so far; I’m sure some will be added to it.

1. Oryx and Crake by Atwood
2. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Anne-Marie MacDonald
3. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
4. Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen (shortlisted for Governor General’s Award)
5. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
6. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
7. A Certain Mr. Takahashi by Ann Ireland
8. Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
9. Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis
10. The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson
11. Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
12. Yarrow by Charles de Lint
13. The Tricking of Freya by Christina Sunley
14. Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

• Alias Grace by Atwood
• Collected Stories of Carol Shields
• Unless by Shields
• Larry’s Party by Shields
• Fall on Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald
• The Way the Crow Flies by MacDonald
• De Niro’s Game by Hage
• Shadow on the Rock by Cather
• Latitudes of Melt by Joan Clark
• ? by Alice Munro
• Crow Lake by Lawson
• Other Side of the Bridge by Lawson
• Sweetness in the Belly by Gibb

Thanks, John, for hosting again. I’ll probably participate each time until I get my fill of Atwood, Shields, Montgomery, and the many other fantastic female Canadian authors!