October Geo-Cat: Canada and the United States

The topic of Canada and the United States for our October Geo-Cat gives us an almost unlimited range of books. Stories of fiction or non-fiction from Canadian and American authors and settings will all qualify. You can use this as an opportunity to explore a specific region or to revisit a favorite location.

Enjoy this Geo-Cat and don't forget to let us know what you are going to be reading. Also please post your book to the Wiki which can be found here: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/GeoCAT_2023

I am thinking of reading The Building of Jalna by Mazo de la Roche for another challenge, so that will fit here nicely

I am planning on reading The Whisper on the Night Wind by Canadian author and explorer Adam Shoalts detailing his travels through Labrador.

>3 DeltaQueen50: That sounds really good, Judy! I'm putting it on my WL!

I'm planning on reading Maria Chapdelaine by Louis Hemon. It is set in Quebec. The author is French-Canadian.

I think I'll be reading A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson which takes place in northern Ontario.

I feel the need for something lighthearted, so I'm planning on reading Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer, featuring former VP Biden and former President Obama as amateur private detectives. The story is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

>4 Tess_W: I have read Adam Shoalts previously and really enjoyed the writing.

>5 dudes22: Betty, I loved A Town Called Solace when I read it. She writes beautifully.

>7 DeltaQueen50: - Yes, she does. Her book Crow Lake was our first book when we started our book club. And I've been meaning to get to this for a while.

I suspect I'll find one or two to fit in here. ;-) Even though I really prefer European settings most of the time, I still find plenty of U.S. ones in my wish list.

I can recommend this one: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

I'm going to read The Devil Loves Me by Margaret Millar, a 1942 crime novel that will also count for the ClassicsCAT.

I'm planning on reading Waste by Canadian author Andrew F. Sullivan. I read his newest work, The Marigold, earlier this year, and it shot to the top of my all-time favorites list--I just adored it. In fact, I still haven't written a review because I'm having so much trouble putting my reaction into words!

Finished The Devil Loves Me by Margaret Millar. A good read. Canadian.

Read The Listening Walls by Margaret Millar. Canadian author, and the book is set partly in San Francisco. Another good read.

I read A Hundred Vicious Turns, set in a United States where magic is real.

I just started Ganymede by Cherie Priest, set in an alternative US in the late 1800's. It's a follow-up to Boneshaker.

I just finished my read of The Whisper on the Night Wind by Adam Shoalts. This was a fun non-fiction read about Shoalts travelling through the wilds of Labrador searching for clues to the unidentified creature that terrified a small settlement over a century ago.