Maggie Blackbird

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Heads Up! If you enjoy First Nations literary and non-fiction, I highly recommend the works by Richard Wagamese.  My dad introduced me to this author a couple of years ago when he gave me Richard’s For Joshua:  A Native Father Teaches his Son for Christmas–a novel about what occurred to…

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Who’s on the Cover? I can’t think of one reader who doesn’t enjoy a nice cover on a romance novel.  Covers are important to readers and writers.  If you see an awful cover, it makes you go “hmmm.”  See a good cover and you want to find out more.  And…

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I previously did a post about memoirs/autobiographies written by the ladies with the band.  For this post, I’m going to recommend awesome books about the rockers in the band, whether memoirs, autobiographies, or biographies. I got a fever and the only prescription is more cowbell! Read on to find out…

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I enjoy memoirs/autobiographies/biographies about the First People of Canada, so I thought I’d share a few that stayed with me long after I finished the book. Everyone’s journey is a story. I’ll start with Indian School Days by Basil Johnston.  The reason his story interested me so much (besides being…

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Love is in the air! I’m a romance junkie.  I got into romance through Sooner or Later, a young adult tale about a savvy girl in elementary school who falls for a high school senior.  Daring, huh?  It sure was for the time period when the novel was released by…

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It’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll Being a die-hard music fan, I enjoy memoirs and autobiographies by groupies and WAGS (wives and girlfriends)–the lovely ladies who inspired many of the songs we love.  What about those who work in the music industry or became part of the band’s inner-circle?  They’re included,…