Maggie Blackbird

Romancing Canada's Indigenous People

I love reading about life in the 18th century in North America, so when I came across this book, recommended by the wonderful people at Townsends on YouTube, I snatched it up to read. It’s the journal of the author J. Carver and his Travels through the Interior Parts of North America.

I love my rock ‘n’ roll biographies, so when Gary Shea’s autobiography came up for review, I jumped at the chance to read No Bass No Party: Sketches of My Life in Music. Check out my review. And don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. ****

Since my maternal grandfather was a fur trapper, when I came across the book by Leonard G. Flett about his life also as a trapper, along with his grandfather and great-grandfather, I could not resist purchasing From the Barren Lands, a memoir about the First Nations and the fur trade, which I am reviewing today.

I’m a regular viewer of the YouTube channel Townsends, which is dedicated to Colonial America. It’s a very informative channel filled with stories, tutorials, and reenactments of life in the eighteenth century. They also have book recommendations, and when I saw The Backwoods of Canada by Catharine Parr Traill, I made an immediate purchase to …

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I enjoy rock-n-roll memoirs, biographies, and autobiographies. Even though I’m not a Sum 41 fan, I couldn’t resist purchasing this book to read. I’m always fascinated by the lives of musicians and what gets them into the biz in the first place. So today I am reviewing Walking Disaster by Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley.

Today, award-winning author Babette De Jongh is guesting. She’s talking about her latest release Coming Home to Magnolia Bay, book three in the Welcome to Magnolia Bay series, a small-town contemporary romance. Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway. ****