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phaedraismyusername · 1 year

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This year some of my favourite books I read were written by indigenous American authors and I just wanted to shout out a couple that I fell in love with

The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Horror being my second most read genre, I did not think books could still get under my skin the way this one did lol. It follows four Blackfoot men who are seemingly being hunted by a vengeful... something... years after a fateful hunting trip that happened just before they went their separate ways. The horror, the dread, the something... pure nightmare fuel 10/10

Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

An apocalyptic novel following an isolated Anishinaabe community in the far north who lose contact with the outside world. When two of their young men return from their college with dire news, they set about planning on how to survive the winter, but when outsiders follow, lines are drawn in the community that might doom them all. This book is all dread all the time, the use of dreams and the inevitability of conflict weighs heavy til the very end. An excellent apocalypse story if you're into that kind of thing.

My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

This book follows Jade, a deeply troubled mixed race teenager with a shitty homelife who's *obsessed* with slasher movies. When she finds evidence that there's a killer running about her soon-to-be gentrified small town, she weaponises that knowledge to predict what's going to happen next. I don't think this book will work for most people, it's a little stream of consciousness, Jade's head is frequently a very difficult place to be in, but by the last page I had so much love for her as a character and the emotional rollercoaster she's on that I had to mention it here.

Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

Taking a bit of a left turn but this charming YA murder mystery really stuck with me this year. Elatsoe is a teenage girl living in an America where myths, monsters, and magic are all real every day occurrences. When her cousin dies mysteriously with no witnesses, she decides to do whatever she can, including using her ability to raise the spirits of dead animals, to solve the case. The worldbuilding was just really fun in this one, but the Native American myths and influence were the shining star for me, and the asexual rep was refreshing to see in a YA book too tbh

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

The audiobook, the audiobook, the audiobook!!!! Also the physical book because formatting and illustrations, but the audiobook!!! Tanya Tagaq is an Inuit throat singer, and this novel is a genre blending of 20 years worth of the authors journal entries, poetry, and short stories, that culminates in a truly unique story about a young girl surviving her teenage years in a small tundra town in the 70s. It is sad and beautiful and hard but an experience like nothing else I read this year.

#the only good indians #my heart is a chainsaw #stephen graham jones #moon of the crusted snow #waubgeshig rice #elatsoe #darcie little badger #split tooth #tanya tagaq #indigenous authors #2022 reads #book recs #books #booklr

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layaart · 1 month

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I read an arc of Sheiné łénde by Darcie Little Badger last year and I loved it so much. It comes out in April! Here's some fanart 🌻

#Sheiné łénde #sheine lende #darcie little badger #illustration #art #truly just did this based on vibes and the first things that came to mind and i love how it came out #2024 fanart

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lgbtqreads · 6 months

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Happy Native American Heritage Month 2023!

Happy Native American Heritage Month 2023! To celebrate, we’re featuring books starring queer Native American and First Nations characters, by Native American and/or First Nations authors, as well as indigqueer poetry. While the usual affiliate links are included, I encourage you to check out and purchase from Birchbark Books, whose links are included as well. To Buy Now Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth…

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bigcats-birds-and-books · 1 month

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Books of 2024: NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, ed. by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

This has a bunch of authors I already love in it (Stephen Graham Jones, Darcie Little Badger, Waubgeshig Rice, and Rebecca Roanhorse!!), and several authors I've been meaning to try (like Tommy Orange, Nick Medina, and Kelli Jo Ford, to name a few), so I'm really hyped for them all to be together in one volume! Plus dark fiction is very much my jam (especially when it comes in a bright and colorful package).

#books of 2024 #books #book photography #never whistle at night #never whistle at night: an indigenous dark fiction anthology #shane hawk #theodore c. van alst jr.#stephen graham jones #rebecca roanhorse #darcie little badger #waubgeshig rice #i'm sorry i'm not tagging ALL of them lol there are twenty-six (26) stories in here and i do not have the attention span for that many name #i love all the details on the cover too!!#the longer i look at it the more i find #full disclosure: i did in fact used to whistle at night because i don't want to startle creachers directly into my face when i take out--#--the trash or nocturnally shovel snow but uh. i have stopped doing that. since this book hit my shelf lol #(also sorry i just now noticed that the detached human eyeball is PURPLE of all things)#(driscoll posting)#(yeah this was vaguely in the driscoll lineup too #that's where it's been living on my shelf in the meantime)#(right next to OTHER TERRORS lol)#driscoll #in btw #anyway ignore this next text post i'm about to make pretend i'm reading this #and/or doing my damn taxes

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aroaessidhe · 4 months

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Sheiné łénde is read-now on netgalley at the moment!!

#sheine lende #darcie little badger #i am excited #AND it has the little chapter illustrations story again!!!#Sheiné łénde

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yourdailyqueer · 1 year

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Darcie Little Badger

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Queer / Asexual

DOB: Born 1987

Ethnicity: Native American (Lipan Apache)

Occupation: Earth scientist, activist, writer

#Darcie Little Badger #qpoc #queerness #asexuality #lgbtq #female #queer #asexual #1987 #native #native american #scientist #activist #writer #popular #popular post

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bookaddict24-7 · 7 days

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NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES! (APRIL 16TH, 2024)

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HAVE I MISSED ANY NEW YOUNG ADULT RELEASES? HAVE YOU ADDED ANY OF THESE BOOKS TO YOUR TBR? LET ME KNOW!

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NEW STANDALONES/FIRST IN A SERIES:

Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

We're Never Getting Home by Tracy Badua

This is Me Trying by Racquel Marie

This Night is Ours by Ronni Davis

The One That Got Away With Murder by Trish Lundy

Deep is the Fen by Lili Wilkinson

Pretty Furious by E.K. Johnston

The Harrowing by Kristen Kiesling , Rye Hickman (Illustrator)

King of Dead Things by Nevin Holness

To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang

The Kill Factor by Ben Oliver

The End of Always by Rebecca Phillips

NEW SEQUELS:

Calling of Light (Shamanborn #3) by Lori M. Lee

The Lady of Rapture (The Bones of Ruin #3) by Sarah Raughley

Merciless Saviours (The Ouroboros #2) by H.E. Edgmon

Sheine Lende (Elatsoe #2) by Darcie Little Badger , Rovina Cai (Illustrator)

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Happy reading!

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submissive-and-readable · 13 days

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Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger

Source: NetGalley ARC

Publisher: Levine Querido

Release date: 16 April 2024

Genre: young adult historical/urban fantasy (70s rural Texas)

If you like:

dogs (ghost dogs!)

various ghost animals, existing and extinct

no romance whatsoever

hope and community in the midst of grief and loss

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

Synopsis

Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families can't afford to pay. Their own family was displaced from their traditional home years ago following a devastating flood - and the loss of Shane's father and her grandparents. They don't think they'll ever get their home back.

Then Shane's mother and a local boy go missing, after a strange interaction with a fairy ring. Shane, her brother, her friends, and her lone, surviving grandparent - who isn't to be trusted - set off on the road to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world - or this place in time.

Nevertheless, Shane is going to find them.

Content warnings

Colonisation

Loss of close family members

Illness

Natural disasters

Grief

Review

I found out about this book while scrolling through NetGalley, and the second I saw that it was a prequel to Elatsoe, I had to read it.

This is a prequel about Elatsoe's grandmother Shane as a 17 year old girl, but you don't have to read Elatsoe to know what's going on, and both books can be read in either order as standalones.

This book is so well-crafted and thoughtful; it took me a little while to fully immerse myself in the story, because the setting and vibe is so different from Elatsoe, and it is a little slower paced, but once I got into the groove, the story flowed over me.

We follow Shane as she tries to figure out the mystery of her mother's and a child's disappearance, and along the way we learn about her history, as well as explore her relationships with her family and friends.

A strong focus of the book is on Shane's grief; grief from losing not only her home and her family members, but also losing her culture and language. This book tackles the harms caused by colonialism, which goes beyond stealing land, but also erases culture and peoples.

At its heart, this book is about family and community. At times Shane may feel alone, like she has to take on her burdens by herself, but her friends and family are always there for her (dead or alive).

I also loved Rovina Cai's lovely illustrations at each chapter heading; they tell a story parallel to the main story, and they add another layer of depth.

Overall, this is book was written full of heart, and it shows <3

#sheine lende #darcie little badger #booklr #book review #rovina cai #readblr #elatsoe #native american #indiginous authors #urban fantasy #own voices #young adult #ya books #ya fantasy #ya fiction

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datsderbunnyblog · 1 year

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A couple of days ago I started reading Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger and I'm still absolutely in love with the opening paragraph.

#elatsoe #darcie little badger #indigenous fiction

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haveyoureadthisfantasybook · 3 months

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vote YES if you have finished the entire book.

vote NO if you have not finished the entire book.

(faq · submit a book)

#fantasy #books #Elatsoe #Darcie Little Badger #poll #result: no #l: English

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bookcub · 6 months

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i love elatsoe by darcie little badger for so many reasons but after reading a few different disappointing mysteries, i was thinking about how much i loved it, specifically how the mystery is not the "who" but the "how" and "why" and the reveals are so satisfying with the narrative and the themes of the text. *sigh* i love that book so much

#elatsoe #darcie little badger

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justabooklovingmetalhead · 23 days

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New Releases of April 2024!

I’ve been really excited for Dear Wendy for so long! Can’t wait for it to come out :) I have no clue how I’m going to find time to read everything coming out this month tho 😅

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layaart · 1 month

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Sheiné łénde cover redesign, for fun!

#Sheiné łénde #sheine lende #darcie little badger #book design #illustration #booklr #diverse books #again not something I planned to do but then realised it would work..#2024 fanart

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npdclaraoswald · 2 months

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Another crosspost from my Instagram! This time for International Women's Day! As far as I know, all of these authors identify as women, but please let me know if I'm wrong!

Details of the authors and their books under the cut, because this would be a long post otherwise

Kai Cheng Thom, author of From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by (illustrated by Kai Yun Ching), Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars, I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World, and A Place Called No Homeland

Darcie Little Badger, author of Elatsoe and A Snake Falls to Earth and contributor to Love After the End: An Anthology of Two Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edited by Joshua Whitehead and Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time edited by Hope Nicholson

Angeline Boulley, author of The Firekeeper's Daughter and Warrior Girl Unearthed

NK Jemisin author of the Broken Earth Trilogy (The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky), The City We Became, Far Sector (illustrated by Jamal Campbell), How Long 'til Black Future Month?, and The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Seanan McGuire, author of Into the Drowning Deep (under a pseudonym) and The Wayward Children series (Every Heart a Doorway, Down Among the Sticks and Bones, Beneath the Suger Sky, In an Absent Dream, Come Tumbling Down, Across the Green Grass Fields, Where the Drowned Girls Go, and Lost in the Moment and Found)

Octavia Butler, author of Kindred, The Earthseed Duology (Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents), and Fledgling

Talia Hibbert, author of The Brown Sisters Trilogy (Get a Life, Chloe Brown; Take a Hint, Dani Brown; and Act Your Age, Eve Brown)

Rebecca Roanhorse, author of the Between Earth and Sky Trilogy (of which I have read Black Sun and Fevered Star), Race to the Sun, and Tread of Angels and contributor to Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia Lietich Smith

Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves Duology (The Marrow Thieves and Hunting by Stars), Empire for Wild, and Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

I have also read the Marvel Indigenous collection that Little Badger and Roanhorse contributed to and McGuire's Ghost Spider series, but as Marvel continues to support Isreal, I continue to not support or promote Marvel

#bookblr #kai cheng thom #darcie little badger #angeline boulley #nk jemisin #seanan mcguire #octavia butler #talia hibbert #rebecca roanhorse #cherie dimaline

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haveyoureadthismgyabook · 2 months

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#books #ya #fantasy #elatsoe #darcie little badger #poll

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aroaessidhe · 4 months

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2023 reads / storygraph

Sheiné łénde

prequel to Elatsoe, following her grandmother as a teen in the 1970s

after a devastating flood and loss of family members & their traditional home, she works with her mother & their ghost dogs, tracking down missing people

when a local boy goes missing - and her mother, when trying to find him - strange fairy rings (not the usual, reliable ones used for transport) might be to blame, and she and her friends, brother, and lone (unreliable) grandfather have to try find them

friendship, family, ecology, no romance, ghost bugs :)

(title pronounciation: Sheh-ee-neh lehneh)

arc from netgalley, out 16 April 2024!

#Sheine Lende #Sheiné łénde #darcie little badger #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #once again perfect and beautiful with such a quiet strength #such good friendships & family/culture #and the paranormal + ecology + fairytale logic almost #also of course the beautiful illustrations by Rovina Cai #not only the cover (which makes more sense after reading!) but also the chapter illustrations telling their own story again #I did sometimes feel like. it felt more modern than the setting? I was trying to figure out when it was set based on like. assumption of ag #(since it doesn't actually say in the book; just the acknowledgements)#the end made me cry so much and it’s not even sad #I feel like I need to reread elatsoe now...#no romance #also it has some side sapphics

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