I placed the audio on hold in November (the student told me it was especially good, see the end of the review for those details) and waited. Okay, these were enough signs that it was time for me to read Erdrich.
Use this link to see her acceptance speech. During the Fall 2012 semester, Erdrich also won the National Book Award for The Round House. I was even more intrigued because she was from Arkansas, and had no special affinity for North Dakota or Native Americans AND our reading preferences were eerily similar. With so many other books and authors, I felt like I had Erdrich under control without having to read one.Īnd then last Fall I had a student whose favorite author was Erdrich. I think it was because I had a handle on what readers I could suggest her to and I had positive feedback from these readers. I knew this, but I just never seemed to get around to one of her books. She is also an author that shows up as a good reading suggestion based on my own personal reader profile. Her books, mostly centered on the reservations and/or tribes of the upper plains (mostly North Dakota) have won numerous accolades and awards. įirst a little back story on how this book ended up in my to-read pile in the first place. And, with its place on the short list for the Carnegie Medal being announced yesterday combined with my first slip into not sticking to my New Year's resolution, I am stopping the presses on everything else I had planned to do this morning and finally sitting down for long enough to write this review. I was doing great on my New Year's resolution to not get behind by more than 3 reviews, until last week when I finished 4 books! One, was t he book discussion, which I have already written up and the other 3 are in the queue (one of which is for the first resolution), but I had a fifth book still awaiting a review, The Round House by Louise Erdrich.
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