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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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This book also has a character called “the cutie bandit,” which is amazing.

The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich

March 12, 2026 by narfna 3 Comments

When I tell you I was not interested in this book at all and then I zoomed through it in a day and a half. It was a book club pick, and I’d read and liked/loved I think three of her books before this one, but the synopsis just didn’t call to me. But, book club pick, so I reserved it from the library. This book is the epitome of what I mean when I say that writing style is the most important thing in […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction, Louise Erdrich, Ojibwe, The Mighty Red

narfna's CBR18 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction, Louise Erdrich, Ojibwe, The Mighty Red ·
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