Mzinigan Mshiiken

Slowly but surely reading books and telling you about them

Home

Biindigen, welcome to Mzinigan Mshiiken!

  • When Sunlight Tiptoes

    Introduction I’m such a huge fan of gentle children’s books – there’s a lot of wonderful adventure out there, but there’s also something truly magical about a book like this one. When Sunlight Tiptoes, written by Gillian Sze and illustrated by Soyeon Kim, is a gorgeous poem that celebrates the rhythms of the morning as…

  • Blood Debts

    Introduction Welcome back, all. This week there’s another e-ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Booklist Delivers…delivered! I saw a preview of this book thanks to their newsletter and I’m truly very glad I did. This book was enormously fun and I shotgunned the entire thing within a twelve hour span. Here’s the…

  • Fic for Grown Folks: Bad Cree

    I feel across the bedsheet for anything: blood, feathers, twig-small bones. My fingers shake and search by touch in between pillows, into every crease and wrinkle of the fitted sheet. I turn on the flashlight on my phone and use it to look into shadows, but I find nothing. My shirt, when I bring it…