Hello and welcome back! Christian writing is a new category for the Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards and not one that everyone will be that interested in. It does, however, make up a not insignificant portion of my reading and it's one of the categories that I really did make an effort to continue to… Continue reading Best Christian Writing – The Third Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards
Category: Book Reviews
Book Review: A Book of Good Stories ed. by G. Fred McNally
A Book of Good Stories - edited by G. Fred McNally (The MacMillan Company of Canada Ltd., 1934) There's a secondhand bookstore in Powell River that I like browsing through when we visit. While there this summer, I brought this book home since I always enjoy a good short story and I wanted to support… Continue reading Book Review: A Book of Good Stories ed. by G. Fred McNally
Best Young Adult Novel – The Third Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards
Hello and welcome back! Today we are delving into the world of young adult literature. I'll be honest, this isn't a category I read a lot of and it isn't one I seek out. Much of what I read in young adult novels is because I'm searching for books for my nieces and nephews, so… Continue reading Best Young Adult Novel – The Third Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards
The Third Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards
Hello and welcome! This is the Third Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards. It's a literary award that I made up and means essentially nothing. I choose the categories and assign the winner. The winner receives nothing. As I said, essentially meaningless, but I have fun doing it and it's a way to look back… Continue reading The Third Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards
What I Read – November 2020
Read: Monday was a Simpler Time: Reflections on a Pandemic Waiting for a Star to Fall - Kerry Clare (Doubleday Canada, 2020) Halfbreed - Maria Campbell (McClelland & Stewart, 2019) He Must Like You - Danielle Younge-Ullman (Viking, 2020) Did Not Finish: Flights - Olga Tokarczuk I grabbed this one off a library display shelf… Continue reading What I Read – November 2020
Book Review: He Must Like You by Danielle Younge-Ullman
He Must Like You - Danielle Young-Ullman (Viking, 2020) I received an Advance Readers Copy of this book. It was released in July 2020. All opinions are my own. I didn't notice the tagline of this young adult novel - "Payback, with a side of fries" - when I was sitting on the kitchen floor,… Continue reading Book Review: He Must Like You by Danielle Younge-Ullman
Reading with Pearl & Rose: The Chronicles of Narnia
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis (Harper Collins Publishers) The Chronicles of Narnia are an absolute classic series of children's stories. I could not tell you how many times I have read these seven books. They were read to me as a child and I read them over and over again as an… Continue reading Reading with Pearl & Rose: The Chronicles of Narnia
Book Review: Waiting For A Star To Fall by Kerry Clare
Waiting for a Star to Fall - Kerry Clare (Doubleday Canada, 2020) Brooke Ellis is twenty-three and has just quietly returned to her small hometown of Lanark where she's living in a depressing basement apartment and working a quiet job at the local library. She won't tell her parents why she's back or why she… Continue reading Book Review: Waiting For A Star To Fall by Kerry Clare
Book Review: Monday Was A Simpler Time
Monday Was A Simpler Time: Reflections on a Pandemic Each August my small town plays host to the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. It is the longest running writers festival to feature solely Canadian authors. For four days every summer, readers and writers come together to celebrate the written word. It is a… Continue reading Book Review: Monday Was A Simpler Time
Book Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
Real Life - Brandon Taylor (Riverhead Books, 2020) Real Life takes place primarily over a single weekend in the life of Wallace, a grad student in the Midwest and a young, gay, Black man. He's an introvert and someone who always feels on the outside, no matter who he is with. Over the course of… Continue reading Book Review: Real Life by Brandon Taylor
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