Under Story - Chloe Benjamin (Putnam, 2026) It can be nerve-wracking, picking up a new book by an author whose last book you loved. I read The Immortalists back in 2019 and loved it. I've recommended it to a lot of people over the years. So I was excited when I saw that Chloe Benjamin… Continue reading Book Review: Under Story by Chloe Benjamin
Read: Devotions - Lucy Caldwell (Faber, 2026) Joan of the Arcane - Alexandra Fleder (She Writes Press, 2026) Goodbye Chinatown - Kit Fan (World Editions, 2026) Isola - Allegra Goodman (Dial Press, 2025) The Odyssey - Homer (translated by Emily Wilson) (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018) Anne's House of Dreams - L.M. Montgomery (Seal Books,… Continue reading What I Read – September 2026
Despite my sporadic posting, two more categories remain in The Second Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards. Today we focus on the Best Fiction Book read in 2019. This is a big category because fiction makes up the largest chunk of what I read. I started out with a list of 15 books and have… Continue reading Best Fiction Book
READ: Southern Lady Code - Helen Ellis (Doubleday, 2019) The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2018) Tin Man - Sarah Winman (Viking, 2017) The Waiting Hours - Shandi Mitchell (Viking, 2019) Lanny - Max Porter (Strange Light, 2019) A Room With a View - E.M. Forster (Penguin Books, 1978) American War - Omar… Continue reading What I Read – March 2019
If you could find out the exact date of your death, would you? And if you did, what would you do with this knowledge? This is the question that informs The Immortalists. The Gold siblings are barely teenagers when they seek out a fortune teller who can allegedly tell you the day you die. One… Continue reading Book Review: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin
