Today's category is Best Classic. Classics can be hard to define and it isn't uncommon for books to be labelled as "modern classics". Personally, I tend to think of books as classics if they are 1) widely known even by people who have never read them (ie: most people have heard of Pride and Prejudice,… Continue reading Best Classic: The 2021 Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards
Tag: Karissa Reads Books 2021
Book Review: Out of the Sun by Esi Edugyan
Out of the Sun - Esi Edugyan (Anansi, 2021) Esi Edugyan is best known for her award-winning fiction - Half Blood Blues and Washington Black - but in this non-fiction book she tackles the subjects of Race and Storytelling. The book is divided according to geographical areas as well as topics: Europe and the Art… Continue reading Book Review: Out of the Sun by Esi Edugyan
Book Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch - Rivka Galchen (Harper Perennial, 2021) Katharina Kepler is an eccentric older widow. She lives in a small German village in the early 1600s. She is knowledgeable about herbs and natural healing and she isn't shy about letting her feelings be known. It is perhaps inevitable in this… Continue reading Book Review: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen
Book Review: Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen L. Taylor
Little Pilgrim's Progress - Helen L. Taylor (Moody Publishers, 2021) Little Pilgrim's Progress is an illustrated adaptation of the classic story by John Bunyan. The famous tale tells of the journey of Christian, a man carrying a great burden, living in the city of Destruction. After meeting Evangelist, Christian begins his journey as a pilgrim… Continue reading Book Review: Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen L. Taylor
Book Review: I hope this finds you well by Kate Baer
I hope this finds you well - Kate Baer (Harper Perennial, 2021) I reviewed Kate Baer's first book of poetry at the beginning of this year (What Kind of Woman) and I'm pretty impressed that one year after that collection came out, she already has a new one. Like What Kind of Woman, this is… Continue reading Book Review: I hope this finds you well by Kate Baer
Book Review: Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun
Lemon - Kwon Yeo-sun (Other Press, 2021) I received an Advance Uncorrected Proof of this book. All opinions are my own. It is available in bookstores now. Lemon is a short book, just under 150 pages, divided into eight brief sections, moving forward through time from 2002 to 2019. These sections have different narrators though… Continue reading Book Review: Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun
Book Review: We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida
We Run the Tides - Vendela Vida (Ecco, 2021) We Run the Tides is set in San Francisco, the wealthy neighbourhood of Sea Cliff, in 1984-1985. This is San Francisco pre-tech boom, a place of wealth but also a hippy city set on the ocean, where the inhabitants have acquired their wealth in a variety… Continue reading Book Review: We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida
Book Review: Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
Happy Hour - Marlowe Granados (Verso, 2021) I received an Advance Copy of this book. All opinions are my own. Isa and Gala are best friends, twenty-one years old, and ready for a summer of adventure when they meet in New York City. They have a place to stay, a few connections, and just a… Continue reading Book Review: Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
Book Review: A Womb in the Shape of a Heart by Joanne Gallant
A Womb in the Shape of a Heart - Joanne Gallant (Nimbus Publishing, 2021) Like many women, Joanne Gallant expected to get pregnant easily and never questioned her own fertility. Happily married and in her late twenties, Gallant and her husband Joey eagerly planned for the family they wanted. A paediatric nurse, Gallant knew more… Continue reading Book Review: A Womb in the Shape of a Heart by Joanne Gallant
Book Review: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
Strange Beasts of China - Yan Ge (Melville House, 2020) (translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tang) Our unnamed narrator lives in the city of Yong'an. It is a city where humans live side by side in a tremulous peace with various kinds of beasts. Some of these beasts are frequently present in the humans… Continue reading Book Review: Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
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