The Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards: Best Canadian Book

Hello and Welcome Back! Today we're delving into Can Lit. In case you didn't know, I'm a Canadian and I strive to read Canadian fiction. I do this for a lot of reasons but primarily because I actually think Canadian writing is largely really good. I believe that our literature is one of the areas… Continue reading The Annual Karissa Reads Books Literary Awards: Best Canadian Book

Book Review: The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

I loved this book. Picking up a book by a new author, particularly when the book is the author's first publication, can be a exciting but risky endeavour. I saw The Other Valley on a list of new publications and that it was being compared to books by Emily St. John Mandel and Kazuo Ishiguro,… Continue reading Book Review: The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard

What I Read: March 2024

Read: The Future - Catherine Leroux (Biblioasis, 2020) (translated from the French by Susan Ouriou) The Double Life of Benson Yu - Kevin Chong (Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023) Games & Rituals - Katherine Heiny (Penguin Audio, 2023) Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit - Nadine Sander-Green (Anansi, 2024) The Other Valley - Scott Alexander Howard (Scribner Canada,… Continue reading What I Read: March 2024