Category: LEGEND & MYTH

• 19th read: The Stone Canoe: Two Lost Mi’kmaq Texts

  

  This week, someone told me she dislike books that feel like homework. I’m the complete opposite: I purposely seek out these books. The more footnotes, the better. I’ve always been a bit of a masochist, preferring tough professors over easy ones. Sometimes, I choose wisdom/knowledge over simple delights. I read The Stone Canoe as though…

  ReadRenard

  February 5, 2023

  5 STARS, ANTHOLOGY, BOOK REVIEWS, CANADIAN, COLLECTION, ENGLISH, HISTORICAL, INDIGENOUS, JANUARY 2023, LEGEND & MYTH, MI’KMAQ, MI’KMAWI’SIMK, NONFICTION

  Alan Syliboy, Elizabeth Paul, Peter Sanger, Susan Bass

• 8th read: Till We Have Faces

  

  I began reading this one months ago to help a dear friend (Amelie) taking a C.S. Lewis class, but I took a break and read it for pleasure instead. I didn’t even know this book existed before! I’m not unfamiliar with C.S. Lewis: I grew up reading Narnia (my partner & I love The Magician’s…

  ReadRenard

  January 7, 2023

  5 STARS, BOOK REVIEWS, CHRISTIAN, ENGLISH, FAMILY, FANTASY, JANUARY 2023, LEGEND & MYTH, RETELLING, STANDALONE

  C.S. Lewis

• 3rd read: Kaikeyi

  

  A new favourite is formed! This one was fate. I don’t often buy new releases, but I wanted this book as soon as I laid my eyes on it. I bought it on kindle (that same day) to avoid waiting for delivery (now I regret my impatience and wish I got a hardcover!) Sometimes I…

  ReadRenard

  January 4, 2023

  5 STARS, BOOK REVIEWS, ENGLISH, FAMILY, FANTASY, JANUARY 2023, LEGEND & MYTH, RETELLING, STANDALONE

  Vaishnavi Patel