Post-Canada Day Canadian Reads Post
Happy several days after Canada Day! Let's talk Canadian favourites.
One of my Canadian favourites is the fantasy author Guy Gavriel Kay. Ysabel is novel he wrote several years ago featuring teen protagonists, but I first began reading his "adult" novels as a teen–I won't say how many years ago, but some of you were probably weren't even alive at the time.
Did you read anything from the Red Maple or White Pine lists this year? Or have another Canadian favourite book or author you'd recommend? (doesn't have to be teen books either)
21 thoughts on “Post-Canada Day Canadian Reads Post”
Oh i didn’t know the author of Ysabel was Canadian. Thats awesome. Ysabel is on my summer reading list!!
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I’m sad to say I haven’t read a lot of books by Canadian authors. 🙁 However, thanks to my friend and my English teacher, I’ve discovered two wonderful works by two great Canadian authors: “The Wars” by Timothy Findley and “The Boat” by Alistair MacLeod.
I’d definitely recommend them for anyone who is looking for something very thought-provoking, and rather tragic. 🙂
I read one red maple and one white pine but i have to say they are the best books ever!!!! Its the Summoning by Kelley Armstrong and Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey.. I am really a huge sucker for fiction, especially fiction by CANADIANS!!!! <3
I read 13 Red Maple books. They were really good.
i’ve read some of the white pine books.
Eric Walters’ books are always a great read. He writes about real events that changes people’s lives and sometimes the world. I learn something new each time I read one of his books. Hope you guys try one of his books if you haven’t already!~
I’ve been a Guy Gavriel Kay fan since probably longer than some of you were born. He wrote the Fionavar Tapestry series during the 1980’s. It’s about some UofT students who are warped into a different world. Before that he had helped Christopher Tolkien compile JRR Tolkiens notes and finish the Silmarillion. I found the Fionavar trilogy: The Summer Tree, The Darkest Road, The Wandering Fire, to be just as whimsically delightful. And now to see that he is exciting a whole new generation with Ysabel, I can hardly wait to read it. Woohoo, can’t get enough of him.
The Wars is a fantastic book. I read is in my grade 12 English class. I am so glad that it was on the reading list because it is probably not a title I would have picked up otherwise!
I thought Eric Walterse did a great job on the two about 9/11 and the next day, even if there was some cheese in the ending of the first one and some unbelievable leaps in the second. he really captured much of the feel of the city the day of and the next day, and did a great job of imagining what it would have been like to be inside, too.
I definitely agree! In my case, if it were not for my friend, I would have missed out. For English, I chose to read “All Quiet on the Western Front” and wasn’t in the mood for another war novel with (what seemed to be) a very similar premise. But I’m glad I did read it and I’m very interested in reading other works by Timothy Findley (particularly “Famous Last Words”).
I remember reading one of his books, “Run”, a few years ago. Though I don’t recall the details, I do know that it was about a boy who ran with Terry Fox. I remember it left a very strong impression on me because the ending had me in tears. It was a great book. 🙂
i read pop from red maple and it was amazing. all the books in red ample this year were great!!!
I read Some Girls Are from White Pine this year!! It was a great book and really touching. It’s a really “violent” book, it’s not very realistic, but it’s not unrealistic either…I recommend it. <3
It’s kind of sad that this year was the only year my teacher (English, and the librarian) decided to not to host Red Maple this year for our class 🙁
I hope to have enough time this summer to check up this year’s Red Maple selection and read some of those books.
i have read some white pine when i was in high school, there were some that were good
I just finished reading Losing Faith, which is written by a Canadian author Denise Jaden. This was her first book and I found it to be very interesting. It is basically about a girl who looses her sister and tries to figure out what actually did happen the night she died.
Same here. I went to this new school, and my new friends were taking about going Red Maple again, since it was their most favorite club in the school, but it got cancelled.
White pine books are amazing!! I always check my library for any new white pine books in school! One of my MANY favorites it Chanda’s war. I would definitely recommend it to anyone!
Yes, his books are amazing! Some however are really sad 🙁
I read “End of Days” by Max Turner. It’s a sequel to a Red Maple book on the 2010 list.
End of Days is just as good as Night Runner. I’m glad there’s going to be a third book in the series.
fugitve pieces by Anne Michaels, one of the best books written by a candian author that contains beautiful scriptures and mesmorizing language more of a poem then a book.
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