I received this copy from NetGalley (UK) as a digital advanced readers copy. The synopsis stated: “A novel of self-discovery following a Palestinian-American girl as she navigates queerness, love addiction and a series of tumultuous relationships.” And they had me at Palestinian-American.
A Phoenix First Must Burn
Read: July 2020 Type: Kindle – eBook Location: 4200 Author: 16 authors; collected by Patrice Caldwell Genre: Young Adult; Sci-Fi; Fantasy; Short Story Anthology Rating: 5 ○○○○○ I began to stalk Patrice’s social life on Twitter and later Instagram, thanks for a fellow blogger, Vicky Again. A few months later, Patrice begun to share the process of completing her book and…
Girl, Woman, Other
Read: July 2020 Type: Audible Duration: 11 hours 7 minutes Author: Bernadine Evaristo Genre: Fiction Rating: 5 ○○○○○ So, I am so late to this party. Published in May 2019, winner of Booker Prize 2019, I only became aware of it by accident. I had been advised by a dear friend to listen to Dominicana…
The Other Story
This was a suggestion from my book club. We had the pleasure of having the author Dr Judy Dlamini to come to our club meeting and answer our questions about her book. This is her second book, where she interviews African Achievers, mainly from South Africa but spanning the contient, and records their responses. In…
The Zulus of New York
I caved in and bought this book because a friend of Facebook kept posting tantalizing quotes and I honeslty had no clue what to expect from this book other than that he was loving it. I thought it might be a non-fictional book but I am so grateful that it wasn’t. This is sadly, my…
The Sun is Also a Star
Wow! I stumbled upon Nicola Yoon through the trailer for the movie adaption of this book. Down the rabbit hole, I went until I took the leap and bought both this book and Everything Everything, her debut novel. I devoured all 384 pages in just three days. This is pretty amazing for me, because I…
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
When I read VickyWhoReads review of this, I had to get it. And boy did it not dissapoint. Julia C Dao has a way of describing worlds, people and interactions that transport you to that set in vivid and living colours. I found myself rooting for Xifeng even as her fate seemed doomed, that is…
Things Fall Apart
This is the last book I’ve read in 2019 (at this point) and I’m starting with it’s review because I have book club tomorrow and it’ll help me process my thoughts. This is the second time that I have “read” this audible version of this book by Chinua Achebe. I don’t think I need to…
Charlie Reads and Reviews 