Ok, first of all - I am a white. So please do take my recommendations with a grain of salt. I've tried to ensure that all of the books I'm recommending are also recommended by black bloggers, but if you have found that any of these books have problematic representation, please do let me know, … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | black history month
Admittedly, I am not the biggest fantasy reader. However, over the past couple of years I've realised that if a fantasy book is diverse in any way, it makes me 10000% more likely to read it. So, here are a couple of diverse fantasy books that I've read pretty recently. I do apologise if a … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | diverse fantasy
I personally love reading everyone's lists of their top books of the year (my TBR always explodes!) So here are my top 10 of 2018. They are in no particular order, and, to no one's surprise, they are pretty much all YA and nonfiction. The Astonishing Colour of After by Emily X R Pan - this … Continue reading it’s that time again: top 10 books of 2018
I've been on a bit of a romance kick lately - I think it's something about the heat and the laziness of summer that's drawing me to them! So here's a quick list of some of the romances that I've really enjoyed recently. Start HereI will never shut up about this book! Start Here is … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | romances
I've read a lot of really great books so far this year - so I thought I would mention five books that I LOVED. This isn't in any particular order. FreshwaterDeliciously dark, Freshwater is Akwaeke Emezi's debut novel about fractured selves. Ada's alternate selves (Asụghara and Saint Vincent) develop after she is sexually assaulted, and protect … Continue reading top 5 recommendation | best books of 2018 (so far!)
Her Body and Other Parties is a short story collection by Carmen Maria Machado and I bloody adored it. (Emphasis on the bloody). A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall … Continue reading her body and other parties review
I am most pleased to be joined by 3 of Cups, a micropublisher from the UK! 1. Tell me a little bit about 3 of Cups Press! What are your guiding ideas/principles? 3 of Cups came about because of my own personal frustrations with the publishing and art world. Publishing is, as most are probably aware, … Continue reading focus on: 3 of cups
I was lucky enough to be included in the Start Here blog tour. All opinions are my own. There’s a first time for everything. Gatecrashing a KPop concert with an oppa in a business suit. Taking shelter from the storm with the girl you’ve been meaning to shake off. That kiss that blurs the line between … Continue reading start here review
It's that time of year again: the yearly wrap-up, the 'best of' lists. I read so many books this year that I had to split my lists into two - the YA edition and the 'everything else' edition.This list is in no particular order! 1. The Upside of Unrequited Ok, so I said that this … Continue reading top ten books of 2017: YA edition
I’m delighted to have Yaba Badoe, author of The Secret of the Purple Lakehere on my blog today. Could you tell me a little about your book? The Secret of the Purple Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that takes us from Ghana to Orkney, and from Spain to Norway and Thailand. As … Continue reading the secret of the purple lake: author interview
