The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith is the 14th instalment in the popular The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series. It was, however, the first of the series that I had read so I was able to read the book without any preconceptions or expectations about what to expect from the travails […]
Tag: fiction
Taiye Selasi – Hot new author
princesslatremenda: Hot author to look out for, immensely talented. #Taiye Selasi #realwomenread #TremendaVIDA Just came back from a Q&A with Taiye Selasi. A really good evening with someone who is personable and humorous. Looking forward to reading my signed copy.
BBC News – Pride and Prejudice tops teachers’ favourite 100 books
So teachers have said which books they think should be in the must read list: 1. Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen 2. To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee 3. Harry Potter series: JK Rowling 4. Wuthering Heights: Emily Bronte 5. Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte 6. Nineteen Eighty-Four: George Orwell 7. The Lord of the Rings […]
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
The Book of Night Women was a book that came highly recommended by the active members of our Let’s Read book club for the two years that it had been going. In fact this book was one that featured on the suggested books list from very close to the beginning. The story, particularly touched me […]
Elaine Adu-Poku 