I came from a line of women who bore a single child and were dead before it’s eighteenth birthday A Cupboard Full of Coats is the debut novel by Londoner Yvette Edwards. It is set over a weekend and examines both the happenings in the lead up to the murder of Jinx’s mother 16 years […]
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith
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 […]
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (contains spoilers)
This book came highly recommended by various members of the Let’s Read book club, and had been part of the “must read’ list for close to two years. The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill, tells the story of Aminatta Diallo, from her innocent childhood (in what is now known as Mali) through her life […]
War of the Roses: Stormbird by Conn Iggulden
I am nothing more than a bauble, while they play games of power all around Margaret Anjou Stormbird is the first chapter in the new War of the Roses series by Iggulden. It is the first of his historical novels to be set in England. And comes on the tail of his Emperor Series. My review […]
The Anthology of Rap by Andrew Bradley & Andrew Dubois
The Anthology of Rap was the suggestion for the September book – which proved to be a controversial choice. Controversial as some didn’t think rap was an appropriate choice for book club. However, when we explored the contents the subject matter also proved controversial due to some of the inclusions and exclusions. The book went […]
Elaine Adu-Poku 