"There was something about the man in the office that made Mueni think of a cockroach. Brown like dirt, hiding in the dark, peering out, and it was not easy to tell whether or not it was looking at you." Genre: Crime Fiction Pages: 246 Published: June 2021 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis When you go… Continue reading Review: The Whorehouse by Njoki Kamande
Month: July 2021
Review: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
"A body could be labeled but a person couldn't, and the difference between the two depended on that muscle in your chest." Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 343 Published: June 2, 2020 Rate: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community… Continue reading Review: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Review: The Cages We Built by Kendi Karimi
"It's gloomy this twisted plot Of souls come undone." Genre: Fiction, Poetry Pages: 246 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Disclaimer: I did get a copy of the book from the author for review but all thoughts and opinions expressed are honest and my own. My Take The Cages We Built is a collection of poetry written in… Continue reading Review: The Cages We Built by Kendi Karimi
Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
"Ma knows everything except the things she doesn't remember right, or sometimes she says I'm too young for her to explain a thing." Genre: Fiction Pages: 336 Published: August 6, 2010 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where… Continue reading Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
Review: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
"The problem, of course, was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little." Genre: Fiction Pages: 371 Published: May 29, 2003 Rate: 4… Continue reading Review: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Review: How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
"They were a comfort amid the silent howl of grief." Genre: Fantasy Fiction Pages: 352 Published: July 6, 2017 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Tom Hazard has just moved back to London, his old home, to settle down and become a high school history teacher. And on his first day at school, he meets a… Continue reading Review: How To Stop Time by Matt Haig
Review: Behind Closed doors by B.A Paris
"Even though the days pass slowly for me, I'm always amazed at how quickly Sundays come round." Genre: Thriller Pages: 293 Published: August 9, 2016 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them,… Continue reading Review: Behind Closed doors by B.A Paris
Review: How To Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson
"When you do not have many people in the world that you love, you take a lot of care of the ones that you have." Genre: Fiction, Middlegrade Pages: 297 Publisher: PushkinPress Published: July 1st, 2021 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Calla’s mum has never been normal. She’s been known to go out in a… Continue reading Review: How To Be Brave by Daisy May Johnson