The Deep

Just about two years ago I read Solomon’s debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, and was so impressed with the world-building, the diversity of the characters, the writing…it was a fantastic debut. And it was before I really had any idea about Afrofuturism as a genre, so it felt truly groundbreaking to me. I am…

Washington Black

I got this book a few months ago in a Books that Matter subscription box. I had seen it around, but it hadn’t necessarily been towards the top of my list. And honestly, I’m glad I didn’t jump on it and buy it here, because the UK version of the cover is freaking GORGEOUS. Though that’s…

She Would Be King

I love reading because it opens up so much of the world that is unknown. Like, there is just so much out there to learn about. I am drawn to books that will give me insight into something I didn’t previously know about. And even if, like in this case, the story itself is told…

Kindred

As I have mentioned before, I’m trying to read books from a more representative range of authors this year. I have always read more female authors than male…I just have always gravitated that way. But I realized that I was not doing as well reading books from a variety of racial, ethnic, sexuality, etc. authors.…

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Winner of the National Book Award in 2017 and currently short-listed for the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction, among a multitude of other awards, and not a single negative review from my fellow bookstagrammers, this is one of those books that I just knew I had to read. So I bought the book, but it…

Between the World and Me

This is where I usually try to have a little quip-y introduction, or a short story about myself and how I ended up reading this book, before I start the actual review. I find that it adds a little personalization to what is otherwise, hopefully, a fairly objective review (though I suppose that a review,…