Its rare that first episodes draw me in as aggressively as this past Sunday’s Lovecraft Country. I immediately purchased the book after watching the pilot.
Tag: Reading
International Women’s Day – Book Edition
I’m recovering from pneumonia but I couldn’t let the opportunity to share some of my favorite books by some amazing women. Some of these books I’ve discussed or reviewed on the blog but all of them are invaluable to me and my experience as woman and a lover of literature. 1. Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi…
New Year, New Books
It took me a few days but I finally got the first few books I’m going to be reading this year: Book One: Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo by Ntozake Shange Book Two: The Indigenous People of the Caribbean by Samuel L. Wilson I look forward to new explorations, amazing characters and moving prose in this…
Strand Book Store – They get me
Picked up these two magnets today on my lunch break run along with The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides They have t-shirts as well. Clearly they give no damns about my budget.
Now Reading: I, Slutbot
I walked by this book while on one of my lunch time B&N and I couldn’t help but do a double take. The cover is beautiful and eye catching and a quick read of the back made me confident that it would be a great choice to add to my library. The name of the…
Up Next: Books
My cat some how ended up in EVERY shot I tried to take of the books. I’ve been going to Strand Bookstore (NYC) lately, they have really great deals especially their Cheaper than e-book Section. This week, I decided that I needed more female voices in my head so I picked up: Annie John by…
Book Nine – Death in the Andes
So excited to start this one.
Book 8 – Ghana must go
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi It seems like I’ve been putting this one off for a while but I’m excited to start.
People Matching Their Bodies to Book Covers! Amazing!
I’ve never been one to jump on a social media photo trend but this is too awesome; came across this site while doing my nightly penance on Reddit. Here’s the site first: http://www.visualnews.com/2014/02/27/weve-got-covered-people-matching-bodies-book-covers/ And here are a few examples: Can this become a thing? NO. Really. I’m serious. All we need is a catchy name…
The call of the water
Daily Prompt: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/have-you-never-been-mellow/ My escape has always been water. My Mom loves to tell the story of the time we went to the beach when I was around 5 years old with our Church. In Trinidad, at the time, most Pentecostal churches had a retreat or getaway during Carnival time. On the final day of said…
Lux 