I had been looking forward to this novel since I read the first reviews several months ago and it did not disappoint. What a fantastic debut! The novel opens with Korede getting a phone call from her sister. Her boyfriend is dead, and she needs help cleaning up. And it’s not the first time Korede … [Read more]
Well, I WAS With You
I made it rain at the friends of the library book sale just prior to my annual promise not to buy more books until I read everything in my unread stack (almost always 50 books no matter what I do), and like any good binge it was all impulse. I love personal challenge essays (see above - although … [Read more]
How many rules am I to break before you understand that your double standards don’t mean sh*t to me?
Originally published in French (in two volumes) as Culottées This was such a great read! I was familiar with Bagieu’s work from back when she had her blog (Ma vie est tout à fait fascinante) but had never read one of her books. Needless to say, I am going to remedy that ASAP. Brazen … [Read more]
True learning must not be content with ideas, which are, in fact, signs, but must discover things in their individual truth.
(Italian Cover: http://www.formatbiz.it/post.php?id=3937) For the right audience, this may be the perfect book. It's a book that has been floating around in my consciousness for a long time, but I've generally avoided, and I have to imagine that that avoidance has served me well here because I … [Read more]