Ezioma KaluOct 24, 20233 min readBook reviewsBook Review: God's Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu.Blurb In nine exhilarating stories of queer love in contemporary Nigeria, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things announces the arrival...
Ezioma KaluSep 26, 20234 min readBook reviewsBook Review: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi.Blurb Feyi Adekola wants to learn how to be alive again. It’s been five years since the accident that killed the love of her life and...
Ezioma KaluAug 28, 20232 min readBook reviewsBook Review: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonBlurb Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired...
Ezioma KaluAug 28, 20233 min readBook reviewsBook Review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca EkwuyasiBlurb Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her...
Ezioma KaluAug 25, 20232 min readBook reviewsBook Review: Speak No Evil by Uzodinma IwealaBlurb A revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating...
Ezioma KaluAug 25, 20232 min readBook reviewsBook Review: Pet by Akwaeke EmeziBlurb There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have...
Ezioma KaluAug 22, 20233 min readBook reviewsBook Review: Vagabonds! by Eloghosa OsundeBlurb As in Nigeria, vagabonds are those whose existence is literally outlawed: the queer, the poor, the displaced, the footloose and...
Ezioma KaluAug 21, 20232 min readBook reviewsBook Review: The Hairdresser of Harare by Tendai HuchuBlurb Vimbai is the best hairdresser in Mrs. Khumalo’s salon, and she is secure in her status until the handsome, smooth-talking Dumisani...
Ezioma KaluAug 21, 20232 min readBook reviewsThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidBlurb Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life....