African authors – Cannonball Read 17

What to do with the murderous siblings?

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

April 9, 2021 by Singsonggirl 1 Comment

A darkly fun, twisted ride, exactly what I needed to clean my palate. I’ve been cursed a little with my book reading lately, one I really liked I forgot at my father’s place before finishing it and another one that I’m reading is amazing, but also so freaking depressing, I manage like five pages and then I need some time to recover from them. This I found by chance, I remembered the cover from the bestseller stacks, ordered it and devoured it in one day. […]

Like a late-night Cinemax sexy thriller starring Shannon Tweed and Eric La Salle

March 18, 2018 by Dusty Highway Leave a Comment

The only pull-quote on the front cover of this book: “Zakes Mda may have a more central place in South Africa’s literary and political spheres than any other novelist today.” — The New York Times High praise but not surprising, considering his latest novel, Little Suns, had just won the Barry Ronge Prize for Fiction and was featured in every bookstore when I visited Cape Town. A quick Google search confirmed for me that it’s as impressive as it sounds — the country’s biggest prize […]

The Joys of Motherhood

March 12, 2014 by Fiat.Luxury 1 Comment

Oof. This book. This is the third of my ten African books this year, and my favorite so far. The chapters are short and poignant but flow together to paint a larger, brighter picture of traditional African society and one woman’s place in it. The characters live hard, determined lives. There’s a drastic distance between rural village and urban (Lagos, in this case.) It reminded me a bit of Things Fall Apart, since the story is told plainly, almost in the style of a folk […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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