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Book review: Americanah

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the [...]

Lilia2025-02-24T16:51:02+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Damla, General Fiction|

Book review: D&D Player’s Handbook

D&D Player’s Handbook 2024 (updated) by Wizards of the Coast Introducing the 2024 Player’s Handbook, the new and improved guide for fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Redesigned with 10 years of feedback from the D&D community, the essential Dungeons & Dragons rulebook is bigger and better than ever before! - [...]

Lilia2025-02-24T16:53:50+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, D&D, Games, Mike|

Topical Tips: Autocrats and Strongmen

by Damla autocracy : government by a single person or small group that has unlimited power or authority, or the power or authority of such a person or group (Cambridge Dictionary) Looking at the political landscape in the last decade, there is a slow yet steady rise of autocratic governments on [...]

Damla2025-03-01T14:52:09+01:00Tags: Autocracy, Current Affairs, Damla, Global politics, Politcal Science, Politics, Topical Tips|

Sci-Fi Recommendations for Black History Month

By Naomi Lots of people read to escape the real world. While it’s definitely useful to read about all the things you can do, it’s also very valuable to give your working mind a rest and try escapism for a while. Science Fiction, Fantasy and Fantasy Romance (or Romantasy) are some [...]

Naomi2025-02-16T16:35:15+01:00Tags: André M. Carrington, Black History Month, Naomi, Nnedi Okorafor, Science Fiction, Suyi Davies Okungbowa|

Bookbits for 26 February 2025

By Sophie Egad! Another Bookbits in the same month as the last one?! Yep, the first week of March I'm off, so thought I'd get this in early. ^^ - Well, if you didn't love Little Free Libraries already, a recent study in the US shows that these treasure boxes really benefit [...]

Sophie2025-02-25T20:24:34+01:00Tags: Anne Tyler, Awards, Black History Month, Bookbits, bookish romances, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Current Affairs, Interviews, lists, little free libraries, reading critically, sff bestiary, Sophie|

All or Nothing by Michael Wolff

All or Nothing by Michael Wolff All or Nothing takes readers on a journey accompanying Donald Trump on his return to power as only Michael Wolff, the foremost chronicler of the Trump era, can do it. As Trump cruelly and swiftly dispatches his opponents, heaps fire and fury on the [...]

Lilia2025-02-24T15:35:38+01:00Tags: Book highlight, Context on Trump, Current Affairs, Lauren, Michael Wolff, Political Science|

Book review: Death of the Author

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister's lavish Caribbean [...]

Lilia2025-02-11T16:59:17+01:00Tags: ABC Staff Picks, Book review, Book Reviews, Else, Nnedi Okorafor, Science Fiction|

Romantasy Recommendations for Black History Month

By Naomi Lots of people read to escape the real world. While it’s definitely useful to read about all the things you can do, it’s also very valuable to give your working mind a rest and try escapism for a while. Science Fiction, Fantasy and Fantasy Romance (or Romantasy) are some [...]

Naomi2025-02-16T16:25:36+01:00Tags: Analeigh Sbrana, Black History Month, Kimberly Lemming, Naomi, Romantasy, Tigest Girma|

Fantasy Recommendations for Black History Month

By Naomi Lots of people read to escape the real world. While it’s definitely useful to read about all the things you can do, it’s also very valuable to give your working mind a rest and try escapism for a while. Science Fiction, Fantasy and Fantasy Romance (or Romantasy) are some [...]

Naomi2025-02-16T16:27:23+01:00Tags: Black History Month, Ehigbor Okosun, Fantasy, Marlon James, Naomi, O.O. Sangoyomi, Saara El-Arifi|

Series Spotlight: Innocent

Innocent series by Shin-ichi Sakamoto, translated by Michael Gombos This series was originally published as a nine-issue manga series and has been published in English in 3 omnibuses: Innocent 1, Innocent 2 and Innocent 3. Blood, death, and duty--the title bequeathed to the heir of the royal executioner becomes a [...]

Lilia2025-02-11T16:54:58+01:00Tags: Book review, Book Reviews, French Revolution, Horror, Horror Manga, Manga, Vika|

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