The Circle of Karma // Kunzang Choden
The Circle of Karma was notoriously hard to find – I ordered the book about three months ago from my bookseller but have been getting regular emails since that delivery is delayed, and delayed, and … delayed. The library has…
The Bonfire of the Vanities // Tom Wolfe
Sometimes, you finish a book and feel like you should read it again immediately to truly appreciate it. The Bonfire of the Vanities was such a book for me. Getting through the first third of The Bonfire of the Vanities…
Beka Lamb // Zee Edgell
So far, my mission to read a book from every country in the world feels more like reading a book from every country in the Carribbean and then some other ones, too. This time, I landed in Belize, a small…
If Darkness Takes Us // Brenda Marie Smith
Bea Crenshaw is a grandmother, an environmentalist, almost 70 years old, and thrown into an apocalyptic scenario in which she has to take care of her four grandchildren. Luckily, Bea Crenshaw is also a prepper and has been setting up…
September 2019: Book of the Month
It’s the end of the year’s third quarter, and with autumn and winter cozy times will start soon! But first, let’s look back at September and what I read: The books Redemption in Indigo // Karen Lord Die Elster auf…
Redemption in Indigo // Karen Lord
Barbados! Have you ever noticed how many Carribbean countries’ names start with one of the first letters of the alphabet? I have already been to Antigua and Barbuda and The Bahamas and now I am adding Barbados to my list.…
August 2019: Book of the Month
I must honestly say that August was a rather disappointing reading month – while, in some months, I have difficulties choosing just one book for my list, this month was close to having no book on the list. While I…
Lajja: Shame // Taslima Nasrin
On my literary travels around the world, I’ve come to Bangladesh, which, after occupation by the British and later being part of Pakistan, has been an independent country since 1971. There are about 163 million people living in the country…
The Word is Murder // Anthony Horowitz
Diana Cowper plans her own funeral and is murdered a few hours later. Can this be a coincidence? Such is the premise of The Word is Murder, a murder mystery by Anthony Horowitz, starring an unlikeable ex-detective named Hawthorne and…
Titanlord // M.G. Darwish
It was very difficult to find something to read for Bahrain – after hours searching the highs and lows of the internet for contemporary Bahraini literature, I settled for a book that I probably wouldn’t have picked up were it…
