How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
This is the gold standard of memoirs. Brilliant, moving, an emotional journey, layered, spectacular, heavy, redeeming, unforgettable and un-putdownable. I read this book a month ago and I am still unable to put into words how brilliant this memoir is. My life is forever changed reading this book. Safiya Sincliar’s writing is forever in my […]
How Not To Drown In A Glass Full Of Water by Angie Cruz
WOW!!!! This book has everything! Stop what you are doing and go read this. In Angie Cruz How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water we meet Cara Romero who is originally from the Dominican Republic, she’s been living in NYC for decades after leaving DR and her abusive husband. She’s hit a bit […]
A Broken People’s Playlist by Chimeka Garricks
An exceptional collection of short stories that will leave you breathless. Friends, I am still unable to put into words how profoundly moving this entire collection is. Chimeka Garricks is a master storyteller who deserves to be read widely. I need to see more people talking about this book that left me speechless. A BROKEN […]
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
A novel that holds your face and shows you the reality that some people live and does not let go of you till you are weeping…. We waited six years for the author to write her second book and trust me when I say, this did not disappoint. As with her first book, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ […]
Neruda on the Park by Cleyvis Natera
Neruda on the Park explores the age old question of “where is home”, is it a place? What is it? Home, she told herself, could be a place, a person, a feeling, at times, a profession, the end result of a long pursuit. A fluid thing, for sure, but precious. I absolutely loved reading this […]
People Person by Candice Carty-Williams
The only reference I will make to Queenie in this review is that I will not be comparing this book to Queenie. I see a lot of reviews have done that, but I’ve decided not to because… it’s an entirely different book and I will treat it as such. You are a people person in […]
5 Books Every Marketer Should Read
For over ten years, I have been working in the field of Marketing and Communication. I have had many roles in this field including Public Relations Manager, Marketing Manager, Event Coordinator, Account Manager, Digital Marketer, just to name a few. I love this field because there are so many career paths I can take, and […]
2019 BookOfCinz Book Club Book List
In January 2019 I started the BookOfCinz Book Club as a way to meet other readers and to push my #ReadCaribbean agenda. The goal of the book club is to have more persons reading Caribbean Literature, specifically from Women from the Caribbean and Caribbean Heritage. We have strayed a bit from this goal but for […]
April 2019: Wrap-Up
April was an underwhelming reading month for me, majority of the books I read felt very “meh” and it was not for lack of doing my research before reading them. Overall, I read 15 books with a few standouts and a lot of underwhelming reads. My only five stars read was The Purpose Driven Life: […]
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