2024 Read Caribbean Releases
I know I say this every year but 2024 will be amazing year for persons who Read Caribbean. Some amazing debut Caribbean Authors will be hitting the shelves in 2024 and I am here to let you know about all of them! We will be reading novels, books from authors we haven’t read in a […]
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 […]
The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts by Soraya Palmer
This is what I mean by a stellar debut! I am blown away! Soraya Palmer was flexing on us when she wrote this debut novel and I am here for it, because it is truly an experience reading this book and I need everyone to engage with what true storytelling looks like. The Human Origins […]
Rootless by Krystle Zara Appiah
BLOWN AWAY! What an unforgettable debut novel! Let me tell you, this book will be on every list come 2023. I truly cannot believe this is a debut novel, it is well written, filled with characters you cannot help but cheer for, who are going through relatable things. I cannot recommend Rootless enough. Rootless opens […]
Things I Have Withheld by Kei Miller
In Kei Miller’s long-awaited collection of essays Things I Have Withheld , he exams in the author note, silence, his body and how it is viewed by others. This is examination is continued throughout the collection. The title of the book Miller notes, was taken from poet, Dionne Brand. In each the essays he says, […]
River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer
Stunning, deeply-moving, affecting, and filled with hope! Eleanor Shearer’s debut novel is a testament to mother’s love, a redemptive story! River Sing Me Home is a sprawling debut novel set during the 1834s that takes us to Barbados, British Guiana (now Guyana) and Trinidad and Tobago. The book opens with Rachel, an enslaved mother, running […]
The Spectacular by Zoe Whittall
“Motherhood is a mental illness” -Ramona from the movie Hustlers The book opens with twenty-two years old Missy, who is a cellist in an indie rock band that is about to go on Tour, wanting to get her tubes tied. She wants to have the freedom of going on tour without having to worry about […]
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
These stories will have you clutching your pearls and fanning yourself! WOW Deesha Philyaw’s collection of nine stories about church ladies is fresh, tender, biting, raw, deeply moving and just downright beautiful. I think there was a moment I was holding my breath while reading a story and I could only release after finishing. These […]
The Selfless Act of Breathing by JJ Bola
When the author uses this quote to start a book, prepared to be ruined, They said you came looking for me. I didn’t drown; I was the water”- Jo Nketiah Also…the the title was a dead giveaway. This book is being marketed as a mash up of Transcendent Kingdom and A Man Called Over and I think its doing the book […]
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