Lest We Find Gold by Melanie Schwapp

BookOfCinz Book Club Pick Absolutely loved this book and of course I had to make it a book club pick! Lest We Find Gold is Melanie Schwapp’s sophomore novel. The book follows the life of Milly from her early years to her present life with her husband. Milly has a lot going for her, well educated, […]
What A Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You

An engaging story that you will want to know the ending! What A Mother’s Love Don’t Teach You is Sharma Taylor’d debut novel that explores regret, motherhood, love, violence, and trust. We meet Dinah who gave away her baby to a couple she was working for. In giving up her son, the couple promised to write […]
2022 Read Caribbean Releases

Some amazing debut Caribbean Authors will be hitting the shelves in 2022 and I am here to let you know about all of them! 2022 promises to be a big year for Read Caribbean releases, I for one am excited! I am really excited to hear more from debut Caribbean authors as they add their […]
2020 Read Caribbean Releases

2020 is the year that gave us really great Caribbean releases. From Historical Fiction, YA, Magical Realism, Essays, Collections to Adult Fiction, there is a Read Caribbean release to match your many moods. If you are looking for books recently published by Caribbean authors or Authors of Caribbean heritage, this list can help! Here are […]
May-July 2019: Why Caribbean Women?

As part of the #ReadCaribbean challenge I wanted to take the next months to highlight books written by women of colour who are from Caribbean heritage. For the next three months at BookOfCinz Book Club we will be reading debut novels by women of Jamaican heritage. They include: May: Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams June: Here […]
#ReadCaribbean Challenge

June is recognized as Caribbean Heritage Month to celebrate I teamed up with some Caribbean Bookstagrammers to launch the #ReadCaribbean Challenge. The main goal of this challenge is to create awareness and educate persons on Caribbean Literature and Authors from the Caribbean or Caribbean Heritage. I started BookOfCinz with the mission of encouraging people to: […]