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Melismatic
Womb City | Tlotlo Tsamaase
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This book was a treat — a super fast paced sci-fi ghost story. Elements felt a little repetitive or all talk/no show, but so much of this was lyrically delicate, super descriptive body horror. This is the author‘s first novel - I‘m really excited to see where she goes from here.

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Melismatic
Womb City | Tlotlo Tsamaase
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This book is wild. And not for the faint of heart.

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Melismatic
Womb City | Tlotlo Tsamaase
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This will likely be my last read of February and it‘s much denser than I was expecting. Think Nnedi Okorafor meets N.K. Jemisin meets The Handmaid‘s Tale.

nelsonmatt890 I like to connect with you and read, lol. 1mo
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wideeyedreader
She Who Knows | Nnedi Okorafor
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Finished at work today—I feel like I would have benefited from reading the author‘s previous work, but I did enjoy this! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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AnneCecilie
Binti | Nnedi Okorafor
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I‘m going to an event with Nnedi Okorafor in early February. I‘ve never read anything by this author, but I‘ve tagged the book I‘m most familiar with. But I have an issue with books under 200 pages, so is this a good place to start or should I read something else?

TieDyeDude If it helps, Binti is the first of a trilogy. So if you read them all, it's more like 350 pages 😁 I haven't read any of her novels yet, just novellas, but I've enjoyed them. 3mo
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behudd
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Since this is a collection of all three Binti stories, it feels harder to “rate.” All three go together so well that reading them individually would leave so much missing. There is also so much room at the end for Okorafor to come back to Binti 🤞🏻
Robin Miles is an expert audiobook narrator, so I was very excited that she read these.
I rarely read pure sci-fi, but I loved this, so I need to branch out this way more often.

behudd @TheAromaofBooks this was my November #bookspin book! 4mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4mo
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AvidReader25
Binti | Nnedi Okorafor
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I loved the novella that started this series, but I struggled with this one. It took me month to finish. It's more of a coming-of-age take as Binti returns to her home planet. I highly recommend the original novella Binti and the short story: Binti: Sacred Fire. I‘d pass on Binti: Home.

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The_Book_Ninja
The Rosewater Redemption | Tade Thompson
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Final part of this bonkers sci-fi trilogy. A near-future Nigeria has experienced an alien invasion/colonisation, so it makes literary sense an Africa country is best prepared for the fight back while the rest of the world seems inactive. Massive dollops of deus ex machina that‘s excusable because this is fast-paced, modern pulp with plenty of characters to love and hate.

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Chittavrtti
She Who Knows | Nnedi Okorafor
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Suelizbeth
New Suns 2: More Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color | Tananarive Due, Hiromi Goto, Saad Hossain, Malka Older, Daniel H. Wilson, Minsoo Kang, Jaymee Goh, Karin Lowachee, John Chu, Kathleen Alcal, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, Christopher Caldwell, Tlotlo Tsamaase, K. Tempest Bradford, Darcie Little Badger, Nghi Vo, Alex Jennings, Geetanjali Vandemark
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Did this take me a year to read? Yes. Yes it did. It‘s an anthology, though and not necessarily intended as a read through. Much like the first volume, this is packed with terrific BIPOC speculative short stories. There‘s a particularly disturbing story by Tananarive Due, but what else would you expect (I love her). This anthology is so worth the read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

BarbaraJean Oooh, I didn‘t realize there was a second volume! I‘ll have to track this down! 7mo
Suelizbeth @BarbaraJean Yes! I‘m hoping for a 3rd! 📚❤️ (edited) 7mo
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