“Maybe this is how all stories end, the ones with true women and men, true bodies falling into wounding and death, and with real blood spilled. And maybe this is why the great stories we told are so different. Because we tell stories to live, and that sort of story needs a purpose, so that sort of story must be a lie. Because at the end of a true story, there is nothing but waste.”
Damn, this man can write!
#marlonjames
I‘ve owned this volume for a long time and just never took the time to sit down and read it. So here I am at damn near midnight starting a new book. #marlonjames #blackhistorymonth #booklover
My small but mighty book haul from yesterday‘s author event. Of course I bought a book for her to sign. And then two more jumped into the pile. I was planning to browse, but hit my dollar limit in the first five minutes. So I started reading the top two books. Seriously need that snow day the weatherman is talking about for Wednesday!
#bookhaul #marlonjames #bibliophile #happybibliophage #iregretnothing #needmoretimetoread #shopindie
Not exactly my cup of tea.... #marlonjames #johncrow‘sdevil
Yo...Did I inadvertently purchase an autographed copy of #TheBookOfNightWomen?! I can‘t read this signature at all lol, but I‘m gonna tell myself it belongs to the author. I read this book soon after it debuted, but I‘m revisiting it again this month for #AfrikanahBookClub. Definitely a page-turner. #MarlonJames #blackwomenread #wellreadblackgirl #nowreading
"That's what happens when you personify hopes and dreams in one person. He becomes nothing more than a literary device." #abriefhistoryofsevenkillings #marlonjames
Read it in print earlier this year ... now giving the #audiobook a go ... loving the Jamaican accents!! #jamaica #marlonjames #manbooker
pickPHENOMENAL! I highly recommend the audio version.
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#abriefhistoryofsevenkillings #marlonjames #Jamaica #manbooker
#SeasonsReadings2016 Day 15 - We Need Diverse Books
We need books that reflect and explore all kinds of diversity and experience!
#WeNeedDiverseBooks #persephonebooks #diversity #JamesBaldwin #ElifShafak #BritBennett #MarlonJames #JosephBoyden #EttyHillesum
pickThis is a story of a slave girl named Lilith and a few other women on a Jamaican sugar cane plantation who eventually plan something crazy. All of the women have very interesting yet sad stories that explain why they are who they are.
The Jamaican dialect is sometimes hard to follow at the beginning and there is a lot of detailed graphic violence. Despite this I really enjoyed the book.
#thebookofnightwomen #marlonjames
