Today‘s #libraryhaul—I returned one and picked up two so I‘m behind again 😂 I think I heard about Rosewater on a podcast and I don‘t remember what it was about but it sounded incredible. But Not Too Bold references a nice creepy fairy tale and the back said “dark fiction” and “Latin” and “sapphic” so there was no way I was leaving without it.
pickThe Guardian (2/2025) summed it up well: “This book within a book weaves a writer‘s struggles with scenes from their Africanfuturist tale of post-apocalyptic robots.” Fueled by anger at a job loss, Zelu, scraps her failed writing and begins a SF novel that is an instant success. Now Zelu must deal with fame, but new doors are also open. Zelu‘s story is closely entwined with Ankara, her MC in “ Rusted Robots.” Full of angst and hope for 4/5 ⭐️
“Why would it matter, daddy, if you‘re not here?”
“We want what we‘ve made to stay long after we‘re gone. That is how we seek immortality,” he said and because he hardly spoke in this solemn way about a future without him, I felt tearful at those words, seek immortality.
#DynamicDs Day 9: #Dream Count is part of the new stack of books I bought this March - all women themed. Read the top of the stack by Han Kang for a book club meet this Thursday.
pickThis one is amazing and it's just meta enough that you'll keep thinking about it.
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pickAnother one from the #wpf25 longlist that I was halfway through when the shortlist was announced. After reading the second half, this has slid way down my own longlist.
It‘s a pick but only just and it‘s certainly no Americanah. Billed as a novel about 4 women, it‘s more like 4 separate stories, with the women being only tangentially linked. Upon finishing, I could only remember 3 of the women - I‘d completely forgotten the 4th and her story.
pickA beautifully written powerful story. I was moved to numbness at some points, written in 2013, it is mind blowing how the racist issues talked about in this book that have been moved forward over time, slowly yes,but moved in the right direction, now in less then two months is being decimated.I loved following Ifemelu through her life experiences and her choices and the characters that were so important in her life a satisfying ending
Another fabulous book with the gorgeous edges —this one I purchased. Because … Adichie. 😍
