“But just what did she want? Barring a desire for material security, gracious ways of living, a profusion of lovely clothes, and a goodly share of envious admiration, Helga Crane didn’t know, couldn’t tell. But there was, she knew, something else. Happiness, she supposed. Whatever that might be. What, exactly, she wondered, was happiness. VeryContinueContinue reading “Quicksand – Review”
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man -Review
At what point in life do you remember coming to the realization that people are different from you, in particular, when do we start to notice race, eye color, hair texture, we see difference? I might have been in first or second grade (elementary school) when some of my classmates asked me a question aboutContinueContinue reading “The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man -Review”
Best of 2018 – favorite reads
365 days. 52 weeks. 12 months. All equivalent to one calendar year and if you’re anything like me, you spend as many of those days, weeks, and months reading and drinking tea. I wanted to share my best reads of the year, one book for each month. Although some months I enjoyed more than oneContinueContinue reading “Best of 2018 – favorite reads”
Passing – Review
“She was caught between allegiances, different, yet the same. Herself. Her race. Race! The thing that bound and suffocated her. Whatever steps she took, or if she took none at all, something would be crushed. A person or the race. …Nothing, she imagined, was ever more completely sardonic. Some books you need to be inContinueContinue reading “Passing – Review”
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