Boetema and Inotu are two African siblings who love their life in their village. When their dad is caught lying about being an expert on well creation/water filtration, the village is left without water and the family must move. In the new city, Inotu gets into trouble, and Boetema starts having dreams where she feels …
Binti #2: Home
Home is the continuation of the Binti series. Binti has been at Oomza for over a year, and she has managed to make somewhat acquaintances with the Meduse Okwu. Now, Binti must travel to her home town and go on a pilgrimage with her people. She brings Okwu to her home planet to meet her …
First Impression Friday – Children of Blood and Bone
First Impression Fridays are a weekly meme hosted by J.W. Martin. This week I will be discussing Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. I had heard amazing things about this book before I read it. I had high expectations had to force myself to wait to read it until I had finished some …
Top Ten Tuesdays: Favorite Diverse Reads!
Top Ten Tuesdays are a weekly meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week is a free week so my topic will be favorite diverse reads. As an African American female author, I love to read books by diverse authors with diverse characters. Therefore, here are ten of my favorite diverse reads. 1) The …