Welcome to Litsy!

Been meaning to read this for a while and it‘s on #BOTM member favs so that‘s my pick for this month! I wasn‘t feeling the other selections and my friend got the one I wanted so I‘ll just trade with her. Yay reading friends!

#TransRightsReadathon Recommendations Day 6

Can't be a Trans readathon list without the glorious Akwaeke Emezi!

My favorite of theirs is The Death of Vivek Oji. I just sent a friend off with You Made A Fool....on vacation and she reported back that it was the most perfect book she has ever read on vacation!

What is your favorite Emezi?

I made #botm BFF this month!

What's coming in your September blue box?

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

Starting this today.

"They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died"

⭐️⭐️ I did not enjoy this book. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but it is mine. The book is about Vivek Oji and what leads to his death. We learn about affairs had by the grownups and “the kids”. In the end, we finally find out the truth of what has happened. It just seemed like it was thrown together minutes before publishing.

Yesterday I had a sudden desire to read a spy novel so of course I planned to pick Atomic Love as my #BOTM. Then I heard Annie Jones review of The Death of Vivek Oji on the From the Front Porch podcast and decided to go with 2 this month.

We're done our #LiteReads selection for this past week, and you can now read my full review of Who Is Like God by Akwaeke Emezi, link below. This story is dark and moving and upsetting and thought provoking, and it's just an all around good read. It makes me all the more excited to read the novels by the author that have been sitting on my TBR for too long. New selection shortly. Let me know what you think in the comments!

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-yR

Our new #PrideMonth #LiteReads selection is Who Is Like God by Akwaeke Emezi! This powerful short story grapples with issues of identity and religion, and it won the 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. You can find more information and resources to read it in my full intro post, linked below. Be sure to let me know in the comments what you think of this one!

https://wp.me/p9KSXu-yS