About halfway-through this novel by a Avila Laurel, a writer from #EquatorialGuinea, and I am sucked in 💜
Photo of Annobón island, which I suspect is where the novel is set, from Wikipedia, where I read the following fury-inducing info ⬇
pickSoft pick.
#LGBTQBookBingo and Cottage Read #5
The first book by a woman from Equatorial Guinea translated into English and it‘s a queer book!
Was a little stilted and hard to connect at times, though the struggle to be accepted is worldwide. I wish we got more of her life after the book ended.
The afterword was great and am important read about the use of corrective rape when lesbian women are outed. Lots of trigger warnings for this one
pickThis is a collection of short fiction by African and a few diasporic African writers from many different countries, including #EquatorialGuinea. I enjoyed reading it and being exposed to mostly new to me writers.
#ReadingAfrica2022
Waiting in the car. Starting this one.
pickI dropped the ball with #ReadingAfrica2022, but I enjoyed this short novel from Equatorial Guinea. Okomo is an young woman, navigating life as the daughter of an unmarried woman, dealing with family drama and falling in love with another girl.
Last challenge update. My apologies for taking over your feed tonight!
These are the books I own and hope to read for #readingafrica2022. Some of the books cover multiple countries, so I‘m hoping I‘m capable of getting this done. I still have a few countries I haven‘t gotten books for yet, but I have high hopes! @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
I just realized I can move #Comoros and #EquatorialGuinea to the books I‘ve read! Whoohoo!
pickWhat happens when apes are given human genes and develop a human-like brain, all in the name of making them more capable of surviving the evils man has done to them & their habitat? Such a bonobo is placed in the care of the Duttons, until they are forced to return sweet smart Umber to Africa, where augmented apes may be on a killing spree. Quite a thriller; I loved it, getting to know Umber, and then discovering who was truly evil. ⬇️
