“Because love shows up.” I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again – I rarely read romance, but when I do I want romance that is cleverly written and pulls you into a warm hug. That’s Abby Jimenez all the day long. Yours Truly (Forever 2023) is only my second Jimenez novel, but IContinue reading “YOURS TRULY – Abby Jimenez”
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JOLLOF RICE AND OTHER REVOLUTIONS – Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
“…oga dinma, oga dinma, it will be okay. Today. Tomorrow. Someday.” Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi’s Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories (Amistad 2022) is my favorite kind of short story collections – the kind where the stories weave in and out of each other, building the reader’s connection to a full castContinue reading “JOLLOF RICE AND OTHER REVOLUTIONS – Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi”
THE VANISHING HALF – Brit Bennett
“You could never know who might hurt you until it was too late.” I finally got around to reading Brit Bennett’s The Vanishing Half (Riverhead 2020) – it was likely the most hyped on my TBR that had just been sitting there for ages, and it was on my “Must Reads” for 2024. (Yes. IContinue reading “THE VANISHING HALF – Brit Bennett”
ALI AND NINO – Kurban Said
Next installment of Tommi Reads the World – the last of the As. Country: AzerbaijanTitle: Ali and Nino, A Love StoryAuthor: Kurban SaidLanguage: GermanTranslator: Jenia GramanPublisher: E. P. Tal (1937), First published in the US by The Overlook Press (1999) “I, your Nino, I too am a tiny piece of this Europe that you hate, andContinue reading “ALI AND NINO – Kurban Said”
MY PEN IS THE WING OF A BIRD: New Fiction by Afghan Women
In my ever-constant desire to devour the world, I’ve decided to commit myself to reading a work from every country. I anticipate the journey to take several years as I intend to only read a couple from the list (which I’m slowly curating!) each month. I’m starting with the As. Country: AfghanistanTitle: My Pen isContinue reading “MY PEN IS THE WING OF A BIRD: New Fiction by Afghan Women”
A Girl Named Tommi 