“She wished that she could read music. She might have hummed the melody, or at least understood why this phrase of music was important or original or innovative enough – or elusive enough, at the risk of being forgotten – to require being written out so urgently. But she couldn’t read music, and so theContinue reading “THE HISTORY OF SOUND – Ben Shattuck”
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CALL AND RESPONSE – Gothataone Moeng
Current installment of Tommi Reads the World – we’re still in the Bs. Country: BotswanaTitle: Call and ResponseAuthor: Gothataone MoengLanguage: EnglishTranslator: N/APublisher: Viking 2023 It’s been a bit since I’ve done a “Tommi Reads the World,” but I’m back and we are STILL in the Bs. Call and Response is a collection of stories that reallyContinue reading “CALL AND RESPONSE – Gothataone Moeng”
WHISKEY WHEN WE’RE DRY – John Larison
“Oh, them’s just words.” She twirled her finger at the stars. “Men is all the time hiding behind words.” Lonesome Dove meets Calamity Jane in John Larison’s gunslinging spark of a western, and I couldn’t be more smitten. Whiskey When We’re Dry (Viking 2018) shimmers with an unexpected brilliance, the echoes of McMurtry kissing theContinue reading “WHISKEY WHEN WE’RE DRY – John Larison”
OLD GOD’S TIME – Sebastian Barry
Booker season continues with Sebastian Barry’s Old God’s Time (Viking 2023). Barry is no stranger to the longlist – out of 9 novels, he’s been longlisted for 5 (2 of which made it to the shortlist – we’ll see what the fates hold for this one). It’s a very prettily told story with – aContinue reading “OLD GOD’S TIME – Sebastian Barry”
GLORY – NoViolet Bulawayo
My seventh read of the 2022 Booker Prize longlist was NoViolet Bulawayo’s Glory (Viking 2022). Coming in at 400 pages, it’s considerably longer than the last Booker book I read and at my sweet spot for size. Bulawayo is also not new to the Booker Prize, her debut was shortlisted in 2013. Postcolonial literature isContinue reading “GLORY – NoViolet Bulawayo”
AKATA WITCH – Nnedi Okorafor
I’m steadily reading my way through my TBR cart. (Though it would appear I am adding more than removing. My cart needs its own cart!) I picked up Nnedi Okorafor’s Akata Witch (Viking 2011) because I wanted a bit of middle grade fantasy. Akata Witch is the first in The Nsibidi Scripts series. Akata WarriorContinue reading “AKATA WITCH – Nnedi Okorafor”
THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY – Matt Haig
I finally got around to reading Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library (Viking 2020). Y’all didn’t tell me it was A Christmas Carol on repeat – just heavy on the suicide and not so much on the Christmas. If Hallmark movies allowed references to suicide, Lacey Chabert would be playing Nora; she already has experience withContinue reading “THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY – Matt Haig”
A Girl Named Tommi 