Book Review Time: Daisy Jones & The Six

Daisy Jones & The Six reads like a “Behind The Music” documentary. It’s told in the form of an oral history and documents the meteoric rise of the eponymous rock n’ roll band as well as the events leading to their abrupt and mysterious disbandment in the late seventies. Many reviewers have noted the similaritiesContinue reading “Book Review Time: Daisy Jones & The Six”

Book Review Time: Cooking With Fernet Branca

Have you ever read a book that was so off-the-wall ridiculous, it left you feeling giddy and slightly disoriented. A feeling that one could liken to a night spent in Dali-esque semi-consciousness with the Benny Hill theme song playing as backdrop? If you haven’t, Cooking With Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Patterson, may provide you withContinue reading “Book Review Time: Cooking With Fernet Branca”

Book Review Time: Children Of Virtue And Vengeance

After reading Children Of Blood And Bone (the first book in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy,) I had zero-hesitancy jumping into the next book.  Tomi Adeyemi’s Children Of Virtue And Vengeance picks up pretty closely from where the previous story left off. Zelie, with help from Amari, Tzain, and others, has completed her mission ofContinue reading “Book Review Time: Children Of Virtue And Vengeance”

Book Review Time: Children Of Blood And Bone

I probably won’t be able to fully express how much I absolutely loved Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of Blood and Bone. It’s action-packed!!! And it’s filled with all the elements that make for great drama. There’s family loyalty and obligation; conflicts and betrayals; politics and power struggles; romance and trust issues; love and loss. But whatContinue reading “Book Review Time: Children Of Blood And Bone”