Hello and happy Tuesday bookish friends! Today I’m delighted to share my review of Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid Benta ♥️ Synopsis In her brilliantly incisive debut, Zalika Reid-Benta artfully depicts the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants and first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity and predominately white society. Kara Davis is a girlContinue reading “Frying Plaintain by Zalika Reid-Benta”
Category Archives: Short Story Collections
Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
I have a very special blogtour post today – my review of Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan as part of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize longlist blogtour 💫 Synopsis So here we go, into the dark. Some things can’t be spoken about in the light of day. But we canContinue reading “Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan”
The Hidden Girl by Ken Liu
It’s my stop on the blogtour for The Hidden Girl and Other Stories and I am pleased to share an extract with you today! Synopsis From award-winning author Ken Liu comes his much anticipated second volume of short stories. Ken Liu’s well-crafted, thought-provoking and award-winning short stories are high water marks of contemporary speculative fiction.Continue reading “The Hidden Girl by Ken Liu”
Mrs Cooke’s Books 