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An Afrofuturist short story trio (part 1)

The Visit (Black Stars #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Black Pages (Black Stars #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson

December 31, 2021 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I was struggling with my Goodreads reading goal until I came across this short story collection, Black Stars. This Amazon Original contains six afro-futurist novellas from Black authors. I’m only reviewing three since I had limited kindle unlimited borrows. I’m sure some of you can relate to this problem. 🙂 I started with Clap Back (Black Stars #5) by Nalo Hopkinson since I just finished her Sandman Universe book, House of Whispers. We enter the story with news headlines about a new haute couture line that […]

The struggle between who you are and who you want to be

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

December 28, 2021 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett was another Mocha Girls Read pick. I definitely would not have read it without the book club impetus. To no surprise, as indicated by this annual onslaught of reviews, I procrastinated reading it. I ended up reading most of it in one day. It was well worth the time and exceeded my expectations. The novel centers on two Black twin sisters who run away from a small Black community. The town prides itself on being a close-knit town for […]

Emmalita on And now he was looking at her as if she were a cake, if cakes were also religious icons…You will love Kit Webb for entirely different and yet very much the same reasons.
Emmalita on “Dear Sir, May I humbly suggest being less of an idiot and doing whatever it takes…”I'm giving this review 5 stars. Yes, exactly this and yes, this book.
NTE on And now he was looking at her as if she were a cake, if cakes were also religious icons…Also I will admit to the blaspheme that I have not read Kit Webb, even though it's in TBR Mountain, bc my library's copy is...
NTE on And now he was looking at her as if she were a cake, if cakes were also religious icons…I have found your review after just posting mine, and I'm SO HAPPY!! Let us have book club and wax poetic about how perfect this...
Emmalita on “Sometimes I just feel left behind. Like I have no story worth telling.”This sounds lovely, and I’m always excited to visit DC, even if it’s only in books.

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An Afrofuturist short story trio (part 1)

The struggle between who you are and who you want to be

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