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Kind of wondering what Queenie would think of current events?

Queenie by Candace Carty-Williams

June 5, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. She works at a national newspaper, where she’s constantly forced to compare herself to her white middle-class peers. After a messy break up from her long-term white boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places…including several hazardous men who do a good job of occupying brain space and a bad job of affirming self-worth. As Queenie careens from one questionable decision to […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: candace carty-williams, cbr12, contemporary fiction, feminism, Malin, Mental Health, queenie, Racism

Malin's CBR12 Review No:25 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: candace carty-williams, cbr12, contemporary fiction, feminism, Malin, Mental Health, queenie, Racism ·
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But he just did other things to upset me…

Queenie by Candace Carty-Williams

April 15, 2019 by vel veeter 1 Comment

I think this one will be popular here. First, it’s got a tremendous cover. Don’t read the promotional material because it makes a too neat but unsatisfying comparison for this novel that deserves more. We might Queenie, the narrator of this novel, in flux. She’s visiting a doctor and being informed she’s recently had a miscarriage, which is vexing for her because she’s on a “break” from her longterm boyfriend/fiance, Tom. This news, and her current emotional turmoil, her group of friends, and her boredom […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: candace carty-williams, queenie

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:192 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: candace carty-williams, queenie ·
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Recent Comments

  • Tracy
    on Y’all… a delightful break from the stress of life
    I'm not generally into shifter romances, but the title really is awesome.
  • Tracy
    on I don’t know if finding the perfect man is worth all of this
    That is definitely NOT what I am looking for in a romance.
  • Classic
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    Definitely skipping that one. Never read it.
  • esmemoria
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    It’s called Suicide Med. It’s bonkers.
  • Classic
    on The Witch by Fredia McFadden
    Oh man. What was that? Did I read that and block it out? LOL
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