Book-log

[anotherusedpage]

In no particular order:

Ben Aaronovitch - Rivers of London
This is, in fact, by a white heterosexual nondisabled man, as far as I'm aware. I'm glad I read it anyway. Ace London-set Urban fantasy by someone who really knows multiethnic London

Andrew Ramer - Queering the Text
My dad bought me this in a queer bookshop in San Francisco. Oh is made

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[athenegenia]

- 'The Yacoubian Building' by Alaa Al Aswany (Multiple lives in modern Cairo, corruption and the struggle between East & West. Not very much about women)
- 'Girls of Riyadh' by Rajaa Alsanea (The lives of a group of girlfriends from Saudi Arabia. I definately recommend this one)
- The 'Hop-ciki-yaya Thrillers' by Mehmet Murat Somer (The life and adventures of a club-owning and part-time hacker transvestite queer man. I love these!)

[jacinthsong]

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigerian, lives in the US now), is read enough to be in WHSmith and supermarkets (as well as all over the charity shops), I think. All three of her published books are good but my favourite was probably Half of a Yellow Sun. Very very strong warnings for brutality incl sexual violence during war.

Also Helen Oyeyemi, amazing. Particularly White is for Witching, relatively easy to find I think.

Not sure if your priority is reading or actively funnelling royalties to authors, but I can pick books up next time i go back to Norfolk (not til mid-August).

[seekingferret]

Thanks to work I put in yesterday, this is 100% up to date:

My 50Books_POC reviews

[wiffly_shwoo]

Most of the stuff you read sounds waaay more intellectual that what I read, but I did find The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks fascinating.

[anotherusedpage]

*grin* much of it is stuff my Oxford tutors would turn their noses up at. And I review like a bloody academic cos that's what I am, Lillith's Brood is basically sci-fi erotica, Rivers of London is totally readable urban fantasy, and most of the Middle Eastern stuff is Richard and Judy Book Club territory. I just can't turn off my lit student brane. :D

[gargoyle_addict]

Babel 17 is how I explained my sexuality to my stepdad :)

[anotherusedpage]

Heeee :D