Dear Public Library, When Roopa Farooki's first novel was listed for the Orange Prize for New Writers, I waited and waited for you to get a copy of her book. And then I gave up. I know, I know: you've got it now. And you're "onto her", at last; you
I took an English course during the summer that preceded my last year of high school, to lighten my course load for the following year. Previously my summer reading had been comprised of unwieldly stacks of library books: lots of re-reads because the time for reading seemed endless, inviting both
The connection is between Nadifa Mohamed's Black Mamba Boy (Harper Collins, 2010) and Rosie Alison's The Very Thought of You (Alma Books, 2009) but these quotations contain ** SPOILERS ** so if you haven't already read these novels and plan to do so, you might want to skip these bits.
Rosie Alison's The Very Thought of You Alma Books, 2009 Here's something simple to begin with (because I'm having an inordinately hard time writing about Rosie Alison's debut novel): I am grateful. And that is because Victoria, of Eve's Alexandria, sent me her copy of The Very Thought of You
I've updated my May reads to the 2010 Books Read List and am now looking forward to June's reads. I'm especially keen on starting into some classic reads when school gets out. Yup, at the end of June, classes for little ones finish and I get thinking about summer reading
