B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsAfrica / Alternate History / djinn / Egypt / Fantasy / Historical / LGBTQIA / Middle East / POC / POC author / steampunk6 Comments
Forty years ago in Egypt, the mystic and inventor Al-Jahiz pierced the veil between realms, sending magic into the world before vanishing into the unknown. Now in 1912 Cairo, humans brush elbows with djinn in crowded tramcars and airships sail the skies. In this new world the Egyptian Ministry of ... more >
B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAfrica / archangel / Artist / black hero / disease / Guild Hunter series / older woman/younger man / PNR / POC / POC author / single mother / traumatic-past / zombies22 Comments
Dear Nalini Singh, In Archangel’s War, the last book in your Guild Hunter series, Illium’s father, the archangel Aegaeon, awoke from Sleeping. His return caused a seismic shift in Illium’s mother, Sharine, otherwise known as the Hummingbird. After centuries spent in emotional pain and in and out of a fog, ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsAfrica / cats / children's book / Nigeria / picture books / POC / POC author2 Comments
What would you do if you woke up one night to find the shadow of a giant chicken passing your bedroom door Go and investigate of course! A hugely entertaining look at the fascinating masquerade culture of West Africa, from the perspective of a plucky young Nigerian girl who finds ... more >
Publishing NewsAfrica / children's lit / literacy / Literary fiction / non-profits / online retailers / Orwell / recipes / shopping2 Comments
How the e-retailers keep us spending – With another big US shopping day ahead of us (New Year’s Day), this is an interesting piece on how online retailers have been moving in the direction of globalizing local celebrations, holidays, or traditional spending days (e.g. Black Friday) to capture the global ... more >
Publishing NewsAfrica / Agency pricing / Amazon / booksellers / colonialism / Contest / Hachette / internet sales / Literary fiction / maps / Microsoft / sales tax / software / use tax10 Comments
Updated: Amazon and Hachette finally reach deal; Hachette will set its ebook prices – The war appears to be over between Hachette and Amazon, and whatever the state of their relationship, readers get the return of Agency Pricing. Yippee. When the new ebook terms take place in early 2015, “Hachette ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsAfrica / African American / Contemporary / Fantasy / inspirational / POC / POC author10 Comments
African King Taka Olufemi has traveled over four hundred years to find the woman who holds the soul of his murdered queen and he’s a little cranky. With a ruby brooch as his vessel, the former king is forced to grant wishes to ungrateful mortals hoping to one day find, ... more >