Author: Trevor Noah Genre: Non-fiction; memoir Publisher: John Murray I was recently at Text Book Centre doing one of my favourite things- browsing. And then I came across Trevor Noah’s highly-acclaimed memoir, Born a Crime- Stories from a South African Childhood. I flipped it open to a random page and was soon laughing. Just imagine … More Born a Crime-Book Review
Have you ever run into an old friend, purely by accident, and then proceeded to have the best one hour of your life? The old jokes, the shared history, the remembered acquaintances… you both come away feeling refreshed and even fonder of each other than before. This was how it was for me, re-reading The … More The Screwtape Letters- Book review
I’ve always had trouble reading autobiographies. It takes me a lot of willpower to go through non- fiction (except for anything by Malcolm Gladwell, heh heh) but I have improved a lot in this area, I must say! Now, the thing about autobiographies is that you only get one side of the story, so here … More Daughter of Destiny: Benazir Bhutto
A Review by Stella Riunga The Help is Kathryn Stockett’s first novel. So impressive a début was it that just two years after it was published (2009) it had been turned into a film by DreamWorks Studios. I watched it, and was impressed by how true to the book the film was. And let me … More The Help- Kathryn Stockett
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This is the 3 on 3- our third book discussed during our third month in existence as a book club. For the month of May we decided to challenge ourselves and read- gasp!- a Kiswahili book. Kala Tufaha by Babu Omar was the chosen title. The story centres around the life of Kibibi, daughter … More Ze Book Club # 3
Striving for the Wind- Meja Mwangi I’m playing catch-up here. We are on book number 3,in the book club and I had promised myself that I would blog about each book we read. Hopefully, by the time this month ends I will have done all three. After a baptism by fire- Dust– (read it here) … More Ze Book Club # 2
So it finally happened. I am now a member of a book club, with real members and everything! We started off as a group of three, two of us introduced to each other by a mutual friend who seems to know everyone in Nairobi. In a grand gesture of magnanimity and democracy I said to … More Ze Bookclub
I think I’ve been misrepresenting myself. How can I have had this blog all this while and NOT ONCE, written a book review? I mean, I edit books for a living (a pittance and a song, more like, in these harsh economic climes) and read books for fun. I am an active member of a … More Book Review: Uno
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