titilayo Edinburgh, United Kingdom

I have read two of Wole Soyinka's biographical works so far, and they are wonderful portraits of Mr. Soyinka as a writer, a political activist, and a human being. I don't think I have ever read books that so much conveyed the author's wit, zest, and love for life and for mankind, even in the face of ... (continue)

This book was funny, moving, tragic, real, mystical, marvellous. It made me cry; it's been a while since a book did that.

I think that if you like Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, you'll like this.

"What is the What" is the fictionalized autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng, one of the “Lost Boys” of Sudan, who fled from his country during the second Sudanese Civil War and eventually (re)settled in the USA.

I finished reading this book last night, and started again at the first page thi ... (continue)

Cheesy epilogue notwithstanding, a satisfying end to the series.

I think that one of the most interesting things about this book (the author's last before her death earlier this year) is that she has said that it's based on real life experience with a close family member. It's widely believed that the family member in question is her daughter, troubled actress M ... (continue)

I've been running for a few years now, but still consider myself a beginner, and this is the running book I've been looking for for a while. It was informative, practical and motivational. I especially liked that it included information, in the appendices, on how to advance your running past the b ... (continue)

This book felt more like a treatise than a novel. That was its major flaw. A pity, because the combination of story and discourse could have worked and been interesting.

Re-read. This is one of my lifetime favourite books.