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THE KITE RUNNER BY KHALED HOSSEINI BOOK REVIEW

It’s past midnight, 2am in the night, there is a 1.25 liters soda half drunk on the table and an empty plate; when I finish reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Apart from the whizzing sound from the fridge, the night is silent and very dark. The Christmas weather is aloof so it’s very cold. Despite this, the book I have just finish has some of the darkest parts the night is yet to show the world. Without giving any spoilers I would say I love the ending. The first time it was recommended to me it was by a good friend called Bilha or as she calls herself on Instagram, the Electric lady. This was many moons ago when I had just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by the same author and it tore my heart open, scattered all the pieces and I am yet to find some. I cried so much I have no simile to portray the actual pain I felt reading it. When I wrote a review about it she told me I should look for the Kite Runner, same feeling. I bought it and had it on my shelf for a c

CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE BOOK REVIEW

Children of Blood and Bone. Picture by Sarafina Robi Miriam Makeba’s song “Hapo Zamani” is in the air in my little living room as I sit up to try and explain the magic I have lived for about two months now… …We read books for different reasons. At times it’s to experience the magic we imagine in different realms. To let our spirits wonder in different places so that we can lose ourselves only to be embraced and birthed in a glorious embrace. If you have never experienced magic run through your bones as your wildest imaginations come live, then this is the book to read, “Children of Blood and Bones by Tomi Adeyemi” It’s an epic! Intricate read about a girl called Zellie. A black girl with long flowing white locks and magic in her whole being who is on a quest to bring back magic to her people. The atrocities experienced are so chilling and disturbing at one point you stop to cry and take in the pain of the people. It’s also interwoven witty characters and some sort of fo

A review of The Kite Runner by Khaleed Hosseini.

The Kite Runner By Khaleed Hosseini book review by Bilha Lusaka Good Afternoon Reed readers, My Friend Bilha came upon the book, 'The Kite Runner by Khaleed Hosseini and here is her review on it. ................. It’s a cold Friday night, I get home and start making dinner while listening to Cardi B’s new album ‘invasion of privacy’. Dancing and singing, I find myself laughing at the lyrics, sticking my tongue out to all the men that have silenced women for all these years, to societal double standards, I feel a sense of pride because I have been fortunate enough to have lived in a generation where women have decided to be unashamedly and unapologetically be themselves, a time when women are finally speaking up and standing up for what we believe in, with Beyonce as our queen haha I digress. I settle into bed to watch Queen B’s Coachella performance for the third time because this woman is a true legend an icon of our time ,every time I listen to her p

Too Deep for Tears by Kathryn Lynn Davis Book Review

Too deep For Tears by Kathryn Lynn Davis review written by Sarafina Robi. Too deep for tears by Kathryn Lynn Davis is a sensual romantic novel, with beautiful historic details. It was written shortly after the Renaissance period (I love refereeing to this times) that's in the 1800s. its about three sisters, one father and three different exotic mothers from different ends of the world, whose lives are woven back to one point. It a tapestry of cultures brought out by their father through their different mothers. Their story? ...Lets take a sip of water, its sad, its emotionally draining, keeps you hooked from beginning to end but most importantly..(you should read to know how it ends). Their dad is a an English diplomat who first falls in love with a Scottish beauty, due to drastic saddening events that happen he ends up moving to china where he falls in love with a lady and gets his second child, then India and gets the third child but ends up returning to the beautiful h

We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabriel Union-Book Review

We're Going to Need More Wine I finished reading this beautiful book at 11.14pm on 2 nd of April, Kenny Rogers’ song called lady is playing in my earphones, followed by Dolly Patrons I will always Love you. The feeling you get after finishing it, is that of calmness. It’s as though you’ve been having a conversation with Gabriel or rather Nickie Union. I must say my biggest attraction to reading it apart from being recommended to by a friend, was the beautiful cover and the title, contrary to the saying don’t judge a book by its cover. A few pages into the book, I really couldn’t get what the fuss about the book was. For in the beginning, Gabriel talks about her childhood, and I can’t relate at all. A friend of mine called Boyani, posts it in her WhatsApp status and am wondering is it just me or are our tastes different, I ask her and she tells me I should continue reading for it only gets juicier. I then meet another friend of mine called Bilhah, she cal

Chronicles of Kwame

Dear Kwame, I'm not going to start with greetings ,on second thought Ogamba chi!Ayako told me you are learning kiganga . Tell me how that goes.I've been thinking about a lot of stuff one of them being rich ,Kwame, rich in the sense that I can say naiveté instead of stupid.haha I know you'd tell me to go move to France ,good idea I heart but no thanks.or rather I don't have to be rich to say it I just have to sound rich.so today i went to the morgue and told him I'm tranna make a reservation, you should've seen how he reacted 😂Oh Kwame it was priceless. I was only thinking about the Trans Atlantic slave trade,Kwame Europeans sold us weapons to fight each other then we became pawns in cold war.I'm just thinking we have no one to blame for our failures our leaders have turned out to be worse than the colonial governors .Argh!enough! enough about this talk ...I'm hungry .Care to join? Yours truly, Naakia💜