REED BOOK REVIEW KENYA

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. 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 s...