★★★★★ Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at… Continue reading Imbolo Mbue – Behold The Dreamers
July 2021 – Lewis Carroll
Early Life of the Author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - We know him by his pen name, Lewis Carroll. He was an author of children's literature and poetry as well as a mathematician, inventor and photographer. Born into a conservative Anglican family. A great deal of the male ancestors in the family became clergy of the… Continue reading July 2021 – Lewis Carroll
P.D James – Cover Her Face
★★★★ Summary: Headstrong and beautiful, the young housemaid Sally Jupp is put rudely in her place, strangled in her bed behind a bolted door. Coolly brilliant policeman Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard must find her killer among a houseful of suspects, most of whom had very good reason to wish her ill. Cover Her Face is P.… Continue reading P.D James – Cover Her Face
June 2021 – Harper Lee
This post features the incredible Harper Lee 🎇. She may have only authored two books but her writing has left such a significant mark that her first book, To Kill A Mockingbird, is a classic that MUST be read...or it can be watched as well because a movie was made in 1962. Early Life Nelle… Continue reading June 2021 – Harper Lee
May 2021 – P.D James
I was searching for an author who wrote in a similar style to Agatha Christie (My favourite author. You can find out more about her here), I came across P.D James and decided to get a copy of one of her novels. It was an impulsive buy as I didn't do enough in depth research… Continue reading May 2021 – P.D James
April 2021 – Celeste Ng
This month we celebrate Celeste Ng! Author of the acclaimed novel Little Fires Everywhere. A miniseries, of the same name, based on the book premiered on March 18, 2020.Wikipedia Tony Luong for The New York Times Upbringing and Schooling Celeste was born on the 30th July 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But when Ng was 10… Continue reading April 2021 – Celeste Ng
March 2021 – Jill Churchill
I've sadly only read one book by Jill Churchill, Silence of the Hams, one of the Jane Jeffry series books. I truly cannot wait to get my hands on more…I've checked online, no luck and my local bookstore doesn't seem to stock her novels. But I know I haven't done a thorough search yet so… Continue reading March 2021 – Jill Churchill
February 2021 – Jon Krakuauer
Jon Krakauer, author of 1996's "Into The Wild" and 1997’s “Into Thin Air” So in the spirit of the most romantic month of the year, I am doing a feature on a totally unrelated author - Jon Krakuauer!!! Early Life:He was born April 12, 1954 in born in Brookline, Massachusetts and from the age of… Continue reading February 2021 – Jon Krakuauer
January 2021 – Marian Keyes
About the Author Marian Keyes was born on 10 September 1963. She was born in Limerick and raised in Monkstown, Dublin. Keyes is a writer of fiction, as well as novels, she produces non-fiction and is best known for her work in women's literature. Much of her writing deals with family life with themes of… Continue reading January 2021 – Marian Keyes
December 2020 – The Brontë Family
I'm doing things a bit differently this month…instead of just one author, I'm doing a whole family - The Brontë Sisters! The sisters are, from the eldest; Charlotte, Emily and Anne. All the sisters worked as a governess at some point in their lives, which served as inspiration for certain writing, themes and novels. Their… Continue reading December 2020 – The Brontë Family
