BOOK REVIEW: BORN A CRIME
TITLE: BORN A CRIME AUTHOR: TREVOR NOAH REVIEWER: WAKINI KURIA PRICE: KSH. 1,850 PRESTIGE BOOKSHOP This is an amazing well-told story of a young coloured boy growing up in South Africa. He is brought up by his mother; a typical black woman who spares nothing in disciplining him before 'they come for him' as she… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: BORN A CRIME
BOOK REVIEW: I’M TOO PRETTY TO BE BROKE and Other Lies You’ve Been Telling Yourself
TITLE: I’M TOO PRETTY TO BE BROKE and Other Lies You’ve Been Telling Yourself AUTHOR: JOAN THATIAH EXTENT: 181 PAGES PRICE: KSH. 500 AVAILABLE AT: PRESTIGE BOOKSHOP/THE MAGUNGA BOOKSTORE/JOAN THATIAH/AUTHOR FACEBOOK PAGE REVIEWER: VERAH OMWOCHA You have probably fallen victim to what is dished out to us by the society: women should support other women,… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: I’M TOO PRETTY TO BE BROKE and Other Lies You’ve Been Telling Yourself
LOVE FOUND ME
I know. Everyone has a born day, so I shouldn’t be making a fuss about mine. I could have hashtagged; issa a bornday, slaying into old age, but no. I have no contribution to my aliveness status or making it to a quarter a century! Let me fill you in on what got me here.… Continue reading LOVE FOUND ME
TRAVEL DIARIES: SAMBURU BOOK DRIVE
The ride When an adventure coupled with a good course come calling, you can only faithfully answer to the call. It is in this spirit that Tom Mwiraria, Nickson Kibuchi and I, like the three musketeers are visiting Lgoss primary school in the Northern part of Kenya after a successful book drive. The real adventure… Continue reading TRAVEL DIARIES: SAMBURU BOOK DRIVE
BOOK REVIEW: THE BOOK THIEF
TITLE: THE BOOK THIEF AUTHOR: MARKUS ZUSAK PRICE: Ksh. 990 EXTENT: 584 pages REVIEWER: VERAH OMWOCHA Available at Text Book Centre Disclaimer: You don’t fancy Death as a narrator? Don’t touch this book. You hate a super sad ending? Don’t bother. Historical fiction doesn’t work for you? You know what to do. A long read… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: THE BOOK THIEF
BOOK REVIEW: MATING BIRDS
TITLE: MATING BIRDS AUTHOR: LEWIS NKOSI PUBLISHED: 1983 REVIEWER: VERAH OMWOCHA In a few days I am to die. Strange, the idea neither shocks nor frightens me… Any book that starts with such a punch is one that cannot pass by me. Well, it escaped me all these years but I finally managed to read… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: MATING BIRDS
REMEMBERING YOU: JAMES MUGANE MUTURI
I remember you as that friend; the silent friend with whom one shares a lot and yet shares very little.
BOOK REVIEW: THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
BOOK TITLE: THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD AUTHOR: ZORA NEALE HURSTON REVIEWER: VERAH OMWOCHA Janie Crawford is a mullato girl who grows up in the early 20th century. She is left under the care of her grandmother by her absentee mother. Her grandmother prematurely marries her off to Logan Kellicks, a dull, ugly and older… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
BOOK REVIEW: TWISTED TIMES: SON OF MAN
TITLE: TWISTED TIMES: SON OF MAN AUTHOR: VINCENT DE PAUL REVIEWER: VERAH OMWOCHA PRICE: $5.00 available at http://mysterypublisherslimited.com/ This text journeys through the life of one man, Kennedy Paul Maina; A young university student who, under duress, harks to the voice of crime and underworld killings; including being a hitman. Form his teenage years, Kennedy… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: TWISTED TIMES: SON OF MAN
BOOKS AND LIFE 