Like A Real Book Club: Episode 13 - The One About Mental Health & Jamaican Churches

You know the end of Ari Lennox' 'Chicago Boy' where she asks everyone who is not her friend to leave?
That's how this episode feels.

Ashley, Jherane and Kristina have an intimate conversation about their experiences with churches, mental health, and of course books.

Books Mentioned:

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

PATSY by Nicole Dennis Benn

The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller

Augustown by Kei Miller

Like A Real Book Club: Episode 6 - Does This Make Us Demanding Caribbean Readers?

Is it ok to “feel a way” when a Caribbean author doesn’t use our language and our culture in their work? We love reading novels and poetry from the Caribbean, especially ones written by Jamaican authors, but are we demanding in our expectations? Also, wtf is magical realism?

Books Mentioned Worth Reading:
A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes
Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis Benn
PATSY by Nicole Dennis Benn 

Like A Real Book Club: Episode 3 - Pages to Screen and Rants in Between

We talk about books that should hit the screens, but not before we struggle to define "gothic novels" as a genre, talk about fast-fashion, and do a small rant about Bookstagram. 

But shout Out To Bookstagrammers We Love: @ColourLit_UK, @2Treads and @IfThisIsParadise

Books mentioned that are worth reading: 
The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis Benn
The Star Side of Bird Hill by Naomi Jackson
Over The Roofs of the World by Olive Senior
Gardening in the Tropics by Olive Senior
Ammerichannah by Chimamanda Adiche
Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth Warsan Shire