Tag: africa

Book Review: The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #11)

November 25, 2019

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana’s remote and striking Okavango Delta. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi head to a safari camp to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest who has left one … More Book Review: The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency #11)

Book Review: West With the Night by Beryl Markham

April 30, 2018

Official Synopsis from Amazon: Beryl Markham’s West with the Night is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership as the work of her contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Isak Dinesen. If the first responsibility of a memoirist is to lead a life worth writing about, Markham succeeded beyond … More Book Review: West With the Night by Beryl Markham

Book Review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

July 19, 2016

“There is no story that is not true.” Synopsis: Things Fall Apart tells of the rise and fall of Okonkwo, an Igbo man, and deals with the influence of British colonialism and the Christian missionaries on the Igbo people. Review: What. A. Book. This is an important novel, one that resonates long after finishing. Chinua … More Book Review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe