Tag: Akata Witch

• Akata Witch is Scared of Being Scary

  

  Just like most readers who grew up with Harry Potter, I’m always on the lookout for the next best thing. This is how I became interested in Akata Witch. Readers kept calling it the Nigerian Harry Potter and a brilliant take on the magical kids trope. I was intrigued because it sounded different enough that…

  boredtodeathbookclub

  August 22, 2017

  Book Review

  Akata Witch, book review, Esmée, fantasy, Harry Potter, Hebban, Magic, middle grade, Nnedi Okorafor, YA

• Summer Reading Recommendations 2017

  

  Every year we recommend a long list of books to read during the summer. We try to put a little something in there for everyone, ranging from beach reads to horror, to nonfiction and romance. Feel free to scroll to whatever category you’re looking for or read them all if you have the time! Beach…

  boredtodeathbookclub

  July 28, 2017

  Boring Book Recommendation

  32 Candles, A Good Man is Hard to Find, afterlife, Akata Witch, Alissa Nutting, Amelia Gray, Andrew Sean Greer, Bluets, Catherynne M. Valente, Chemistry, Dear Cyborgs, Ernessa T. Carter, Eugene Lim, Flannery O’Connor, Goodbye Vitamin, Hala Alyan, Heads or Tails, How to Fall in Love with Anyone, I Believe in a Thing Called Love, Isadora, Jay Kristoff, Jeff Noon, Jenny Zhang, Jeremias Gotthelf, Less, Lilli Carré, Lisa Maxwell, Made for Love, Maggie Nelson, Mandy Len Catron, Marcus Sakey, Maurene Goo, Michael Finkel, Mort(e), Mrs. Caliban, Nevernight, Nnedi Okorafor, Peter Brannen, Rachel Kong, Rachell Ingalls, Robert Repino, Salt Houses, Sam J. Miller, Sandra Cisneros, Sour Heart, summer reading recommendations, The Art of Starving, The Black Spider, The Changeling, The Ends of the World, The House on Mango Street, The Last Magician, The Refrigerator Monologues, The Stranger in the Woods, Victor Lavalle, Vurt, Weike Wang, What We Lose, Zinzi Clemmons