In Words for My Comrades: A Political History of Tupac Shakur, Dean Van Nguyen tears the gloss off hip-hop’s commercial veneer and exhumes the revolutionary fire buried beneath it — a fire that still burns with the legacy Tupac Amaru Shakur has left. This is no sanitized celebration of a multi-platinum rapper or a crime-saga…
Renowned criminal profiler, Micki Pistorius, is a household name in South Africa if you follow true crime in any way, shape, or form. As someone who follows quite a bit of true crime, both local and international, I was familiar with her work. However, it wasn’t until I watched the TV series based on her…
Nestled within the pages of Gardening Can Be Murder: How Poisonous Poppies, Sinister Shovels, and Grim Gardens Have Inspired Mystery Writers by Marta McDowell lies a captivating exploration that intertwines the allure of gardens with the appeal of mystery. As someone who might be more inclined to commit ‘planticide’ than nurture a thriving garden, I…
Female rulers tend to be remembered throughout history, whether attempts were made to scrub their names from memory or not. Some were benevolent leaders, others were warriors in their own right. Each queen from around the world, throughout the ages, were unique rulers—individuals that were determined to be remembered. And they should be celebrated as…
Women have been demonized throughout the ages for things they’ve allegedly done or not done—depending on the general mood of society at the time. They have been used as cautionary tales, scapegoats, and worse … Are women truly so terrible, though? In Wicked Women of Yore by D. Lawrence-Young, readers are presented with the tales…
It’s no secret—we live in a consumerism-driven society. We work, we buy, and eventually we die. Why? After reading The Year of Less by Cait Flanders, I realized what makes us so consumed with the idea of “wanting all the things” … What’s more, I honestly feel this indoctrination of mankind as we know it could very…
Full Disclaimer: I bought Things I Should Have Said by Jamie Lynn Spears even though I’m a staunch supporter of the #FreeBritney movement. What Britney Spears was subjected to during the conservatorship is absolutely horrendous, and the fact that Britney’s family didn’t step in to help her out of that situation boggles the mind. Of…
With January winding down, I thought it was time to share my January 2022 book haul with the world! 💃 I have some great titles waiting for me on my TBR cart—some YA, horror, a classic, a bit of mythology, and even a bit of nonfiction. All in all, it’s a well-rounded book haul, perfect…
