Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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#Booktube #FridayReads


A Friday Reads, filmed on a Friday and Uploaded when my Laptop and Internet Connection are good a ready!


Books mentioned -hopefully in the correct order but I don’t guarantee it!


Urban Fantasy set in London list:
Simon R Greens Something from the Nightside and Agents of Light and Darkness.
The Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch


The Caribbean Affair:
Love after Love by Ingrid Persaud
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey



The Charles Dickens Project - It will only take Seven Years:
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens


I am trying to read 6/12 Jhalak longlisted books by 13th April – but which ones and can I do it?


The longlist can be found here - jhalakprize.com/.
And Mel’s discussion video here youtube.com/watch?v=Xxa0775jBmA


Three I am reading from this list are (see video):
Catherine Cho - Inferno (Bloomsbury Circus)
Katy Massey - Are We Home Yet (jacaranda)
Stephanie Scott - What’s Left of Me Is Yours (W&N)


But which three from this list?
Romalyn Ante - Antiemetic for Homesickness (Chatto & Windus)
Afshan D’Souza-Lodhi - [re: desire] (Burning Eye Books)
Caleb Femi - Poor (Penguin)
Kiran Millwood Hargrave - The Mercies (Picador)
Tammye Huf - A More Perfect Union (Myriad Editions)
Rachel Long - My Darling From the Lions (Picador)
Deirdre Mask - The Address Book (Profile Books)
Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - The First Woman (Oneworld Publications)
Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk (Dialogue Books)



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