S.J.Glatzhofer

This book is an either you love it or hate it kind of book, and I am the first one. For some reason, I could not put this novel down, the moment I picked it up all I could do was keep on turning the pages. And whilst I worked, I craved for my hours to be done so I could go back to reading this novel. This is Robinne Lee's first novel, you might recognise her name as she is firstly an actress, which might surprise some people that this novel is actually good. However, this book did come out in 2017, and since then Lee has not written any other novels, but there is an adaptation of this novel coming out starring the one and only, Anne Hathaway.  The Idea Of You centres around a 39-year-old mum, Solene, who ends up having to take her fifteen-year-old daughter and friends to meet her favourite boy band, August Moon after her ex-husband cancelled on their child. During this event, Solene meets Hayes Campbell, one of the twenty-year-olds in this band. Neither of them knew that this inter...

I applaud Zakiya Dalia Harris for her debut novel, this book kept me on the toes of wanting to know more. I was fortunate enough to be given the hardcover book for Christmas, and with that, I was given the wonderful book cover of an afro pick on a yellow cover. I must admit, at first I thought it was an abstract image of a Black person and the parts that were snapped is due to the weight of racism our protagonist has faced at her job. I later realised I was looking too deep into it. Meet Nella, a twenty-six editorial assistant. She is the only Black employee working at Wager Books and has to experience microaggressions from her White colleagues. This is why she is thrilled when Hazel walks in, making Nella no longer the only Black employee. But what starts as a nice friendship soon develops into something that Nella couldn’t imagine. Nella starts receiving notes at work threatening her to quit her job, and she believes it is The Other Black Girl, Hazel.  As we know Dalia Harris i...