Books

[mwenvlay]

i'm way more into non-fiction these days, but try to keep up on new novels coming out of the caribbean, particularly haiti and jamaica.

i started books # 3 (A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James) and 4 (Here Comes the Sun, Nicole Dennis-Benn) and didn't find either interesting enough to finish.

i passed on yardie, because i'm not into hood crime fiction set in london.

i have book #2 (Finding Samuel Lowe: China, Jamaica, Harlem, Paula Williams Madison) on my kindle right now, but keep forgetting to read it. will probably re-download it before my upcoming trip (in february). i wish there was an audiobook version.

and i keep meaning to add dead yard to my overdrive app, but there's only an e-book version, and similar to Finding Samuel Lowe, i know i'll never get around to reading it until i'm on vacation. audiobooks are just easier for me nowadays.

(thanks for posting the list)

[Kold Ass Mofo]

I highly recommend Steppin' Razor: The Life of Peter Tosh by John Masouri. A friend loaned me a copy a few years ago.

[Bnewb]

Many of the books on the Forbes list are also recommended by other sources...and reading the descriptions there seems to be a running theme.
I have a copy of 'The True History of Pardise'...but have yet to read...maybe I'll do that this weekend and let you know what I think.
From the perspective of living here and to get a better understanding from these author's points of view...a couple of books on the list that seem interesting to me would be...'Myal' and maybe the book 'Finding Samuel Lowe:'.
Thanks for sharing!