Shade
@shadyfiles.bsky.social
Author of GODDESS CROWN. Book blog @ http://Coffeebookshelves.com. Korean drama addict. Rep'd by Joanna Moult at Skylark lit.
I’m so pleased to be part of this year’s *Wild Writers Literary Festival*. I’m looking forward to discussing romantasy with Nicki Pau Preto and @jmfrey.bsky.social.
Join us for a lively discussion on Saturday 8 Nov, 1:30pm - 2:50pm.
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Join us for a lively discussion on Saturday 8 Nov, 1:30pm - 2:50pm.
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@thenewquarterly.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I’m so pleased to be part of this year’s *Wild Writers Literary Festival*. I’m looking forward to discussing romantasy with Nicki Pau Preto and @jmfrey.bsky.social.
Join us for a lively discussion on Saturday 8 Nov, 1:30pm - 2:50pm.
wildwriters.ca/product/othe...
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Join us for a lively discussion on Saturday 8 Nov, 1:30pm - 2:50pm.
wildwriters.ca/product/othe...
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Did a throwback to Sonali Dev’s fab Bollywood series! A Bollywood Affair and The Bollywood Bride are my go-to, comfort reads.
-Strong, relatable heroines
-hot, emotionally coherent MLs
-huge families
-beautiful clothes
-delicious food
Review @ coffeebookshelves.com.
#booksky #skyreader #SonaliDev
-Strong, relatable heroines
-hot, emotionally coherent MLs
-huge families
-beautiful clothes
-delicious food
Review @ coffeebookshelves.com.
#booksky #skyreader #SonaliDev
September 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Did a throwback to Sonali Dev’s fab Bollywood series! A Bollywood Affair and The Bollywood Bride are my go-to, comfort reads.
-Strong, relatable heroines
-hot, emotionally coherent MLs
-huge families
-beautiful clothes
-delicious food
Review @ coffeebookshelves.com.
#booksky #skyreader #SonaliDev
-Strong, relatable heroines
-hot, emotionally coherent MLs
-huge families
-beautiful clothes
-delicious food
Review @ coffeebookshelves.com.
#booksky #skyreader #SonaliDev
I once wrote a novel outline where Captain Ri does his filial duty and marries the woman his parents have chosen.
“…years will pass and Seo Dan will grow disillusioned and despondent because he’ll never warm up to her, never love her, never be more than polite and compliant.“
“…years will pass and Seo Dan will grow disillusioned and despondent because he’ll never warm up to her, never love her, never be more than polite and compliant.“
May 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I once wrote a novel outline where Captain Ri does his filial duty and marries the woman his parents have chosen.
“…years will pass and Seo Dan will grow disillusioned and despondent because he’ll never warm up to her, never love her, never be more than polite and compliant.“
“…years will pass and Seo Dan will grow disillusioned and despondent because he’ll never warm up to her, never love her, never be more than polite and compliant.“
I’ll be eating & gisting with food influencer, Ozoz Sokoh, author of Chop Chop this Sat, May 3. We’ll be at the Festival of Literary Diversity in Brampton @ 5:30pm. Come join us as we talk Naija food and culture.
Tkts - thefoldcanada.org/register
#blacksky #blackbooksky @thefoldcanada.bsky.social
Tkts - thefoldcanada.org/register
#blacksky #blackbooksky @thefoldcanada.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I’ll be eating & gisting with food influencer, Ozoz Sokoh, author of Chop Chop this Sat, May 3. We’ll be at the Festival of Literary Diversity in Brampton @ 5:30pm. Come join us as we talk Naija food and culture.
Tkts - thefoldcanada.org/register
#blacksky #blackbooksky @thefoldcanada.bsky.social
Tkts - thefoldcanada.org/register
#blacksky #blackbooksky @thefoldcanada.bsky.social
Is the greenest flag - Duan Jia Xu (Hidden Love) or Sang Yan (Final Frost)?
Surely Sang Yan
No weird age-gap / my bestie’s sister cloud.
The real knights of the 2 shows are Sang Yan & Sang Zhi. They save their partners from bullies, raise their self esteem and gift them a loving family.
#cdramas
Surely Sang Yan
No weird age-gap / my bestie’s sister cloud.
The real knights of the 2 shows are Sang Yan & Sang Zhi. They save their partners from bullies, raise their self esteem and gift them a loving family.
#cdramas
March 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Is the greenest flag - Duan Jia Xu (Hidden Love) or Sang Yan (Final Frost)?
Surely Sang Yan
No weird age-gap / my bestie’s sister cloud.
The real knights of the 2 shows are Sang Yan & Sang Zhi. They save their partners from bullies, raise their self esteem and gift them a loving family.
#cdramas
Surely Sang Yan
No weird age-gap / my bestie’s sister cloud.
The real knights of the 2 shows are Sang Yan & Sang Zhi. They save their partners from bullies, raise their self esteem and gift them a loving family.
#cdramas
You know who else is going to be at FOLD fest? R.F. Kuang!! 😱 Don’t attend for me, come for her! She’s on a 3 May panel discussing Novel Ideas.
There’s also a literary high tea on Sunday. Just saying - FOLD is a fab book event!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #writingcommunity #blacksky #books
There’s also a literary high tea on Sunday. Just saying - FOLD is a fab book event!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #writingcommunity #blacksky #books
March 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
You know who else is going to be at FOLD fest? R.F. Kuang!! 😱 Don’t attend for me, come for her! She’s on a 3 May panel discussing Novel Ideas.
There’s also a literary high tea on Sunday. Just saying - FOLD is a fab book event!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #writingcommunity #blacksky #books
There’s also a literary high tea on Sunday. Just saying - FOLD is a fab book event!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #writingcommunity #blacksky #books
I’m going to be in Brampton, Ontario at the Festival of Literary Diversity on Sat 3 May chatting with culinary writer and food historian Ozoz Sokoh about Nigerian food and how it informs culture and identity. 🍚🍗🍠
Registration is open! Come join us!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #blacksky #books
Registration is open! Come join us!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #blacksky #books
March 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I’m going to be in Brampton, Ontario at the Festival of Literary Diversity on Sat 3 May chatting with culinary writer and food historian Ozoz Sokoh about Nigerian food and how it informs culture and identity. 🍚🍗🍠
Registration is open! Come join us!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #blacksky #books
Registration is open! Come join us!
fold2024.vfairs.com
#booksky #blacksky #books
Finally finished #cdrama, The Final Frost. So heartwarming! 🤩Apparently Chinese netizens rated it 5.6/10 and are disappointed that western viewers liked it so much as they say the FL is much weaker and experiences more abuse than in the book.
We need a translation of the novel so we can judge.
We need a translation of the novel so we can judge.
March 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Finally finished #cdrama, The Final Frost. So heartwarming! 🤩Apparently Chinese netizens rated it 5.6/10 and are disappointed that western viewers liked it so much as they say the FL is much weaker and experiences more abuse than in the book.
We need a translation of the novel so we can judge.
We need a translation of the novel so we can judge.
Ep 20 /26 of #Cdrama ‘Falling into You’. Still icked about this age-gap romance. The coaches call the student athletes ‘immature children’, but make sure to tell us Duan Yu Cheng is ‘different / more mature’. 🤨
Hoped there’d be a time jump and his 27 yr old coach would wait for his graduation. Nope!
Hoped there’d be a time jump and his 27 yr old coach would wait for his graduation. Nope!
March 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Ep 20 /26 of #Cdrama ‘Falling into You’. Still icked about this age-gap romance. The coaches call the student athletes ‘immature children’, but make sure to tell us Duan Yu Cheng is ‘different / more mature’. 🤨
Hoped there’d be a time jump and his 27 yr old coach would wait for his graduation. Nope!
Hoped there’d be a time jump and his 27 yr old coach would wait for his graduation. Nope!
Ep 1 of Undercover High School. The suggestion that failing to locate a bunch of legendary gold nobody has seen in 200 odd years might crash the Korean economy is hilarious! Was so relieved when an NIS agent finally wondered if the 800 billion won of gold bars actually existed. #kdrama
March 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Ep 1 of Undercover High School. The suggestion that failing to locate a bunch of legendary gold nobody has seen in 200 odd years might crash the Korean economy is hilarious! Was so relieved when an NIS agent finally wondered if the 800 billion won of gold bars actually existed. #kdrama
This month’s read was Wild Seed by Octavia Butler.
Maybe there’s too much chaos in the world right now but - incredible as this book is - finishing was a struggle.
Watch full review @ CoffeeBookshelves.com
#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #fantasy
Maybe there’s too much chaos in the world right now but - incredible as this book is - finishing was a struggle.
Watch full review @ CoffeeBookshelves.com
#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #fantasy
February 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This month’s read was Wild Seed by Octavia Butler.
Maybe there’s too much chaos in the world right now but - incredible as this book is - finishing was a struggle.
Watch full review @ CoffeeBookshelves.com
#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #fantasy
Maybe there’s too much chaos in the world right now but - incredible as this book is - finishing was a struggle.
Watch full review @ CoffeeBookshelves.com
#blacksky #blackbooksky #writingcommunity #fantasy
A new review is finally up on my book review website: CoffeeBookshelves.com!
The Trees by Percival Everett is madcap, humorous and utterly unpredictable. It explores lynching in a uniquely powerful way.
#booksky #blacksky #bookreview
The Trees by Percival Everett is madcap, humorous and utterly unpredictable. It explores lynching in a uniquely powerful way.
#booksky #blacksky #bookreview
January 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A new review is finally up on my book review website: CoffeeBookshelves.com!
The Trees by Percival Everett is madcap, humorous and utterly unpredictable. It explores lynching in a uniquely powerful way.
#booksky #blacksky #bookreview
The Trees by Percival Everett is madcap, humorous and utterly unpredictable. It explores lynching in a uniquely powerful way.
#booksky #blacksky #bookreview
Just watched eps 3 +4. So much fun! Gang-Hee trying to fly under the radar in a town where everyone can identify her at 20 paces is a delight. It’s very ‘Welcome to Samdal-ri’. Luckily big-city-girl-returns-to-rural-home is a trope I never tire of. #MotelCalifornia #kdrama
January 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Just watched eps 3 +4. So much fun! Gang-Hee trying to fly under the radar in a town where everyone can identify her at 20 paces is a delight. It’s very ‘Welcome to Samdal-ri’. Luckily big-city-girl-returns-to-rural-home is a trope I never tire of. #MotelCalifornia #kdrama
Have been itching to see #Harbin since I missed it at TIFF. It was worth the wait. Every scene was gorgeously lit. (If big tobacco ever makes a comeback, dir Woo Min-ho is their guy) The taunt, electrifying story spun out like fuse wire, and the incredibly talented cast carried it home. Stunning!
January 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Have been itching to see #Harbin since I missed it at TIFF. It was worth the wait. Every scene was gorgeously lit. (If big tobacco ever makes a comeback, dir Woo Min-ho is their guy) The taunt, electrifying story spun out like fuse wire, and the incredibly talented cast carried it home. Stunning!
There were times when I thought, ‘oh, he’s doing too much!’ Then I recalled Secretary Kim. Park Min-Young was at her boss’ house AT NIGHT organizing his library. We can go further.
Are we agreed CEO Kang’s interest in him could trigger a sexual harassment claim?
Next ep’s gonna be good. #LoveScout
Are we agreed CEO Kang’s interest in him could trigger a sexual harassment claim?
Next ep’s gonna be good. #LoveScout
January 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There were times when I thought, ‘oh, he’s doing too much!’ Then I recalled Secretary Kim. Park Min-Young was at her boss’ house AT NIGHT organizing his library. We can go further.
Are we agreed CEO Kang’s interest in him could trigger a sexual harassment claim?
Next ep’s gonna be good. #LoveScout
Are we agreed CEO Kang’s interest in him could trigger a sexual harassment claim?
Next ep’s gonna be good. #LoveScout
I don’t think he was carrying the hairband for her, per se. Rather he had it and defyly anticipated her need.
But it was an adorable moment.
Reminded me of King Eternal Monarch too.
#LoveScout
But it was an adorable moment.
Reminded me of King Eternal Monarch too.
#LoveScout
January 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I don’t think he was carrying the hairband for her, per se. Rather he had it and defyly anticipated her need.
But it was an adorable moment.
Reminded me of King Eternal Monarch too.
#LoveScout
But it was an adorable moment.
Reminded me of King Eternal Monarch too.
#LoveScout
Started #LoveScout yesterday. I’m enjoying the leads and all the petty, villainous characters. Work can be a death sport that totally messes with your head. Liking the stakes.
Alas, now i’m hating myself for starting a show before it’s fully up.
#kdrama
Alas, now i’m hating myself for starting a show before it’s fully up.
#kdrama
January 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Started #LoveScout yesterday. I’m enjoying the leads and all the petty, villainous characters. Work can be a death sport that totally messes with your head. Liking the stakes.
Alas, now i’m hating myself for starting a show before it’s fully up.
#kdrama
Alas, now i’m hating myself for starting a show before it’s fully up.
#kdrama
5/5 Tarikh al-fattash - original by Mahmud Kati, edited by Christopher Wise
Arrived this week!
The first draft was written 500 years ago by a Timbuktu scholar.
Seen as one of the most significant accounts of the #Songhay empire by a guy who served one of the reigning kings.
#booksky #Blacksky
Arrived this week!
The first draft was written 500 years ago by a Timbuktu scholar.
Seen as one of the most significant accounts of the #Songhay empire by a guy who served one of the reigning kings.
#booksky #Blacksky
November 29, 2024 at 8:27 PM
4/5
The epic of Askia Mohammed as cultural history and Songhay foundational myth – Joe Wilson
😮💨
I have read this 204p MA thesis twice.
Sunni Ali – king / horseman / genius strategist
Askia Mohammed - diplomat
Askia’s sons who kept murdering each other. So much drama!
#blacksky #Africanhistory
The epic of Askia Mohammed as cultural history and Songhay foundational myth – Joe Wilson
😮💨
I have read this 204p MA thesis twice.
Sunni Ali – king / horseman / genius strategist
Askia Mohammed - diplomat
Askia’s sons who kept murdering each other. So much drama!
#blacksky #Africanhistory
November 29, 2024 at 8:20 PM
4/5
The epic of Askia Mohammed as cultural history and Songhay foundational myth – Joe Wilson
😮💨
I have read this 204p MA thesis twice.
Sunni Ali – king / horseman / genius strategist
Askia Mohammed - diplomat
Askia’s sons who kept murdering each other. So much drama!
#blacksky #Africanhistory
The epic of Askia Mohammed as cultural history and Songhay foundational myth – Joe Wilson
😮💨
I have read this 204p MA thesis twice.
Sunni Ali – king / horseman / genius strategist
Askia Mohammed - diplomat
Askia’s sons who kept murdering each other. So much drama!
#blacksky #Africanhistory
3/5 Guardian – Priest
Zhao Yunlan - attractive, sharp, painfully vain - is head of the Soul-Guarding Order, helping to manage business between the heavens, mortal realm & netherworld.
He meets a secretive professor just as the walls between the realms start to crumble.
So good!! #booksky
Zhao Yunlan - attractive, sharp, painfully vain - is head of the Soul-Guarding Order, helping to manage business between the heavens, mortal realm & netherworld.
He meets a secretive professor just as the walls between the realms start to crumble.
So good!! #booksky
November 29, 2024 at 8:13 PM
3/5 Guardian – Priest
Zhao Yunlan - attractive, sharp, painfully vain - is head of the Soul-Guarding Order, helping to manage business between the heavens, mortal realm & netherworld.
He meets a secretive professor just as the walls between the realms start to crumble.
So good!! #booksky
Zhao Yunlan - attractive, sharp, painfully vain - is head of the Soul-Guarding Order, helping to manage business between the heavens, mortal realm & netherworld.
He meets a secretive professor just as the walls between the realms start to crumble.
So good!! #booksky
2/5 The Indomitable Mr Temple – Lindo Forbes
Business owner Leigh is 44 & being courted by a charismatic guy only 5 years older than her child.
Quincy is emotionally intelligent, passionate about the girl yet respectful of boundaries. 🏆
Fab holiday read! Funny and delicious!
#blacksky #booksky
Business owner Leigh is 44 & being courted by a charismatic guy only 5 years older than her child.
Quincy is emotionally intelligent, passionate about the girl yet respectful of boundaries. 🏆
Fab holiday read! Funny and delicious!
#blacksky #booksky
November 29, 2024 at 8:01 PM