Mad Gastronomer

notesonascandal:

I am reading Lion’s Blood

“Amazon.com Review: “In the year 1863, a primitive village is raided, the men killed, and the women and children captured. The survivors find themselves chained in the dark, filthy hold of a ship c…”

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This book and its sequel are a really good read. I can’t promise that they’re not problematic (it’s been several years since I read them), but they were written by a black man.

I was actually just thinking about these books two days ago, and wanting to reread them. There’s also an album, Insh’Allah: The Music of Lion’s Blood, by Heather Alexander (you can find it <a href=http://faerietaleminstrel.com/inside/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65>here</A>, but there’s no direct link to the individual album). Some of the songs from it appear in the book. I really like it, but the artist is a friend of a friend, so take that with a grain of salt.

But the books are really good. I wish I could find my copies, or ebooks of them.

(via hamburgerjack)