Meet the Reader: Sony K.Imani

Basic Info:Birthday March 23
Sex: Female
Relationship Status: Single
Languages : Pig Latin
Religious Views: God loves people more than anything.
Political Views: I would rather be ruled by a lion than 100 rats.Blog: www.poeticmadness.wordpress.com

What kind of reader are you?

! am not sure what that means. but I read everything. everywhere. on the bus. in a ma3. at breaktime. when a lecturer is boring. books. newspapers. bottle labels. grafiti. …everything. except self-help books.

What are you currently reading?

“Infidel”, Ayaan Hirsi Ali

What books am I likely to find in your bookshelf?

History. Poetry. Biographies. Novels. Romance. Fiction. African writing. christian fiction.

Who is your favourite author?

None.

Which authors/books would you highly recommend?

‘Kite Runner‘ & ‘A thousand splendid suns‘ -Khaled hosseini. The Poisonwood Bible -Barbara Kingsolver. The god of small things -Arundhati Roy. Chinua Achebe. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Rudyard Kipling.

Do you buy/borrow books? If you buy: where? If you borrow: who?

I hardly borrow because my tastes are so ‘weird’. plus people generally dont llike to read. so mostly I buy. from anywhere. bookshops. on the street from vendors. at flea markets.

What is your fauvorite line from a book?

“They all broke the rules. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how, and how much.” ~The god of small things, Arundhati Roy.

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