Sundowners, 2003, Lesley Lokko ***

Sundowners is mainly the story of Rianne, Gaby, Nathalie and Charmaine and the boys they met while at boarding school in England. The story is set around the 80s and early mid 90s. Rianne is a white South-African, whose family is rich with exuberant lifestyle, they use their societal status (rich white privilege in apartheid SA) to take advantage of the less privileged, mostly blacks. She ended up falling in love with Riitho Modise, a black South-African, whose father is a political prisoner.

The story continued with Charmaine, who, not sure what to do with her life ran away with her "boyfriend" to

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, 2003, by Mark Haddon *****

I know it's been almost a month since I reviewed my last novel. I have been on summer vacation learning foreign languages, discovering new cities and meeting new people. It's been fun!

I just finished this wonderful novel, I so much loved it and it is one of my favourite books. I borrowed it from a MS/HS Library. It is just amazing, this is one of those books I would love to read later in the future. Mark Haddon wrote a very entertaining book here and I am so glad it worn the 2004 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book. I know this does not belong to the African Literature genre, but on my search for next novels to read I came across it, seen that it won the Commonwealth Writer's Prize which quite a good number of African Writers have won as well I decided to give it a try and it was more than entertaining.

It tells the story of a teenage boy called Christopher, with special needs, (his diagnosis was never mentioned in the book, but after a little research I guess it was Asperger Syndrome), while he was investigating the death of a neighbour's dog, he encountered himself in situations where he has to survive alone and take decisions despite his state of health, these experiences made him believe in himself.

This story was told from the voice and the mind of a teenager with an Asperger Syndrome, it is really impossible not to understand what the character was writing about, because this book was written in a very clear and straightforward way, although the Maths problem are a bit difficult to understand from my point of view. This novel could be considered children's fiction but I enjoyed every bit of it and I think any adult would love it too. This is a book I highly recommend, thumbs up to Mark Haddon. I also heard that a movie about this book will be out in the cinemas soon, I hope to see it and I also hope that it will do this book justice.

Platinum, 2008, by Jo Rees ****

A friend gave me this book, she said she bought it in the airport on her way to....  this is the second book of Jo Rees I have read so far, the first was Come Again, 2000, by Josie Lloyd & Emilyn Rees ***

(she wrote it with her husband).  I really liked this book. After reading it, I had this feeling you have after watching a James Bond movie, you know what I mean right?? It is entertaining, don't try to find it logic, just enjoy. It is worth making a moving out of it. It is about money, women, power and sex.

I will recommend this book to young adults and above.

Come Again, 2000, by Josie Lloyd & Emilyn Rees ***

I will try as much as possible not to be a spoiler.This book was a Birthday gift given to me when I turned 17, I read it in 2004. Some years later on, I picked it up from my shelf and I decided to read it again, I understood it more. I liked it. It is a book about friendship, changes, ambition, written in a very easy way and fun. It is what happens to all of us. I had a feeling of nostalgia when I finished the book. Any body can read this book but I think it is mostly for teenagers and young adults.

The Authors of this book are now married. Josie Lloyd is now known as Jo Rees, She wrote Platinum, 2008, by Jo Rees **** which I have read, it was also a gift from a friend.