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If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book as evidenced by the numerous excerpts I posted on my story. As I said in my previous post, this is the book of the month of October for my bookclub. Everything good will come is a novel written by Sefi Atta and published …
I enjoyed reading this not because the story is a happy one but because it’s one that needs to be told. Set in Ojiji village and then Lagos, Nigeria, this story explores the life of Iyunola aka Ruby Bamijoko who was orphaned at 10 years old and had to be married off to an old …
Happy Pub day! The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi. It is also published in the US with the title A girl is a body of water. Thanks to Netgalley for the eARC.I was very excited to read this having read all of Makumbi’s books and of course, my expectations were over the roof going into this. Synopsis. Growing …
I didn’t know what I was getting into when I started this book. I posted a photo on Instagram and my comments were filled with people warning me for the journey ahead but I still didn’t get it. I read this in 3 days and that consisted of me staying up late at night to …
Hey friends! How are you doing? Another book review here! (I’m on a roll – I think). So I randomly came across Saving Ruby King on bookstagram weeks ago but I ignored it. Fast forward to two weeks later when I was trying to decide on what to read after reading Becoming by Michelle Obama. I went …
A lesson before dying is a powerful and moving book. It was partly based on a true life story of Willie Francis, a young black man sentenced to death by the electric chair twice in Louisiana, in 1945 and 1947. He is best known for surviving a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. This book …
