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Today, I'm sharing 5 SIMPLY AMAZING books by African writers that you should - MUST read in your lifetime! These books are so so good that I plan to re-read them this year even though I have read them before and I am so so jealous of you if you get to read them for [...]
Title: Ogadinma Author: Ukamaka Olisakwe Published By: Masobe Release Date: 2020 Genre: Coming-of-age, Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 260 pages Synopsis Ukamaka Olisakwe's heart-wrenching novel tells the story of the naive and trusting Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria's deeply-ingrained patriarchal systems in the 1980s, a time of coups, food shortages and religious extremism. After a [...]
Title: The Fishermen Author: Chigozie Obioma Published By: Cassava Republic Press Release Date: 2015 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 301 pages Synopsis Nine-year-old Benjamin is the youngest of four brothers. They live in the rocky hills of Akure. When their civil servant father is transferred to another town, the boys begin misbehaving; smashing windows, severing [...]
Title: I Do Not Come To You By Chance Author: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Published By: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Release Date: 2009 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 403 pages Synopsis As first son and graduate, Kingsley Ibe has a load of responsibilities resting on his skinny shoulders. But times are bad in Nigeria, and life is [...]
Ahhh *insert dramatic pause and sigh* The dreaded reading slump. The number one enemy of book lovers no matter who you are and where you're from. Reading slumps happen to book lovers every now and then, so if you're currently in a reading slump, then I come bearing gifts! Here are some great book recommendations [...]
I want to be wrapped up in vast cultures, languages and the heritage of the human experience; I want to explore lands, valleys, hills and mountains of different shapes and sizes located on the far ends of the earth; I want to travel through time as I rewind or fast forward the hands of my [...]
Staying consistent at reading can be tough, even for book lovers. There's always one distraction or the other in our world today or reasons why we do not stay consistent at reading even though this is what may make us happy and excited. In the video below, I share some valuable tips and tricks that you [...]
I am really passionate about History in general; history of people, place, thing or whatever it may be. As far back as I can remember, I have been interested in the history of the people occupying what is now known as Nigeria, but most of the books I read at secondary school level and later [...]
Title: Take a Hint, Dani Brown Author: Talia Hibbert Published By: Avon, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York Release Date: 2020 Genre: Fiction, Romance Format: Paperback Length: 361 pages Synopsis Danika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. But [...]
Title: Get a Life, Chloe Brown Author: Talia Hibbert Published By: Avon, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, New York Release Date: 2019 Genre: Fiction, Romance Format: Paperback Length: 369 pages Synopsis Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with [...]
Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Published By: Release Date: 2017 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 385 pages Synopsis Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. When she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the [...]
Title: Behind Her Eyes Author: Sarah Pinborough Published By: HarperCollins Publishers and Flatiron Books Release Date: 2017 Genre: Psychological thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary romance Format: Hardback Length: 320 pages Synopsis Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and [...]
Title: The Mountains Sing Author: Nguyen Phan Que Mai Published By: Oneworld Publications Release Date: 2020 Genre: Historical Fiction Format: Hardback Length: 339 pages Synopsis With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần [...]
Title: The Death of Vivek Oji Author: Akwaeke Emezi Published By: Kachifo Limited under its Farafina Imprint Release Date: 2020 Genre: Fiction, Coming-of-age Format: Paperback Length: 263 pages Synopsis They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died. One afternoon, a mother opens her front door to find the length of her son’s [...]
Title: The Gifts of Imperfection Author: Brené Brown Published By: Penguin Random House, UK Release Date: 2010, 2020 Genre: Non-fiction, self-help Format: Paperback Length: 167 pages Synopsis New York Times best-selling author and professor Brené Brown offers a powerful and inspiring book that explores how to cultivate the courage, compassion, and connection to embrace your [...]
It's been a week and a day, but on the 20th of October, 2020, I fought with God. It was not our first fight. Over the course of my life and as with every other kind of relationship I have, we had had fights. I would tell him how mad I was with him and [...]
Title: Memoirs of a Lazy Korfa Author: Tunmise Usikalu Published By: Sophos Books Ltd. Release Date: 2020 Genre: Non-fiction, Genre Format: Paperback Length: 106 pages Synopsis “Though this is only the first day of camp, as at 2:30pm or there about, I am already number 1,246! As if that’s not bad enough, we get matched [...]
I’m super excited about creating this tag because I am passionate about Nigerian literature and love what Nigerian writers bring to the world! Nigerian writers are a real treasure to Nigeria and all over and should be appreciated every moment! I searched on the internet for any Nigerian Writers' Tag I could find but could [...]
Title: The Girl With The Louding Voice Author: Abi Dare Published By: Sceptre, an Imprint of Holder & Stroughton Release Date: 2020 Genre: Coming-of-age, Fiction, Bildungsroman Format: Paperback Length: 312 pages Synopsis Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian Girl who knows what she wants: an education. As the only daughter of a broke father, she is [...]
Title: Tomorrow Died Yesterday Author: Chimeka Garricks Published By: Paperworth Books Limited Release Date: 2010 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 292 pages Synopsis It’s 2004 Port Harcourt at the height of the kidnap of oil workers in the Niger Delta, a kidnapping goes awry and four lives are reconnected. Done (aka Doughboy) the career militant [...]
Title: I’m Telling The Truth But I’m Lying Author: Bassey Ikpi Published By: Harper Perennial Release Date: 2019 Genre: Memoir, Non-fiction Format: Paperback Length: 248 pages Synopsis In this remarkable memoir-in-essays, Basset Ikpi explores her life-as a Nigerian American immigrant, a black woman, a slam poet, a daughter, an artist - through the lens of [...]
Title: The Mechanics of Yenagoa Author: Michael Afenfia Published By: Masobe Books Release Date: June 2020 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 303 pages Synopsis Ebinimi, are mechanic of Kalakala street, is a man with a hapless knack for getting in and out of trouble. Some of his troubles are self-inflicted : like his recurring entanglements [...]
Title: Homegoing Author: Yaa Gyasi Published By: Penguin Random House UK Release Date: 2016 Genre: Historical fiction, saga, novel Format: Paperback Length: 300 pages Synopsis Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader’a wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow: [...]
I share my experience on how I balance reading with a full time job and booktubing. I also share valuable tips that could help you cultivate a reading habit even with a rigorous 9-5 and how to read more while working a 9-5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgFSo6vFr5Q&t=191s
Last year, I shared my experience preparing and writing the NLS bar finals on my blog. On my Youtube channel, I once again share a little bit of that experience as well as some valuable reading tips for law school students, law undergraduates and individuals interested in pursuing a law career in Nigeria and/or getting [...]
I did a book review on the lovely read, Unfolding Grace by Kikelomo Kuponiyi. I typically do not read a lot of christian fiction because religion generally tends to be very sensitive and each individual has their own unique way of expressing his/her/their religion in the way they understand it best and for writers, this [...]
This happened and I’m really excited! 💃🏽💃🏽 It’s easy to ignore milestones because we’re focusing on the “next best thing”, but I’m super thankful for this one because when I started, I knew it was not the most popular niche on YouTube discussing books or even mainly African and Nigerian literature (there’s only a handful [...]
Okay I'm super excited about this. Can you tell? I had the pleasure and honor of interviewing Bassey Ikpi, the author of the beautiful book, I’m Telling The Truth But I’m Lying and loved every second of it! I had previously done a book review of the book (which you can watch here) and the [...]
Ahhh....this book was absolutely beautiful! It broke my heart in so many ways. I loved my reading experience while reading this book (as it was deeply infused with music) and loved how each story was beautiful in its on way. Although the collection of short stories is fictional, some of the stories felt very real [...]
Hi guys! SO I've been on a social media/youtube break for a couple of weeks; taking time to just refresh and rest. I am excited to be back bringing you book-ish content! Today, I share the books I bought and received in the months of June and July or as I call it, my JUNLY [...]
Thank you guys so much for subscribing to my youtube channel so far! I really appreciate it! I participated in the mid-year freak out tag! I discussed my reading experience so far; the books I loved and the ones I did not and my expectations for the next half of the year! Watch my mid-year [...]
Title: The Farm and Other Stories Author: Adesuwa Iluobe Published By: First published by the author under a pseudonym, Satayaa Release Date: 2017 Genre: Fiction Format: Paperback Length: 174 pages Synopsis In a rustic part of Nigeria, an unusual farm records uncommon success and productivity in its operations. Separated from her loved ones, Moremi is [...]
I think I have the some of the weirdest reading habits known to humanity. *laughing at myself and crying happily in satisfaction* I jumped on The Reading Habits Tag on Booktube and tagged myself in it since I was not tagged by anyone. I however made sure I tagged quite a number of my booktube [...]
April and May were good reading months for me (well, if we take the two months together). I read 3 books in April (because I was ill for half of the month and it was tough mentally and physically) and 7 books in May! So I shared the books I read in the months of [...]
There has been so much going on in the world in. the past couple of weeks; BLM protests all over the world and rising cases of sexual violence and rape against Nigerian women. In a span of 5 days, our social media alerted us to about 4 disheartening cases of rape across Nigeria. Rape is [...]
One of my favourite reading genres is Self-help. Over the years, reading self-help books has helped me in my personal development and self-improvement. The particular self-help books I read are practicable and realistic to my needs and they have not disappointed so far. i have gained so much wisdom learning how to deal with circumstances, [...]
I get asked alot how i am able to read alot with my 9-5 and what my reading routine is like. On my Youtube Channel, I share my reading routine (TBRs, recommendations, balancing with my 9-5, what works for me and what does not). I also share how to get out of reading slumps and [...]
SO I'm super excited because I got tagged in my first booktube tag! Whoop Whoop! I joined booktube about 3 months ago and its been so amazing belonging to a nice community of people that love books as much as I do! I've learned so much about books and new titles that I would most [...]
I CRIED AFTER READING THIS BEAUTIFUL BOOK! 😫😭🥰♥️🤧 I filmed my reaction to the end of this book and inserted it in this book review. Disclaimer: I look like a fish crying, because of a book. 😂😂😭 Of Women and Frogs by Bisi Adjapon is just too beautiful. A must read. AND GUESS WHAT? The [...]
