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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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