Book Review: The Hate U Give

This review is not like other reviews, I've written three different reviews for this book and deleted them all because I felt none have done this book justice. The feeling I had when reading 'The Hate U Give' was anger. Let me explain. This book is written from the perspective of Starr, a teenager who…

Book Review: The slave girl

Hello beautiful people, today I'll be sharing my thoughts on a book from one of my favorite authors- Buchi Emecheta. Buchi Emecheta was born in 1944 and died January 2017. She is one of the powerful literary voices Africa has produced. My first encounter with her work was in "The Joys of Motherhood" and I've…

My Favorite Books of 2017

Hello beautiful people, how've you guys been? I want to share my 5 favorite books of 2017. Yes, we are one month into 2017 already but better late than never right? 2017 was remarkable for me in so many ways, reading was one of them. I started a review series on the blog, I kept…

My thoughts on: A thousand splendid suns.

Hello beautiful people, today I'll be sharing my thoughts on Khalid Hosseini's book "A thousand splendid suns". I've had this book for a long time but somehow neglected to read it. After reading it, I just can't believe I've ignored it for so long. Let's get into it. We read the story of the Afghanistan…

My thoughts on: The secret lives of Baba Segi’s wives

Hello beautiful people, today I'll be sharing my thoughts on Lola Shoneyin's book "The secret lives of Baba Segi's wives". I read this book last year as it was among my 2016 must read booklist. I read it again this year and I felt it'll be nice to share how I feel about it. The…

My thoughts on: I can’t make this up

Hello beautiful people, how's your week going? Today I'll be sharing my thoughts on Kevin Hart's book: "I can't make this up". This post will be a bit lengthy (bear with me😩) I'm very selective about reading celebrity memoirs because I feel there's usually not much to learn, they are full of clichés, and that…

My thoughts on: I’m judging you.

Hello beautiful people, welcome to my first blogpost on sharing my thoughts on books (see here) When I first saw this book by Luvvie Ajayi, I was intrigued. The cover and the title got me interested (yes, I judge books by their cover) In Ms. Luvvie's words, "I’m Judging You changes the game and snatches…

Introducing: “My thoughts on”

Hello beautiful people, how's your week going? For my fellow Nigerians, how's the long weekend going? What are your plans? My plans involve a lot of sleep and 1 or 2 good books. That being said, I want to get into GOT and see what the hype is about. Meaning, I have to start from…

31 day blog challenge- Last time I cried

Hello beautiful people, thank you so much for sticking with me through this challenge. Just a few days to go. Today I want to reveal the last time I cried. I'm very emotional, I say this all the time. It doesn't take a lot for me to cry.  I think the last time I cried…

31 day blog challenge- Favorite childhood book

Hello beautiful people, so today I'll be sharing the books I loved as a child ​I had this 999 bedtime storybook, I loved that book.  I also had the ladybird fairytale series, it had books like Cinderella, Beauty and the beast, Rumpelstiltskin, snow white and the seven dwarfs and so on. It came in a cute red…