I'm always excited to meet new bookish friends, and meeting Lexa was no different. A fellow Kenyan bookblogger, booktuber and bookstagrammer with a focus on Kenyan Literature, she's also a delight and I want you to meet her as well. Enjoy! ❤️ 1. Tell me a little bit about yourself. I love to refer to… Continue reading Coffee With Fay: Lexa Wendy
Blog Tour: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus // Review
"Everybody has secrets," she says, taking a sip of her drink. "That's nondebatable. The only question is whether you're keeping your own, or someone else's." Genre: Young Adult Fiction Pages: 336 Published: 1st December, 2020 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Milly, Aubrey, and Jonah Story are cousins, but they barely know each another, and they've… Continue reading Blog Tour: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus // Review
Review: The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange
"You mustn't appear nervous; fear and doubt are read the exact same way." Genre: Fiction Published: 2019 Publisher: Book Bunk Pages: 364 Rate: 4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis 2007, Kenya Long held captive by her father’s shadow of corruption, Kavata has spent her life suffocated by political machinations. When her husband decides to run in the… Continue reading Review: The Havoc of Choice by Wanjiru Koinange
The Women’s Prize For Fiction Reading Project
Hey Reader, I'm not one for literary prizes and for the longest I didn't care for them until I came across The Women's Prize For Fiction back in 2017. Going through the their long and short lists I realised that it's something I'm quite interested in and I wanted to read them all. Here's the… Continue reading The Women’s Prize For Fiction Reading Project
Bukkuoba Subscription Bag Unboxing // November Bag
Good morning Reader, and a happy new week. ❤️ Today's post is a little bit different, a review but for a bookish subscription box. The team over at Bukkuoba were kind enough to gift me their November bag, and I thought it'll be fun to share with you. Maybe introduce you, Reader, to something new?… Continue reading Bukkuoba Subscription Bag Unboxing // November Bag
Review: There There by Tommy Orange
"The thing we most don't want has a way of landing right on top of us." Genre: Fiction Published: 5th June, 2018 Pages: 290 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways… Continue reading Review: There There by Tommy Orange
Review: Drug Paradise by Kariuki Kimuyu
"She was in the business of relationships and she understood that business relationships were not built in emails but in person, with love and affection." Genre: Fiction Pages: 224 Published: April 2019 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis In Mombasa, Oyunga a young chef involved in a deadly drug cartel is set to marry Lily, his… Continue reading Review: Drug Paradise by Kariuki Kimuyu
Review: Digital Bedbugs Edited by Makena Onjerika
"The funny thing about prison is you go in as an innocent man, and when you come out, you are exactly what the court said you want were. They released me, and I became a conman." Genre: Fiction Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pages: 184 Published: 2019 Goodreads Synopsis Straight out of Nairobi, come 12 stories of… Continue reading Review: Digital Bedbugs Edited by Makena Onjerika
Coffee With Fay: Soila Kenya
Good morning Reader 🙂 The first week of November is almost over and I hope you're having a good, staying safe and reading some good books. Today I'm introducing you to Soila, the Queen of Fantasy in my opinion & such a kind hearted soul. I 'met' Soila a few months ago when I was… Continue reading Coffee With Fay: Soila Kenya
Review: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." Genre: Nonfiction, Memoir Published: 15th November, 2016 Pages: 285 Rate: 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis The memoir of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid… Continue reading Review: Born A Crime by Trevor Noah