"A name can influence a person's behaviour or circumstances. It can play a huge role in who or what your child becomes in life. Your child's name is your child's destiny." Genre: Young Adult Pages: 330 Rate: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant… Continue reading Review: Buried Beneath The Baobab Tree by Adoabi Tricia Nwaubani
Month: November 2021
Review: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
"Everything in the world had a story. He had a story too. He would write his story one day, and write about the mermaid" Genre: Fiction, Magical Realism Pages: 187 Rate: 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Near the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a… Continue reading Review: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey
Review: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
"Fresh starts were good; that separateness was where you could feel yourself, where you could learn who you were apart from everyone else." Genre: Domestic Fiction Pages: 245 Published: August 4, 2020 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienting blackouts, moments of disconnection… Continue reading Review: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
Review: Milkman by Anna Burns
"...but youth and fitness don't count for everything, often not even for anything." Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 352 Published: May 15, 2018 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone… Continue reading Review: Milkman by Anna Burns
Audio Books 101: Tips + Book Recommendations
If there is one thing that changed the game for me when it comes to my reading, it definitely has to be Audiobooks. Before March 2020 I was very in the "Audio books are not for me" team but I'm glad I saw the light because Reader, I have read a lot as a result.… Continue reading Audio Books 101: Tips + Book Recommendations
Review: Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
"His blindness took away his confidence so that he did not trust the thoughts in his mind." Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 233 Published: November 30, 2000 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis History and fiction merge seamlessly in Tracy Chevalier's luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Griet, the world… Continue reading Review: Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Review: Breast and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
"My life was like a dusty shelf in an old bookstore, where every volume was exactly where it had been for ages, the only discernible change being that my body has aged another ten years." Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 448 Published: July 11, 2019 Rate: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Challenging every preconception about storytelling and… Continue reading Review: Breast and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
Review: Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
"Many lives and many selves might exist, but that doesn't render each variation false." Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 473 Published: May 31, 2016 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis In Canada in 1991, ten-year-old Marie and her mother invite a guest into their home: a young woman who has fled China in the aftermath of the… Continue reading Review: Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien