“I’m waiting and waiting for a response and I’ve got nothing to do but more waiting so I’ll wait until I have nothing else to do but wait.” Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 364 Published: 9th March 2021 Rate: 4 stars Goodreads Synopsis So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the… Continue reading Review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
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Review: The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
“Believe in your values and your rules, but never Lord them over others.” Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 354 Published: 1st March 2009 Rate: 4 stars Goodreads Synopsis Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and… Continue reading Review: The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Review: Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
“To Suubi, life was daytime coming and going, night-time arriving and departing so that life carried her along.” Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 411 Published: 18th June 2014 Rate: 5 stars Goodreads Synopsis Uganda’s history reimagined through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan in an award-winning debut.In 1750, Kintu Kidda unleashes a curse that will… Continue reading Review: Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
5 Reading Challenges I’M Doing In 2022
Good morning, Reader! It's currently 9am on a Thursday as I write this. I hope you have been reading some good books and having a lovely time. If you have been here a minute you know I love doing reading challenges. I find it a great way to spice up my reading. I have 5… Continue reading 5 Reading Challenges I’M Doing In 2022
For 2022…
Reader, for the last 3 / 4 years I have been setting my reading and blogging goals for the year and sharing them with you. This year I had planned on doing the same, heck I even had my draft ready and somehow midway through editing it, ready to publish the post I changed my… Continue reading For 2022…
2021 Year In Review
Reader, let’s take a look into the year that was 2021 in terms of reading. Let’s take a look, shall we? I read 200 books in 2021Fiction- 191Non Fiction – 9Backlist Titles (published in 2020 going back) - 161New Releases (published in 2021) – 39Pages Read – 58,414Average star rating – 3.4 DNF’D (Did not… Continue reading 2021 Year In Review
Did I Do It?? // Checking In On My 2021 Goals and Challenges
Hi Reader! I hope you are doing well and that you have been reading some good books. The last few days of December for me are usually for reflecting and taking stock. On today’s post I wanted to share the status of my goals and reading challenges of 2021 and we can both see I… Continue reading Did I Do It?? // Checking In On My 2021 Goals and Challenges
28 Of My Favorite Books Of 2021
Hi Reader, I recently shared my 5 Star Reads of last year which can also read as my best books of 2021, but, there are books that I read that became favorites. These books rank between 3 to 4 stars, but for some reason or other, they made an impact and I found myself enjoying… Continue reading 28 Of My Favorite Books Of 2021
My 5 Star Reads of 2021
Reader, I read 200 books in 2021 and some were good, others, not so much. If you've been following me for a while you know it takes a lot for me to give a book 5 ⭐. Last year I read 7 books that truly swept me away, I loved them so much and till… Continue reading My 5 Star Reads of 2021
Classicsathon 2021 Wrap Up
Happy New Year, Reader. It is no secret that I do love my classics, and I am very much aware I do tend to get lost in other types of fiction that I forget the classics. To counter that, I have been taking part in the classics community reading challenge where essentially you try to… Continue reading Classicsathon 2021 Wrap Up