If you follow my Instagram or read my review of Text Book Centre CBD then you know how obsessed I am with this bookstore. Barely a week and I have already planned on going back. Why you may ask? Well, through the month of March TBC CBD are having deals and promotions on some of… Continue reading Deals and Treats At Text Book Centre CBD
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Review: Under The Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
"Mama says that war has a way of changing people, that even a brave man occasionally loses hope, and sometimes all the pleading in the world cannot persuade him to begin hoping again." Genre: Fiction Published: September 3, 2015 Pages: 328 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Get a copy: Text Book Centre Goodreads Synopsis One day in… Continue reading Review: Under The Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
A Look Into The Newly Opened Text Book Centre CBD Branch
It's a beautiful Saturday afternoon, I'm sat at my desk writing this post and I'm getting excited all over again. A few days ago I told you, here, about the new Text Book Centre (TBC) branch that was coming to town. Well, I had the pleasure of attending the launch and let me tell you,… Continue reading A Look Into The Newly Opened Text Book Centre CBD Branch
Coffee Break: Does Size (in books) Matter?
Hey Reader! It has been a while since I have done a discussion post so I thought it was time to rectify. Hopefully I'll be putting up at least one in a month. If you've read my big books post then you know I'm attempting to read 5 big books on my tbr. I had… Continue reading Coffee Break: Does Size (in books) Matter?
Review: The Answers by Catherine Lacey
"...people fell in love to find something in themselves that they'd had all along." Genre: Literary Fiction Pages: 291 Publisher: Granta Published: 6th June, 2017 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis An urgent, propulsive novel about a woman learning to negotiate her ailment and its various aftereffects via the simulacrum of a perfect romantic relationship In… Continue reading Review: The Answers by Catherine Lacey
Review: Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola
"Love immediately pulled at her. It was a kind of love she'd never known; unburdened, pure and without expectation." Genre: Fiction / Short Stories Published: August 20, 2020 Page: 290 Rate: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ Get a copy: Textbookcentre Goodreads Synopsis A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs… Continue reading Review: Love In Colour by Bolu Babalola
Review: The Wolf And The Water by Josie Jaffrey
"It felt like family, that intimacy, that acceptance, and Kala wanted it keenly." Genre: Historical Fantasy Published: 2020 Pages: 268 Rate: 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Some secrets are worth killing for The ancient city of Kepos sits in an isolated valley, cut off from the outside world by a towering wall. Behind it, the souls… Continue reading Review: The Wolf And The Water by Josie Jaffrey
Review: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
"This was a family gathering, not a networking opportunity. These people were so completely at ease, so well mannered." Genre: Fiction, Contemporary Published: 11th June, 2013 Pages: 403 Rate: 3 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that… Continue reading Review: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Review: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
"When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival." Genre: Fiction Published: September 11, 2001 Pages: 460 Rate: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ Goodreads Synopsis The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal behavior and a fervent love of stories. When Pi is… Continue reading Review: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
FromMyBookshelf: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
I knew after the first 5 pages I won't be reviewing this book. How can you critic one's diary? I remember I had to keep on putting this book down, not because I wasn't enjoying it, no, but because it's so heavy and tackles really heavy things and when you know it's all real and… Continue reading FromMyBookshelf: The Diary Of A Young Girl by Anne Frank