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I hear the clock ticking, I am playing in the sand, I hear the school bell ring, I dance for my mum and dad, I am afraid, I am a liar, I have my first kiss, I break his heart, I party till I drop, I learn the hard way, I yearn for him, I … Continue reading Time….. a Poem by Biyai Garricks
My Sister The serial Killer was a quick, fun, read packed with dark humor. A story about two sisters raised by the same parents who suffered abuse from their father but turned out to have personalities as different as the way they looked. Ayoola, the beautiful younger sister who turned the heads of every man … Continue reading Book Review: My Sister The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Published: 2018 by University Press Plc Pages: 74 Genre: fiction Purchase @ http://www.fb.me/Mannequin.novel Publisher's Blurb: Mannequin is situated in the modern day oil-rich city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where a small percentage of the population live in affluence. The story tells of the subtle destruction of the lives of promising young people saddled with heavy … Continue reading Book Review: Mannequin by Wakeni Mac’Odo-McCarthy
Published: February 2016 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Pages: 288 Genre: Fiction Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: Memory is an albino woman languishing in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, where she has been convicted of murder. As part of her appeal, her lawyer insists that she write down what happened as she remembers … Continue reading Book Review: The Book Of Memory by Petina Gappah
As a follow up on my last post, we have not left out our non-fiction lovers. Here is a list of Amazon's non-fiction bestsellers for 2018. You can look up these titles and save them for your holiday reading. Happy Holidays lovelies! Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff With extraordinary access to the West Wing, … Continue reading Amazon’s Bestsellers of 2018: Top 10 Most Sold Books (Non- Fiction)
Here's a list of Amazon's top 10 most sold books (fiction) for 2018, if you are still unsure of what you may want to spend the upcoming holidays reading. This can serve as a guide and help you choose. I haven't read some of books on the list and I am already drawing up a … Continue reading Amazon Bestsellers of 2018: Top 10 Most Sold Books (Fiction)
Published: August 2018 Pages: 268 Genre: Christian Fiction Purchase on http://www.okadabooks.com; http://www.amazon.com Publisher's blurb: Sometimes first loves don't turn out the way you plan them to. . .Beautiful, strong and confident, Peju Adams has always been a woman who knows what she wants. When she finally reunites with her teen love, Abdul Layeni, it’s a … Continue reading Book Review: Once Upon a First Love by Tope Omotosho
nPublished: June, 2017 by Ballentine Books Pages: 342 pages Genre: Historical Fiction Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's blurb: For readers of Orphan Train and The Nightingale comes a “thought-provoking [and] complex tale about two families, two generations apart . . . based on a notorious true-life scandal.”Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings … Continue reading Book Review: Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Published: September 2007 by Riverhead books Pages: 335 Genre: Fiction Purchase on http://www.amazon.com Publisher's blurb: Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. … Continue reading Book Review: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Published: November, 2017 by Word & Spirit Resources, LLC Pages: 80 Genre: Christian Purchase @ amazon.com Publisher's Blurb: Written to offer hope, encouragement, and strength to a world that is under constant assault. Chapters are formatted topically to deal with issues such as loss, discouragement, and weariness. Scriptures, quotes, meditations, and prayers are included to give … Continue reading Book Review: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled by Keith & Jake Provance