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Hello everyone, Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday. This week I will be featuring my bookish pet peeves. It is interesting to note that they are acually more than 10, however these are the top 10. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Pet Peeves
I received a copy of this book from Satayaa Africa in exchange for an honest review. Thank you. 'Out of the Depths' is a memoir that details the author's life experiences from when she embarked on the Nigerian National Youth Service to date. Her story is one of perseverance, faith and trust in God. After … Continue reading Book Review: Out Of The Depths by Funmilayo Oyefusi
Hello everyone, Happy New Month! Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday. Last week, I featured my favorite male protagonist and thought it wise to feature my favorite female protagonists for balance. This has been an interesting eye opener for me. I guess I keep learning about myself everyday. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Female Protagonists
This is one of my highly anticipated reads for this year. First, because of the title and secondly because it is by an author I haven't read any of her work and I always look forward to discovering new authors. 'Nearly All The Men In Lagos Are Mad' is a collection of 12 short stories … Continue reading Book Review: Nearly All the Men in Lagos are Mad by Damilare Kuku
Hello everyone, Welcome to our monthly feature for authors. The author for the month of October is Tunmise Usikalu, author of 'Memoirs of a Lazy Korfa'. I have read and reviewed her book on this blog and you can check out my review to see if it's something you may be interested to read. Today's … Continue reading Author Interview: Tunmise Usikalu
This book has been on my TBR for quite a while now and I am glad I finally got around to reading it. Tunmise's memoir is a quick, interesting and mostly funny account of her experiences at the compulsory Nigerian Youth Service Corps which every university graduate under 30 years of age is expected to … Continue reading Book Review: Memoirs of a Lazy Korfa by Tunmise Usikalu
Welcome to Monday Morning Motivation! This is a feature where I will be sharing quotes from books and poetry that have motivated and encouraged me in one way or another. I hope you will find some of these quotes inspiring and uplifting. This week, I'll be sharing quotes from a book I am currently reading … Continue reading Monday Morning Motivation: Quotes From Books
This was another refreshing collection to read. It was engaging and thought provoking to say the least. This is my first introduction to this poet and author but she has left a really wow impression in terms of how her poems are written, the theme and her style of expression with words. It covered themes … Continue reading Book Review: Poems For The End Of The World by Katie Wismer
This is my first book by the author so I had no expectations. I am trying to discover poets that I like their work and trying to read through a diverse range of poets. This was a quick read with mostly short poems on each page. I really loved the style and form the author … Continue reading Book Review: Coffee Days Whiskey Nights by Cyrus Parker
"In your arms, I'm Fluid enough to take any shape and form" - Linathi Makanda in When No One is Watching As a poet, it is important for me to read as much poetry as I can however, I sometimes find it hard to connect to most I have tried to read in recent times. … Continue reading When No One is Watching by Linathi Makanda: Book Review