In Every Mirror She’s Black – Lola Akinmade Akerstrom
Pages: 363 Rating: 4 stars Themes: Love, loss, grief, race, death Setting: Sweden, United States, Nigeria, Somalia. Lola Akinmade Akerstrom is a Nigerian – American based in Sweden and is […]
Pages: 363 Rating: 4 stars Themes: Love, loss, grief, race, death Setting: Sweden, United States, Nigeria, Somalia. Lola Akinmade Akerstrom is a Nigerian – American based in Sweden and is […]
Pages: 308Rating: 4.5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐Themes: Faith, Love, Loss, PerseveranceSetting: Sudan, Cairo, London Leila Aboulela, the author of this book is a fiction writer of Sudanese origin who currently lives in Great […]
Genre: Self awareness and mindfulness Pages: 170 pages Rating: 5 stars I purposed to read more mindful books and I’m so glad Morgan released her book at this time of […]
Genre: Fiction with bits of fantasyPages: 277Themes: Love, Death, Interlink between the dead and the livingRating: ⭐ ⭐⭐ This was my first author read from the Caribbean and it was […]
I just must say that never have I read a book on ancient truth and wisdom, except Paulo Coelho’s hinting in most of his books. I’m a recovering fiction addict […]
Heyoo! I hope your year is going well so far. Glad to be here with another review. This year I challenged myself to read more non-fiction books and it’s been […]
Genre: Afrolit romanceReading time: 1 dayPages: 290Theme: LoveRating: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Time was constructed with love in mind. It is why a day with your loved one can feel like […]
Khaled’s prose will definitely have you reading his 500 and more paged books in less than a day. The captivating suspense as each page turns, draws you deeper and deeper […]
‘Stories are powerful because they cross the boundaries of time, past, present and future. They live with us in our hearts for one reason or another. They allow us to […]
Happy new year friends, that’s if the greeting still applies almost halfway into the month. It’s been a helluva past few months but super grateful to have began the year […]
DEPRESISON AND ANXIETY 3/4 ‘It’s not always a storm. Sometimes it is a mist that descends from the sky, coating my body with faint wisps of despair. Or its like […]
“You’re a deeply sensitive man” I took those words and crushed them Inside my palm until they turned Red like wine, I don’t want to cry. She looked at me […]
Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief […]
Hiya! Gosh seems like decades since a scribbled a few things on here. Glad to be back. I was extra sad when Winter ABC had to happen in the […]
Hiya! Wasn’t sure whether to title this book review or poetry review but its all semantics. *smiles* I’m super dupa excited that we were able to host a total of […]
Hiya! Always a pleasure having you on here to read a few of my random thoughts and book recommendations to you. This review has been a long time coming because […]
‘In the beginning, the British created the Northern and Southern protectorates. Now, the Nation was formless and empty, and darkness covered our collective identity. The British said “Let there be […]
It is with great happiness and deep appreciation that we celebrate this day every year. (Satire intended) Cheers to the United Nations for setting aside this day to emphasise the […]
Hiya! Always a pleasure to scribble a few things on here. This review has been a long time coming but I’m glad that I’ve finally gotten round to doing it. […]
Hiya! Been a minute. I hope you’re holding up well and the start of the month has started on a good note for you. Since August, I started a new […]
Hey hey hey! It’s a new month! Who knew that 31 days would go by so fast? I recall having huge and thrilling expectations for August, of the new beginnings […]
Hey there. It’s a new month! I know I’m not one to blog every new month but August came with its new-fangled exhilarations for me. My mantra for this month […]
I was invited *not literally, but virtually* to share with my church fellowship about a life of thanksgiving and I’d like to point out, on here what God placed on […]
Manchester happened. The first time I read the title I kept wondering what the plot of the book would be. A friend actually suggested that I read Kintu first as […]
Muli Uli *How are you in Tumbuka Zambia* Thanks for this greeting Bex. Its stimulating to learn a new greeting every day is it not? I think the one event […]
Hiya! I must say I’ve run out of vernacular greetings but 18 days of learning different greetings has been more than an honor for me. Thanks a bunch for helping […]
By the time he woke up, I was dying. Jeff’s nervous voice rang out in a loud shriek when he awakened to the sour taste of blood on his lips. […]
Nogambaki *How are you in Runyankore, Uganda*. Thank you Sparkle for this greeting. I hope ya’ll have recovered from all the healing, loss and grief we went through yesterday, because […]
Muli-shani *How are you in Bemba, Zambia* Please do send me ways they greet in your vernacular; I’d love to explore all the dialects before this challenge ends. Thanks, Hope, […]
Hiya! How’s your Sunday going? Mine’s amazeballs. Been catching up with a few blogs and I must say, ya’ll write so stunningly. Can’t seem to get enough. Thanks to Benjie […]