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Book Review: Nightbloom Author: Peace Adzo Media 🇬🇭 Type of work (Genre): novel Number of pages: 345 Own or Borrowed: own, purchased from The Word Playce Bookstore Overall Impressions: was very excited to read this second work from Peace and I think that excited fueled my expectations. Overall I liked the book even though I had some mixed feelings on some aspects. The story itself is really good and necessary. It touches on very sensitive issues we’re not used to address

Book Review: Spirits Come from Water Author: Ehime Ora 🇳🇬🇺🇸 Type of work (Genre): nonfiction Number of pages: 213 Own or Borrowed: own, ebook purchased from Amazon Overall Impressions : ever since I left Christianity as a belief system, I’ve been curious to learn more about various African Traditional Religions and belief systems. I’ve been following Ehime Ora on social media for a while now and connected to her various posts on the topic. She’s an Ifa priestess. So

Book Review: Fated to Flame Author: S. A. Gladden 🇺🇸 Type of work (Genre): Novel (fantasy) Number of pages: 344 Own or Borrowed: own, purchased from a local US bookshop that delivered through Bookshop.org Overall Impressions: I enjoyed this fantasy story that had a Black woman as the protagonist. Too often, there is this erasure of Black peoples from existing and existing quite prominently in fantasy stories. I love that Gladden flipped that on its head by giving us an

Book Review: A Very Gidi Christmas Author: Tomilola Coco Adeyemo 🇳🇬 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 317 Own or Borrowed: own, purchased from The Word Playce Overall Impressions: in the end, I had mixed feelings about this book. It started out really great and set my expectations quite high. However, after the first few chapters, it started to read more like a Nollywood script than a novel. Given the author’s background in Nollywood, it wasn’t surprising. Di

Book Review: Broken (Not a Halal Love Story) Author: Fatima Bala 🇳🇬🇨🇦 Type of work (Genre): Novel (romance) Number of pages: 369 Own or Borrowed: own, purchased from The Word Playce Overall Impressions: let me start by saying I am very happy a romance book like this from a Muslim woman exists. That said, I ultimately had mixed feelings by the time I was done. The story itself was interesting with a unique and unexpected plot twist whose resolution followed in the sam

Book Review: The Hundred Wells of Salaga Author: Ayesha Harruna Attah 🇬🇭 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 231 Own or...

Book Review: When We Were Fireflies Author: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim 🇳🇬 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 404 Own or Borrowed:...

Book Review: A Little Life Author: Hanya Yanagihara 🇺🇸 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 720 Own or Borrowed: own,...

Book Review: Seven Days in June Author: Tia Williams 🇺🇸 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 328 Own or Borrowed: own,...

Book Review: The First Woman Author: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 🇺🇬 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 433 Own or Borrowed:...

Book Review: Kintu Author: Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi 🇺🇬 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 410 Own or Borrowed: own,...

Book Review: The Opportunity: An Age Gap Romance Author: TM Richardson 🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈(in honor of Pride Month as the book focuses on queer...

Book Review: Lessons in Chemistry Author: Bonnie Garmus 🇺🇸 Type of work (Genre): Novel Number of pages: 386 Own or Borrowed: own,...

Book Review: Losing Sight Author: Tati Richardson 🇺🇸 Type of work (Genre): Romantic Comedy Number of pages: 312 Own or Borrowed: ...

Book Review: The House of Eve Author: Sadeqa Johnson 🇺🇸 Type of work (Genre): Novel (historical fiction) Number of pages: 366 Own or...

Book Review: Children of the Quicksands Author: Efua Traoré 🇳🇬🇩🇪 Type of work (Genre): Children’s Book Number of pages: 248 Own or...

Book Review: Nanabasia N’Ananadze Egua (A Stool for Grandmother) Author: Aba Esieduah Intsiful 🇬🇭 Type of work (Genre): Children’s...

Author: Yomi Adegoke 🇳🇬🇬🇧 Type of work (Genre): Fiction (novel) Number of pages: 367 Own or Borrowed: own, purchased from The Word...

Book Review: Iron Widow Author: Xiran Jay Zhao 🇨🇳🇨🇦 Type of work (Genre): Fiction (dystopian) Number of pages: 394 Own or Borrowed:...

Book Review: I Do Not Come to You by Chance Author: Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani 🇳🇬 Type of work (Genre): novel Number of pages: 440 Own...