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CITY OF GIRLS
“In the summer of 1940, when I was nineteen years old and an idiot.” And that ladies and gentle bookworms is my cue to put a kettle on because I knew this book was going to serve some hot and spicy tea (is it possible for tea to be spicy? Nevermind!!) And oh boy….did it deliver.
GINGERBREAD
by Helen Oyeyemi “Half of the hatred that springs up between people is rooted in their mistaken belief that there is any human relationship more…
BE(COM)ING NIGERIAN
By Elnathan John “The Nigerian God loves elections and politics. When you have bribed people to get party nominations, used thugs to steal and stuff…
HAPPINESS LIKE WATER
After reading Under the Udala Trees, I was so impressed by Chinelo Okparanta. I sought out more books she had written and stumbled on Happiness on Water (well I use the term stumbled quite loosely what I meant to say is that I haggled and harassed every book dealer within my grasp and when I couldn’t take it anymore I resorted to reading an eBook *covers face with hands)……
MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER
Yaaay!!! A book with a psychopath (*happy dancing). Anyone who knows me, knows I love a story with a psychopath/ serial killer (Nope, it’s not weird at all, stop judging). So you can imagine my joy when I realized that this book is full of absolute nut jobs. (Yeah, I know what you’re thinking, my mind must be a very scary place and you’re probably right).
AN ORCHESTRA OF MINORITIES
Sooo… an orchestra of minorities is a thrilling narration of an epic love story. Cue curtains, lights, sound & action!!!!(I hope I got that right). Enter center stage, Chinonso, a lonely poultry farmer, who life has done a number on (literally nobody’s life sucks this bad, he has lost his mother in his childhood, his sister has abandoned him for a forbidden marriage and just recently his dad passed away too. I don’t know about you but can you get a whiff of village people… I’m just saying they are working overtime).
CIRCE
In a bid to rid herself of loneliness, she turns to mortals for companionship (the mortal in question is a man so you can guess how that turned out *side eye). At least there sis discovers that she is indeed powerful and possesses the power of witchcraft. In usual fashion, a powerful woman with unique abilities is viewed as threat (death to misogyny!!!) hence…