Tag: Books

#AkeFest2016: A Promising Beginning.

I desperately wanted to attend the Ake Book Festival this year, but I couldn’t because of an important trip I had to make. But thankfully, my darling Phidelia whose short story  I featured a while ago here was there and she has given me permission to re share her account from phideliaimiegha.com, which I am super super grateful for….

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JUNE BOOK REVIEW; ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE

Author; Anthony Doerr  (American) Genre; Historical Fiction Publisher/Year of 1st Publication: Scribner. May 6th 2014 Number of Pages; 531 (my paperback copy) Prizes won; The Pulitzer prize for fiction 2015 and Andrew Carnegie medal for excellence in Fiction (2015) Price; £8.99 Other Titles; The shell collector, Four Seasons in Rome.     This book has…

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MAY BOOK REVIEW; THE FISHERMEN

Author; Chigozie Obioma (Nigerian) Genre; Fiction Publisher/Year of Publication; Little Brown and Company, April 2015 Number of Pages; 295 (hard copy) Price; $26.00 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015

MARCH BOOK REVIEW; BIG MAGIC; Creative Living Beyond Fear

I didn’t agree with everything in this book. Some parts left me saying hmmmmm really? That doesn’t sound right. But the parts I did agree with left me nodding my head and fist bumping like we do in church these days. They also left me gladly smiling at the realisation of the fact that I’m…

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