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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 29, 20211 min read
'Say You're One of Them' by Uwem Akpan
Akpan creates a masterpiece out of this book, which is a compilation of five short stories that span the breadth of Africa; set in Kenya,...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 29, 20211 min read
'Born On A Tuesday' by Elnathan John
In his debut novel, John slays. A tragic and beautiful novel, Born on a Tuesday narrates, in first person, the story of Dantala, an...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 28, 20211 min read
'Swallow' by Sefi Atta
In Swallow, Sefi Atta tells the tale of Tolani Alao, a young woman who resides in Lagos in the 80s, grudgingly partaking in the hustle...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 25, 20211 min read
'News From Home' by Sefi Atta
In News from Home, Atta showcases what, to me, is her finest work. In the collection of ten short stories, we meet funny, engaging, some...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 24, 20211 min read
'A Bit of Difference' by Sefi Atta
Atta's third novel (after Everything Good Will Come and Swallow) tells the tale of Deola Bello, an unmarried Nigerian woman dangerously...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 24, 20211 min read
‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ by Junot DÃaz
The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was actually quite lengthy because Señor DÃaz decided to, not only tell us about the overweight...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 23, 20211 min read
'A Man of the People' by Chinua Achebe
This book is hilarious and entertaining, depicting the life of a young teacher, Odili, who falls into romantic and political mishap when...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 22, 20212 min read
'The Sun Is Also A Star' by Nicola Yoon
The Sun Is Also A Star tells the tragic (yes, tragic, because though it is the quintessential hopeless romantic’s novel, Yoon takes her...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 20, 20211 min read
'The Silence of the Lambs' by Thomas Harris
The more I read Harris' work, the more I realise that he just might be (and I stand corrected) the father of psychological thriller. Have...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 19, 20211 min read
'Red Dragon' by Thomas Harris
The first book I’ve read by the legendary Thomas Harris and I could not put it down. Our protagonist is Will Graham, a once-retired FBI...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 16, 20212 min read
'Emeka' by Fredrick Forsyth
Emeka is the biography of Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, general and leader of the nation of Biafra, written by English author, Fredrick Forsyth....
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 15, 20211 min read
'Holloway Falls' by Neil Cross
Cross' novel (the third I’ve read, after Captive and Luther) tells the story of three characters; Jack Shepherd, originally a family man...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 14, 20211 min read
‘Mr. In-Between’ by Neil Cross
Mr. In-Between is, so far, my least favourite book by Neil Cross. Not only was the content very dark (a lot of violence and gore) but...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 14, 20211 min read
'The Help' by Kathryn Stockett
This novel is brilliantly written. Set in the 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, it tells the tale of black women, who worked as maids for...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 13, 20211 min read
'The Church Builder' by A.L. Shields
This is the first A. L. Shields book I’ve read and Oh, boy! Picture a cross (for you series-buffs) between Scandal and Prison Break, but...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 13, 20211 min read
'Drown' by Junot DÃaz
What can one say about Junot DÃaz? Drown is the second body of work I've read by DÃaz, after This Is How You Lose Her, which, dear...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 12, 20211 min read
'Foreign Gods Inc.' by Okey Ndibe
Foreign Gods Inc. tells the tale of Ike, an over-educated middle-aged Nigerian man who drives a taxi in New York, loathes and adores...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Showdown by Ted Dekker
This is the second book I’ve read by Dekker, the first being Green. Showdown is set in a small mountain town, Paradise, in Colorado,...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 12, 20211 min read
'Bridge to Haven' by Francine Rivers
This is the second book I've read written by Rivers. Rivers doesn't write a genre I would typically go out of my way to search for --...
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Ibiene Bidiaque
Nov 11, 20211 min read
'Daughters Who Walk This Path' by Yejide Kilanko
I struggled through the greater part of this book because I felt Kilanko lifted Atta's template for Everything Good Will Come. The story...
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