'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
‘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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 2 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 2 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
‘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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
'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, 2021
- 1 min
'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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