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Ezioma Kalu

Sep 18, 20234 min read

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Book Review: Verity by Colleen Hoover

Blurb Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford,...

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Ezioma Kalu

Sep 16, 20234 min read

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Book Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry.

Blurb Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily...

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Book Review: Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John.

Ezioma Kalu

Sep 9, 20234 min read

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Book Review: Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John.

Blurb In far northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys who sleep under a kuka tree. During the election, the boys...

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Ezioma Kalu

Sep 9, 20234 min read

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Book Review: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

Blurb Two half-sisters, Effia and Esi, are born into different villages in eighteenth-century Ghana. Effia is married off to an...

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Book Review: The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon.

Ezioma Kalu

Sep 9, 20234 min read

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Book Review: The Teller of Secrets by Bisi Adjapon.

Blurb Young Esi Agyekum is the unofficial “secret keeper” of her family, as tight-lipped about her father's adultery as she is about her...

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Book Review: November 9 by Colleen Hoover.

Ezioma Kalu

Sep 6, 20234 min read

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Book Review: November 9 by Colleen Hoover.

Blurb Fallon meets Ben, an aspiring novelist, the day before her scheduled cross-country move. Their untimely attraction leads them to...

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Book Review: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

Ezioma Kalu

Sep 5, 20236 min read

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Book Review: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

Blurb When Korede's dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what's expected of her: bleach,...

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Book Review: Wives At War by Flora Nwapa

Ezioma Kalu

Sep 5, 20235 min read

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Book Review: Wives At War by Flora Nwapa

Blurb From Flora Nwapa comes another collection of absorbing short stories centered around women. Common to all stories is the...

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Book Review: Fine Boys by Eghosa Imasuen.

Ezioma Kalu

Sep 2, 20235 min read

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Book Review: Fine Boys by Eghosa Imasuen.

Blurb Ewaen is a Nigerian teenager, bored at home in Warri and eager to flee from his parents’ unhappy marriage and incessant quarreling....

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Book Review: I Was a Teen Rock Star! by A.H. Mohammed.

Ezioma Kalu

Sep 1, 20233 min read

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Book Review: I Was a Teen Rock Star! by A.H. Mohammed.

Blurb Sixteen year old Lanre Bandele finds solace in his music and dreams of being professional musician. Can dreams come true? Maybe. An...

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Book Review: Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 28, 20233 min read

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Book Review: Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Blurb Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core. She writes about being one of the...

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Book Review: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 28, 20232 min read

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Book Review: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Blurb Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as a major figure in world literature. She has written some of the most admired...

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Book Review: You Are a Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 28, 20233 min read

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Book Review: You Are a Champion by Marcus Rashford and Carl Anka

Blurb Marcus Rashford is arguably England’s best-loved footballer; not only for his amazing talent on the pitch, but also for his...

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Book Review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 28, 20233 min read

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Book Review: Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi

Blurb Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the interconnected stories of three Nigerian women: Kambirinachi and her...

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Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 25, 20232 min read

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Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Blurb Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand...

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Book Review: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 25, 20232 min read

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Book Review: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

Blurb When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it’s an obvious sign: PhD student...

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Book Review: Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 25, 20232 min read

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Book Review: Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

Blurb A revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating...

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Ezioma Kalu

Aug 25, 20232 min read

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Book Review: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Blurb There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have...

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Book Review: Ogadinma by Ukamaka Olisakwe

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 25, 20232 min read

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Book Review: Ogadinma by Ukamaka Olisakwe

Blurb Ogadinma Or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadinma as she battles against...

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Book Review: His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie.

Ezioma Kalu

Aug 25, 20232 min read

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Book Review: His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie.

Blurb Afi Tekple is a young seamstress whose life is narrowing rapidly. She lives in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother,...

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