Category: Book Reviews
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Book Review: Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Do you still like having sex with your wife? How often? You must have had a better fuck than your wife? Tell me about it. I have girls coming in from Los Angeles at three o’clock. We can go upstairs and have a great time. I promise . . . And all the while, Trump…
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Book Review: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
Released on October 3, The Sun and Her Flowers offers perspective on a lot of sensitive aspects of a woman’s personal life; love, loss, heartbreak, trauma and motherhood, and controversial circumstances in Indian society which include culture, feminism, and immigration. As is obvious from her name, Rupi Kaur is an Indian woman who emigrated with her parents to…
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Book Review: Origin by Dan Brown
Futurist and atheist Edmond Kirsch has made a revolutionary discovery he is certain will answer life’s greatest mystery and will bring an end to the believe in the existence of God. Then he is murdered.
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Book Review: Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
It also leaves us with the question “Since there are more poor people than rich people in the world. Why don’t more of our unequal societies implode?” I’d like to know what you think.
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Book and Movie Review: It by Stephen King
After 2 weeks and 1,138 pages I’ve come to 2 conclusions; first it is impossible for any director to bring the book to life in its entirety because of its sexually explicit and truly horrifying murder scenes, and second Stephen King is either unimaginably talented or simply disturbed if not possessed by a malevolent spirit.
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Less, But Better: 15 Highlights and Favourite Quotes
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” I challenge you to pause more to ask yourself that question.
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Book Review: Essentialism -The Disciplined Pursuit of Less By Greg McKeown
If you have ever felt overworked, stretched, busy but unproductive, overwhelmed by other people’s needs, and lacking personal time because you have difficulty saying no to other people’s requests, this book is for you.
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The Bible in One Year 2017- April
Another month is over and I have to confess that I didn’t finish in time. In fact, it’s taken me a whole week to catch up and I considered not doing a blog post on this month at all. But here we are, God’s grace prevailing. Deuteronomy appears to be a really large book and…
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The Bible in One Year 2017- January
At the start of this year, I decided to read the Bible from start to finish. But, this isn’t the first time. I attempted to do this in 2005 and again in 2011, and both times I didn’t get past Genesis. However, this time I’m using Youversion and I am determined to make it through…
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Book Review: On Becoming Toke Makinwa
In June 2015, news hit Nigerian media sites that Anita Solomon was pregnant by Maje Ayida, Toke Makinwa’s husband. The scandal lingered because his marriage to the media personality was only a year and six months old. Maje went on to make numerous public apologies on social media and gave an interview on the issue.…
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Book Review: Frugal Isn’t Cheap
GET THIS BOOK Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Last week, our President Muhammadu Buhari launched the “Change begins with me” campaign. In light of this confusing development and our difficult economic predicament, it’s apt to invest in changing our spending behaviour! Frugal Isn’t Cheap: Spend Less, Save More, and Live Better is a girl’s guide to successfully managing…
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Book Review: Predator by Wilbur Smith and Tom Cain
GET THIS BOOK Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 (4/5) Hector Cross is a former Operative in search of vengeance for the murder of his billionaire wife, Hazel Bannock, and Johnny Congo, a criminal mastermind is one of the two men responsible. Johnny manages to escape death row a second time and is also seeking vengeance for his lover, partner…
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Book Review: Killing Kennedy by Bill O’Rielly
JFK was a rich kid turned Naval War Hero after saving the men of PT 109 in 1943. He learnt to take charge and lead even while in the White House; with The Bay of Pigs, the Invasion of Cuba serving as a lesson in cowardice. This prepared him to deal decisively with the Soviet…
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Book Review: I Dared to Call Him Father by Bilquis Sheikh
GET THIS BOOK This book tells a compelling, true story by Begum Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman who encountered God in the privacy of her home in 1966. At that time, she was 54 years old, divorced and raising her 4-year-old grandson Mahmud in her family’s ancestral home in Wah, Pakistan. Bilquis, despite the…
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Review: Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
GET THIS BOOK I’m excited to tell you that this is my fifth book this year. I haven’t reviewed those prior to this but I’m working on it. Ellen DeGeneres is an American comedienne, actress, writer, producer and television host of the multi-award-winning Ellen DeGeneres Show. I can’t say too much on her writing skills because…
