Book Review: Homebound
Looking for something good to read? Our recommended book for the week comes from a young, upcoming writer, Angel Okwuosa. Her recently published book, Homebound is a short prose that tells the story of life in Lagos from the point of view of an intelligent 11-year-0ld girl named Ona. The heroine is forced to move from the US […]
Children’s Book Review: Ellie And The Cat
Title: Ellie And The Cat Author: Malorie Blackman Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Number of pages: 93 Type of Book: Fiction Age: 6-8 Available here: http://www.cassavarepublic.biz/products/ellie-and-the-cat Price: N400 MY SUMMARY (without the ending): This is a delightful story about friendship and a little […]
Book Review: The Abyssinian Boy
Onyeka Nwelue’s The Abyssinian Boy is a story with many sides and lessons. Set in Dawali, India, the author took depth mixed with uncommon fictive narrative to create a world, the propensity of which is reminiscent of pure realism. It’s remarkable narrative pulls the reader on a straight lane as he sees through the life of […]
Children’s Book Review: Readers’ Theatre Twelve Plays For Young People
Title: Readers’ Theatre Twelve Plays For Young People Author: Mabel Segun Publisher: Mabelline Publications Number of pages: 191 Type of Book: Fiction, African Age: 8+ Available at Terrakulture Victoria Island, Lagos Price: N 800 MY SUMMARY First off, this book was a joint winner of the NLNG prize for Children’s Literature in 2007. It is a book of […]
Children’s Book Review: Akata Witch/What Sunny Saw in the Flames
Title: Akata Witch/What Sunny Saw in the Flames Author: Nnedi Okoroafor Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Number of pages: 229 Type of Book: Fiction, African Age: 9+ Price: N 800 MY SUMMARY Sunny is a 13-year-old Igbo girl who grew up in New York and had a pretty ordinary life until she moved back to Nigeria and discovered that […]
Children’s Book Review: Mouth Almighty
Title: Mouth Almighty Author: Salilah Agbaje Publisher: Walker Books Number of pages: 111 Type of Book: Fiction, Play Age: 8 and up Available here: Terrakulture Victoria Island, Lagos Price: N1200 MY SUMMARY (without the ending): Justice has a big mouth literally and figuratively. His mouth is quite large […]
Book Review: And The Storm Came by Kike Mudiaga
He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might, he increases their strength. Isaiah 40:29 And The Storm Came is a book on grieving and how to grieve right and yet know when it is time to move on. The Good Book says that mourning with them that mourn is a […]
Book Review: Ideas Are Money- A Timeless Secret to Greatness
Book: Ideas Are Money- A Timeless Secret to Greatness Author: Charles Okoh SOS International, 2011 ISBN: 978-978-907-675-8 As part of the title says, this book takes the trouble of going to cite success stories from different centuries, to prove its point. The crux of the matter is clear: having an idea is good, but milking […]
Book Review: Social Intelligence
Author: Daniel Goleman This book is about getting to know that we are wired to connect. Goleman presents new evidence to show that our reactions to others, and theirs to us, have far-reaching biological impact on the totality of our beings. Is there a way to raise our children to be happy? What is the […]
Book Review: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paulo Coelho’s story is an inspirational parable about the importance of pursuing one’s dreams. The Alchemist, originally published in 1988 in the Brazillian author’s native Portuguese language has since been translated in close to 70 languages and has become one of the best-selling books in history. The Alchemist is a quick and enjoyable reminder for anyone […]
Americanah by Chimamanda Adichie
Americanah is a novel written by Chimamanda Adichie, published in May 2013. The book has won the Heartland Prize, the U.S. National Book Critic Circle Award, has been selected as one of the ten best books of 2013 by the New York Time Book Review and was nominated for the Baileys Women Prize for Fiction […]
Book Review: What No One Tells the Bride
What No One Tells the Bride By Marg Stark Hyperion New York, 1998 ISBN 0-7868-8262-X What No One Tells the Bride; surviving the wedding, sex after the honeymoon, second thoughts, wedding cake freezer burn, becoming your mother, screaming about money, screaming about in-laws, maintaining your identity, and being blissfully happy in spite of it all. […]
Book Review: God’fessions by Goke Coker
God’fessions Author House, 2012 ISBN 978-1-4772-9125-2 Do you know what God’s Word says about you? Are you familiar with His promises in the Bible? Thanks to the widespread message of positive confessions, you may already be aware of the power of words, and cognisant of the fact that what you say goes a long […]
Book Review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin
By Pamela Agboga When I saw this book I loved the cover art, and when I was through, I checked it again, identifying the wives by the description given by the author. I read the story with friends, so I was able to get their reactions as well. This is a book that reveals some […]
Book Review: Sadder Days by Jentola Jenkins
By Nehi Igbinijesu In his first book, Jentola Jenkins accentuates the arrival of the African short story genre to e-book readers across the world. Sadder Days is a collection of short stories drawn from the ills of a warped fictitious West African society. It portrays the silent rage that pervades young people in today’s African […]
Book Review: A Swamp Full Of Dollars by Michael Peel
Nigeria like Russia is a petrochemical hegemon within its part of the world. Both countries have populations of 140 million people each and dismal records on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. Nigeria has however had to cope with oil-related insurgencies that have left many thinking the discovery of oil more of a curse than a […]