Reads, Recs & Reviews
By Chiamaka Ehiem
Reads, Recs & ReviewsApr 02, 2021
Ep. 23 | Reintroduction + Current Reading Goals for 2023
Hey there, welcome back to the podcast. It has been so long and I'm glad to be back.
In today's episode, I'll be reintroducing the podcast while addressing and sharing with you some plans that I have and I'll also be sharing my current goals for the rest of 2023.
Here's a look at some of the top episodes we've had in past seasons:
- Reading A Broken People's Playlist
- Recommending Reading Challenges for 2022
- Recommending Smutty books
- I mentioned listening to more audiobooks and if you want to get into it as well, you can do that by signing up to Scribd. With this link, you get 60 days free to listen and read so many books.
- Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Storygraph.
- Subscribe to my YouTube Channel and Newsletter.
- Join the Something Bookish Reading Challenge and The Storygraph Reads The World 2023 Challenge.
Enjoy! ✨
Ep. 15: Reading | A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks
Ep. 22: Recommending | Five Books for Five Prompts in The Something Bookish Reading Challenge.
Every book fits into a prompt in a reading challenge, it all just depends on you.
On the show today, I shared books for five prompts in The Something Bookish Reading Challenge, the prompts mentioned in this show are:
- A book over 500 pages
- A book by a Southern African Author
- A book by a Caribbean Author
- A book set in East Africa
- A translated novel published in 2022
The Reading challenge is hosted by Amyn - The Lipglossmaffia and the books recommended can be found on Scribd, using my link and you get 60 days free. Try it Now!
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Ep. 21: Reading | The Sex Lives Of African Women
Ep.20: Recommending | Books by Black Women you should read
In order of appearance:
Coconut by Florence Olajide
LegendBorn by Tracy Deonn
The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
In Dependence by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
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Recommending | 4 Reading Challenges to join in
The Something Bookish Reading Challenge 2022
10 books 10 decades
20 books by black women
Storygraph read the world 2022
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Best Books of 2021 & Anticipated releases of 2022
Hey there! Happy New Year! Welcome to the first episode on the podcast season 3, today I'm sharing my best books of 2021 and anticipated releases of 2022. Reviews and Reflections of books mentioned are:
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The complete list of Best Books of 2021 and anticipated releases of 2022 are up here!
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Ep. 17: Reviewing | Bush Baby by Roseline Mgbodichinma
Ep. 16: Recommending | 5 Smutty books that would leave you hot and bothered (Pt. 1)
Ep. 14: Reading | Love Is Beautiful When In Bloom by Lara T. Kareem
Ep. 13: Recommending | Books for the Something Bookish Reading Challenge
Ep. 12: Recommending | 10 Nigerian Authors you need to know about
Ep. 11: Drunk Reviewing | Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
Reviewing a book sober is cool but have you ever reviewed a book while drunk?! This one is fun!
ABOUT THE BOOK: Butter Honey Pig Bread tells the story of three women: Kambirinachi and her twin daughters Taiye and Kehinde. The women confront their pasts years later and through food they bond again and forgive themselves.
Incase you missed it:
- Reading | Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
- Recommending | Books for New Readers
- Recommending | 5 books + 1 to get you out of a reading slump
CONTACT:
If you have any questions, comments, email me at bookishigbogirl@gmail.com
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Ep. 10: Reading | Verity Of Old by Chio Zoe
Ep. 9: Recommending | 5 books + 1 to get you out of a reading slump
In this Episode, I'll be sharing 5 books + 1 that are guaranteed to pull you out of a reading slump. These books range from intense, to playful to less intense but are packed with so much drama and suspense and some cliffhangers. They're books that I found to have helped get me back to reading after getting frustrated from a reading slump. Read my reviews of Pet, Silver Sparrow and Easy Motion Tourist.
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Ep 2: Recommending | Books for New Readers.
Books mentioned are:
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives by Lola Shoneyin
Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo
Second-Class Citizen by Buchi Emecheta
Ogadinma by Ukamaka Olisakwe
All book can be purchased from these bookstore and more: Rovingheights, OuidaBooks, BookPeddler, MasobeBooks and a lot of others mentioned in this episode.
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Ep. 8: Reviewing | His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie
Ep. 7: Reading | Son of The Storm by Suyi Davies
Ep. 6: Reviewing | The Mountains Sing & Ru
Ep.5: Reading | Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Ep. 4: Reviewing | The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
Since this podcast started out with reading an excerpt from The First Woman, it seemed appropriate to review it at the end of the month. This book captured everything that is feminism, giving themes of motherhood, family and friendship.
If you haven't read this, then I suggest you pick it up, beautifully written as always with history being the background of the story and never for once coming into the foreground and overshadowing it.
For a written review, visit the blog: BookishIgboGirl and share if you love this with your friends.
Ep. 3: Reading | Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi
On today's episode, I decided to read excerpts from a fave's new fave. Amyn (Lipglossmaffia) came on bookstagram and thrust on us another book that we needed to add to our TBR and as always I fell into it and decided to pick it up. It's an excellent read so far and I think you all should pick it up as well. Shelah (shelahthebookworm) also gave me a reason to pick it up as well and you can read both their reviews here and here.
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Ep.1: Reading | The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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