March 8th is International Women’s Day, but this day means two very different things to me as a woman and as a motherless daughter. When I think of what it means to be a woman, I think of my mother. Almost everyone believes their mother is the best, and rightly so. Mums are everything!!! My … Continue reading My Education In Becoming An Empowered Woman
Author: Lwile the Leo
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Book 12/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsMarch is Women’s History Month and so the books I plan to read this month are all written by female authors 🤩💁♀️ Femi makes three, you know. Three, and they label you a serial killer. My Sister, the Serial Killer is a tale of two sisters, one of … Continue reading My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
Book 11/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsMarch is Women’s History Month and so the books I plan to read this month are all written by female authors 🤩💁♀️I kicked things off with this little-known Kristin Hannah as she writes female characters sooo well! I’ve read 5 of her books so far (The Nightingale, Firefly … Continue reading Distant Shores by Kristin Hannah
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
Book 10/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was one hell of a tome! My edition has 607 pages but that’s because the font is quite small and chapters are not spaced out to start on a different page. A lot of editions I have seen on Goodreads have well over 700/800 pages and there’s … Continue reading I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
November 9 by Colleen Hoover
Book 9/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsThis was my fourth Colleen Hoover read, the first being the incomparable It Ends with Us which was a major 5 star read. I gave 4 stars to my next two CoHo reads, Ugly Love and Verity, though the latter was a much stronger 4 star read than … Continue reading November 9 by Colleen Hoover
Educated by Tara Westover
Book 8/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars1 ½ starsI’m not a believer in ½ stars when it comes to reviews, but this wasn’t bad enough for a 1 star rating (because I’ve read some bogus books) and it also wasn’t good enough for a 2 star rating, so here I am doling out a … Continue reading Educated by Tara Westover
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Book 7/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsSeven Days in June was messier and darker than I thought it would be from the cover and synopsis and it took me a while to get behind such messy and dark MCs as Eva and Shane had isssuuueeessss!!!That said, halfway into this it was very clear it … Continue reading Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book 6/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars I started my third Taylor Jenkins Reid read on the 3rd of the month and the numbers + calendar lover I am loves that for me 🤩😍🤓Furthermore, this is my second 5 star read of the year, the first being The Girl with the Louding Voice which … Continue reading Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
Book 5/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsThis was adapted into a TV show in 2022 by Apple TV+, and while the book is almost always better than the movie/TV show, I am quite sure The Shining Girls is one of the few AF exceptions to the rule.The Shining Girls is a story about a … Continue reading The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
Book 4/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsUp until Chapter 23 on page 378, this was a 2 star read. And then, enter the long-awaited smut in chapter 23 and it was sooo damn good that it elevated my rating to 3 stars.I need to start by saying that I am not a fan of … Continue reading The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
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