Author: Lwile the Leo

Lwile is a writer from Nairobi, Kenya who is passionate about Mental Health, books and Taylor Swift.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Book 59/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsI started reading A Christmas Carol for the penultimate book of my 2023 reading challenge on December 25th, because Christmas Day 🤩🎄 It’s pretty fucking wild that I had never read it before considering there are hundreds, if not thousands, of adaptations of this Charles Dickens Xmas classic … Continue reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Book 58/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsProtect her.That is the last thing Owen Michaels tells his beloved wife of one year when he smuggles a note to her before he disappears. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically … Continue reading The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns] by Mindy Kaling

Book 57/30. My rating: 2 of 5 stars2 ½ stars.I am neither a Mindy fan nor a Mindy hater and only bought Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? And Other Concerns because of The Office. Seeing as Mindy wrote 18 episodes for The Office I was certain this would be a hilarious opportunity to get … Continue reading Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? [And Other Concerns] by Mindy Kaling

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Book 54/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsI first read The Hunger Games trilogy a decade ago and rated the books 4, 5 and 5 stars respectively. Enter the film adaptation The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that made me hunger for the OG trilogy and decide it was time for a … Continue reading Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Book 53/30. My rating: 5 of 5 starsI first read The Hunger Games trilogy a decade ago and rated the books 4, 5 and 5 stars respectively. Enter the film adaptation The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes that made me hunger for the OG trilogy and decide it was time for a … Continue reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Book 52/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsWhat a strange ass book about an ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup that go to war in order to prevent the world from tearing itself apart.All the Birds in the Sky is a novel centered on Patricia who is a witch, and Laurence who … Continue reading All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore

Book 51/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsThis was saved from being a 2 star read for two reasons:1. Sebastian Devereux, the Duke of Montgomery2. The chapters with his POVBringing Down the Duke is set in England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among … Continue reading Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore