Author: Lwile the Leo

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

All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover

Book 24/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars If you only shine light on your flaws, all your perfects will dim. Mother’s Day is still sooo challenging for me 😢 so I deliberately chose to read this over the Mother’s Day weekend as I was confident it would be the perfect distraction from the usual … Continue reading All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

Book 23/30. My rating: 2 of 5 starsI had been wanting to read this for YEARS and thought I would LOVE it because not giving a fuck is something I have always advocated for. Not giving a fuck has always been one of my mantras and I was dying to learn the subtle art of … Continue reading The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

Cracks

The expression hindsight is 20/20 is a cliché with good reason. Retrospectively, I can see clearly that the cracks in the happiness I finally found in 2019 (after chasing it my whole damn life) started to show in 2020 before it all came crashing down in 2021. 2019 was the best year of my life … Continue reading Cracks

Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

Book 22/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsIn the follow-up to It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey delivers another fun rom-com about a former player who accidentally falls for his best friend while trying to help her land a different man.Hook, Line, and Sinker is book two in the Bellinger Sisters duology and I was … Continue reading Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey

AWOL

Adjective (military): absent without official leave but without intent to desert. Two years ago I went absent without official leave from Lwile the Leo. On May 4, 2021 at 13.31 hours I put up my usual Mental Health Awareness Month post before handing over to the guest post writers. And unbeknownst to me and you … Continue reading AWOL

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

Book 21/30. My rating: 4 of 5 starsIt Happened One Summer is a Schitt’s Creek-inspired rom-com from Tessa Bailey about a Hollywood “It Girl” who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she does not … Continue reading It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Book 20/30. My rating: 5 of 5 stars Let it be said about the Eras Tour, we’re tricksy. That’s what we are. We enjoy a good, healthy setlist hijinks. That is what my ABSOLUTE FAVE Taylor Swift had to say about her current RECORD-BREAKING AF tour, but it could also be said about The Pillars … Continue reading The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

The Art Of Deception by Nora Roberts

Book 19/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsReading a Nora Roberts novel is the bookish equivalent of eating one of my favourite comfort foods—perhaps a thin crust seafood pizza with extra mushrooms and cheese made in a wood-fired brick oven at an Italian restaurant, preferably paired with a glass of Shiraz. If I could bottle … Continue reading The Art Of Deception by Nora Roberts

A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena

Book 18/30. My rating: 3 of 5 starsKaren Krupp was home making dinner for her husband. She was expecting him any second. The phone rang—it was the call she hoped she'd never get. She jumped in her car and raced to a neighborhood she thought she'd never visit. She peered into the dark, deserted building … Continue reading A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena