Author: Oprah Winfrey Publication year: 2018 Genre: Fiction “Your life isn’t about a big break. It’s about taking one significant life-transforming step at a time’ After this last year that felt like a decade, this book that was gifted to me was a blessing in disguise. As it provided that much needed inspiration for this… Read More The Path Made Clear { Book Review}
Author: Dorothy Koomson Publication year: 2010 Genre: Fiction “I did not know that when you drop a stone of a stupid choice in the pool of your life, it can cause a tidal wave to surge outwards, destroying everyone and everything in its path.” ― Dorothy Koomson, The Ice Cream Girls Lock down really gave… Read More The Ice Cream Girls { Book Review}
Author: Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu Publication year: 2018 Genre: Fiction Lockdown provided me with time to return to my first love, reading. Not just any reading but reading novels and getting that much needed escape. Each year I challenge myself to read a certain number of books. Books from different genres and find a new… Read More The Theory of flight {Book Review}
As a young girl who grew up being “told you speak so well”. “If I just close my eyes I could pretend it’s a white person and my favorite “are you sure you are Xhosa or from South Africa” this book was written for me. It turns out people had it wrong I’m not a… Read More Surviving this shithole { Book Review}
Author: Tara Westover Publication year: 2018 Genre: Memoir Being a fan of Super Soul Sundays it’s a wonder I stumbled onto this 2019 best seller so late. Having watched and listened to this young woman talk about her childhood and her journey of education and unlearning I knew I had to get the book.… Read More Educated
Author: Brene Brown Publication year: 2013 Genre: self-help book “Perfect and bulletproof are seductive, but they don’t exist in the human experience” When I launched my blog I looked for quotes that summed up how I felt about my finally taking that leap of faith and low and behold Dr. Brene Brown. It bothered me… Read More Daring Greatly {book review}
Author: George Orwell Year of publication: 1949 Genre: dystopian literature “Big Brother is Watching You.” I haven’t needed a moment in a corner rocking myself back and forth telling myself it’s all going to be alright in a minute. Yet that is exactly what happened after I put this terrifying classic down. I have heard… Read More 1984 {Book Review}
Author: Michelle Obama Publication year: 2018 Genre: Memoir When I read a book for the purposes of a review, I sit with a notebook so I can write my favourite lines or chapters. However when it came to reading this best seller( best selling book of 2018, on its way to becoming best selling memoir… Read More Becoming-Book Review
Author: Joyce Meyer Publication year: 2011 Genre: Christian literature Hello there bookworms! My, my it’s been a minute, life has not afforded me the opportunity to read as often as I wanted. I have had this book with me for about three months before I had enough time to read it and even then it… Read More Living beyond your feelings -Book Review
Author: Zukiswa Wanner Publication year: 2006 Genre: Fiction Chick lit hasn’t always been my go to genre but I am always willing to try something new. This was a great read to dip my toes in with. I went in expecting to laugh and what a laugh but there were some heart wrenching moments. Synopsis… Read More The Madams