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TEN BOOKS TO DIVERSIFY YOUR READING IN 2018 (PART 2)

January 9, 2018 16 Comments

Happy New Year everyone. Still can’t believe we are in 2018, last year flew by so fast. This is my first post of the year and I hope you all enjoy it and discover new booksΒ  by amazing authors to add to your TBR. This is the second part of my list of ten books […]

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BOOKS, Recommendations

TEN BOOKS TO DIVERSIFY YOUR READING IN 2018. (PART 1)

December 21, 2017 8 Comments
10 books to diversify your reading in 2018

Hey book lovers. A lot of diverse books came out in 2017. Books written by different authors from different races with unique main characters and worlds. It was good to see people being properly represented in books, giving the rest of the world insight into the lives of different races around the world and challenging […]

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  • Yesterday was #worldbookday . How did you celebrate it? I spent the whole day reading academic textbooks for school work, so yeah it wasn't so fun for me.
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It's great that we get a day to celebrate books worldwide. It was also #worldcopyrightsday . To be honest, I didn't know there was a world book day until I became a book blogger πŸ™ˆπŸ™ˆ.
There seem to be days for everything now. We have women's day, breast cancer awareness day, earth day, world autism awareness day, world braille day, day of sign languages, International dance day, there's even a world sleep day and world laughter day πŸ˜€.
Just do a Wikipedia search and you will see them all. It's great that we get days to celebrate specific things and raise awareness about them as well.
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So tell me, how's your week going? I've missed you all ❀

#worldbookandcopyrightday
#worldbookandcopyrightday2019
#unitedbookstagram #bookstagramnigeria #stackofbooks #uwadisreads #worldbookday2019 #bookstagramtogether
  • β€œThey say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.” ― Tom Bodett
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What makes you happy?  For me it's a lot of things but I'm going to focus on two now. Books (of course πŸ˜‰) and my blog which are both represented in this picture. I finally went self-hosted and did a little blog makeover so it's different from what's in the pic. I now officially blog at uwadis.com and you can check out my latest post which is all about why I decided to go self hosted. #linkinbioπŸ‘‰πŸ’» Let me know what you think of the new blog theme πŸ˜‰.
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So now over to you, what are some of the things that make you happy? Have you read any of the books in the book stack?

#bookblogging #bookblogger
#bookblog #scifiandfantasy #bookstagrammer #thingsthatmakemehappy  #booksandfunkos #booksandlaptop #booksandcandle #enatribe
  • "The sad truth you do not wish to face Magdalene, is that sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all" - Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
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Set in a post apocalyptic future where most of the world has been destroyed. The former Navajo reservation, now called Dinetah still stands and in it gods and monsters roam. Maggie is a monster hunter who is joined on her mission by Kai, a medicine man as she tries to uncover truth behind recent killings and strange monsters.
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First of all I loved this book. This is the first fantasy I'm reading with Native American characters and I want more. Maggie is a badass and you don't want to get on her wrong side but she also has a lot of emotional baggage to deal with. Kai is the pretty boy with the smart mouth at first till he shows you what he can really do. I loved the characters, the setting, so much Navajo culture. My only issue is that in the middle, the plot kind of loses its pacing but it gets better towards the end and the chemistry between Kai and Maggie felt kind of forced. I highly recommend this book to everyone.
QOTD: What diverse fantasy book did you read last?
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#readwithuwadis
  • "Penny thought of this Korean saying for when you really, really liked something. You'd say it 'fit your heart exactly.' Sam fit her heart exactly.”
― Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi.
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@thestackspod recently asked in her story what book has a bookstagrammer suggested to you that you loved. For me, since  I started book blogging and bookstagramming I've read books that I wouldn't have normally. I've gotten a lot of great recommendation from my fellow #bookstagrammers and here are some of them:
🌟 Emergency Contact - This is such a cute love story and can I just say Penny is me and I am Penny. Thanks @sachireads for making me read this book. Sachi is one of the nicest bookstagrammers out there and she has a really cute dog 🐢.
🌟All Systems Red by Martha Wells - @avalinahsbooks kept raving about it and I was lucky enough to win a giveaway and chose this book as my prize and friends I DID NOT REGRET IT.
🌟Illuminae - I can't really remember who recommended this to me but I constantly see it on Bookstagram and just decided to buy it. I was finally pushed to read it by @insidemylibrarymind and really why did I wait that long to read it. I love love love Kady, she's smart and brave and Aidan too, I mean he's okay for a murderous, confused AI. If you love science fiction set in space, then you should totally check this out πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰.
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QOTD: what book has a bookstagrammer suggested to you that you loved? I can't wait to read all your answers.

#recommendedreads #emergencycontact #emergencycontactbook #bookstagramtogether #bookandglasses #booknerd #readersofinstagram #mybookfeatures #kimmerbooks
  • "As it fades, I see the truth - in plain sight, yet hidden all along. We are all children of blood and bone. All instruments of vengeance and virtue. This truth holds me close, rocking me like a child in a mother's arms. It binds me in its love as death swallows me in its grasp."
- Children of Blood and Bone
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I still haven't read COBAB which is funny cause I was so hyped about it when it came out.  I was supposed to buddy read it with @saralovesbooksandteas_ this month but haven't had time and the month is almost over 😒😒.
How have you all been and what are you currently reading? 
Here's a pic I took a while ago for #mapmonday but forgot to post. So I'm posting it now even though it's not Monday because rules are meant to be broken right πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰πŸ˜‰
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I was tagged by @dini_bharadwaj to do the #bookishaddiction tag.
πŸ“Currently reading - Sunny and the mysteries of Osisi (Akata Warrior) by Nnedi Okorafor
πŸ“Book you'd like to take on vacation - COBAB (maybe then I would read it πŸ˜‚ πŸ˜‚)
Book made into a good movie: The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien
Book I'm adding to my TBR: Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer.

#inflameslit - Magic systems
#childrenofbloodandbone
#bookstagramtogether #bookstagramnigeria #bookstagramafrica #booknerd #readersofinstagram #booklovers #bookmap
  • HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME πŸŽŠπŸŽ‰πŸŽ†
This past year has been full of ups and downs, triumphs and disappointments, tears and laughter. But I'm still here, this book loving, anime crazy Nigerian girl is slowly making her way in the world and I can't wait to see where she ends up. Sounds cheesy but yeah.
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So I googled it and there is actually a Wiki page dedicated to events that happened on Oct 16th. How cool is that?
πŸ“Jane Eyre was first published in London on Oct 16th, 1847
πŸ“Wole Soyinka won the Nobel peace prize for literature on Oct 16th 1986
πŸ“ Marie Antoinette was executed in Oct 16th, 1793. Yikes 😱😱
πŸ“Oscar Wilde, author of the Picture of Dorian Gray was born on Oct 16th 1854.
πŸ“Today the winner of the #manbookerprize2018 will be announced.
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Several books were also released today including A Strangers Pose by Emmanuel Iduma, the prequel to Ella Enchanted and A very Large Expanse of Sea. I wrote a post about some of them. Link is bio.
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Thank you all for the birthday wishes. I appreciate each and every one of you that takes time out to like my posts, comment and interact with me πŸ˜†πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜Š. #birthdayπŸŽ‚ #bookstagramtogether #oct16th #didyouknow #randomfacts #pink #unitedbookstagram #booklover #bookstagram #bookwormbirthday
  • Happy Book Birthday to When Trouble Sleeps @leyeadenle . It's out in Nigeria today. #whentroublesleeps is the sequel to Easy Motion Tourist. A lot of bloggers I know have been raving about the Amaka series and I'm eager to read the first book.
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Happy Birthday to Amyn @lipglossmaffia . I always look forward to her reviews, they can be so savage and fun to read.
Tomorrow is my birthday btw 😊😊😊 but I'm going to work 😭
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QOTD: what do these two books have in common? I'll randomly chose accounts that answer correctly for a story shout-out.

#bookstagramnigeria #bookstagramafrica #bookstagramtogether #flatlay #booksandglasses #lagosnoir #easymotiontourist
  • Do you buy second hand books?
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This book was bought for me by my dad from one of the second hand bookshops in Lagos Island,  Lagos. I didn't have a lot of books then so I read and reread it and even now I'm itching to reread it. It's about a girl who becomes deaf when her workplace is bombed during WWII, her struggle with living with the disability and the effects of the war on people around her. It has its flaws but I really enjoyed reading it ,she goes through so much and somehow comes out of it all stronger. I'm not even sure this book is still in print cause it's pretty old. I still have this book on my shelf till now and maybe my kids will still meet it there cause it holds so many memories for me.
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There is something about old books. The smell, the well worn pages that shows readers before you had held it in their hands, sometimes you even see notes inside or old library cards with names on it and wonder where the previous readers are now.
πŸ“šWhat's the strangest thing you have found in a second hand book? 😁

#secondhandbooks #thesilentwar #unitedbookstagram #flatlay #historicalfiction #historicalbooks #booksaboutgirls #latenightmusings #booksandwhite #bookstagramtogether
  • HAPPY NEW MONTH!!!
welcome to my month πŸ’ƒ πŸ’ƒ πŸ’ƒ #oct16loading
How have you all been?
So you know when you have been hoping to get a book for so long and you finally do and you just can't get into it? Yeah that's what happened to me with this book. I just couldn't get into it and had to drop it after 25 chapters. Maybe I'll get back to it later but for now I've got other books calling my name.
Have you ever experienced this?
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Here's my September #wrapup
πŸ“Emergency Contact: 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
πŸ“Trail  of Lightning: 🌟 🌟 🌟
πŸ“Ink by Alice Broadway: 🌟 🌟 🌟
Yeah I didn't read a lot last month. My September wrap up is up on the blog with plans for this month.. I'm excited about them so pls check out the post. Link in bio.

#booksandfunkos #bookstagramtogether #septwrapup #unitedbookstagram #booklover #instabooks #whiteandred #flatlay #bookphotography

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