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2025  3

December  1

There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

December 1, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Me

August  1

The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis

August 8, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Me

March  1

Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung

March 16, 2025 · 1 min · 137 words · Me

2024  11

December  4

Building GradGlance (4/4): Application Logging & Analytics

December 21, 2024 · 7 min · 1474 words · Me

When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut

December 21, 2024 · 3 min · 482 words · Me

Building GradGlance (3/4): Application Deployment & Hosting

December 14, 2024 · 9 min · 1716 words · Me

Building GradGlance (2/4): Application Design & Development

December 6, 2024 · 6 min · 1180 words · Me

November  2

The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis

November 24, 2024 · 5 min · 1013 words · Me

Building GradGlance (1/4): Introduction & Motivation

November 19, 2024 · 5 min · 994 words · Me

October  2

Projects

October 16, 2024 · 2 min · 260 words · Me

Hello World-ish

October 13, 2024 · 2 min · 309 words · Me

June  1

Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) by James Clavell

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 181 words · Me

April  1

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

April 16, 2024 · 2 min · 334 words · Me

February  1

The Prodigal Daughter (Kane & Abel, #2) by Jeffrey Archer

February 10, 2024 · 2 min · 319 words · Me

2023  14

December  1

Tomorrow I Become a Woman by Aiwanose Odafen

December 2, 2023 · 2 min · 304 words · Me

November  1

The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia

November 13, 2023 · 1 min · 88 words · Me

September  2

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

September 8, 2023 · 1 min · 94 words · Me

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

September 8, 2023 · 2 min · 333 words · Me

July  1

The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli

July 3, 2023 · 1 min · 154 words · Me

June  7

[A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms]: Level Up Your Core Programming Skills - 2020, 2nd Edition [Paperback] by Jiwel Jiwel

June 27, 2023 · 1 min · 75 words · Me

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

June 27, 2023 · 2 min · 270 words · Me

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad by Damilare Kuku

June 27, 2023 · 1 min · 60 words · Me

Strategize to Win: The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career by Carla A. Harris

June 27, 2023 · 1 min · 64 words · Me

The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak

June 27, 2023 · 2 min · 331 words · Me

The Dhandho Investor: The Low-Risk Value Method to High Returns by Mohnish Pabrai

June 27, 2023 · 1 min · 56 words · Me

The Man in the Red Underpants by A.R. Green

June 27, 2023 · 1 min · 92 words · Me

February  1

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight

February 9, 2023 · 1 min · 63 words · Me

January  1

Eight Letters to a Young Writer by Teju Cole

January 14, 2023 · 1 min · 69 words · Me

2022  37

December  2

Reflecting on 2022

December 31, 2022 · 8 min · 1599 words · Me

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 483 words · Me

November  3

Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt by Michael Lewis

November 23, 2022 · 1 min · 117 words · Me

Playing Safe (The Fox Family Series, #1) by A.J. Stone

November 19, 2022 · 1 min · 66 words · Me

Dobby: A story in 3 parts

November 5, 2022 · 4 min · 819 words · Me

October  1

The Red-Haired Woman by Orhan Pamuk

October 18, 2022 · 1 min · 123 words · Me

September  1

Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

September 1, 2022 · 1 min · 104 words · Me

August  1

Honor by Elif Shafak

August 16, 2022 · 3 min · 498 words · Me

July  3

Your Crib, My Qibla (African Poetry Book) by Saddiq Dzukogi

July 16, 2022 · 1 min · 51 words · Me

Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

July 12, 2022 · 1 min · 61 words · Me

The Woman in the White Kimono by Ana Johns

July 7, 2022 · 1 min · 59 words · Me

June  4

Introduction to Recursive Programming by Manuel Rubio-Sanchez

June 19, 2022 · 1 min · 48 words · Me

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

June 4, 2022 · 1 min · 71 words · Me

What We Buried by Caitlyn Siehl

June 3, 2022 · 1 min · 43 words · Me

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

June 2, 2022 · 1 min · 60 words · Me

May  2

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

May 2, 2022 · 1 min · 113 words · Me

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

May 2, 2022 · 1 min · 38 words · Me

March  4

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

March 24, 2022 · 1 min · 117 words · Me

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

March 16, 2022 · 1 min · 196 words · Me

Sisters’ Entrance by Emtithal Mahmoud

March 9, 2022 · 1 min · 94 words · Me

Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo

March 7, 2022 · 1 min · 69 words · Me

February  2

So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love by Cal Newport

February 16, 2022 · 1 min · 60 words · Me

A Broken People’s Playlist by Chimeka Garricks

February 3, 2022 · 1 min · 102 words · Me

January  14

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

January 26, 2022 · 1 min · 67 words · Me

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

January 14, 2022 · 1 min · 74 words · Me

Reflecting on 2021

January 3, 2022 · 7 min · 1473 words · Me

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 35 words · Me

Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) by Scott Westerfeld

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 41 words · Me

Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4) by Dan Brown

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 69 words · Me

Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) by Scott Westerfeld

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 82 words · Me

Mastery by Robert Greene

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 38 words · Me

Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria’s Military Coup Culture (1966-1976) by Max Siollun

January 1, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Me

Origin (Robert Langdon, #5) by Dan Brown

January 1, 2022 · 2 min · 334 words · Me

The Doctrine Of The Mean by Confucius Confucius

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 34 words · Me

The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 36 words · Me

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 31 words · Me

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

January 1, 2022 · 1 min · 77 words · Me

2021  6

December  1

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

December 21, 2021 · 2 min · 235 words · Me

October  1

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré

October 9, 2021 · 1 min · 70 words · Me

September  1

The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

September 1, 2021 · 1 min · 163 words · Me

August  1

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

August 13, 2021 · 1 min · 57 words · Me

July  1

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

July 26, 2021 · 1 min · 30 words · Me

March  1

Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie

March 27, 2021 · 1 min · 135 words · Me

2020  14

December  2

10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak

December 19, 2020 · 1 min · 136 words · Me

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

December 19, 2020 · 1 min · 39 words · Me

November  1

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

November 20, 2020 · 1 min · 82 words · Me

September  3

The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi

September 10, 2020 · 1 min · 97 words · Me

Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday

September 6, 2020 · 1 min · 45 words · Me

Speak to Us of Love: Reflections on Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet by Osho Osho

September 6, 2020 · 1 min · 52 words · Me

August  1

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

August 11, 2020 · 1 min · 93 words · Me

March  1

The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna

March 27, 2020 · 2 min · 281 words · Me

February  1

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

February 8, 2020 · 1 min · 182 words · Me

January  5

Becoming Nigerian: A Guide by Elnathan John

January 20, 2020 · 1 min · 41 words · Me

Take Me With You by Andrea Gibson

January 20, 2020 · 1 min · 59 words · Me

What’s on Your Mind? by Merlin R. Carothers

January 19, 2020 · 1 min · 35 words · Me

How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

January 16, 2020 · 1 min · 73 words · Me

Questions for Ada by Ijeoma Umebinyuo

January 16, 2020 · 1 min · 40 words · Me

2019  34

December  1

Sweet Sixteen: A coming of age story by Bolaji Abdullahi

December 26, 2019 · 1 min · 91 words · Me

November  3

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

November 26, 2019 · 1 min · 30 words · Me

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

November 24, 2019 · 1 min · 38 words · Me

Tomorrow Died Yesterday by Chimeka Garricks

November 19, 2019 · 1 min · 89 words · Me

October  1

An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma

October 8, 2019 · 3 min · 431 words · Me

September  1

The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak

September 16, 2019 · 1 min · 109 words · Me

August  1

The Slave Girl by Buchi Emecheta

August 19, 2019 · 1 min · 31 words · Me

July  3

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

July 29, 2019 · 1 min · 96 words · Me

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

July 14, 2019 · 1 min · 112 words · Me

The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

July 4, 2019 · 1 min · 209 words · Me

June  1

The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran

June 15, 2019 · 1 min · 55 words · Me

May  5

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

May 30, 2019 · 1 min · 35 words · Me

Salt by Nayyirah Waheed

May 29, 2019 · 1 min · 26 words · Me

Circe by Madeline Miller

May 27, 2019 · 2 min · 397 words · Me

Milk and honey by Rupi Kaur

May 21, 2019 · 1 min · 96 words · Me

Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

May 3, 2019 · 1 min · 81 words · Me

April  4

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran

April 26, 2019 · 1 min · 44 words · Me

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

April 25, 2019 · 1 min · 84 words · Me

Omerta (The Godfather) by Mario Puzo

April 19, 2019 · 1 min · 36 words · Me

The African Child by Camara Laye

April 1, 2019 · 1 min · 34 words · Me

March  1

Mayflower: The Story of a School by Tai Solarin

March 12, 2019 · 1 min · 137 words · Me

February  3

The Smart Money Woman by Arese Ugwu

February 22, 2019 · 1 min · 106 words · Me

Chess Story by Stefan Zweig

February 15, 2019 · 1 min · 64 words · Me

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah

February 14, 2019 · 1 min · 50 words · Me

January  10

Hiroshima by John Hersey

January 27, 2019 · 1 min · 29 words · Me

HOMEGOING by Yaa Gyasi: My Review

January 24, 2019 · 3 min · 541 words · Me

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

January 23, 2019 · 3 min · 486 words · Me

A Twist in the Tale by Jeffrey Archer

January 18, 2019 · 1 min · 50 words · Me

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

January 18, 2019 · 1 min · 28 words · Me

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

January 14, 2019 · 1 min · 71 words · Me

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

January 13, 2019 · 1 min · 50 words · Me

The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) by Angie Thomas

January 13, 2019 · 1 min · 39 words · Me

Weep Not Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

January 13, 2019 · 1 min · 29 words · Me

Social Psychology by David G. Myers

January 5, 2019 · 1 min · 53 words · Me

2018  37

December  3

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

December 31, 2018 · 1 min · 77 words · Me

Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini

December 24, 2018 · 1 min · 26 words · Me

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium #1) by Stieg Larsson

December 7, 2018 · 2 min · 220 words · Me

November  2

Harmony

November 16, 2018 · 2 min · 216 words · Me

Carnaval by Tsitsi Jaji

November 13, 2018 · 1 min · 59 words · Me

October  1

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel

October 10, 2018 · 1 min · 57 words · Me

September  3

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

September 27, 2018 · 1 min · 194 words · Me

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

September 5, 2018 · 1 min · 40 words · Me

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

September 1, 2018 · 1 min · 198 words · Me

August  2

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson

August 23, 2018 · 1 min · 56 words · Me

The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason

August 21, 2018 · 1 min · 92 words · Me

July  8

The Analects by Confucius Confucius

July 31, 2018 · 1 min · 59 words · Me

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

July 29, 2018 · 1 min · 116 words · Me

The Sicilian (The Godfather, #2) by Mario Puzo

July 23, 2018 · 1 min · 190 words · Me

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

July 19, 2018 · 1 min · 31 words · Me

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

July 15, 2018 · 1 min · 41 words · Me

The Cartographer of Memory by Boluwatife Afolabi

July 7, 2018 · 1 min · 31 words · Me

Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

July 4, 2018 · 1 min · 135 words · Me

I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani

July 2, 2018 · 1 min · 42 words · Me

June  1

The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

June 25, 2018 · 1 min · 122 words · Me

April  4

How to be a Nigerian (Working Paper Series, 1/1990) by Peter Enahoro

April 21, 2018 · 1 min · 37 words · Me

Tales of the Greek Heroes: Retold From the Ancient Authors by Roger Lancelyn Green

April 20, 2018 · 1 min · 44 words · Me

29, Single & Nigerian by Naijasinglegirl Naijasinglegirl

April 10, 2018 · 2 min · 274 words · Me

The Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih

April 6, 2018 · 1 min · 34 words · Me

March  3

The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid’s Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood

March 29, 2018 · 1 min · 38 words · Me

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

March 15, 2018 · 1 min · 62 words · Me

To you, mother — the strongest person I know.

March 11, 2018 · 4 min · 686 words · Me

February  5

Resisting the Tycoon’s Seduction (The Berutelli Escape, #1) by Elizabeth Lennox

February 28, 2018 · 1 min · 30 words · Me

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

February 26, 2018 · 1 min · 41 words · Me

The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence by Gavin de Becker

February 19, 2018 · 1 min · 39 words · Me

Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi

February 6, 2018 · 1 min · 41 words · Me

Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown

February 2, 2018 · 1 min · 69 words · Me

January  5

Animal Farm by George Orwell

January 28, 2018 · 1 min · 38 words · Me

Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

January 24, 2018 · 1 min · 59 words · Me

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin

January 23, 2018 · 1 min · 35 words · Me

The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) by Mario Puzo

January 20, 2018 · 1 min · 61 words · Me

Honor Among Thieves by Jeffrey Archer

January 9, 2018 · 1 min · 35 words · Me

2017  13

December  1

The Famished Road by Ben Okri

December 11, 2017 · 2 min · 407 words · Me

November  2

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

November 17, 2017 · 1 min · 38 words · Me

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

November 8, 2017 · 2 min · 236 words · Me

October  2

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

October 30, 2017 · 1 min · 136 words · Me

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

October 12, 2017 · 1 min · 44 words · Me

September  1

THE THIRD WORST DAY OF MY LIFE

September 29, 2017 · 6 min · 1259 words · Me

August  2

The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

August 23, 2017 · 1 min · 40 words · Me

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

August 13, 2017 · 1 min · 35 words · Me

July  2

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

July 27, 2017 · 2 min · 409 words · Me

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

July 9, 2017 · 2 min · 230 words · Me

June  2

Time and Time again

June 27, 2017 · 1 min · 182 words · Me

So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ

June 26, 2017 · 1 min · 44 words · Me

January  1

Her Fiery Majesty

January 27, 2017 · 1 min · 213 words · Me

2016  6

November  1

The Unheard Orator …3 of 3

November 5, 2016 · 1 min · 143 words · Me

October  3

The Unheard Orator…2 of 3

October 29, 2016 · 1 min · 130 words · Me

The Unheard Orator …1 of 3

October 22, 2016 · 1 min · 109 words · Me

Kane & Abel (Kane & Abel, #1) by Jeffrey Archer

October 7, 2016 · 1 min · 39 words · Me

August  1

Thermodynamics

August 29, 2016 · 11 min · 2177 words · Me

February  1

Inverse Proportions- Beyond the Mathematical Perspective

February 14, 2016 · 4 min · 840 words · Me

2015  5

October  1

Left Handedness: The Unsung Struggles of a major Minority

October 10, 2015 · 6 min · 1217 words · Me

August  2

Summer Sojourn

August 22, 2015 · 6 min · 1146 words · Me

Crimson Sunsets

August 5, 2015 · 8 min · 1508 words · Me

July  2

Jigsawed Origins

July 30, 2015 · 6 min · 1186 words · Me

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

July 5, 2015 · 1 min · 30 words · Me

2008  1

April  1

The Secret of the Sheik by Atabo Oko

April 8, 2008 · 1 min · 150 words · Me

2006  3

June  3

Akpan and the Smugglers by Rosemary Uwemedimo

June 12, 2006 · 1 min · 81 words · Me

Magic Land of the Shadows by Kola Onadipe

June 8, 2006 · 1 min · 64 words · Me

Ibe the Cannon Boy by Teresa Ekwutosi Meniru

June 6, 2006 · 1 min · 39 words · Me

2005  1

July  1

Koku Baboni by Kola Onadipe

July 4, 2005 · 1 min · 70 words · Me

2004  1

April  1

Sugar Girl by Kola Onadipe

April 10, 2004 · 1 min · 52 words · Me