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Today on AuthorOfTheWeek😍 Krystle Zara Appiah is a Ghanaian writer and screenwriter, born and raised in London. She has a degree in literature and creative writing from the University of Kent. In 2020, she was one of forty writers selected for the London Library's Emerging Writers Programme. She also works as a children's books editor.  Rootless is her debut novel. Check out my review of rootless

I am sure you missed me 🙃, but anyway let's get into this week #FictionFriday🥰 #1 THE  CHEAT SHEET BY SARAH ADAMS  📚 The Cheat Sheet is a closed-door, sizzling-with-chemistry, slow-burn, romantic comedy that will have you laughing and rooting for these lovable best friends from the first page! 📚 Genre: General Fiction adult || Humor&satire || Romance #2 BY A THREAD BY LUCY SCORE  📚 A steamy, swoony workplace romantic comedy with a grumpy boss hero determined to save the day and a plucky heroine who is starting to wonder if there might actually be a beating heart just beneath her boss's sexy vests. 📚 Genre:  Romance 📚 No of pages : 560 #3 THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY  OF IRREGULAR WITCHES BY SANGU MANDANNA 📚 A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family—and a new love—changes the course of her life. 📚 Genre: Fantasy Fiction 

Slow slow week but let me introduce The Insider's Club to all my readers 🤗 📚 Thoughts&opinions: #4 NetGalley book🥳🥳 🥰 I would love to thank Netgalley , the publisher and the author for granting my request to read this book in exchange for a honest review 📚thoughts&opinions: it was kind of predictable;I knew hannah and Ed will definitely come together.  I didn't feel any chemistry between hannah and jaz(maybe because the story is not about them), I also didn't feel any chemistry between hannah and Ed. Personally it felt one sided, hannah was on a rebound; she was trying to fill the emptiness she felt and  fortunately she found love again.  The characters lacked depth, everything was rushed from friendships to relationships to hannah bonding with Boo. Boo seems a lot mature than a five year old. Alot of things didn't add up.  Overall it was a very  easy and light read( 194 pages) 📚Ratings:⭐⭐⭐3/5 stars  Thank you for the book once again❤

New York Times, #1 Amazon, USA TODAY, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels.  Freida’s work has been selected as one of Amazon Editors’ best books of the year and she is the winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best paperback. Her novels have been translated into over 30 languages. Her novels include; Thriller novels 📚The coworker 📚Ward D 📚The housemaids secret 📚The gift 📚Never lie 📚The inmate 📚The housemaid 📚Do you remember? 📚Do not disturb 📚The locked door 📚Want to know a secret 📚One by one 📚The wife upstairs 📚The ex 📚The perfect son 📚The surrogate mother 📚Brain damage 📚Suicide med Women's Fiction 📚The devil wears scrubs 📚The devil you know 📚Baby city Alot of books🥳, you go girl💪🥳

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#1 Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 📚 Genre : Magical realism || Literary fiction 📚 Book synopsis : The book is about a cafe in Tokyo where customers can travel back in time, but only to a specific moment, and only if they return to the present before their coffee gets cold. The book follows four people who visit the cafe and the stories of their pasts and futures. It's a beautifully written novel that explores themes of regret, love, and second chances. Question: If you could go back in time, who would you want to meet? Ans: I would love to meet my younger self and tell her never to give up and be the best she can be and a lot of people is rooting for her💪 Tell me answer to the question in the comment section 📚 No of pages : 240 #2 Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 📚 Genre :literary fiction|| multicultural interests 📚 Book synopsis: Queenie Jenkins is a twenty-five-year-old Jamaican British woman living in London, straddlin

THE PHYSICS OF RELATIONSHIPS BY CHAS HALPERN⚛ First of all thank you #netgalley for granting my request to read this book, I really appreciate it alot🥰. 📚Thoughts&opinions : When I started the book, I thought Lexi was a pushover, that maybe people were using her but in a world like this we need more kind people like her. I loved how  Lexi character was represented well infact all the characters in this book was represented well👍. I also loved how Lexi forgived Greg, how she did not take Amy away from her husband, how she bought people together and how she finally went for her dream. I didn't like how the book was slow paced and did Greg and Lexi get together again? Kudos to the Author👏 @Chas Halpern 📚 Genre :Fictional Memoir 📚 Ratings : ⭐⭐⭐ (3) stars 

So grateful it is monday again 😄 , time to celebrate my favorite humans which are Authors 👏🥳 Alexene Farol Follmuth, also known under the pen name Olivie Blake, is a lover and writer of stories, many of which involve the fantastic, the paranormal, or the supernatural, but not always. More often, her works revolve around the collective experience, what it means to be human (or not), and the endlessly interesting complexities of life and love. Alexene lives and works in Los Angeles with her husband and goblin prince/toddler, where she is generally tolerated by her rescue pit bull.

WHEN A FRIENDSHIP FALLS APART BY ELIZABETH LAING THOMPSON  📚 Genre : Christain || Non-Fiction(adult) 📚 No of pages : 304  📚 Thoughts&Opinions : #2Netgalley book : Having suffered from a broken friendship which I have not completely healed from, it is very easy for a person to just tell you to move on and forget about the person and find another person to fill the gap😓.  I had to stop reading and take time to process what I just read, everything the author wrote in this book is completely realistic!! With this new instilled confidence this book has given me, I am ready to put myself out there, to let go of the hurt, the guilt and just do me❤ God is with me even when no one else is ❤🥰(Psalm 27:10) 📚 Ratings :⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐(5stars) #WhenaFriendshipFallsApart #NetGalley

This week has been a really slow week but let's look into Oona's life(very unusual name if you ask me🤭) OONA OUT OF ORDER BY MARGARITA MONTIMORE  📚 Genre : General fiction(Adult) 📚 Thoughts&Opinions : I will be completely honest, 'oona out of order' got me confused for the first few chapters. I kept asking myself what is happening here😩💁‍♀️. But still I liked the book enough to finish it,I can't begin to imagine how I will feel if I jumped into different years at random at the midnight of my birthday, time travel; i can't still understand the concept at all. One question I asked myself throughout the entire book is "are there alternate Oonas' A very quick read😄 📚 No of pages: 352 📚 Ratings:⭐⭐⭐( 3 STARS)

Jayne Allen is the pen name of Jaunique Sealey, a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School. Drawing from her unique experiences as an attorney and entrepreneur, she crafts transcultural stories that touch upon contemporary women’s issues such as workplace and career dynamics, race, fertility, modern relationships and mental health awareness. Her writing echoes her desire to bring both multiculturalism and multidimensionality to a rich and colorful cast of characters inspired by the magic uncovered in everyday life. Jayne Allen is a talented author known for her captivating storytelling and diverse characters. She has made a significant impact in the literary world with her thought-provoking works. Some of her notable books include: 1. "Black Girls Must Die Exhausted" - This novel explores the challenges and aspirations of modern Black women, addressing themes of career, love, and self-discovery. 2. "Black Girls Must Die Exhausted 2/Black G

My first #Netgalley book, yay🥳🥳🥳🥳 I requested for this book and my request was granted 🥰🥰🥰. This is actually my first psychological thriller 🤭📚anyway back to the review; Everyone of us definitely has secrets and this book definitely showed us that even if you live in a transparent house, your secrets can still be shoved in a wardrobe 🤭😂 WE ALL KEEP SECRETS BY SHERYL BROWNE got be guessing right from the beginning, everybody has a story to tell and so did Ellie, Meghan, Michael(miguel), Jake. I didn't even know which person's side to be on.  I wish Jake&Meghan left the marriage when things started to fall and I think Jake should stop sleeping around and also I honestly this book deserves a sequel(one that tells Jake&Ellie story and what happens after Meghan is released 🤭). Anyway apart from the long chapters, long dialogue from the characters and me who is wondering how Meghan got so much time on her hand with her job; I loved the book❤ 📚Ra

It is Fiction Friday once again, get ready to enter this weekend in a splash🌊🌊🌊 so let's get right into it🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️😁 1.138 DATES BY REBEKAH CAMPBELL 📚 Book synopsis: Her epic journey will take her on dates with 138 different men in Sydney, New York and San Francisco, while at the same time confronting the immense challenges of launching a business. She'll face exhaustion, humiliation and heartbreak; she'll meet some strange and dangerous characters. 📚 Genre : Memoir 📚 No of pages : 328 Check out my review on  138 DATES 2. THE BLESSED GIRL BY ANGELA MAKHOLWA 📚 Book synopsis : Young, beautiful and ambitious, Bontle Tau has Johannesburg wrapped around her finger. It's her duty to look fabulous – after all, people didn't sacrifice their lives in the freedom struggle for black women to wear the same cheap T-shirts they wore during apartheid. Bontle's come a long way, and it hasn't been easy. Her shrink keeps wanting to talk ab

VERA'S WONG UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS BY JESSE Q SUTANTO 📚 Book synopsis: Vera's ordered world is suddenly turned upside down when one morning she discovers the body of a deceased man inside her tea shop! Suspecting she will do a better job than the police, Vera decides to take the investigation into her own hands. 📚 Genre : Mystery 📚 Thoughts&opinions : I love Vera right from page 34, it is funny how murder can bring people together🤭🤣. This book got me glued right from the very first chapter, the suspense was just something else. If you love a cozy mystery, then this book is for you! 📚Ratings:⭐⭐⭐⭐(4 stars)

Let's look at the life of Bontle Tau who is in fact a VERY BLESSED GIRL THE BLESSED GIRL BY ANGELA MAKHOLWA 📚 Book synopsis:   Bontle Tau comes from the slum, her mum runs a bar and she has decided to live a life filled with glamorous things money can buy but is she really satisfied and what exactly is she hoping to achieve in life? We are taken through her life as a businesswoman, a contractor, her bougie life and managing four men ‘blessers’. 📚 Genre : Adult fiction || Romance 📚 Thoughts&opinions : I picked up "The blessed girl" because I have a mantra which says "I AM A VERY BLESSED GIRL" but this book gave my mantra a different meaning entirely 😂😂. To me it felt I was reading Bontle's diary 😂 Bontle Bontle I started the initial pages judging you and questioning your every decisions, asking a lot why's then I came to understand why you had to do alot of things you did. Such an easy read which talks about parenting, teena

It's midweek😲, let's talk about Rootless for a bit  ROOTLESS BY KRYSTLE ZARA APPIAH 📚Book synopsis: Rootless is a heartrending love story about motherhood and sacrifice, providing an intimate look at what happens after a marriage collapses, leading two people to rediscover what they ultimately want—and if it's still each other. As Efe says, “Love and regret aren't mutually exclusive.” 📚 Genre : Fiction 📚 Thoughts&opinions : I picked up Rootless because of the cover not knowing that this beautiful story will rip my heart out 😓😭. Right from the 4th or 5th chapter I was furious with the characters, taking a break to just breathe and analyze what I read, asking myself questions of what I will do if i was in that same situation( I dont want to reveal too much about this book, you just have to READ IT!!)😓. Being a fellow African where women are faced with a lot of stereotypes, do this dont do that, I understood where Efe was coming from, I co

Helen Hoang is a talented author known for her compelling contemporary romance novels. Born in 1973 in the United States. One of her most notable works is " The Kiss Quotient," published in 2018. This debut novel tells the story of Stella Lane, a successful woman with Asperger's syndrome who decides to hire an escort, Michael, to help her gain more experience in romantic relationships. The book received critical acclaim for its fresh perspective and engaging characters. Following the success of "The Kiss Quotient," Helen Hoang continued to make waves in the literary world with "The Bride Test" (2019 ). This novel revolves around Khai Diep, a man with autism, and Esme Tran, a woman from Vietnam who comes to America for an arranged marriage. Hoang's empathetic portrayal of her characters' journeys struck a chord with readers. Helen Hoang's books are celebrated for their blend of humor, romance, and heartfelt explorat