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MY YEAR IN BOOKS

2023 IN BOOKS

2023 has been great, I started reading and writing reviews actively this year (mini blog, instagram and facebook) and it has been fun so far, looking forward to another year filled with books!

Check out all the books I read in 2023:

1. ARSENIC AND ADOBO BY MIA P MANANSALA

2. 138 DATES BY REBEKAH CAMPBELL

3. BLACK GIRLS MUST DIE EXHAUSTED BY JAYNE ALLEN

4. BLACK GIRLS MUST BE MAGIC BY JAYNE ALLEN

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6. DATING DR. DIL BY NISHA SHARMA

7. DIAL A FOR AUNTIES BY JESSE Q SUTANTO

8. FOUR AUNTIES AND A WEDDING BY JESSE Q SUTANTO

9. HOOK, LINE AND SINKER BY TESSA BAILEY

10. LOVE MARRIAGE BY MONICA ALI

11. MR WRONG NUMBER BY LYNN PAINTER

12. MY MECHANICAL ROMANCE BY ALEXENE FAROL FOLLMUTH

13. NEARLY ALL THE MEN IN LAGOS ARE MAD BY DAMILARE KUKU

14. PARTY OF TWO BY JASMINE GUILLORY

15. QUEENIE BY CANDICE C WILLIAMS

16. ROYAL HOLIDAY BY JASMINE GUILLORY

17. SMART MONEY WOMAN BY ARESE UGWU

18. SOLITARE BY ALICE OSEMAN

19. THE HATING GAME BY SALLY THORNE

20. THE ROYALS NEXT DOOR BY KARINA HALLE

21. THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES BY SANGU MANDANNA

22. THIS IS GOING TO HURT BY ADAM KAY

23. UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR BY TJ KLUNE

24. YINKA WHERE IS YOUR HUSBAND BY LIZZIE DAMILOLA BLACKBURN

25. VERA’S WONG UNSOLICITED ADVICE FOR MURDERERS BY JESSE Q SUTANTO

26. THE BLESSED GIRL BY ANGELA MAKHOLWA

27. OONA OUT OF ORDER BY MARGARITA MONTIMORE

28. ROOTLESS BY KRYSTLE ZARA APPIAH

29. WE ALL KEEP SECRETS BY SHERLY BROWNE

30. WHEN A FRIENDSHIP FALLS APART BY ELIZABETH LIANG THOMPSON

31. WELCOME TO THE CORNISH COUNTRY CLUB BY JO BARTLETT

32. THE PHYSICS OF RELATIONSHIP BY CHAS HALPERN

33. THE INSIDERS’ CLUB BY SHIRLEY DAY

34. MOCKINGBIRD SUMMER BY LYNDA RUTLEDGE

35. BEST,FIRST AND LAST AMY T. MATTHEWS

36. LOVELESS BY ALICE OSEMAN

37. THE THREE OF US BY ORE AGBAJE WILLIAMS

38. MY SISTER, THE SERIAL KILLER BY OYINKAN BRAINWAITHE

39. THE CURIOUS SECRETS OF YESTERDAY BY NAMRATA PATEL

40. DONE BY DESI STOWE

41. LEGACY BY ANNA RASHBROOK

42. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY BY BONNIE GARMUS


TOP BOOKS OF 2023⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

1. ROOTLESS

2. QUEENIE

3. 138 DATES

4. ROYALS NEXT DOOR

5. WHEN FRIENDSHIP FALLS APART

6. RADIO SILENCE

7. WELCOME TO THE CORNISH COUNTRY HOSPITAL


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