The Girl with the Louding Voice | 
pick“I want to ask, to scream, why are the women in Nigeria seem to be suffering for everything more than the men?”
I loved this book. It was one of those books that I loved even more as the story unfolded. I loved Adunni and her fighting spirit. So much of her story was so painful, but she still never gave up. I recommend this highly. #BotM
pickLoved it. Adunni is such a wonderful character, so resilient and full of hope despite her seemingly hopeless circumstances, the miserable way girls and women are treated, the shocking levels of poverty, but she still fights for her dreams. I especially loved the friendships she formed along the way.
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“I will finish my primary and secondary and university schooling and become a teacher because I don‘t just want to be having any kind voice...I want a louding voice”
Loving this debut novel by Abi Daré!
pickWoah! They say this is a powerful debut and they were not lying! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely loved this book! #botm
I forgot to post my last grid and oohh, those bright shiny objects otherwise known as library holds overtook my 2020 commitment to my Mount TBR. It was tough but I did eek out my commitment of 1:2 TBR:Library. Tagged my favorite - it‘s so good.
The Health Tea Book Crate came today!
This is always such a treat. A buzzy book, tea, and a few other goodies. This year they are doing themed boxes. This month is meditation, incense, an amethyst, a perfume roller (super light fragrance thankfully!) and some Mate Brio tea 😻
Is it not sad that, in this part of our world, a woman‘s achievements can be reduced to nothing if she is not married?
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pickThis was my Feb required reading assigned by Jenna Bush Hager, and oh my gosh, I love this book. It is both heartbreaking and hopeful. Everyone needs someone to see them. I will think about Adduni for a long time.
How can he discover a river that been in the Nigeria for since?
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Adunni is all shades of funny😂🤣😂🤣😂#loudingvoice
Kudos to Abi Dare for narrating the story of the girl child in Nigeria and most African countries. Our #loudingvoice must be heard. #tellingthenigerianstoryforchange
This is your wife now, from today til forever, she is your own. Do her anyhow you want. Use her until she is useless!
My #BOTM pick finally arrived. Hope to get to this soon! I‘m in PA (where they ship from) but it took one week. Maybe because of the #readwithjenna cover? I think I see some others have gotten it already from BOTM without the logo?
#ReadSoulLit - Author On The Come Up: Abi Daré grew up in Lagos, Nigeria & has lived in the UK for eighteen years. Her first novel, The Girl with the Louding Voice, won The Bath Novel Award for unpublished manuscripts in 2018 & was selected as a finalist in The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor competition in 2018. (From About the Author - Penguin Random House Website).
She appears to be on a soaring trajectory as an up and coming new author.??
From the first chapter I was completely drawn into the complex life of young Adunni. I appreciate and enjoy the voice @abidare_author has given to this remarkable young woman. This book is not to be missed.
This might be the fastest I've ever received my Book of the Month box! 😲 Best day of the month, in my opinion! 📚💕 #botm #bookmail
Don‘t you just love #botm‘s “free shipping”?? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄. Should be called “free shitty shipping” 😡
No updates since February 1, so I called them...
BOTM CS dude, “yeah, we have a lot of problems with that shipping point. Idk, maybe call us at the end of the week if it hasn‘t moved.” 😒
Me, 😡😡
Thank goodness I have two accounts, so I‘m reading Anna K from my other box.
#BOTM feeling lucky today. My books came in today. Never got them on Sunday before..woo hoo
I usually don‘t pick just one, but thought I could do an add-on next month if I still wanted one of the others. Put them all on hold at my library, though! #botm
Tagged book is my February #botm pick. On my way to checkout an option to pair books with tea, candles, socks, I think a roll on perfume, etc. were offered. I opted the “No thanks” this time. I‘ll probably give it a try when I can splurge a little next month. Have you littens who are botm members paired your book with something?
Was really excited to see The Girl With the Louding Voice in the February #BOTM selections! Was not thrilled to see American Dirt there, but I assume the books are ordered months ahead of time and it was too late to do anything...if they even would have 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ Also liked seeing a range of add-ons for Black History Month! Eager to read all three of these.
So of course I got five. 😞 That seems to be the theme with me. Three from this month and two from the backlist. Oh well, cheers to an ever-lengthening TBR!! 🥂🥂 Lolololol!! 😂😂🥳
I‘m really looking forward to this one. #BOTM
Missed the confetti again. Lol. Was saying yes to tote!! Hooray!!!!
I can‘t believe the #BOTM picks are up so early! Here‘s my box. I considered throwing in American Dirt, as I‘d like to judge it for myself (especially since Sandra Cisneros continues to support it), but I‘d rather wait until the din dies down a bit, plus my library is getting it, so I‘d rather read their copy. I‘d love to see more nonfiction picks, but they didn‘t seem to give that much of a chance.
Ugh. And now, we wait. #botm
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Am I the only one who wasn‘t alerted by book of the month that the subscription price has gone up to $15.98?
I thought that was weird.
pickExcellent coming of age novel set in Nigeria. Comes out February 4. Thanks to #netgalley for a copy.
Full review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3113542003?book_show_action=false&from_rev...
