What's On My Current Reading List

I’ve always been an avid reader, although this past year, my relationship with books and reading has been a bit rough. I go through dry spells where I can’t bring myself to pick a book up, punctuated by periods where I want to binge read every and anything in sight.

Thankfully, I’m currently in the “binge read” phase and consequently, I’ve been acquiring more and more books. So much, that I’m actively considering going through with getting a bookshelf made.

Sometime last year, I shared the top seven books in my reading list and that got quite a lot of positive feedback. It delights me to no end to talk about books, so I thought to do an update and share the books on my current reading list.

P.S – These are my personal opinions, and the fact that I did not like a book doesn’t mean it’s a bad book.

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1. Welcome To Lagos.

My first attempt at reading this book was a fail – I couldn’t quite get myself to focus on the story, so I dropped it. After a year or so, I decided to pick it up again and read it with a fresh mind and I’m glad I did.

Welcome to Lagos by Chibuzo Onuzo was a refreshing read. Centered around a group of strangers heading to Lagos to escape their personal demons and eventually having to slug it out together, It captures the real struggles of surviving Lagos as an underdog.

2. The Rosie Project.

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion was meant to be a quick read. Something to occupy my mind on a slow day but it ended up holding my attention and I could barely drop it. This novel follows the story of Don Tillman, a socially challenged genetics professor on his quest to find love using a series of “scientific evidence-based questionnaires”.

Don Tillman reminded me a lot of Sheldon from the Big Bang theory, but a sweeter version. I couldn’t help but keep rooting for him till the end. There’s a sequel titled “The Rosie effect” which was an equally sweet read.

3. Manchester Happened.

I wish that I can come here and gosh in totality about the awesomeness that is this book but unfortunately, I can’t. Not because it isn’t awesome, but because I didn’t get to read this from cover to back.

Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s Manchester happened is a collection of short stories and I have little patience for short stories. That “incomplete” feeling after reading a short story is one I’d rather do without, thank you!

If short stories are your thing, you’ll absolutely love this book. This book delves into the lives of Ugandans living in England. Each story (that I read) was brilliantly told and left me wanting more at the end.

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4. Eat Pray Love.

Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love is a memoir of her year-long solo journey around the world (Specifically Rome, India, and Bali) to discover herself. In this book, she chronicles her travels, her life and some of the lessons she learned on her journey.

I was really expecting to love this book. Especially because it’s such a classic that everyone recounts with fondness. I definitely wasn’t expecting that I’d have to struggle to finish it or skip pages to get to the exciting bits.

P.S – I absolutely love Elizabeth Gilbert. Her book – the big magic is one of my all-time faves. I wrote a review of the big magic here.

5. Modern Love.

Modern love is a collection of essays from the New York Times “Modern Love” column. It features real stories from real people on love, loss, and redemption. What Modern love did to me is what I thought Eat Pray love would do to me, but alas here we are. lol

I loved everything about this book and immersing myself in the lives and lessons of other people. I particularly loved the writing tone. For some reason, I had expected a bit of an amateurish writing seeing as it was collated from various people, but to the contrary, it was so light and easy, yet still held all the undertones of a well-written book.

6. Children Of Virtue And Vengeance.

Tomi Adeyemi’s Children of blood and bone was a great read, so I was excited to read the sequel – Children of virtue & vengeance. In children of virtue & vengeance, Amari and Zelie still continue to battle the Monarchy to restore peace and sanity for the Majis in Orisha.

There were lots of annoying bits, especially in the love Triangle between Zelie, Roen, and Inan. This book didn’t bang as hard as Blood and bone but I still enjoyed reading it.

7. Here Comes The Sun.

Here comes the sun came highly recommended, so I dug into it with excitement to unveil all the gems my friend had promised me. I was more than a bit disappointed.

Set in one of the slums in Jamaica, the book opens up with the story of Margot, a young woman who would do anything possible – including engaging in the sex trade to afford a better life for her younger sister Thandi. It touches on important issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality.

I was really hooked at the beginning but the story fell off a bit towards the middle and I also found the end to be anticlimactic.

Have you read any of these books? What’s currently on your reading list ?

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