Welcome to Litsy!

This starts out as a young teen basically being sold by her father to be an older man‘s third wife and I thought, really? Haven‘t I read this story before? (Though it is an important one to tell, it‘s already out there.) But then it went in a different direction that I found more interesting. I‘m glad that while this book shows a lot of hardship, it also shows tenacity and hope.

My #bookspin bingo.

#bookspin book is Girl with the Louding (not loading, stupid autocorrect 🙄) Voice.
#doublespin will be a botm selection off my shelf. I'm thinking maybe one from this month, The Christie Affair.

Good luck to all my fellow bookspinners. 🤞
@TheAromaofBooks

One of my many tbr books from my #BOTM shelf!

#Voice
#Beginswith

❤️📚

I‘m so thankful to #ReadingAfrica22 &
#Booked2022 for giving me the extra push to finally pick up this book. In the vein of what Khaled Hosseini did for Afghan women, Abi Dare does the same for Nigerian girls in this heartbreaking yet hopeful novel. Adunni the 14yr old MC has experienced more trauma and sorrow in her young life, yet her optimism and joyful spirit is infectious. I‘m so glad I added audio narration to my Kindle purchase, 👇🏽

Chapter 46 WTF?!!! OMG!!! Discuss below #LoudBuddyRead it‘s STILL 2014!!!!
@TrishB @squirrelbrain @RaeLovesToRead @Mynameisacolour @Kdgordon88 #ReadingAfrica22 #Nigeria #Booked2022 #BlackOwnedPublishingHouse

#LoudBuddyRead chapter 40 - book is set in 2014! I‘m shocked at the attitude towards girls and their lack of worth, value. You would think it‘s 1914…so sad and infuriating @Mynameisacolour @TrishB @squirrelbrain @RaeLovesToRead @Kdgordon88

I‘m up to chapter 18 and WOW!! If anyone is up to this point and wants to discuss below with spoiler tags feel free!!! I‘m doing an ebook- audio combo and im enjoying both mediums. #LoudBuddyRead @Mynameisacolour @TrishB @RaeLovesToRead @Kdgordon88 @squirrelbrain

My dinner plans fell through so Im starting the #LoudBuddyRead tonight!! It‘s a no pressure self paced read for #Booked2022 #BlackOwnedPublishingHouse #ReadingAfrica22 #Nigeria

Wow. I delayed reading this as a few friends have said it's tricky to read in the dialect.
Superb story, really absorbed me and read it in huge chunks. Some of the story was deeply moving but throughout it, her spirit is so strong and she has such convictions.

** book not pictured with my reading buddy ** Finished up during morning nap today! This was different from other books I normally read, but I‘m so glad I gave it a shot. The language was hard to get into at first for me, but I ended up getting so attached to Adunni and invested in her story. I wanted the best for her and enjoyed cheering her on. Check this one out! #botm ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#Booked2020 #Fall Wrap-Up, and another year complete!

#ThinkPink: The Prince & The Dressmaker
#GothicHorror: The Woman in Black
#SouthernAsia: Man Tiger
#BookClubWorthy: The Girl With the Louding Voice
#Newin2020: My Dark Vanessa
#BottomofTBR: Northanger Abbey

Don't forget to post a wrap-up for the Fall Quarter! 🎉 📚 You have until Jan 3,2021. And prepare for next year by signing up for #Booked2021 here: https://bit.ly/2ICbIkC

The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare is one of the best books I‘ve ever read. This is a very unique and important story. Adunni has an extremely difficult life but continues to fight for a better life every day. The amount of struggles and hardships Adunni faces was very heart breaking and eye opening. I learned a lot about Nigeria from reading The Girl with the Louding Voice.

Full review: https://rb.gy/w4ft5y

Review of my week! Books I‘ve read and blog posts.

QOTD: What was your favorite book you read this week?

Full post: https://justreadingjess.wordpress.com/2020/11/22/sunday-post-6-weekly-update/

A moving story of 14-year-old Adunni from rural Nigeria, who faces many obstacles to her dream of getting an education and becoming a teacher. Adjoa Andoh performs the #audiobook — the perfect way to experience the nonstandard English of Adunni‘s first person voice. Have Kleenex handy.

At first I wasn‘t understanding him, but now it is not too much a problem. Everybody in the whole world be speaking different. Big Madam, Ms Tia, Kofi, Abou—even me, Adunni—we all be speaking different because we all are having different growing up life. But we can all be understanding each other if we just take time to listen well.

I swim deep inside the river of my soul, find the key from where it is sitting full of rust at the bottom of the river, and open the lock.

3.75⭐️ While there were parts of the book that were a little harder to get through, I enjoyed the different perspective that this book offered. I also appreciated that the author had the main character “speak” in her broken English, as it gave the book a more authentic feel to the book. #2020 #fiction #comingofage #aficanliterature #ownvoices #contemporary #bookreview #readwithjenna #readyourway #bookstagram

This was a wonderful book and Adunni a brave and amazing young girl. I would definitely recommend this book! #bookcovers

#integrateyourshelf

Oof I am way behind.

This was a tough one for me. I couldn‘t find an available translated work, but this one is on my holds list and written by a Nigerian writer!

Additional contenders are Under the Udala Trees and the graphic novel anthology The Girl Who Married a Skull.

(If anyone knows how to tag books in post I‘d love to know I can‘t figure it out lol)

This was a good book and I learned more about Nigeria. I just think I am not in the right frame of mind at the moment to read about such hardship and injustice. Adunni is a great character though and you really hope everything will work out for her ⭐⭐⭐

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved this book. It was moving and heartbreaking yet still hopeful. The broken English was jarring at first but I quickly got used to it. And I really liked the facts about Nigeria at the start of some chapters. I wish all the chapters had a fact about Nigeria. I highly recommend this one. This was my #bookspinbingo No. 3 book.

July reads. Would recommend all of them, but they‘re rated in order clockwise based on how much I‘ve found myself thinking/talking about them.

"Who knows what else tomorrow will bring? So, I nod my head yes, because it is true, the future is always working, always busy unfolding better things, and even if it doesn‘t seem so sometimes, we have hope of it."

Hiking and listening.

A challenging read due to the poverty and abuse of young teen girls 😓 but well done

I started this as an audiobook but finished with the ebook because I had too much difficulty concentrating on the accent.

loved the culture—learned a ton

Finally off from work! I was able to get about 2hrs in my audiobook read at work, so that‘s something!

Settling down now in my reading chair to officially start my #Readathon!

#deweysapril

Never did start this one. Will give it a try now!

I told Merlin I needed a pretty picture of him to help #keeplitsypostitive and he turned around. So, everyone enjoy what Merlin believes to be his best angle 😂😂

I plan on starting the tagged book today. It‘s rainy and dreary here, perfect for cat cuddles and reading ❤️

Next!

This is my current #BOTM choice. I loved the main character, Adunni. She is full of spirit and has tremendous resilience in the face of hardship. I was rooting for her to find success. This book serves as a reminder of the hardship and unfairness that women face all over the world. Very heartbreaking to know that young girls like the one in this book suffer at the hands of those who are more powerful.

Starting this and drinking some tea ☕️ before the kids wake up

This is really captivating. #blackhistorymonth

Phew. Emotional, powerful. Adunni‘s story of triumph will stay with me forever. “My Mama say education will give me a voice. But I want more than just a voice. I want a louding voice.” This one is up there with This Tender Land, and y‘all know how much love I have for that book. #thegirlwiththeloudingvoice

This is a largely beautiful tale of a young girl who conquers adversity with a spark of humour, a healthy helping of innocence, and a wisdom far beyond her years. There were elements of the story that compelled to read more and moments that I found it difficult to connect in a real way with the characters. While I found it to be a good story, it‘s not one that completely captured my heart and imagination. 🌟🌟🌟

Abi Daré is a new, important voice bringing attention to the issues still plaguing young people in Nigeria who are essentially being sold into a slave trade, working for free for the rich. The story takes place in 2014-2015 during the most turbulent change of Adunni's life following her abrupt marriage to a much older man, despite her young age, and her fatal mistake that prompts her to run away from everything to work & live in Lagos.

Kitty and I are both happy my #BOTM came in today! Yay! I can‘t wait to read this one.

#catsoflitsy #floridathecat

Decided to step out of my comfort zone and quickly chose this one and hit ship before I could change my mind. This book sounds amazing! #botm

The books I did choose.

Happy #BOTM pick day! What did y'all choose? (Also want to read The Holdout, but I have an egalley of it!)

Got my new kickstand cover today and looking forward to starting this ebook from #NetGalley!