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The Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Dar�

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I can‘t believe I didn‘t read this book before now; I loved it! Adunni is such a wonderful MC, naïve to the ways of the world (and how evil people can be) but also wise beyond her years.

Like my fellow #buddyreaders I can‘t believe that this kind of treatment of women is still allowed and accepted in this day and age. ? Going to read back through spoiler tags now…!

#booked2022 #blackownedpublishinghouse

#loudbuddyread

Cinfhen, HeathHof, TrishB, Deblovestoread, RaeLovesToRead

squirrelbrain Fun fact: I noticed that, in her acknowledgments, the first person the author thanked was Felicity Blunt, who is an agent at Curtis Brown (the black-owned publishing house for #booked2022) and also sister of Emily and wife of the lovely Stanley Tucci! 2y

Cinfhen Oh, that‘s such a cool fact!!! Thanks for sharing 😘 and so glad you loved this one too!!! 2y

Cinfhen Great graphics 🥰 2y

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RaeLovesToRead I'm only on page 90... you guys are so speedy!!!! Will try to finish in next couple of days and then I'll look back and comment 😊 2y

squirrelbrain I‘m having a reading day today @RaeLovesToRead after working the weekend, so that‘s how I finished it so quickly. Savour it and enjoy it - don‘t feel rushed! 2y

RaeLovesToRead It's really readable, I'm just a very slow reader. (Takes me hours to read 100 pages!) I've got a couple of hours now so I'll make myself a cuppa and settle down to it 😊 2y

TrishB Aww, I felt like that too! Why did I leave it so long. Hands down, most successful buddy read 😁 2y

TrishB That I‘ve been part of! 2y

squirrelbrain Success! 🥳 @TrishB 2y

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Cinfhen

Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Dar�

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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, 👇🏽

HeathHof, BarbaraTheBibliophage, TrishB, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, alisiakae, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB, RaeLovesToRead

Cinfhen because hearing the Nigerian dialect & authentic pronunciation of the Igbo & Yoruba added so much richness to the story. So grateful for my #LoudBuddyRead friends for sharing their thoughts. 2y

Cinfhen #Booked2022 #BlackOwnedPublishingHouse#ReadingAfrica22 #Nigeria #Pop22 #PastPrompt #CelebrityBookClub 2y

RaeLovesToRead I'm only a fifth of the way in but I also was taken back to A Thousand Splendid Suns reading this far. Both books making me so so angry and conjuring the stifling and horrific realities of forced marriage. Which prompt are you using it for in #pop22? 2y

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Cinfhen For #40 #PassedPrompt - #celebrityBookClub @RaeLovesToRead (edited) 2y

BarbaraBB Oooh sounds so good! 2y

squirrelbrain Great review… looking forward to reading the rest of it! 2y

emmaturi I really enjoyed this book! 2y

TrishB Despite all the awful things, I really enjoyed it! A successful buddy read 😁 2y

Cinfhen Yay @TrishB we‘re getting better at this buddyread thing xxx 2y

Cinfhen It was a very pleasant surprise @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @emmaturi Better than I expected 2y

TrishB Don‘t be jinxing it 😉😘 2y

Cinfhen Hahaha 🤣 next month we have this one @TrishB

The Mercies

Librarybelle I really need to read this one! 2y

Cinfhen It‘s really good @Librarybelle I think you‘d like it 2y

Deblovestoread I loved Adunni! The author used a deft hand in showing the horrors of being a poor female in Nigeria while keeping her dream of having and using her voice alive. It would be hard to stay hopeful with such daily abuse. 2y

Cinfhen Adunni was the right blend of heart, humor & spunk. A great character @Kdgordon88 Im eager to continue #ReadingAfrica to discover experiences for others in different African countries 2y

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Cinfhen

Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Dar�

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

Cinfhen Tia‘s flogging!!! Can you believe it??? 2y

Cinfhen And how perceptive of Adunni to question why is it only the women who are in “need” of “curing” - as if male infertility is not an legitimate issue 😡 2y

TrishB I‘m on chapter 30! I‘m enjoying the book with a heavy heart. Will get back to this when I get there. ☹️ I‘m expecting!! (edited) 2y

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Deblovestoread At chap 34, finishing tonight. As @TrishB said good book, heavy heart. (edited) 2y

Cinfhen I have half hour of audio to go @TrishB @Kdgordon88 - can‘t wait to discuss book with all of the buddy -readers! So glad I finally picked this up. It was on my Kindle for too long. 2y

RaeLovesToRead Gah, I'm so intrigued..... must... not... click... spoiler tags.... 2y

squirrelbrain I‘m trying not to either! @RaeLovesToRead 2y

TrishB Tia 💔😡 I can‘t believe this is 2014!!! If I was reading this about the Middle Ages I‘d still think it was brutal. Why did no one help? Finding hard to believe that this was acceptable. 2y

RaeLovesToRead I didn't expect the flogging. When I saw this post I wondered if they had taken Adunni back to Ikati and so I stayed up to make sure she was OK... then I was nearly at the end so I stayed up longer to finish it. I'm glad it had a happy-ish ending. You know you've read a good book when you think to yourself - "I wonder how things turned out for Adunni.. it's 2022 now" before you realise she is a creation. A remarkable character & a moving story. 2y

Cinfhen Ha, exactly @RaeLovesToRead this was a really interesting look into African custom & traditions- unfortunately some of their beliefs are terrible 2y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

My Vanishing Country: A Memoir | Bakari Sellers

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This is an ambitious memoir. Sellers covers a variety of topics and balances broader concepts with small details. His writing style is engaging, but his narration is only okay. He‘s connected to Civil Rights history, but lives with anxiety. He and his wife just celebrated their twins‘ 3rd bday. But it was touch-and-go for a while.

Full review https://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2022 #booked2022 #blackcentricimprint #pantone2022 #basil

Cinfhen, Clwojick, alisiakae

BarbaraTheBibliophage And I‘ll probably pick a prompt for #nonfictionchallenge2022 but right now I can‘t decide! @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 2y

Cinfhen I have this one but I‘m still not really compelled to listen🎧 #MaybeSomeday 2y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen I hear that. My reading goal this year is less challenges and more mood reading. I‘m just not feeling all the planning!! (Of course, I‘m still doing three challenges and finishing up one from 2022 … so we shall see …) 🤪 2y

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Cinfhen It‘s a long time until 2023 so I‘m not gonna push myself to rush through challenges 😉plus I‘m listening to this audio for #BlackOwnedPublishingHouse and it‘s really good

Girl with the Louding Voice

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen Sounds like a plan!! Enjoy the leisure! 2y

Cinfhen Thanks 😘😘 2y

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Cinfhen

Girl with the Louding Voice | Abi Dar�

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

HeathHof, BarbaraTheBibliophage, TrishB, Deblovestoread, alisiakae, squirrelbrain, RaeLovesToRead

TrishB 👍🏻 mine will probably be tomorrow. Looking forward to it. 2y

squirrelbrain I‘ll try to make a start in the next few days…work should calm down a bit mid-week. (She says, hopefully!) 2y

Cinfhen I‘m already loving it @TrishB @squirrelbrain Helen, if you can borrow the audio, it‘s fabulous with the Nigerian dialect ♥️ 2y

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Megabooks This was a miss for me, but I‘m glad you‘re enjoying it! 2y

Cinfhen Did you try audio or print @Megabooks ?? Because I think you might enjoy the audio🤷🏼‍♀️ 2y

squirrelbrain I can‘t find the audio anywhere Cindy, and TBH I have even less time for audio than I do for actual reading at the moment…. 😬 2y

Cinfhen Oh wow!!! You must be SUPER busy @squirrelbrain 2y

Megabooks Thanks for the invite, but I‘m good with my bail. 👍🏻 2y

Cinfhen Hahaha 🤣 ok @Megabooks xx 2y

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Cinfhen

My Weekend Is All Booked: Funny Lined Notebook and Journal Composition Book Diary | Booked Love Journals

Inspired by @KarenUK and @jenniferw88 I‘ve tentatively chosen my 6 books for #Booked2022 #WinterPrompts
**This may all change once #POP22 drops! **

Two choices work for #ReadingAfrica2022 as well #Kenya #Nigeria

jenniferw88 I loved this one!

Bluebird, Bluebird

Cinfhen Don‘t forget @TrishB we are budding reading

The Mercies

jenniferw88 And I'm using this one for #ReadingAfrica2022 too

The Girl with the Louding Voice

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Cinfhen Yay!!! @jenniferw88 I‘m trying to use books I own!!!! So it‘s on my kindle and ready to go ❣️ 2y

Cinfhen So that one also works for #BlackOwnedPublishingHouse @jenniferw88 (edited) 2y

KarenUK Love your choices! A couple are on my #tbr and I loved The Mercies 💕📚 2y

Crazeedi @Cinfhen I started that and never finished! 2y

squirrelbrain Good to know about the #blackownedpublishing house book- I have that on Kindle and that was a prompt I didn‘t have. I‘m working through my books at the moment so I‘ll post mine soon! 2y

AlaMich I loved Bluebird! 2y

Kangaj1 The Girl with the Louding Voice is really good! 2y

Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft has a GREAT list of resources for that prompt @squirrelbrain I tried to find it but I couldn‘t 😔maybe Alisia will post and share the list on Litsy!! 2y

Cinfhen I‘m excited to hear that both of those books are winners!!! @AlaMich @Kangaj1 😊 2y

BarbaraBB I‘ve been looking for an excuse to read the Franzen! And like @squirrelbrain I have no idea which books are #blackownedpublishers but I think many #ReadingAfrica2022 books will fit that prompt! (edited) 2y

TrishB Will now be using Girl with The Louding Voice too! Have The Mercies ready 😁The only others I haven‘t got are title repeats itself or weather yet. Was having a plan yesterday. 2y

TrishB The Girl with the Louding Voice I brought with you in Foyles, about time it was read 😁 2y

Cinfhen So we can all buddyread The Girl @TrishB @squirrelbrain 😁 2y

Cinfhen I‘m happy to send you the Franzen after I read it @BarbaraBB xx 2y

alisiakae Girl With the Louding Voice is so good! And great pick for double title. I started the audiobook a while back and got sidetracked. Keep meaning to go back to it! 2y

Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft can u share that link to the list of bestsellers that are from a Black owned press 2y

BarbaraBB Really??? I‘d love that!! 🙏 2y

Cinfhen My pleasure 😇 @BarbaraBB 2y

BarbaraBB Don‘t rush, I know you just sent something!! 🤍🤍 2y

Cinfhen It won‘t be for awhile before I mail it @BarbaraBB because I won‘t start the book until January 1 for #Booked2022 - so probably sometime in February ❣️❣️Hope that‘s ok😁 2y

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