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Notes and reflections on the books I read. Stories that stay with me, the ideas they raise, and the conversations they invite.

  • May 10, 2025

Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes

After ten years of waiting and ten years of hoping that Chimamanda would give her readers a new book, the wait is finally over! Dream Count was officially published last month, and readers rejoiced for finally getting that one book from her. I was one of those readers who were hoping. That’s why I ensured…

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  • May 10, 2025
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  • February 11, 2025

Kalam Salaam: Je, fasihi inaweza kubadili dunia?

Je, fasihi inaweza kubadili dunia? Hili ndilo swali lililojadiliwa katika jukwaa la Kalam Salaam, linaloandaliwa na Mkuki na Nyota kila Alhamisi ya kwanza ya mwezi. Kama mdau wa vitabu, usomaji, na fasihi kwa ujumla, nimehudhuria jukwaa hili mara kadhaa. Nilipotafutwa kuwa mmoja wa wajadili mada hii, sikusita kusema ndiyo. Sikusema hivyo kwa sababu nilikuwa na…

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  • February 11, 2025
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  • October 29, 2024

Quotes from The Places I’ve Cried in Public by Holly Bourne

If you are not aware, I am now a columnist in the Citizen Newspaper. There, I write book reviews every Tuesday. It has become one of my favourite things, and I look forward to it every week. I have created a reading and writing routine that brings me so much joy.  Through my writings, I…

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  • October 29, 2024
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  • June 12, 2024

Book Thoughts: Before I Let You Go by Kennedy Ryan

This was my first book by Kennedy Ryan. I also read another book of hers, titled “Reel,” both of which my friend recommended, but “Before I Let You Go” remains my favourite. This book is a novel-worthy experience; it was that good. I finished it in April, and it took me forever to write this…

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  • June 12, 2024
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A lover of book, coffee and plants. Living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania sharing her simple life!

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Slow Living in Tanzania - Books, coffee, home ✨️
Columnist @thecitizentz

I’ve been thinking about how I sometimes move thro I’ve been thinking about how I sometimes move through things without really paying attention.

The trees, the water, the food. The things that hold everything together.

Today felt like a good day to notice a bit more.

Happy Earth Day 🌍

#EarthDay2026 #SlowLiving #MindfulLiving #NatureMoments
Caught my review in print today over coffee. ☕️✨ Caught my review in print today over coffee. ☕️✨

Just kidding, it’s always out on Tuesdays in The Citizen newspaper. Today’s review: Selling to Informal Markets by Farayi Ziswa.
How I ease into my workday ☕️ . . #handgrinder # How I ease into my workday ☕️
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#handgrinder 
#coffeeathome☕️
Who gets to decide that the life you are living is Who gets to decide that the life you are living is a good one? The correct one?

Weeks after I finished The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, I am still trying to answer that question.

In my review, I talk about how I think about death and what kind of feeling it will leave behind.

This year, I want to read books that push me to question how I live and help me change some beliefs.
You sit by the sea. You drink coffee. You read. O You sit by the sea.

You drink coffee. You read. Or pretend to read as you admire the sea and wonder how far it goes. You invite intrusive thoughts while at it (IYKYK). Then you go back to actually reading and drinking your now cold coffee, because you left it alone for too long. But you don’t want to give it up.

You admire the sunset. You think about how grateful you are to be part of nature.

You pay your bill and go back to your little home that you love so much. You go to bed. The end 🤣✨️

Anyway, my current book is interesting. It is changing how I see marketing. It is more than just selling. It is a way of understanding the world better.
Are you living the way you think you should? Maybe Are you living the way you think you should?
Maybe yes. Maybe not.

That is yours to answer.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy asks you to sit with it. It is unsettling. It is necessary.

My favourite quote: “Can it be that I have not lived as one ought?” Suddenly came into his head. “But how not so, when I've done everything as it should be done?”

A review and video coming soon. I would love to hear your thoughts.
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It’s just a book until it starts feeling a little It’s just a book until it starts feeling a little too familiar.
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