Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry-A Review

I hope my prayer journal is never read by who you know because we have scribbled very specific prayers that led to that moment (you got that right!?) Anyway here is a list of THINGS I WOULD NEVER SAY OUT LOUD:

1) I am a terrible baker but I cannot stop trying to bake a decent cake

2) I always run a marathon once a year yet I run at a turtle

3. Someone once broke up with me because his mama said I was an Oreo

Before I bore you *yawn* let’s get into the review

                   Genre: Young Adult Fiction

                   Koffee Rating :4/5

Blurb: The book follows Quinn who absolutely loves lists and making them because it’s better than speaking your thoughts right!? So she prettybmuch have a list of everything including things that should never be known. So her life unravels when the journal goes missing and someone’s starts blackmailing her by posting snippets on Instagram. Desperate and enraged she gets helpfrom Carter who she also likes and isn’t that awkward tho!?.

Favorite Character: Carter because he was just real ,smart and witty

Character most like me: Quinn because uhmm we have Journaling in common  and also we freak out

Character/s I didn’t like: The jury is still out on that one

Themes explored: Honesty ,friendship ,truth and race

As a christian would I enjoy this book? Yes!

Do I recommend this book? Yes! GO buy it now

Will I read more books by this author? Yes!

Till next time…

The Guest by B.A Paris

               Genre: Domestic Thriller

               Koffee Rating:4/5

Anci’s Summary | Imagine your best friend moves in with you and your husband claiming her husband cheated on her and has a child after agreeing you don’t want kids. Your best friend is sleeping in your bed ,wearing your clothes basically she is everywhere and not planning to leave.  Until someone dies and you have to read the book to find out who …

Goodreads Blurb:

Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and sleeping in their bed, wearing Iris’ clothes, even rearranging the furniture.

Laure has walked out on her husband—and their good friend—Pierre, over his confession of an affair and a secret child. Iris and Gabriel want to be supportive of their friends, but as Laure’s mood becomes increasingly unpredictable, her presence takes its toll.

Iris and Gabriel’s only respite comes in the form of a couple new to town. But with them comes their gardener, who has a checkered past. Soon, secrets from all their pasts will unravel, some more dangerous than they could have known ..(from Goodreads)

What I loved about the book: The twist y’all! I had the wrong suspect

What the book should have done better: Not sure about this

Character/s I loved: Oh mayn! I dunno this is a hard one 

Characters I disliked: Laure she is the worst guest ever

The character most like me: Uhm the jury is still out on this one

Would you read more books by this author? Yes!

Do you recommend this book? Yes! If you enjoy domestic thrillers.

Favourite book by the author: Behind closed doors

Final musings: I  will definitely read all her books

Unbreak Thy Heart -To The One That Didn’t Like Me

Dear Smart Pants

As I write this I imagine you are chasing your toddler to the kitchen where your wife is making some fancy dish like Beef Stroganoff  and you hug her behind and tell her you love her. Do I envy her? Nope! I do yearn for a do over for when we met for the first time. 

Do you remember the first time we met? You probably don’t so let me tell you. You were the new kid in class and you sat behind me in English. You asked to borrow my pen so I turned back and smiled at you and passed you a pen. You murmured thank you and never smiled back. It was then that I noticed how cute you were. You were very cute and boy didn’t teenage hormones just sprout and I developed my first crush.

You came to know it because teenagers don’t keep a secret. You told everyone that could listen that you would never be caught dead in a relationship with me because I was ugly and you would rather be dead. Ugly is a very broad term it could mean anything from troll to ogre.  But you used that term loosely.

I guess you opened the box of unrequited love from therein.

You called me ugly and I believed it.

Maybe your perception was wrong but who knows.

Yours

The Pen Lender

Unbreaking Thy Heart

Have you ever had your heartbroken? Yep! Me too!

Some say that there is no pain like rejection but also unrequited love is a bitter pill to swallow. As I write this blog post I have cried me a river,ranted ,wailed ,pitied myself and have to come to be neighbours with heartbreak.

After several hours of mindless internet sleuthing ,I have come up with a list of movies and songs that are meant to help and I will be sharing my opinions with you as we go by. This is my version of to all the boys I’ve loved and this includes those that didnt love me back.

In the famous words of Anna “I’m Also Just A Girl, Standing In Front Of A Boy, Asking Him To Love Her.”-Notting Hill

To all those heartbroken darlings please hold on it gets better (right!?)

March Book Of The Month

I suffer from a disease called people-pleasing and as far back as I can remember I have been a people-pleaser but no more. I chose this book because we need to learn how to claim back our peace and joy. So ladies and gentlemen I am proud to announce my March Book Club ” Chapters Over Coffee Book Club” pick :

Title: Set Boundaries , Find Peace

Genre: Non-Fiction

How I will be reading the book? 20 pages a day is the goal every single day

Will you be reading with me?

The Other Woman

The man I loved married someone else while I watched The Good Wife.

He married the love of his life and I wasn’t present because I am the one he didn’t choose. I am the one he looked at twice and said nah. I am the one that never made it to the final whistle. I probably played a good 20 minutes before I was substituted. There was no good game you played well or no parade I was left with a broken heart.

Nobody ever talks about the other woman. The woman who never made the cut, the woman he didn’t want because his mama wouldn’t approve and the one he never introduced to his friends.

The other woman is often portrayed as the home wrecker, the baby mama, or the side chick but I am none of those. I am the one he left when he found out I could not have kids. After 9 years he walked out of the door easily and never gave a fight. Now how do I tell him I pregnant?

Getting Lost in the Vegetable Aisle

When a girl is about to change her life her grocery cart is full of spinach, beetroot, and green beans and if she is feeling aspirational there is a happy serving of apples. Now that’s when you know a girl is about to change her life. I knew my life was about to change when I  skipped the oreo aisles and looked like a lost puppy in the vegetable section pretending to know how fresh watermelon looked .

You probably wondering how I ended up here. My answer is two words -pain and loss (well technically that’s three ) One thing they never told us is how to grieve. How do you mourn burying a loved one you never said goodbye to? How do you bury someone who’s pain wasn’t as clear as daylight? I grieved for someone I never got to say “thank you”, “I love you”, and I still don’t know if I will forget.

She used to tell me to eat better and stay healthy and I would say just one more Oreo won’t hurt. But here I am in the produce aisle fetching my health and wellness. I don’t know how to pick a fresh watermelon but I do know that I am healing and getting stronger.

Maybe I am working through grief an apple a time but nevertheless I press on..

The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley- A Review

I have never been to Paris physically but I have watched a movie set in Paris and so I guess I have been to Paris. I imagine when I arrive there it will be all I imagined (side note: Dear future husband)

Lucy Foley has grown in popularity over the year’s anyone read The Guest List (hands? Do I see hands?). I finally jumped on the train because I had some change to spare so here we are😂

Genre:Mystery/Thriller

Koffee Rating:3.75/5

Blurb:

Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there.

The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbors are an eclectic bunch, and not particularly friendly. Jess may have come to Paris to escape her past, but it’s starting to look like it’s Ben’s future that’s in question.

The socialite – The nice guy – The alcoholic – The girl on the verge – The concierge

Everyone’s a neighbor. Everyone’s a suspect. And everyone knows something they’re not telling(via Goodreads)

What I loved about the book: The premise of the story

What the book should have done better: Not sure about this

Character/s I loved: Oh mayn! I dunno this is a hard one 

Characters I disliked: The socialite

The character most like me: Uhm the jury is still out on this one

Would you read more books by this author? Yes!

Do you recommend this book? Yes! If you enjoy locked room mysteries

Favourite book by the author: This is my first book by the author.

Final musings: I get the Lucy Foley hype now

P.S we survived day 4/90 of 90 Day Strong and my coach didn’t even give me room to say Nooooo (lol)

Day 3 of 90 Days Strong

Happy Valentine’s Day cousins!

Valentine is that one day that has me in my feelings -it’s a reminder that I am self vs world and the reminder is brutal. It doesn’t help that my body is crying out (I cannot wait to be strong) and I am waddling because eish my trainer doesn’t want me happy.

Here is what my Valentine’s looks like?

Morning : We skipping work out this AM opting to pamper thy body (I even used Aveeno body mist for control)

I will still go for my evening walk today and get in the steps as well as cuddle my book-The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley is going alright)

P.S I am still going to eat healthy today and hugs to all feeling alone (I love you❤️)

Cheers to 87 days left 😂

Day 1 of 90 Strong

Happy New Week!

I am the perfect definition of starting over again and again (I might have a doctorate in that). I have started my fitness journey countless times -at one time I wanted to have a body that was banging ,curves for days and now I just want to be fit.I am back again to being bookish fit and this time around I have a trainer so I am going to show up when I don’t.

My friend today told me that I needed to show Grace some grace.I needed to be kind to myself .I have for years believed that I was hideous and the scars I carried repulsive. I have found that I carry the weight of my body not being too curvy ,my skin not to clear ,my hypoallergenic self like a bag on my back instead of smiling back in the mirror to the girl that is strong.

I hope I continue to 90 till one more burpee becomes two more and five more become easier .

P.S I just started The Paris Apartment and I think I might enjoy it (wish me luck)