Skip to content

Home
Books
Blogging
Contact
Services
All Posts

Naija Book Bae

Bibliophilia

The Unknown

9th September 20159th November 2017 LaraLeave a comment

The Unknown

It’s within the darkness,

lost in the endless sea of black.

It’s happy to be here eternally,

not like its fellow mates.

It’s existence to be hidden forever.

Like this:

Like Loading...

poem, poetry, the unknown

Post navigation

Once Upon a Free Bird

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Enter your comment here...

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Email (required) (Address never made public)

Name (required)

Website

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out / Change )

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Notify me of new comments via email.

Notify me of new posts via email.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Search for:

Hi! My name is Lara Kareem, creator of this website. I’m a big literary lover, who also loves her heritage, hence the name Naija. I’m a Nigerian born and bred in Lagos… (read more)

Latest Posts

Literary Recommendations — 5 Romance Novels that Worked my Heart! 24th May 2019
Book Review: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 20th May 2019
Literary Blogging 101: How to Properly Send a Book Review Request 17th May 2019
Book Review: 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne 15th May 2019
Event Planning “A Blind Date With a Book” | I Hosted my First Ever Event! 12th May 2019

Follow Naija Book Bae on WordPress.com

Follow Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 3,036 other followers

Categories

Article
Blog Tours
Blogging
Book Reviews
Book Talk
Books
Guest Feature
Inspiration
Literary Blogging 101
Sounds

Find Me

Twitter
Instagram
Pinterest
SoundCloud
LinkedIn
Facebook
Snapchat
Goodreads

Posts I Like

MUSLIM VOICES RISE UP - Naviga… on Word Wonders
Annotating My Bookshelf | May… on Bookish Luna
Six for Sunday - 2019 Books I… on Jill's Book Blog
After 8 hours spent in the ER… on Beware Of The Reader
The 'Pancake' Book Tag! on the paperback piano

Instagram

Hi guys, it may not be showing but I’ve had next to no social engagement on here since the past week and it’s because I’m down. I’m okay but I’m not up there, also my health has been dicey lately and it’s just a whole lotta stress, even though I’ve been doing the bare minimum. — This is why I am choosing to share this book today which I got from @kubepublishing it’s truly the best gift I received this ramadan because when I read it, I feel understood, inspired and the love of Allah. — The stories in this book are so amazing, I take it everywhere with me and just read and read, until I feel good and renewed with passion. — This is one book, that I shall be reading and recommending throughout time, so many valuable lessons I have learnt and I’m not even done yet. — If you want to read and find out why I’m so inspired you could also get it from @kubepublishing and if you’re in Nigeria like me, from @tarbiyahbooksplus. — Have a goodnight 🙏🏾

On 20/04/19 @BookishSpecies, hosted it’s first ever event “A Blind Date with a Book” at Page Book Store, in Ikeja, Lagos. Nigeria. People came out to chill with fellow bookish people & lovers, had fun, made new friends, ate as we engaged in literally discussions, had fun-filled sessions & shopped for more books. The bonus was everyone got to go home with a mysterious book, and extra free books and other bookish swag. It was, of course, the perfect kind of date, everyone who made it to the event loved it and it was a day well spent. Next time feel free to come and hang with us Bookish Species. » Find out more about the event by visiting the blog 😊

good morning, this me wishing all muslims a great ramadan.

I asked and you guys voted, with An Orchestra of Minorities coming out on top because so many people want to read it, which is amazing 😊. Funny my copy is signed by Chigozie Obioma and he wrote “To Lara, Thank you for the honor of my work!” and here I am giving out another copy to a lucky person! 🐓 This giveaway ended on the 12th of May and @booksxnaps won the following items: » An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie Obioma (@parresiapublishers) » Bouquet, Book Sleeve (@bookgloves) » Bookish Species Bookmark (@bookishspecies) » 1 Nimah’s Honey Stix (@nimahshoney) 🐓 Congratulations!

I have been super excited since I got these books last week Thursday, I was looking at the zeros and five naira’s that were in my various bank accounts, but I was like no way you’re not going to get them now, so I used my emergency fund and like I didn’t even feel guilty 😊 » Firstly you guys need to get your hands on these two Karen M. McManus books and read them for a thrilling ride, because she’s now on the list of my favourite authors, which is why I also got physical copies. I think @abookishpair were the ones who asked if I was into collecting collections and I finally checked my library and I have a lot of complete book collections of authors with only two books 😊 just like the ones above. » I have been wanting Circe since I read Song of Achilles and I think I was meant to buy it from @something__bookish but my bank was like no don’t do it, just walk away and I’m happy I finally have a copy ♥️ » Last year I was super excited when @paperfury’s book got released, I was so hyped and participated in the #bookstagram release challenge and everything, got the kindle book and what not but I couldn’t resist a physical copy. » I will be reading Circe sooner rather than later though, because I just can’t wait to dive in. » Be on the watch out for the book who wins on my previous post, giveaway coming ASAP! and I got all these books from @pagebookstore » Tata!

hey 😊 » how’s your day going? i have spent my early hours taking pictures of books, that you all will eventually see and hear about how i feel or felt about said books. » now on to the reason for this post, if i was hosting a giveaway, which one of these books in the picture will you want to win? let me know by commenting ✌🏾

happy world book and copyright day 📚 @thatothernigeriangirl has said all i really want to say, but i’m going to add my own because i see some ebook instagram stores on here that started following me and my blood boils because i can bet none of them have the right to resell the ebook, because really are you paying the publisher or the author their due percentage? i don’t think so. » a lot of people don’t understand that the profit on a book sold is very little, and most times authors get like 10%-30% or even less most times. so when you’re illegally sharing someone else’s intellectual property for your own profit, just know you are a thief, there’s no two way about it. if you call yourself a creative and are all about how you don’t want anybody else to steal your content or your ideas, but you engage in illegal acquiring of books, you’re a big time hypocrite and need to check yourself because #karmaisabitch » adios ♥️

When Hadiza got married she wasn’t expecting much, but what she would have never imagined was the suffering her husband Abdurrazaq Zanna would put her through. 🌸 Sackful of Wishes by Azizah Idris M. paints a very vivid picture of all the wrong reasons to get married. The story narrates the reason why Hadiza chose to marry the impulsive AR, who right from the onset was shown to be unstable, he did all the things that raised red flags, yet she still had hope. Her family had hope and that hope would be what destroyed her. 🌸 The use of language and narration in this book was easy enough to read, and Hadiza’s situation was very saddening, everything about her situation made my blood boil, so yes the story is emotion invoking. 🌸 The pacing and transitioning of time in the story wasn’t as smooth as it should have been, a lot of instances where happenings should have been dedicated more time to and fleshed out, but I guess it’s because this book spans a number of years, and it’s the first book in a trilogy so it should be allowed. 🌸 Which brings me to the ending, the ending was so abrupt, it just ended. There wasn’t any build up to it, nothing that said this story is coming to an end now and I found it jarring, it tried to build up suspense for the next book, but it just didn’t hit the mark as well as it should have. 🌸 Am I looking forward to the next book? Yes, because I was enamoured with the story from start to finish and it only took me some hours to read it. I am very curious about what happens next in Hadiza’s journey. 🌸 If you’re interested, @pagebookstore is currently selling the book for N2000 all through the month of April. Read more books by Nigerians.

Shameless Promo ♥️ » Have you seen the latest collection of Handmade Ankara Notebooks from @littartbyai? » It’s called #FromLagosWithLove and features a lot more Notebook styles than before. It’s a definite must have for anyone who loves journaling. » Look at the beauty that is Idumota, the fabric is so loud and vibrant, matched with the special Gratitude journal 😍 » By the way if you’re coming for A Blind Date with a Book, one lucky person is gonna get a gratitude journal 💃🏾 » Please patronise @littartbyai✌🏾

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Twitter

Post to

Cancel

%d bloggers like this: