Reads, Recs & Reviews

By Chiamaka Ehiem

Reads, Recs & Reviews is a podcast for every reader and anyone looking to read wide, read more and find joy in reading. Chiamaka the Bookish Igbo Girl will be sharing reviews of books she's curren... more

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September 10, 2023Ep. 23 | Reintroduction + Current Reading Goals for 2023
Hey there, welcome back to the podcast. It has been so long and I'm glad to be back.
In today's episode, I'll be reintroducing the podcast while addressing and sharing with you some plans that I have and I'll also be sharing my current goals for the rest of 2023.
Here's a look at some of the top episodes we've had in past seasons:
Reading A Broken People's Playlist

Recommending Reading Challenges for 2022

Recommending Smutty books
I mentioned listening to more audiobooks and if you want to get into it as well, you can do that by signing up to Scribd. With this link, you get 60 days free to listen and read so many books.
Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter, and Storygraph.

Subscribe to my YouTube Channel and Newsletter.

Join the Something Bookish Reading Challenge and The Storygraph Reads The World 2023 Challenge.
Enjoy! ✨
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27min
May 20, 2022 Ep. 15: Reading | A Broken People's Playlist by Chimeka Garricks
It's #ShortStorySeptember and I'm doing another reading from A Broken People's Playlist, a collection of 12 stories inspired by music. This is an all time favorite book and you'll find that I mentioned among the books that would pull you out of a reading slump in Episode 9.
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39min
May 06, 2022Ep. 22: Recommending | Five Books for Five Prompts in The Something Bookish Reading Challenge.
Every book fits into a prompt in a reading challenge, it all just depends on you.
On the show today, I shared books for five prompts in The Something Bookish Reading Challenge, the prompts mentioned in this show are:
A book over 500 pages

A book by a Southern African Author

A book by a Caribbean Author

A book set in East Africa

A translated novel published in 2022
The Reading challenge is hosted by Amyn - The Lipglossmaffia and the books recommended can be found on Scribd, using my link and you get 60 days free. Try it Now!
Connect with me on bookstagram and twitter.
For more bookish recommendations, reading and reviewing, subscribe to Reads, Recs and Reviews on Apple Podcast.
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21min
April 24, 2022 Ep. 21: Reading | The Sex Lives Of African Women
For today, I'm reading an excerpt from the book; The Sex Lives Of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah. This reads more like a memoir which features the stories of several women talking about the sex experiences and how they've been able to come to terms with their sexuality despite societal norms. I hope you enjoy listening to me read this, also leave me a comment if you've read this book.
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36min
April 09, 2022 Ep.20: Recommending | Books by Black Women you should read
In today's episode, I'm celebrating Black women writers and sharing their books.
In order of appearance:
Coconut by Florence Olajide
LegendBorn by Tracy Deonn
The First Woman by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
In Dependence by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
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35min
January 23, 2022 Recommending | 4 Reading Challenges to join in
There are no rules to participating in reading challenges. There are lots of them right now and you can pick anyone from the list below:
The Something Bookish Reading Challenge 2022
10 books 10 decades
20 books by black women
Storygraph read the world 2022
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If you enjoy my content, please consider supporting me and buy me a cup of digital coffee
Subscribe to my newsletter
Daalụ ❤
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30min
January 16, 2022Best Books of 2021 & Anticipated releases of 2022
Hey there! Happy New Year! Welcome to the first episode on the podcast season 3, today I'm sharing my best books of 2021 and anticipated releases of 2022. Reviews and Reflections of books mentioned are:
The Gilded One

The Mountains Sing

The First Woman

Ace of Spades

Butter Honey Pig Bread
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The complete list of Best Books of 2021 and anticipated releases of 2022 are up here!
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34min
November 20, 2021 Ep. 17: Reviewing | Bush Baby by Roseline Mgbodichinma
Bush Baby is a short story published by Illino Media, it is a story that has an otherworldliness to it. I especially love the writing style and how easy the story was to get into and comprehend. You can read Bush Baby on illino.org and you can also subscribe to their mailing list to know when they have published new stories.
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16min
September 30, 2021 Ep. 16: Recommending | 5 Smutty books that would leave you hot and bothered (Pt. 1)
Whew! Recording this episode was total chaos. I had my initial thoughts penned down but as soon as I sat to record it all vanished. Today's episode is very explicit, explores books with levels 5-10 smuts and I loved every bit of this episode. Books mentioned include: Sugar Daddies by Jade West, The Billionaire Submissive by Joely Sue Burkhart, Bait by Jade West, Hotter than ever by Elle Kenedy, The Until series (Him/Her) by Aurora Rose.
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41min
September 03, 2021 Ep. 14: Reading | Love Is Beautiful When In Bloom by Lara T. Kareem
Love Is Beautiful When In Bloom is a collection of seven short stories that centre and focus on Love. The stories are refreshing and have a lightness to them that would make you just sit and smile. I'm proud of Nigerian Female authors who are doing extraordinarily well and I'll always highlight them in anyway I can. Since it's Short stories September, I decided to read two stories from this collection and I hope you enjoy it. You can get the book from the author's page on Instagram @laratkareem or @rovinheights, @pagebookstore and @bookpeddlerng all on Instagram.
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29min

FAQs about Reads, Recs & Reviews:

How many episodes does Reads, Recs & Reviews have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.