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Sometimes, I read a story and marvel at how an author is able to capture so well the way that life unfolds. Reality can be just as strange, moving, and unbelievable as fiction. A writer doesn’t always have to invent stories, they simply need to notice what many of us often overlook. What do you think? Does life imitate art, or does art merely reflect life? #BooksAndQuietSpaces #BookishThoughts #LifeAndLiterature ©booksandquietspaces

I am fascinated by people. Who they are, why they do what they do, and how all of this plays out in fiction. I think this is where Agatha Christie had me hooked. Because the more I read, the more I realise that art really does imitate life. These people may be fictional, but spend a weekend watching true crime documentaries and you will realise quickly that greed, jealousy, entitlement, resentment, obsession are all very much alive in the real world. I was watching a re-run o

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”- William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare contends a name is merely a label. Who you are is who you are , no matter what label you’re given. The essence of a thing/person is independent of its title. I bring my cultural perspective to this. To an African, Nigerian, Yoruba to be precise, a name is more than a label attached to who you are. You carry more than your essence. You carry the hopes, history and aspirations o

Books and Quiet Spaces-Reflections. I do believe to be a good writer, you have to be a reader. Often, when I get stuck, I pack up my manuscript and go reading. Paper books or audiobooks, I lose myself in other worlds, and almost always, find the way back to mine. But breaking through on a platform, whether TikTok or Facebook, I feel like the new girl. No, not a new girl, a toddler learning to take those first wobbly steps. I balance hope and anticipation until gravity inevita

You know, one climbs, others tug it back. We often use this when talking about other people. I was just thinking, this is not just about people but also about habits. The invisible crabs, little setups that make slipping back easy. The 'just-in-case' ice cream, the saved chat, the 'only this once'. There’s that line in Proverbs 6:10-12, 'A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come on you like a thief...' I hear it as tiny rep

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