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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 of The Dream...

“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 of those who have...