I have suspended the reading of other books for one unfamiliar book titled Thread of Gold Beads by Nike Campbell-Fatoki. First the author was someone I didn't know and did not ring a bell in my literary circles-or should I say my circles of literati. So when I was given the book I totally ignored it.
I just read the author's profile and just said "all this diaspora people, hmn". The back of the 415 paged Novel reads of the author:
Nike Campbell-Fatoki was born in Lvov, Ukraine to Nigerian parents. She spent her formative years in Lagos, Nigeria, listening to stories and folktales told by her maternal grandparents. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Howard University and a master of Arts Degree in international Development from American University, Washington DC, presently, She is a Budget and Finance Manager in government in the Washington DC area. She is an avid reader. She loves travelling, watching movies and listening to music. She is also the Founder of Eclectic Goodies, a party favors and gift packaging company . She lives in the Washington DC area with her husband and three sons.
I handed it to Ebony Damilola, a colleague at Fairchild Media who after reading it sent me a mail
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When I first picked up the book, I was a little skeptic about it but as I started reading wow! The author found ways to intrigue me, love the organization and the structure of her work, what fascinated me was how she created a vivid image to her readers, that’s something you don’t see every day (chuckles}. She made it seem like we were part of the growing process of the main character, I loved the story line, the enrichment of details and the subtle use of strong grammar, anyone could understand. I must say she carried us along beautifully.
I couldn’t help but feel a little thrown off at the end of the story, the ending was rushed, she kept our interest from the beginning but she didn’t go into much detail at the end. I felt it was the crucial part of the entire story. I just wished she had given us a little more entailment but apart from that I think she’s an amazing writer. Cheers!
Damilola Ebony is an "out-of-the-box-writer" who is interested in enchanting but unique stories that are not only up to standard but also original in narration.
Her comments made me pick up the book again and I am still reading.
I am in chapter chapter, so I cannot deliver a review yet. So in the next posts of Churning Spades and Spinning Yarns, I will be spinning something that looks like a review. I will be hash-tagged on twitter as #Thisisnotareview. So look out for these posts as I drown myself in the waters and streams of her narration.
What book review do that I wont do is that is details of the US printed book, published by Three Magi Publishers. As the not a review starts to fill our pages, the story and the thoughts will be my concern.
So Thisisnotthereview .
I just read the author's profile and just said "all this diaspora people, hmn". The back of the 415 paged Novel reads of the author:
Nike Campbell-Fatoki was born in Lvov, Ukraine to Nigerian parents. She spent her formative years in Lagos, Nigeria, listening to stories and folktales told by her maternal grandparents. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Howard University and a master of Arts Degree in international Development from American University, Washington DC, presently, She is a Budget and Finance Manager in government in the Washington DC area. She is an avid reader. She loves travelling, watching movies and listening to music. She is also the Founder of Eclectic Goodies, a party favors and gift packaging company . She lives in the Washington DC area with her husband and three sons. I handed it to Ebony Damilola, a colleague at Fairchild Media who after reading it sent me a mail
read
When I first picked up the book, I was a little skeptic about it but as I started reading wow! The author found ways to intrigue me, love the organization and the structure of her work, what fascinated me was how she created a vivid image to her readers, that’s something you don’t see every day (chuckles}. She made it seem like we were part of the growing process of the main character, I loved the story line, the enrichment of details and the subtle use of strong grammar, anyone could understand. I must say she carried us along beautifully.
I couldn’t help but feel a little thrown off at the end of the story, the ending was rushed, she kept our interest from the beginning but she didn’t go into much detail at the end. I felt it was the crucial part of the entire story. I just wished she had given us a little more entailment but apart from that I think she’s an amazing writer. Cheers!
Damilola Ebony is an "out-of-the-box-writer" who is interested in enchanting but unique stories that are not only up to standard but also original in narration.
Her comments made me pick up the book again and I am still reading.
I am in chapter chapter, so I cannot deliver a review yet. So in the next posts of Churning Spades and Spinning Yarns, I will be spinning something that looks like a review. I will be hash-tagged on twitter as #Thisisnotareview. So look out for these posts as I drown myself in the waters and streams of her narration.
What book review do that I wont do is that is details of the US printed book, published by Three Magi Publishers. As the not a review starts to fill our pages, the story and the thoughts will be my concern.
So Thisisnotthereview .
