Summie's write

One day, I will write a piece and Chimamanda will read and she will love it.📌

When I say modern-day dating has become miserable and is more of a humiliation ritual than love, this is what I mean. Look at her texts and the misery in her life. she tried to put in her best effort and wanted to talk to him, but instead, she became meme material on the internet because he wanted some likes and validation.

@Rebecca30H This book.

@RuthSummie What book kept you up and engaged??

Started a new book at 10pm. it is now 2am. I regret nothing.

I'm in my short story era!! This is my next read

Who else?

I think there are books we read at the wrong time and spend years trying to forget and books we read at exactly the right time that become part of how we see everything after. The strange thing is you never know which is which until you're already inside it. So you keep reading. you keep showing up. Hoping the next one is the one that finds you at the right moment and decides to stay.

There's a particular kind of person who has a book in every room of their house. One by the bed. One in the kitchen. One that's been in the bathroom so long it's practically family.

Libraries are one of the last truly radical places left. Free knowledge. Free stories. Free access to every idea humanity has ever had the courage to write down. No one asks why you're there. No one asks what you can afford. You just walk in and everything becomes possible. We don't talk enough about how beautiful that is.

@elizaego This is a good read!!

I’m enjoying it so much!!!

@RuthSummie A woman who reads will prompt a man to look up from the book he's reading. A woman who reads would smile when he says Let's go out shopping for book bargains. A woman who reads would wait when she entices him upstairs but he just needs to finish a chapter first.

Who are the 5 writers that made you? 1. Michael Imossan 2. Chiwenite Onyekwelu 3. Jai Hamid Bashir 4. Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi 5. Kaveh Akbar Let's have yours!

A woman who reads is harder to fool. A woman who reads knows the difference between a man who loves her and a man who loves the idea of her. A woman who reads has already lived a thousand lives before breakfast. A woman who reads will outlast every person who underestimated her quietly. A woman who reads knows that the right words at the right time can save a life. Hers included. A woman who reads is never truly alone. She has too many characters who understand her. A woman who reads will choose a slow Sunday with a good book over a loud room with empty people. A woman who reads knows her own mind. That makes her difficult to control. A woman who reads and grieves fictional characters like real ones. Because inside the story, they were. A woman who reads is building something inside herself that no one can take away. A woman who reads will always have somewhere to go, even when she has nowhere to go. A woman who reads is not waiting to be written into someone else's story. She is too busy writing her own. A woman who reads knows when a story is worth her time and when a person isn't. She has sat with fictional heartbreak long enough to recognize the real kind before it fully arrives. Women who read are difficult to keep small. A woman who reads is harder to fool. A woman who reads knows herself better than most. Women who read are rarely impressed by people who don't think deeply. A woman who reads has empathy that has been deliberately trained. Women who read are the most interesting people in any room. She is quiet in rooms but loud on the page underlining, arguing, falling apart and rebuilding herself between chapters. A woman who reads does not need to be the most impressive person present.

@elizaego @firecondomsng I've missed youuu!! Haven't seen you on my timeline lately

Come with me to shop my monthly self-care essentials on a strict 50k budget. Let’s see if I can stay on budget… and yes, the last item is essential too 🤭

@nitinauthor Amen

@RuthSummie Oh, you got a long list there, but hey, they're really nice things. Hope you get all things in your life very soon.

All I want in life is… 1. Books 2. Books 3. Comfy chair to read books 4. Books 5. Money for books 6. Library full of books 7. Bookmarks 8. Books 9. A man who reads books 10. Stacks of books 11. Time to read books 12. Shelves for books 13. Books 14. Tea to drink while I read books 15. Books

@ventusbooks I currently re-reading Night of the creaking bed by Toni Kan

@RuthSummie Great. What books are you currently reading?

I will forever be a girl who loves books, libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops, and the comfort and escapism they bring.