{"id":4044,"date":"2020-06-13T14:36:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T20:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=4044"},"modified":"2020-06-13T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T20:36:28","slug":"a-booktiful-love-by-tolu-a-akinyemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=4044","title":{"rendered":"A Booktiful Love by Tolu&#8217; A. Akinyemi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=4045\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/booktiful-love.jpg?fit=318%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"318,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"booktiful love\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/booktiful-love.jpg?fit=318%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"  wp-image-4045 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/booktiful-love.jpg?resize=251%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"booktiful love\" width=\"251\" height=\"395\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Beautifully executed, astonishing collection\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his latest evocative collection, Akinyemi reflects on love, relationships, and mortality along with nitty gritty of everyday life, revealing the many ways that life goes on. In \u201cIsolation\u201d and \u201cLockdown,\u201d Akinyemi suffuses familiar landscapes with a common loneliness, offering glimpses into life in today\u2019s pandemic-torn world. In \u201cBury Me in a Library,\u201d his approach to romanticize death (\u201cDraw me with all my imperfections \/ Sketch me with my filth.\u201d) is multifaceted and intriguing. \u201cWriters\u201d and \u201cWrite for Rights\u201d skillfully demonstrate the range and possibilities of words and their lingering power. Inspirational in tone \u201cIt\u2019s Okay Not to feel Okay,\u201d emphasizes that feeling broken is a necessary part of growth and fulfillment. In \u201cFoundational Mess,\u201d the protagonist examines the implications of tying the knot in haste, bringing an eye to the end of romance in a marriage. Readers will find Akinyemi\u2019s collection an intriguing approach to exploration of the entirety of human experience in its various forms. This is a superb collection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A Booktiful Love<\/h2>\n<h3>By Tolu&#8217; A. Akinyemi<\/h3>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Booktiful-Love-Tolu-Akinyemi-ebook\/dp\/B082Z6J531\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>The Roaring Lion Newcastle<\/h4>\n<h4>Pub date May 8, 2020<\/h4>\n<h4>ASIN B082Z6J531<\/h4>\n<h4>Price $2.91 (USD) Kindle edition, $8.69 Paperback<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautifully executed, astonishing collection\u2026 In his latest evocative collection, Akinyemi reflects on love, relationships, and mortality along with nitty gritty of everyday life, revealing the many ways that life goes on. In \u201cIsolation\u201d and \u201cLockdown,\u201d Akinyemi suffuses familiar landscapes with a common loneliness, offering glimpses into life in today\u2019s pandemic-torn world. In \u201cBury Me in a Library,\u201d his approach to romanticize death (\u201cDraw me with all my imperfections \/ Sketch me with my filth.\u201d) is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"An editorial Book review Website\n\nBook review: A Booktiful Love by Tolu' A. Akinyemi #amreading #WritersLife #Author #authors #Kindle #writingcommunity #amwriting #writer #abooktifullove #toluaakinyemi #books #poetry #poetrycollection","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56739],"tags":[7223,726,91,178,1136176,610903656,54306025,422,531468,1473,309,349],"class_list":["post-4044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-blogging","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-indie-books-review","tag-indieauthor","tag-poetry","tag-poetry-collection","tag-reading","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-13e","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4044"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4048,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4044\/revisions\/4048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}