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Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· 17d

Took me all day to get to placing a loan (one of those days) but it's DONE 🥳📘🎧 Looking forward to listening to ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES

Screenshot from Libby showing ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES by s. e. smith has been put on hold. I'm first in line.

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· May 18

✨Update✨ 28,467 Bonga Points 1,000 KES 🎁 M-PESA + PayPal (paypal.me/cmutanyi) most welcome ✨ #CommunityAid #MutualAid

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✨Update✨ 19,467 Bonga Points 1,000 KES 🎁 M-PESA most welcome ✨

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Please send Bonga Points to 0714984673 to help a young person get a phone.

Go to the Bonga Points section of your Safaricom App
Choose transfer and send as many points as you can to 0714984673
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Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· May 14

6 titles* #BookSky *returned this title today because I'm done and there's a queue

screenshot from Libby of the loan page that shows 12 people are waiting for the title

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· May 13

Got these for my little nibling (just over 2) yesterday and I gave them an hour or so ago. The look of excitement on their face? Priceless.

box of a 12-pack of Veda jumbo crayons with 4 crayons outside the pack. those are yello, green, red, and orange.

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· May 3

My April stats via @thestorygraph.com Some notes: - all titles are from the 2020s - 80% of titles by folks born outside the US - Africa proportionately represented!!! 📚 #BookSky

My Storygraph April 2026 Wrap-Up: 10 books, 1,233 pages, 65.88 hours

First title: The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
Middle title: We, the Kindling by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Last title: Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

Average book length: 281 pages
Average time to finish: 4 days

non-fiction: 70%, fiction: 30%

top categories: Literary, Politics, LGBTQIA+, Technology, History
graph: most days spent listening, pages read are on the lower side

format: 60% audio, 40% print

image from Storygraph showing my April 2026 reads in 3 rows of book covers. Top to bottom they are: Row 1 from left to right: The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami, Slow Poison by Mahmood Mamdani, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI by Karen Hao & Kin by Tayari Jones. Row 2 from left to right: We, the Kindling by Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, Son of Sin by Omar Sakr, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein & The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. Row 3 from left to right: Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu & Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa

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Sunday (register here ~> surveyheart.com/form/69d4895...):

poster featuring a shelf of books at the bottom of a slate wall. It reads: The Queer Times X Silent Book Club Present… Silent Sessions | Bring a book of your choice and join us for an afternoon of immersive silent reading as we share in the simple joy of reading together! | 19th April 2026 from 2pm to 6pm | Uhuru Park | Book of the Month: Ghostroots by ‘Pemi Aguda | Free Entry | RSVP link in bio

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Saturday (register here ~> docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...):

poster featuring text on a pink background with reds and purples in the background. The text reads: Mengi Mengi Film Club & Munyu Space; Curated by Wajeri Gakuru | Mengi Mengi Film Club Presents | The Burial of Kojo (2018), Blitz Bazawule (Ghana) | To Catch a Dream (2015), Jim Chuchu (Kenya) | Munyu Space, The Mall, Westlands | Entry is Free, Space is Limited, RSVP via Link in Bio

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tomorrow:

poster featuring a silhouette from Pulp Fiction of Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta aiming their guns on a postage stamp. The text reads: Lava Latte Quiz Night Best-selling films of all time | Teams of 5 Max | April 17th 7pm | Ticket: 700/- | Pay to: +254 725 628 035 by Thur Apr 16th, 2026 | Gate: 1,000/-

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Apr 12

the homie has surgery scheduled at Nairobi Hospital at noon tomorrow. please donate to make it possible if you can! xx

Urgent Blood Appeal for Winnie R. Makokha at Nairobi Hospital Blood Donation Centre. Any blood group will do.

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Apr 9

Now @libbyapp.com, what is this?

screenshot from Libby showing an audiobook without chapters so that there are 475 minutes (7 hours 55 minutes) remaining in the book

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Apr 1

My March stats via @thestorygraph.com Some notes: - 80% books by women call it a Happy Women’s Month :) - 3 books in translation - Africa proportionately represented!!! - writing across 3 centuries 📚 #BookSky

My Storygraph March 2026 Wrap-Up: 15 books, 1,037 pages, 96.1 hours

First title: The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad
Middle title: Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang
Last title: Everything Is Fine Here by Iryn Tushabe

Average book length: 253 pages
Average time to finish: 6 days

non-fiction: 83%, fiction: 17%

top categories: Literary, Horror, Classics, LGBTQIA+, Thriller
graph: most days spent listening, pages read are on the lower side

format: 53% audio, 47% print

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Nairobi Folks: Here's how to start the Easter Weekend ⤵️ Tickets here: mookh.com/event/sister...

image of a red hibiscus flower against green grass with a purple border.

the top half of the poster reads: the LAM sisterhood presents...SISTER SALONS

at the bottom of the poster: April 02.

Come as you are. Open Mic, Readings and Snacks
Free Entry | Limited Tickets
6pm - 8.30pm
Cheche Bookshop, Kauria Close

Tickets link at the bottom

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Mar 3

My February stats via @thestorygraph.com Some notes: - slow month but still on course to hit 52 books by year's end - book club month! 2 picks, 2 recs - only read 1 (one!) fiction title. hopefully that changes in March - listened to all these titles (audiobooks were made for Spoonies!)

My Storygraph February 2026 Wrap-Up: 6 books, 482 pages, 45.12 hours

First title: Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson by Tourmaline
Middle title: Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara
Last title: Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Average book length: 299 pages
Average time to finish: 4 days

non-fiction: 83%, fiction: 17%

top categories: History, Politics, LGBTQIA+, Literary, Self Help
graph: most days spent listening, pages read are on the lower side

format: 83% audio, 17% print

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image from Storygraph showing my January 2026 reads in 3 rows of book covers. Top to bottom they are: Row 1 from left to right: Okchundang Candy by Jung-Soon Go, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green, Hangman by Maya Binyam & Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert, Row 2 from left to right: Freckle Juice & the One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume, Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself by S. Bear Bergman, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Blume & Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, Row 3 from left to right: La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson & The Once and Future Riot by Joe Sacco

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Feb 25

Put TWO WOMEN LIVING TOGETHER by Kim Hana & Hwang Sunwoo on hold because it is the March selection of the Queer Times Book Club which you can check out here: www.instagram.com/queertimes.bc

An image featuring Queer Times Book Club selection covers for 3 months in 2026 with text underneath

February: Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (the erotic as power, critiques on compulsory heterosexuality, love beyond the romantic dyad)

March: Two Women Living Together by Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo; translated by Gene Png (Platonic cohabitation: inventive ways to build a life with a chosen family from a South Korean lens)

April: Ghostroots by 'Pemi Aguda (A series of fictional short stories that explore existing out of sync with inherited scripts d expectations)

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Feb 17

Another gap but here are my current loans. Slow reading era. Oh well. #BookSky

Week ending 21/2/2026

Libby

1. The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad (e-book and audiobook narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt)
2. Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives by Sami Sage & Emily Amick (e-book and audiobook narrated by Nikki Massoud)
3. How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt (e-book)
4. Memories That Smell Like Gasoline by David Wojnarowicz (e-book)
5. People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal by Marshall Ganz (e-book & audiobook narrated by the author)
6. Pick a Color by Souvankham Thammavongsa (audiobook narrated by Zoe Doyle)
7. Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewalll; edited by Stephanie Burt (e-book)
8. The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy by Ursula K. Le Guin (audiobook narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan and Michael Crouch)

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Feb 10

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Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Feb 1

It's been so long since I updated this thread. Here's a photo of my current loans and try update at least once a week. At 10 only because I don't remember some books being sent back 😭

Week ending 31/1/2026

Libby

1. A Last Supper of Queer Apostles: Selected Essays by Pedro Lemebel (audiobook narrated by Vico Ortiz, Idra Novey & Gwendolyn Harper)
2. An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence by Zeinab Badawi (audiobook narrated by the author)
3. Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara (audiobook narrated by Peter Ganim)
4. Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum (Narrated by Gabra Zackman)
5. Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives by Sami Sage & Emily Amick (e-book and audiobook narrated by Nikki Massoud)
6. How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt (e-book)
7. Memories That Smell Like Gasoline by David Wojnarowicz (e-book)
8. People, Power, Change: Organizing for Democratic Renewal by Marshall Ganz (e-book & audiobook narrated by the author)
9. Super Gay Poems: LGBTQIA+ Poetry after Stonewalll; edited by Stephanie Burt (e-book)
10. The Blueprint by Rae Giana Rashad (e-book & audiobook narrated by Joniece Abbott-Pratt)

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Dec 5

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Here are my November stats via @thestorygraph.com Some notes: - every audiobook was read wholly or in part in tandem with another format (e-book or print book) - when I do hybrid reads with audio I log the audiobook hence the high audio numbers find more here: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/100o...

My Storygraph October stats: 11 books, 1,011 pages, 86.28 hours

First title: Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
Middle title: A Minor Chorus: A Novel by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Last title: Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam

Average book length: 332 pages
Average time to finish: 11 days

non-fiction: 55%, fiction: 45%

top categories: Literary, History, LGBTQIA+, Science, Short Stories

graph: most days spent listening, pages read are on the lower side

format: 100% audio

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Nov 13

NICE

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Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Nov 2

Here's the November schedule 📚🏊🏾 Get your ticket (free, for the purpose of knowing who’s coming) here: lapsandlivres.eventbrite.com #BookSky #SwimSky (DM me if you'd like to join the group or learn more about it!)

Poster layered on geometric design poo; with frond along the edge of the frame

You're invited to Laps & Livres

Join us from 1100 - 1300 on these dates in November 2025

1st: McMillan Memorial Library
8th: Swim @ YMCA Central Pool
15th: Maktaba Kuu
22nd: Swim @ YMCA Central Pool
29th: Eastlands Library

Details & Free Tickets at lapsandlivres.eventbrite.com

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Oct 31

Here are my October stats via @thestorygraph.com Some notes: - every audiobook was read wholly or in part in tandem with another format (e-book or paperback) - when I do hybrid reads with audio I log the audiobook hence the high audio numbers find more here: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/100o...

My Storygraph October stats: 11 books, 1809 pages, 120.83 hours

First title: Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World by Jessica Slice
Middle title: Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women by Alexa Albert
Last title: Sad Tiger by Neige Sinno; translated by Natasha Lehrer

Average book length: 298 pages
Average time to finish: 3 days

non-fiction: 73%, fiction: 27%

top categories: Literary, Politics, Feminism, Sociology, Autobiography

graph: most days spent listening, pages read are on the lower side

format: 73% audio, 27% digital

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Oct 31

boxd.it/45bhT dysmenorrhea has given me a beating this week but at least I watched MANDABI (which I absolutely enjoyed!!!) with friends xx #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky

Posters for 4 films, each of which has been reviewed. Left to right, they are:

Mandabi (1968, directed by Ousmane Sembène) rated 5 stars
The Film Critic {El crítico} (2014, directed by Hernán Guerschuny) rated 3.5 stars
The Last Blue Cup (2018, directed by Hannah Thompson) rated 3 stars
Eyes of the Rainbow (1997, directed by Gloria Rolando) rated 5 stars

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Oct 28

Interesting message from Tantor Media, whose titles will now live over at RB Media where it's one of the brands. rbmediaglobal.com/audio-brands/

screenshot from the Tantor Media page for DISORIENTAL by Négar Djavadi with a message that says "This site will be sunset soon. Please visit our new site at https://rbmediaglobal.com for continued access and updates!"

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Oct 27

folks in Nairobi:

Stylized poster of Black man wearing a voluminous blue boubou and red fez holding banknotes with the film title - MANDABI - wrapped round his outline.

The text below reads:

Mandabi (The Money Order)
By Ousmane Sembene
Screening on Tuesday, 28th of October
At The Space, Amee Arcade, Westlands
6 to 9 PM

Entry Free

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Oct 17

boxd.it/45bhT slow week, mostly shorts on YouTube #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky

Posters or text box for 4 films, each of which has been reviewed. Left to right, they are:

Bodega (2024, directed by Sharik Atkinson) rated 3 stars
Embrace {Yakap} (2017, directed by Margo Manalo) rated 3 stars
Good Mother {Bonne mère} (2021, directed by Hafsia Herzi) rated 3.5 stars
Umama (2020, directed by Talia Smith) rated 4 stars

Please send job links (see pinned post) 🌎 Thanks!@100onbooks· Oct 10

boxd.it/45bhT have been watching a bunch of queer films for my daily shorts to mark International #Lesbian Day ❤️🧡🤍💖+ #LGBTQ History Month in a number of countries (mostly on YouTube) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky