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Afia in the Land of Wonders: Book Review

Afia in the Land of Wonders is a middle grade fantasy book written and illustrated by Mia Araujo. It is inspired by Alice in Wonderland, and it was published this year, 2025. The story is about Afia, a sixteen-year-old girl who is dissatisfied with her life at home, a place called Dafra. Her mother and the rest of her family expect her to go through her ewende, which is her coming of age ceremony, and continue their crystal selling business. However, she yearns to explore the world, and wants more for her life. So when a young man named Bakame offers her an escape, she takes her chance and finds herself in the magical land of Ijábù. However, after being warned by a ghost boy named Ojike, she quickly discovers that not everything is as it seems, and she must escape this so-called “land of wonders.” The Non-Spoiler Review One thing I like about this book are the illustrations. Most of the images are fully colored and take up a page or two, while others are smaller pencil sketches. All o...

Many Ways to Kill Gnats

There are many ways to kill gnats

It is not very hard to do

Just set out a nice, sinister trap

And they’ll stop pestering you.


You can put a banana in the oven,

Open the oven a smidgen,

Close it and turn up the heat

After letting the gnats fly in.


As they shrivel up and die

Of heat stroke and dehydration,

Watch as they give their inaudible cries

Of pain in their desecration.


Or put a pot on your stove, 

And put in pasta or peas,

Then when many gnats land on it to feast

Slam the lid on and be at ease.


Turn on the eye,

Watch those pesky gnats strain

To desperately escape,

Their agony and pain.


You can set out a small cup of vinegar 

And put a sticky fly trap above it,

Let the gnats gather round the vinegar

They do really love it.


Some will land on the sticky fly trap, 

And find themselves in a pickle,

They will try to get free to no avail

No matter how much they wiggle.



The others will be intoxicated

By the tangy vinegar they smelled

And one by one fall in and drown

Their thirst now eternally quelled.


There are many ways to kill gnats

All it takes is some imagination

And a strong will to end the gnats

Who cause feelings of consternation.

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