Keep the Receipts

Written By Miriam Hanna

Keep the Receipts by Tolani Shoneye, Milena Sanchez and Audrey Indome

Reviewed by Omma
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So @thereceiptspodcast shouldn’t need any introduction but if you don’t know, it’s a podcast hosted by Tolani, Audrey and Milena about social commentary and dilemmas.

I was so excited to get an early copy of this book because I’ve been a fan for a while and it’s always been my podcast of choice for long journeys!

The book includes personal and honest essays from each of the women about topics usually covered in the podcast such as love, friendship, career, family and relationships and they even discuss some dilemmas at the end.

I loved that it allowed me to get to know each host a little better as they get quite vulnerable in some chapters.

I think the only thing missing for me was knowing more about them as a group. I would have loved to read more about how working together has been, what they’ve learnt from each other since I believe they were relative strangers before starting the podcast.

But yeah apart from that, it was really touching to read each woman open up and talk about sometimes quite sensitive topics, and made me really feel like they’re genuinely friends. They all write really well and each essay has a distinct voice.

Highly recommend!đź’›

Miriam Hanna

Aka Mimi. I have known Linda for a very, very long time. We grew up together and you learn very quickly that when she gets an idea in her head, you would be an idiot not to back her to see it through. When the idea of the book club came up it was another lightbulb moment where I knew this wasn't only going to be a success but really fun.


I have always been a bookworm. Remember when you were little and you went shopping with your mum or dad and they gave you a toy or something to occupy yourself with whilst you were in the trolley? I used to get books to keep me quiet. They were and are my ultimate form of escapism and more and more they are about understanding who I am as a person. Books make me cry more than films and TV Shows. I can get lost for hours. I love historic fiction, political thrillers and gritty crime novels but also biographies and memoirs of people I find interesting like sportspeople. I was fortunate to be in the Harry Potter generation and if weren't for those books I don't know what I would have. Young literature was so poor at the point. To have a book that had me and my family queuing up at midnight to buy was seriously special.

Whether you listen to audio books, read off a kindle or stick to carrying around good old fashioned hard copies (that's me!) I truly believe reading is the best way to spend some time every day.


The books I would have with me on a desert island? 📚🏝Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Akzaban, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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