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Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #1)

July 19, 2018

  Official Synopsis from Goodreads: They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders … More Book Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #1)

ARC Review: The Famished Road by Ben Okri

December 21, 2016

Official Synopsis from Amazon: In the decade since it won the Booker Prize, Ben Okri’s Famished Road has become a classic. Like Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children or Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, it combines brilliant narrative technique with a fresh vision to create an essential work of world literature. The narrator, Azaro, … More ARC Review: The Famished Road by Ben Okri

Book Review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

July 19, 2016

“There is no story that is not true.” Synopsis: Things Fall Apart tells of the rise and fall of Okonkwo, an Igbo man, and deals with the influence of British colonialism and the Christian missionaries on the Igbo people. Review: What. A. Book. This is an important novel, one that resonates long after finishing. Chinua … More Book Review: Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Book Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

February 20, 2016

Synopsis: In Nigeria, Ifemelu and Obinze meet and fall instantly in love. Ifemelu later goes to America for university, and Obinze, whose great dream has been to go to America, is unable to follow. In America, Ifemelu starts a blog about race, and the book begins with Ifemelu thinking about returning to Nigeria. Weaving back … More Book Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie