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The 4th day of #12booksof2024 is a close race between the tagged & The Dictionary of Lost Words. Going with this HF because I love Adichie‘s writing & the topic of war is still so relevant now. @Andrew65

July 6 #CoverLove Yellow @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Adichie is an amazing writer, & I wish I had more novels from her to read. This one is tough—plenty of trigger warnings. Had to do a little research partway through about the Biafran war, so I could understand better. The story is centered around 3 characters who are connected. Sometimes it was hard to keep track of other characters. A powerful historical novel about the horrors of a war that most of us have never heard about. 5 ⭐️

Heartbreaking, moving and incredibly written. This book is so worth a read 🌞 #pick #halfofayellowsun

Nigeria, 1967. A civil war is coming since Nigeria does not want to be independent of Biafra.
The book explains how the life style is turning different due the survivor behavior, for a high quality family and how the have to try to survive . Diferent characters, quiete alternative thinkings, and how at the end everybody Wants to be free

Old prompt but so much fun!
1.Olanna and Kainene,tagged book-Kainene because it would mean she survived,and how did both of them rebuild their lives.Richard in the Cazalet Chronicles.Kat in The Country Girls.
2.Have to be active!
3.around 50?!

A well written book as always! Chimamanda knows how to tell stories and this one is about the Biafran War that took place between 1967-70 in Nigeria. We follow the stories of Ugwu, Olanna and Richard before, during and briefly after the war.

I liked that it focused on the people and their lives rather than the war itself. Although, it has inevitably affected all the characters. Beautifully told and provoking emotions.

A soft pick since I barely made it through the first 3/4 of the book. In the beginning it was only about who's dating who, who gets pregnant etc. Things I do not care about at all.
Only when the war broke out, the book became intense. Then I couldn't stop listening. We who have never lived through a war are so lucky and should be thankful for that. I'm also thankful for people writing books about those topics, so we can relate at least a little.

After reading so many books set in Africa, I finally got around to make myself some Jollof rice. While listening to the audio book of Half Of A Yellow Sun I suddenly thought “I want to make that now!“

Well, I might make it again, since it's yummy! Maybe the time I'll be visiting an African country and they're making Jollof rice, I'll join in :)

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

#ManicMonday #LetterH

📖 tagged, Harry Potter (any/all), The Highland Witch

✍️ Thomas Hardy, Kristin Hannah, Alice Hoffman

🎥 The Hangover (it‘s ok, you can judge me)

🎤 Harry Styles, Hozier, Hanson

🎶 Hail to the King (A7X), Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley), Handle with Care (Traveling Wilburies), Hard Road (Johnny Flynn), Headfirst for Halos (MCR), Here With Me (The Killers), Hey Jude (The Beatles), Hotel Yorba (White Stripes), Hurt (Johnny Cash)

“Red was the blood of the siblings massacred in the North, black was for mourning them, green was for the prosperity Biafra would have, and, finally, the half of a yellow sun stood for the glorious future.”
#alphabetgame #letterH @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I listened to the audiobook of this one via my library app.

It is an intriguing book.

3.5/5

Read for prompts:

#TheNerdDaily2022ReadingChallenge2022
#ReadHarder2022
#PopSugarReadingChallenge2022

“She was like the stone that lay below a gushing spring, rubbed smooth by years and years of sparkling water, and looking at her was similar to finding the stone, knowing that there were so few like it. “

4.75 🌟

#bigjubileeread #pop22 #booked2022 #ReadingAfrica2022

@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Cortg @KarenUK @Laughterhp @Kalalalatja @Megabooks @RaeLovesToRead @squirrelbrain

Hope I've remembered to tag everyone! 😂

Borrowed this from my sister excited to divd into this one ⛅️

This is a stirring look at how individual lives shape and are shaped by national events and at what the terms "military coup" and "civil war" mean in everyday life, but I'm afraid that everything that's happened since 2016 has left me leery of reading about government instability and the tyranny of the masses. I'm glad to have learned about this period in history, though, and about how the US in the 60s looked to other parts of the world.

💠 Done
💠 Audiobook that I started on a run. It's not necessarily well-suited for that purpose.
💠 I really couldn't say. It's just kind of in the buildup right now.
💠 If I own a book, I will sometimes use a pencil to underline or mark a passage with a star then take notes in a separate notebook. Mostly I don't mark them, though, unless it's for #lmpbc :-)

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

Want to play? @phantomx @Jadams1776 @allureofbeauty

Really enjoying this story. And Chimamanda is a brilliant Writer.

I didn‘t want to finish this book...it was so good. The characters felt real, with enough to cover different perspectives without being overwhelming.

I loved the characters and was invested in what happened to them! The plot sometimes moved slowly, but I didn't find it unbearable and I learned about a civil war I had no previous knowledge of. I will also add that my version (Kindle) could have used some editing and that was a tad bit distracting to me.

Today was my first day volunteering at the charity bookshop 🤓I had to bring something home!!! This would work for both #ReadingAfrica22 & #Booked2022 #AfricanAuthor #WeatherTermInBookTitle #SharingIdeas 🥳

So believe it or not I haven't actually seen Casablanca (*ducks tomatoes*), but based on what I know of it, I would recommend Half of a Yellow Sun. Both are stories with unforgettable characters, deal directly with the effects of war, and have a little bit of romance.

#Movie2BookRecs Oct 21 #LetterC day 10: Casablanca @Klou

Wasn't a huge fan of Americanah - I thought it was po-faced & boring. I felt pretty much the same about this one. I just don't click with Adichie's writing - I find it joyless & barren of hope. Her characters are unlikeable & her plots are dull - I wish I'd spent the time reading a history of Biafra instead. While this is important as a narrative of events & experiences many know nothing about, as a story I was disengaged & disappointed.

Oh my days, this thing is taking some reading! I am utterly determined to finish the thing TONIGHT and I don't care if I'm up till 4a.m. doing it!

Really not sure how I feel about it either...review to follow. If I ever finish it!

I WILL FINISH IT! TONIGHT!

Trying this one next. I didn't enjoy Americanah very much so I'm not sure how I'll go with this one.

Recording the history of her country, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie created a civil war story packed with gory details, intricate characters, unsavory circumstances, malnourised refugees, complicated romance. In short, Half of a Yellow Sun was a portraiture of human emotions as a cost of war. While it started really engaging and promising, I felt detached towards 👇

#CuriousCovers Day 6 #Yellow Another book on the paperback TBR. I loved Americanah by Adichie.

Out of my comfort zone but i did enjoy it. It was a little hard for me to keep the characters straight on audio. I did enjoy learning about a country's history that wasnt covered in my education.

Book 35 Set during a civil war in Nigeria in the 1960s, Half a Yellow Sun is told from the perspective of three unique characters, a low-class servant boy, a woman from a high-class Nigerian family, and a British expatriate living in Nigeria. Well-written, with highly-developed characters, and an exciting setting in Nigerian history, it's a novel worth reading. Some characters are more interesting than others, but a solid four stars.

A visceral tribute to the millions of lives lost as a consequence of colonialism. The history of a 1960‘s war that should have been included in my elementary school education.

I am a bit torn on how I felt about this one, I enjoyed listening to it. I really love Chimamanda Adichie‘s writing. The descriptions of the characters and the scenes were fantastic. The atmosphere of a war was delivered. But I still didn‘t *love* the book. Maybe I‘m comparing it to Purple Hibiscus in terms of her writing but I didn‘t think this was worth the hype. I definitely do think it‘s a good read though! Full review on my blog (link in bio)

A much more successful book club read though very heavy for the month we‘ve just had in the U.S. More than a little disconcerting to read about civil war and a coup when...well you know. Still, Adichie‘s writing is so skillful it transports you completely to Nigeria. And all of the central characters are so richly developed. 4⭐️

Beautiful and heartbreaking. Exactly how I like to learn my history.

Spent the morning in quiet reflection of this day and then dove into my local indie‘s book club pick for the month.

Immediately captivating. Heartbreaking with the promise, hope and devastation of the war between Nigeria and the independent republic of Biafra in the late 1960s. For me, it was a book that I couldn't stop thinking about after putting it down for the day. I want to learn more about this time period in Nigeria, and to read everything Adichie has written. I loved Americanah as well. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

#booked2021 Author's first name starts with A,B, or C

'You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone, soso gi (only you).'

1. I loved this book!
2. I didn‘t realize how long and complicated it is (both characters and politics!)
3. I had to do some googling to get a better understanding of Nigeria!
4. I‘m so glad I finally tackled it!

I forgot to post this yesterday for #AugustAuthors. I enjoyed Americanah and these two are on my TBR. (Why isn‘t the cover of Purple Hibiscus purple, though?)