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Loving and enjoying this so much!💛🧡❤️

A beautifully written powerful story. I was moved to numbness at some points, written in 2013, it is mind blowing how the racist issues talked about in this book that have been moved forward over time, slowly yes,but moved in the right direction, now in less then two months is being decimated.I loved following Ifemelu through her life experiences and her choices and the characters that were so important in her life a satisfying ending

Another fabulous book with the gorgeous edges —this one I purchased. Because … Adichie. 😍

An absolute masterpiece, this book-within-a-book follows a disabled Nigerian-American author as she skyrockets to fame—and the main character of her book, Ankara, a “rusted robot” and android scholar on a post-human Earth. Disability, identity, family, fame, what it means to be the author of your own story, Okorafor offers a rich and razor sharp exploration of it all in Death of the Author, with an ending that made me want to start all over again!

I read this book back in 2007. Rereading this puts a lot of things into perspective. I don‘t think I have felt so conflicted for a character lately. Achebe is an excellent storyteller. 💚

(2025) This one was a delight. A disabled Nigerian American with a habit of being her own worst enemy writes a runaway bestseller, which gives her freedom she didn't have before. There is so much going on here, about family, identity, creativity, celebrity, technology, and the functions of story that I always had at least three different things to be thinking about, and the resolution left me wanting to start again. Enthusiastically recommended.

Happy Saturday! ☀️ This is the first day of spring break when it isn't nice enough to read on the porch. We had a nasty storm roll through last night and it took our upper 70s weather with it. Good thing I have lots of snuggly blankets. 🤗 I'm excited to start this book! I needed a bit of a palate cleanser after Eileen. I enjoyed it, but reading it also gave me the same feeling as watching Saltburn...iykyk. 😬

I struggled along past 10%, but this is not the book for me. The main story is quite slow to get going and while the book within the book is written quite well, it‘s not my style. Others love this, though, so if you think you are the right reader, don‘t let me deter you.

This started so well for me, but I find myself struggling with the current (very long) section that I‘m on. Not enjoying myself anymore, so I‘m bailing on this one 😩

This book is beautiful. So excited to read it. Ignore my background. I‘m on a zoom meeting 😂