Book-Reviews

Title: Hiroshima Author: Hersey, John Publisher: Vintage Pages: 152 Date Read: 27 January 2019 Bookshelves: read My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Every paragraph of this book broke me.

Title: Homegoing Author: Gyasi, Yaa Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pages: 305 Date Read: 23 January 2019 Bookshelves: read, favorites My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Homegoing begins in mid-18th century Ghana by telling the stories of two half-sisters and with care only associated with spiders, Gyasi weaves a gripping tale of how these sisters led their lives and how factors in and out of their control separated entire generations of their descendants on either side of the Atlantic for more than 300 years. ...

Title: A Twist in the Tale Author: Archer, Jeffrey Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks Pages: 320 Date Read: 18 January 2019 Bookshelves: read My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I don’t do short stories, but for Archer, I made an exception. I am happy to say that I was not disappointed.

Title: We Should All Be Feminists Author: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Publisher: Vintage Pages: 52 Date Read: 18 January 2019 Bookshelves: read My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting.

Title: Snow Country Author: Kawabata, Yasunari Publisher: Vintage Pages: 175 Date Read: 14 January 2019 Bookshelves: read, abandoned My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐ I do not exaggerate when I say Yasunari Kawabata writes like a sedated snail ascending a steep hill with a load three times its body weight. You can now understand why I abandoned this book at page 21. Too slow. Just too slow. i can’t. Not anymore.

Title: Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Author: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Publisher: Knopf Pages: 63 Date Read: 13 January 2019 Bookshelves: read My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No lies were told in this book. Chimamanda is such a beautiful writer! Chimamanda is such a beautiful writer!

Title: The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) Author: Thomas, Angie Publisher: Clarion Books Pages: 454 Date Read: 13 January 2019 Bookshelves: read My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This was an amazing read. End of story

Title: Weep Not Child Author: Thiong’o, Ngũgĩ wa Publisher: Heinemann Pages: 144 Date Read: 13 January 2019 Bookshelves: read My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Deep. Short but Deep.

Title: Social Psychology Author: Myers, David G. Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pages: 593 Date Read: 05 January 2019 Bookshelves: read, favorites My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book was the recommended text from an elective course in Psychology i took in the university. I recall that it was witty, informative and very well written.

Title: Memoirs of a Geisha Author: Golden, Arthur Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pages: 503 Date Read: 31 December 2018 Bookshelves: read, favorites My Rating (out of 5): ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Some say this book told a story of grief; others suggest that it narrated a tale of love and war. But everyone agrees that this book was five hundred pages of poetry that only got better as the pages went by. A brilliant end to my reading in 2018!!