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#Nigeria
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PaperbackPirate
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This science fiction story takes place in the United States and Nigeria.
4/10 countries for #ReadTheWorld2025

Thank you @GatheringBooks !

#Nigeria

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bookishbitch
Noor | Nnedi Okorafor
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I really enjoyed this. She really knows how to tell a story, and her worldbuilding is always well done. I loved all of the underlying commentary regarding capitalism, colonization, and climate change. Though it wasn't really hidden at all. I liked this much more than Remote Control, but less than the Binti series. She is now an autobuy author for me.

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Lesliereadsalot
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Really liked this #CampLitsy25 book about a disabled Nigerian woman who writes a best-selling science fiction book. Mostly her point of view interspersed with chapters from her book, and the occasional voices of family members and her boyfriend. Did not see where this book was going, a total surprise. Very enjoyable!

@Reggie

squirrelbrain Great review - I‘ve only just started it! 2w
BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one too! Of course 👯 2w
Reggie I wanted to fight her family every time they had something to say. It was so frustrating. And then when she was almost kidnapped in Nigerian I thought the author was gonna kill her off. My shoulders were so high because I couldn‘t take it! lol And for some reason I cried like a baby with her going to space and the robots saving themselves and telling stories. Im so glad you liked it! 1w
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Susanita
Things Fall Apart | Chinua Achebe
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Another week of books I‘ve never heard of, books on my TBR, and books by authors I‘ve read but not that book. Here are the 3/100 that I‘ve read. 😮
1. Things Fall Apart (very sad)
2. To Kill a Mockingbird ❤️
3. The Leopard (read in school but I couldn‘t tell you one thing about it) #TLT

Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/1001-books-you-must-read-before-you-die-list6

thegirlwiththelibrarybag I‘ve heard of a handful but I haven‘t read any off this list 2w
dabbe Two of your three are on mine! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙📚💚 2w
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Lillie
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Another good reading month with Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, The Golden Gate by Amy Chua and Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto leading the way. All different from each other and all very good.

Other notable reads were Murder at Gulls Nest by Jess Kidd, Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yamboa, The Briar Club by Kate Quinn and My Friends by Fredrik Backman.

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Reggie
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I loved this book so much. I started off thinking I wouldn‘t like the book because of the writing but the narrative is so strong simple sentences later in the book emotionally hit deep. We follow 2 timelines. One is the future where there are no humans and it‘s all robots. The other is us following Zelu, a Nigerian American author who is paraplegic. This is a love letter to culture. This is about the frustration of just trying to exist when 👇🏼

Reggie all the world wants to do is crush you. It‘s about how family can love you but not know how to love you. It‘s about the importance of story. It‘s a lovely pick. I must say that is a pretty neat trick she pulled off in the end. 2w
TrishB I have about 70 pages to go and you‘ve summed it up so well. (Obviously I don‘t know the end yet!) I‘m loving it. (edited) 2w
Lesliereadsalot Really looking forward to this one. Thanks for the great review! 2w
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squirrelbrain I‘m looking forward to this one too! 2w
Reggie @TrishB let me tell you there were times when I wanted to jump in the book and fight people for her. I was soooo angry and frustrated on her behalf. But there are some really lovely moments too. I think she did a good job of peaks and valleying it. 2w
Reggie @Lesliereadsalot @squirrelbrain I think you ladies will like it a lot. 2w
sarahbarnes Great review! 2w
TrishB I agree! I was so annoyed with her family most of the time. 2w
Lesliereadsalot Loving this one! Really pulls you in. 2w
Centique Oooh i really enjoyed Binti by this author - this sounds like she‘s even stepped up a level. 2w
vivastory Does yr edition have the variant hardback cover underneath the dust jacket 2w
Reggie @sarahbarnes Thanks! It was so good. 2w
Reggie @Centique I like Binti a lot, also. She has some of that same tension in here. 2w
Reggie @vivastory idk. I returned it to the library. I‘ve been trying to utilize my libraries more. 2w
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shanaqui
Lost Ark Dreaming | Suyi Davies Okungbowa
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I... need to think this one over a while before I review it fully for my blog. It felt like the first third or so was setting up something really fascinating, and then it kind of went. Mystical? And bits of it reminded me excessively of Rivers Solomon's work.

In any case, here's my pre-weekend #BookSpinBingo card, and lookit that -- this was my #DoubleSpin. I feel like I'm making a great start!

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TrishB
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Truth.

sarahbarnes Oh wow, spot on. 3w
BarbaraBB So true ❤️❤️ 3w
Caroline2 ❤️ yep!👍 2w
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Suet624
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Today I drove 2 1/2 hours each way to Manchester, VT to get another stamp on my independent bookstore passport. Northshire Bookstore is a premium store in a very wealthy town and they are much loved. I have 6 stores yet to go to and the ones listed on the right are far away. Boo. But Vermont is lovely so that makes up for it. I‘m now ready for my July CampLitsy25 read.

#CampLitsy25

AmyG 🙌🏻 3w
JenniferEgnor Indie bookstore passport??? Please tell me more! 3w
sarahbarnes That‘s such a cool idea. 3w
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Suet624 @JenniferEgnor VT has a list of 20 independent bookstores (we have many more than 20 in the state) to visit this year & get stamps. The map covers the entire state (I posted the map earlier - I'll try to find it). They give you a little over a year to accomplish it because it takes time to get to them all! VT may look small, but many of the roads are two lane so it takes time to get anywhere. There is a prize but I don't know what it is! 3w
PurpleyPumpkin Love this idea! You look like you're doing very well on your journey. And you're finding new books too! A total win-win.☺️ 3w
BarbaraBB I always love that you‘re doing this. And that VT is of course 3w
AnnCrystal 🆒📚🤩👍🏼💝. 3w
Reggie This book ended up being so good! 2w
Suet624 @Reggie that‘s good to hear. 2w
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BekaReid
Dream Count | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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I was immersed immediately and enjoyed this one. I've seen many reviews that balked at the loosely connected stories, but I found it works here looking at the book as a whole. I recommend reading the author's note: “Novels are never really about what they are about.“ Also, I think Edgar is glad I'm home.

RaeLovesToRead EDGAR 🥰🥰🥰 3w
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