pickThis is a thicket of brambles as a a book- the writing is so dense with description. Okri weaves between dream and waking; between the spirit world and that of the living, where the two bleed into one another so seamlessly that it oftentimes left me reeling. Strong stuff!
And now, after all this time, we're home together again. And all that staying away, I can't say it was worth it. I can't really name precisely what I was staying away from. It feels like a loss.
I‘m currently 35% of the way through this and I‘m really enjoying it!
so-soA frustrating book! Frustrating because it's like an unfinished sculpture: inside there is a true fantasy classic, where dreamy depictions of the spirit world lay aside comical satire of a community in the grip of 'progress', yet undone by greed and thirst for power. But there needs to be 100-200 pages chiseled away from neverending scenes of partying, fighting, more partying, more fighting, dragging on indefinitely.
pickJagua traveled to Lagos in her youth to make it in the big city. When we meet her in her 40s things haven‘t gone as planned, she‘s meeting men at Tropicana in exchange for many and at the same time she has a relationship with a 20 yr younger man. And then things take a turn.
And that cover, it‘s eye catching
Lovely #Nigerian pepper soup made using this recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/nigerian-pepper-soup-5323040 with added chili pepper and plantain. Surprisingly I had most of the ingredients on hand, although I did have to substitute a couple. I hope it's reasonably authentic and not too much like the Jonny Oliver's Jollof Rice sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLHikpIVNCw
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Delicious black-eyed pea akara bought at a Senegalese food truck, hoping they're not too different from the Nigerian version...
I gave up on the tagged book, unfortunately, but I did make pepper soup (pictured in my next post).
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I've started Butter Honey Pig Bread for #Nigeria
So far so good! There is so much food in this book... One of the characters makes a salted caramel chocolate cake (we basically get the whole recipe, including oven temp). It's making me very hungry...
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https://youtu.be/lDu_cUSDY44?si=5xJvd9v4dAGN4U9K
A playlist of all episodes in the Bite-sized Book Chat series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-61cZp1pQdBH5V0Zb9q-2ujl4PY8nhf
Chat #1: with Freddie from Malaysia
The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
Chat #2: with Christie from New Brunswick
Christie‘s blog: https://theludicreader.com
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Zennor In Darkness by Helen Dunmore
Happy 28th anniversary by the way! 4mo
Happy 28th anniversary by the way! 4mo