Tatase:

Does which, the Mariama Ba? Or the Stieg Larsson?

The Mariama Ba, I'll do a re-read of soon: it wasn't really my thing the first time round but that might be coloured by the fact that I was reading it to analyze and essay and not to enjoy. The Stieg Larsson is really really good, but I'm having a little reader's ADD so I'm kind of reading several things at the same time, even though its my main thing.

I'm not really a Jodi Picoult person, but I loved "Waiting" by Ha Jin and I don't know why I haven't ever checked out any of his other stuff. Let me know if "The Crazed" lives up to "Waiting."

@ topic,

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson
(Re-reading) The Last Concubine- Lesley Downer (for the 2nd time this year)
(Re-reading) Twilight- Stephanie Meyer (because it was lost for a while and I just found it)

Tatase:

I read this in uni for a class, so I don't have the most favourable memories of it, but maybe I should re-read it for leisure and it'll be better. Do you like it??

@ topic,

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- Stieg Larsson

Tatase:

It's very difficult for me to read many Nigerian authors. Everything is so heavy-hearted and metaphysical. I mean after some of the Nigerian books I've read recently, Things Fall Apart is like easy reading. Our new authors really know how to depress the soul!

-I read a Jude Dibia book (Walking With Shadows) about a gay Nigerian man who came out and had a wife and kids (it was unexpected since I didn't know what it was about before reading it, and I don't know if I was ready for it).
- Helen Oyeyemi- Icharus Girl (why must everything be so weird and metaphysical).
- Diana Evans- 26A (again with heroines with psychological problems)
- Chimamanda Adichie <sighs>
- Nigerian chick-lit author, Abidemi Sanusi (it's not excellent, but at least it's contemporary somewhat light, everyday life stuff that's relatable)
- Sefi Attah (Everything Good Will Come. This is the only one I've mentioned that I'd read again.)
- Ben Okri (though I wouldn't consider him "new"- I just can't do him. I've tried and I can't and frankly I don't even want to.

eldee:

She's usually slow . . . 19 minutes was boring for half the book . . . then something happens and the pace changes and never stops.

^ True. The story picked up eventually and funny enough, i actually prefer it to some of her other books. 19 Minutes is brilliant by the way.
@ topic A Fistful of Tales by Ayodele Arigbabu

lightwalk:

I don't think you will like that book

mohawkchic:

[size=13pt]~Life Swap ~Jane Green~[/size]

mohawkchic:

[size=13pt]~So far so good,a slow page turner thats nicely balanced. . .much to my surprise( for a fiction that is) ! It's  not a book i want to do my zip zap reading w/. . sat on my bedside table,i've only read a couple of chapters. . will let you know as & when. . . [/size]

mohawkchic:

[size=13pt]~So far so good,a slow page turner thats nicely balanced. . .much to my surprise( for a fiction that is) ! It's not a book i want to do my zip zap reading w/. . sat on my bedside table,i've only read a couple of chapters. . will let you know as & when. . . [/size]

mohawkchic:

~The Girls ~Lori Lansens