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Seriously good historical fiction that all y’all should read.

December 31, 2016 by narfna Leave a Comment

“You want to know what weakness is? Weakness is treating someone as though they belong to you. Strength is knowing that everyone belongs to themselves.” So everybody has been saying this is really good, and now after reading it, I can confirm that is indeed really good. You know, in case my star rating didn’t already do that for you and you need the actual words. THIS BOOK IS REALLY GOOD. There. It’s in all caps now, and everybody knows that all caps on the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Fiction, historical fiction, Homegoing, narfna, Yaa Gyasi

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June 18, 2016 by ElCicco 4 Comments

I think a lot of the books I choose to read I choose because they look important and/or like they’re going to be good for me and/or because I ought to. Books by Doris Lessing and Gloria Steinem come to mind by way of example of this. And I usually end up enjoying these books and feeling glad that I read them. Still, they might not be the kind of books that I would recommend to everybody I know. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi is a […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Africa, CBR8, ElCicco, Homegoing, ReadWomen, Slavery, Yaa Gyasi

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