Readings Based on My Challenges and TBR
1. African Reads
- Weep Not Child (Ngugi Wa Thiong’O) East Africa
The Bride Priceby Buchie EmechetaMaru by Bessie Head- Head Above Water by Buchi Emecheta
- As The Crow Flies by Veronique Tadjo
The Bluest Eye(Toni Morrison)- T
he Kite Runner(Khaled Hosseini) - Tess of the D’Ubervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Chaka the Zulu(Thomas Mofolo)- Oliver Twist
- Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
- Pride and Prejudice
- Silas Marner
- Anna Karenina
3. TBR
Excursions in my Mind(Nana Awere Damoah)- The Secret To Detoxifying Your Life And Love (Mariska Taylor-Darko)
The Joys of Motherhood(Buchi Emecheta)Faceless(Amma Darko)Not Without Flowers(Amma Darko)The Tribe(Buchi Emecheta)Voices Made Night(short story collection) (Mia Cuoto)Tales of Tenderness and Power(short story collection) Bessie HeadContemporary African Short Stories,edited by Chinua Achebe and C L Innes- I know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- A Thousand Splendid Seasons (Khaled Hosseini)
Kevin’s Last Walkby Barry AdkinsChancing Faithby Empi BaryehThe Kaya Girlby Mamle WoloDiplomatic Poundsby Ama Ata AidooMy First Coup d’etatby John Dramani Mahama- Woman on the Edge of Reality by Linda Parkinson-Hardman
- A Soul’s Calling by Scott Bishop
- The Feet of Darkness by Seyi Sandra David
- Cats Cave by David Kumi
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Reading Pleasure 
I like this ‘Current reading’ format, cool. It helps your readers to anticipate the reviews upcoming. The blog is getting cooler by the day!
Thanks to you for putting me on the right path, Nana.
hmmmm, ur block dey bee k3k3…hope u do check out mine.enjoy reading
Sure, I will be over soon to check your blog out, my paddy. Thanks!
Thank you! I greatly appreciate your kind visit to my site, likewise, your generous comments! More power to your blog! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day, Stefan. 🙂
I am listening to Anna Karenina but think I will get to finish it today!!!
Good for you Rebecca. I still have my copy staring at me everyday.
Hello am having a question from my school Nd its a home work, can you please help me with that .
1- how is creamy important in development of the story
2- explain the circumstance that led to baby t’s death
3- How did fofo come to live with mute
4- what changes did fofo experience while staying the mute organization.
5- who is kayayo and what role did they play in the story
Thank you Amara for the visit. I would very much love to answer all your questions but you must understand that I’m not a teacher of literature and whatever I might say may not be the direct answers to your questions. I could only give you information that might guide you in understanding your questions.
Try reading the novel and hold discussions with your teacher and or friends. There are explanation pamphlets on these texts sold in bookshops and these are written by Examiners of Literature in English who have outlined their explanations or analysis based on the marking scheme and syllabus.
Good luck and all the best in your endeavours. 🙂
Hi – Some interesting books there. Have you seen my top 20 list of books?
Will check it out 🙂 Thanks for coming over Erkleo. 🙂
I am a Literature in English teacher, I would like to know your criteria for choosing book you review. Thanks
Fola, there’s no criteria really. I sometimes join some challenges that blog on books and review them But I find that it can be time consuming and well as if I’m under pressure. So I now select the books that catch my interest.
Then there are those who actually seek me out and with request to review their books for them. They send me copies and I read and review on my blogs for them.
I hope I’ve answered your question. 🙂
You may be interested in some of my book reviews. As I get older I must say I look for books with some sort of ‘universal spiritual’ content. It doesn’t have to be didactic – see for example Tolstoy’s short stories and novellas.
Erikleo, thanks so much for the visit Indeed the older we get the more our perspectives and indeed needs and wants change. The quest for the spiritual also becomes more profound.
Your blog is worth following and so I just became your follower. 🙂
A good format for sharing a reading list. I have mine listed on goodreads.
Thank you Carolyn.
Mines on goodreads too but I haven’t added to it for some time! There is a list of other books on my blog – under ‘non-naturalistic’ books.