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Nice selection, Diane! I'm busy with a Grain of Wheat and enjoying it and I love The Map of Love, one of my all time favourites. I do not come to you by chance is on my list for 2021.
Mod
All 3 of those have been on my to-read list forever.
Mod
1. Efuru
2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names
5. The Joys of Motherhood
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
8. The Blind Kingdom
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
18. The Woman Next Door
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
23. Freshwater
24. Zahrah the Windseeker
The title sounds promising. Is it worth reading?
Mod
I enjoyed it. It ended differently than I anticipated, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Thanks for the reply, now I am hooked :)))
Mod
1. Efuru
2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
8. The Blind Kingdom
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
18. The Woman Next Door
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
23. Freshwater
24. Zahrah the Windseeker
Mod
1. Efuru
2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
8. The Blind Kingdom
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
18. The Woman Next Door
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
23. Freshwater
Mod
2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
8. The Blind Kingdom
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
18. The Woman Next Door
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
23. Freshwater
Mod
2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
18. The Woman Next Door
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
23. Freshwater
This is interesting! I dnf-ed this a couple of years ago as I thought it to be a bit boring back then. Now that I have read Far from My Father and As the Crow Flies which I both liked (especially the former) I decided to re-read The Blind Kingdom. I hope I still have a copy somewhere. What is your take on it?
Mod
It wasn't bad, but I have read better books by her, including As the Crow Flies. It is very short.
Mod
2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
23. Freshwater
Mod
2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
Mod
2. The Map of Love
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
Mod
2. The Map of Love
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
Mod
2. The Map of Love
4. We Need New Names
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
17. A Man of the People
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
Mod
2. The Map of Love
4. The Yacoubian Building
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Shadow King
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
17. A Man of the People
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
Mod
Finished my 11th consecutive book, The Yacoubian Building, by Alaa Al Aswany.
2. The Map of Love
4. The Yacoubian Building
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
17. A Man of the People
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
22. Oil on Water
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Shadow King (other topics)The Yacoubian Building (other topics)
Efuru (other topics)
Zahrah the Windseeker (other topics)
The Map of Love (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Alaa Al Aswany (other topics)Maaza Mengiste (other topics)
Alaa Al Aswany (other topics)
Akwaeke Emezi (other topics)
Lauren Beukes (other topics)
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2. The Map of Love
3. The Girl with the Louding Voice
4. We Need New Names -----> The Yacoubian Building
5. The Joys of Motherhood
6. Bitter Leaf
7. In Dependence
8. The Blind Kingdom
9. I Do Not Come to You by Chance
10. The Famished Road ----> The Shadow King
11. The Shining Girls
12. This September Sun
13. A Grain of Wheat
14. David's Story
15. Daughters Who Walk This Path
16. The Death of Vivek Oji
17. A Man of the People
18. The Woman Next Door
19. The Boy Next Door
20. Death and the King's Horseman
21. His Only Wife
22. Oil on Water
23. Freshwater
24. Zahrah the Windseeker