April 29, 2015

The Girl on the Train


"There are familiar faces on these trains, people I see every week, going to and fro. I recognize them and they probably recognize me." ~ pg. 10

Rachel Watson is the girl on the train. She is a divorced, barren, unemployed, soon-to-be-homeless alcoholic. Having wine for breakfast and liquid lunches is normal for her. She commutes to London every day not because she has a job, but out of habit and because she has nowhere else to go. The 8.04 train route in the morning and the 7.56 evening train happens to go past the house she used to live in with her ex-husband. Now it is shared with his new wife and baby. Rachel can't help looking as she passes daily.

Rachel also peers in to the neighbors a few doors down: a happy married couple she has named in her head. Rachel admires their loving life. Until one day, she sees the wife (Megan) kissing a man that is clearly not her husband. Angry and reminded of her own betrayal, Rachel gets off the train to see a bit closer what's going on. The chick is nosy.

Next thing you know, she wakes up hungover and bruised the next day with no recollection of the night before. To her disbelief, the local news reports the wife missing. Did Rachel have something to do with it? Or witness something? Who was the mysterious man? Did she commit a terrible act and blacked it out? If only Rachel could remember. And so the mystery begins with alternate narration between Rachel and Megan.

"No, it's because I feel like I'm part of this mystery. I'm connected. I am no longer just a girl on the train, going back and forth without point or purpose." ~ pg. 76

You may view the scenery and passengers a little differently during your morning commute on the train after reading this thriller. I personally do not get involved in domestic affairs; this novel is an example why. Yes, this is fiction but it could happen in real life. The Girl on the Train is easily one of the best books I've read thus far in 2015.

"Life is not a paragraph and death is no parenthesis." ~ pg. 11

I've seen a lot of comparisons to Gone Girl. They are both psychological thrillers. They both grip readers' attention until the very last page. Both are suspenseful popular lit. But the characters and story are nothing alike. I couldn't stand either main character in Gone Girl. Quite the opposite in The Girl on the Train. I favored Rachel no matter how flawed she was. She was a realistic person who couldn't get her shit together. The author, Paula Hawkins, found the perfect balance to make me trust and root for Rachel. With these similarities and differences said, I recommend The Girl on the Train to all Gone Girl readers but remember to read it without comparisons so you can enjoy it more.

Keep in mind, everything you THINK you know, may not be so. I see you, Paula Hawkins. You are now on my literary radar.

Title: The Girl on the Train
Author: Paula Hawkins
Published: January 2015
Pages: 269
Edition: eBook
Challenge: New Authors, Popsugar Mystery or Thriller
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

 

April 28, 2015

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl


"Because here's the thing: The typical high school life sucks." ~ pg. 17

Greg is a senior in high school just trying to blend in with all the cliques. During his spare time he makes films with his only friend, Earl. But nobody watches the films per their agreement. Greg's routine is flipped upside down when his mom forces him to spend time with an ex-girlfriend who has been diagnosed with leukemia. Greg and Earl decide to make a film for Rachel when she stops treatment. Due to parental interference, the film goes public; Greg and Earl and the dying girl are in the high school spotlight.

"I realize you have no idea who Earl is still, even though we're deep into this unbearably stupid book." ~ pg. 42

This book barely passed my 50-page test. The ONLY reason it didn't get thrown in my DNF pile is because of the writing style and the narrator. Have you ever met an annoying person that makes fun of himself? Or the chunky dude who constantly makes fat jokes about himself? So it makes it easier for you to hang out with him? Yeah. That is the best way I can explain Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Greg kept repeating how stupid the book was and asking the reader why he/she was still reading. Plus I looked forward to reading the content in chapters with titles like, "Let's Just Get This Embarrassing Chapter Out of the Way," "A Moron's Guide to Leukemia", "Hopefully the End of What Has Been a Ridiculous Amount of Earl Backstory" and "I Put the 'Ass' in 'Casanova'." A risky move for an author but it worked. I may think the book is just okay but I completely read it if that was the author's goal.

"I can't believe you're still reading this. You should smack yourself in the face a couple of times right now, just to complete the outstandingly stupid experience that is this book." ~ pg. 62

Having finished reading Me and Earl and The Dying Girl, I see why there are many bad reviews/ratings. But I also see why people found the book hilarious. It was nice to read teenagers use age-appropriate dialogue and jokes. The main character is important in a story and Greg made fun of himself so much that I couldn't help but agree and keep reading along. Perhaps that is why Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was in the Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults in 2013. Nevertheless, I will see the movie when it releases (OnDemand)—who knows...maybe it won't be unbearably stupid like the book. Or maybe Me and Earl and The Dying Girl will translate better on the big screen. Maybe. You may watch the official movie trailer below.




Title: Me and Earl and The Dying Girl
Author: Jesse Andrews
Published: March 2012
Pages: 197
Edition: eBook
Challenge: Popsugar Bad Reviews; New Authors
Rating: ♥♥

 

April 26, 2015

Series Sunday: For Your Love

(Blessings #6)


Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Read an installment of a series.
  • Share your review/recommendation below.
  • Include the title, author and series name.

My Series Sunday pick is For Your Love, the sixth book in the Blessings series by Beverly Jenkins. Ever since millionaire Bernadine Brown bought the small town of Henry Adams, Kansas, off of eBay, it has rained blessings. The Dog diner has been remodeled. The adopted children are settled in with their new families. Love and happiness is in the air.

"You couldn't ask for a better group of people to live with than the folks in Henry Adams." ~ pg. 38

Mayor Trent July and his wife Lily are newlyweds adjusting to their blended family of two adopted sons, Devon and Amari. Devon was the young town preacher but now he is having difficulty just being a kid. Amari is no longer the pint-sized car thief; he has grown into a smart young man. Fatherhood suddenly has Mayor Trent wondering about his own biological mother. No good comes from dwelling in the past but when the past comes to visit, Mayor Trent has to face it with support of his strong community and loving family.

Newcomers to Henry Adams, Bobby and Kiki, are used to struggling living paycheck-to-paycheck. They are overwhelmed with the blessings rained upon them when they move. Crazy-as-a-bedbug mayor of Franklin is still crazy-as-a-bedbug times ten. And forty-five-year-old secrets are revealed. So much happens in this 200-page novel.

Before I delve any further into my review, let's take a moment and marvel at the book cover. Isn't it gorg?!  It makes me think of home and family. Although I read the galley edition, I am certain this book cover will draw my attention when it hits the shelves of a local bookstore on April 28, 2015.

For Your Love is a Blessings novel. Please don't let the series title lead you away. It is not devout Christian fiction. There are no long passages of scripture or Bible-thumping characters. I consider it comfort fiction. A great book to take your mind off reality and real-life distractions. Reading about blessings on blessings on blessings will comfort you.

"Go get your blessings, girl." ~ pg. 164

I know I say this every single time I review a novel by Beverly Jenkins, but I am saying it again. I HEART HER! Seriously, I stan for Beverly Jenkins and hope all of my bookhearts have the pleasure of meeting her in person. She is so very kind and knows how to write a feel-good story with characters that feel like your favorite aunts and uncles. I am a resident of Henry Adams in-my-head. I recommend this series so you can be my fictional neighbor.


DISCLAIMER: This book was received directly from the publisher for review purposes only. In no way does it influence my review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Title: For Your Love
Author: Beverly Jenkins
Published: April 2015
Pages: 208
Edition: Galley
Challenge: Diversity on the Shelf; Popsugar Set During Christmas
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

April 25, 2015

Read-a-Thon*


I'm a reader at the 24-hour Read-a-Thon. My participation this year will not be the full 24 hours but I am committing to 8-10 hours starting at 8 a.m. today. My "Currently Reading" bookshelf above will be updated throughout the day. I will post updates via my Twitter @LiteraryMarie and my final progress report here.

My Read-a-Thon Plan:
  • Finish Reading For Your Love: A Blessings Novel by Beverly Jenkins ✓
  • Start and finish All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
  • Start Balm by Dolen Perkins-Valdez 
  • Catch up on eMags Entertainment Weekly, Essence, Ebony and Marie Claire 
  • Read the latest issue of Hour Detroit magazine ✓
  • Write book reviews and cheer other participants during breaks ✓

*Post Updated

 

April 22, 2015

Lit Pick: 32 Lessons for Living a Life You Love


Title: 32 Lessons for Living a Life You Love
Author: Kristin Denise Hemingway
Published: April 2015

Description:
We all go through phases in life that are just not that enjoyable. 32 Lessons for Living a Life You Love helps you to learn from someone that has been through the gamut and still come out with joy on the other side. Let this little bit of inspiration encourage you through your day and help you to maximize your potential for joy in your life!

I highly recommend this book for buddy reads, self-reflection and book clubs looking for an inspirational selection. Read this new release free with Kindle Unlimited or download the eBook Kindle version for only $4.99. The paperback is available for only $8.17 on Amazon or $8.99 at Barnes & Noble. It is well worth your coins.

About the Author:
Kristin Denise Hemingway and I have been friends for almost 25 years. From the moment we met in elementary school, Kristin had a goal to become a writer. I am so proud of her success and happy to see her dream come true in print. Not only is her debut book an inspiration, but Kristin is a living testimony to aspiring self-published authors. I encourage all of my bookhearts to support her. You may download the eBook or purchase the paperback by clicking the links above. In the meantime, keep writing and living the life you love!

 

April 21, 2015

The Truth and Other Lies


"Dig a hole and shit your secret into the hole. Then you'll be rid of it and not full of shit anymore." ~ pg. 32

To the public, Henry Hayden is a modest bestselling author. No one really knows he is a fraud, a liar and an unpredictable psychopath. Drastic difference, right? Well Henry is good at claiming and accepting praise for what is not his own. Only he and his wife know that she is the real bestseller. She's the one who actually wrote Henry's debut novel that made him famous. Their agreement worked; she has no desire for fame, he has no problem reaping the benefits of success. But their secret is threatened and the façade crumbles when Henry's mistress becomes pregnant. His plan to fix his life goes from ingenious to terrible.

Almost immediately the action begins and almost immediately I pity the main character. I don't always have to agree with the choices fictional characters make but I need to have some type of strong opinion about them. Keeping the title in mind, I wasn't sure whether to trust the narrator. It was different reading a thriller from the point of view of the psychopath.

The author, German screenwriter Sascha Arango, somehow lost me in the middle of the book. Maybe it was too many random characters or pointless scenes but The Truth and Other Lies is not on par with must-read psychological thrillers like Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, The Dinner, and Silent Wife. It is not as sinister as these popular novels.

The Truth and Other Lies (translated from German to English version) will be released June 23, 2015. Add to your summer reading list if you're looking for an okay story.

DISCLAIMER: This book was received directly from the publisher for review purposes only. In no way does it influence my review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Title: The Truth and Other Lies
Author: Sascha Arango
Published: June 2015
Pages: 206
Edition: Galley
Challenge: New Author; Popsugar Originally Written in a Different Language
Rating: ♥♥

April 19, 2015

Series Sunday: Daughter of Smoke & Bone

(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1)


Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Read an installment of a series.
  • Share your review/recommendation below.
  • Include the title, author and series name.

My Series Sunday pick is Daughter of Smoke & Bone, the first book in the trilogy of same name by Laini Taylor. A supply of teeth is running low in a dark and dusty shop. Black handprints appear on doorways. A bright blue-haired tatted up young art student, Karou, is caught up in an otherworldly war. Her sketchbook is filled with creatures she'd been drawing since she was a little girl: Issa, the woman serpent with bare breasts and the face of an angel; the giraffe-necked Twiga with a squinted eye; parrot-beaked Yasri with orange curls; the bird-like Kishmish that flutters away as a messenger; and the grumpy Wishmonger/Resurrectionist Brimstone. Of course Karou's friends think her trademark characters are fantastical. Only Karou knows they may be real; the single word tattoos on each of her wrists are a hint in plain sight: true and story.

"Over the years she'd found that that was all it took, that lazy smile, and she could tell the truth without risk of being believed. It was easier than keeping track of lies, and so it became part of who she was: Karou with her wry smile and crazy imagination." ~ pg. 9

Yes, you are on www.LiteraryMarie.com and read the book description right. Bookhearts know that I am not a paranormal fiction reader (with the exception of the Twilight series). Yet I still chose to start the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy based on the eye-catching cover, 150,000+ positive book reviews, and rave ratings from over half of my Goodreads friends. I finally borrowed the hardcover from the local library when my bookheart Steph highly recommended this series. I always trust her judgment on books. So here I am reviewing a fantasy/magic/nonhuman novel.

"Was there any fate more bitter than to get what you long for most, when it's too late?" ~ pg. 251

Was Daughter of Smoke & Bone worth stepping out of my comfort zone? YASSSS!!! One of the best bookish feelings is when a book turns out to be better than expected. Karou is such a strong, mature and smart heroine. The descriptions create vivid imagery and made me forget it was fantasy. The setting is in a place called Elsewhere. Oh, Laini Taylor, what an intriguing world you built about seraph and chimaera through beautiful narration. I will stop here; it is impossible to go into further detail without writing spoilers.

Trust when I say Daughter of Smoke & Bone lives up to the hype. I encourage those like me to put aside your reservations or dislikes of this genre and give this trilogy a try. Check out the book trailer tease below then add it to your bookshelf if you haven't already. If you are one of the bookhearts that already rode the Daughter of Smoke & Bone train, share your thoughts. I already love this trilogy. Do you?

"Love is a luxury. No. Love is an element." ~ pg. 363


Title: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Author: Laini Taylor
Published: September 2011
Pages: 418
Edition: Hardcover
Challenge: New Authors; Popsugar Nonhuman Characters; Popsugar Magic
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

 

April 17, 2015

First Lines Friday



First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Grab your current read(s).
  • Share the first line(s).
  • Include the title and author.

"It's a dark stage, and at first all you hear are murmurs, a heartbeat, and heavy breathing. Like, serious Lamaze."


SideNote: Why I picked this book, I don't know. I do not like musicals, let alone a musical novel. It is not passing my 50-page rule.


 

April 14, 2015

Things You Won't Say


Sarah Pekkanen is always good for a novel about a family or marriage crisis. Things You Won't Say is no different. I cannot imagine how a spouse feels when their husband/wife straps on a service weapon and leaves home for a day of duty. For Jamie Anderson, she tenses up every morning. Will he be okay? Will he come back home safely? Then came the call she always dreaded. There was a shooting at the police headquarters. Her husband Mike isn't hurt but his partner is injured.

Mike may not have been the officer injured but he is an invisible casualty. Mike seems disconnected, paranoid, has insomnia and overly cautious. A slightly ajar door means an intruder when in reality the dog slipped outside. Mike is obviously affected and Jamie is unsure how to help him. Unfortunately Jamie gets another call. There has been another shooting. This time, Mike pulled the trigger. It alters their world and Jamie tries to hold the family together.

Things You Won't Say is closer to current events than the average women's fiction novel. Sarah Pekkanen has a way of writing realistic stories. This book may be fiction but is a reminder how one incident affects more than the immediate lives involved.

Things You Won't Say will be released next week on April 21, 2015. It is not Sarah Pekkanen's best book in my opinion but worth reading if you are a women's lit fan.

DISCLAIMER: This book was received directly from the publisher for review purposes only. In no way does it influence my review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Title: Things You Won't Say
Author: Sarah Pekkanen
Published: April 2015
Pages: 270
Edition: Galley
Rating: ♥♥♥♡

 

April 12, 2015

Series Sunday: Seeds of Yesterday

(Dollanganger #4)


Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Read (or watch) an installment of a series.
  • Share your review/recommendation below.
  • Include the title, author and series name.


My Series Sunday pick is Seeds of Yesterday, the final book/movie in the Dollanganger series by V.C. Andrews. Lifetime TV will premiere the movie adaptation tonight at 8/7c. Click here to watch the previous three movies in the Dollanganger movies: Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns. Watch the trailer above then join me and Lifetime TV for a live tweeting using hashtag #SeedsOfYesterday.

Title: Seeds of Yesterday
Author: V.C. Andrews
Published: Book 1984, Movie 2015
Edition: Movie
Movie Rating: TBD

 

April 8, 2015

One Night


"Who wants that perfect love story any way, anyway? Cliché, cliché, cliché, cliché." ~ pg. 359

I let EJD take me along on an erotic suspenseful adventure that lasted just one night. No, it was not the perfect love story. Nor was it a classic thriller. It wasn't traditional in any sense. It was fulfilling. Mysterious. Gripping. Sexy. Alluring. Unforgettable. Dreamy.

An unlikely pair, or more like "two foolish idiot savants," meet at a gas station. So much happens between dusk and sunrise: con games, meals, accidents, robbery, hotel romps, fun, erotic bliss and more. One Night is a whirlwind fiction adventure that grabbed my attention from the first line to the last period. EJD has a way with words and intricate details. His ability to write from a female's point of view still impresses me umpteen books later.

One Night is 368 pages; though I could have easily read 50 pages more. I turned the ePages at a steady pace until the last chapter. I slowed down not wanting the story to end. I wasn't ready to stop reading about my new favorite grifter, Jackie, and The Man from Orange County. I sure hope Eric Jerome Dickey isn't ready to stop writing about them.

Power up your eReader of choice and pre-order One Night so it will be ready for reading on its release date in two weeks. If you prefer hardcovers, put this novel on hold at your local bookstore. Trust me. You are in for a good read. Now excuse me while I pop a mint then insert my name in the Acknowledgments section like I do every April in a new EJD release.

DISCLAIMER: This book was received directly from the publisher for review purposes only. In no way does it influence my review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

Title: One Night
Author: Eric Jerome Dickey
Published: April 2015
Pages: 368
Edition: Galley
Challenge: Diversity on the Shelf
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

 

April 7, 2015

Perfect Peace



"Lies never work out the way you think they will." ~ pg. 35

All Emma Jean Peace wants is a daughter. She will do anything to raise a little girl after giving birth to six boys. So when she set eyes on her new beautiful baby with a head full of hair, all she saw was a baby girl. No matter the penis. No matter the lie. No one has to know. Emma Jean named the baby what she was—Perfect Peace.

"You was born a boy. I made you a girl, but that ain't what you was suppose to be." ~ pg. 128

On Perfect's eighth birthday, Emma Jean knew it was time to come clean and tell the truth. From that moment of revelation, Perfect's world was flipped upside down filled with confusion. How was she supposed to be a boy? What would people say? Why is her long hair gone along with the pretty yellow ribbons and dresses? Perfect's brothers and father, Gus, are just as confused and having difficulty adjusting. The Peace family question everything they know about gender, sexuality, honesty and unconditional love.

I love an author that knows how to show, not tell. Daniel Black shows us what kind of character each member of Peace family is through their actions and not through narrative. I was able to draw my own conclusion of each child as he grew up. I could sense the emotional struggle of Gus, Emma Jean and Perfect through their actions and dialogue instead of the author simply telling me. Well done.

"Just don't let what other people think and feel make you think and feel like them. If you different, be different." ~ pg. 300

Perfect Peace is a complicated story. I felt disappointment, empathy, joy and compassion while reading along. Not too many novels can take me on a journey of multiple emotions. Growing up in a largely-populated Midwest city, I don't know how isolated life could be in a small Southern town but thanks to Daniel Black's descriptive narrative, I was able to imagine it. This novel not only nudged at my heart strings and imagination, but brought awareness in fiction form through unforgettable characters.

Author Daniel Black dedicates Perfect Peace to those who were "mocked, scorned and silenced because you were different." I therefore recommend this novel to bookhearts if that describes you. If you weren't labeled different, you should still read Perfect Peace because it is a well-written unforgettable tale with a beautiful cover.

Title: Perfect Peace
Author: Daniel Black
Published: March 2010
Pages: 341
Edition: Hardcover
Challenge: New Authors; Diversity on the Shelf; Popsugar Based Entirely on Its Cover
Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥

 

April 5, 2015

Series Sunday: If There Be Thorns Lifetime Movie

(Dollanganger #3)


Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Read (or watch) an installment of a series.
  • Share your review/recommendation below.
  • Include the title, author and series name.

My Series Sunday pick is If There Be Thorns, the third book/movie in the Dollanganger series by V.C. Andrews. Lifetime TV will premiere the movie adaptation tonight at 8/7c. Click here to watch the previous two movies in the Dollanganger movies: Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind. Watch the trailer above then join me and Lifetime TV for a live tweeting using hashtag #IfThereBeThorns.

Title: If There Be Thorns
Author: V.C. Andrews
Published: Book 1981, Movie 2015
Edition: Movie
Movie Rating: TBD

 

April 3, 2015

First Lines Friday


First Lines Friday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Grab your current read(s).
  • Share the first line(s).
  • Include the title and author.

"Walking to school over the snow-muffled cobbles, Karou had no sinister premonitions about the day. It seemed like just another Monday, innocent but for its essential Mondayness, not to mention its Januaryness."

~ Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

 

April 1, 2015

Americanah


"You have to be very careful or America will corrupt you." ~ pg. 255

Ifemelu heads for America, leaving her family and boyfriend, Obinze, in military-ruled Nigeria. Finding a job proves to be more difficult than she thought. Despite her academic and blogging success, she is forced to deal with what it means to be black in America. Unfortunately Obinze could not follow her to America post-9/11 so he begins an undocumented life in London. They lose touch while starting individual lives but the love is still there.

The New York Times listed Americanah as one of the Top Ten Books of 2013. Chicago Tribune and Seattle Times rated Americanah as a Best Book. Entertainment Weekly chose Americanah as a Top Fiction Book. Goodreads picked Americanah as Best of the Year. My cousin and a few bookhearts recommended I read this book. Alas, I got a chance to read what all the hype is about. I am usually skeptical of books that get a lot of high praise. I expect it to be darn near perfect and am sometimes left disappointed. Well Americanah deserved every single award win and recommendation. I am so looking forward to it becoming a movie starring Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo.

"They talk about films here as if films are as important as books." ~ pg. 167

I only have a couple gripes which prevented me from rating it a solid five hearts. Ifemelu was not likable. At all. I tried to be on her side but she came across so jaded. I wonder if it was the author's intent to make her main character this opinionated and harsh. Some of her views are totally misconstrued (American childhoods, tipping and medication especially). More than a few of her actions got a side-eye. I turned my brow up at a couple of Ifemelu's blog posts on Raceteenth or Curious Observations by a Non-American Black on the Subject of Blackness in America. I just did not like her.

My second gripe is the book's length. It didn't have to be almost 600 pages long. The same story could still be told in less than 400 pages. Minor story lines were too descriptive while other themes (like depression and suicide) could have been expanded. I am an avid reader with too many books, not enough time to spend reading pointless pages.

Other than that, I really enjoyed the story of love, race, culture and identity. The characters were well-developed, realistic and unforgettable. Americanah was an eye-opening novel for me because it gave a glimpse of how non-Americans may view Americans. I appreciate how Chimamanda wrote about race differences in a fiction format.

"You know at home when somebody tells you that you lost weight, it means something bad. But here somebody tells you that you lost weight and you say thank you." ~ pg. 152

"You know America has a way of turning everything into an illness that needs medicine." ~ pg. 461

Chimamanda is a Nigerian-American author. This gave her credibility in my eyes when reading the comparisons between America and Nigeria. I may not have liked the main character but Chimamanda did an excellent job of writing her third novel. She is also the author of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. Watch the video below of the author discussing love, race and hair—a few of the central themes in Americanah. Then share your thoughts if you've already read this novel. If you haven't yet read it, be sure to.


Title: Americanah
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Published: May 2013
Pages: 588
Edition: Paperback
Challenge: Diversity on the Shelf, New Authors, Popsugar More Than 500 Pages
Rating: ♥♥♥♥