Last February, I read two unique and surprising debut novels about family relationships by Nigerian authors. I have never read anything like either of these books before. Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo is the story of Yejide and her husband, Akin, who married for love and want to break from the tradition of polygamy. But when Yejide is unable to get pregnant, Akin’s family pressures him to take a second wife. The characters are so complex… the events are unforgettable. I felt so many emotions reading this novel. I’m looking forward to reading anything this author writes. “Yejide would have a child and we would be happy forever. The cost didn't matter. It didn't matter how many rivers we had to cross. At the end of it all was this stretch of happiness that was supposed to begin only after we had children and not a minute before.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stay With Me Ayobami Adebayo Published August 1st, 2017 by Knopf 288 pages My Sister, the Serial Killer is darkly humorous
I have a huge TBR (to be read) pile. I’m not exaggerating. I
have over 1700 books on there, and I do weed it periodically. This is a problem
for me, because I want to read them all. My reading goal for this year is 100
books. I will probably achieve that, or come very close. But, do the math! It
will take me 17 years to read all of those books, and only if I don’t add any
more to my TBR (unlikely).
I am a huge fan of Hugh Howie’s Wool trilogy. The
stories are character driven, and the plot is original and suspenseful. I am
also impressed that Wool was originally self-published after Howey won
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). His books are mostly dystopian, but
not cheesy or cliché.
The Shell Collector
Hugh Howey
Release date: November 2014
Publisher: Broad Reach Publishing
Genre: Dystopian Fiction
Pages: 282
Format: ebook
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