Are you in a reading slump? Tip #1 to help you SNAP OUT OF IT!!! No need to feel guilty. Reading slumps are a common occurrence. I, myself, have experienced it from time to time. Especially when life gets busy…stress is mounting. At the end of the day, you come home tired and deflated, andContinue reading “Are you in a reading slump?”
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Book Review Time: Transcendent Kingdom
I posted a review of Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing earlier this year. I tried my best to express how deeply I was impacted by the novel. Homegoing is grand in scope-a multi-generational, trans-continental, saga. It explores the African and diasporic experience, examining the atrocities of tribal strife, colonialism, slavery, and institutionalized racism. It’s painful in itsContinue reading “Book Review Time: Transcendent Kingdom”
Book Review Time: Homegoing
I first read Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi last year. It’s a powerful novel that I haven’t been able to emotionally detach from, since that initial reading. Rich, beautiful, heart-breaking, inspiring. I found my way to this novel as a result of my own personal desire to know more about where I came from. Some ofContinue reading “Book Review Time: Homegoing”