While the second read felt like a reunion, the third one allows for so many new perspectives, it feels almost like a different novel. #HalfOfAYellowSun#ChimamandaNgoziAdichie#WomensPrize#BookChat#booksky
The author eloquently turns the otherness onto two American journalists with the same name, reducing them to their physical appearance. #HalfOfAYellowSun#ChimamandaNgoziAdichie#WomensPrize#BookChat#booksky
Returning to Ugwu, Olanna, Kainene, Odenigbo, and the rest for a third time, I wonder what new discoveries I’m in for. #rereading#HalfOfAYellowSun#ChimamandaNgoziAdichie#WomensPrize#BookChat#booksky
The best memoirs connect the specifics of a narrative with the universal in life. Fields candidly guides the reader through the ins and outs of being us. #InPieces#SallyField#BookChat#booksky
Somewhere around here, there is a conversation to be had about sexism, racism, homophobia, and religion, but the distance that the author put between the text and the reader makes me lose interest. #milkman#AnnaBurns#BookChat#booksky
My mystery book bundle from Feminist Press! One of them will be chosen for BookChat @scrow1022.bsky.social 🧐
I don’t know who the consistent anonymization distances the most from the text, the author or the reader. #milkman#AnnaBurns#BookChat#booksky
When we overuse endless repetitions as a stylistic device, we lose the effect and just become really annoying. #milkman#AnnaBurns#BookChat#booksky
