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Getting Bookish: Reading ‘Purple Hibiscus’

In keeping with my resolution to read more books with physical pages (#ProjectNoScrolling), I finished Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Purple Hibiscus. Yay, me! I enjoyed the book immensely. You should definitely pick it up if you haven’t read it. Here are my takeaways: The Skinny Kamibili Achike, the 15 year old Nigerian protagonist, narrates the novel, whichContinue reading “Getting Bookish: Reading ‘Purple Hibiscus’”

A Small World After All

I braved the persistent rain in Atlanta last Friday and successfully picked up Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus from the local library. I’ve completed step one on my newly formed mission to get bookish! I’m about halfway through the novel and I like it so far. Adichie writes in vivid yet spare language that I hopeContinue reading “A Small World After All”