★★★★★ Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son. In the fall of 2007, Jende can hardly believe his luck when he lands a job as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at… Continue reading Imbolo Mbue – Behold The Dreamers
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June 2021 – Harper Lee
This post features the incredible Harper Lee 🎇. She may have only authored two books but her writing has left such a significant mark that her first book, To Kill A Mockingbird, is a classic that MUST be read...or it can be watched as well because a movie was made in 1962. Early Life Nelle… Continue reading June 2021 – Harper Lee
April 2021 – Celeste Ng
This month we celebrate Celeste Ng! Author of the acclaimed novel Little Fires Everywhere. A miniseries, of the same name, based on the book premiered on March 18, 2020.Wikipedia Tony Luong for The New York Times Upbringing and Schooling Celeste was born on the 30th July 1980 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But when Ng was 10… Continue reading April 2021 – Celeste Ng
February 2021 – Jon Krakuauer
Jon Krakauer, author of 1996's "Into The Wild" and 1997’s “Into Thin Air” So in the spirit of the most romantic month of the year, I am doing a feature on a totally unrelated author - Jon Krakuauer!!! Early Life:He was born April 12, 1954 in born in Brookline, Massachusetts and from the age of… Continue reading February 2021 – Jon Krakuauer
November 2020 – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.” Digital Image. CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE, Web. 1 Nov. I'm sure many of us only recognize the name Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie due to the 2014 Beyoncé song Flawless. I myself was guilty of this, I liked the song and all, very catchy but the hype about the song has faded (except to true Beyoncé… Continue reading November 2020 – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
George Orwell – Animal Farm
★★★★★ I discovered that most people read Animal Farm already because it was part of the prescribed reading in school. I never read Animal Farm in high school though. We did Lord of the Flies by William Golding instead (another brilliant allegory). So I decided to fill in the gap for myself. I can't go… Continue reading George Orwell – Animal Farm
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
★★★★ This is the review given that was found on Goodreads: Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in… Continue reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
