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frozen70:
Pls tell me more about this 48 Laws of power, us like the author us talking about using people to get what you want and also using reverse psychology on people

It's about principles, stories of great men and how they outsmarted their opponents, people like Niccolo Machaevelli, how to take advantage of situations and people, laws about serving people, relating with people, becoming superior over people.

I read that book when I was in SS1, and it really affected my life negatively. I was exposed to books early in life, and books like that, power of seduction, Angels and Demon and some satanic books, played on my psychology and I am really messed up. You have to be mature before reading such books.

Babysho:
What are the odds lol I just finished with Native Son and last week How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. I highlighted several points and tried to liken it to what is going on today in Nigeria and even posted on my WhatsApp, nobody could even discuss.

Tell me your favourite book of all time and I'll begin reading right now . I'll also add those up there to my list.

Wish there was a WhatsApp group for readers.

Most people are not scholarly inclined when it comes to reading and having scholarly discussions. The evidence is Nairaland for instance, how many people write well, spell well and punctuate well? You don't have to be discouraged. I still have people that will call me if writing, assignment or things like that come their way, that makes me Demigod. Distinguish yourself.

About favorite book, to be honest, I can't even name any book my favorite, because I enjoyed each one I read differently.

You should check these books out:
Black Boy by Richard Wright
Americana by Chimamamda Adichie
So Long A Letter by Mariam ma
William Shakespearean plays and sonnets
African child by Camara Laye
The old man and the medal by Ferdinand Oyono
Efuru by Flora Nwakpa
Second class citizen by Buchie Emecheta
Stillborn by Zainab Alkali
Weep Not Child
Devil on the Cross
I will marry when I want
Grain of wheat
Petals of blood, all by Ngugi Wa Thiongo
Violence by Festus Iyayi
The last duty by Okpehowo
There was a country by Chinua Achebe.

Lifeiseazi:
I’m a science student but a love reading a lot, esp novels by an African writer.

Native son is a great book.

Yes, Native Son by Richard Wright is a remarkable novel about racism. Try and read the Black Boy and Uncle Tom leaves home by him.

You enjoy novels by African writers because the story is your story, your history, your themes, your setting, your characters. You feel you are the one doing the things the characters do and say, you easily ralate to their experience.

bhella10:
Lonely Londoner, you have indeed tried.

Yes, I got it from my friend as a gift. At first, I wasn't interested but the themes discussed in the novel cannot be overemphasize.

Mitsurugi:
I hated Lonely Londoners

LoL, if you are not patient you won't finish the novel, but Samuel Selvon, the novelist, is trying to comment on the plight of the immigrants, the racial discrimination, by justifying the opinion that the grass is not always greener at the other side.

eminikansoso:
But you have not read the Mayor Of Abagana written by legendary Benjamin Adekunle, the Red scorpion �

LoL, I can't possibly read all the books and you know it.

olaleke1:
Oh, really?

Have you read:

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain



SHE (Alan Quartermain) by Sir Rider Haggard



The Pacesetters series


Ian Fleming's James Bond...

Nick Carter series ( America spy thriller)

James Hadley Chase novels


African Library novels such as The Concubine, The Mine Boy, etc.

James Hadley Chase novels are very interesting, I read both English and American books and French books too. However, without sentiment, I still don't joke with African writers.

The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
Mine Boy by Abraham Peter

I love African books and easily relate to the writer's motif and themes. Writers like Ngugi Wa Thiongo of Kenya, Bessie Head of South Africa, Nadim Godimer of South Africa, Authol Fugger, Camara Laye, Ferdinand Oyono, Zulu Sofola, Mariama Aloma, Amos Tutuola books are thrilling too because of supernatural presence, Buchie Emecheta and many others.

Clint02:
If I embark on theoretical study either related to my course of study or just mere novel reading,I experience breathing difficulty. The reason been that though I don't like reading theories,I force myself to continue.(I think...) I do enjoy some of the novels I read.


Reading books,long articles and the likes, for me is like a challenge,where I employ various techniques to scale through to the end. These techniques include breath control(mostly when I read inwardly),outward reading(I have to speak the words out),and then my reading position.

It has always been a challenge for me reading lengthy details,that I can't help but wonder if it's the same for people like you who read loads of books(I guess you do read a lot).

Apparently,I am the calculation type. It is very easy for me to comprehend calculations,this attribute a sharp contrast to my reading abilities.

So how do you see this case? Do you think I need help?

To be honest with you, I have encountered people with similar challenge as yours, my friend, Mani, from Economics department, a guy from Geography and others I can't mention here. They are exceptionally calculation whizkid but very poor in reading theories.

Well, reading is not limited to field of study, but maybe you will be better off in engineering field where you do more of calculation.

I know Arts students that are very good at reading but poor in calculation and they never see it as a challenge.

squash47:
Senior man. I'm sure you're an art or social science student.

LoL, I was originally a science student from the start. I have been doing chemistry and physics till one day I fell in love with Ola Rotimi's works like Our Husband Have Gone Mad Again and The gods are not to blame, then I switched to Art, wrote WAEC and went to University to study Theatre Arts.

squash47:
Wow, I guess you gat a very good hobby right there. Well, I read books but most of which I don't even know their titles. But this Robinson was my best way back in 2007... I think I'm d only one who has not read Harry Potter.

Yes, reading is an exciting hobby. It keeps me well informed, entertained. I am always ahead of others when having scholarly discussions and it makes me versatile too.

Harry Potter is a great book, I read it and I also watched the movies.

Books like Native Son by Richard Wright, How Europe Underdevelop Africa by Roodney, Why We Struck by Adeyemoga, There Was A Country by Achebe, books from Oscar Wilde, Benard Shaw, Shakespearean sonnets and plays, Christopher Marlowe, Aristotle poetics, and classical writers like Horace, Sophocles and Longinus, French books and African classical books like African child by Camara Laye, The Blinkards by Kobina, and others will make an interesting read.

I may be considered indomie generation or not, depending on who is doing the consideration, since I am in my mid twenties.

But reading books generally is my hobby, so I have read it too. I read it along Harry Potter, Angels and Demon, The Black Boy, Lonely Londeners, 48 laws of power, Aeodipus Rex, and many classical novels.