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Nice work Mila

Lorayne:
A foreign book... finally!

Yeah finally, let's see how it goes.

Happy New month.

The books for the month of August and the timeline

Book Title: Nighttime is my time

Author: Mary Higgins Clark

Nominated by: PrincessMila

Timeline: 1st to 15th of August


Book Title: Gingerbread

Author: Helen Oyeyemi

Nominated by: Jack273

Timeline: 16th to 30th of August


Sorry for the late announcement. Also we can start sending in our review for Arrow of God.

Have a nice month and stay enlightened.

Book: An orchestra of minorities

Author: Chigozie Obioma

I've not read a lot of African novels, the truth is that I can count them on one hand but I must say this one was very different. It contained a lot of proverbs and wise sayings that I have to be pausing, highlighting and do a deep thinking in almost every page. It was as if I was reading a book of wisdom.

I likes the way the writer mixed the Igbo language and English as if they are one. He did not try to explain anything, so nice.

The various names he gave to Chukwu in which I cannot remember most again was also a delight as I struggle to pronounce each of them before realizing I've heard them before.

Some obvious weak point of the book is that the Chi digresses a lot in his narration. If I was Chukwu, I would have asked it (him) to get to the point. This made the book rather too long and the only thing that kept me reading was my curiosity.

Also Jamike dumping Nonso was predictable probably because I've watched too many Nollywood movies and the country "Cyprus" made it easy for me.

Overall, it was a nice read but not something I'll like to read again any time soon. I'll totally recommend it to others.

Some of my favorite quotes:

"And in time he became a man of silence who went days without speaking"
(I related strongly with this)

"She was one of the poor – the class of people who had been created by the new civilisation."

"four days make up a week, twenty-eight days a month, and thirteen months a year,"
(The Igbo calendar)

"The true state of a man is what he is when he is alone"

"The fathers say that a child who washes his hands clean will eat with the elders"

Obviously I can't write everything here, you will just have to read the book yourself.

Geminita:
Lorayne Jack273 Teddiie PrincessMila Ishilove Ana4love

I'll be back with my review

Book Title: Gingerbread
Author: Helen Oyeyemi
Category: African

PrincessMila don't forget to nominate a book

Good morning. Today is the 23rd of this month and that means, it is time to nominate and vote for the books for next month.

How to nominate a book
Nominate your book here in this format:
Book title:
Author:
Category: (ie African or foreign)

Nomination ends by 11:59pm on 25th (ie Saturday night)

How to vote for a book
"like" and "share" the nominated book of your choice, you are advised to only vote for one in each category ie African and foreign. Voting ends 11:59pm on the last day of each month ie 31st of July.
Note that each "like" carries 1point while each "share" carries 2points

Please note that only those who have dropped a review of this month 1st book, "An orchestra of minorities" here https://www.nairaland.com/5980844/nairaland-book-club-nbc/1#92004776 before 1st of August will their nomination be valid (ie active members).


If you have any questions or enquiries to make, send them here https://www.nairaland.com/5980844/nairaland-book-club-nbc/1#92004776
This thread is only for nomination and voting, no comments allowed.

Good morning. Today is the 23rd of this month and that means, it is time to nominate and vote for the books for next month.

How to nominate a book
Go to the NBC Nomination thread ( https://www.nairaland.com/5980863/nbc-nomination ) on the 23rd of each month and nominate in this format:
Book title:
Author:
Category: (ie African or foreign)
Nomination ends by 11:59pm on 25th (ie Saturday night)

How to vote for a book
Go to the NBC Nomination thread from the 23rd of each month to "like" and "share" the nominated book of your choice, you are advised to only vote for one in each category ie African and foreign. Voting ends 11:59pm on the last day of each month ie 31st of July.
Note that each "like" carries 1point while each "share" carries 2points

Please note that only those who have dropped a review of this month 1st book, "An orchestra of minorities" here before 1st of August will their nomination be valid (ie active members).

See the rules on the first page for more information or ask your questions here. I'll be amending the rules soon.

Ana4love:
It happens to me too but when I know there's a deadline to catch up with, I try not to forget the book. Also I feel I'm really slow in reading, so I try to give myself the number of pages I should finish in a day

I'll try it out, set number of pages to read each day. Deadline helps me too.

In my own case I read everything except what I'm supposed to read and by the time I come back to reality, the day is over. The next day the circle continues, I forget how interesting it was that I didn't want to drop it (until I pick it again days later)