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Vitabu | As seen on Facebook

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of  Half of a Yellow Sun , writes on Facebook: Coming May 14, 2013:  a powerful new novel: A story of love and race centered around a young man and woman from Nigeria who face difficult choices and challenges in the countries they come to call home. As teenagers in a Lagos secondary school, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country. Ifemelu--beautiful, self-assured--departs for America to study. She suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships and friendships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze--the quiet, thoughtful son of a professor--had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a writer of an eye

Beth Fish Reads hosts sixth What's in a Name Challenge

Beth Fish Reads is hosting the sixth What's in a Name challenge. On her blog, she writes that the challenge was originally started by a young blogger named Annie, who hosted it for two years. But when Annie decided to give up on being the host, Beth Fish Reads took over the challenge. Here's How It Works: Between January 1 and December 31, 2013, read one book in each of the following categories: A book with up or down (or equivalent) in the title: Deep down True, The Girl Below, The Diva Digs up the Dirt A book with something you'd find in your kitchen in the title: Loose Lips Sink Ships, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Breadcrumbs A book with a party or celebration in the title: A Feast for Crows, A Wedding in Haiti, Cocktail Hour under the Tree of Forgetfulness A book with fire (or equivalent) in the title: Burning for Revenge, Fireworks over Toccoa, Catching Fire A book with an emotion in the title: Baltimore Blues, Say You're Sorry, Dreams of Joy A book w