Category: Book Reviews
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This post is entered into #AtoZChallenge2026 April blogging, as its topic centers on B for Balle, Solvej. Balle is the surname. As mentioned in my #atozChallengeThemeReveal post, my main theme […]
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C is for Cartarescu. This post is for #AtoZChallenge2026 in April. Summary of dreams in Blinding The Left Wing This post is a summary of all the dreams interpretations written […]
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Gifty’s mom, who she nicknamed The Black Mamba, TBM. was sick with depression. (Gyasi, p. 44) Her eldest child, a son called Nana, died soon after his high school prom. […]
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The guests were Gifty, Han’s colleagues and other scientists. (Gyasi, p. 34)
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Gifty said, “my teacher gifted me a bottle from the back of her storage closet.” (Gyasi, p. 32) Her teacher was experienced and knew that some parents would not be […]
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Nana was 15 years old when his mother found OxyContin pills in his room. That does not mean he started taking pills when he was 15. He could have began […]
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The Black Mamba was Gifty’s secret code name for her mother. She had a job as a “home health aid” for Mr Thomas. She was a caretaker who helped the […]
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Geoffrey was Gifty’s friend and when he heard her saying she was a princess, he told her that “Black people can’t be princesses.” Geoffrey was old fashioned. He was ignorant […]