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Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781646220830. Masterful in its examination of freedom, prejudice, and personal and public inheritance, Sankofa is a story for anyone who has ever gone looking for a clear identity or home, and found something more complex in its place. Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother—the only parent who raised her—is dead. Searching through her mother's belongings one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the president—some would say dictator—of a small nation in West Africa. And he is still alive... When Anna decides to track her father down, a journey begins that is disarmingly moving, funny, and fascinating. Like the metaphorical bird that gives the novel its name, Sankofa expresses the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present to address universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for a family's hidden roots.

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Fay_Reads

Apr 20, 2025

4.0

Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 3.5Characters: 3.5Plot: 2.0

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I am very close to DNF-ing this book. The pacing is so slow and I'm not connecting with Addie. Anyone have spoiler free motivation for this book? ⚠️ Spoilers may be in comments for those wanting to read this book!

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Devin

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iPhone logging you out of pagebound?

Hey y'all, I did some research since a lot of users (mostly iPhone with Safari but some others as well) are being logged out of pagebound often and having to log in all the time. Based on what I've found, it seems that this is a bit of an intentional move with Safari if you have prevent cross site tracking enabled, while this in theory is great, at times it can cause saved log in data (like what is used with Google) to be removed. I can't test this directly since I don't have an iPhone, but wanted to share how to disable it in case it helps someone out! To disable this, go to Safari > Preferences > Privacy and uncheck the box next to "Prevent cross-site tracking" Hope this helps, and a lot of phones and browsers have this on my default now, please let me know if this fixes the issues for you, or if you still get logged out and I'll try to look into this further.

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Devin

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz

Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. From his home in New Jersey, where he lives with his old-world mother and rebellious sister, Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But he may never get what he wants, thanks to the Fukœ—the curse that has haunted the Oscar's family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and, above all, ill-starred love. Oscar, still waiting for his first kiss, is just its most recent victim. Diaz immerses us in the tumultuous life of Oscar and the history of the family at large, rendering with genuine warmth and dazzling energy, humor, and insight the Dominican-American experience, and, ultimately, the endless human capacity to persevere in the face of heartbreak and loss. A true literary triumph, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao confirms Junot Diaz as one of the best and most exciting voices of our time.

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Fay_Reads

Apr 07, 2025

2.5

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.0Plot: 2.0

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happyplaces

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What a good one

There's so much left to be desired in the story with open questions but it's also a very fulfilling book at the same time. Highly recommend!

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Little Monsters

Adrienne Brodeur

“Juicy…simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open.” — The Washington Post • “So alluring…I raced happily through the pages.” — The New York Times Book Review • “Compulsively readable.” — Vogue • “An absolutely captivating read.” —Elin Hilderbrand From the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and long-buried secrets. Ken and Abby Gardner lost their mother when they were small and they have been haunted by her absence ever since. Their father, Adam, a brilliant oceanographer, raised them mostly on his own in his remote home on Cape Cod, where the attachment between Ken and Abby deepened into something complicated—and as adults their relationship is strained. Now, years later, the siblings’ lives are still deeply entwined. Ken is a successful businessman with political ambitions and a picture-perfect family and Abby is a talented visual artist who depends on her brother’s goodwill, in part because he owns the studio where she lives and works. As the novel opens, Adam is approaching his seventieth birthday, staring down his mortality and fading relevance. He has always managed his bipolar disorder with medication, but he’s determined to make one last scientific breakthrough and so he has secretly stopped taking his pills, which he knows will infuriate his children. Meanwhile, Abby and Ken are both harboring secrets of their own, and there is a new person on the periphery of the family—Steph, who doesn’t make her connection known. As Adam grows more attuned to the frequencies of the deep sea and less so to the people around him, Ken and Abby each plan the elaborate gifts they will present to their father on his birthday, jostling for primacy in this small family unit. Set in the fraught summer of 2016, Little Monsters is a “smart, page-flipping novel…[with] shades of Succession ” (The Boston Globe) from a writer who knows Cape Cod inside and out—its Edenic lushness and its snakes.

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A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944

Willy Peter Reese

A Stranger to The Inhumanity of War, Russia 1941-44 is the haunting memoir of a young German soldier on the Russian front during World War II. Willy Peter Reese was only twenty years old when he found himself marching through Russia with orders to take no prisoners. Three years later he was dead. Bearing witness to--and participating in--the atrocities of war, Reese recorded his reflections in his diary, leaving behind an intelligent, touching, and illuminating perspective on life on the eastern front. He documented the carnage perpetrated by both sides, the destruction which was exacerbated by the young soldiers' hunger, frostbite, exhaustion, and their daily struggle to survive. And he wrestled with his own sins, with the realization that what he and his fellow soldiers had done to civilians and enemies alike was unforgivable, with his growing awareness of the Nazi policies toward Jews, and with his deep disillusionment with himself and his fellow men. An international sensation, A Stranger to Myself is an unforgettable account of men at war.

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Fay_Reads

Mar 25, 2025

3.0

Enjoyment: 3.0Quality: 3.0Characters: 2.5Plot: 2.0

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An.nA

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QOTD from yours truly, An.n4

If you could meet any fictional character for coffee, dinner...… or breakfast 😉 (why not?) who would it be and why? (Books or shows based on books only!)

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hannah

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Follow Party

I'm loving the social aspect of this site! I'd love to find more people to follow :-) Comment 1-2 sentences about yourself and what you like to read. Use this post to find others to follow! Edit to add that I know we have the option to discover similar users (which I love!). I just thought this would be a fun way to get to know other users a little more before following.

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A Stranger to Myself: The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944

Willy Peter Reese

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