THE READING CONTINUES

''In the pages of books not only lies wanton knowledge. 

In the pages of books lies abundant joy''- Unknown

The year 2013 was a good one for me as far as consuming literary works was concerned. I managed to read fifteen (15) novels. My interest for reading peeked last year largely due to my joining Writers Project, a book reading club, which holds online book discussions (follow them on twitter @wpghana). Most of the books read are by African Writers.

List of books I read last year include:

Daughters of Swallow by Malaka

Down And Out In Paris and London by George Orwell

Kongi’s Harvest by Wole Soyinka

As The Crow Flies by Veronique Tadjo

A Heart’s Quest by Elikplim Akorli

A Question Of Power by Bessie Head

Matigari by Ngugi wa Thiong’O

A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong’O

Weep Not, Child by Ngugi wa Thiong’O

A Man of The People by Chinua Achebe

The Palm Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutola

A Car Named Desire by Tennesse Williams

The Poor Christ of Bomba by Mongo Beti

Inferno by Dan Brown

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamamda Ngozi Adichie

I have been reading ‘There Was A Country’ by Chinua Achebe, The African Predicament by Kofi Anyidoho, Nelson Mandela’s No Easy Walk To Freedom and The State of Africa by Martin Meredith along those highlighted above.

I have a list of books to read this year and the topmost include: The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho. I hope to land Manuscript Found In Accra too, 1984 by George Orwell, Imperialism: The Last Stage Of Neo-Colonialism by Kwame Nkrumah, Chimamanda Adichie’s Half of A Yellow Sun, Beloved by Toni Morrison Autobiography of Alex Ferguson, although I’ve started the year with F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I have over this past two years developed a practice where I read some classical novels. This year, I’ll be reading once again:

Things Fall Apart

Animal Farm

The English Dictionary

Purple Hibiscus (latest addition)

I hope to write a couple of reviews on books I’ll be reading. And I won’t mind exchanging books with other bookworms.

And oh, I wish you all, readers and visitors of this blog A Happy New Year.