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2016 Summer Read

Hello Autumn! What did I read in Summer?

 

I did not read as much as I would have loved to (as usual) for various reasons, first of all, "The Wretched African" is more of a scholarly read not a story per se. Secondly, Ama is a very well written historical fiction, however it is a dense read. Both factors, for instance and more,  made my summer reading progress very slow. 

As you  might have noticed, my summer read is based mainly on slavery. The East African slave trade (which I did not know about) and the  Transatlantic slave trade.

In addition, with regard to my Psychology degree studies, let me say that I did really well in my subjects, passing one with honours. I was really excited. This semester, I have registered to read Developmental Psychology I (Jean Piaget, Vygotsky and etc), Conflict and Mediation  and Intro. Research Methods in Psychology. I hope to do well again.

Sadly this summer, I found out that Elechi Amadi author of  The Concubine, an African literature classic, passed away on the 29th of June at the age of 82. Read in the guardian

Furthermore, my husband and I traveled the Crete island (Greece), it is one of our best travel experience.


We were able to enjoy sunset right on the beach, something I have always longed for.


I turned 30 on the 6th of September this year and it was such a good feeling! The picture below was actually taken the very day I turned 30.



We visited Amsterdam to celebrate it, it was surely a trip worth it!


While in Amsterdam,  we couldn't visit Anne Frank Museum as we've earlier planned, however, I got her book "The Diary of a Young Girl" Anne Frank which I look forward to read and review.

Thanks to Literafricas' review of Tierra de brujas, la vida en un psiquiátrico de Kenia by María Ferrira, I requested the book as my 30th birthday gift and I got it. I also look forward to reading and reviewing it.



Right now I am reading:





What about you? What did you read in summer or in the last three months? I hope it isn't too late to ask. :-) Have you read any book mentioned here? What are you reading now?



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