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What are you reading this week? [7/16/23] (kbin.social)

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What book is currently on your nightstand?
Who is the author?
What genre?
How do you like it?
Would you recommend it to others?

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[–] Labonnie@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What book: Born a crime.

Author: Trevor Noah

Genre: Memoir

How do you like it: very much. I barely read a book where I was shaking my head so much bc of the atrocities that were going on in the South African apartheid

Would you recommend it? Absolutely.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have read a few person accounts of that time in SA, and I am not surprised in the slightest at your reaction. Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom is the first that springs to mind. Inspiring, yet heartbreaking.

[–] Labonnie@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks! I was looking for more books on that topic.

[–] nothingspecial@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'll second Long Walk to Freedom. While I think it's a book that everyone can profit from reading, if you have interest in that subject I think it's a no-brainer.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I can't recommend it highly enough.