{"id":42506,"date":"2021-11-30T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=42506"},"modified":"2021-11-19T09:17:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:17:24","slug":"online-reading-challenge-november-wrap-up-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/online-reading-challenge-november-wrap-up-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reading Challenge – November Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hello Challenge Readers!<\/p>\n

How did you do with our November spotlight author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie? Did you read one of her books, or one similar?<\/p>\n

I had mixed results this month. I had planned to read Americanah<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, but I just couldn’t connect with it. That doesn’t mean I won’t someday pick it up again and find it delightful and inspiring, but that wasn’t happening at this time for me so, instead of forcing interest, I set it aside and picked up another book by Adichie – Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a little bit of a cheat – this book is short and a very quick read (less than an hour), kind of a taster of Adichie’s writing and philosophy. Still, it is gracefully written and packs a punch.<\/p>\n

Asked by a friend on how to raise her newborn daughter to be a feminist, Adichie sends a letter with fifteen suggestions. Her advice ranges from straightforward – teach her to read and to love to read, make sure both parents are involved in her upbringing – to more thought provoking ideals such as teaching her that gender roles are nonsense, that differences among people are okay, to reject the idea of conditional female equality. I was especially struck by the importance of language and what a difference words and how they’re phrased can make in our outlook and how we treat ourselves and others. “Language is the repository of our prejudices, our beliefs, our assumptions.”<\/p>\n

Of course, the values described in this slim volume apply to anyone, young or old, male or female. Enlightening and valuable lessons.<\/p>\n

Now it’s your turn – how was your November reading?<\/p>\n

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