The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

Head to Interesting Reads for a review of Ishiguro's The Buried Giant.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the need to rethink ideal body types.

The link I've put here is to a much needed article--not about books--but about women and their bodies.
http://time.com/3964758/body-shaming-black-female-athletes/?xid=newsletter-brief

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

For a review of David Mitchell's The Bone Clocks proceed to the Interesting Reads page.

Taiye Selasi on African Writers

An intelligent article by Taiye Selasi on the burden faced by African writers today.
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/04/taiye-selasi-stop-pigeonholing-african-writers

Non-fiction category dissovled

I have removed the category of non-fiction.  Instead the books under that listing have been placed under amazing, good reads, and interesting.  I have labelled them as non-fiction against the book title to avoid any confusion regarding their nature.

Suggestions for Teens by Huffington Post

An interesting list of books for older teens put together by Huffington Post.  I read Adiche's book a long time ago and really enjoyed it.  As for More Than This by Patrick Ness, my daughter is raving about it.  Book number 8 is a brutally frank look into the life of a boy soldier in Africa, grim but should be compulsory reading.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/29/young-adult-summer-reading_n_7688722.html?ir=Books&utm_hp_ref=books