Americanah

My daughter Samantha was assigned this book as her Freshman read going to Rowan University.  I sort of read it along with her.  She started before me, but I finished shortly after her.  I really enjoyed this book and think it would be a great book group book.  There are so many topics that I want to talk about from this.  It was a pleasant read and I enjoyed it even without discussing it with anyone except Samantha.  She didn't like the book and wasn't up for talking about it!  I plan on reading another book by this Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who has so much to say about race. 

Modern Romance

Aziz Ansari narrated the book and I would not have finished listening to it if it wasn't narrated by him.  He ridicules the listener and calls us lazy by making him read to us.  It's pretty funny.  Modern Romance is about how dating has changed with "online dating", it gives a history of dating (so to say) and researches current dating customs in other countries.  It's interesting and well--frank.  Parental advisory:  do not listen with young ones or those you might feel uncomfortable with, by hearing words like masturbation and talking about a new sex toy that Aziz says he tried.  That was something I never heard of.