I picked up Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie because Jeff O’Neal at Book Riot named it his favorite book of 2013. Plus, I had never read anything by Adichie though her novels seem universally lauded. This is one of those books I had never read if left to my own devices. And it’s exactly the kind of book that reminds me I should not always be left to my own devices. Read more.