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This is the first book from Jorge Amado I read, and I wasn't expecting to love it as much as I did.

It follows a year in a brazilian city in the cusp of modernity, with a focus on the love story between newly arrived Gabriela and Nacib, which is, honestly, so lovely.

#adventrecommends @emilyrose_x

Loved this one 😍 I adored the love story between Gabriela and Nacib and had fun with all the small city politics going around them.

I'm going to keep it simple and try to read for 20 hours.

#20in4Readathon
@Andrew65

Starting a new book, and I'm outside, for once.

I love getting lost in South America novels. Although this is the first I‘ve read in ages! Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende are two of my favourite authors. I‘ll have to add Jorge Amado to the list. This is a beautifully written novel full of politics, passion, humour and wonderful characters. I really liked it

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 7

I'm tagging anyone who wants to join in sharing favourite covers 💛

I love Latin American fiction but this didn‘t grab me. Probably my fault for being too distracted to ever give it some time. Vow to try again when I‘m in a better space.

I bought this Blind Date with a Book a couple years ago, but promised myself I wouldn't open it until I could read it. (The wait was extended by moving abroad with only a Kindle.) Now I'm home and my books are unpacked and I have my Lavender & Sage candle, so I'm ready! #blinddatewithabook

More #bookmail ! I see a magic-realism binge in my future. I mean, unless something crazy happens at my local library sale Memorial Day weekend!

Up next. #CurrentlyReading

Gabriela is one of the many characters who live in Ilheus, a Brazilian town developing quickly. The men in town are divided regarding the future. Some are very conservative, for others the changes can't go fast enough. When it comes to women however, all men think alike: women must be obedient and faithful.
I even suspect Amado himself of machismo-behaviour: the Gabriela he describes is, imo, not a real woman. She is a man's fantasy. #1001books

I could read a whole book about Malvina.

Beginning a new book with this little püd ✨

I wish I had this edition of my favorite book with snogging on the cover. #kissingbooks #riotgrams

My #foodiefiction book is my all-time favorite book! Everything about this book is sensual. #readjanuary

#dreamingofawarmerclimate #readjanuary

My favorite book of all time is written by Brazilian author Jorge Amado. It's about life in Northeastern Brazil as the modern world reaches it. It's also about a free spirit named Gabriela you can't help but fall in love with. 💕💕💕

She loved many things with all her heart: the morning sun before it got too hot; white sand and the sea; …guavas and cherries; …walking through the streets, talking, laughing. Above all, beautiful young men; she loved to lie with them, moaning, kissing, biting, panting, dying and coming back to life

...the Argentine tango. Ah, that den where modesty and propriety disappeared, where, on Saturdays and Sundays, young people of both sexes and even married women would meet and whirl about together, that so-called Progress Club; a better name for it would have been the Hug-and Squeeze Club.