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This was precious! Great mental health focus without being depressing or a drag, and a fantastic love story to boot. Loved the way it pointed out that your original plan for life doesn't have to be the one you stick with as things change. #yalit #yaromance

4.5⭐
This is so much more than a slow burn YA romance. It's a love letter to..
Cuban culture/cuisine
England
Miami
Family
Friendship
Dealing with loss
New adventures
Finding yourself
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The writing plays on all your senses and each character is unique and realistic.
Overall, very well done. I'll be on the lookout for more by Namey.

Park reading..
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This book is wonderful...and making me really want some Cuban food 🤤🤤🤤

How we feeling about this adaptation news, YA Nation?? I am not typically too excited in general about film adaptations of books I enjoy, but I think this is some stellar casting. #YA

This was so sweet! A very enjoyable and light teenage rom com. Warning don‘t read this while you are hungry…the food descriptions never stop 😅

🌸 Yes! Even if it‘s just a paragraph or a page.

🌼 I always read a little before I sleep. It‘s a great way for my mind to wind down. I also read during my lunch break while at work. Tip: Have something to read (doesn‘t matter what format) right at your fingertips wherever you are, we live in a modern world and have no excuses.

🌺 Usually mystery or fantasy. On occasion, I default to a beloved childhood favorite. Thanks for the tag @Eggs

I inhaled this one. Such a sweet and funny and yes, sad at times. I love everything about this one. Truly one sitting read. #romantsy #100reads #YA

3.5 ✨ #YA #Romance #Contemporary #Fiction #Audiobook #YAContemporary

Devouring this tonight. #YA

#trifecta #threepoints #Cubancure#Winchesteremedy #healing

My sister-in-law was a first generation Cuban American, so I was familiar with a lot of the food the main character Lila was talking about. It made me really want some Cuban food while I read!

Lila's family sends her to stay with her aunt in England for the summer to process what Lila refers to as the Trifecta- the death of her Abuela, her boyfriend breaking up with her, and her best friend completely changing the plans they had for college.

My afternoon read. I have guava paste but I don't have the puff pastry, or I'd make guava pastelitos to go along with my book.

This week on the Unabridged Podcast, our Book Club episode focuses on Laura Taylor Namey's A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. (This is also our Buddy Read pick for June. Let me know if you'd like to join the Instagram chat!) I absolutely, 100% loved this book.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I loved that this book makes you so hungry. The romance was cute. I loved her passion for cooking/baking and wanting to change traditions up. I loved the mental health part of this book. It‘s a cute, fast read.
#bookstagram #bibliophile #litsy #littens #audiobook #review #bookreview

I encountered a few rough patches w Lila (I appreciated how she didn't let anyone run roughshod over her agency or feelings but she sure didn't notice how often she did that to others) but overall enjoyed this. I liked all the supporting cast (esp Orion), the very visual descriptions of both Miami and Winchester, and the food! Made me so hungry! Bottom line: good story of a girl w WONDERFUL friends & family figuring out what she wants from life.

Can I absolutely hate when the book arrives and it has a sticker for someone‘s book club just because they‘re a celebrity. I hate the stickers and I hate that they automatically are on a cover of a book. Give me the option of having this or not don‘t just choose for me stupid stickers. Thank goodness for hairdryers that remove the finicky ones.

4⭐️ Book 8️⃣ of 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣Well that was adorable! Im in quarantine for the next 14 days ☹️ My brother got COVID at school& had to come home for his quarantine time to recover🦠Using this time to STUDY lots& lots, but also trying to see this as a time to rest& read. Things are crazy at work & this is beyond my control, but trying to see the positive. Please keep my brother in your thoughts to recover, & for me & my mom not to become Positive

Couldn‘t finish this book due to the heavy dose of attitude and arrogance in the main character. 🙄
#audiowalk

It‘s Opening Day! 😄 Thank you so much @sharread I love all my #LCS gifts so much, so many of my faves and I can‘t wait to dive into this new read! @bookish_wookish thanks again for coordinating this fun swap!

A happy, light-hearted book to close out 2020!

This book read like another I enjoyed in 2017- North Of Happy By Adi Alsaid only from a female POV instead of male. Both enjoy cooking/baking and needed to leave their homes in order to cope with stages of grief after life changing events. Both found refuge in the kitchen filling up others physically while refueling their souls emotionally. Both have a hint of romance but not that consume the storyline. Experiencing other cultures in order to heal

I really enjoyed Reese‘s YA pick this month. Lila Reyes is spending the summer in England. This wasn‘t her plan. But when her best friend moves away after graduation and her boyfriend breaks up with her she just falls apart. Her parent are worried about her mental health so they send Lila to England to stay with family friends. What she doesn‘t expect is finding herself and what she wants to do with her life. I loved her relationship with Orion!

I‘m half-Cuban and very excited for this one!