BookedinTime

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel | Mario Escobar

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Tried to read this for #BookedinTime, but I have to throw in the towel. The narrative is plodding and pedantic and the dialogue comes across as lectures by the characters. Life is too short —moving on.

Cuilin

Cuilin #HailTheBail I completely get it!!! I seem to be doing this a lot lately, myself. Here‘s hoping your next read is five stars. 17h

Amiable @Cuilin I was listening to a podcast and someone made a comment that we are only here for a finite time and can only read so many books, so why waste that time on a book you aren‘t enjoying? It was like she was speaking directly to me and telling me to ditch this book. 😀 2h

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Jess861

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel | Mario Escobar

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I did enjoy this book and enjoyed learning about the Spanish Civil War and Children of Morelia - but I did find the book never fully drew me in. I do wonder, when English isn't the first language of a book, if reading it in it's original language would have a bigger impact. The book cover also bothers me a bit because it's a book about three siblings finding their way. I still enjoyed the read and my heart breaks for all who lived through this!

Jess861 #BookedInTime @Cuilin 2w

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Jess861

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel | Mario Escobar

Trying to get a bit of outdoor reading time in before it starts to rain. I know little about the Spanish Civil War and the Children of Morelia. I expect this will be a hard read but I'm looling forward to learning about this part of history.

#BookedInTime @Cuilin

Cuilin I‘m looking forward to your thoughts on this one. 3w

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julieclair

Travel Stories | Lesley Thompson

For May‘s #FictionalTraveler #SpanishSpeaking prompt, I will be traveling to Ecuador. Where will everyone else be traveling? Have you ever been to that location in real life? I have never been to Ecuador. 🇪🇨

DebinHawaii, BarkingMadRead, Cuilin, kspenmoll, Amiable, Gissy, Deblovestoread, ferskner, thebacklistbook, DogMomIrene, majkia, Lauredhel, Booksblanketsandahotbeverage, Read4life, Sace, BarbaraBB, TheEllieMo, dabbe, Enchanted_Bibliophile, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, Zuhkeeyah, LiseWorks

BarkingMadRead I‘m going to Mexico! I‘ve been there a couple of times, but only on cruises. 3w

Cuilin #BookedInTime this month is the Spanish Civil War, so I‘m guessing I‘m off to Sunny Spain. I‘ve been to the Canary Islands, Gerona and Malaga. I would absolutely love to see more of the country. 3w

BarbaraBB I‘ll travel to Argentina 🇦🇷 with this book

Time of the Flies

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TheAromaofBooks I'm going to Peru! Litsy won't let me tag - It's a Jungle Out There by Ron Snelling. I've never been to Peru, but I have been to Guatemala and it was BEAUTIFUL! 3w

julieclair @BarkingMadRead @Cuilin @BarbaraBB @TheAromaofBooks So far we have Ecuador, Mexico, Spain, Argentina and Peru. What fun! I can‘t wait to read everyone‘s reviews. 3w

julieclair The link to the StoryGraph challenge, in case anyone needs it, is https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/eebba389-4e05-42f3-b771-b413425... 3w

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LitsyEvents

The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge | Paul Preston

Repost for @Cuilin

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeMay2025 #BookedInTimeSpanishCivilWar

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Cuilin

The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge | Paul Preston

#BookedInTime #BookedInTimeMay2025 #BookedInTimeSpanishCivilWar

There‘s so many I want to read!!! How about you?

Cuilin
@mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue @litsyEvents 4w

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 @suet624 @texreader
@annececilie @jenlovesJT47 4w

Cuilin The two sides of the Spanish Civil War are the left side, known as the Republicans, was formed by the Spanish government together with unions, communists, anarchists, workers, and peasants. On the other side were the Nationalists, the rebel part of the army, the bourgeoisie, the landlords, and, generally, the upper classes. 4w

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Itchyfeetreader I have downloaded the tagged book so we shall see how I get on

Soldiers of Salamis

ChaoticMissAdventures I HIGHLY recommend this one - it is a bit of a chunkster but I was blown away by it

The Time In Between: A Novel

Cuilin @Itchyfeetreader I‘m intrigued, looking forward to your thoughts. 4w

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures Yes, I put it on the list!!! I read so many great reviews. 4w

ChaoticMissAdventures If anyone wants a nonfiction about this time Hemingway and Orwell's books are both great and semi- autobiographical but this one is the best I have read (and I have been obsessed with this time period since I was a teen exchange student in Spain)

Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936�1939

Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures I have Orwell‘s on my TBR and I‘ll add this one too. Thanks for the recommendation. 4w

Cuilin Non fiction

Modern Classics Homage to Catalonia

Cuilin Middle school/ young adult

Toro! Toro!

AllDebooks I think I'm going with Orwell or

Winter in Madrid

Bookwormjillk I‘m considering re-reading

The Time In Between: A Novel

Cuilin @AllDebooks on the TBR!! 4w

Cuilin @Bookwormjillk hopefully we‘ll have better luck this month 🤞 4w

dabbe @AllDebooks If anyone likes the Matthew Shardlake series, this book is by the same author! 🤩 4w

dabbe A reminder to all: here's the link to our spreadsheet. I entered all of the above titles already.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sLpOtIgy6SwJkyU0wwno2MN4YUbe0ldjPwSusW3g... 4w

Cuilin @dabbe as always, thank you 🙏 4w

dabbe @Cuilin 😍😍😍 4w

Karisimo The Time In Between is an all time fav!! I‘m tempted to read the tagged now that I‘m familiar with Samson thru the #shardlakebr And you can‘t go wrong with Septys!

Winter in Madrid

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AllDebooks @dabbe Thank you 😊 I still haven't gotten around to the Shardlake series, but it's on my tbr. 3w

julieclair I‘ll be reading

The Return

julieclair Here is the link to our companion challenge on StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2cdac7b0-0085-4e6b-b601-f63cbd6... 3w

Cuilin So many good choices for this prompt. I‘d like to read The Return though I‘m still not sure what I‘ll read yet. Also thank you for the link. 3w

Amiable @Karisimo Thanks for that Samson title! I might give that one a go. 3w

Amiable @ChaoticMissAdventures Thank you for a nonfiction title! I‘ve put it on my list. 3w

Jess861 Going to grab this book from the library for this prompt.

Remember Me: A Spanish Civil War Novel

sblbooks Hoping to read

A Long Petal of the Sea: A Novel

Cuilin @sblbooks Allende is such a great writer. Enjoy. 😊 2w

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Bookwormjillk

The Valley of Amazement | Amy Tan

I was reading this for #BookedInTime when the details started to seem familiar. Checked LibraryThing and turns out I had read it in 2014. According to my review I was just meh on it then too so I‘m moving on.

Cuilin

Cuilin 👍 I DNF‘d mine. 😞 I just couldn‘t get into it. 4w

Bookwormjillk @Cuilin I‘ll have to see if I can find something else later in the year. I really wanted to like it! 4w

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sblbooks

The Job-hunter's Survival Guide: How to Find Hope and Rewarding Work Even when "there are No Jobs" | Richard Nelson Bolles

#recentreads
The bad news is I'm still looking for a job. The good news is I love my current job, and I'm still able to listen to books while I work. These are mostly four-star reads that I've read in April.
I chose a reread of one of my favorite High School required reading novels for #BookedInTime :China
April 2025 @Cuilin

Cuilin Oh lovely. ✅ 🎉 Unfortunately I DNF‘d mine. 4w

dabbe I hope you find a new job soon. 🤩💙🩵 4w

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kspenmoll

The Valley of Amazement | Amy Tan

Top Tow: #sundaybuddyread #diaries #ChristieCapers #AgathaChristieClubR3 #foodanslit #Rowanda #readyourkindle #DorothySayers #poetry
Middle Row: #AprilPoetryChallenge
Bottom Row: #bookedintime #ChinaQuingDynastyPost1912+ #nonfiction #hummingbirds #audiobook #QueensofCrime

wanderinglynn, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Texreader, Librarybelle, CBee, Catsandbooks

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 1mo

Librarybelle Lots of great books! 1mo

Suet624 That‘s a lot of reading! (edited) 1mo

kspenmoll @Suet624 I will always over estimate … the poetry is not to be finished- just to read when the mood hits. 1mo

wanderinglynn Yay for poetry! ❤️ 1mo

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DebinHawaii

March | Geraldine Brooks

Here‘s my March recap. It was a great reading month & I finished 23 books! (Including 5 audiobooks, 19 fiction, 4 NF, many genres, several children‘s & classics)

I read for #SundayBuddyRead #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025 #SheSaid #RiseUpReads #JaneAustenThenAndNow #BookedInTime #FoodAndLit #Roll100 #ThematicCozies #FictionalTraveler #MonthlyNonFiction #SeriesLove2025 & #AuldLangSpine #SeriesLove2025 ⬇️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Texreader, Librarybelle, Crinoline_Laphroaig, monalyisha, Ruthiella, TheSpineView, Catsandbooks, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair

DebinHawaii …My favorites of the month were The Frozen River, Nettle and Bone, Kills Well With Others, Not That Bad, All Systems Read & Pride and Prejudice (reread for the zillionth time) & The Great Gatsby (hadn‘t read since high school) was a surprise winner. Lots of series books too—including both the 1940 & 1976 versions of our monthly Nancy Drew title. (edited) 2mo

Librarybelle Great job! 2mo

TheSpineView Well done! 2mo

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Ruthiella Awesome job! 👍 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!! 2mo

julieclair Amazing month! 1mo

Chrissyreadit wow! 1mo

Catsandbooks 👏🏼❤️ 1mo

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