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Read on the recommendation of my friend‘s mom. An extensive memoir on Betancourt‘s time in captivity with the FARC. At times it felt a bit sanitized (she seemed to have more issues with fellow hostages than her captors), but I also can‘t imagine enduring what she did.

*small pot in pic is from Cartagena, Colombia.

#ReadtheWorld2025 #Colombia

A late #FridayHappyReadingHour with Marquez in the camper. Too dark and chilly to be outside. 🌚 Sad for the rapidly diminishing daylight.

#FridayHappyReadingHour - belated edition.

I for one am not complaining about the last gasp of summer temps! What I will complain about is the wind making skeletons of so many trees by Monday. 🥲

Reading outside makes me happy. 😎

Still processing this one.

This started as an interesting story of an angry man living through his brother‘s slow death from AIDS. The writing and tone is a bit manic and in your face, but once I adjusted to it, it worked. But what ruined it for me is the main character is deeply misogynistic without examination of this and it gets so thick by the end it was just bad.

The character names are similar enough I have to keep consulting the family tree but the stories are so vivid I‘m fully immersed.

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚
What are you reading?
#boleybooks #onehundredyearsofsolitude #bookbeast #bookbuds #bookclub #letsread

When you finish a “contemporary classic” but you found it to be… problematic. The ick factor is a real presence. I don‘t get why people are over the moon about this book.

Current read, next selection for book group. #FirstSaturdayReaders