Litsy

Our Last Days in Barcelona | Chanel Cleeton

August has been a challenge. In addition to all the crap going on in the world (and there‘s a LOT), we lost our cat unexpectedly. My reading went out the window for several days.

We also changed our internet and TV provider, which will ultimately be an improvement, but in the meantime I‘ve been spending so much time trying to solve lingering issues that it feels like a part time job.

Anyway, I know I won‘t finish anything else. #wrapup

everlocalwest So sorry for your loss. 💙 1d

CarolynM I‘m sorry to hear that💔 I hope September is better. 1d

Texreader So sorry for your August & loss of your cat. 💙 🌈 🐈 1d

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wanderinglynn So sorry for your loss. 💔 1d

Jari-chan 🫂🫂🫂 1d

PaperbackPirate 💙 23h

Bookwormjillk Sorry for your loss 💔 21h

Susanita @Texreader @wanderinglynn @PaperbackPirate @Jari-chan @CarolynM @everlocalwest @Bookwormjillk Thank you for your lovely comments. Litsy is a real comfort. 🙏 17h

AmyG 😞 hugs 17h

Tamra 😢 they do leave a real absence. ♥️ 15h

Susanita @AmyG @Tamra 🫂 9h

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Susanita

Our Last Days in Barcelona | Chanel Cleeton

There are many themes in this book. Family! Secrets! Family secrets!

The power and magic of art. The ties between Spain and Cuba. War and revolution.

This also points out one of the perils of reading historical fiction: characters unwittingly running headlong into a catastrophe, and there‘s nothing you can do about it.

Part of a series that can all be read as standalones but the different books all inform the others.

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Susanita

Our Last Days in Barcelona | Chanel Cleeton

I‘m hoping to finish this tonight so I can move on to September book club selections. I‘m about 70% done, but my dinner will be ready soon. #hyggehourreadathon

TheBookHippie, Chrissyreadit, AllDebooks

Chrissyreadit 💛💛💛💛 5d

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suvata

Letters from Cuba | Ruth Behar

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4 Stars • Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar tracks Esther, a 12-year-old Jewish girl fleeing 1930s Poland to join her father in Cuba amid growing antisemitism. Penned as letters to her sister, the story details Esther‘s adjustment to life in rural Agramonte, overcoming obstacles through her sewing skills and bonds with diverse neighbors. The novel highlights themes of immigration, perseverance, and cross-cultural friendships.

LiteraryinPA Great review! 💗 1w

William11 I noticed you enjoy memoirs. Do you have a favorite that really stayed with you? 3d

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Susanita

Our Last Days in Barcelona | Chanel Cleeton

The thing about revolution is that sometimes the problems it was supposed to defeat remain long after the dust has settled.

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Oryx

Of Women and Salt | Gabriela Garcia

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Sitting on my shelf for about 4 years (a mere youngster), finally asked to be read, and it's really good. The story of several generations of Cuban women in Cuba and the US.

ErikasMindfulShelf I loved this one! 1mo

Eggbeater Sweet puppy dog! 1mo

squirrelbrain Aw, Daisy! ❤️ 1mo

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shortsarahrose

Make Your Home Among Strangers | Jennine Capo Crucet

“Later I would see that I was wrong about Leidy, wrong to think I wouldn‘t need her and that being a mom herself hadn‘t changed her in a way that would help us deal with Mami. I was wrong to believe the stories we‘d been told about ourselves: that I was the only one bright enough and aware enough to have some kind of plan.”

IriDas Oh my god. I loooooooooove this book. It was the most important book I read in university. I have never connected more with a character in a book. 2mo

shortsarahrose @IriDas It‘s almost painful reading this at times because I see so much of me Freshman year of college in this. Like I want to hug Lizet and reassure her but also tell her she‘s an idiot (which is also probably how I‘d react reading my old LiveJournal posts from my freshman year 😆). 2mo

shortsarahrose (Though also recognizing that I had things easier than Lizet because of my own white privilege. My own background is probably closer to Ethan‘s). 2mo

IriDas @shortsarahrose Same, but because I‘m from such a redneck family, there were so many crossovers even with her family and mine. I also wish I‘d read it my freshman year because then I would have seen that college was not designed for people like me, that I‘d always be a square peg, and I might have been able to deal with it better. Instead I felt all the same anger and committed all the same missteps. 2mo

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shortsarahrose

Make Your Home Among Strangers | Jennine Capo Crucet

Have the day off (yay!), but still had to wake up early to go to the dentist (boo!). At least I can now spend the rest of the day doing whatever I want - starting with a coconut butter latte and some reading 📖

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