pickThe third and last book in the Coughli trilogy. Just as Joe, we start to wonder who is up to kill him and why. Can he (we?) trust the people around him (us)? I maybe should've skimmed through the previous novels to get allt he details, but the book is readable without deeper kowledge of the previous books. Loved Joe's son and wonder what happened to him after this book ends. Dark, bloody, and lots of trigger warnings. Mafia stuff, you know.
pick4/5
Beatriz Perez has two goals with the same solution: she wants to work with the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro. The novel follows Beatriz in the 1960s as she becomes deeper enmeshed in American politics and espionage.
print: When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
audiobook: The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
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so-soI feel two ways about this book. On the one hand, I really enjoyed learning about Cuban history and culture. It was fascinating, insightful, inspiring, and educational. On the other hand, the romances in the plot did not work for me at all (or anyone else in my book club). So the conceptual parts about history and culture were fantastic, but the basic plot parts were pretty rough. A mixed bag!
This is the kind of book you want to keep near you just in case you have a spare minute to read a page.
e-book: The Plan by Kendra Adachi
print: When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
audiobook: On Her Terms by Amy Spalding
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I‘m taking these two on vacation with me next week.
Immigrant stories are really speaking to me right now even though I feel like I need to continue my women‘s studies course.
pickGratz has a talent for writing the truth of difficult situations. He weaves several plots together, making the reader care about each. It makes me want to host a refugee family. The audiobook was a great road trip listen.
pickIt took me longer to get into the 3rd book in the Loyal League series than any of the others. Janeta's perspective was hard to read, as a mixed race Cuban woman initially spying for the Confederecy who didn't understand the horrific system she was helping to perpetuate while also falling victim to. That said, her journey was handled with thoughtfulness and honesty that I think is important to show, and I was eventually fully swept up in the story.
Getting into the last of Alyssa Cole's Loyal League romances and finally starting one of my #AuldLangSpine picks from @Laughterhp @monalyisha
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