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I‘m getting a little head start on #foodandlit with my first book for #Samoa

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#FoodandLit October Samoa 🇼🇸

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit & tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

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The Jaguar Smile | Salman Rushdie
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I‘ve decided to squeeze in one more book for #foodandlit #Nicaragua this month. So this is my next audiobook @Catsandbooks

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Frankenstein | Mary Shelley
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My tbr list for #hauntedshelf #letsgopoints. Ambitious but I still have my other challenges ongoing, Octavia Butler books for #authoramonth and #Samoa books for #foodandlit. I‘m very excited about these books even though I know I won‘t get to them all. Must also include my #whattheDickens books!!

Rereads: Frankenstein, Dracula, books 1-2 of All Souls. I‘d love to finish all these books beyond the trilogy!

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Butterfinger

I imagine the ocean, with its swirling, watery fingers knitting together the two lives I have lived.

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There are so many references to European literature and culture (mostly French, but also British, German, and of course Spanish, though not as much as I thought he would) in this poetry collection. The quoted poem is about Marguerite Gautier (or here, Margarita), the Lady of the Camellias (La Dame aux camélias) from the novel/play of the same name by Alexandre Dumas fils.

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The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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Mario Vargas Llosa is an excellent author. The fact that it took 3 months for me to finish it should have no bearing on what a well-written book it is. The issue is with the lengthy paragraphs in extremely long chapters. It‘s not the type of book to sneak in a few pages when you can. You actually have to devote time to it. Peruvian Ricardo believes true peace will be his if he can just live his life in Paris. Spoiler: he does. As a child in ⬇️

Texreader Peru, Ricardo falls for a Chilean girl named Lilly in his school. Despite showing some interest in him, she remains an enigma and then just disappears. When he moves to Paris to become a translator for UNESCO, he encounters her as a recruit with a new name for the predecessor to the Shining Path. He realizes he‘s madly in love with his childhood crush. But he sends her on to Cuba for training. And over the years he encounters her repeatedly. ⬇️ (edited) 2w
Texreader Each time he meets her again, almost always by chance, she has a brand new name with a new husband who will make her richer than the previous husband. But that doesn‘t stop their affair and she remains a mystery throughout and he remains obsessed with her. She refuses to commit to him, because he cannot bring her riches; his happiness is just to live in Paris. Of course, things go terribly wrong for her. Ricardo‘s love is put to the ⬇️ (edited) 2w
Texreader test, and here we find just how far each will go to be true to themselves. Definitely worth the read, but be prepared to be dedicated to this book. Though a short 260-something pages, for a reader like me, it takes perseverance. No doubt I‘ll read more by this author. #foodandlit #Peru (edited) 2w
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