I‘m on a business trip so dining alone at Olive Garden. A chance by myself to read!
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I‘m on a business trip so dining alone at Olive Garden. A chance by myself to read!
As a Texas Longhorn I‘m not sure I can tolerate a book where a character is going to A&M. The Longhorns have what they believe to be a healthy rivalry against Texas A&M, but I‘ve learned recently from parents whose kids go there, A&M actually has a Freshman orientation about how much they have to hate the Longhorns. It‘s really weird and a lot of wasted energy to encourage hate. 😕
#foodandlit #Spain @Catsandbooks
#5joysFriday
1) daughter moved back home from college
2) son‘s rocket ship has been assembled and awaiting finishing touches to take off in White Sands, NM next month
3) son got awards in senior awards ceremony today for grades and for guitar 🎸
4) cuddles from my kitty 🐈⬛ during reading time
5) starting a new #foodandlit country: Spain! 🇪🇸
#two4Tuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!
1) A collection of short stories called A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga
2) Tagged, because every book I‘ve read by this author is so good
My first book for May‘s country #Spain #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
pickThis was a re-read for book club and I loved it just as much the 2nd time as the first. Looking forward to our discussion tomorrow.
Birth and death rituals in different places fascinating.
"The routine of death in Madrid [is a] well-trodden path. The dead are carted off to the the city's official morgue. ....Beautified by morticians, they are laid out... and put on public display so friends and family can make a final, posthumous visit ...with vigils going on for up to twenty-six dead, all neatly arranged in adjoining cubicles, the sanatorio bustles like a railway terminus.
The Civil War was also a bloodbath that pitted brother against brother and neighbour against neighbour. By the time the guns had stopped smoking and Franco had signed his final parte de guerra on 1 April 1939, some half a million Spaniards were dead. There are no exact figures, but it is thought that some 200,000 were executed by the two sides....
One in thirty Spanish men were dead.
pickIncredible historical fiction novel that I enjoyed on audio bringing light to the thousands of babies stolen from families in Spain during Franco's rule.
pickI wish this wasn't YA
I think the book tackles many important issues w/ Franco's Spain. It is a part of history that is not spoken about enough. The support that America gave the dictator, church corruption, stolen babies, the demonization of republican people.
The story takes on these important and interesting topics, but it all felt a bit too juvenile for me, if this had been written w/ an adult tone & language I would have enjoyed it more.
