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Marilola
Trilogia Sucia de La Habana | Pedro Juan Gutierrez

Trilogía sucia de La Habana tells the misadventures of Pedro Juan, a former Cuban journalist living from hand to mouth in the squalor of Havana in the 90s. I love this writer (Super Pedro Juan Gutierrez), he is considered the Master of Cuban Dirty Realism). His books are not for the Faint-Hearted.

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Susanita
Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton
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September selection for #12booksof2023

Andrew65 I like the look of this one. 3mo
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NatalieR
Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton
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Pickpick

Next Year in Havana is a love story. It‘s not just a romantic story of people falling in love, it‘s a story about one‘s love of country, culture, history, and family. Chanel Cleeton delivered a fascinating first book to The Cuba Saga series.

Full review at https://abookandadog.com

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Schwifty
Our man in Havana | Graham Greene, Christopher Hitchens
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Pickpick

Greene would have referred to this as one of his amusements and not a novel with serious themes or questions to be grappled with, yet he infused this story about a vacuum cleaner salesman fabricating intelligence reports for Britain‘s foreign service with the predictable Catholic and expat spy intrigue. The absurdity lies in London‘s credulity and the counter plot to remove him by the other faction. A comedy surely with a sprinkle of drama.

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Schwifty
Our man in Havana | Graham Greene, Christopher Hitchens
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Benicàssim, Spain-
I thought about going out on the promenade tonight, but then remembered I had this cava I bought from a vineyard in Requena. So this seemed like an opportunity.

“You are interested in a person, not in life, and people die or leave us…But if you are interested in life it never lets you down.”

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TheEllieMo
Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

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Susanita
Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton
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1. So far it‘s the tagged book…
2. 30th wedding anniversary (Who‘d have thunk it?)
#two4tuesday

Read4life Congratulations! 🍾🎉 6mo
TheSpineView Congrats! Thanks for playing 6mo
kspenmoll Happy anniversary! 6mo
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Susanita
Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton
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I‘m woefully behind on #ReadingTheAmericas2023 but have at least now completed #Cuba … one of the countries for which I had multiple options. The dual timeline worked for this story. Though I already knew much about the situation past and present, putting human faces to it was very touching.

Librarybelle You‘re still doing well! I‘ve not read as many for this challenge yet. 6mo
BarbaraBB I am behind schedule as well 🤷🏻‍♀️ 6mo
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Bec_lectic
Next Year in Havana | Chanel Cleeton
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Mehso-so

So this one just didn‘t do much for me. I like a good historical novel that you actually learn something from but this story just kind of dragged on for me with a little too much detail. It took about 2 months to read and I just kinda left it on the back burner for in between books. I saw there is a spin off from this book from another perspective..I think one perspective was enough 🤨

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Eggs
All the Way to Havana | Margarita Engle
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Beautiful picture book of families driving to Havana to meet their newest member. Fun for me bc the cars featured in the story are what people actually drove in my childhood.

#Pantone2023 @Clwojick
#SummerEndReadathon Day 1 @TheSpineView
#RushAThon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

TheSpineView Well done! 7mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 7mo
Eggs @TheSpineView 🤗🤗 7mo
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Eggs @DieAReader 🤗🤗 7mo
Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 7mo
Eggs @Andrew65 🙏🏻🥰 7mo
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