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VanessaCW
Perla | Carolina De Robertis
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Mehso-so

I founds this quite difficult to get into, it‘s hard going. I enjoy the magical realism genre but it didn‘t really work for me in this one as it dealt with serious subject matter. I found the writing a little ‘flowery‘. On the other hand I did find it interesting as I don‘t know much about the Argentinian ‘Dirty‘ War. So at least I‘ve learnt something! I liked the ending as it was left on a note of hope. I read this with my local book club.

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VanessaCW
Perla | Carolina De Robertis
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I‘m reading this with my local book club. The theme is a story set in South America.

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Texreader
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Nine books for May! It was very hard to pick a favorite book for May but if forced to, I‘d pick the tagged book. Followed by a tie between Queen of the South and Sea of Tranquility. Four books this month for #Spain #foodandlit. Two books for #authoramonth. Two for #readingOceania #Palau and #NewZealand and of course all of them for #litsyatoz but mostly for #letterQ and #letterY

Librarybelle Wonderful!! 6mo
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Texreader
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Pickpick

During dictator Franco‘s reign in #Spain, life was extraordinarily hard for average citizens but especially those whose parents fought on the “wrong side” during the Spanish Civil War. It‘s the 1950s, and along comes a Texas teen Dan whose dad wants to enter the oil business with Franco. But Dan has a huge heart and empathy and falls for a hotel maid. We learn her family‘s stories through various family members and friends and they are heart-

Texreader breaking. This author writes brilliant books. I‘ve loved them all and this one is just as good. Highly highly recommended especially about very recent events that unbelievably continued to occur into the 1980s. #foodandlit 6mo
Catsandbooks Awesome! 👏🏼 6mo
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Texreader
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I‘m on a business trip so dining alone at Olive Garden. A chance by myself to read!

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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

Smrloomis Huh, I thought it was a more healthy rivalry too… encouraging it in a negative way is just bizarre! 7mo
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Texreader
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#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! 🇪🇸

DebinHawaii A lovely list of joys! 💛💛💛 Congrats to your son & nice to have your daughter back home! Thanks for sharing & spreading the joy! 🤗 7mo
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Texreader
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#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

TheSpineView Both books sound good. Thanks for playing 7mo
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Texreader
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My first book for May‘s country #Spain #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Hooked_on_books I really liked this one. I learned a lot about Spain‘s history from it that I didn‘t know. 7mo
Catsandbooks ❤️🇪🇸 7mo
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mcctrish
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Pickpick

I honestly think more people should read/listen to this. It‘s eye opening how social media is being used to manipulate what we see/hear and how that influences us. It sounds conspiracy theory like but MR has exhaustive research and examples of when and how the public is manipulated using ‘stories‘ and algorithms. I understand why 🇨🇦 gov‘t blocked news being on FB and IG but the stupid shit is still getting through so it‘s a half assed attempt

Sace I‘m stacking this. 7mo
mcctrish @Sace I have completely over simplified what this book entails in my post because it covers sooo much ground but everything that happened on the Philippines/Indonesia is happening here ( first world countries) now or about to : it‘s a cautionary tale 7mo
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