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Cantoras: A Novel | Carolina De Robertis

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1970s Uruguay in the midst of a dictatorship where family members disappear, where curfews keep people indoors and where secrets could get you killed - five queer women take a huge chance to escape to a deserted seaside village for a week where they can be free to speak and love openly. But can one week change anything? This novel is filled with heat - both passion and rage. All five characters are unforgettable I ADORED this book!

Ruthiella I‘ve had this on my list for forever. I even checked it out once but didn‘t get to it. I think I originally wanted to read it because of Jenny @ReadinEnvy ❤️ 9mo

sarahbarnes Yes! I loved this one too!! 9mo

Centique @Ruthiella i didnt know about her review until after i read it. Always bittersweet to read her reviews 💕 9mo

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Centique @sarahbarnes it was a joy to read 😍 9mo

Hooked_on_books Yes, I loved this one! 9mo

Reggie Malena💔 9mo

Centique @Reggie ALL the love for Malena 💔 9mo

Rissreads There is a lot of Litsy love for this book. I can‘t believe I haven‘t heard of it! Stacked! 9mo

CarolynM Stacked for sure🙂 9mo

Centique @Rissreads @CarolynM i think you would both love this! 9mo

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kelli7990

The President and the Frog | Carolina De Robertis

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Here‘s my review for a book I didn‘t finish. I had a feeling before I started reading this book that it wasn‘t going to be for me but I wanted to give it a fair chance. You never know if a book will be for you until you try reading it.

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kelli7990

The President and the Frog | Carolina De Robertis

I also decided to start this book. I own a physical copy of this book that I won from a Goodreads giveaway but I‘m listening to it on audio. It‘s only 5 hours. I‘m feeling bored with this book but I‘ll stick with it for now.

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The President and the Frog | Carolina De Robertis

Day 1 of the #wintergames photo challenge - Red Cover

Today, I‘m sharing this book with a red cover. I own a physical copy of it because it‘s a book I won from a Goodreads giveaway but I‘m going to listen to it on audio. I found the audiobook on Libby. I don‘t know if I‘m going to like it or not but the audiobook is only 5 hours. If I don‘t like this book, I‘ll DNF it and unhaul the book too.

#GhostsOfXmas

BookwormAHN Yay 🤍👻🤍 12mo

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Hunter of Stories | Eduardo Galeano

I checked this book out from my library so I could post some of the best parts (I read the audiobook). This is one of my favorite “stories.”

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Hunter of Stories | Eduardo Galeano

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This is a book of stories, no doubt, but the vast majority are a minute or shorter! Less than a handful are 3 or fewer minutes. It could be hard to grasp some of it since they are so short and I listened to it rather than read it. But some “stories” were so profound, I‘m going to have to find the IRL book. The author was from #Uruguay but he shared morsels from all over the world: quotes, news, history, thoughts. But I did love his references ⬇️

Texreader to his love of soccer (football) and the team from Uruguay that won the World Cup in 1950. The storyteller went from thoughtful and sedate to leaping out of the speakers with delight talking about soccer. While a few things I didn‘t like, including his reverence for some politics, I found this book so rewarding. A completely unexpected and delightful choice for #readingtheAmericas. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB 12mo

Librarybelle Sounds very interesting! 12mo

Aimeesue I always mean to read more Galeano. I read Children of the Days and really loved it. Such a different style. He says so much with so few words.

Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History

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Hunter of Stories | Eduardo Galeano

Tagged. If he were alive and I could manage to schedule Thanksgiving dinner with him, it‘d be a fascinating conversation. I can‘t wait to review this book.

Who‘d you have dinner with?

Ruthiella Richard Osman. No doubt he would be charming! 😃 12mo

dabbe Leo Tolstoy. Or his translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Have no idea what I would say. 🤣 12mo

TheKidUpstairs Last completed - Travis Baldree. I feel like it would be a good time! 12mo

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Tamra I‘m guessing my dinner might be a tad awkward since I don‘t speak French. 😅 Reading Laurent Mauvignier. I can‘t even pronounce his last name. 12mo

AmandaBlaze Celia Krampien. Should be fun and maybe a little spooky.

The Bellwoods Game

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RamsFan1963 I don't think that will be much fun for me, since James White is no longer among the living. He would have been a better Halloween dinner companion.

Ambulance Ship

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julesG Caimh (C.K.) McDonnell - this could get hilarious if he's as much fun in real life as on paper. I requested the ARC for the fourth Stranger Times novel

Relight My Fire: (the Stranger Times 4)

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WorldsOkayestStepMom Leo Tolstoy, since I'm reading Anna Karenina. Or Alka Joshi I feel would be much better as I'm also reading

The Perfumist of Paris: A novel from the bestselling author of The Henna Artist

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Hunter of Stories | Eduardo Galeano