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Wrapping up March reading (spoiler alert: it was a good month) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoup2uI0pT4

This stunning alternate history novel takes first place for my reading in March @CSeydel #BookBracket2024

My rating reflects the fact that my pea-brain struggled to penetrate this narrative, rather than the quality of the book itself. I could see while reading that this is clever writing. I normally love a fever-dream-like story like this. But at the moment I found this, coupled with a complex cast of characters a bit difficult to keep track of. Lots to appreciate if you have the mental bandwidth (which I presently do not).

I literally lost track of time finishing this fascinating book today. Enrigue reimagine the Spanish conquistadors (Caxtilteca) arrival in Tenoxitlan in the early 1500s, following a large cast of characters with complicated and clashing motivations, all leading up to a surprising conclusion that changes the historical narrative.

My #WeekendReads . Also hoping to start A Sweet Sting of Salt.

I cannot get over this view

Two very different books planned for this weekend's vacation #WeekendReads

Revenge on the colonizer. Tenochitlan survives. Hallucinatory farce. Aztec angst—Moctezuma as depressed warrior, overindulging in magic mushrooms & napping in his favorite feathered cloak. Lost in the palace. Sometimes feels like characters are wandering through research & exposition. Influence of interpreters. Clash of cultures. Bored and snarky warriors. Loneliness & splendor. Weakness of empire, ripe for conquest. Walls have ����. Tr. 2024.

Went to a speed dating night at my local bookstore and treated myself to some books after