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The Jaguar Smile | Salman Rushdie
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I‘ve decided to squeeze in one more book for #foodandlit #Nicaragua this month. So this is my next audiobook @Catsandbooks

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BarbaraBB
The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories | Carlos Fuentes, Julio Ortega
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Pickpick

A great collection of Latin American short stories. Very good ones among them, and little magical realism ?

Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Luis Loayza, Alfredo Bryce Echenique, Rodolfo Hinostroza, and Fernando Ampuero are Peruvian writers so I count them for
#FoodAndLit!

#ReadTheWorld2025 Book 22 #Peru

squirrelbrain Great -I might try this some time! 2mo
Hooked_on_books Another great picture! I‘m not surprised—yours are always great. 2mo
GatheringBooks I don‘t think i have any books or authors yet from peru! Thank you so much for sharing! 2mo
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BarbaraBB @Hooked_on_books Thank you Holly 😘 2mo
BarbaraBB @GatheringBooks All those authors pleasantly surprised me! 2mo
Cathythoughts I‘m stacking 👍🏻❤️ 2mo
Catsandbooks Wonderful! 👏🏼 2mo
Gissy @GatheringBooks Mario Vargas Llosa 2mo
GatheringBooks @Gissy oh yes! I do have him on my shelves - thank you for the reminder! 2mo
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The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories | Carlos Fuentes, Julio Ortega
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#WeeklyForecast 31/25

I am reading both Deep Cuts and Small Pleasures and both are very entertaining. The tagged book I want to read for #FoodAndLit #Peru so I should read fast! We‘ll see, this will be another busy week working.

LeahBergen I enjoyed Small Pleasures! 2mo
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen It could have been a Persephone! 2mo
LeeRHarry Small Pleasures is one of my very favourite books. 😊 2mo
Cathythoughts Small Pleasures is lovely. 2mo
BarbaraBB @Cathythoughts @LeeRHarry I am almost finished and enjoying it a lot. 2mo
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Butterfinger
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I really enjoy nonfiction when the author travels, meets new people, and learns about new cultures. MacQuarrie follows the Andes through Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina to research the Ice Maiden, Pablo Escobar, Hiram Bingham, and so much more. He uses today's issues, such as bringing back ancient weaving and interweaves it with the archeology of yesterday's events. The entire book kept me glued. #FoodandLit @texreader @Catsandbooks

Bookwormjillk Sounds like a good one! 3mo
Texreader Loving all your reviews! 3mo
Butterfinger @texreader I dropped my phone in the ocean while I was trying to take a picture of a horseshoe crab that washed up. It took me a week to replace it. I had to catch up on my reviews. Plus, since I didn't have a phone to distract me, I read for July. 3mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼❤️ 3mo
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The Book of Embraces | Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage, Mark Schafer
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#Bibliophile Day 16: #SetInSoAmerica #SetInSouthAmerica - Galeano would always be one of my fave South American writers. My full review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-hRd

Eggs Beautiful 🥰 4mo
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Rebel Radio: The Story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos | Jose Ignacio Lopez Vigil, Josc) Ignacio Lc3pez Vigil, Jos Ignacio Lpez Vigil, Josa(c) Ignacio La3pez Vigil
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My #Roll100 books for April. 🎲 24 and 🎲 36 are pending library holds. 🎲 16 is probably going to be purchased since it‘s not at any library branches or libby.

@PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper Library holds are so unpredictable. I've had one on hold since Christmas 6mo
SconsinBookyBadger @PuddleJumper my brick & mortar library is quick on interloans, libby on the hand is slow pace even with available soon ebooks or audio 🐌 6mo
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Nebklvr
El seor presidente | Miguel Angel Asturias
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Mehso-so

This was a challenging read. There was a plethora of characters falling in and out of the story and rarely was their end known. Also, there were hallucinations or delusions galore. This was a grim story about a grim time. Apparently, it was a story humanity felt the need to repeat.

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Faces and Masks | Eduardo Galeano
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#WickedWhispers Day 31: #Mask - I should begin Memory of Fire by Uruguayan literary author Eduardo Galeano. I fell in love with his The Book of Embraces and bought all his other books I can find. I should get to them soonest. 🙏🏼

Eggs Great covers 🧡🎭🖤 11mo
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I read the whole thing b/c there was important & interesting information, but this author did not really have the range to write this book lol. She has a college freshman‘s analysis of concepts like race, class & nationalism, and she chooses to write from the perspective of empires and states instead of a “people‘s history”… plus the chapter naming convention barely makes sense 😒 Ambitious but ultimately pretty superficial.