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BarbaraBB
A Little Luck | Claudia Pieiro
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Pickpick

After 20 years Mary Lohan (her new name) returns to her homeland #Argentina. She‘s not sure how or even if she‘ll deal with her past but it‘s something she can‘t forget.

I can‘t even begin to explain why I loved this book so much. The plot even has some weak points and yet Claudia Piñeiro is such a gifted writer, her main character, the damaged Maria, such a wonderful human. It left me breathless. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ReadingTheAmericas ??

Librarybelle What a beautiful review! ❤️ 2d
Deblovestoread Lovely review! Stacked (edited) 2d
Bklover Ooh, gotta stack this one! 2d
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squirrelbrain Lovely review and lovely picture! ❤️ 2d
Tamra I sooooo loved Elena Knows that I‘m hoarding this on my shelves. 😅 2d
TrishB Stacked 👍🏻 2d
youneverarrived Agree with everyone else. Had to stack after this review ♥️ 2d
Suet624 Elena knows. 🥰🥰 1d
sarahbarnes Oh wow a new one from her that I missed! Stacking immediately!! Great review. 1d
BarbaraBB @Deblovestoread @Bklover @Tamra @TrishB @youneverarrived @sarahbarnes I hope you‘ll love it as much if you read it one day. It is certainly worth it! 22h
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RavenclawOwlCat
Tender Is the Flesh | Agustina Mara Bazterrica
Mehso-so

3⭐️. A little disappointed, could have been a lot better. I don‘t know if it‘s because it was translated to English instead of written in English but I felt the same way about another Spanish to English translated book I tried to read. I wonder if things tend to get lost in translation? I loved the whole premise though! The ending had me sad, stunned, and saying “wtf?!”

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Dilara
Elena Knows | Claudia Pieiro
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That book packs a punch! I'll need some time to recover.

Photo of Las Nereidas by Argentine female sculptor Lola Mora (1866-1936), from Wikipedia

batsy Yes! That's how I felt after I finished it. 3w
Dilara @batsy I looked at the other posts about the book on Litsy, and it seems we're not the only ones! 2w
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Nebklvr
Death Going Down | Mara Anglica Bosco
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Mehso-so

This is a wham bam mystery. Under 200 pages, it doesn‘t have much in the way of atmosphere, context, or fleshed out characters. That said, it was rather a fun, quick mystery.

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CSeydel
Little Eyes: A Novel | Samanta Schweblin
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Open to those who signed up for #BOOK2BOOK hosted by @AllDebooks

Here‘s my review of Little Eyes:
https://litsy.com/p/dFFFQWRCa3Bn

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TheEllieMo
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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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Reagan
Tender Is the Flesh | Agustina Mara Bazterrica
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Finally! I got locked out and due to some dramatic adult stuff didn‘t get my life together to get back my account until recently. Just in time to finish Tender is the Flesh and have a real nice, cozy existential crisis, because seriously. I was trying to explain this to my sister and said it‘s so horrific but so clinical. I think that‘s what made it so horrific for me. Future world where we breed humans for meat. NO THANK YOU

Excellent book

Hooked_on_books Loved this book and love your pic! 😂 1mo
Reagan @Hooked_on_books artist is Kate Dehler, on a NYT article about the book. So good! 1mo
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Texreader
Chile and Argentina | Mark Szuchman
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Panpan

This audiobook feels like it was ripped from my 1970's elementary social studies class, where the documentary narrator boomed like he was God. It feels dated as heck, even though it was published in 2006. The overview of #Chile was pretty thin (no pun intended). There was much more detail about #Argentina, so it's an uneven book. The focus was on politics, who led and when, so it was boring. And the author seemed to glorify authoritarianism ⬇

Texreader which you can get a hint of in the book's description: “Chile has a long history of internal strife, usually with representative politics until authoritarians seized power.“ Cheers to authoritarianism--kill your opponents, and voila! No more internal strife. Not a book I'd recommend even though, admittedly, I know a bit more about these countries than I did before. #readingtheAmericas 1mo
Librarybelle Sounds like a pass for me! 1mo
Texreader @Librarybelle I should‘ve bailed. I‘d already read books for both countries. I was just hoping for some more insight. I guess I got it… 1mo
Librarybelle Way to persevere! 1mo
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catsuit_mango
La plus secrte mmoire des hommes | Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
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I don't usually read the Goncourt nominées, but that was a présent 2 years ago. Giving it a shot and i have an easier book waiting after that.

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