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Y'all, my reading pace was #despacito this weekend... I couldn't even finish off this little novella (pic from last week 😛). However, I am loving Yoshimoto's delicate writing style. Her writing is deliberate so that she can say so much in very few words. I can see why she became a sensation in Japan!
#heatofjuly

#HeatIfJuly #Despacito

I don't think I paid attention to the lyrics in this catchy song or their translation. It's pretty spicy !?? I went with "We're gonna do it on a beach in Puerto Rico..." line. I spent time in Old San Juan about 15 years ago as we opened the Starbucks market there & I walked around Fort San Felipe Del Morro (shown on the cover of these noir stories) to exercise. I mostly remember all the feral cats ???prowling around.

I think I remember hearing somewhere that #Despacito loosely translated to “slowly,” and that is exactly how my reading of War and Peace is going! Halfway through #TheYearofWAP, but not quite halfway through the book. But I‘ve enjoyed what I‘ve read so far.

#HeatofJuly

I‘m using the photo challenges to catch up on books I read this year but haven‘t reviewed yet lol. Reading over the lyrics of #despacito made me think of how the couples in this book seem drawn to each other by forces outside of their control - though the sexy times in this one are offscreen and not nearly as vivid as what‘s happening in this song! #HeatOfJuly @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

Picked this one for my July selection for #AmazonFirstReads #Despacito #HeatOfJuly

Even in the #heatofjuly, I still find myself looking for a comforting meal, and my crockpot has been my go to kitchen appliance! Some of my favorite books are in my ever growing cookbook collection, so I‘m submitting a few of my slow cooker books for #despacito. Low and slow, baby. Low and slow. 🥘💛

@BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

It was so much fun doing #HeyJune that I‘m going to carry on with #HeatOfJuly but I know work is gonna kick my butt so I might have to be a little #despacito about it.

But first, June wrap up !
~True Grit by Charles Portis 🤠
~Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya ❤️
~Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter 😱
~The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui 💙
~Dangerous Books for Girls by Maya Rodale 👗

I‘m sitting out here in the #HeatOfJuly watching my kids and cousins having a water fight. Everything is moving very #despacito in this 95 degree heat including my reading of this very good book!

I‘m attempting to commit to a photo challenge for the first time ever. I‘m going to try very hard!