pickThis short novel made me think about so many different things: living with nature vs. controlling it, how even the kindest people can be irrational due to cultural rules and customs, how reading can offer an escape in the most unlikely places, how to make the best of the hand you were dealt...
Will spend some more time contemplating 🤔
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pickI picked this title for #Ecuador for #ReadingTheAmericas reading challenge. I really enjoyed this one. The combination of characters, culture, storytelling and pacing kept me rooted tho the pages. I can understand why so many have enjoyed this one. #bookspin @librarybelle @BarbaraBB @thearomaofbooks
so-soPhew! This book gave me anxiety at times. Experimental horror that explores themes of religion and cultism, mother-daughter relationships, and adolescence. I admired the risks Ojeda took with her writing, but I felt that the complexities of the story weren‘t managed well in the end. I‘m left feeling more perplexed than anything. Shout out to Sarah Booker for her excellent translation!
#ReadingtheAmericas2023 #Ecuador
pickPuri and her husband travel from Spain to #Ecuador after the death of her estranged father to claim her part of the family chocolate estate. When her husband is murdered on the trip, she assumes his identity to find the truth. This was a wonderful tale of secrets, love, and family drama. #ReadingTheAmericas2023 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickI was in the mood to read about ultramarathons for some reason the other day so I downloaded this audiobook from Scribd. I really enjoyed this book by Charlie Engle who went from addict to athlete to felon. It‘s brutally honest and interesting. His running took him all over the world so I‘m counting this for #ReadingTheAmericas #Ecuador and (still) #ReadingAfrica #Libya
pickPeter Allison was a former long-time African safari guide who despised his desk job. So he decided he needed to travel and admire wildlife in South America. First stop was to spend a month volunteering on an animal reserve. He chose to help tend Roy the puma. Sold as a cub, Roy‘d never be rewilded so to help keep him as wild as possible, a volunteer ropes himself to Roy and gives him the run of the jungle. It‘s absolutely brutal and he became ⬇️
I‘m in a hotel for a stressful meeting in the a.m. I‘m delivering news to a client with survey results about the workplace culture, which had a lot of bad news. I worried way too much until this afternoon when I realized there was a lot of positive news as well. So I made a list of all the great things the client is doing, and then we‘ll discuss ways to improve. I‘m reading loads tonight to try to destress. Here are my current reads. Wish me luck!
I‘m almost finished with this book and I don‘t want to miss an opportunity to share the author‘s humor. He‘s spending some nights alone in the Amazon, and to help him go to sleep he‘s listing all the things that could kill him. This description of the lethal snakes 🐍 is just great. The “Roy” he mentions is a Puma he volunteered to care for for a month when he first arrived in South America, and what a wild ride that was. #readingtheamericas
Are pessimists happier than optimists? Hmmm. Food for thought.
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#Bolivia
#Brazil
#Cuba
#Ecuador
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