I just finished Walking the Nile by the same author and decided this is the perfect next book. I‘ll get started on it tomorrow since I‘m driving on a business trip. Wood walks through 8 countries from #Mexico to #Colombia so it should help me cover a nice chunk of countries for #readingtheamericas
The tagged book starts on the island of #Bonaire, which I‘ve never heard of before so here‘s what Wiki told me:
Bonaire is a Dutch island belonging to the Netherlands in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west (leeward) coast of the island.
On our #readingtheamericas list? @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
I‘m posting this so I can remember to add it to my tbr when it‘s added to the Litsy database. Here‘s an article about the book:
https://apple.news/AJ2R6d53pS2KE3YrAcYfycg
Great video on making your own reading journal
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cnzs1s6uJDH/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=
pickThis book follows the first English pirates to cross the Darian Passage (on foot), which is the dividing line between North and South America, mainly from pirate Basil Ringrose‘s diary and the diaries of others. They travel the length of South America and are the first to navigate around Cape Horn, fighting the Spanish, hunger, thirst, and the elements. I learned so much from reading this book, not the least that pirates wrote detailed ⬇️
pickOnly one confirmed pirate ship had been found when two galleon hunters were lured away from certain treasure from a sunken Spanish ship to look for a pirate ship off an island in the #DominicanRepublic. Based on certain sources they were supposed to find it in a specific location and yet it wasn‘t there. Years of research, tenacity, & ingenuity landed them the big prize. This an excellent book, well written and researched. Highly recommended. ⬇️
I‘m bailing on this one for now. It‘s very hard to get into. It‘s about when Idi Amin threw all the Asians out of #Uganda. It is following a teenage boy in two timelines—growing up there, and just as the order came down and his extended family all have to leave. Knowing that‘s coming, it‘s really hard to “get excited” about it. I‘m not going to mark it as a bail because it doesn‘t deserve a bad rating on Litsy. It‘s just not for me right now.
Still some detail to add and a few styles not pictured. But audiocrafting can be very productive. #Uganda #Foodandlit @Catsandbooks
I‘m making valentines while listening to this audiobook
#foodandlit #Uganda @Catsandbooks
I realize it‘s a bit early but I can be a slow reader so I‘m starting this one now for #authoramonth in February. It was a Christmas swap gift some years ago from @Scochrane26 so I‘m very excited to finally get to read it.
My current book set in #Uganda is very slow, and I‘m in need of a new audiobook so this is it!! And it turns out it was free with my audible subscription. I have learned to check my various subscriptions for freebies before buying books now. So many are available free either on audible or kindle unlimited. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
pickA year in the life of an 8-YO Native American girl, we experience her happy childhood and the terror a stranger brings to town that changes her life forever. What stood out the most for me was the narrator who I initially thought over-emoted but who was clearly perfect for the job. She narrated all of the characters‘ voices so well, including the Native American language. It was impressive. #authoramonth @Soubhiville TW: see ⬇️
Ebook FREE today. Set in the Caribbean
#readingtheamericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Ebook FREE today. Set in the Caribbean and #Venezuela it will work for multiple countries for #readingtheamericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Ebook on sale today. Works for #Chile #readingtheamericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
I‘ll bet there are more than a few littens who‘d like this animated tattoo
For video clip to watch it in action, here‘s the link:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnfdLXzLqa1/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=
Daughter and I went to the movie exchange and I grabbed this dvd for #readingtheamericas and #foodandlit next month for #DominicanRepublic
I am loving my pirate books so I thought it‘d be fun to take a visual tour of the islands
@Catsandbooks @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle
Another $2 find at Goodwill. Good condition, just a little worn on the edges. They‘d just put out books (this one from Jan 14) because they had a very good selection. We got lucky today.
$2 from Goodwill! Planning our trip to Italy!!
In the better late than never category, we finally made it downtown to Schilos today for German food. I had the “Taste of #Germany” with bratwurst, schweinsnitzel, German potato salad, red cabbage, and sauerkraut. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
My little leg warmer (giving me the side eye here) helped me finish my book this morning
#DominicanRepublic #readingtheamericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Audiobook on sale today on audible
Who would like their own tomb to be commemorated this way? Really interesting little video:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnUsDCehWg9/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=
One of the two men this book is about grew up in gangster land amidst fierce fighting of the Gambino family but escaped and went on to be a bodyguard to celebrities. But I love this…he loved books and history more. He was just 14 when he snuck in to do a scary scuba dive in an 1886 sunken luxury liner. I love real-life stories like this!! #DominicanRepublic #readingtheAmericas
Eating in my hotel room on a business trip. I stop by HEB and get a fresh salad and tv dinner and here I am enjoying my pirate book to no end. #DominicanRepublic #readtheamericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
My next audiobook. I‘m so happy that #readingtheamericas really lends itself to read about pirates. Two books about pirates at the same time? Fascinating!! @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
#Panama
pickBecause he served briefly in Mexican President Diaz‘s administration, Dr Urrutia was exiled, choosing San Antonio as his home as the Mexican Revolution raged in his homeland. Dr Urrutia, 100% Aztec, a world-famous surgeon practiced here but his love for his homeland was immense. He bought property along the San Antonio River and created a garden completely in memory of Mexico and her history, with original statues & artwork honoring #Mexico. ⬇️
With that title for chapter one how can I not be excited??
#DominicanRepublic #readingtheAmericas #foodandlit (February) @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Catsandbooks
Beautiful. #DominicanRepublic #readingtheAmericas #foodandlit (February) @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Catsandbooks
I can hardly contain my excitement so I‘m jumping into this book that I‘ve been anticipating ever since I learned about it. I‘ll post some more pics of the book so you can join in my excitement.
It‘s a bit early for #foodandlit since the #DominicanRepublic is for February but it‘s not too early for #readingtheAmericas! @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Catsandbooks
Another ebook chunkster is on sale and I can vouch for this one. A five-star read!!
How amazing is this? I finished the book tonight and find my name in the acknowledgments? 🎉🎊 I do love that my own paralegal wrote it and that it‘s a gorgeous book. She‘s a beautiful talented person and I hope she keeps writing and I‘ll continue to support the best I can. There‘s so much to say about this book and it‘s subject matter but I‘ll save that for my review. #readingtheAmericas #USA #Mexico
I‘m case anyone needs yet another challenge this was just posted by Nowhere Bookshop
https://www.instagram.com/p/CnDSqHfJ-hH/?igshid=NDk5N2NlZjQ=
There‘s an excellent section in this book about the Mexican artists and writers who had a huge impact on Miraflores, Dr Urrutia‘s garden he created in honor of #Mexico, from which he was exiled during the Mexican Revolution. It exemplifies the extraordinary talent and intellectualism that was prominent in the Mexican diaspora. #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Cuauhtémoc was the first statue made and placed in Miraflores honoring #Mexico and its (and Dr Urrutia‘s) Aztec roots. I bet it was a sight to behold in this beautiful garden. See previous post for the contemporary journalist‘s description of it. #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
Indigenous Dr Urrutia had the first statue placed in his San Antonio garden honoring his home country of #Mexico made of Cuauhtémoc, which is beautifully described here by a journalist in 1921. Photo of this gorgeous statue coming in next post. It‘s heartbreaking that this garden (not five miles from where I live) is in such disrepair. It makes me sick at heart to see what could have been had it been preserved.
#readingtheAmericas
Dr. Aureliano Urrutia (an Aztec) tried to recreate the gardens of his hometown near Mexico City, Xochimilco, after he was exiled to San Antonio during the Mexican Revolution. So I had to look up the place he called the most beautiful place in the world, and looking at this photo he may be right.
Article here:
https://www.dailysabah.com/life/mexico-city-cleans-up-floating-gardens-dating-ba...
#Mexico #readingtheAmericas
The principal person in the book I‘m reading for #Mexico, Miraflores, was 100% indigenous, of Aztec origins. So I‘m starting the tagged book by reading about the Aztecs. #readingtheAmericas @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle
Maybe my last post for the night…look at what the family got me for Christmas!! I hope to start it soon.
This is the only book I bought today that is not for a challenge. But I bought it for a good reason. It‘s by my husband‘s favorite author and I‘ve never seen an English translation of any of his books in the USA until today. I have 3 others I bought in England. Husband has all of his books but they are in Norwegian
I bought the books in this trilogy all out of order, but I finally nabbed book 1. First I love Backman and second, I‘ll need it for #Sweden for #foodandlit in December (again with the planning ahead). Will also work for #serieslove2023
I didn‘t have a book by this author, and after doing some research I picked this one for #authoramonth in October (I plan ahead). @Soubhiville
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