Laura Restrepo
2019 Airing of Grievances: Least Favorite Books of the Year
24 Festive Tasks: Door 19 – Festivus, Task 1: The airing of grievances: Which are the five books you liked least this year – and why? Overall, 2019 was a phantastic reading year for me with decidedly more highs than lows. Of the latter, my worst reading experiences were, in no particular order: Laura Restrepo, […]
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Laura Restrepo: Hot Sur
Hard DNF @ p. 55 So your best friend left her home in Colombia after being raped at age 15, has (unsurprisingly) had few experiences with men since … and after having set her up with your husband’s weirdly-behaved younger brother, plied her with gin and let him drag her away — only to find […]
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BL-opoly: Dice Roll #19
Having finished Ann Leckie’s excellent Raven Tower, I have just about enough time to roll again before the day is out. And as always when I’m “just quickly going to do this”, there’s no such thing as a straightforward roll. So — here we go: My first roll sends me to square 14: The Patagonia […]
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BL-opoly: Scottie Dog Selection (Square #9) — Please pick my next book!
Reblogged from: Themis-Athena’s Garden of Books Laura Restrepo: Hot Sur Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate Ann Leckie: The Raven Tower Renee Adieh: The Wrath and the Dawn UPDATED July 21: The votes are in: The Raven Tower it is. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1922170/bl-opoly-scottie-dog-selection-square-9-please-pick-my-next-book
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BL-opoly: Scottie Dog Selection (Square #9) — Please pick my next book!
Laura Restrepo: Hot Sur Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate Ann Leckie: The Raven Tower Renee Adieh: The Wrath and the Dawn Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1921664/bl-opoly-scottie-dog-selection-square-9-please-pick-my-next-book
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