Magical Realism
February and March 2021: Reading Recap
Well, go figure. The first quarter of 2021 is already behind us, never mind that I’m still having to remind myself on occasion to write “2021” instead of “2020” … (and we’re even a week into April already, but let that go). Anyway, since I never got around to doing a “February in review” post, […]
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Gabriel García Márquez: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories)
García Márquez’s writing, by and large, works better for me in his novels than in his short stories, and that turned out to be true in connection with this particular collection, too; even though its titular first entry is almost of novella-length: But this is a story where little moves — quite literally — and […]
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Halloween Bingo 2019: Tracking Post — Blackout! (And bingos Nos. 12 and 13.)
Many thanks to Moonlight Reader and Obsidian Blue for hosting this game for the fourth year in a row, bigger and better than ever before! Witih today’s call, I’ve blacked out my card, in addition to collecting my final bingos (nos. 12 and 13). Somewhat to my surprise, after completing my books for my […]
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Bingo Call: 10/28/2019 – Magical Realism
Reblogged from: Obsidian Blue Magical Realism: a style of fiction that paints a realistic view of the modern world while also adding magical elements Book list linked here. Supernatural square. Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1979039/bingo-call-10-28-2019
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Halloween Bingo 2019: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Extra Square – Magical Realism & Darkest London
Original post: ThemisAthena.booklikes.com/post/1972804/halloween-bingo-2019-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-extra-square
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All 61 squares revealed: 19 through 38 (Mystery / Suspense & Supernatural)
Reblogged from: Moonlight Reader The Mystery & Supernatural squares! The Mystery Squares: 19. Genre: Mystery: anything that fits into the mystery genre. Book list linked here. 20. Amateur Sleuth: this mystery will have a main character who is not a member of law enforcement. This can include retired police officers and private detectives. Book […]
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Gabriel García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold)
I read this book in Spanish and I am glad I did — based on the translation of the title alone, I don’t know how many other subletlies I might have missed if I had gone for a translated version. García Márquez’s novella deals with an honor killing, and beyond what is implied in […]
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Halloween Bingo 2017: Update 7 — Bingos No. 3 & 4!
Bingo No. 3: First column to the right. Bingo No. 4: Second row. The “bingo” squares and books read: Bingo No. 3: Bingo No. 4: I’ll have a double bingo in the wings once “Amateur Sleuth” is called, and more immediate bingos for “Classic Horror” and “Country House Mystery.” Complete […]
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REBLOG — UPDATED: Halloween Bingo Lists by square
Reblogged from: Murder by Death I posted a few days ago about the lists from last year, but I’ve since created lists for the new squares and I figured it would just be easier to re-do the post from scratch, using the list of squares Moonlight Reader posted in her game announcement. So by […]
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REBLOG: Halloween Bingo Lists
Reblogged from: Murder by Death For last year’s (Inaugural) Halloween Bingo, many of the participants contributed to lists by square, as a resource for anyone struggling to find books that fit. This year, several of the squares/categories are similar to last year’s, so I thought I’d post them here again. These lists can definitely be […]
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Halloween Bingo 2017: My Reading Pool / Shortlist — and My Bingo Marker!
Aaaargh … decisions, decisions. Ask a Libra to make a snap decision, and you’ll be waiting ’till doomsday. So, in true Libra style, I haven’t managed to narrow my list down to a single book for most of my card’s squares yet — but I’ve at least come up with a pool from which to […]
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Halloween Book Bingo 2016: Eleventh Update and BINGO No. 11
Home stretch – 24 books down, 1 to go! Bingo No. 11 – the Books: Magical Realism – Isabel Allende: La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits) Isabel Allende’s breakout success and still one of my favorite novels by her (surpassed only by Of Love and Shadows): A multigenerational allegory […]
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Halloween Book Bingo 2016: Ninth Update – Catch-Up Post and BINGOS No. 6-9
So, after having spent the past weekend and the better part of last night and today tying up half a dozen half-finished bingo reads that, naturally, hadn’t shown any progress whatsoever while I was exiled on planet work overload, for the time being I’m back on track. And thus I am happy to finally be […]
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Isabel Allende: La casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits)
Isabel Allende’s breakout success and still one of my favorite novels by her (surpassed only by Of Love and Shadows): A multigenerational allegory on the story of her native Chile – seen through the eyes of the novel’s female protagonists, the women of the Trueba clan; particularly the paranormally gifted Clara, as well as […]
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