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Book Highlight: Grandes Dreamers
This heartfelt children’s book by Argelia Atilano with vivid illustrations by Anna Alvarado covers 12 inspirational Latinas that have broke barriers and changed perceptions of what Latinas can do in the U.S. Most of them are well-known like Rita Moreno, AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for those who don’t know the popular acronym for the representative), J.Lo.,…
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Author Highlight: Elizabeth Acevedo
So I’m back with another notable author, Elizabeth Acevedo. Originally Acevedo had wanted to be a rapper, inspired by her neighbohood and Afro-Latin heritage to rap about the abuelas who fed her pastelitos and the racism and sexism she faced. But since that was too “soft” for the rap word, she switched to spoken word…
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Thoughts on Joan Didion
I’m going to keep this short since this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I’m not sure what makes Didion so incredible. I just read Slouching Towards Bethlehem and Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and they were fine. They were essays/news articles about interesting people Didion interviewed or simply her reminscing over her…
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Author Highlight: Isabel Allende
So I’ve finally read one of the greatest writers of our time, and I have to join the thousands that agree. My mom gifted me with her first, The House of Spirits, and latest books, Violeta respectively and they were beautiful.
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Book Highlight: Suite Scarlett
This was the first book I read in the middle school library, and I have lked it ever since. It’s not too groundbreaking, it has the rather generic coming of age story of a teenage girl. Only hers is that she and the rest of their family are trying to save their dying hotel. It…
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Book Highlight: Unbecoming
This heartwarming YA novel explores three generations of women, and the secrets that burden them and twist their relationship with their daughters over the years.
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Book Highlight: The Lucky Ones
This informative, passionate memoir follows Jenny Brown, founder and owner of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary as she delves into her journey into animal rights, particularly farm animals and veganism. Beginning at age 10 when she was diagnosed with cancer, she had to have her leg amputated. Her mother sought to ease the pain a little…
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Book Highlight: Piglet
This is not a review. As I mentioned in my Animal Books post, I automatically adore nonfiction books about animals and am completely biased so I adored this book. I literally cried (for the first time) because it was so adorable. I also cried because it was heartwarming and there was some animal death/abuse passages.…
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Book Highlight: The Waterfire Saga
For anyone who is a mermaid fan, this fantasy adventure is just for you. The six seas are made up of different kingdoms and are under threat by a monsterous levithan creature called Abbadon who was raised by even more mysterious ancestor come back from the dead and for revenge.
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Book Highlight: Black Widow Duology
The Black Widow duology came out back in 2016 which I believe was the original timeline for the Black Widow movie premiere. But of course it got pushed back until 2019 so these books brought the hype very early and you can see some evidence of their movie inspiration in the pages. As one can…
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