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“Mad, bad and dangerous”: Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley’s Lives
Men and Gods: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt has been on my radar for a while now. I've heard many people praise it and as many hate it, which really made me want to read it. One of the reviews on the back of the book says, "a thriller for thinking people", which I took as a... Continue Reading →
24 Books That Marked Me
One for each year lived.
A Constellation of Words: The Luminaries
An intricate mystery set in New Zealand's Gold Rush.
First Book Tag Ever
Turns out this is really fun.
Hidden Corners of Mexico City
About a year ago, when I was still living in Mexico City, a friend and I found ourselves in what seemed to be a small town in the middle of the city. It is not surprising to see this kind of thing here—think, for example, of Coyoacán or Tlalpan, actual towns that were at some... Continue Reading →
What I Read: May
Poisonous jellyfish, dysfunctional families, unlikely friendships and mice.
An Inbred Wanderlust: Finding North by George Michelsen Foy
"«Where» is the primal question, rather than «when», «how», or «who»".
“The Best is Only Bought at the Cost of Great Pain”: Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds
700 hundred pages of suffering and a very handsome priest.
What I Read: April
April is gone! We are almost halfway through 2019 already. Even though I am way behind in my reading challenge, I had the chance to read some memorable stories. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë I just love Charlotte Brontë. I have read Jane Eyre many times and Villette twice, they're just wonderful novels. So the next... Continue Reading →
Earth Week Essentials
Books to remember everything's not lost 💚🌎
The Wilderness Within: Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone
Life has been so busy lately! Work has been a bit in the way of my reading, which means I've been only reading a bit before bed. Anyway, I managed to finish The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah last week. I had never read anything by her before —or anything written after 1970 in a... Continue Reading →
flowers in the library 