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María’s 2025 Year in Books
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María J. Estrada
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Hi Hermione, I would read La Bruja in the Orchard first. That is such a great question. Thank you.
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Unity, Volume 1: A Magical Realism Anthology
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La Bruja in the Orchard (La Bruja del Barrio Loco #1)
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Mona's Return
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Not Your Abuelita's Folktales
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Wolf Trek
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La Bruja del Barrio Loco
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The Long Walk / Paranoia: The Corrido of Andrea Quinta (Muertos in the Barrio #1)
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No Overeating and Early Resolutions
Photo by Nicole Michalou from Pexels Many of you know I suffer from depression. I think a lot of writers suffer from some mental malaise, though you don't have to be suffering to be a great writer. You don't have to be an overindulgent bar fly. These are just romantic tropes you see in movies. Overly romanticized at that. Well, I have resolved not to stuff my feelings down with food. It gets me no Read more of this blog post »
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| I have read many short-story science fiction collections, but this speculative anthology about my people, mi gente, ranks among the top ten. The stories filled me with a deep sense of nostalgia. Iñiguez, despite his young age, writes about themes and ...more | |
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The Fib: An Allegorical Tale About the Consequences of Lying:
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By Pedro Iniguez This is a super cute book about the consequences of lying. It was show & tell day at school and our little guy doesn't feel like his item is good enough to show after seeing what the other kids brought. So he makes up a fib. Th" Read more of this review » |
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"I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.
The Fib is a brightly colored picture book for children about telling fibs. Pepe doesn't feel the item he's brought to class for " Read more of this review » |
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The Fib: An Allegorical Tale About the Consequences of Lying:
"Thank you, Gloo Books, for providing me with this ARC. I read it with my children, and we absolutely loved the story. The plot, characters, and illustrations were perfectly crafted. I appreciate how the author took the concept and truly brought it to"
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“I look at her legs, bent out in front of her like a fleshy diamond, the soles of her feet braced against one another. I follow them over her calves, through the dipped valley behind her knees, all the way up the tight fabric of her shorts, and then up over her belly and up to the heaviness of her breasts. There, she got it threaded. (From Jukebox Loser: An Owner's Manual for Idiot Desires)”
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“I look at her legs, bent out in front of her like a fleshy diamond, the soles of her feet braced against one another. I follow them over her calves, through the dipped valley behind her knees, all the way up the tight fabric of her shorts, and then up over her belly and up to the heaviness of her breasts. There, she got it threaded.”
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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Dune
― Dune
“I have done that', says my memory. I cannot have done that—says my pride and remains unshakeable. Finally—memory yields.”
― Beyond Good and Evil
― Beyond Good and Evil
“Before the first step, before the first muscle twitches, before the first neuron fires, there comes a choice: stand still or move. You choose the right option. Then you repeat that choice one hundred thousand times. You don’t run thirty miles, you run a single step many times over. That’s all running is; that’s all anything is. If there’s somewhere you need to be, somewhere you need to get to, or if you need to change or move away from where or what you are, then that’s all it takes. A hundred thousand simple decisions, each one made correctly. You don’t have to think about the distance or the destination or about how far you’ve come or how far you have to go. You just have to think about what’s in front of you and how you’re going to move it behind you.”
― The End of the World Running Club
― The End of the World Running Club
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