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Johanny’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Johanny’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Johanny Ortega
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Born
in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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April 2019
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The Ordinary Bruja (Las Cerradoras #1)
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2025
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Mrs. Franchy's Evil Ring and the Six Months that Changed Everything
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The Alvarez Girls
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A Devilish Romance
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* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
When “Spain-Spanish” Is Treated as the Default: How a Bad Linguistic Take Reveals Colonial Thinking
I knew the TikTok comment was wrong the moment I read it, but not because it offended me. I have a pretty high tolerance for internet nonsense. I knew it was wrong because it collapsed under the same basic logic I navigate every time I work with editors on my books.
The commenter’s argument was this: Spain-Spanish is Latin American Spanish. Therefore, if I was asking for a Latin American Spanish wo
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The Possession of Alba Díaz
by Isabel Cañas (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Horror |
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Five stars… and honestly I’m still processing...What did I just read?! Jennifer Givhan didn’t just write a book. She cracked open the chest of generational trauma, held up the ribs, and asked us to look inside. Salt Bones is one of those rare reads t ...more |
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| This one pulled me straight into its bleak, claustrophobic little world and did not let go. The Unworthy is the kind of dystopian horror that crawls under your skin in a slow, intentional, and psychologically loaded way that reminds you how fragile a ...more | |
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"Thank you to Have a cup of Johanna and Booksprout for an e-arc of this book.
This is a coming of age story featuring magical realism, horror, and Dominican folklore. The story follows Marisol, who is still grieving the death of her mother of Covid. S" Read more of this review » |
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""The Ordinary Bruja" beautifully blends elements of horror with a compelling narrative about forging your own path, even in the face of adversity.
Marisol hails from a rich lineage of witches in the Dominican Republic, and with her mother's passing, " Read more of this review » |
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The Ordinary Bruja is available as an ARC on NetGalley, BookSprout, and BookFunnel. The book comes out on November 1st, 2025. If you like the TV shows Wednesday, The Haunting of Hill House, or the books The Inheritance of Orquidia Divina, or Mexican Gothic, you will vibe with The Ordinary Bruja.
