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Okkk I take it back we like it

Página 12 y el narrador ya no me gusta. No me tenés que explicar cada introspección paso a paso como si fuera mi primer día en la Tierra hombre

We have got ourselves a new must-read author

This is not pulitzering me

Uff que fuerte

¿Nosotros somos clase media? Y él me dijo: No. Nosotros somos clase trabajadora porque tu mamá y yo trabajamos para que ustedes puedan comer, para que tengan ropa, para que puedan ir a la escuela, para que se críen bien, y para un día comprar una casa.

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Difficult to understand what age these guys are supposed to be

Painfuuuul

The fact that I saw a sprayed-edge hardcover copy of this in the YA section of la Casa del Libro is not a good sign but in Yale we trust

After 3 years of living in Barcelona, I have come to the point where it is no longer funny for me to know nothing about Spanish History. Carlismo, caciques, desamortización… it’s time. Love that this book pretty much starts with "once the French had fucked the country beyond help or recognition, [Spanish History]".

Mona Awad’s style is a rich amber fragrance with a hint of dark (poisoned) berries. Reading Rouge was such an enveloping experience (the free radicals) and I recognize the sensation with Bunny.

Turning out to be a great guide on where you can fuck around (Guadalajara) and where you will find out (Lima’s El Agustino)

Cool vibes off the chart

550 pages and it feels like the plot is beginning to unfold… it’s odd bc tbh nothing much has happened up to page 500 or so and yet it’s very gripping?

Well… maybe this is going on the DNF list for now.

We are on a roll of 5-star reads and we are ahead of schedule on this year’s challenge. The stars have finally aligned for me to pick up this bad boy.