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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.

“Por razones que no puedo entender del todo, […] he sufrido una pesadilla recurrente que me ha atormentado desde aquella noche, en la cual ese mismo telar cobra vida y se lanza hacia mí, cruzando la sala en un instante, envuelto en un amasijo de agujas, ganchos y engranajes, arrastrando sus hilos tan rojos como la sangre, con mi hermano mayor montado encima, al igual que un rey mongol a la cabeza de su horda.”

Uh oh

What a treat it is to read what Daniel Mason has written.

That no-punctuation section? A nightmare.

This is making me nostalgic of high school and also so grateful that I was such a loser back then. The other side of the fence looks terrible