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Just finished chapter 15, OH SHIT!

This is the first book I’m reading as part of the Dreamers book club! it’s Houston’s first and only latine bookstore! This pick is a collab w/ the houston queer book club
So far: Lesbian with bruja ancestry becomes the caretaker of Violeta, a paralyzed young woman with a wealthy family. Violeta was paralyzed shortly after marrying a rich Cuban dude due to a tragic accident… or was it? Can brujeria save her?

I’ve been flying through this.

Chapter 15 made me physically cringe so hard, HUGE content warning, but worth it imo.

LOVING this so far

I’ve been flying through this book, these women are so badass. I kinda wish I read it in Spanish, I think some slang probably translated weird. But hey, maybe I’ll re-read it in Spanish because it’s that cool.

Did you know that in the 1950s U.S. military doctors coined the term “Puerto Rican Syndrome” to describe the panic attacks Puerto Rican soldiers were experiencing during the Vietnam War and it made it into the DSM-5? The term is still synonymous to “ataque de nervios” which is supposed to be a cultural concept of distress..?

I went on a rabbit hole about research about this. Wtf.

Honestly, listening to this stresses me tf out. It’s too accurate. It feels like I’m on the phone with my family members dumping their problems on me 😅

Working my way through by physical TBR… except I abandoned this while trying to read it last time. So I’m listening this time instead!

53. Church Poets

One thing about Ross Gay, is he’s a funny bastard