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I fell asleep so this one is a day late.

This is around the time my resolve to review books consistently fell apart as usual.

I love this one. Ana Castillo‘s writing is beautiful and poetic. Carmen, despite having polio as a child, is a renowned flamenco dancer in Chicago. I love reading about Carmen, her passionate love affairs, her relationship with her family, and her strength.

This writer puts you squarely in the midst of a character‘s experience. The story dances & you can get dizzy at times. This is a story of a flamenco dancer who despite having polio as a child is admired and respected for her skills. She is involved in 2 relationships that create issues for all involved. We see her as she ages & explores new avenues & develops a newfound respect for herself. This is the 2nd book Reggie has sent me by this author.

Thank you @Reggie for the beautiful card and your kind words. We are, indeed, #romantsy kindred spirits😀 💖 I'm sure Peel My Love Like an Onion came from you. Thank you it looks so good, I can't wait to start it. Am I right to think I have you to thank for Friend Zone too?

#Movember #Music #Dance
Madonna wants to “...dance with my baby/And when the music starts/I never wanna stop”
Carman, a famous flamingo dancer, ends the tagged book by stating: “I dance and dance and dance.”
@Reggie if memory serves This book was included in a very generous book exchange from you! ❤️📚💃
Music and Dance. 🎼💃

1. No, sadly. Everyone just shortens my name and calls me Redge.
2. The tagged book which is one of my all time favorites.
3. No, and it makes me want to scratch my eyes out when I see someone say “hype ruined this for me.” Do yourself a favor, go in blind and don‘t read reviews. Lol
4. It helps but isn‘t a deal breaker.
5. Anyone else who wants to participate.

Sometimes a book will put you in someone else‘s body, in someone else‘s love affair...and then make a profound comment that feels so personal to you, the reader, in your real life. It‘s some kind of magic.
Here you‘ll find beautiful writing about passion and jealousy, illness, ageing, family...(so much to highlight!) as you step into the shoes of Carmen, a beautiful flamenco dancer no longer able to dance, as she recounts her loves and losses.

Look what I‘m reading @Reggie 😁 Loving it so far!

#HeatofJuly Carmen‘s #onedance has always been flamenco. When she was younger and had polio in one leg, a teacher influenced her life forever with a lesson in flamenco. Years after having been a world famous flamenco dancer, after a disastrous decline in health, after a tumultuous love triangle that left her out in the cold, she will finally get her groove back. I love this book. Castillo is a poet first and this book is in my top 10 of all time.

#Halloweengoespostal #fallbookexchange
Wonderful pile of books,bookish coasters, Artemis tote, cat calendar/bookmarks. But most of all touching of all, Reggie wrote me a beautiful card, revealing an amazing, thoughtful& perceptive, insightful person. Just so thankful we have so much fun, generosity & a feeling of connection on Litsy❤️👻🎃🕷☠️
Thanks Reggie for sharing one of your top 5 books! 📚

#maybookflowers 🌸💐#Mexicanamericanauthors. I have a lot of southern American authors in my library but no one born in Mexico, Ana Castillo is as close as I have ❤️📚

#recommendsday I put this book out there cause the book I'm reading now, Other People's Weddings by Noah Hawley, makes me realize how much i love reading books by people who are poets in their souls. Ana Castillo writes this awesome Chicana Feminist (its so much more) book about a woman who has polio at a young age but through flamenco finds who she is and becomes this woman with an appetite for life.