Fiesta del Chivo | 
Your cup of coffee or glass of rum must taste better, the smoke of your cigar, a swim in the ocean on a hot day, the movie you see on Saturday, the merengue on the radio, everything must leave a more pleasurable sensation in your body and spirit when you had what Trujillo had taken away from Dominicans thirty-one years ago: free will. #readingtheamericas2023 #dominicanrepublic
It had been this malaise of so many years‘ duration - thinking one thing and doing something that contradicted it every day - that led him, in the secret recesses of his mind, to condemn Trujillo to death, to convince himself that as long as Trujillo lived, he and many other Dominicans would be condemned to this awful queasy sickness of constantly having to lie to themselves and deceive everyone else…#readingtheamericas2023 #dominicanrepublic
I didn‘t get close to finishing #readingtheamericas2023, but I want to continue it, so I‘ll be #readingtheamericas in 2024 as well. I‘ll be using the books in the Around the World in 80 Books challenge on Goodreads as well. Anyone else still #readingtheamericas in 2024? @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle thanks for hosting and have a good time #readingoceania2024!
pickThis was a great historical fiction, but it was also sometimes a very difficult listen. It alternates between 1961 at the end of Trujillo‘s regime in the Dominican Republic when Urania is a teenager and the early 2000s when Urania returns to visit her family for the first time since. The 1961 timeline focuses on the assassination of Trujillo and immediate repercussions. The 2000s timeline focuses on Urania‘s reason for leaving.
I spent a few hours continuing to listen to this book today, and I‘m really enjoying the way it‘s told from different perspectives. I also made chivo guisado, or braised goat, served with rice. It turned out well and I‘ve got a few meals made for this coming week.
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Today on my way home from school I started listening to this and continued it on my evening walk with Luthien. I‘m interested so far, but I‘m also thinking I may need to look up a bit of history to supplement the story set in the Dominican Republic in 1961.
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#3books that made me cry.
1.I don't like Ayn Rand at all but this book is brilliant, probably because it's so clearly from personal experience.A deeply moving account of the immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution.
2.I cried so much reading The Return,my husband would ration out reading time for it everyday so I wouldn't get a migraine!
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao got me interested in Dominican lit... and so here we are 🤷🏻♀️ So far I‘m wading through this one, this is not a book to skim. I‘m afraid if I miss a sentence I‘ll miss something great, it‘s got very beautiful phrases! It does help to have an understanding of the history of the Dominican Republic, and of the reign of Trujillo, but even if you don‘t, this book will open your eyes 👀🇩🇴🐐
I don‘t know if this is an #awkwardread but I CAN tell you the movie is awkward to watch with coworkers. It was the first (and last) attempt at “cultural awareness” by a previous Director. Details in spoiler comment. It‘s apparently also a poster child for the need to consolidate Litsy entries. #literaryluck
pickI loved this book so much! It has made want to research Latin American history and learn more!
so-soAnother book about Trujillo's dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Now I know much more about it then I ever wanted. Not Vargas Llosa's best I think. #1001books
pickI had the opportunity to read this novel in Spanish, regardless of the language, I would recommend it. Vargas Llosa has an uncanny ability to effortlessly transition between the past and the present, while incorporating the perspective and motivations of different characters, as events in the novel occur. Every chapter reveals the intricate web of lies and violence that mesmerized a nation into acquiescence.
pickI finished this excellent novel about the former dictator of the Dominican Republic on the last day of my awesome vacation in the DR. Compelling and sometimes horrifying--especially in torture scenes--I was in that weird vacation book predicament: you brought a book that was a little too good and so you find yourself wanting to get back to it instead of doing the vacation-y stuff you're supposed to be doing. Much to the annoyance of my wife.
Hot coffee in my mermaid mug and a great book before I have to go to work this morning. All would be perfect if not for the work, amirite? ☕️😕 #hotdrinkandabook
I love diverse books❣ ✍🏻✍🏼✍🏽✍🏾✍🏿
Lots of favorites in these stacks for day 4 of the #SeptPhotoChallenge. 💞
#SomethingforSept #AuthorsofColor #POC #WOC #WNDB #WeNeedDiverseBooks #BLM #LatinxBooks #AsianBooks #NativeBooks #TranslatedBooks #LGBTBooks #QueerBooks #DiverseReads
pickLa République dominicaine sous Trujillo. Un roman qui n'en est presque pas un, puisque l'essentiel des faits racontés correspondent à la réalité.
