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Bindle Punk Bruja
Bindle Punk Bruja: A Novel | Desideria Mesa
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Boardwalk Empire meets The Vanishing Half with a touch of earth magic in this sexy and action-packed historical fantasy set in the luminous Golden Twenties from debut author Desideria Mesa, where a part-time reporter and club owner takes on crooked city councilmen, mysterious and deadly mobsters, and societys deeply rooted sexism and racism, all while keeping her true identity and magical abilities hiddeninspired by an ancient Mexican folktale. Yo soy quien soy. I am who I am. Lunaor depending on whos asking, Roseis the white-passing daughter of an immigrant mother who has seen what happens to people from her culture. This world is prejudicial, and she must hide her identity in pursuit of owning an illegal jazz club. Using her cunning powers, Rose negotiates with dangerous criminals as she climbs up Kansas Citys bootlegging ladder. Luna, however, runs the risk of losing everything if the crooked city councilmen and ruthless mobsters discover her ties to an immigrant boxcar community that secretly houses witches. Last thing she wants is to put her entire family in danger. But this bruja with ever-growing magical abilities can never resist a good fight. With her new identity, Rose, an unabashed flapper, defies societal expectations all the while struggling to keep her true self and witchcraft in check. However, the harder she tries to avoid scrutiny, the more her efforts eventually capture unwanted attention. Soon, she finds herself surrounded by greed and every brand of bigotryfrom local gangsters who want a piece of the action and businessmen who hate her diverse staff to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Capone. Will her earth magic be enough to save her friends and family? As much as she hates to admit it, she may need to learn to have faith in othersand learning to trust may prove to be her biggest ambition yet.
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GinaKButler
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Not my usual genre…one of the other women chose it for this month‘s book club pick.

#bookspinbingo

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wanderinglynn
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Jenny - I got the book today! Looking forward to starting it.

#LMPBC

jen_the_scribe Yay! Happy reading 😊 2y
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jen_the_scribe
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Pickpick

Finished this one last night for #LMPBC
It was mostly a pick for me, although there was some things I found a bit frustrating. But for the most part, I enjoyed it. I‘ll leave it at that until it‘s made it all the way through the group.

Lynn, I‘m sending this one off to you first thing Monday 😊

@wanderinglynn @Chrissyreadit @Laughterhp

wanderinglynn 🎉 And I mailed Lakesedge to @Laughterhp on Friday. It should get there Monday. 2y
Laughterhp I still need to read Anasi Boys, but plan to read and finish this week! @Chrissyreadit 2y
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Chrissyreadit
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There were a few places this story could have been tightened up- or maybe lost 50-100 pages, and I think the Bruja part could have been better woven into the book- but I enjoyed this book overall and am glad it was an #lmpbc pick!
Jen I am mailing priority- so it did not get to you last week, but it will get to you by Monday or Tuesday!

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Laughterhp
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Finished this yesterday. I will try to get it out tomorrow before I leave for my work trip.

I think I liked this book. Though I wanted more magic and less drama with mobsters. It‘s more a magical realism than fantasy novel, just fyi.

I won‘t say anymore since it‘s my pick for #LMPBC

Bookzombie Cute gnome! 2y
Laughterhp @Chrissyreadit I sent this out today! Expect it by Saturday! 2y
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coffees
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I finished!! Oh this is going to be tough to review. On the one hand, this dragged to the point that things only really get going at 80%. But it's a book that really creates that prohibition era vibe well, sadly it's not my ☕. I also didn't always like Rose so I often found myself not caring abt the story. Also, it's full of ⚠️ sa, racism, the white hoods, homophobia, violence (esp at the end) so it was a tough read

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coffees
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The cover for this book is gorgeous but NGL i am so excited to be done with this book JUST TWO MORE HOURS! it's been a drag