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Life and Death in the Andes: On the Trail of Bandits, Heroes, and Revolutionaries | Kim MacQuarrie

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I really enjoy nonfiction when the author travels, meets new people, and learns about new cultures. MacQuarrie follows the Andes through Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina to research the Ice Maiden, Pablo Escobar, Hiram Bingham, and so much more. He uses today's issues, such as bringing back ancient weaving and interweaves it with the archeology of yesterday's events. The entire book kept me glued. #FoodandLit @texreader @Catsandbooks

Bookwormjillk Sounds like a good one! 2d

Texreader Loving all your reviews! 2d

Butterfinger @texreader I dropped my phone in the ocean while I was trying to take a picture of a horseshoe crab that washed up. It took me a week to replace it. I had to catch up on my reviews. Plus, since I didn't have a phone to distract me, I read for July. 2d

Catsandbooks 👏🏼❤️ 1d

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The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa

I‘m not sure this is making the case for Peruvian food for #foodandlit in July! #Peru @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks There's no way I could eat that cause I had guinea pigs as pets growing up 😭 1d

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The Bad Girl: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa

I‘ve started this book tonight for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Sendero | Max R Tomlinson

#Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Sendero | Max R Tomlinson

Ah back home with my cuddly reading buddy. We missed our sweet little girl. And she missed us. My son skipped this trip and took care of her. And she seemed good when his buddies came over to help cat-sit, a rarity for her to accept being around “strangers.” So I‘m reading the tagged book now with my little Midnight with her blankie.

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Librarybelle So sweet! They are the best greeters when you have been away from home! ❤️ 6d

AnnCrystal 💕😻💝 6d

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 5d

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Sendero | Max R Tomlinson

Im starting this ebook tonight, a bit early for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Das b�se M�dchen: Roman | Mario Vargas Llosa

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Frauenbild ist fragwürdig

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Death in the Andes | Mario Vargas Llosa

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With a wavering timeline and shifting points of view, this was a dark nightmare of Peruvian storytelling. It was somewhat difficult to follow but the claustrophobic terror felt real.

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The Storyteller | Mario Vargas Llosa

A sad passing.

ChaoticMissAdventures Legend. I have not read any of his books, if you have a recommendation 3mo

Ruthiella @ChaoticMissAdventures I‘ve only read one, but it was good

The Feast of the Goat: A Novel

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey | Thornton Wilder

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder (1927)

Premise: In the aftermath of a bridge collapse in 1700s Peru, a monk tries to understand why the victims were ‘chosen‘ to die.

Review: This early Pulitzer Prize winner explores evergreen themes of fate, free will, the justice of God, and meaning in a world where terrible things happen every day. Cont.

Mattsbookaday It follows a fascinating set of interconnected characters, each with vivid and complex lives that defy easy classification as they approach their fatal encounter with the bridge. It‘s a great and deserved classic.

Bookish Pair: For another brilliant take on theodicy, Mary Doria Russell‘s The Sparrow (1995)

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3mo

MaGoose I know I had to read this in high school, but don't remember much about the plot. I guess that means it's time for a second read. 3mo

Mattsbookaday @MaGoose Wow! I can‘t imagine reading his in high school. I don‘t think I‘d have been able to appreciate it then. 3mo

MaGoose @Mattsbookaday No, I don't think anyone in my class did. It's that way with most of the classics that we're forced to read in school. I remember reading The Scarlet Letter in school, too. I enjoyed it a lot more and got more out of it when I read it again in my late 40s. I even want to read it again. 3mo

BooksandCoffee4Me Oh, I loved teaching/guiding my students through this — remember powerful discussions, similar to those we had when we read Greene‘s The Power and the Glory together. The key to these classics in a 10th-grade classroom was always the Socratic discussions where given a few questions to start, the students take the lead and discuss questions related to themes, issues, people that the novel explores. Purpose to get at the whys, not the whats 3mo

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