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Whistleblowers are an integral part of any free society

The Unarmed Truth: My Fight to Blow the Whistle and Expose Fast and Furious by John Dodson

February 5, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Around the middle of January, I kept seeing a meme getting passed around that listed the last several presidents and their biggest controversies. I don’t remember all of them, but the basic gist was that Republican presidents have been riddled with controversial policies and/or behavior (Watergate, Iran/Contra, Iraq, the entirety of Trump’s presidency…). What stood out to me, though, was that the most controversial part of Obama’s presidency, according to this meme, was that he wore a tan suit once. Even though this was just […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Barack Obama, Cartels, Fast and Furious, guns, John Dodson, mexico, politics, The Unarmed Truth

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Barack Obama, Cartels, Fast and Furious, guns, John Dodson, mexico, politics, The Unarmed Truth ·
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What if Cinderella met a god of death instead of a fairy godmother?

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

December 22, 2020 by pixifer Leave a Comment

I was on hold for this book for months at my local library, and after having read it, I get it. I had a co-worker who said there was a difference between books and literature. At the time, I thought she was being snooty, but every now and then I read a book that makes me go, “Oh, so that’s what she meant.” Gods of Jade and Shadow is literature.  Casiopea Tun lives with her family in a small village in the Yucatán peninsula. Casiopea […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: gods, mayan mythology, mexico, mythology, silvia moreno-garcia

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:66 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: gods, mayan mythology, mexico, mythology, silvia moreno-garcia ·
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Slow build up to a crazy bananapants ending

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

September 10, 2020 by pixifer 5 Comments

Mexican Gothic is the story of Noemí Taboada, a 22 year old socialite in 1950s Mexico City. Noemí’s life is filled with parties, shopping, concerts, and a rotating cast of beaus. Despite having a sharp mind, no one except her father looks past her beautiful face. Noemí’s cousin Catalina married an English man named Virgil Doyle and moved to his family’s estate in the mountains the previous year. Catalina has sent Noemí’s father a disturbing letter claiming her husband is trying to poison her and […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: 1950s, Fiction, gothic, historical fiction, horror, Latinx, mexico, non fiction, silvia moreno-garcia

pixifer's CBR12 Review No:46 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: 1950s, Fiction, gothic, historical fiction, horror, Latinx, mexico, non fiction, silvia moreno-garcia ·
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I’ll Definitely Be Reading More By This Author

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

July 12, 2020 by Jen K 3 Comments

Bingo Square: Green (or Jade as a variation thereof) The e-book version of this was on sale back in January, and given my love of mythology, it seemed like the perfect time to try a new author and learn more about mythical figures outside the Greek and Roman pantheon. Still, the book sat quite a while before I finally picked it up. I quite enjoyed this novel – the writing style at first felt very matter of fact, in line with our no nonsense heroine, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 1920s, cbr12bingo, gods of jade and shadow, Latinx, mayan mythology, mexico, mythology, silvia moreno-garcia

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 1920s, cbr12bingo, gods of jade and shadow, Latinx, mayan mythology, mexico, mythology, silvia moreno-garcia ·
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a slight peek into the obscured past

Costalegre by Courtney Maum

December 29, 2019 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

The concept of capital-A ART reigns lavishly above the characters within Costalegre. A woman and her daughter, stand-ins for Peggy and Pegeen Guggenheim, go to Mexico to wait out the steamroller of World War II. They are surrounded by the mother’s collection of artists and hangers-on. They wait for a steamship full of the mother’s collection of art which may still be creeping across the ocean towards their hideaway in the jungle. The mother’s collection is full of people and pieces deemed to be unworthy; Europe did […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: art, artists, coming-of-age, courtney maum, dada, Djuna Barnes, Emily Coleman, Ferdinand Cheval, Max Ernst, mexico, peggeen guggenheim, peggy guggenheim, WWI, WWII

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR11 Review No:16 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: art, artists, coming-of-age, courtney maum, dada, Djuna Barnes, Emily Coleman, Ferdinand Cheval, Max Ernst, mexico, peggeen guggenheim, peggy guggenheim, WWI, WWII ·
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A beautiful murmur

The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia

October 24, 2019 by Fiat.Luxury Leave a Comment

I bought this book, put it on my kindle, and then forgot about it.  I don’t know why I bought it–I’m sure it was someone’s recommendation, or a list of new books somewhere.  One day I found it again and started reading, having no idea what the book was about. This book was enchanting. Set in early 20th century Mexico, this is the meandering story of the Morales family and their adopted son Simonopio, who was found by old Nana Reja under a bridge, with […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, magical realism, mexico, sofia segovia, the murmur of bees, translated

Fiat.Luxury's CBR11 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, magical realism, mexico, sofia segovia, the murmur of bees, translated ·
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