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#TuesdayBookBlog Not Just Any Man: A novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Tollefson #Historicalfiction with a diverse cast and a fascinating account of life in early XIX c. New Mexico

Posted on June 22, 2021 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review of the first book in a series I’ve been following for the last few years, and despite reading it out of order, or perhaps because of it, I loved it! Not Just Any Man: A novel of Old New Mexico by Loretta Tollefson Historical fiction with a diverse cast

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog diverse characters, historical characters, historical fiction, Loretta Miles Tollefson, New Mexico, race, trapping, XIX century

#TuesdayBookBlog GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 by Bernardine Evaristo (@PenguinUKBooks) Diverse, joyful, and inclusive #Bookreview

Posted on November 24, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I bring you the review of one of the books that won the Booker Prize in 2019. I hope to read Atwood’s novel as well at some point. Girl, Woman, Other: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019 by Bernardine Evaristo BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR & FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 WINNER OF

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog aging, Bernardine Evaristo, black women writing, diversity, gender identity, poetry, Prejudice, race, UK, womanhood

#TuesdayBookBlog THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett (@britrbennett) (@LittleBrownUK) Great story, memorable characters, and a subject that will make readers think #Bookreview

Posted on September 15, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I bring you the review of a book that has been causing a bit of a stir. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett ‘The Vanishing Half is an utterly mesmerising novel. It seduces with its literary flair, surprises with its breath-taking plot twists, delights with its psychological insights, and challenges us to consider

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog diversity, Family, female protagonists, gender, LGTB, mother and daughters, passing, race, sisters, South, USA

#TuesdayBookBlog HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD by C Pam Zhang (@hayleycamis) (@ViragoBooks) How the West was won, but not as we know it

Posted on April 14, 2020 by OlgaNunez

Hi all. I bring you a pretty amazing book today. I hope you’re all keeping safe. How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang ‘The boldest debut of the year’ Observer ‘It is refreshing to discover a new author of such grand scale, singular focus and blistering vision’ Guardian America. In the twilight of

Posted in Book review, Book reviews, Tuesday Book Blog Asian Americans, debut novel, gender, Gold Rush, historical fiction, history of the West, race, USA history

#Tuesdaybookblog #Bookreview Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward (@jesmimi) (@ScribnerBooks) Magic realism in the heart of darkness. A must read.

Posted on October 17, 2017 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Today I’m sharing the review of a book that is not yet available in the UK but I hope you’ll keep it in mind. I’m sorry for including so many editorials reviews, but it’s received a lot of attention in the US and I’m not surprised. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmnyn Ward ‘This

Posted in Book review, Book reviews African American, awards, ghosts, lyricism, Magic Realism, race, Southern literature

#Bookreview THE LAST ROAD HOME by Danny Johnson (@dittybopper) Fate, love, race, violence, war and how some themes remain always relevant. And a #BookFair

Posted on August 5, 2016 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: Usually on Fridays I bring you new books and authors, and today is no different. But, before I talk about that book, I’ve realised that with all my changes in schedule I haven’t mentioned a very big book event that’s coming up (in just over a week!) that if you love books and

Posted in Book reviews 13th August, book fair, Christoph Fischer, fate, interracial relationship, Manchester, race, Southern writer, The Last Road Home, US, Vietnam War

#RBRT #BookReview Shattered Lies by S.J. Francis (@sjfrancis419) Two families and many lies #TuesdayBookBlog

Posted on December 29, 2015 by OlgaNunez

Hi all: I hope you’ll forgive the appearance of the blog. At the moment I’m doing a Branding course, and I’m planning on changing quite a few things, but I’m trying to go slowly. As promised I’ll start sharing the prequel to my Escaping Psychiatry series from next week, but today I wanted to take the

Posted in Book reviews, Rosie's Book Team Review Bookreview, Family, melodrama, Prejudice, race, S.J. Francis, Shattered Lies, South, women's fiction