THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

    The Latina Book Club is proud to release its 3 rd Annual Books of the Year list. All the books are written by Latino authors or about Latino characters.  The List contains something for everyone – fiction,  non-fiction, poetry, short stories, young adult, memoirs, mysteries, thrillers, children’s books, etc. We encourage all our readers to Help Support An Author by buying their books and telling all your friends.  We also wish everyone  H appy Reading and Happy Holidays. --Maria Ferrer 2015 BOOKS OF THE YEAR A Estudiar, Carajo by Ana María González (Amazon Digital - Spanish) A Falling Star by Chantel Acevedo (Carolina Wren Press) A Miracle from God in the Hands of a Mother by Catalina Prieto (CBH Books) Adultery by Paulo Coelho (Vintage) Alburquerque by Rudolfo Anaya (Open Road Media) As My Mother Would Say/ Como Decia Mi Mama by Judith Valles (iUniverse) Barrio Imbroglio: An Abraxas He...

   The Latina Book Club congratulates author Theresa Varela on the debut of her new mystery series, NIGHTS OF INDIGO BLUE (Aignos Publishing).  Readers will be captivated by Daisy Muñiz, a Latina combination of Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie.  We were able to get the scoop on this new heroine and the opening excerpt from the book.       Aignos Publishing, Inc. Q:  We heard that you came up with the idea for Daisy Muñiz as a take-off from the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Can you tell us more about that? THERESA:   I’d just completed my PhD in Nursing Research and Theory Development and looked up from my statistics when I heard some voices whisper in my ear. I listened and realized that my heart was in poetry and literature. Although I vowed that I wasn’t returning to school I found myself registered for my first continuing education creative writing course. The teacher gave us a prompt that asked the stud...

    Fans of Carlos Aleman are in for a Holiday Treat!   We are giving away autographed copies of NUNO to three lucky readers.   Just leave a comment below or Retweet our social post.   Good luck!--mcf         Aignos Publishing, Dec 2014      Woman is the only hope for this world, a world that is long-suffering, patient, kind, forgiving, peaceful and loving. What a gift a woman is, absolute proof that God loves us.   But foolish man can't appreciate this because of the ego.--Bernando Bolocco       An ancient river of fallen tears and solitude brings my soul to you. Our two lips touch like fresh and salt water meeting. There is a deep and mysterious power in you. In our dreams or in the spirit world, somewhere between the manifested and unmanifested, there is something that is woven. It is our story. Brief but perfect, it devours all of existence. My love, my love, my love for you. -...

         Forgive me, Father, if such forgiveness is still an option for my salvation.   Tomorrow will be another day.   Maybe this time the better me will learn to fight back and the demon within will be gone.    –Your humble son… Your fallen angel       WOW!   From the first page – the first murder! – I was hooked.   I almost missed by train stop because I couldn’t stop reading.     Manuel Meléndez has written an engrossing, fast-paced, suspenseful, pulse-quickening, goose-bump raising thriller, which would certainly gain the approval of the author’s literary heroes – Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock!   WHEN ANGELS FALL ( Aignos Publishing ) is about the eternal battle between good and evil.   It’s about the duality of man’s soul, about the atonement of sins.   It’s about isolation, obsession, revenge and justice.   It’s about friends and l...

  The Latina Book Club's mission is to promote Latina / Latino authors. We do this through book reviews, author interviews, publicity announcements, book of the month selections, etc. A popular feature of our site is " Writers Wednesdays ." The first Wednesday of each month, we feature a writer talking about ...writing. Happy reading!--mcf IF YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEAD by Theresa Varela When I was about fourteen years old my mom gave me a laminated version of Rudyard Kipling’s celebrated poem , If . “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…” I only understand it now. On the arduous journey to the publishing of my debut novel, Covering the Sun with My Hand , I often thought I would “lose it.” “It” changed all the time. Sometimes “it” was opportunity that I believed was slipping through my fingers when yet another new author was published. Sometimes “it” was waiting for responses from agents and editors who said they were interested in my sub...

   He was addicted to the culture he reviled.   It tested him, and each time he surrendered to it he only realized it was possible to go further, deeper, descend completely. He was going down…. –Chris Selden You always want to act like you’re in control. Even if you’re only pretending. – Mark Van Etty Engaging. Captivating. Exciting.   New writers are always told, “write what you know.”   No one can dispute that Chris Campanioni knows a thing or two about being a model and so we are not surprised that his first novel would be set in the glamorous world of fashion or that our protagonist would be a mini-Chris. What we are surprised at is at the novel’s dark tone.   Our hero is a tragic figure -- restless, bored, lost.   His backup plan falls through, and it is not until tragedy strikes at the heart of him, that he finds the courage to step back from the fame, the money and start anew. Campanioni writes with a frank, open, engaging style...