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BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2013 !

    Once again the New York Times failed to name any books by Latinos or about Latinos on their annual list.   Hence, we here at The Latina Book Club have created our own list of powerful books we read in 2013.    All the books are about Latinos, but not all books are written by Latinos.   We are open-minded, after all.   Some books are oldies, some are new, some are children’s, some are not.   All are worth reading .   So here for your reading pleasure is The Latina Book Club’s First Annual Books of the Year 2013 .      Happy Reading and Happy Holidays!   PS—Books make great stocking stuffers!   --mcf       BOOKS OF THE YEAR (in alphabetical order by title) 8 WAYS TO SAY I LOVE MY LIFE by various authors   (collection) ALMOST WHITE: FORCED CONFESSIONS OF A LATINO IN HOLLYWOOD by Rick Najera ASK MY MOOD RING HOW I FEEL by Diana Lopez (YA) BIRDS OF PARADISE: HO...

BOOK OF THE MONTH: MEXIZONA: AN AMERICAN DREAM by Alan A. Larson

  This month’s selection, MEXIZONA, is set in the midst of the current Arizona-Mexico border crisis. Larson has given us a modern-day Romeo and Juliet love story. Our young lovers are from different sides of the border, literally. Unfortunately, prejudice and politics are against them from all fronts. Their forbidden romance leads to betrayal, revenge and murder.   Click here for the full book review.   Happy Reading. --mcf