THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

   My visit to Puerto Rico had also shown me I wasn’t just a detective,  or just  a girl from the Northeast, or even Puerto Rican. I was all those things . . . —Detective Flaca Piňata Books  The Latina Book Club wishes everyone a Happy Three Kings’ Day.  We too remember our holidays in Puerto Rico, putting grass out for the camels, and awakening to boxes of little gifts. We also remember the mosquito bites, the sun burn and the tongue twisters when speaking Spanish to our cousins.  But all that is part of our traditions and about family. The Latina Book Club is happy to have found a great book that showcases the best of the holidays and of family in THE CASE OF THE THREE KINGS: THE FLACA FILES by Alidis Vicente.  This is book two in the Detective Flaca series but it stands alone.  We know our readers will fall in love with Flaca and look forward to reading more of her adventures, and her books are bilingual so yo...

   The Latina Book Club's mission is to promote Latina / Latino authors, which we do through book reviews, author interviews, publicity announcements, book of the month selections, etc. A new feature we have added to our site is that of "Writers Wednesdays." The first Wednesday of each month we feature a writer talking about .....writing.  Happy Reading!      I NEVER FORGET THE SOFRITO by Alidis Vicente Two years ago my son’s nursery school teacher asked to speak to me about something he said in school. Like any mother, I prepared for the worst. Then she asked me to translate what my son meant when he said, “I had pansito for breakfast, but it was too hot for my lengua”. That moment provided the affirmation needed for my writing endeavors. Shortly after my son was born, I decided to take my love of writing more seriously. I remember going to a major bookstore in search of reading material he could culturally relate to. A store employee ref...