THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

La Latina Book Club se a comprometido a presentar una reseña de libro en Español todos los Viernes.   Hoy nos alegra que podemos regalar tres copias de nuestro libro a tres "fans" de La Diva de la Banda, Jenni Rivera.   //   The Latina Book Club   is committed to doing a Spanish-language book review every Friday.   And this week, we are happy to give away three copies of our book to three fans of Jenni Rivera. NOTA:   El concurso solo esta abierto a fans en los Estados Unidos. Buena Suerte.   // NOTE:   Contest only open to fans living in the continental U.S.   Good luck.  Triumph Books JENNI RIVERA: LA DIVA DE LA BANDA por Michael Puente (Triumph Books) RESEŇA:   Jenni Rivera era una cantante y actriz con mas de 15 millones discos en total y millones de fans al rededor del mundo.   Cuando Jenni murio de un accidente de avión el 9 de diciembre de 2012, el mundo perdió a una artista cuyos talentos fueron más ...

    This year, the International Latino Book Awards were presented during the American Librarians Association Conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, June 29.   (Viva Las Libraries!)  The list of winners contains some of my favorite authors and some new ones I look forward to reading.  I especially look forward to reading the two winning books by Shanaya Fastje and Alina Gonzalez, both 14-years-old with a lot of confidence and charm. Below are some of the winners: Best Young Adult Fiction Book – English Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, Meg Medina; Candlewick Press; Cuba Best Young Adult Fiction Book – Spanish or Bilingual La Guarida de las Lechuzas, Antonio Ramos Revillas; Ediciones El Naranjo; México Most Inspirational Young Adult Book Salvation, Anne Osterlund; Penguin Group; USA Best Book Written by a Youth Bully in the Mirror, Shanaya Fastje; Changing Lives Press; USA Best Poetry Book Written by a Youth ...

“My life has been very crazy and difficult… Difficult but happy.” – Jenni Riverdale Avenue Books released February 26, 2013 Like many people, I too discovered Jenni Rivera too late. It wasn’t until her plane crashed that I first heard of "La Diva de la Banda". Another Latina Super Star who’s life had been cut short.  Comparisons to Selena cannot be helped – both Mexican American, both Super Stars, both pioneers in music, both lost too soon. However, Jenni was older and more ...scandalous. WE LOVE JENNI is an unauthorized biography of the late star by New York Times' bestselling author Marc Shapiro and Charlie Vasquez.  Shapiro is known for his bestselling biographies of J.K. Rowling and Justin Bieber.  Vasquez is a well-known journalist. The authors relied heavily on third-party accounts about Jenni, specifically quotes from Elijah Wald, who knew her personally and who wrote the tell-all book of narcocorrida, the new genre of music about "drugs, guns ...