THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

   The Latina Book Club is Celebrating Cuba this week. Check out these books from Cuban American writers and / or with Cuban American protagonists.  There is a book for everyone from fiction to biographies to children’s books to romance to young adult. Note this list is by no means complete, but it will get you started.  Happy Reading! BOOKS BY CUBAN AMERICAN WRITERS 1.     A CUP OF WATER UNDER MY BED by Daisy Hernández (Beacon Press) 2.      BURN BABY BURN by Meg Medina (Candlewick) 3.     CUBA IN SPLINTERS: 11 STORIES FROM A NEW CUBA edited by Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo (OR Books) 4.     CUBAN-AMERICAN, DANCING ON THE HYPHEN by Amarilys Gacio Rassler (SPS Publications) 5.     DALIA’S WONDROUS HAIR by Laura Lacámara (Piňata Books/ Arte Publico Press) 6.     EVERYONE LEAVES by Wendy Guerra (Amazon Crossing) 7.     HOW TO LEAV...

    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...