THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

  El Latino Book Club presenta por primera vez reseñas de libros en español por autores Hispanos y Españoles. Empezamos con uno de nuestros autores favoritos, Juan Gómez-Jurado, cual tiene un libro nuevo, EL PACIENTE, esta cargado de tensión y emociones. Esperamos anxiosamente su traduccion al Ingles.     //      The Latina Book Club presents for the first time reviews of books in Spanish by Latino and Spanish authors.   We begin with one of our favorite authors, Juan Gómez-Jurado, whose latest novel, THE PATIENT, is full of tension and swirling emotions.   We eagerly await the English translation.   EL PACIENTE por Juan Gómez-Jurado ( Editorial Planeta) RESEŇA:    El prestigioso neurocirujano David Evans se enfrenta a una terrible encrucijada: si su próximo paciente sale vivo de la mesa de operaciones, su pequeña hija Julia morirá a manos de un psicópata. Para el Dr. Evans se inicia una desesperada cuenta atrás cuand...

  The Latina Book Club welcomes author Alina Garcia-LaPuerta.   We had the pleasure of meeting Alina at the recent Latino Writers Conference in New York, where she spoke about her quest to learn all there was to know about Cuba's   Scheherazade and first international diva.   We guarantee you'll be just as captivated as we were with the author and her subject.  Leave a comment below and tweet our hashtag -- #amreadingwiththelatinabookclub -- to be entered to win an e-copy of LA BELLE CREOLE this week.  Good luck! --mcf       Q:   How did you decide to write an historical biography? What particularly drew you to your subject, Maria de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo? A:   I first became intrigued with references to a Cuban woman in 19 th century Paris. I immediately wondered how she came to be there. It seemed so unusual, and left me curious to know more.  Then the more I learned about her life, the more I ...

  Hispanic Heritage Month is in full swing and The Latina Book Club continues its celebration and promotion of Latino authors.   Below is an impressive list of children's books and young adult authors.   I didn't include the obvious choices -- Esmeralda Santiago (When I Was Puerto Rican), Julia Alvarez (Return to Sender) and Sandra Cisneros (The House on Mango Street) -- to give their spots to "newer" authors, a few of whom have won the prestigious Pura Belpre Award.   We also did not include these two new authors -- Cindy L. Rodriguez (When Reason Breaks) and Valerie Tejeda (Hollywood Witch Hunters) -- because their works will not be out until 2015, but keep them in mind for the new year.   The Latina Book Club welcomes your additions to our list.   --mcf 1.     *Yuyi Morales, Niño Wrestles the World, www.yuyimorales.com   2.     Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor, Martina Finds a Shiny Coin, www.ygtbooks.com ...

  We continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month .   This week we are giving away an ebook copy of THE CITY OF PALACES by Michael Nava.   Enter to win by leaving a comment below and/ or by posting our hashtag on Twitter, #amreadingwiththelatinabookclub .  Winner will be announced next Monday.  And, look for more prizes every week during this special month. A man must live his life in service of something. Without a cause, existence is pointless.   Whatever the stupid Christians may believe, the real hell is a life without purpose or meaning. -- Rodrigo Sarmiento THE CITY OF PALACES is the first book in a new series by this gifted writer.   It's beautiful written, with strong engaging characters, rich narrative and astounding imagery.   Michael Nava has written a majestic, sweeping saga of a family, of a country.   Readers will be intrigued and captivated by the many contrasts within -- beauty and scars, grandeur and squalor, c...

  We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with fun "Top 14" Lists.   Here is a list of New York's Leading Latino Authors.   How many do you know?   Feel free to add to our list by leaving a comment.   And, follow us on Twitter.   Our hashtag is #amreadingwiththelatinabookclub.   Matt de la Pe ñ a 1.        Esmeralda Santiago, www.esmeraldasantiago.com   2.        Theresa Valera,   http://theresavarela.com/   3.        Chris Campanioni, http://chriscampanioni.com/   4.        Manuel A. Melendez, http://www.manuel-melendez.com/   5.        Torrey Maldonado, http://www.torreymaldonado.com/ Theresa Varela   6.        Matt de la Pe ñ a, http://mattdelapena.com/   7.      ...

T oday is the start of Hispanic Heritage Month.   In celebration, The Latina Book Club will give one lucky reader a free e-book copy of THE AMADO WOMEN, our Book of the Week.   Enter to win by leaving a comment below or by posting this hashtag on Twitter, #amreadingwithTheLatinaBookClub.   It's a mouthful; we know.   Winner will be announced next Monday.   And, look for more prizes every week during this special month. Cinco Puntos Press   Happiness is a decision.   You simply cast aside that which you are tired of looking at, weary of battling, unable to accept and focus on that which remains.   --Mercy Amado, matriarch Stunning, original, beautiful, mesmerizing. I love that this novel is about gutsy Latina women, and better yet, gutsy Latina sisters.    They fight and argue like sisters will do, but pick on one and you are facing all three!   And that fire, that passion is what makes Zamorano's debut novel s...

     There are so many good, memorable, inspiring memoirs that it was difficult to choose only 14.   Please feel free to add your favorites to this list.---mcf 1)       RITA MORENO: A MEMOIR by Rita Moreno 2)       HANDBOOK FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE LIFE by Rosie Perez 3)       TAKE THIS MAN: A MEMOIR  by Brando Skyhorse 4)       A CUP OF WATER UNDER MY BED by Daisy Hernandez 5)       CONFESSIONS OF A BOOK BURNER by Lucha Corpi 6)       THE CLOSER by Mariano Rivera 7)       SHATTERED PARADISE:   MEMOIRS OF A NICARAGUAN WAR CHILD by Ileana Araguti 8)       WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN by Esmeralda Santiago 9)       DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS by Piri Thomas 10)    ALMOST WHITE: F...