Categoría: Books recommended by Masticadores
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Review: King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard by Robbie Cheadle
Background In 2020 I read King Solomon’s Mines as it is set in South Africa in the late 19th century. I was finalizing my first adult novel, A Ghost and His Gold, which is set during the Second Anglo Boer War. I hoped that King Solomon’s Mines would give me insight into…
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Featuring Gary Gautier (editor Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
Two Dreams Without training, without motive, and without divine inspiration, I stumbled in dream upon an undiscovered branch of mathematics. It’s embedded in simple operations like (2 x 4 x 6). Beneath each of the simplest steps in this operation, a dynamic process spins away into unfathomable depths, enabling the…
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Nobody Will Miss Them (The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 9) by Brian O’Hare / By Olga Nuñez Miret
Hi, all: I bring you book 9 in one of my favourite police procedural series. I am sure you’ll remember this one. Nobody Will Miss Them (The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 9) by Brian O’Hare When Inspector Sheehan’s Serious Crimes team is investigating the murder of a teenage girl, medics…
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Review: Serenity Falls by C. J. Tudor by Olga Nuñez
Hi, all: I’m sharing the latest novel by an author I came across a few years ago and whose books I try not to miss. Serenity Falls by C. J. Tudor Welcome to Serenity Falls – the most idyllic town in the US and the safest place for families to…
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Author Interviews – Story Chat Digest Creator, poet and author, Marsha Ingrao, and a review
Meet Marsha Ingrao Marsha Ingrao is the creator of Story Chat Digest, an annual anthology derived from a series of stories and poems run on her blog, AlwaysWrite. Story Chat Digest is run as a friendly space for authors and poets to meeti and chat about the various contributions and…
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Book review: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie by Robbie Cheadle
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a semi-autobiographical novella written by Dai Sijie, a Chinese French author and film maker. The book was published in 2000 in French and in English in 2001. The book is set during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that occurred in the People’s Republic…
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Simple Pleasures: Reading and Eating – Hopes, Fears, and Reality by Alex Craigie and a healthy muffin recipe
Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle with you today and I’m sharing my review of Alex Craigie’s new short story and poetry collect, Hopes, Fears, and Reality: Stories, Poems and Personal Tales. I’m also sharing a healthy strawberry muffin recipe. Michael is trying to lose so weight and I made these…
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Books by Edward Ortiz
The topic of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be at the center of seemingly every conversation and news story. I, for one, read or listen to something about AI on a daily basis. From trying to find consciousness inside AI, to books being rejected because of undisclosed AI content, to…
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Review: Jackson, Chyrel L. and Lyris D. Wallace, Different Sides of the Same Coin: Black Expression Volumes I & II. B.A.I.F. By Tina Hudak
Published in 2019, this poetry resonates profoundly today. Sister poets, Black women born in the Deep South and carrying generations of their histories in their bones, present perspectives that are universal whether one’s skin is cocoa or olive, as in «Bright Yellow Banana Peels» (Felicia’s Poem I), Sisters are people…
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«The Drifter The Prodigal The Last Son» A Book Review By Selma Martin
«The Drifter The Prodigal The Last Son» A Book Review By Selma Martin Trini Heritage Meets Classical Brilliance This author’s first poetry collection is absolutely debutiful! I’ve read Author Nigel Byng’s words on WordPress for a couple of years now. I am always awed at how he masterfully whips out…
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Havana Breathes, Swears, and Cries: Book Review of Dariel Suárez’s The Playwright’s House
by Teresa Dovalpage By Latinostories.com Havana breathes, swears and cries in Dariel Suárez’s first novel, The Playwright’s House (Red Hen Press, 2021). With a plot that blends family stories and national history, this is a beautifully layered book that shows Cuba through the eyes of a native. Serguey is a…
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Book Review by Gary Gautier (editor Francisco Bravo Cabrera)
Mendoza’s Mythic Vision (625 words) Paxtle. A river in central Mexico. An ecosystem. Or in Paulina Mendoza’s small book of that title, an extended, semi-narrative prose poem with a sonnet-sized paragraph per page for effortless flow. Or better yet, a non-linear mythological vision. Habitar y caudal (inhabit and flow). The form alone…
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Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig by Robbie Cheadle
What Amazon says THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENONREADERS’ MOST LOVED BOOK OF 2021WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION ‘BEAUTIFUL’ Jodi Picoult, ‘UPLIFTING’ i, ‘BRILLIANT’ Daily Mail, ‘AMAZING’ Joanna Cannon, ‘ABSORBING’ New York Times, ‘THOUGHT-PROVOKING’ Independent Nora’s life has been going from bad to worse. Then…
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Author Interviews – Poet and writer, Michelle Ayon Navajas, and a review
Today, I am delighted to welcome best selling poet and writer, Michelle Ayon Navajas, as my August author guest on LatinosUSA. Michelle Ayon Navajas, is the editor of Hotel by Masticadores and is also one of the editors of LatinosUSA. Michelle has established her own publishing house which you can…
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Review: The Firehand File by Bob Van Laerhoven by Olga Nuñez
Hi, all: I bring you the latest English translation of a book by an author I’ve been following for a while. This is a novel set in a fascinating historical period and is a must-read, but it is dark, and the topics it touches can be very upsetting, so caution…
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Namwaran and the Golden Tara by Darwin De Jesus Mariano, A Book Review by Michelle Ayon Navajas
«One thing I usually struggle with when reading novels is when there are loose ends; questions that are left hanging, scenes that feel rushed, or parts that make you wonder,“Wait, ano daw?” Thankfully, this book didn’t give me that feeling. Everything felt connected and well thought out. I really commend…
