Hi! Two days left to end this month and we are here to recommend the books that we have read this month and we liked it the most! Besides, it is
FEMMUARY so more than half of this books are written or are about strong women.
MARTA'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Abstract:
If you are reading this, you are probably one or a
flammable. The why, you will understand.
Now, watch it:
This is not a book, it's a grenade.
Let the explosions begin
Opinion:
It's a book that I think we should all read along with
"Love and disgust" your other book.
If you have to describe this book with three words I
would say: feminist, vindictive and realistic.
Abstract:
The party that starts the holidays seems taken from a
movie: a huge house and a bunch of guys drinking last summer before college.
It is not the environment of Lana, who would prefer to
be with her head stuck in her illustrations. But Ciro, the anonymous blogger of
the moment and her best friend, has dragged her there because she says that's
where the emotion is. And do not be mistaken: at that party, Lana meets a boy
with whom she feels unexpectedly comfortable; the hostess has a big anger of
jealousy with her boyfriend and Julia, the best friend of Lana, does not get to
meet them because on the way she meets a perfect stranger with whom she spends
the night.
The problem is that those three guys, the interesting
one, the infidel and the perfect stranger, are the same person: Jacobo
Casanova. And although Lana avoids it, her fate and that of Jac seem destined
to collide again and again in that meaningless game that some call love.
Opinion:
Before this book I had not read anything about Javier
Ruescas and sincerely I liked the book. It is a novel that presents the story
of the love of Lana and Jacobo, shows that not everything is as easy as you
think as well as being a very realistic story as typical of the "fairy
tales." Do you want an easy and entertaining reading? This is your book!
ROCIO'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Abstract:
Who were the suffragettes? where does radical feminism
come from? Why is Marxism and feminism spoken of as a bad marriage? Why
feminism has been vilified and ridiculed?
Why have feminists been treated as "tomboys," ugly or sexually
dissatisfied women? How and where does the term "gender violence"
arise? What is the relationship between feminism and traffic accidents? What is
masculinity?
From these questions, and many others, the author reviews three centuries of
making and undoing the world and illuminating fascinating leaders, and narrates
the adventure of a social upheaval that no other movement has managed to maintain
for so long.
Opinion:
A book that is easy to read, didactic and a source of inspiration and
empowerment. I liked it for many reasons but I highlight three: the historical
journey through the different waves of feminism (in general and in the case of Spain),
the clear and simple definition of essential concepts within the feminist
movement (feminism, androcentrism, patriarchy, machism, sexism and gender) and
the explanation of the relationship of feminism with power, economy,
globalization, violence and culture.
Abstract:
Albert Espinosa never wanted to write a book about surviving cancer, so
he didn't. He wrote a book instead about the “Yellow World”. What is the yellow
world? The yellow world is a world that's within everyone's reach, a world the colour
of the sun. It is the name of a way of living, of seeing life, of nourishing
yourself with the lessons that you learn from good moments as well as bad ones.
It is the world that makes you happy, the world you like living in. The yellow
world has no rules; it is made of discoveries.
In these 23 Discoveries Albert shows us how to connect daily reality
with our most distant dreams. He tells us that 'losses are positive', 'the word
"pain" doesn't exist', and 'what you hide the most reveals the most
about you'
Opinión:
This is a book to taste slowly. It is not a book to
read in an afternoon. It is a book to enjoy and to think. Experiences are
intermingled and accompanied by reflections and ideas about life, love, death
and friendship. It is not a book that can be explained with words but with
feelings. It is a book that must be read by all people now or in the future. In
it, the concept of the Yellow World is proposed, a world of color of the sun,
within reach of all. A way of living, of seeing life, of learning the lessons
of good and bad times. It is the world that makes you happy, the world in which
you like to live.
SARU'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Abstract:
Meet Siiri and Irma, best friends and the
queen bees of Sunset Grove, a retirement community for those still young at
heart. With a combined age of nearly 180, Siiri and Irma are still just as
inquisitive and witty as when they first met decades ago.
But when their comfortable world is
upturned by a suspicious death at Sunset Grove, Siiri and Irma are shocked into
doing something about it. Determined to find out exactly what happened and why,
they begin their own private investigations and form The Lavender Ladies
Detective Agency.
The trouble is, beneath Sunset Grove's
calm facade, there is more going on than meets the eye, and Siiri and Irma soon
discover far more than they bargained for . . .
Opinion:
I am talking about this book on the next
review (this Saturday), but I LOVE IT. It is a critic on how society treat
elderly people, although the publishers tried to sell them as a detective
story, in the line of the Scandinavian mysteries. In spite of the fact that the
book starts with a mystery to be solve, it focusses on the life of the grannies
resident in the nursing home. Even so, you end up loving the grannies, and
having so much fun with their adventures. Highly recommendable!
Abstract:
One of the most
powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of
Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the
Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and
fathered her two children, Jason abandons her for a more favorable match, never
suspecting the terrible revenge she will take.
Euripides'
masterly portrayal of the motives fiercely driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance
for her husband's insult and betrayal has held theater audiences spellbound for
more than twenty centuries. Rex Warner's authoritative translation brings this
great classic of world literature vividly to life.
Opinion:
Medea is a greek tragedy far
from what it is expected from Ancient Greece, a woman protagonist who fights
for her position in society, who never bows her head, who claims her rights as
woman. In a time that, as despicable it may look like to us now, a father can
kill their children with total impunity, but if you are a woman you deserve the
worst punishment. Medea is a woman who gave up everything for love -her family,
she even make their nieces to kill her brother...- to elope with her darling,
Jason. He ends up cheating her and he is about to marry the daughter of the
King Creon, abandoning her woman and children, who are send into exile by the
King. But Medea
is plotting a vengeance...
Abstract:
A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response.
Abstract: An enchanting story from Maggie Stiefvater featuring Opal, Ronan, and Adam from her bestselling Raven Cycle, taking place after the events of “The Raven King” (The Raven Cycle #4, that I will soon review).
