MARTA’S RECOMMENDATIONS:
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If you are reading these lines, you have been
struck by the title of my book.
Would you like to
tell someone? Would you be able to tell it to yourself? And most importantly:
would you like to keep the smile that has remained on your face for a long
time? Well this is your novel.
We could tell you
more or less funny what the thing is about, so that you could get an idea: if
the protagonist, Sara, is very nice, that if she has a very interesting work
(it is a plumber, to which you never heard it ?), that if he is a bit obsessive
and allergic to shocks ... Of course, life gets complicated and he finds that
his flat becomes a kind of cabin for the Marx brothers when in the same week
they get to live with her her depressed father, her rebellious sister and her eccentric
fiancé and, above all, the boyfriend she has not seen for a long time ... But
we better not tell you about it because you will like to read it. The only
thing that you need to know is that, from the title, we guarantee you a few
hours of discarding fun as you have not enjoyed for a long time.
Opinion:
It is not a recent
reading, but, it has been one of the few books with which I have laughed, and I
have enjoyed each paragraph, as well as doing it with the film. It's a funny
story, full of setbacks and also love. The style of Laura Norton is refreshing,
fun and unique, along with her other novel "Gente que viene y bah"
both I liked a lot. Recent has released the second part of "No culpes al
karma de lo que te pasa por gilipollas" and as soon as I finish reading it
I will bring you the review, to see if I like it as much as the first part.
SARAH’S RECOMMENDATIONS:
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Clara Zetkin, an organizer of the First International Women’s Day,
presented this Report and Resolution on fascism at the June 1923 enlarged
plenum of the Communist International’s executive committee. At a time when
fascism was a new and little-understood phenomenon, Zetkin’s work proposed a
sweeping plan for the unity of all victims of capitalism in an ideological and
political campaign against the fascist danger.
Opinion:
I have always
wanted to read some writings of Clara because I think it is very important to
hear the voices of the women inside some political movements that, as it always
happens, they have been silenced by history. This book is made up of two essays
of Clara, ‘How to struggle against fascism’ and ‘Resolution on fascism’ along
with a great introduction and two appendixes by Mike Taber and John Riddell. In
the first essay, Clara shows her great knowledge of this movement and explains
its origin, evolution and characteristics. The rise and fall of Mussolini, she
‘foretold’ the fascist movement in Germany (she died in 1933 so she couldn’t
know what happened in Spain). Her analysis of fascism, its causes and reasons
(demotivated and alienated proletarians) are masterful. In her second essay,
she gives a few guidelines about how to fight fascism in a ‘pacifist’ way (not
sure if that it’s possible). Besides achieving a place among the people more
influential in the communist movement, Clara also achieved a place among the
most important women inside the women’s emancipation movement. Thanks to her,
every 8th March is held the International Women’s Day.
ROCÍO’S RECOMMENDATIONS:
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The unifying premise
for this short story collection is the Tuesday Club: six people who meet
socially one evening at Jane Marple's home and then decide to meet regularly
each Tuesday night to solve a mystery which a group member must relate.
Unsolved mysteries...
Opinion:
It is an easy book to read because it is composed of thirteen short
stories. In them, the members of this club (Miss Marple, her nephew, an
artist called, a man of the world, a cleric and a lawyer) in turns, tell a
mystery that the police have not been able to resolve and then, they try to
give an answer. In this book, the character of Miss Marple is definitely
established and her gifts to analyze human behavior, especially in relation to
crimes, are appreciated.
