Ladislara
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Tag: Isabel Allende
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Latin America Challenge Update
Pivoting to read all countries of South America and sharing some books suggestions
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#WomenInTranslation Month – August 2025
Celebrating powerful stories by women from around the world, one translated page at a time
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Weekly Opening Lines – Jan 25th
From Daughter of the Fortune, by Isabel Allende: “Everyone is born with some special talent, and Eliza Sommers…”
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Read More Latin Authors in 2025
A new literary challenge to help you conquer your Read the World lists
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Books on My Winter 2024-2025 To-Read List (TTT)
The titles I plan to burry myself into to escape the cold
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Weekly Opening Lines – Oct 26th
From Island Beneath the Sea, by Isabel Allende: “In my forty years I, Zarité Sedella, have had better luck than other slaves…”
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How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time – with charts (TTT)
A data analysis about my literary tastes
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6 Degrees of Separation – From Ireland to Canada
Linking books from Ireland to Australia to Serbia to Chile to China to Canada and back to Ireland
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Books from September (Stacking the Shelves)
Some books that found their way to my bookcase in September
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