Long time no update…
I kept up with Mentirosa, but that’s about all the studying I got done. Here are my thoughts on the readings for weeks 9-10, weeks 11-12, and then weeks 13-16 (the last of which technically hasn’t even started yet).
I finished the book! Right before the end of the year. I think there was about 30 minutes left of 2024 when I reached the last page…
I wanted to finish at least one book in Spanish in 2024, since my reading habit sort of fell off hard when I got super depressed midway through the year.
And so, with that, here is my lotería tabla again, updated for the first time since January:
Really, there was only one card I could use to represent Mentirosa, hahaha. There were many botellas in this story, and it was the cause of both the initial inciting incident as well as a notable scene near the end…
I like the meaning that this website gives for the card. It’s very fitting for this book:
El significado de la botella se relaciona con tomar decisiones, nos recuerda que las personas tenemos el derecho a equivocarnos, pero también tenemos la obligación de recapacitar y componer el rumbo.
Se suele cantar como: “Como micrófono para borracho y como remedio para el enfermo".
La herramienta del borracho.
The tool of the drunk.