I think I am going to go with Nos Llamaron Enmigo - even though it was not originally in Spanish. It’s a graphic novel which should make it interesting and something I had been wanting to read in English. It is the lowest rated difficulty of all of the books the group has read so far - so a good test for me.
There is an interesting glitch in the system - when I try to search for books, without warning, it flips me back to Japanese. Not always - but enough to confuse me.
That’s an interesting list. Did any spark your interest? I noticed that in the top ten, 3 are a trilogy by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (whose book Marina I bought today!) and one is a trilogy by another author I wasn’t familiar with.
I did not get a chance to look at much in detail yet. We are about to move my son back to college and things are getting a little busy. I will though - and try to make a couple of recommendations. I just need to look at the format for a nomination.
I have some books to nominate - do I just add them to this list? I will try to nominate at least one of the 4 I have found. Headed out of town for a little while, and will put the remaining ones up when I can but I don’t think I can do it before the poll opens this weekend.
**Genre**: provide genre if it's clearly stated (mystery/horror/sf/etc), otherwise "general fiction" is fine, or leave blank
**Length**: number of pages, and number of volumes if applicable
**Is there an ebook available?**: yes or no (buying options are visible on the Natively book page)
**Is there an audiobook available?**: yes or no
**Variety of Spanish**: Is it Castillan Spanish? Latin American Spanish? When in doubt, look at where the author was born.
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[details="Summary - English"]
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[details="Content warnings if known"]
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**Why are you nominating this book:** This section is optional, but it's nice to know why someone else is interested in reading a book, and might sway others to vote for it!```
I wouldn’t have any objections to you nominating something in a shorter way if you don’t have time before the weekend. Can always flesh it out later on. The Natively link itself potentially provides a lot of info - plot summary/estimated level/reviews etc.
Book:La casa en Mango Street Sandra Cisneros (Natively rating 31) Genre: young adult fiction Length: 152 Is there an ebook available?: yes Is there an audiobook available?: yes Variety of Spanish: Latin American Spanish
Summary - Spanish
TBD
Summary - English
TBD
Content warnings if known
Have not read this book - so I am not sure
Why are you nominating this book: Although originally written in English, and now translated into Spanish, this is a story of the life of a young Latina growing up in Chicago - a place very close to my heart. I have always wanted to read it. I think the length would make it very doable for the book club.
Just to mention, there is a Catalan version of this book with a very similar cover to one of the Spanish editions called “La Casa De Mango Street” - be careful if purchasing that you get the right version!
Looks like we need a tie breaker - I personally would be happy to do Esperanza Renace. It’s rated easier and looks like a good level to break in my novel reading, but also fine if everyone would prefer La Casa en Mango Street. I know it is possible more people will vote.
It mostly works here because there’s not a limited number of votes in the original poll; if I really wanted to limit everyone to a certain number of votes I’d probably think about redoing the original one.
I’ll put up a quick tie-breaker poll! We’ve got five voters looks like based in the original “want to read a book in September” poll, so no chance of another tie.
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