Task #7: An #ownvoices book set in Mexico or Central America

[Carolina]

I’m thinking of this book that just came out Gods of Jade and Shadow bySilvia Moreno-Garcia

[Deb]

Carolina wrote: "I’m thinking of this book that just came out Gods of Jade and Shadow bySilvia Moreno-Garcia" I just finished that, and really enjoyed it! A fun book that covered several parts of Mexico and is based on Mayan mythology.

[Carolina]

Deb wrote: I just finished that, and really enjoyed it! A fun book that covered several parts of Mexico and is based on Mayan mythology. "
Brilliant! I definitely will read it now! Thanks

[Kate]

Megan wrote: "I read The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia (translated by Simon Bruni) for this one."

Reading this right now and loving it! Definitely has a Márquez feel to it with the deliciously strange magical realism of it, but I like it better because I can follow the story more easily.

[Kimberley]

I just finished Umami by Laia Jufresa for this task.
The author is from Mexico City and the book is set in Mexico City. It’s also a beautiful book and I thoroughly recommend it!

[Jamie]

I have this book out from the library. It is set in the Dominican Republic. Does that count as Central America?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Whitney]

Jamie wrote: "I have this book out from the library. It is set in the Dominican Republic. Does that count as Central America?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..."

Dominica is in the Caribbean. Central America is Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

[Leslie]

Jamie wrote: "I have this book out from the library. It is set in the Dominican Republic. Does that count as Central America?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..."

No, it wouldn't count. Vargas Llosa is from Peru, and the Dominican Republic is in the Caribbean. (As is Dominica, which is a separate island and not the subject of The Feast of the Goat.)

[Leslie (updates on SG)]

I just finished this crazy book set in El Salvador: Dance with Snakes by Horacio Castellanos Moya. His She-Devil in the Mirror would also work for this prompt.

[Jamie]

How about this?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

[Jamie]

Never mind that last one. How about this one, since it is set in Mexico?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

I think I want to read that one.

[Teresa]

I read Gods of Jade and Shadow. It's based on Mayan mythology and set in 1920's Mexico. I had to skip through the first part because I couldn't handle all the domestic violence the main character experiences from the family members she lives with.

[Leslie]

Jamie wrote: "How about this?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1..."
This looks like a great fit! I added it to my TBR pile...