Here is my own Monday book tag for my top three favorite reads for Hispanic Heritage Month that have added a little bit of magica in my own life!
1) Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
I picked up this book in high school and let me just say this was one of the first books that made me fall completely in love with the magical realism genre! This book is a magical Mexican fairy tale mostly told through Mexican recipes. This book is exceptionally written and it combines the classic dreamy and flowy fashion of a fairy tale while making you incredibly hungry. Bring your appetite and make the Christmas Rolls recipe featured in the book here.
2) Woman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer by Judith Ortiz Cofer
This book is a collection of essays, poems, and folklore told by Puerto Rican born Judith Ortiz Cofer about the process of becoming a writer. Her essays were very inspirational and have definitely been my go to when the writing process has been difficult for me. One of the most important lessons that I have learned from Judith Ortiz Cofer was that everyone could find time to write even in the most inopportune moments.
3) The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
I met Elizabeth Acevedo by chance. I had no idea who she was at the time. I was there to meet Children of Blood and Bone author Tomi Adeyemi and Elizabeth Acevedo completely BLEW ME AWAY! Listening to Elizabeth Acevedo speak was absolutely riveting and I told myself that I wasn’t going to buy another book that day but this little book nerd couldn’t help herself! I did a combination of reading and listening to The Poet X. Acevedo narrates her own book and needless to say the experience was absolutely magical! The story is written through slam poetry and I highly recommend that you listen to the audio version of The Poet X. Listening to Elizabeth Acevedo narrate her own book brings such a personal, powerful, and intimate feel. Read my review about it here.
I will tag…
Anyone is more than welcome to participate in this tag!
Thanx for the info – I haven’t read any of these
They are definitely worth a try!
Great post! I haven’t heard of any of these.
They are so worth a try!
I haven’t read any of these, but I REALLY want to read The Poet X. I’m glad you loved it.
-Lauren
It’s so amazing! I recommend you listen to it! It’s such a powerful book!
Like Water for Chocolate! Siiiiiigh. I love that book and agree it was one of my earliest exposures to magical realism. I will check out these other books. Thanks!
Isn’t Like Water for Chocolate amazing?! I could read it a billion times and never get tired of it!
I like this post
Thank you!
I love the covers on all of these! I think I might pick up the first one. It sounds really interesting and I’ve always liked fairy tales 🙂
Yes that’s my fav one! I am serious when I say that it makes you hungry. The writing is so exceptional and magical all at once.
Great tag. I enjoyed finding out about the books.
Thanks they are worth a read!
Great tag! I haven’t heard of these before so thank you for putting on my radar!
I highly recommend Poet X! It’s actually really exceptional through audio bookz
Thanks for the tag Cat, it’s really cool! 🙂 I’d love to read The Poet X one day, sounds awesome! 🙂
It’s such an amazing read! So well written and yet so easy to get through. I highly suggest that you listen to it!
Miss you by the way definitely need to do another buddy read again!
Hey thanks for the wonderful recommendations
Your welcome!