Three months into 2025 and I’ve certainly failed miserably on writing book reviews for the books that I’ve finished reading. So it had to take a special book to break this terrible habit, and that book is El jinete de luz: Clavijo, la batalla prohibida de la reconquista (“The Rider of the Light: Clavijo, The […]
Keeping things simple, and in no particular order. The following are my 2025 New Year’s Resolutions: Loose the weight I gained in 2024. Write reviews for all books that I finish reading. Wake up at 5:30 am every day. Become a Kubestronaut. Sell off or give away things that I do not use or need. […]
Venganza de sangre (Vengeance of blood). This historical fiction novel takes place during the late 13 century going into the early 14th century. This was the time where the Mediterranean was being fought between the Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of France, as well as the different Italian city states. I was already familiar […]
El Reino del Norte: UNA INTRIGA DE AMBICIÓN, AMOR Y MUERTE EN LA ASTURIAS DEL SIGLO IX (The Northern Kingdom: An Intrigue of Ambition, Love and Death in 9TH Century Asturias) is the sequel to what is one of my favorite books of all time (easily the best read I had in 2023), El caballero […]
Unlike my previous New Year’s Resolutions posts, which have been more of a mere mockery of the entire concept. I must say, this time around is much more serious. Given that 2023 was such a transcendental year to me, I’m taking 2024 as the follow up to leap ahead and continue what was such a […]
It’s fascinating that on the last book I read La Reconquista contada para escépticos (The Reconquest told for skeptics), I mentioned authors like Juan Eslava Galán that quite possible might not resinate with me. Well, I know for certain that José Javier Esparza is not one of them. I’ve read his fantastic trilogy of La […]
Ever since a few months ago when I became an unexpected morning person. I finally decided to set a goal of having a productive everyday morning routine for all days of the week. Previously, my mornings were terrible. Since I work remotely, I used to literally wake up minutes before having to jump on a […]
I watch a lot of BookTube (I’m not cool enough for BookTok), and every so often I get to see the the complain of readers about author’s writing style that doesn’t quite well resonate with them. While, I’ve read plenty of terrible books in my life, not until now have I encountered this specific situation. […]
El Cantar del mío Cid by Ana María Moix is the adaptation of the epic medieval Castilian Spanish poem of such name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantar_de_mio_Cid. I haven’t read the original poem, and quite frankly, I think I would have a hard time fully understanding it, given of it’s archaic speech. However an interesting thing, is that I […]
365 Inspirational Quotes: A Year of Daily Wisdom from Great Thinkers, Books, Humorists, and More is a first for me. The first of these type of quotes inspirational books that I’ve read. The quotes themselves are marked individually for each calendar day of the year. These inspirational quotes were uniquely chosen and placed for each […]