Book Review – Venganza de sangre

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 […]

Book Review – El Reino del Norte

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 […]

Book Review – El caballero del jabalí blanco

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 […]

Book Review – La Reconquista contada para escépticos

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. […]

Book Review – El Cantar del mío Cid

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 […]

Book Review – 365 Inspirational Quotes

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 […]

Book Review – Prince of Dogs

Prince of Dogs is the second book the the Crown of Stars series by Kate Elliot. I really enjoyed the first book King’s Dragons, so I had big expectations on this second book of seven book series. This book certainly did not disappoint. This book is really good! In this book I finally got to […]

Book Review – The 5 Love Languages for Men

The 5 Love Languages for Men: Tools for Making a Good Relationship Great is a variation of the book The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts. Unlike the previous variation of that book that I recently just read a few weeks ago The 5 Love Languages Singles Edition: The Secret That Will […]

Book Review – El Conquistador

El Conquistador (The Conqueror) is a novel based on James I of Aragon. James I of Aragon is undoubtedly one my favorite Hispanic Crusader Kings. Not only is he one of the most colorful Hispanic Kings in all history, but also a very important figure in the entire medieval world. His reign was the longest […]

Book Review – La Corona de Aragón

La Corona de Aragón: Manipulación, mito e historia (The Crown of Aragon: Manipulation, myth and history). I’ve read a few books from José Luis Corral and watched quite a few of his lectures on YouTube, and I can confidently say that he is arguably one of the best modern historians on The Crown of Aragon. […]