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Happy Sunday everyone! I’m kind of sad that the weekend is over but I am so glad I got a chance to enjoy a mini vacation with my family and that the weather was absolutely gorgeous! ☀️ • We went to the beach, stumbled upon a library book sale and ate all the things🙌🏽 what a great way to kick off the summer! Can’t wait to go back to this wonderful reading spot🏖 what are your summer reading plans? . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookworm #summerreading #booklover #vscobooks #booksonthebeach #bookish #booklove #instabooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #bookaddict #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
Happy Saturday everyone! I hope you’re having a great weekend! I am finally awake, fully caffeinated and ready to read🙌🏽 • And now because of my inability to leave @strandbookstore empty handed I have plenty more to read! Check out my IG stories to see exactly what books I ended up with. • Oh boy, I really need to go on a book buying ban. Ok I am going to another event/bookstore tonight but after that I really should go on a book buying ban 😅 • Have you ever gone on a book buying ban? Give me all your tips! 🙏🏽 . . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #nyc #bookhaul #booklover #vscobooks #booknerd #indiebookstore #booklove #instabooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #coffee #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
I hope everyone is doing well in this gorgeous Tuesday!☀️ • So Memorial Day weekend kinda snuck up on me, I completely forgot about the three day weekend! 😱 I am so excited and hope to get a lot of reading done. In the mean time I can day dream about the lazy Saturday morning I plan on spending like this. • Do you have any reading plans for Memorial Day weekend? . . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookworm #bookporn #booklover #vscobooks #booknerd #bookish #booklove #instabooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #coffee #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #booksandcoffee #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
Happy Monday 😴☕️ everyone! Summer has finally arrived in NYC and I am sooo excited for this iced coffee weather!🙌🏽 • Did you know that May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month? What better way to celebrate than by reading Asian American and Pacific Islander authors? 📚There are plenty of incredible Asian and Pacific Islander authors who write fiction that I absolutely love but for some reason, this year I've been drawn to non-fiction and when I saw the synopsis for this book I knew I had to request it from the library, and my hold finally came in! • Synopsis: Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad by Gordon H. Chang. In this groundbreaking account, award-winning scholar Gordon H. Chang draws on unprecedented research to recover the Chinese railroad workers’ stories and celebrate their role in remaking America. An invaluable correction of a great historical injustice, The Ghosts of Gold Mountain returns these “silent spikes” to their rightful place in our national saga. • I remember learning about Chinese laborers working on the Transcontinental Railroad in High School 🚂It was a footnote on a paragraph and that was it. I felt baffled since it was clearly an incredible story especially given hostile context of the later Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and wanted to know more. I am so happy that on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, Chang's book is giving voice to these workers who quite literally built the future of American with their hands. • If you want to learn more, Buzzfeed news also has an excellent article on how the stories of these workers and their descendants are finally being centered. . . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookworm #nonfiction #booklover #vscobooks #booknerd #asianamericanandpacificislanderheritagemonth #booksandcoffee #instabooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #bookaddict #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
Happy Sunday everyone! Summer is apparently here in NYC! ☀️It's a perfect day to browse the Strands outdoor carts. You never know what hidden gems you might find! . . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #thestrand #bookporn #booklover #vscobooks #booknerd #nyc #nycbookstore #instabooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #indiebookstore #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
I hope everyone is having a good Monday! ✨Also Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating Ramadan! • I have today off so I am planning on catching up with what feels like my ever growing TBR. It doesn't help that I recently bought more books😅. This is my last haul from BookBook, which is sadly closing down it's physical location in the West Village. I talked a little more about this in an earlier post but I though I would show you want I acquired. • The bookstore employee has some raised eyebrows for me when I was checking out and told me that "these books paint an interesting picture of you" which I will take as a compliment💁🏻‍♀️What can I say? I love reading all sorts of books. I know some readers that are very genre specific and will stick to one genre or not read fiction or only read fiction which I think is totally ok but I think I'm too restless to just read one genre only although I certainly have my "comfort read genres" • What about you? Do you tend to stick to one genre or do you like to explore? . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookworm #booksandcoffee #bookhaul #vscobooks #booknerd #bookish #booklove #instabooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #indiebookstore #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #plants #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
Hi everyone! I hope you're doing well on this cold and rainy weekend🌧 (hey at least it's perfect reading weather) • Book Blogger Headscarves and Hardbacks runs an annual #RamadanReadathon to support Muslim authors each year during Ramandan. If you are interested in finding out more, go check out @muslimreadathon. • I am absolutely atrocious at following through on readathons as anyone who has seen me try the Dewey's 24 Hour readathon only to fall asleep by midnight because I am a grandma at heart knows 😅BUT I am going to make it a priority to read books by Muslim authors this Ramadan. Starting with... • Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age Story by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh. This is is a memoir by the founder of MuslimGirl.com @muslimgirl. Amani was 9 years old and living in New Jersey when the 9/11 attack happened. In this memoir, Amani reflects on how she and her family (who immigrated from Jordan 🇯🇴) experienced navigating their identity and religion in the face of increased xenophobia and Islamophobia in the US. Amani is a great writer, her prose is blunt, brilliant, and full of heart. She brings her story to life and shares how she turned resilience into strength and how she decided to take back control of the narrative being told in the media about Muslim women by launching an incredibly successful online media platform for and by Muslim women. 💪🏽Her story is definitely one that will be inspiring and reaffirming for many readers🙌🏽 . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookworm #bookporn #booklover #vscobooks #booknerd #bookish #booklove #weneeddiversebooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #bookaddict #bookblogger #ownvoices #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #muslimgirlarmy #igreads #igbooks #bookstagramer
Happy hump day everyone! I hope your coffee is strong and your book excellent ✨Today I want to give a shout out and farewell to one of my favorite NYC bookstores. Here in NYC we're very spoiled when it comes to having an embarrassment of riches when it comes to bookish events, a great library system, and of course my personal favorite, plenty of indie bookstores to choose from 📚Even so, the book retail space in the city faces many obstacles that make it difficult to stay afloat and operating, including increased rent prices. This year, several bookstore like McNally Jackson's and the Strand faced uncertainty in their future amid rent hikes and city landmark designation negotiations. One of the city's smaller but one of my personal favorites, BookBook is sadly closing its doors this year. • BookBook was a cozy, excellently curated, friendly neighborhood hangout that I loved to go wander around in during my lunch break. The staff was always kind and knowledgeable. Their selection of on sale books was one of the best I've encountered (I found it hard to walk out empty handed when the books were great and the prices so reasonable!) and I would often see people with pets or children enjoying the outdoor display or the children's section. When I heard that they were closing, I felt sad that Bleeker street was loosing a store that was so important to me and I'm sure to many other local bookworms. We'll miss you BookBook! . . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #indiebookstore #bookshop #booklover #vscobooks #bookstore #bookish #booklove #instabooks #booknerdigans #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #nyc #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
Happy Friday everyone! We made it through the week! 🙌🏽I am soo sleepy all I want to do I stay in bed and read 🤓Is this what adulting does to you? The good news it that my weekend is cleared for reading which is great because all my library book due dates are coming up! 😅Right now I am working on wrapping up The Wicked and The Wallflower by Sarah Maclean which I am reading with the wonderful @ultrabookgeek ❤️ • Sarah Maclean was my gate way author into romance and she remains one of my auto-read authors today! I read The Rogue Not Taken when it was recommended by @bookriot and never looked back. Now romance, mystery and fantasy have become my go-to comfort genres. The Wicked and the Wallflower has all the trademark Sarah Maclean elements: a roguish hero, a smart and sassy heroine and of course plenty of witty banter. I cannot wait to find out how it ends, the only downside is that I'll have to wait until July for book 2! • Are there any books or authors that were your "gateway" reads into a new genre you hadn't previously read? . . . #Book #books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #romance #bookporn #booksandplants #vscobooks #booknerd #bookish #booklove #instabooks #booknerdigans #booksandcoffee #unitedbookstagram #coffee #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #plants #igreads #igbooks #bookgasm #bookstagramer
 
 

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Happy Friday everyone! It's been a rainy week in the city 🌧 and that makes me wish that I could be back in this coffee shop with plenty of books and caffeine to keep me going 😍I haven't gotten as much reading as I would have liked this week between work and errands but I am hoping to remedy that this weekend. I am currently working my way through Like Water for Chocolate which I am finding fascinating and hilarious, the problem is that I just received a copy of Cantoras which makes me want to put everything else down and just binge it 🙌🏽 Also I have several posts going up on the blog soon that I am super excited to share with you! • What are your reading plans for this weekend? . . .
New week new book! I hope everyone had a great weekend! 🌿I didn’t get a lot of reading done but I did finish the book I was reading so it’s time to start a new one! • I am so excited to be diving into the second pick for the Spanish language book club run by awesome bookstagrammers Lupita, Nia and Larissa! This time @niaitathomas picked a classic: Like Water for Chocolate✨. I am so excited to read this one! It’s been on my TBR forever and book club is the kick I needed to finally get to it. It’s also great to be reading along other folks and sharing opinions and observations as we go along. • Have you read this classic or watched the movie? Are there any classics that you’ve been meaning to read for a while? . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookworm #leyendo #booklover #vscobooks #bookish #booklove #instabooks #latinx #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #lauraesquivel #weneeddiversebooks #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #comoaguaparachocolate #igreads #coffee #latinasleyendo #bookstagramer #latina #libros #likewaterforchocolate
Happy Saturday everyone! It’s been a wonderful lazy day that has included brunch, lazying around, and visiting little towns in Connecticut like this one with adorable indie bookstores❤️ • Whenever I visit a new place I love to visit a local bookstore if there is one. I especially love browsing the local interest or staff recs, I feel like I find/learn something new each time! Does anyone else like to book browse on vacation?📚 . . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookstore #leyendo #booklover #vscobooks #bookish #booklove #summerreading #latinx #indiebookstore #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #latinasleyendo #bookstagramer #latina #libros #leer
Happy Friday everyone! We did it!!🙌🏽 it’s the weekend! Normally on weekends I would look forward to a quiet day in but not this time! • Yesterday was my 26th birthday 🎂 My mother and grandmother flew in to spend some low key family time together. I’ve shown them around, they’ve imparted their homemade salsa recipes 🌶and of course, we caught each other up on what we are reading. I feel incredibly lucky to have an incredible nerdy and bookish family🤓 • Growing up, my sisters and I were always surrounded by books, they were the one luxury my mother would always indulge, joking sometimes “we buy books and if we have any money left over we’ll buy food too”. Some of my best childhood memories were going to the scholastic book fair or to the library. I would read and reread my favorites until the covers fell off and even learned to read and became fluent in English by reading Harry Potter with my mother each night. • Books and family for me have always been intertwined and now that I am older, I am so grateful for the love of reading that the women in my family have passed down to me, for the books we have shared and recommended each other, and the bonds we have created over the same books and characters we all love. Love of books and reading is truly the best gift I have received. Although the books they brought from Mexico are pretty great too! Thank you mom and grandma! ❤️ . . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookhaul #leyendo #booksandcoffee #vscobooks #coffee #booklove #instabooks #latinx #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #weneeddiversebooks #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #latinasleyendo #bookstagramer #latina #libros #leer
Happy hump day everyone! 🐪Speaking of, I received a copy of Flashed (out this September) from a giveaway hosted by @zoeycastile 🙌🏽I am absolutely looking forward to diving back into the Happy Endings series featuring a cast of Magic Mike inspired heroes. The first book, Stripped, was one my favorite romances of last year (I will never look at a Ferris Wheel the same way again!🔥🔥🔥)this one is a contemporary Beauty and the Beast retelling and I am SO here for this. I mean: Strippers + Beauty and the Beast = 🏆Zoey Castille makes my reading life better with each book she writes. • As I've mentioned before, I am kind of a mood/seasonal readings. I love reading romances and other uplifting stories in the Summer, although I do enjoy a good romance any time of the year. This got me thinking about 'Summer Reads' and what that means to different readers. I am currently working on a Summer reading guide on books I love reading in Summer so stay tuned! What about you? What does Summer reading mean to you?🤔 . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #booksandcoffee #leyendo #coffee #vscobooks #bookish #romance #weneeddiversebooks #latinx #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #zoeycastille #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #latinasleyendo #plants #latina #libros #leer
It’s such a gorgeous day today, I’m hoping to get some reading done outside with some iced coffee 🙌🏽 • When my grandmother heard that my mom and I had a two person book club she decided she wanted in on the action and chose a book to read with me ❤️My grandmother being my grandmother choose Julia Navarro’s Story of a Sociopath which I thought I would share with you although the author is from Spain and not Latin America as I have recently been thinking about reading in Spanish more after joining a Spanish language bookstagram book club. • My last book in Spanish was Guadalupe Nettel’s The Body Where I Was Born. It was less that 200 pages and took my forever to finish. This brick of a book is almost 900 pages so let’s see how this goes 😅 wish me luck! • Also shoutout to @strandbookstore for their Spanish language section where I found this copy! . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #coffee #leyendo #booklover #vscobooks #bookish #plants #instabooks #latinx #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #readingmymothertongue #vscobook #julianavarro #igreads #igbooks #latinasleyendo #bookstagramer #latina #libros #leer
🚨GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🚨Good morning everyone ☕️Who is excited for Summer reading? I know I am! Which is why when I heard about Abby Jimenez’s new novel The Friend Zone I knew I had to read it right away! It tackles real issues with heart and sass and includes an adorable Yorkie named Stuntman Mike 😍 (full synopsis in the comments!) I grabbed an extra (signed!) copy at Books Are Magic this weekend so you too can kick off your Summer reading with The Friend Zone! • The giveaway will be open from Monday, June 1 2019 to Tuesday June 11 2019. • This giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram, the publishers, nor the author. • You must be 18+ to enter. US residents only please! • To enter: ✨You must be subscribed to @latinasleyendo ✨Like this giveaway post ✨Leave a comment on this post and let me what book you're looking forward to reading this summer ✨For an extra entry tag a friend who you think would be interested in the giveaway! . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #bookworm #thefriendzone #booklover #vscobooks #bookish #romance #weneeddiversebooks #latinx #abbyjimenez #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #bookblogger #summer #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #giveaway #igbooks #latinasleyendo #bookstagramer #latina #libros #leer
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you had a great weekend! I had a blast at the Romance is Magic ❤️event at @booksaremagicbk yesterday! It was an amazing, super crazy packed event with so many incredible authors including Alexis Daria, Andrianna Herrera, Zoey Castile and Abby Jimenez 🙌🏽 • I am so glad I got a chance to chat with so many amazing romance writers and readers and I especially loved seeing such a strong Latinx rep! I can’t keep all the fun to myself though so I’ll be hosting a giveaway for a signed copy of one of my most anticipated summer reads so keep an eye out for a post tomorrow! 😉 but for the rest of the day I plan on catching up on some reading and rest. Do you have certain types of books you look forward to reading in the summer? I love me a good romance or memoir anytime of the year really but especially in the summer! ☀️ . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #summerreads #leyendo #summer #vscobooks #bookish #booklove #instabooks #latinx #booksandcoffee #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #reading #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #latinasleyendo #bookstagramer #latina #libros #leer
Good morning everyone! I hope you’re having a great start to your weekend! After watching Always Be My Maybe on Netflix, sleeping for 8 hours and drinking two cups of coffee I finally feel like a human again! ✨ • My coworker asked me yesterday if I planned out my reading and the answer is kinda? This is a snapshot of my TBR at the moment but I’m also a pretty big mood reader so although I have a general idea of what I’m going to read next I often switch things around or add new books that I find out about and get excited about 🤗 • For example today I am really excited to be attending an awesome event at Books Are Magic later today with several friends and I have a feeling this TBR pile will change after that 😬 • Do you plan out your reading or are you more spontaneous when picking your next read? . . . #Books #bookstagram #vscocam #vsco #plants #leyendo #coffee #vscobooks #bookish #tbr #instabooks #latinx #bookphotography #unitedbookstagram #latinxreads #bookblogger #bibliophile #booksofinstagram #read #weneeddiversebooks #vscobook #reader #igreads #igbooks #latinasleyendo #bookstagramer #latina #libros #leer