Here it is. My first annual Cinco de Mayo Countdown.
Cinco de Mayo Countdown
5 Latino Books you’ve gotta read!
Maria had never finish a book until she read How to be a . After finishing it, she was hooked! The books she read and enjoyed are
- Becoming a Latina in 10 Easy Steps
- Sofi Mendoza’s Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico
- Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
The fourth recommendation is from Cesar, and again this is the book that got him hooked!
4. Once a King, Always a King
5. My most recent Latina read that I can’t recommend strongly enough: Dirty Girls Social Club
4 Latino blogs you need to check out TODAY
1. La Bloga
3. VivirLatino
4. Bronze Word
3 facts about Cinco de Mayo you ought to know
1. The holiday commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862’
2. Cinco de Mayo is not “an obligatory federal holiday” in Mexico, but rather a holiday that can be observed voluntarily.
3. A common misconception in the United States is that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day,[9] which actually is September 16 (dieciséis de septiembre in Spanish),[10] the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.
2 ways to win a copy of “Perfect Chemistry”
1. Comment on this posting before 12 May OR
2. Link to this post from your blog (email me: edicampbellatgmaildotcom)
1 last thing that has nothing to do with Cinco de Mayo other than the fact that I saw it on 5 may and it reminds me of how we’re all in this mess together!
Edi, I learn something every time I come here. I finally finished Down To The Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole. Thoroughly enjoyed it. I recommend it. If you’ve read it, what did you think? It will work in our library but would you have it in yours?
I have LaBloga in my blog roll will look at the others.
Thanks,
S
Great countdown. Loved Dirty Girl’s social club. The authors YA novel Haters was pretty good. I will look up the other books. And I loved the You Tube clip.
great suggestions!
link in my sidebar. And guess what? Mayra Lazara Dole commented on my blog today.
That’s so cool Susan. I loved Down to the Bone
Another friend just RAVED about Sammy & Juliana, so I’ll be starting there…but yet another great list! Thanks, Edi…
Definitely adding a couple of these to my reading list! Thanks for the rundown.
Susan,
I’m not at all familiar with Down to the Bone. I did Google it and I see it’s getting great reviews, so I’ll have to check that out! You mentioned Mayra Lazara Dole and she showed up on your blog. Let me just say “Denzel”