#meryem el mehdati

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No me oigo pensar cuando estoy hablando con él.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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Los diez mejores jóvenes debutantes del año en novela española según El Cultural

Los diez mejores jóvenes debutantes del año en novela española según El Cultural

En general me han parecido buenas elecciones unas mejores que otras porque como diría aquel: quién soy yo para cuestionar a los expertos, pero no por ello no voy a poner mi granito de arena. Mira a esa chica / Cristina Araujo Gámir. Editorial Tusquets, 2022 Una chica sentada en un banco. El día despunta y los estragos de la fiesta de ayer aún se palpan en el ambiente. El tránsito de los que van…

[thelivebookproject]

April - June 2023 | Reading Wrap Up

Hello hello, it's me!

Another three months have passed, which means I'm back with a reading wrap-up! I've done much much better these past few months because my pace of life has changed, which hopefully means I'll have way more time to read now than I had had until now. Yay for positive changes!

Code: books read in English are in black, books read in Spanish are in red and the book I read in French is in blue.

APRIL (3) • Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir - Dolly Alderton • De la Terre à la Lune (Baltimore Gun Club #1) - Jules Verne • A Rational Arrangement (Arranging Paradise #1) - L. Rowyn

April, if slow, was good: Dolly Alderton's memoir was absolutely amazing (although it wasn't until almost 60% when it convinced me because the beginning was very slow), I tackled my French reading goals with a Jules Verne I bought in a flea market in France, and I finally read A Rational Arrangement, after being threatened into it by a couple of friends for months. It was good, but not enough to read its sequel novella!

MAY (7) • Duke I'd Like To F...: A Historical Romance Anthology (Duke I'd Like to F... #1) - Various authors • Loxandra - María Iordanidu, translation by Selma Ancira • Mafalda, volumes 1-2-3-5-8-9-10, edited by Lumen - Quino • I'm So (Not) Over You - Kosoko Jackson

May had a lot of rhythm to it: I started with what I can only describe as "vaguely historical, mostly porn" (fun and entertaining); continued with a really good journey into the Greece at the beginning of the century with Loxandra (very recommended!); followed by seven volumes of the adventures of Mafalda, a very popular Argentinian comic strip not too dissimilar from Calvin and Hobbes, although it's more political and socially critical; and ended with a gay rom-com. Honestly, brilliant all around.

JUNE (6) • Viajes con Heródoto - Ryszard Kapuscinski, traslation by Agata Orzeszek • Una furtiva lágrima - Nélida Piñon, translation by Roser Vilagrassa • A Week to Be Wicked (Spindle Cove #2) - Tessa Dare • Emoji Pride and Prejudice: Epic Tales in Tiny Texts - Chuck Gonzales & Katherine Furman • Supersaurio - Meryem El Mehdati • Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-García

And June was the month I saw my TBR, tackled it, and beat it into submission by reading four books that had been on it for YEARS. All of them were very good, I honestly don't know why I waited that long... I also picked up a Tessa Dare for light reading (as usual, very fun) and read a new-to-me Brazilian author, Nélida Piñón, who sadly wasn't it for me. But overall I'm very happy with my month!

In other notes, I've kept participating in the Goodreads group La vuelta al mundo en 80 libros (I do recommend it if you can read or discuss in Spanish!) and I joined the wonderful Forgotten YA Gems' Summer Reading Bingo Challenge once again (fifth edition!! Time flies!), which means it's time for a fancy bingo card update now that the first month has finished:

- New to you author: Una lágrima furtiva - Nélida Piñon, translation by Roser Vilagrassa - Heard about it online: A Week to be Wicked (Spindle Cove #2) - Tessa Dare - Retelling/adaptation: Emoji Pride and Prejudice: Epic Tales in Tiny Texts - Chuck Gonzales & Katherine Furman - #ownvoices: Supersaurio - Meryem El Mehdati - On TBR forever: Gods of Jade and Shadow - Silvia Moreno-García

Not doing too bad, I think!

All in all, I'm very happy with my reading progress and my yearly goals are on track -how are yours doing?

[agent-astronaut]

mid year book tag <3

thank you @claimedbytheearth for tagging me!! 😚💖

amount of books you’ve read so far: 10

best book you’ve read so far in 2022: probably Don’t go without me by Rosemary Valero-O’Connor, I really really enjoyed the three short stories, and I have very nice memories of reading it <3

best sequel you've read so far in 2022: I just finished Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World, and I really liked it, it’s a very good sequel and completes Ari’s personal journey in a very nice way. I’m very attached to the characters and I feel like this sequel honored them very well.

new release you haven't read yet, but want to: I'm looking forward to reading Supersaurio by Meryem El Mehdati! I bought it back in april and I'm looking forward to reading it soon

most anticipated release for the second half of the year: I can't say, I don’t really know what people are releasing right now </3

biggest surprise favorite new author (debut or new to you): I read my first H.M. Zubieta book this year (Infinitas) and I was already expecting to like their books a lot, so I was happy to be proven right!! I’m looking forward to keep reading their novels, though I don't own any others yet

newest fictional crush: I read Outlawed from Anna North and while I don’t really recommend it a lot (just read Upright Women Wanted if you want actual queer cowgirls), I had the biggest crush on The Kid chatacter, I was sure that the main character would also fall in love with them because how couldn’t she, but she turned out to be straight and not into cool queer nonbinary cowboys??? Can’t relate but okay. Just read Upright Women Wanted where the main character does fall in love with a cool queer nonbinary cowboy because how couldn't she.

book that made you cry: I cried in the tram a lot reading Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World hahaha

book that made you happy: I loved El cristal imposible by Anabel Colazo, a little comic my gf lent me, it was so fun and cool!!

most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received): this question is unfair because my girlfriend gifts me so many beautiful books... I'm gonna say Notes from an Island, by Tove Jansson and Tuulikki Pietilä <3

what books do you need to read by the end of the year?: off the top of my head, i really want to read How to be both by Ali Smith, Supersaurio by Meryem El Mehdati, and finish the Gloria Fuertes poetry anthology I'm currently reading. There are many more of course but those three I'd really like to finish this year!

Not tagging anyone but if we're mutuals feel free to do this and tag me I'd love to know ur books 💖

[acuarela]

“A veces podemos pasarnos años sin vivir en absoluto, y, de pronto, toda nuestra vida se concentra en un solo instante.” Oscar Wilde #dibujosycitas #urbansketchers Silla vacía en la mesa “Mangantes” del #premioformentor Ni Meryem El Mehdati ni Vicente Molina Foix pudieron venir hoy. #ausencia #literatura (en Santa Catalina, a Royal Hideaway Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci5oQ-1oHAc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Supersaurio - Librería Ofican Supersaurio. , Meryem El Mehdati, 20,19€ www.libreriaofican.com #regalolibros #libros #librerías #libros #librerías https://www.libreriaofican.com/es/libro/supersaurio_L010380002 (en Libreria Ofican Libros Ebooks) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd5HvrmI1-u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[grantlibreria]

📚Estamos a punto de llegar al fin de semana 👏👏, y en estos días de lluvia nada es más placentero que ese tópico de una buena lectura y el ruido de la lluvia en el exterior. Aquí van algunas novedades de esta semana. Librazos que no dejéis perder de vista.👉👉👉 🏷“El museo de la rendición incondicional” de Dubravka Ugrêsić, editado por @editorial_impedimenta 🦕“Supersaurio” de Meryem El Mehdati, editado por @blackiebooks 🏝“A orillas del mar” de Abdulzarak Gurnah, editado por @salamandraed 🙋🏻‍♀️“Nosotras, las personas” de Berna Mölck-Tassel, editado por @librosdelzorrorojo 🌳“El tercer paraíso” de Cristian Alarcón, editado por @alfaguaraes 🤘“Auambabuluba balambambu” de Nik Cohn editado por @editorial_la_felguera 🔪“Antifascistas” de Miquel Ramos editado por @capitan_swing_libros 🤸‍♀️“Invulnerables e invertebrados” de Lola López Mondejar editado por @anagramaeditor 🐊“El cocodrilo de Aristóteles” de Michel Onfray, editado por @edicionespaidos 👘“La era de la eternidad” de Hector García, editado por @edicionesminotauro #GrantLibrería #LosLibrosQueQuieresLeer #GrantRecomienda (en Grant Librería) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbfaioVK06Y/?utm_medium=tumblr

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No importaba qué hiciera, a menudo me sentía fuera de lugar.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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Un día eres joven y al siguiente siempre estás cansada.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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Me acompaña todos los veranos, como una canción pegadiza que no se me va de la parte trasera de la cabeza. Me sé la melodía, la letra. A veces creo que ya no la siento y que por fin solo me quedará echarla de menos en la distancia que el tiempo ofrece; otras es un pensamiento recurrente e intrusivo, una ola que subestimo hasta que me arrastra por los tobillos mar adentro.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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Ser mujer y ser ambiciosa son dos de las peores cosas que me han pasado en la vida.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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No solo había minado mi autoestima, también se había llevado con él la única cosa de la que me había fiado a ciegas durante toda mi vida: mi instinto.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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No piensan que estés por debajo de ellos, pero no se plantean por qué de los diez directivos que hay en la empresa en la que trabajan nueve son hombres. Son buenas personas. Jamás le harían daño a una mujer. Creen de verdad que todas las oportunidades que han tenido en la vida les han llegado porque se han partido el espinazo para alcanzarlas y que si tú no estás ahí con ellos es porque no diste la talla. No los odio, solo me cansan. La bondad no tendría que ser un mérito.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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Creo que una bruja me maldijo cuando nací. Serás graciosa, pero solo porque la mayoría de la gente que te rodeará no te creerá capaz de estar hablando en serio cuando expreses tus pensamientos.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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Las mujeres podemos justificarlo todo si nos esforzamos lo suficiente.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.

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En vez de «nosotros» decía «nosotras». ¿El machismo? Erradicado solo con ese gesto.

Supersaurio, Meryem El Mehdati.