I’ve been enjoying some new things and wanted to talk a bit about those here.
First up, booktubing. I know bookworms have been vlogging about books on YouTube for years now but I’ve been slow to catch on to that. Usually I tend to watch crafty videos on YouTube but I just discovered El Librero de Valentina and I’m hooked. She’s a Mexican book vlogger and has some wonderful recommendations of books from Latin America. So needless to say my wish list is exploding. If you understand Spanish (or want to practice) go check her out and I bet you’ll come away with a lot of books to add to your list.
I’ve also recently finished two books, Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner and Useful Phrases for Immigrants by May-Lee Chai. I was expecting the Steiner book to be a great follow up to her first novel but I was not happy with the protagonist most of the time. Luckily the Chai short story collection was very enjoyable. I’ll have more info on those books in upcoming posts.
Finally, are you guys watching Bosch? I really enjoy the series and we’ve got one more episode to finish out the season. Do you have any good crime shows to recommend?
Otherwise around here I’m still way behind on talking about some other books I’ve finished in the past couple of months so stay tuned for those.
Glad you found a book vlogger that you like, Iliana. I don’t think I can add one more thing to my list of ‘to do’s’, but one never knows. Sorry to hear about your experience with the Susie Steiner book. I read the first book and haven’t read the second as yet. I can’t remember that much about the first book – not necessarily a good sign for me. I’ll probably not rush to the second. Yes, we watch Bosch, but have only done one episode of the new season as yet. Finishing up the season for a lot of regular TV that we keep up with. We’ll get to it in summer. As to suggestions, I recently heard about Line of Duty – a British show that is in the 5th season. Can’t remember if it’s on Prime or Acorn. Anyway, it’s popular across the pond. We’ll try it this summer.
Kay – You’ll have to let me know if you read the Steiner book and what you think. I really liked Manon but she got on my nerves big time in this book. Line of Duty sounds familiar but I can’t place it.. Will definitely check it out. I hope you’ll enjoy Bosch. I like this season better than the last one.