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A Real Mother

July 8, 2020July 5, 2020 ~ Home For Wayward Books ~ Leave a comment

Madre: Perilous Journeys with a Spanish Noun by Liza Bakewell starts with the author's puzzlement over the many Spanish idioms using the word "madre," and how some seem contradictory. She spends time in Mexico trying to ferret this out, and in the process, learns about the Mexican practice of alburear, a kind of wordplay generally … Continue reading A Real Mother

June Wrap-Up

July 5, 2020 ~ Home For Wayward Books ~ Leave a comment

Sometimes I read some unusual books for my Dewey Decimal Challenge, and my June stack includes a few of those--Herefordshire Speech, The Library Book Cart Precision Drill Team, and I'm Not Hanging Noodles by Your Ears. The good part is that I learn some obscure but interesting info. From Herefordshire Speech by Winifred Leeds, I … Continue reading June Wrap-Up

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