Library Haul

I took a trip to the public library today and checked out some good reading material. Here are a few words about each book:

How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz is described as follows on goodreads:

Cara Romero thought she would work at the factory of little lamps for the rest of her life. But when, in her mid-50s, she loses her job in the Great Recession, she is forced back into the job market for the first time in decades. Set up with a job counselor, Cara instead begins to narrate the story of her life. Over the course of twelve sessions, Cara recounts her tempestuous love affairs, her alternately biting and loving relationships with her neighbor Lulu and her sister Angela, her struggles with debt, gentrification and loss, and, eventually, what really happened between her and her estranged son, Fernando. As Cara confronts her darkest secrets and regrets, we see a woman buffeted by life but still full of fight.

Binge Times is a book about the rise of streaming television. 

Love in the Time of Cholera is a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I have read One Hundred Years of Solitude at least twice; I keep saying I need to read another book by this author. We will see.

Bolivar: American liberator by Marie Arana is the book I started reading today.

Marcela Valdes at NPR described Arana's book as follows:

He was born into a fabulously wealthy family in 1783. He drove the Spanish monarchy out of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. He loved Voltaire and Montesquieu; he died at 47, impoverished and exiled; he inspired generations of dictators and democrats. In Marie Arana’s hands, the life of Simon Bolivar is a rousing adventure, fit for the big screen — a drama of military triumph and Enlightenment ideals blemished by brutal authoritarianism. Popcorn not included.

Scott Simon at NPR also did an interview with Arana. I started reading this book before I left the library and, so far, I enjoy it.