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%Arabica, McKinley
The day before our visit was super rainy so I was expecting at least a little rain that day but… Hello, Mr. Sun. I was looking forward to a cup of hot coffee so I suggested the very good Arabica coffee for my and J’s morning date (lol we were just doing some docs). He got his usual hot coffee, but I was suddenly not in the mood to I got myself an iced mocha. Iced mocha??? Wth, watyu doin’, May??? I’ve had the Arabica coffee before, in a bottle and to-go cups. And since their opening in Manila in 2018, it’s just now that I got to actually dine…
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American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
What I appreciated the most is that the book did try to incorporate as many issues as it could, such as the life in a community controlled by cartels, the fear of writing and exposing high-ranking individuals, life of migrants, life of a single parent, and other experiences and stories encountered by our protagonist, Lydia. The character I liked the most was Lydia's son, Luca. Only because he reads books at a very young age, which is not very usual these days. But I cannot shake off the fact that that "young age" was eight and the wisdom he has was like not even of a teenager. I mean...???
