Lupita (lupita.reads)
Book reviewer and advocate who elevates critics, authors, and lists; active in long-form discussion threads.
Do Published Authors Regret Writing Their Books?
This a question for my published author friends. I’m trying to answer a big philosophical question. Now that you’ve published the book & it’s out in the world, do you ever regret having written it? If you can, answer in the poll below. In case you are worried from Google: “Polls on Threads are anonymous. The creator of the poll and other users can see the total number of votes for each option but cannot see which specific users voted for which option.”
Kid Questions My Texan Fluency Before Book Festival
I was reminding my kid that I’m heading to Texas for a book festival this weekend & that I won’t see him for a few days but that I’d make sure to call and bring him back something. His immediate...
Latina Poet’s Verse Now Circles Jupiter on Europa Clipper
With all this beautiful talk about poets & the current Artemis II mission, I’m reminded that our first Latina U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón wrote an original poem, "In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa," which is engraved (in...
Looking for Tips to Dodge Nor
Has anyone successfully evaded norovirus when the rest of your household has it?! If so, can you share what you did? Asking for a MYSELF 😩 because this is currently me…just waiting & hoping:
AI‑Generated Prank Backfires, Kid Demands Proof
My 7 year-old said he wanted to get pranked for April Fools so I tried to prank him. I told him my wife (his Mami) and I never told him this but we went swimming with great white sharks once....
Stop Telling Friends You Hate Their Book Recommendations
I want to shift the conversation from “don’t tag authors in negative reviews to” stop telling your book friends when you hate a book they recommended to you 😅 because I thought we did the whole “don’t tag authors in...
Teach Kids Your Childhood Struggles, Not Just Joys
I don’t know who needs to hear this but your kids need to hear you went through things too as a kid. They need to hear the struggles as much if not more than the joys. It’s nice to remember...