Sylvia Avalos
@sylvia-avalos.bsky.social
Stage 4 breast cancer warrior living that soft life crocheting, reading, playing with our pups, and in the kitchen.
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Look at those paws! 😍
December 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Look at those paws! 😍
Appa from the Air Nation
September 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Appa from the Air Nation
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this on audiobook. So much, I grew concerned to my sense of normalization for violence.
A slow burn of a romance.
Trigger warnings: violence, cannibalism, explicit sexual encounters, child abuse
A slow burn of a romance.
Trigger warnings: violence, cannibalism, explicit sexual encounters, child abuse
September 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this on audiobook. So much, I grew concerned to my sense of normalization for violence.
A slow burn of a romance.
Trigger warnings: violence, cannibalism, explicit sexual encounters, child abuse
A slow burn of a romance.
Trigger warnings: violence, cannibalism, explicit sexual encounters, child abuse
Growing up in a heavy militarized state. Hmmm...
A must read.
A must listen.
A must read.
A must listen.
September 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Growing up in a heavy militarized state. Hmmm...
A must read.
A must listen.
A must read.
A must listen.
I feel like if the author can elicit strong feelings from me, they've done a good job. And, goodness, do I have strong opinions about some of these characters. Their actions gave me a headache and made my blood pressure rise!
A solid read!
A solid read!
August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I feel like if the author can elicit strong feelings from me, they've done a good job. And, goodness, do I have strong opinions about some of these characters. Their actions gave me a headache and made my blood pressure rise!
A solid read!
A solid read!
Want to meet a most powerful main character in a YA novel?
Find yourself. Find your family. Fight the patriarchy.
Highly recommend the audiobook.
Trigger warning: death, torture
Find yourself. Find your family. Fight the patriarchy.
Highly recommend the audiobook.
Trigger warning: death, torture
August 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Want to meet a most powerful main character in a YA novel?
Find yourself. Find your family. Fight the patriarchy.
Highly recommend the audiobook.
Trigger warning: death, torture
Find yourself. Find your family. Fight the patriarchy.
Highly recommend the audiobook.
Trigger warning: death, torture
How the Word is Passed, powerful, eye-opening. A must read. A must listen.
August 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
How the Word is Passed, powerful, eye-opening. A must read. A must listen.
I still read every day but my attention span is lower and I'm reading a physical book which is taking longer.
Nonetheless, it was a month of extraordinary reads. Highly recommend all of them!
Nonetheless, it was a month of extraordinary reads. Highly recommend all of them!
August 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I still read every day but my attention span is lower and I'm reading a physical book which is taking longer.
Nonetheless, it was a month of extraordinary reads. Highly recommend all of them!
Nonetheless, it was a month of extraordinary reads. Highly recommend all of them!
This book! OMG. Devastating.
The walking dead.
The horrors persist, but so do they.
Goodness, is it bleak.
I don't even think I can continue with the next book, I need a moment. It's raw. It's scary in how realistic it can all get.
It's fiction, right? Not prophecy.
The walking dead.
The horrors persist, but so do they.
Goodness, is it bleak.
I don't even think I can continue with the next book, I need a moment. It's raw. It's scary in how realistic it can all get.
It's fiction, right? Not prophecy.
July 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This book! OMG. Devastating.
The walking dead.
The horrors persist, but so do they.
Goodness, is it bleak.
I don't even think I can continue with the next book, I need a moment. It's raw. It's scary in how realistic it can all get.
It's fiction, right? Not prophecy.
The walking dead.
The horrors persist, but so do they.
Goodness, is it bleak.
I don't even think I can continue with the next book, I need a moment. It's raw. It's scary in how realistic it can all get.
It's fiction, right? Not prophecy.
"The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding, it was central to it. It is not irrelevant to our contemporary society, it created it. This history is in our soil, it is in our policies, and it must too be in our memories."
Powerful, a must read!
Powerful, a must read!
July 16, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"The history of slavery is the history of the United States. It was not peripheral to our founding, it was central to it. It is not irrelevant to our contemporary society, it created it. This history is in our soil, it is in our policies, and it must too be in our memories."
Powerful, a must read!
Powerful, a must read!
A short 4 hour listen but I savored it in 30 minute increments or less. Felt like I was listening to an aunt's recollections.
A lovely, lovely relationship between mother and daughter. And the impact a mother's expectations and guidance can have. I did miss grandma after the first third though.
A lovely, lovely relationship between mother and daughter. And the impact a mother's expectations and guidance can have. I did miss grandma after the first third though.
July 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A short 4 hour listen but I savored it in 30 minute increments or less. Felt like I was listening to an aunt's recollections.
A lovely, lovely relationship between mother and daughter. And the impact a mother's expectations and guidance can have. I did miss grandma after the first third though.
A lovely, lovely relationship between mother and daughter. And the impact a mother's expectations and guidance can have. I did miss grandma after the first third though.
Good month of reading!
Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek
Shark Heart
How Far the Light Reaches
Home is Where the Bodies Are
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek
Shark Heart
How Far the Light Reaches
Home is Where the Bodies Are
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
July 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Good month of reading!
Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek
Shark Heart
How Far the Light Reaches
Home is Where the Bodies Are
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek
Shark Heart
How Far the Light Reaches
Home is Where the Bodies Are
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
Messy! But not in the sense of miscommunication rather the situations were messy. Once the characters got to talking, they were clear and honest.
Dealt with grief, finding love again, finding yourself or versions of yourself.
Was the MC a bit selfish? Sure, but we should all be a bit!
Dealt with grief, finding love again, finding yourself or versions of yourself.
Was the MC a bit selfish? Sure, but we should all be a bit!
June 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Messy! But not in the sense of miscommunication rather the situations were messy. Once the characters got to talking, they were clear and honest.
Dealt with grief, finding love again, finding yourself or versions of yourself.
Was the MC a bit selfish? Sure, but we should all be a bit!
Dealt with grief, finding love again, finding yourself or versions of yourself.
Was the MC a bit selfish? Sure, but we should all be a bit!
Another book club selection. Proud to say I solved the mystery! Twisty.
A fun read if murder can be fun. The characters pull at your heart strings even those briefly mentioned. Overall, I was like what would I do in that situation?
TW - substance abuse, violence, murder
A fun read if murder can be fun. The characters pull at your heart strings even those briefly mentioned. Overall, I was like what would I do in that situation?
TW - substance abuse, violence, murder
June 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Another book club selection. Proud to say I solved the mystery! Twisty.
A fun read if murder can be fun. The characters pull at your heart strings even those briefly mentioned. Overall, I was like what would I do in that situation?
TW - substance abuse, violence, murder
A fun read if murder can be fun. The characters pull at your heart strings even those briefly mentioned. Overall, I was like what would I do in that situation?
TW - substance abuse, violence, murder
Spectacular! A must read! Phenomenal!
I listened to the audiobook and I'm going to buy the physical book.
The parallels are just innovative.
I listened to the audiobook and I'm going to buy the physical book.
The parallels are just innovative.
June 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Spectacular! A must read! Phenomenal!
I listened to the audiobook and I'm going to buy the physical book.
The parallels are just innovative.
I listened to the audiobook and I'm going to buy the physical book.
The parallels are just innovative.
Tender. Heartwarming. Get your tissues
Appalachia has never captured my interest. Even as a child, when I learned about blue skinned folk. So when our book club selected this, I was like, meh.
The audiobook is magnificent, grant it I am not versed in southern accents, but I found it authentic.
Appalachia has never captured my interest. Even as a child, when I learned about blue skinned folk. So when our book club selected this, I was like, meh.
The audiobook is magnificent, grant it I am not versed in southern accents, but I found it authentic.
June 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Tender. Heartwarming. Get your tissues
Appalachia has never captured my interest. Even as a child, when I learned about blue skinned folk. So when our book club selected this, I was like, meh.
The audiobook is magnificent, grant it I am not versed in southern accents, but I found it authentic.
Appalachia has never captured my interest. Even as a child, when I learned about blue skinned folk. So when our book club selected this, I was like, meh.
The audiobook is magnificent, grant it I am not versed in southern accents, but I found it authentic.
May reads, pleasantly surprised given all the headaches!
June 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
May reads, pleasantly surprised given all the headaches!
Book club pick. You know how audiobooks give you the right pronunciation, well books give you the right spelling. And, apparently I cant comprehend one without the other. So I had all the characters muddled up. I'm going to have to read again with a physical book.
TW: cancer
TW: cancer
May 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Book club pick. You know how audiobooks give you the right pronunciation, well books give you the right spelling. And, apparently I cant comprehend one without the other. So I had all the characters muddled up. I'm going to have to read again with a physical book.
TW: cancer
TW: cancer
Haunting. Heart-wrenching. Harrowing. ...and a murder mystery
StoryGraph has a Read the World challenge, Belgium is on the list. Set in Antwerp but also Lagos. Moreso, Lagos, as we follow our 4 MCs journey to Belgium. I feel like I need to redo this one.
Triggers: SA, incest, human trafficking
StoryGraph has a Read the World challenge, Belgium is on the list. Set in Antwerp but also Lagos. Moreso, Lagos, as we follow our 4 MCs journey to Belgium. I feel like I need to redo this one.
Triggers: SA, incest, human trafficking
May 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Haunting. Heart-wrenching. Harrowing. ...and a murder mystery
StoryGraph has a Read the World challenge, Belgium is on the list. Set in Antwerp but also Lagos. Moreso, Lagos, as we follow our 4 MCs journey to Belgium. I feel like I need to redo this one.
Triggers: SA, incest, human trafficking
StoryGraph has a Read the World challenge, Belgium is on the list. Set in Antwerp but also Lagos. Moreso, Lagos, as we follow our 4 MCs journey to Belgium. I feel like I need to redo this one.
Triggers: SA, incest, human trafficking
Very informative. From geographical information to flora, fauna, its people, industry, and economy. I crochet while I listen and this narrator had a nice voice to crochet to, very calm.
May 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Very informative. From geographical information to flora, fauna, its people, industry, and economy. I crochet while I listen and this narrator had a nice voice to crochet to, very calm.
Sharing books is probably my love language
May 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sharing books is probably my love language
Great world building. LGBTQ love interests without the full on spice level more like hints of romantic entanglements. The only thing I had a bit of difficulty with but pushed through because the plot was good was the narrators tone was a bit too saccharine.
Ready for book 2!
Ready for book 2!
May 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Great world building. LGBTQ love interests without the full on spice level more like hints of romantic entanglements. The only thing I had a bit of difficulty with but pushed through because the plot was good was the narrators tone was a bit too saccharine.
Ready for book 2!
Ready for book 2!
Finally, she reads a nonfiction! This is an interesting premise. Not going to lie, I felt called out a couple of times since I have two furbabies that I do consider a part of the family but are also my working dogs as they are my service animals.
May 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Finally, she reads a nonfiction! This is an interesting premise. Not going to lie, I felt called out a couple of times since I have two furbabies that I do consider a part of the family but are also my working dogs as they are my service animals.
I was about to DNF this title because of the terminal illness plotline, but the family dynamics were just too good.
Life is imperfect. People are imperfect with each other. We're all just trying.
Highly recommend! A great audiobook.
Life is imperfect. People are imperfect with each other. We're all just trying.
Highly recommend! A great audiobook.
May 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I was about to DNF this title because of the terminal illness plotline, but the family dynamics were just too good.
Life is imperfect. People are imperfect with each other. We're all just trying.
Highly recommend! A great audiobook.
Life is imperfect. People are imperfect with each other. We're all just trying.
Highly recommend! A great audiobook.
