Literature and Books

I don’t have the time I’d like to for reading, so I’m not much of a bookworm, but I enjoy a good botiok, especially ficon ones, specially novels and poetry. My favorite authors are Mario Benedetti, Julio Cortázar, and Manuel Rojas.

The last book I read was Canción de Hielo y Fuego II: Choque de Reyes (A Song of Ice and Fire II: A Clash of Kings) by George R.R. Martin, because I’d watched the TV series and I wanted to see the differences between both versions. The book tells the story of the War of the Five Kings in the fictional continent of Westeros from the point of view of ten different characters, so you can see what’s going on at different places at the same time and how the war affects their lives one way or another.

 I really liked the book, but it took me longer than I thought to finish it, almost a month, because it’s very long (more than 600 pages). If you like political intrigues and conspiracies and you have a soft spot for The Lord of the Rings, you’re going to love this book.

Pets?

Pets become an important part in the life of many people, because they give company, love, protection even gratitude to them owners.

I consider myself an animal lover, but this is very different than to be a pet lover, because I love animals as living beings,in fact whenever I can I watch every documentary about animals, animal behavior  from Nat Geo or Discovery Channel. This distinction is important because I think that the pet lovers are people who need animals around them, and sometimes they didn’t  think about to cares that pets need. This argument don’t mean I don’t like pets, just  says that to have a pet implies a big responsability. I like pets a lot, specially dogs because I think they are really the human best friends. History learn to us that Dogs and humans always have been together and this friendship will be stay till the end of time.

I can’t have pets in the floor where I live, because is very small and my sister hates dogs, besides a dog can’t to be happy if not have a wide space where it can to dig, and run freely. However in my home town I have a pretty dog called Lucero. Is a poodle very lively and likes wake me up in the morning, bark to the birds in the yard and is the best friend of my little sister Catalina.

Holidays!!

Holidays are my favorite time of the year. Be it in summer, winter, or whatever, it’s always good to rest from the routine, and if you get the chance of doing it with someone you like, even better.

I haven’t gone on many holidays, but they all have a special place in my memory. I believe the best I’ve had were back in 2001, when my family and I and my cousin Marcela went to La Serena for a week because  my sister had won a TV contest and she paid for the holidays with the money of the price, so we were able to do a lot of things, of which I have very nice memories.  We went to the beach, we did a lot of sightseeing (La Recova’s market is beautiful and the food’s delicious), we went to Gabriela Mistral’s hometown, Vicuña, to Coquimbo’s Cruz del Tercer Milenio, to Punta de Lobos island, where we saw a lot of sea lions…And, of course, we ate a lot of papaya!

As you can see, we did many things back then. The best part of it was that we did it together, as a family.

Note: I couldn't upload the pictures because my internet connection was very slow.