Las Comadres, the Association of American Publishers and Borders have picked the 2009 reading list for las Comadres and Friends National Latino Book Club, which was launched in June. Every month at Borders stores around the country the book club discusses English-language works by Latino authors. (For more information, visit borders.com or lascomadres.org.) The reading list for next year:
February: Houston, We Have a Problema by Gwendolyn Zepeda (Grand Central)
March: Notorious by Michele Martinez (Morrow)
April: Book Fiesta! by Pat Mora (HarperCollins Children's)
May: Hungry Woman in Paris by Josefina Lopez (Grand Central)
June: Rogelia's House of Magic by Jamie Martinez (Delacorte)
July: Sweet Mary by Liz Balmaceda (Atria)
August: Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos (Atheneum)
September: Reclaiming Paris by Fabiola Santiago (Washington Square Press)
October: The Arrangement by Sofia Quintero (Random House)
November: Tell Me Something True by Leila Cobo (Grand Central)
December: Lima Nights by Marie Arana (Dial Press)