Muriel Avello

Hello everyone, in this post I will talk about some reflections on this first semester of 2020. As you know, this year is characterized by being marked by a COVID-19 pandemic that originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of 2019, and spread to the rest of China and other countries in the rest of the world during 2020 causing a strong socioeconomic impact. In this context, we have attended virtual classes at the university and it has been difficult to adapt to this situation since we suffer from the fear of infecting ourselves and others, in my case I am specifically concerned about infecting my grandparents because I live with them. This pandemic has caused millions of cases of infected people around the world and the death of thousands of people. There was also a collapse of the world stock market so we are in a very difficult situation. But not everything is negative, fortunately no one in my family has been infected and this time of confinement has allowed me to get to kno...

Hello everyone, in this post I will talk about my favorite book My favorite book is "Como agua para chocolate", it is a novel written by Laura Esquivel, she is my favorite writer. The story is about the life of Tita, her loves and her relationship with her family, all related to the importance of cooking and typical Mexican recipes of the time in which her life unfolds. It’s a “realismo mágico” novel and is mainly about the love between Tita and Pedro. The characters are very traditional because the story takes place in 1989 and, in addition to being a romantic story, it’s very tragic due to various events. The main argument of the book is that Tita and Pedro can’t marry because Tita, being the youngest of the sisters, must be in the care of her mother until the day of her death. In general, I like to “realismo mágico” books, however the last book I read was "Hygge. La Felicidad en las Pequeñas Cosas" written by Meik Wiking. It is a self-help book and I would recomm...