Blackwork tattoo by The Black Cathedral at Sugar & Spice Tattoo in Vancouver, BC Canada.

My #septemberwrapup ~ 1) 🇨🇺 #theblackcathedral #marcialgala 4/5 2) 🇬🇧 #silasmarner #georgeeliot (reread) 4.5/5 3) 🇺🇸 #shitactually #lindywest (audiobook) 4.5/5 4) 🇺🇸 #amercy #tonimorrison 4.5/5 5) 🇯🇵 #anartistofthefloatingworld #kazuoishiguro 3/5 6) 🇨🇦 #thepullofthestars #emmadonoghue (audiobook) 4/5 7) 🇺🇸 #tinkers #paulharding 3/5 8) 🇺🇸 #theireyeswerewatchinggod #zoranealehurston (reread) 5/5 9) 🇬🇭🇺🇸 #transcendentkingdom #yaagyasi (audiobook) 3/5 10) 🇺🇸 #thetimetravelerswife #audreyniffenegger 3.5/5 11) 🇮🇹 #canti #giacomoleopardi 4/5 https://www.instagram.com/p/CFwf_xnKYFu/?igshid=1i2eh9114h10i

"Lucky for me, now I am here in Havana, living in an apartment that's not bad at all, although the dead man told me I have to move because it will soon collapse, I've won prizes in published books that I'm not completely satisfied with, but what am I going to do when I was born in Punta Gotica in a tiny little room and sometimes all my mother and I had was just one avocado to split between the two of us?" 🥑 #theblackcathedral #marcialgala #foodinbooks #avocado https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7BEISKfa3/?igshid=1r90iaodf9wav

"She said it one afternoon when we were alone at my house, reading Ángel Escobar, and I didn't know what to say. I'd never had relations with any woman, but her mouth smelled like almonds, and smells are important to me." ~ #theblackcathedral #marcialgala #foodinbooks #almonds https://www.instagram.com/p/CE1p5LAqU0T/?igshid=13qwg7yj9qzbw