Gina Ruiz reads a lot, blogs a lot (books, cooking, online journal, poetry), s and is big on promoting diverse, multicultural literature. Her idea of a grand vacation is going to Book Expo America or visiting dusty bookshops in any city. She speaks hardcover, paperback, Kindle, Nook, Litsy, as well as other languages like English, Spanish, Spanglish, Calo, and really awful French. She is an author of short stories, set in a strange alternate universe she calls the Choloverse, featuring some wacky characters. “Chanclas & Aliens” was published in the anthology Ban This! The BSP Anthology of Xican@ Literature, while “Lorca Green” was published in Lowriting: Shots, Rides, & Stories from the Chicano Soul. Other short stories set in this wacky alternate L.A. can be found on her author site.

Gina started AmoXcalli several years ago and can usually be found with her nose in a book or her Kindle if she’s on the road (don’t worry she’s not the one driving!).

A lot of Gina’s old book reviews at Blogcritics were picked up by major newspapers and websites and you can find links to PDF’s of those here and here.

She’s always wanting to hear about something good to read, so send her a note using the handy contact form and she’ll be happy to hunt down the book. She also writes about bookish events as well as events of interest to writers.

Gina loves to review:  Graphic Novels and Comics; Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Children’s, MG and YA books; Art and Architecture; Latino/a Books; Poetry; Biographies; Non-Fiction; Mystery; Literary Fiction; Historical Fiction; Cookbooks; and Gardening books.