Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Blog Tour: Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo

Welcome back to Musings of an Arthritic Artist! Today is my book tour stop for Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo.


This is NOT a review for this book. My review for this book is located on my Goodreads, and the review will be linked in this post.


This post is merely focused on the creative content I was tasked with doing when I was approved for this tour. And that creative content is a playlist! 


Let's get into the post!


I am honored to be hosting a spot on the Cruzita and the Mariacheros by Ashley Granillo Blog Tour hosted by 
Hear Our Voices Book Tours. Check out my post below!

About The Book:

Title: Cruzita and the Mariacheros

Author: Ashley Granillo

Pub. Date: April 2, 2024

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books

Formats:  Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 248

Find it: Goodreads

A family recipe for a bittersweet summer. Flavored with music and sprinkled with new experiences.

Cruzita is going to be a pop star. All she has to do is win a singing contest at her favorite theme park and get famous. But she can't go to the theme park this summer. Instead, she has to help out at her family's bakery, which has been struggling ever since Tío Chuy died. Cruzita's great-uncle poured his heart into the bakery--the family legacy--and now that he's gone, nothing is the same.

When Cruzita's not rolling uneven tortillas or trying to salvage rock-hard conchas, she has to take mariachi lessons, even though she doesn't know how to play her great-grandpa's violin and she's not fluent in Spanish. At first, she's convinced her whole summer will be a disaster. But as she discovers the heart and soul of mariachi music, she realizes that there's more than one way to be a star--and more than one way to carry on a legacy.

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I posted my review on my Goodreads here (opens in new window). Here I'm posting my creative content for my blog, which is in the form of a playlist 🙂 I chose 30 songs, the playlist is about an hour and a half long. There were too many songs to choose from.

This novel technically has a playlist at the end for Cruzita. However, because I don't want to cheat my way through my creative content, I will not be using any of the songs listed, the only thing that might overlap is artists. But I did utilize different songs. 

Playlist Song Listing:

Son De La Negra - Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitán

No Me Queda Más - Selena

Como La Flor - Selena

Tearin' up My Heart (Radio Edit) - *NSYNC

We Belong Together - Ritchie Valens

Yo...El Aventurero - Pedro Fernández

En Tu Pelo - Javier Solís

Por Mujeres Como Tú - Pepe Aguilar

Cuándo sale la luna - Pedro Infante

Esclavo y Amo - Javier Solís

Nube Viajera - Alejandro Fernandez

Coplas do dos tipos de cuidado - Jorge Negrete

Media Vuelta - Javier Solís

El Rey - José Alfredo Jiménez

La Venia Bendita - Marco Antonio Solís

Cielo Rojo - Miguel Aceves Mejia

Ebrio De Amor - Ezequiel Peña

Hermoso Cariño - Vicente Fernández

Dime Cómo Quieres - Christian Nodal, Ángela Aguilar

Qué Mal Te Ves Sin Mí - Espinoza Paz

La Gran Señora - Jenni Rivera

Me Gustas Mucho - Rocío Dúrcal

La Media Vuelta - Luis Miguel

Tu Retirada - Cristian Castro

Un Puño De Tierra - Antonio Aguilar

Me Sacaron Del Tenampa - Cornelio Reyna

Como Tú Decides - Joan Sebastian

Sin Fortuna - Gerardo Reyes

De Los Besos Que Te Di - Christian Nodal

Esta Noche Voy a Verla - Juan Gabriel


About the Author:


Ashley Granillo is a Mexican American author. She has many degrees, including a BA and MA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Fiction and an MFA in Fiction and a minor in Screenwriting from UCR Palm Desert's Low Residency program. Ashley got her start as a writer from the young age of 5. She was a member of Telfair Elementary's Student Author Project. This project paired kindergartners with fifth grade students, where they mentored, wrote, illustrated, and promoted their book collaboration.


Many of the themes Ashley writes about are inspired about her home, family, her love for animals, and music. Cruzita and the Mariacheros (Lerner 2024), is a testament to home, family, and music, as well as her Mexican American heritage. In her short story, "Besitos," which appears in the Latine/x Anthology, Where Monsters Lurk & Magic Hides, she explores the various ways in which young adults experience love.


While she grew up in a predominantly Latinx and Hispanic community, Ashley was one of the few kids in her neighborhood who only spoke one language. She was never taught about her family's heritage or traditions--aside from making delicious tortillas. She came to discover one tradition, Dia de los Muertos, after reading Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree in fourth grade.


The power of books, how they exchanged cultural knowledge and emotion, made Ashley realize how important her stories would become one day. As she continues to grow, so does the topics she writes about.


That's it for this post! I hope you enjoyed it!


See you Thursday, 


Lexi K🖌


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