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Soledad de Los Numeros Primos, La
Soledad de Los Numeros Primos, La | Paolo Giordano
Among prime numbers are some numbers that are even more special. Mathematicians call them twin primes. This mathematical truth is a beautiful metaphor that the author chose to tell the story of Alice and Mattia, two people whose lives have been conditioned by the consequences of two separate episodes in childhood.
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iaietta
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Pickpick

5/5 ⭐️
Un racconto splendido e straziante, che comunque riesce a lasciare un senso di speranza e serenità

giulia.mosna Uno dei miei libri preferiti in assoluto 🖤 2y
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Lesliereadsalot
Mehso-so

This is the story of Alice and Mattia, two people who meet as children in Italy. As their lives progress, each one is better as a person alone than with someone else. They come in and out of each other‘s lives as they grow to adulthood. An interesting book, but ultimately left me feeling only sad.

Nute I remember buying this book because of the title and the picture of the peas on the front cover. That was years ago. I haven‘t gotten around to reading it yet. 3y
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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
Mehso-so

Uhm... I thought some of the writing was beautiful, and it's definitely a unique book. Maybe I'm too stupid to get it 🙂 It didn't resolve itself in any way I thought it would, that's for sure. ⭐⭐⭐

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MommyWantsToReadHerBook
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This is a somewhat strange book and I don't seem to be able to get a grip on what either of the main characters think and feel. I'm enjoying it well enough, though, and feeling accomplished because it's been sitting on my shelf for years.

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Addison_Reads
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Pickpick

The last book I finished yesterday for #BookSpinBingo. It also works for #Italy for #ReadingEurope2020. @TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

This was a bit slow, but it had a wonderful story. It dealt with loneliness and the eternal search for somewhere you belong. At the center of the story the author gives us two friends, who like prime numbers are the odd man out, yet together they work. I ended up really enjoying this one.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4y
Librarybelle Sounds intriguing! 4y
BarbaraBB This book was enormously hyped in my country so when I finally read it I was a bit disappointed 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y
Addison_Reads @BarbaraBB I can understand that. I had never heard of it before so I went in without any expectations. 4y
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Dostoyes
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IMHO, there are many reasons to read books, and enjoyment is only one such reason. This was the longest book I‘ve read so far in Italian. It‘s been on my shelf for 10 years, a challenge waiting to be conquered. It‘s given me the confidence to read more in Italian. What I enjoyed most was how much I understood. It was a very simple story of two people dealing with life, but not much more than that, though I think it hoped to be more.

Chrissyreadit That‘s an accomplishment! 4y
Dostoyes @Chrissyreadit grazie mille! :) 4y
AmyG Did you ever get my staycation box? I emailed you the tracking #. 4y
Dostoyes @AmyG received thanks! 4y
AmyG Thank you! One less thing to worry about. 4y
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Nataly1980
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Pickpick

Excellent book.

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Sky_High
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“Twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents them from truly touching. If you have the patience to go on counting, you discover that these pairs gradually become rarer. “

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Sky_High
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“They lived the slow and invisible interpenetration of their universes, like two stars gravitating around a common axis, in ever tighter orbits, whose clear destiny is to coalesce at some point in space and time.”

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Sky_High
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“Choices are made in brief seconds and paid for in the time that remains.“

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Sky_High
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Pickpick

The Solitude of Prime numbers - “pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents them from truly touching. “
Sometimes people are like prime numbers, we are designed to enjoy our solitude from time to time driving the wave to comfort space.
Do recommend this book, open ending of it anyone can understand it in their way.

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Meghan1
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@Mommamanzi is giving away books! My favorite read this year was The Wonderling! Tagging @MiraMonroe

Macnjen @Meghan1 so far I‘ve loved The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah! Good luck with your book thinning- that‘s tough. I don‘t know anyone else on Litsy personally, so I‘m not sure who to tag. Maybe @annebogel? I love her podcast! (edited) 6y
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EH2018
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Bklover Thanks for the tag!!!!! 6y
TheWordJar Thanks for the tag! 6y
Julie548 So...dumb question...how do you copy the picture if you want to repost it?? 6y
EH2018 @Julie548 i just take a screenshot and crop. This giveaway has closed though :/ 6y
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EH2018
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This is a beautiful book!

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writerlibrarian
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3 games and a book. About 100 pages to go. Pens for the entrée, ⭐️ for the next course then dessert with the Leafs. #readingandlisteningtohockey

writerlibrarian Pens are up by 1 and are going on PK. After one period the Pens are ahead 1-0. ⭐️ are about to take the ice. The first sentence of the broadcast... Tyler Seguin is smoking hot... yeah...in more ways than hockey...🤣 At the start of the 2 nd, the Canes tied the game and end the 2nd period with a goal that was erased and another one that stayed. 2-1 Canes. (edited) 7y
writerlibrarian Leafs are in Colorado. Avs open the score. Leafs score and tie. ⭐️ are on the board against the Blues. Pens lose against the Canes 2-1. Avs get ahead again, 2-1. At the end of the 2nd period Avs and Leafs are tied at 2. (edited) 7y
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writerlibrarian
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It is still quite cold. Took down the 🎄 and got something for myself it's not the day but a moment just for me. Beautiful, geeky bookmarks made of recycled motherboard parts. I'm gonna finish the prime numbers book today while watching junior hockey players getting their extremities quite cold. #survivingdecember

writerlibrarian 🇨🇦 vs 🇺🇸 is starting. Canada scores on PP. Another Canadian PP another goal. 2-0. It's cold and snowing like it's crazy and they are still playing after the ice is cleared with shovels. 🇺🇸 scores on a 5 on 3 but 🇨🇦 replies with a goal. 3-1 🇨🇦 took a bad penalty and 🇺🇸 scores on PP. 3-2. 🇺🇸 just tied the game. 3 all. 🇨🇦 is now on PP. OT and now shoot out. 🇨🇦 fails again. (edited) 7y
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writerlibrarian
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That is the one I ended up with while at the hairdresser. I am almost at 50%. So far it's pretty good but I can see why it's a I like it or I find this so boring type of book. Toronto and Auston Matthews are in Arizona tonight. Number 34 plays at 🏠. Also it's brrrrr to the power of a 1000 here tonight. #readingandlisteningtohockey. Boston and Ovi will do as an entree.

Miss_Kim I‘m in Midland Ont and I‘ll be reading and watching the Leafs tonight too! (Under lots of blankets!!) 🛌📖🛌 7y
Melissa_J Don‘t know how much of the game I‘ll be able to watch tonight (I hate it when the Leafs play in different time zones! I need my sleep), but I‘m all curled up with my book right now. 7y
writerlibrarian Puck drop in Arizona in a few m. Pretty slow period. Leafs are in the 📦 well, Leafs score shorthanded 1-0. Not a slow period anymore. Matthews from Nylander. 2-0. Marner from Bozak adds another one. 3-0. Coyotes get on the board finally. 3-1. So Leafs, it's now 3-2 from a bad change. 3rd starts with the Leafs going to the 📦 Marleau from Marner. 4-2. Nylander and Marleau score. 6-2 (edited) 7y
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horadelevitar
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After years on the shelf, I decided to read this book and I like it. I love the way the lives of Mattia and Alice cross each other and the way they live their loneliness. 4*

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horadelevitar
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"A Solidão dos Números Primos", um livro esquecido na estante que está a ser uma agradável surpresa.
O "Romeu e Julieta contado tipo aos jovens" chegou e venceu, ontem ao serão foi uma agradável companhia ?

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WanderingBookaneer
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Cinfhen Oh yay! Can't wait to hear your thoughts!!! You choose 8y
WanderingBookaneer @Cinfhen : I have a thing for underdogs. 8y
Cinfhen 💕👍🏻😂 8y
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margotus
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Mehso-so

Even though I think the plot does not have an interesting turning point or a satisfactory ending, the characters' stories crushed my heart in some way.

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Eugeniavb
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A nice little spread for our #bookclub 🍢🍷

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Eugeniavb
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Panpan

The type of book I dislike, where tragedy just seems to be used for tragedy's sake. In the beginning I must say I was hopeful since I found the characters interesting and saw potential, but then I felt it unraveled and never reached any cohesive plot. And then there was the end which was just a mess.

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Eugeniavb
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"...feeling special is the worst kind of cage that a person can build for himself..."

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Eugeniavb
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"Alice Della Rocca hated ski school. She hated getting up at seven-thirty, even during Christmas vacation. She hated her father staring at her over breakfast, his leg dancing nervously under the table as if to say hurry up, get a move on. She hated the woolen tights that made her thighs itch, the mittens that kept her from moving her fingers, the helmet that squashed her cheeks, and the big, too tight boots..." #firstlines

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Leopoldandloeb
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I picked up two new books from the library today. Cannot wait to start reading!

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airiz
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Pickpick

This is a story of love that you cannot help but fall in love with, even if it crushes your heart unapologetically.

Poignant and unforgettable, Paolo Giordano's "The Solitude of Prime Numbers" intertwines the lives of two misfits, one who rejects the world and one who feels rejected by the world.

#bestreads #bookanddrink #bookandcoffee

#throwbackreads #bestreads

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hgundlachh
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"Thinking about it now, he felt stupid, as we all do when we remember all the time we waste wishing we were somewhere else."

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sparingqueen
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Currently reading.

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elamm
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Two shelves.

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