“You all listen now, this is a real lesson in life. Yes, we got stuck, but what‘d we girls do? We made it fun, we laughed. That‘s what sisters and girlfriends are all about. Sticking together even in the mud, ‘specially in mud.”

I'm catsitting for my brother and I'm enjoying some time with my furry nephew Bibi.. but he doesn't want me to read my book 😂 #catsoflitsy

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2

Ettore Majorana was an Italian theoretical physicist, defined a "genius" such as Newton and Einstein by Fermi; on 25 March 1938 he disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
In this short book published in 1975, Sciascia summarizes some of the results of the investigations and hypoteses about the disappearance, ruling out the suicide theory. Recent investigations confirmed that Majorana was still alive in the '50 and lived in Venezuela.

⭐⭐ 1/2

I think I didn't fully understand this book.. I liked the premises of the story, but then it took a few turns and twists that left me perplexed 🤔🤨 And the writing style wasn't captivating (or just interesting) enough to compensate for it.

August wrap-up #stats
(Best month for my readings this year 🙂💪)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (both nonfiction) Silent Spring & The Order of Time
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2 I re-read the Heartstopper graphic novels

Next up..
I've read a few chapters, but I'm already hooked 🤓📃

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This one has been sitting on my TBR for way too long (2008, maybe?!)
A few months ago at a meeting with Paolo Giordano, one of my favorite authors, he spoke mainly about this book (he wrote the foreword of the new italian edition).. so I decided to finally read it!

🇬🇧 “A stone is a prototypical “thing”: we can ask ourselves where it will be tomorrow. Conversely, a kiss is an “event.” It makes no sense to ask where the kiss will be tomorrow. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬.”

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

A nonfiction kind of weekend for me.. 📚🤓

⏰ The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
🦋 Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

My August TBR 📚📚📚

Next up ➡️

Trying to read this lying on the bed it's quite an exercise.. it's a big and heavy book, literally!!

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2
Here's the winner for the "Premio Strega" 2023 (one of -or THE most prestigious italian literary award)
This is a memoir, the author faces her diagnosis (and her battle against cancer) and how it changes the relationship with her disabled daughter.
The writing style is almost poetic, but some chapters felt like a punch straight to the heart! ?
Sadly,Ada D'Adamo passed away just a few days later learning she made it to the Strega finalists

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2

I've always loved the Darkling, such a great tormented character / villain (and even more after Ben Barnes played him in the tv series! ?)
This graphic novel is a glimpse in his "youth", it's a quick read and the art is really good.

"As Wendy Darling pushed through the door, all conversation died and every eye focused on her."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

#ManicMonday #LetterM @CBee

📚 A Man Called Ove; Il mare dove non si tocca.
✒ George R.R. Martin (we're all waiting for the next book!!!); Ian McEwan; Seanan McGuire.
📺 The Mandalorian; Murder, She Wrote; Misfits.
🎬 The Matrix; Mrs. Doubtfire; Memoirs of a Geisha.
🎤 Måneskin; Muse; Mumford & Sons.
🎶 Mantieni il bacio by Michele Bravi; Meanwhile Up in Heaven by Kaiser Chiefs; Mildred by Deaf Havana; Mentre tutto scorre by Negramaro.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

As always this was an exciting and entertaining read, but also more tense and "dark" (pun intended for the adventures in the Tartarus!)
Can't wait to read the end of the series, and I hope all these characters that I learned to love will have their happy ending!

This was my #doublespin for October @TheAromaofBooks

Here's my November (and probably December) TBR, also my list for #bookspin #doblespin and #bookspinBingo 📚📚📚
@TheAromaofBooks

#ManicMonday #LetterL
@CBee

📚 Less; The Light Between the Oceans
✒ Nicola Lagioia; Lois Lowry
🎬 The Lion King (1994); Legends of the Fall
📺 Locke & Key; Lost
🎤 Avril Lavigne; London Grammar
🎶 The Loneliest by Maneskin; Love and Lies by Anthony Ramos; Lover of the Light by Mumford and Sons; The Light Behind Your Eyes by My Chemical Romance

⭐⭐⭐

Did I read it just because there's a movie adaptation coming out in a few weeks?! Yes, of course.. can't wait to see Guadagnino & T.Chalamet together again!
The story itself is peculiar and interesting.. I didn't love the ending, but it was an overall okay reading.

⭐⭐⭐💫

This third book of the series was a little bit more chaotic than the first two, maybe all seven demigods and multiple storylines were a LOT to handle at the same time.. But that ending?!? It was brutal 🥺😭💔

This was my #bookspin for October @thearomaofbooks

Enjoying some free time on a wednesday morning..

#ManicMonday #LetterK
@CBee

📚 Kobane Calling, The Knife of Never Letting Go
✒ John Keats
🎬 Kung Fu Panda, A Knight's Tale
📺 Kyle XY, The Killing
🎤 Keane, Kodaline
🎶 Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michaelson; Klan by Mahmood; Kids in the Dark by All Time Low

⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

⭐⭐

Nope!! This was not for me and my taste.. I liked the author's writing style but all the characters were insufferable, especially the unnamed protagonist!!

⭐⭐⭐? (3.5/5)

Another good action packed novel by Vince Flynn.. it was fun, with a lot of tension (and a lot of characters and names!!!).
This was published in 1999 and I think it was some sort of inspiration for "Olympus Has Fallen" and "Whithe House Down"..

(The italian cover is awful!?)

#ManicMonday #letterJ @CBee

📚 Jane Eyre
✒ Rachel Joyce
🎬 Jumanji
📺 Jericho
🎤 James Bay, Micheal Jackson
🎶 Just Past the Point of Breaking by Fatherson; Jenny Don't Be Hasty by Paolo Nutini;

#ManicMonday #LetterI @CBee

📚 Io uccido
✒ Mattia Insolia, Kazuo Ishiguro
🎬 Inside Out, Interstellar
📺 Invincible
🎤 Imagine Dragons
🎶 Inside all the people by Planet Funk; If I fell by The Beatles; The importance of being idle by Oasis

Here they are, my #bookspin and #doublespin for October.. The Heroes of Olympus #3 & #4 🤩 can't wait to spend more time with Percy, Jason & Co.

After months of some sort of reading slump, I finally put togheter a TBR list for October.. 🍂🎃🍁📚🧡
Very simple: just 10 books, and doubling up for #bookspin and #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

Welcome October!! 🍂🌰🍁🎃💟

?????

It was a re-read for me.. and the audiobook was even a better experience than the physical book!
"Everything Calls for Salvation" is being adapted into a tv series on Netflix (available from october 14th)

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Percy Jackson, I really missed you!! This book was like meeting with an old friend after a long time apart 💟 I loved the new camp and its rules..
Can't wait to see all these new characters come togheter!!!

⭐⭐

I've got to say it, I preferred the tv series ??
I know I'm waaaay out of this book target, but there's something in Han's writing style that don't sit well with me..a few years back I tried "To all the boys.." but I DNFed it (this time I ended the audiobook, so there's an improvement ?)

#ManicMonday #LetterH @CBee

📚 How I live now - Heartstopper series
✒ Helen Hoang - Feank P. Herbert
🎬 Hook - How to lose a guy in 10 days
📺 Hart of Dixie - His Dark Materials
🎤 Harry Styles - Taylor Henderson
🎶 Hopeless Wanderer by Mumford and Sons - The heart is a muscle by Gang of Youths - Hola by Marco Mengoni

#ManicMonday #LetterG @CBee

📚 Il giardino dei Fizi-Contini, The Great Gatsby, The Giver
✒ Neil Gaiman, Fabio Genovesi
🎬 Gladiator, Ghost, The Greatest Showman
📺 Gilmore Girls, Game of Thrones, Grey's Anatomy
🎤 Gang of Youths, Giorgia
🎶 La glaciazione - Subsonica
Give you what you like - Avrile Lavigne
Glasgow - You Me at Six

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Such a great start for a new series!!! And as Italian I loved all the Roman mythology 🦅🗡🏛 I'm really curious to see how Riordan will develop this aspect. I liked all the new characters (Leo is my favourite 💟) and it was good seeing some old friends.. can't wait to read the next one and find out what happened to Percy!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book was dark, gritty, and violent. And it was good, so good!
The movie is just a "pale" version of the story, but the cast is perfect.

⭐⭐⭐

Book #2 with the super spy/killer Mitch Rapp.. I really like the main characters but I enjoyed better the first book, this story was a bit slower and a few chapters seemed to be there just for fill in more pages.
I listened the italian audiobook (thanks Audible!) and the narrator was really good 👍🏻🎧

#ManicMonday #letterF
Thanks for the tag @CBee

📚The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
✒Ken Follett and Giorgio Faletti
🎬Findng Neverland & Forrest Gump
📺Fringe 💟
🎤Fall Out Boy
🎶Fulenn by Alvan and Ahez; Fai rumore by Diodato; Flares by The Script

#ManicMonday #letterE @CBee

📚 Every Heart is a Doorway and Emma
✒ I have noone with the E 🙄
🎬 Equilibrium and Encanto
📺 Everwood and E.R.
🎤 Ed Sheeran or George Ezra
🎶 Eavesdrop by The Civil War / Everybody's dancing and I want to die by Deaf Havana

#ManicMonday #LetterD @CBee
📚 Dune, A Discovery of Witches
✒ Valentina D'Urbano, Fyodor Dostoevsky
🎬 Donnie Darko, Dead Poet Society, Dirty dancing
📺 Dollhouse
🎤 Deaf Havana
🎶 Duemila volte by Marco Mengoni https://open.spotify.com/track/7wQ9SAdzNgJ7dR1mXQiYfF?si=9_K1iTfQQYqimDrL6j210Q&...

#alphabetgame
#letterZ

I've got 2 books with the Z on my "read" list, both 4⭐..
Zia Mame (italian translation of Auntie Mame) and Z for Zachariah.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame catch-up
#letterW #letterX #letterY

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterV

Once again, I'm playing with the italian title (Life of Pi is the original)
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#ManicMonday #LetterC @CBee

📚 The Count of Montecristo
✒ Paolo Cognetti
🎬 Chocolat
📺 Charmed
🎤 Lewis Capaldi
🎶 Coraline by Maneskin 💟 https://open.spotify.com/track/7HMz8o0m7ASQ3ImFPfhWTY?si=GrHu3aBlRzqvYfsGHNLfaA&...

#alphabetgame
#letterU

I've got plenty of books with an U and all of them are with italian titles!!

Honorable mentions:
"Gli umani" by Matt Haig
"Uomini che odiano le donne" by Stieg Larsson
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterT

This time I couldn't pick just one title.. so here is my top 3! All of them are from italian authors and I'm not sure if there are any translated version available (I'll tag them in the comment if I found them..)
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#alphabetgame
#letterR #letterS

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterQ

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks