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La_Cori

La_Cori

Joined December 2016

italian 🇮🇹 Ravenclaw 💙 food lover 🍝🍕🍦🍷 just an ordinary woman who lives extraordinary lives with books!
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Mi limitavo ad amare te by Rosella Postorino
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Tasmania by Paolo Giordano
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Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas
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La signora Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
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“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.”

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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

Jari-chan Awww 😸😻 1mo
dabbe Hello there, Bibi! You are absolutely gorgeous! 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 1mo
peanutnine Oh my goodness how adorable 😻 4w
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La Scomparsa Di Majorana | Leonardo Sciascia
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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.

La_Cori If interested, here's a link to the wikipedia's page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Majorana 1mo
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Spatriati | Mario Desiati
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Mehso-so

⭐⭐ 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.

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August | Judith Rossner
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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

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

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Primavera silenziosa | Rachel Carson
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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!

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L'ordine del tempo | Carlo Rovelli
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🇬🇧 “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.”

Clare-Dragonfly That is lovely. Thanks for sharing. 2mo
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L'ordine del tempo | Carlo Rovelli
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#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

A nonfiction kind of weekend for me.. 📚🤓

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

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August | Judith Rossner
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My August TBR 📚📚📚

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Lore Olympus: Volume One | Rachel Smythe
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Next up ➡️

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

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Mi limitavo ad amare te | Rosella Postorino
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Come d'aria | Ada D'Adamo
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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

La_Cori If you're interested in the history of this Prize that's been awarded since 1947, i leave the link here ➡️ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strega_Prize 3mo
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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.

bthegood Stacked, my niece and I read these! 👍 3mo
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"As Wendy Darling pushed through the door, all conversation died and every eye focused on her."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

ShyBookOwl Ooh! Intriguing. 11mo
Bookwomble Hey, Corinna. I see you're visiting Litsy as you've liked a couple of my posts, but notice that you haven't posted yourself for a while. Not that you have to, of course 😊 I hope things are ok with you 💖 4mo
La_Cori @Bookwomble thanks Michael for checking in 😊 i'm in a biiiig reading slump, so I feel I don't have nothing to share 🙃 i'm visiting Litsy once or twice a week to see what everyone else is reading.. 4mo
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Bookwomble @La_Cori Slumps can feel pretty heavy - hoping you get your reading mojo back before too long 💗 Perhaps you'll find some inspiration when checking in 😊 4mo
bthegood hope you are doing well - have missed you on Litsy 🙂 4mo
La_Cori @bthegood 🤗🤗 thanks!! 3mo
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Manic Monday | Robert Michael
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#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.

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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

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
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Here's my November (and probably December) TBR, also my list for #bookspin #doblespin and #bookspinBingo 📚📚📚
@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
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Manic Monday | Robert Michael
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#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

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Bones & All: A Novel | Camille DeAngelis
Mehso-so

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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.

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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

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 11mo
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Bones & All: A Novel | Camille DeAngelis
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Enjoying some free time on a wednesday morning..

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Manic Monday | Danny Wilson
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#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

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L'Arminuta | Donatella Di Pietrantonio
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IuliaC I enjoyed this one too 👍 12mo
IuliaC I'd also like to see the film 12mo
La_Cori @IuliaC I didn't know there was a film.. I'd like to see it too 👀 12mo
La_Cori @IuliaC thanks!!👍🏻 12mo
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Panpan

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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!!

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Transfer of Power | Vince Flynn
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⭐⭐⭐? (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!?)

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Manic Monday | Annalise Wells
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#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;

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Manic Monday | Robert Michael
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#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

CBee Thanks for playing 😊 12mo
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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.

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The October List | Jeffery Deaver
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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

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! I love your pumpkins!! 12mo
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October: Code Black | Gabrielle Lord
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Welcome October!! 🍂🌰🍁🎃💟

UwannaPublishme 🙌🏻🎃🙌🏻 12mo
IuliaC Me too! 🧡💛🍁🍂 12mo
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Tutto chiede salvezza | Daniele Mencarelli
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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)

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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!!!

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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 ?)

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#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

AmyG Harry 🙌🏻 12mo
CBee ♥️♥️ Mumford and sons!! 12mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love How to Lose a Guy in 10 days!! 🎥 12mo
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Manic Monday | Danny Wilson
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#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

RaeLovesToRead Ah Ghost!!! I forgot about Ghost!!!!! 💕 12mo
CBee Thank you for playing! 😊 12mo
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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!

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The Devil All the Time | Donald Ray Pollock
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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.

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Kill Shot | Flynn, Vince
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Mehso-so

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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 👍🏻🎧

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Manic Monday | Annalise Wells
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#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

CBee Thanks for playing 😊 13mo
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#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

CBee Thanks for playing! 😊 13mo
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#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&...

CBee Donnie Darko 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 13mo
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Zia Mame | Patrick Dennis, Matteo Codignola
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#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

Ruthiella Z for Zachariah is a favorite from my childhood! 13mo
bthegood Auntie Mame - one of my favorite (and the movie too) 🙂 13mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻 13mo
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Yellow Birds | Kevin Powers
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Vita di Pi | Yann Martel
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#alphabetgame
#letterV

Once again, I'm playing with the italian title (Life of Pi is the original)
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank sir playing 📚 13mo
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Manic Monday | Danny Wilson
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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&...

eeclayton I loved The Count of Monte Cristo too, it was brilliant ❤️ 13mo
CBee Loved Chocolat 😊😊 13mo
jlhammar Chocolat! Great choice. Love that movie. 13mo
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L'uomo di Marte | Andy Weir
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#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

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 📚 13mo
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Tre gocce d'acqua | Valentina D'Urbano
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#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..)
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 📚 13mo
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Quel maledetto Vronskj | Claudio Piersanti
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing! 14mo
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