LauraT’s Comments (group member since Aug 06, 2013)

LauraT’s comments from the All About Books group.

As said in the other thread, I'll start it by the end of next week, so to have the whole week end to read it!

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158 Italo Calvino La giornata d'uno scrutatore pag 140 ***1/2
159 Rex Stout Murder by the Book pag 246 ***
160 Kristin Hannah Fly Away pag 400 **
161 M.C. Beaton As the Pig Turns pag 292 ***
162 Winston Graham The Four Swans pag 490 ***1/2
163 Ian McEwan Lessons pag 448 ***1/2
164/184 Richard Coles Murder Before Evensong pag 358 ***1/2
Pierre Martin Madame Le Commissaire e l'inglese scomparso pag 288
Fabrizia Ramondino Althénopis pag 304
Richard Coles A Death in the Parish pag 415
Winston Graham The Angry Tide pag 624
Sándor Márai La donna giusta pag 444

I'll start a course in Spanish this coming Friday!!!

Yeah!!!!
So glad it was chosen this one!!!
I'll start it by the end of next week, for a saturday/sunday binge reading

This one I'll re-read in december!!!

I'm reading the second of a mini series of English mysteries: Canon Clement Mysteries 2 Books Collection Set By The Reverend Richard Coles.. Nice so far

Here I am!!!
Don't know how much time I'll have - we have an opening of an exhibition this coming Friday and a Book display in Perugia saturday and Sunday. Still, something will be read!!!

1 Pierre Martin Madame Le Commissaire e l'inglese scomparso pag 148
2 Fabrizia Ramondino Althénopis NOVEMBRE pag 159
3 Richard Coles A Death in the Parish pag 335
4 Colum McCann Apeirogon pag 463
5 M.C. Beaton Hiss and Hers pag 294
6 Winston Graham The Angry Tide pag 286
7 Fabio Bartolomei book:L'ultima volta che siamo stati bambini|42667146] pag 22
8 Tey Josephine A Shilling for Candles Illustrated pag 52
9 Alice Walker The Third Life of Grange Copeland pag 61

Tot pag 1820

Started today, for the 100 years since his birth, La giornata d'uno scrutatore - The Watcher by Italo Calvino, one of the best Italian writer of the XX Century

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144 David Safier Miss Merkel e l'omicidio al cimitero pag 320 ***
145 Nellie Bly Ten Days in a Mad-House pag 92 ****
146 Francesca Giannone La portalettere pag 416 ***
147 Michael McDowell The Fortune pag 172 ***1/2
148 Kristin Hannah Firefly Lane pag 513 ***
149 Rebecca Solnit Orwell's Roses pag 320 ***1/2
150 Michael McDowell Rain pag 190 ****
151 Winston Graham The Black Moon pag 559 ***1/2
152 R.F. Kuang Babel: An Arcane History pag 544 ****
153 Clara Sereni Il gioco dei regni pag 453 ****
154 Adalbert Stifter Cristallo di rocca pag 89 *** 1/2
155 Jane Sanderson Mix Tape pag 416 ***
156 Hilton Als My Pinup pag 48 ***
157/184 Tey Josephine The Man in the Queue pag 255 ***
Rex Stout Murder by the Book pag 246
Kristin Hannah Fly Away pag 400
Winston Graham The Four Swans pag 490

Esther wrote: "Hi just a quick note :

Anyone watching the news will know the shocking events occurring in my country.

We live in the North so at present we are safe and our children managed to get to a safe pla..."

I was thinking about you - and worrying sick. I had also another friend I met here - and also came to see me when she came in Italy. And I'm hoping she's well... so mad this situation

Alannah wrote: "I would like to nominate A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens"

Definitly a December read!!! I second this and nominate Alice Walker The Third Life of Grange Copeland

Alannah wrote: "LauraT wrote: "A terrible period it seems. Also here at work is a real hell... hoping it'll get better (but thinking it'll get worse!)"

Sounds the same here Laura."
Mala tempora currunt said the latins!

A terrible period it seems. Also here at work is a real hell... hoping it'll get better (but thinking it'll get worse!)

I'd like to nominate Abraham Verghese The Covenant of Water

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It'll pass away! As usual!

Christine wrote: "IT’S FALL!"

And I'm crying!!!

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