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Il capitalismo della sorveglianza. Il futuro dell'umanità nell'era dei nuovi poteri"Big Brother" in Italian is called "Grande Altro" ...
I finished The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins. It's the craziest and most bizarre fantasy novel I've read. And I loved it!My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
If you love a thriller.... dont look any further:5 STARS ....... He Started It
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Sisters and Brothers by Fiona Palmer
3 and a half stars.
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My review of Sisters and Brothers by Fiona Palmer
3 and a half stars
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5 STARS ....... He Started It
My Review https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Really so good? I'll give a look for it
My review of The Meatless Monday Family Cookbook: Kid-Friendly, Plant-Based Recipes Go Meatless One Day a Week—or Every Day! by Jenn Sebestyenhttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of The Fire Is Upon Us: James Baldwin, William F. Buckley Jr., and the Debate Over Race in America by Nicholas Buccolahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Maybe I should have listened to the Tom Hanks audio of The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, which has had some rave reviews. 
3.5★ Link to my "Dutch House" review
Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor is a terrific story, first published in the US in 1938, as Hitler was promising to restore German prosperity. It had an amazing impact then, and it's no less amazing now. READ IT!
5★ Link to my review and where you can find the story
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Really interesting!
I don't usually read graphic novels, but My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris was recommended to me. Told in the voice of a 10-year old girl, set in 1960s Chicago, has a murder mystery, a holocaust survivor, and a whole host of other interesting characters. The story was good. The illustrations, breathtaking. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read another in the Bryant and May series by Christopher Fowler, Hall of Mirrors and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3184700368.
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor is a terrific story, first published in the US in 1938, as Hitler was promising to restore German prosperity. It had an ama..."This was a powerful story. I agree with Patty…...Read it!
My review of Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
5 stars
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
LauraT wrote: "PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor is a terrific story, first published in the US in 1938, as Hitler was promising to restore German ..."It's a short, amazing read, Laura.
Done reading the very insightful read Regarding the Pain of Others by Susan SontagMy review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anapparahttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
My review of Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky
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I didn't expect this to be as good , as great, as A Little Life, and this isn't.
It lacks the span, the thoroughness, the vision of a life, of a group of people, of a time.
Stil this is a really good book, the description of Perina's mind is outstanding. Till the very last page, where all is terribly confirmed.
If ony she'd have cut some parts of the descriptions of the islanders...
Finished Green Lion by Henrietta Rose-Innes.I thought it was very good, but I preferred her Nineveh. Her books embody a message about the relationship between humans and insects/animals.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I finished The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino over the weekend. I liked it a lot though I don't really understand why it is considered a fantasy. The plot is fantastic (a man who lives his life in the trees, never touching the ground) but it isn't what I would consider "fantasy". The baron, Cosimo, is eccentric just as, say, Miss Havisham is eccentric but there is nothing magical or supernatural about him.
LauraT wrote: "Finished yesterday The People in the Trees by Hanya Yanagihara.I didn't expect this to be as good , as great, as A Little Life, and this isn't.
It ..."
A Little Life would be a hard act to follow, I reckon. Maybe I'll give this other one a miss.
It's hardly the Definitive Dylan, but this book for kids, Bob Dylan, by Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara is a good introduction to a unique singer-songwriter and the first musician to win the Nobel Prize for music.
4★ Link to my link review with a bit of the artwork
I love Maggie O'Farrell's books, but this one, about herself, is something else again! I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death is 17 stories from her life, which could have been a lot shorter at least 17 times! 
5★ Link to my review
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In Italy it is NOT considered a fantasy!!!!! It is part of a trilogy, of our ancestors, all on very particular characters: The Cloven Viscount and The Nonexistent Knight.
Of course they are all about contemporary Italy, contemporary to the time they were written, the beginning of the '60s of last century!
LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I finished The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino over the weekend. I liked it a lot though I don't really understand why it is considered a fantasy. The plot is fantast..."Good to know!
Finished The Medusa Reader edited by Marjorie Garber and Nancy J. Vickers. It's a comprehensive anthology of excerpts referring to the figure of Medusa and her myth. It begins with Homer and goes all the way to Gianni Versace's adoption of her face for his logo. I recommend the book if you're interested in Medusa.
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Very interesting look at life in a world of "flowers and willows." My review of Geisha, a Life by Mineko Iwasaki: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Stormy: a Story about Finding a Forever Home by Guojing. A wordless picture book, beautiful illustrated throughout, as cute as a puppy.
Done with From the Land of the Moon by Milena Agus which I really liked.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Read book 3 of the Vis trilogy by Tanith Lee but sadly this one didn't really gel for me - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3184781494
Also read Will-o-the-Wisp by Thomas Burnett Swann and reviewed it - https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3199245044.
My review of The Dinner List by Rebecca Serle
I did not finish this book. 1 star
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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sadly only 2 and a half stars
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