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Chiara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Chiara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Chiara De Giorgi
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Of Dreams and Frogs
Welcome to The Spot Writers.The prompt for this month is to write something starting with “he or shestarted the new year with…”
This week’s contributioncomes from Chiara De Giorgi. Chiara is an Italian author and currently lives inBerlin, Germany. She writes fiction, with a focus on children’s literature andscience fiction.
Of Dreams and Frogs
by Chiara De Giorgi
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| Complesso, divertente e al tempo stesso drammatico, presenta una società ristretta e chiusa su se stessa, in cui ogni evento può diventare un dramma e coinvolgere molte più persone del necessario. | |
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| What I really liked about this book, and what struck me deeply, is that El Akkad describes things as they are, clearly suffering alongside the victims, but never losing faith in humanity. These could be my own words: “Stubborn as anything, I hang on ...more | |
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| Le ingiustizie sistemiche in un etnostato che pratica l’apartheid si sommano e si intersecano al punto da rendere impossibile distinguere chi le perpetra. È una colpa collettiva che, a oggi, resta impunita. | |
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| Having read it as a teenager, I clearly remembered the intense characters and their overwhelming emotions. Re-reading it now has confirmed this, but it also allowed me to explore further ideas, such as the connection between strong emotions and the l ...more | |
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| The setting is meticulously crafted and the characters in this mystery novel are very well developed, keeping me guessing until the very end about who the culprit was and why they did it. | |
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| This was not an easy read. Although I’m not Black, I tried to identify with the narrator based on my experience as a woman. Things resonated a bit, but it’s still hard to grasp the fear and the unfairness of it all. Racism and the aggressive feelings ...more | |
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| Libro interessante e molto ben scritto, che parte da cinque “eroine” letterarie, frutto della penna di altrettante autrici, per identificare e mostrare diversi modi di reagire alla cultura patriarcale che ha permeato secoli della nostra storia. Tanto ...more | |
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| I always like Eve and Roarke’s adventures, although this one was a bit repetitive. | |
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I found this book a bit confusing and more about the setting and magical system than the plot. However, the main characters slowly grew on me. One thing that I think must be reviewed in case of a future edition: the “handwritten” pages are a nightmar ...more |
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“Don't be afraid of death; be afraid of an unlived life. You don't have to live forever, you just have to live.”
― Tuck Everlasting
― Tuck Everlasting
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.”
― Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949
― Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
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