What the Dead Leave Behind (A Gilded Age Mystery #1) by Rosemary Simpson

What the Dead Leave Behind by Rosemary Simpson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Shame on me but I had no idea a Gilded Age existed, that said, this mystery novel is far from being a cozy mystery and I had to finish it as soon as I can because I just could not put it down. The characters are many and all very well depicted as the story and the New York of that years. Looking forward to the next installment in this series.

Mea culpa, ma non sapevo esistesse una etá dorata degli Stati Uniti (il periodo che va da 1870 al 1900), ció detto, il giallo che si dipana in quegli anni é molto ben scritto, ma non é da confondersi con gli attuali cozy mystery perché é piuttosto violento e non fa sconti. I personaggi sono parecchi ma tutti ben scritti e credo che molti torneranno nei libri futuri della serie, inoltre la descrizione di New York é molto affascinante. Chiaramente quindi, non vedo l'ora di leggere il prossimo volume della serie!

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Review: Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World

Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World by Parmy Olson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: The Let Them Theory

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Hemlock & Silver

Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: L'homme qui lisait des livres

L'homme qui lisait des livres by Rachid Benzine
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Lagerfeuer by Julia Franck

Lagerfeuer by Julia Franck
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Ich habe "Mittagsfrau" gelesen und es hat mir sehr gefallen, dann habe ich "Rucken and Rucken" gelesen und ich habe es schrecklich gefunden. Dieses Buch ist inzwischen.

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Review: Remarkably Bright Creatures

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Il Trio dell'arciduca by Hans Tuzzi

Il Trio dell'arciduca by Hans Tuzzi


Confuso e noioso.

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Amid the Winter Snow by Thea Harrison

Amid the Winter Snow by Grace Draven
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Thea Harrison's "The chosen" was a good and super fast reading, more a short story than a novella, and I haven't read the other stories yet.

"The Chosen" la storia di Thea Harrison mi é piaciuta parecchio, le altre non le ho ancora lette.

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Review: Castles of Scotland, Ireland & Wales

Castles of Scotland, Ireland & Wales by Martin J Dougherty
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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La piccola Battaglia portatile by Paolo Nori

Ho letto una ventina di pagine poi ho pensato che, essendo oltretutto preso in prestito dalla biblioteca, non valeva la pena di sforzarsi ulteriormente.

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Review: The Last Gifts of the Universe

The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Happy Endings

Happy Endings by Lucie Bryon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: The Hungry Gods

The Hungry Gods by Adrian Tchaikovsky
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Great story that made me discover (late I admit) a great science fiction writer whom I had always feared because each of his books exceeded 500 pages. Now, after this novella, I feel ready for the big leap.

Gran bella storia che mi ha fatto scoprire (tardi lo ammetto) un grande scrittore di fantascienza che avevo sempre temuto perché ogni suo libro superava le 500 pagine. Ora, dopo questa novella, mi sento pronta al grande salto.

I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.

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Review: 101 Things to Do With Chocolate, new edition

101 Things to Do With Chocolate, new edition by Stephanie Ashcraft
My rating: 1 of 5 stars



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Review: Rewire Your Food-Addicted Brain: Fight Cravings and Break Free from a High-Sugar, Ultra-Processed Diet Using Neuroscience

Rewire Your Food-Addicted Brain: Fight Cravings and Break Free from a High-Sugar, Ultra-Processed Diet Using Neuroscience by Claire Wilcox
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Rivals to Lovers

Rivals to Lovers by Elise Wayland
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Swallows

Swallows by Natsuo Kirino
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Nervous System Reset: Overcome Pain, Trauma and Stress Using Your Vagus Nerve

The Nervous System Reset: Overcome Pain, Trauma and Stress Using Your Vagus Nerve by Jessica Maguire
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Sangue marcio

Sangue marcio by Antonio Manzini
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe

The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The mum of Will Schwalbe had a great life, it was sad for me to "meet her" only in the end, but the way she handled the situation was egregious. The books are my favorite part anyway, and my never ending to read list, is getting bigger and bigger.

La vita della mamma dell'autore é stata impressionante per svariate ragioni, non ultima il modo in cui ha gestito gli ultimi due anni della sua vita. Comunque la mia parte preferita resta quella sui libri, il che ha portato la mia lista, giá infinita di libri da leggere, a sforare in un universo parallelo.

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Review: Illustrated History of Scotland

Illustrated History of Scotland by Chris J. Tabraham
My rating: 0 of 5 stars



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Review: Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland

Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland by James Crawford
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Du mußt dein Leben ändern: Gedichte der Erwartung (Beck Paperback 4235)

Du mußt dein Leben ändern: Gedichte der Erwartung (Beck Paperback 4235) by Rainer Maria Rilke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Under Pressure (Body Armor, #1) by Lori Foster

Under Pressure by Lori Foster
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

I gave up after 50 pages because it was way too silly even for me.

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Review: Accomplice to the Villain

Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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La Honte by Annie Ernaux

La Honte by Annie Ernaux
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Annie Ernaux est l'une de ces auteurs que j'aime pour plus que pour les écritures que pour ce qu'il écrit. Son adolescence sur-moyenne, qui l'amènera à s'éloigner le plus possible de ses origines grâce au fait d'aller à l'internat et non à l'école publique, sa relation avec sa famille et autres sont les situations racontées dans ce petit livre que J'ai n’aimai pas comme "La place".

Annie Ernaux é una di quelle autrici che mi piace piú per come scrive che per quello che scrive. La su adolescenza piccolo borghese, che la porterá ad allontanarsi il piú possibile dalle sue origini grazie al fatto di andare in collegio e non alla scuola pubblica, il suo rapporto con la famiglia e altre sono le situazioni raccontate in questo piccolo libro che non mi é piaciuto tanto come "Il posto"

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Review: He Falls First

He Falls First by Jill Shalvis
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Almeno tu

Almeno tu by Carlo Lucarelli
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Forsaken by Night (MoonBound Clan Vampires, #2.5) by Larissa Ione

Forsaken by Night by Larissa Ione

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I forgot why I decided not to read about the MoonBound clan vampires but now I remember.

Mi ero scordata la ragione per cui avevo smesso di seguire questa serie, ma poi me la sono ricordata.

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Review: Die Madonna im Pelzmantel

Die Madonna im Pelzmantel by Sabahattin Ali
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories

People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories by Ao Omae
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Warm Up (Villains, #0.5) by V.E. Schwab

Warm Up by V.E. Schwab
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Mehhh I don't know if this is a good prequel to Vicious, I kind of lost the interest in reading it....we will see.

Mah insomma, non so se questo prequel di Vicious mi abbia proprio levato del tutto l'intenzione di leggerlo o se magari prima o poi lo farò, certo che comunque come specchietto per le allodole non ha funzionato poi tanto....

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Annie Nicholas and her Dragons

Not His Dragon by Annie Nicholas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Annie Nicholas is always a super funny reading. This time we have Eoin and Angie, one dragon and one something that smells suspiciously like a she-dragon but cannot shift. We all know how is it going to end, but the road was not an easy one but still amusing!

Annie Nicholas é sempre molto divertente da leggere. Stavolta abbiamo Eoin ed Angie, un drago e qualcosa che ha l'odore di un drago femmina, ma non puó mutare forma. Sappiamo tutti come va a finire un paranormal romance, ma arrivare all'happy ending é stato comunque uno spasso!

Not His Christmas by Annie Nicholas
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Cannot wait to read the two books in between so I skip them to read the new novella whose main characters are Eoin and Angie and I was not disappointed, funny as usual.

Non potevo aspettare di leggere i due libri in mezzo per arrivare a questa novella che ha come protagonisti Eoin ed Angie, da poco assurti nell'olimpo popolato dalle mie coppie preferite. Anche stavolta non sono rimasta delusa e mi sono divertita come al solito.

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Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King, Owen King

Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Why not five stars? Because is way too long. Then why not four? I have problems with little talking animals, all of them with the only exception of Winnie Pooh, whom is not from an angelic universe also. So three stars because it could have been a shorter better story, but it's still a King's story and worthy of the three days I spent sacrificing my sleep, mostly because I have a nightmare tendency after reading of pandemics.

Perché non 5 stelle? Perché è veramente troppo lungo. Ma allora perché non 4? Perché io gli animaletti parlanti non li sopporto proprio, con l'eccezione di Winnie Pooh, che oltretutto ha il merito di non scendere direttamente da uno dei cerchi del paradiso. Quindi le tre stelle ci sono perché é una bella storia che sarebbe potuta essere persino migliore se fosse durata un trecento pagine di meno, ma nonostante questo gli ho dedicato tre notti nelle quali avrei potuto dormire di piú, se non fosse che ho questa brutta tendenza ad avere gli incubi ogni volta che leggo di pandemie.

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Review: Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: A Question of Price

Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: A Question of Price by Andrzej Sapkowski
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Marriage Made in Hate

Marriage Made in Hate by Julia James
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: His Forgotten Wife

His Forgotten Wife by Tara Pammi
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: State of Retribution

State of Retribution by Marie Force
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: A che cosa serve la letteratura?

A che cosa serve la letteratura? by Isaac Bashevis Singer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Duke with Benefits (Studies in Scandal, #2) by Manda Collins

Duke with Benefits by Manda Collins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Faster than the first one and funnier also, but still not the best Manda Collins, IMHO, even if I was waiting for Daphne book , because she is by far my favorite heiress of the 4.

Piú veloce e divertente del primo, ma ancora Manda Collins non al suo meglio, secondo me ovviamente, anche se questo era il libro che aspettavo perché Daphne é di gran lunga la mia ereditiera preferita tra le quattro.

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Review: Compulsory

Compulsory by Martha Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Obsolescence

Obsolescence by Martha Wells
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: La mala erba

La mala erba by Antonio Manzini
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Ready Set Rogue (Studies in Scandal, #1) by Manda Collins

Ready Set Rogue by Manda Collins

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I must admit that the very slowly beginning almost stopped me from reading all the book, but I had faith in Mrs. Collins and in the end it was a good and enjoyable reading.

L'inizio lentissimo quasi mi ha impedito di proseguire, ma per fortuna il tutto si é trasformato in una piacevole lettura, quindi la mia fiducia nella Sig.ra Collins rimane immutata.

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Review: The Offing

The Offing by Benjamin Myers
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Invettive musicali

Invettive musicali by Nicolas Slonimsky
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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The Longest Fall (Whisper Lake, #1) by Anna Argent

The Longest Fall by Anna Argent

My rating: 2 of 5 stars

I have got mixed feelings about the whole book, so I will just say that it was not my cup of tea, for many reasons.

Questo libro mi ha lasciato l'amaro in bocca per varie ragioni, quindi posso riassumere il tutto dicendo che non era proprio fatto per me.

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Review: The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond

The Age of Video Games: A Graphic History of Gaming from Pong to VR and Beyond by Jean Zeid
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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