sabato, aprile 12, 2025

The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall (Editor), Dan Papia (Translator)

The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Super useless but funny books that shows, even if it's a very well known fact, that sometimes Japanese minds work differently, and mostly funnier :)

Libro assolutamente inutile ma decisamente simpatico che dimostra, come se ce ne fosse bisogno, come le menti giapponesi funzionino in modo diverso e sicuramente piú divertente :)

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martedì, aprile 08, 2025

The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, #2) by Elizabeth Peters

The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody, #2)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Exactly what I need when it's too hot even to think: Amelia Peabody and her Pharaons! I liked this book a lot and enjoyed the story and the characters.

Questa serie é esattamente quello che ci serve quando il caldo estivo non mi permette nemmeno di pensare lucidamente: Amelia Peabody ed i suoi faraoni!

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Review: Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Paleo Simple: 150 Delicious Whole Food Meals for Healthy Living

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Veganissimo!: The Plant-Based & Gluten-Free Italian Kitchen

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Last Chance to Save the World

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Gods Time Forgot

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Little Lazarus

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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domenica, aprile 06, 2025

Buona Apocalisse a tutti! by Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Luca Fusari (Translator)

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Mah....sinceramente mi aspettavo qualcosina di meglio, ma credo che in questo caso abbia giocato un grosso ruolo il fatto che a me, tendenzialmente, Terry Pratchett non mi ha mai fatto impazzire e tutte le volte che ci rimetto le mani mi ricordo anche perché, che sarebbe anche piú utile ricordarsene prima oltretutto....

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mercoledì, aprile 02, 2025

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) by Ursula K. Le Guin

A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read this book super fast because it was fantastic, a real fantasy with wizard and dragons and sorcerers and shadows, to sum up the best of the best and now I will go straight to the second!

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lunedì, marzo 31, 2025

Review: Haruki Murakami Manga Stories 3: Scheherezade, Sleep

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8) by Kevin Hearne

Staked (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #8)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I spent a long time without reading the druid chronicles, so it took me a while to remember names and settings, but then it was fine and I liked the story enough to read all the other books after this one.

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sabato, marzo 29, 2025

Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles Spence

Gastrophysics: The New Science of EatingGastrophysics: The New Science of Eating by Charles Spence
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Absolutely technical, but not in the biology way, mostly in the way it discusses how we decide what to eat, and why, and how smells and noises have a strong impact on our choices. After my recent studies on Neuromarketing, I was really happy that I came across this essay!

Molto tecnico, ma non perché si metta a spiegare la biologia della digestione, quanto piuttosto perché esamina attentamente quali sono gli stimoli esterni che possono essere utilizzati per influenzare quello che scegliamo di mangiare. Considerato che recentemente avevo studiato un pochino di Neuromarketing, sono stata contenta di essermi imbattuta, quasi per caso, in questo saggio.

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martedì, marzo 25, 2025

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1) by Elizabeth Peters

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody #1)

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

OHHHHH I have a new series with a strong heroine and now I know that 19 more books are waiting for me before the end - because this series ended a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't have asked for more two days before my holidays....

Meraviglioso, ho scoperto questa nuova serie con un'eroina tostissima e ora vivo sapendo che ci sono altri 19 libri prima della fine, anche perché questa é una serie finita due settimane fa :) non avrei potuto chiedere di meglio a due giorni dalle ferie....

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Review: Small Space, Big Living: Interior design to make every inch count

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Forty Ways to Know a Star: Using Stars to Understand Astronomy

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Easy Origami Kawaii: 400 Pages Ready to Fold with 10 Step-By-Step Tutorials

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Witcher, Vol. 9: Corvo Bianco

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Fist of the North Star, Vol. 16

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Beast

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: When the Moon Hits Your Eye

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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domenica, marzo 23, 2025

Das Muschelessen by Birgit Vanderbeke

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ein sehr gutes Buch, muss ich sagen, die richtige Länge, die richtigen Worte, das rechte Ende. Es ist nicht einfach so präzise zu sein :)

Libro molto bello, devo dire, la giusta lunghezza, le giuste parole ed il giusto finale. Non é mica semplice essere cosí precisi :)

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venerdì, marzo 21, 2025

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers (Foreword)

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Non posso dire niente che non sia stato già detto su IJ, lo ami, lo odi e tutto quello che sta nel mezzo. Personalmente lo ritengo un libro ostico e trascinante: facevo fatica a leggerlo (se vedo un altra nota mi sento male) e facevo altrettanta fatica a lasciarlo. E' un mondo che ti assorbe, una volta che lo capisci tanto da riuscire a muoverti, quello di Hal e Don e sicuramente con il senno di poi, non è che mi stupisce così tanto che DFW si sia suicidato; a volte più che IJ sembrava di leggere il DSM IV-TR in particolare il capitolo sulle dipendenze, ma ci sono delle parti, quella che mi ricordo meglio è il dialogo di Hal con Orin sul momento perfetto, quello in cui come giocatore sai che non sbaglierai, quello in cui tutto congiura perchè tu abbia successo, che ancora mi fanno venire i brividi solo a ripensarci.Felice di averlo letto e felice di averlo finito, magari la prossima volta lo rileggo in italiano però.

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mercoledì, marzo 19, 2025

Review: Elogio dell'ignoranza e dell'errore

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Lessons in Forgiving

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History by Peter H. Wilson

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars

It has been interesting, and sometimes boring, but I have to say that I learned a lot, even if this way of writing about history handling each main topic and not in chronological order didn't work this time for me. When I read SPQR it was easier because I already knew a lot of the story so the scaffolding was there, but this time it was not enough and from times to times information disappeared really fast.

È stato un libro interessante, anche se a tratti noioso, ma stavolta, il modo di scrivere la storia partendo dagli argomenti principali senza seguire una linea cronologica per me non ha funzionato tanto perché, a differenza di SPQR dove la storia era nota e quindi lo scaffolding presente, spesso e volentieri mi perdevo le informazioni tra i capitoli perché non sapevo dove posizionarle nella mia mente....

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martedì, marzo 18, 2025

Review: Der Duft von Schokolade

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign, Vol. 32

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Parable of the Talents: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

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My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Witcher: Classic Collection

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Spark

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: The long game

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My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Tuberkulose: Es ist Zeit, die tödlichste Infektion der Welt zu besiegen

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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