2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Coda: #DirittoInternazionalePubblico by #RolandoQuadri and #LezioniDiDirittoInternazionale by #BenedettoConforti
I understand these are books from when my mum was studying but I guess after the #events of these day they don’t mean much more anyway, do they?
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2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 365: #LaSacraBibbia
I couldn’t but finish this #challenge with the most printed book in #history: one in which I have found comfort more than once.
If only “Christian” world leaders actually opened it… because either me or they didn’t understand much about it.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 364: The three volumes of #CantataDeiGiorniDispari by #EduardoDeFilippo
Is there a better way to celebrate the challenge than with 3 books in 1 day?
The #Cantata includes some of Eduardo’s best-known works like #FilumenaMarturano and #IlSindacoDelRioneSanità.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 363: #ComeTiMiagoloLaVita by #VirginiaRabosio and #MassimoPersichino
One day Massimo discovers he is able to understand #cats and interpret their #behaviours.
A cute #novel, enriched by a plethora of cats: as soon as their lives improve, so do their humans’.🐈⬛
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 362: #HillbillyElegy by #JamesDavidVance
Ok, we all know the guy, however at the time I kinda enjoyed the book. The #author discusses how he went from a poor area of the #RustBelt to success.
Even more interesting considering its eventual political u-turn. 🇺🇸
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 361: #RaccontiCheFannoLeFusa by #JuliaDeuley
Here comes the last #Caturday of this year and it is dedicated to a #collection of #shortstories that blend #magic, #philosophy, an encounter with a (not so) Grim Reaper and - of course - #love for #cats.
🐈⬛ 🐈 ❤️
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 360: #DanzeOrientaliAll’InternoDelCarcere by #AnnalisaVirgili and my good #friend #Ornellad’Anna
Sometimes we forget that #prisons are meant to #rehabilitate not #punish.
And that’s why #beautiful things can #bloom even in #grim #places: let’s not forget that.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 359: #CantoDiNatale (in English #AChristmasCarol) by #CharlesDickens
Merry #Christmas, everyone! Our #challenge approaches its #end… on this day is there anything better than a #tale of #redemption?
Whether you are a #Scrooge or a #Cratchit, you’ll love it. 🎄
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 358: #FrancescoIlPrimoItaliano by #AldoCazzullo
On #ChristmasEve, I couldn’t help but think about #SanFrancesco, one of the GREATEST figures in #history, not to mention someone who had a profound #influence on #YoursTruly.
His message is more alive than ever.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 357: #ToKillAMockingbird by #HarperLee
Another #landmark: set in the #DeepSouth, it deals with #racism, #justice, and personal #growth. In a small town in #Alabama, #lawyer #AtticusFinch defends an #AfricanAmerican #man.
Also, a great #movie with #GregoryPeck.
God, if you are listening...
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 356: #IlRitrattoDiDorianGray (in English #ThePictureOfDorianGray) by #OscarWilde
I don’t think there’s much to add. I think virtually anybody has read this #novel or, at least, has an idea of what it’s about.
A #landmark that has inspired so many other works.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 355: #ItalianShortStories edited by #RaileighTrevelyan
Do you want to improve your #Italian? Or do you like #ItalianLiterature? 🇮🇹
Then this #collection of #ShortStories featuring (among others) #ItaloCalvino, #CesarePavese, #VascoPratolini is perfect for you!
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 354: #DispensaFelina by #PaolaMelfi
Happy #Caturday!!! Today’s book teaches us to see the #world in a different way, i.e. from the point of view of #cats. This way, we’ll also learn more about the #behavior of our #feline #friends, in a funny and playful way.🐈
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 353: #CantataDeiGiorniPari by #EduardoDeFilippo
As #Christmas 🎄 draws near, #Neapolitans think about #NataleInCasaCupiello, arguably the most famous #play by #Eduardo, contained in this #collection.
We’re talking about an absolute, bittersweet #masterpiece. 🎄
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 352: #RealismoCapitalista (in English #CapitalistRealism:IsThereNoAlternative?) by #MarkFisher
I haven’t read today’s book, recommended by a friend and colleague: is #capitalism really so pervasive that even picturing an #alternative would be impossible? 💰 💵 💶
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 351: #FiabeCoreane (in English #KoreanFolkTales:Imps,GhostsAndFairies) by #JamesS.Gale
A #collection of #Korean 🇰🇷 #tales that deal with different #themes & #creatures and are the results of a long #oral #tradition.
One of my fav? The rabbit and the fox. 🐇 🦊
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 350: #IlRitornoDelPadrino (in English #TheGodfatherReturns) by #MarkWinegardner
The #sequel to #TheGodfather by #MarioPuzo (see January, 2th) also explores the time arc between the 1st & 2nd #movie.
We see the #evolution of #MichaelCorleone and meet new foes.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 349: #TheDayOfTheTriffidsby #JohnWyndham
After a #MeteorShower #people become #blind and a race of #alien #plants called #Triffids roams the #Earth.
A #groundbreaking #novel that influenced (and influences!) other #novels, #comics, #movies, and #videogames.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 348: #GreatJapaneseStories edited by #JayRubin
As the #title says, a (dual-language) #collection of #Japanese #stories touching various and diverse #themes: from the #aftermath of the #bombing of #Hiroshima to the role of #women in #Japan and much more. 🇬🇧 🇯🇵
«I need your clothes, your boots and your #motircycle».
#TheTerminator #quote #movie #moviequotes #HarleyDavidson
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 347: #AlfredVivereConUnGatto by #CristinaCautillo
Happy #Caturday! Today we’ll visit #Rome with a unique #chaperone: #Alfred, a #cat who lives with his #family but loves to go out to roam the city. From his #vantagepoint, we’ll see Rome from another angle. 🐈 🐈⬛
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 346: #Opere by #VitalianoBrancati
A huge #collection that includes 3 #novels i.e. #DonGiovanniInSicilia, #IlBell’Antonio and #PaoloIlCaldo and some #ShortStories.
#Brancati describes with #irony the #bigotry & narrow-mindness of #ItalianSociety under #fascism.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 345: #LaBellezzaEL’Inferno by #RobertoSaviano
A #collection of #articles and #essays that focus on different subjects: the #title draws from #AlbertCamus and the #difference between the #beauty of #truth and the #hellish #reality of those who live it everyday.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 344: #ThePortraitOfALady by #HenryJames
The story of #IsabelArcher, a #beautiful, #smart and #young #American #woman who goes to #England.
Her #aunt would like to find her a #husband but our protagonist knows that a woman is not defined by the one she marries.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 343: #ISonetti by #Trilussa
A #collection of #sonnets that deal with #life in #Rome. The #poet uses #Roman #dialect to create small scenes: sometimes #happy and #playful, sometimes #melancholic: he starts with petty situations and explores #universal #themes. 🏛️
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 342: #IlProvinciale by #GiorgioBocca
One may always agree with the #man but the #writer is a whole different story.
In this complex #work, he reflects about his #life: from his #childhood to the dawn of the #Nineties passing thru 70 years of #Italian #history.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 341: #IlMioCalcio by #PierPaoloPasolini
As it is well known, #Pasolini loved #soccer (he also was a good #wing if I remember correctly) and in this small, but interesting book he provides us with some #insights on the game.
Also, his #opinions are never banal.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.
Day 340: #IGattiDiRoma by #LilliGarrone and #MonicaCirinnà
Do you love #cats? Do you love #Rome?
Then, this is the book for you… and for this #Caturday!
A series of #stories, #curiosities and #anecdotes and whatnot regarding the #felines of the #EternalCity. 🏛️🐈🐈⬛
