Books I read

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Rotte del mare - Pino Pace, illustrated by Allegra Agliardi

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L'arte della gioia - Goliardia Sapienza

Not the kind of book I normally read. Loved it

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I figli dell'odio - Cecilia Sala

A reportage to better understand the dynamics of the Palestinian genocide, what led to it, and how the surrounding Arab countries are involved in it. The author speaks to the people that live it, on all sides, with both active and marginalised roles in it. Not an easy read, but a useful one

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Il bosco d'inverno/The wood at midwinter - Susanna Clarke

I randomly picked this up at the library because I like the author's other books. Cute fairytale-like story with pretty illustrations

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Nel nido dei serpenti - Zerocalcare

Another brilliant work by Zerocalcare, mixing social commentary, personal reflections and showing other perspectives on the Ilaria Salis and Maja T. cases outside of sensationalis journalism and politics

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Le luci di Atlantide/Web of light-web of darkness - Marion Zimmer Bradley

I didn't like it as much as the mists of Avalon, but still it was an interesting read

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The testaments - Margaret Atwood

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Also last year I read 48 books but I had a bit of a reading slump for a couple of months so I decided to set my first ever reading goal to 50 for this year to motivate me and. Well. Nona was the 50th. It's not even July. Yay

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Nona la nona/Nona the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir

I need the new book NOW. Nona you're so dear to me

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Harrow's complete inability to show affection vs Nona constantly saying "I love you" to everybody

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Un inno alla vita/Et la joie de vivere - Gisèle Pelicot

Her story was truly hard to read but so necessary. So many people found the strength and courage to speak up because of her, and hopefully even more will

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A dark and secret magic - Wallis Kinney

Cute, but cozy fantasy in not my favourite to read

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Le falene di Ursula - Alessia Amati, illustrated by Ilaria D'Angelo

Weirdly enough I didn't know about Mother Shipton, this was such a nice read. Of course it's not just history facts, and the author used her imagination a lot, but she did so beautifully.

The illustrations are amazing, I loved the almost monochromatic watercolours the artist made

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La strega delle pietre/The stone witch of Florence - Anna Rasche

The concept was nice but the execution wasn't the best. I still quite enjoyed it even though some parts were truly not believable, like a bishop randomly processing an inquisitor like that. Also the fact that the characters used so many bestemmie casually while also being Christians felt totally wrong and foreigners should try a bit harder to understand that those are not just some casual curse words

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Storie e leggende degli etruschi - Martina Forti

Read it in like half an hour, the pages are mostly illustrations (pretty) and only a few lines of words. But it was still cool to read stories about this civilisation

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La sognatrice/Hildegard II - Anne Lise Marstrand-Jorgensen

Hildegard and Volmar are so dear to me

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Il paese del buio/The night country - Melissa Albert

I don't know why I hoped the second one would be better. Once again the author managed to waste a lot of interesting concepts. The pop references were too frequent as well, for me they ruined the immersion. A lot of plot points were not developed well enough and some were just giant holes.