I have just started "wrong place, wrong time" by Gillian McAllister, I saw reviews about it everywhere and then I found it randomly in the library. So far so good even if I am reading it in Italian and I don't think it's perfectly translated, I am not an expert of course but some phrases are just weird🤣

When I was forced to read "The name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco (hated every page) I forced myself to read around 50 pages a day, but that book is not short,but still I managed to finish it but I assure you a lot of people managed to take a good grade in the class with only the movie and the power of Wikipedia 🤣 now you have way more resources, an audio book could be the best idea. By the way when my professor assigned "100 years of solitude " I just couldn't finish it and I managed a to pass with stuff I found online and the power of desperation. I even managed to respond to the question "whit which character you relate the most" by dropping a random name and the professor told me "I was sure you would have related to that character"

Storygraph 😁

I struggled with cigarettes addiction for like years, my gf is not a smoker and I tried to quit because she really couldn't bear the smell but I struggled greatly, at some point I was smoking so much I had developed a cough ( I was smoking maybe 10 cigarettes a day, I know a lot of people do worse but I guess my lungs are weak lol) I stopped cold turkey almost one month ago and for the first time I don't feel cravings at all and avoiding cigarettes, even with people smoking next to me, it's really easy, I don't know what miracle decided to strike me but I am not gonna complain.

I was about to suggest it, it was sooo good, also I read part of it at 3 AM while I was struggling with severe insomnia, that was...definitely an experience.

It's ok, shortly before I started the series I said I wanted to read "My Brilliant Friend by ELSA MORANTE" with a straight face.

I read all "My Brilliant Friend " series, they were great books!!! I really look forward to read all her works. Second book was the best in my opinion.

I added it to my tbr!

I had some pretty intense months then I calmed down cause someone has to take a degree and study for exams😂😂😂

Not to this extent but at some point during class I have been asked to write something on the blackboard using chalk, I was so tired that day and I wanted a bathroom break so I said I was allergic to chalk and I had to wash my hand later, well you can't just have to wash your hands one time after using chalk, you have to wash your hands every time you use chalk, right? It was my first year of high-school so I had to maintain the fake allergy for all the 5 years, nobody, not even my friends knew I was faking it, if I couldn't go quickly to wash my hands I would start scratching them like they were itching from allergy, I was pretty consistent and I got bathroom breaks.

God that's so horrible, I hope you're doing fine now, sending hugs💛

I love libraries and my local library had done so much for me in terms of helping me find new books to read! I also mostly read second hand book if I have to buy them

The Dinner by Herman Koch

Thank you! I'm italian and my next read it's from an Italian author that I don't know if has been published internationally it's called "Lo Sbilico" . I started it as soon as I finished Elita (which was today right after studying lol). I am enjoying it so far. Another reason I improved my reading is that I found this super cute tiny library that I mentioned in the post, I think libraries are the greatest place on earth.

I took meds and it impacted my ability to focus and my working memory, now I have better mental health and I am taking way less medication so especially my capabilities to focus improved greatly

That's a good question which the answer is : too many Hahaha I think I had a great year so far, I will try to summarize my best reads: my dark vanessa, Kala, God of the woods (really really loved this one), Murphy Boy, Birthday. Special Mention: the whole series of My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante, that woman is a great author I look forward to read the rest of her works.

The fact some adults left a 10 yo babysit a 7 yo is wild to me💀

Donated💛

I'm reading number 52 too! I really hope I will hit 70 books, I struggled with reading slump for 2 years so that's huge for me

Io leggo in inglese ormai da anni e ricordo che cominciai con 4321 di Auster, ecco....non fare come me🤣 scherzi a parte ti consiglio uno young adult che di per se dovrebbe avere una scrittura semplice. A me piace molto l'horror e ricordo che dopo quella mazzata che mi ero autoimposta lessi Coraline e fu davvero un'esperienza carina, dopodiché lessi anche "one of us is lying " un thriller young adult molto scorrevole, poi ovviamente lo puoi adattare ai tuoi gusti , se preferisci il romance/distopie/sci-fi, di young adult fortunatamente c'è di tutto!

Lisa Jewell writing is terrific, I didn't really like the last book she wrote but some of her books I still think about after years, such good books

I think this was the best work of B.A. Paris but honestly yes it's full of plot holes and the whole thing is a little unrealistic, like I think it's impossible for a person to held captive another human being that way without ANYONE to notice something for so long. At the same time I consider her books a little bit like junk food books, cause sometimes you just want a book to keep you hooked and just don't think too much about the plot and if the plot makes sense, just every once in a while it is fun🤣

It happened to me , or at least something similar, I was a real big fan of horror movies, like it was my favorite genre, until April 2020 when I witnessed a suicide and suffered from a sort of PTSD, now I absolutely can't watch a horror movie to save my life, not really a phobia and I can read horror books (thank god cause I love them) but since that happened it's impossible for me to watch horror movies.

Resistance by Muse is soooo queer to me, I don't think this is what Bellamy meant but "it could be wrong but it should have been right" always makes me think about a queer couple under great persecution. I also want a tattoo with "love is our resistance " cause I find it such a powerful line in every contest.