THE FIRST REVIEW OF THE MONTH WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE NEW VOICE: “MONDAY DI-VERSO” “Happiness simply needs to be indulged.” How is it that these old men in books always cut off our legs? What is this tenderness that hits low when it seemed to us that we were immovable and disenchanted? “And the Birds Rained Down by” is a 2011 novel (anticipating by a few years “Our souls at night” by K. Haruf,...
“Holiness cannot be diluted, as indeed can’t the sins.” The story told is that of a group of teenagers (Vela, Best, Paolino and Ivan) in the last summer before crossing the “Shadow line”. The desire to grow and forge ahead will lead them to discover the profound meaning of friendship, the value of sex and love, up to that of death. Before the beginning of summer, our boys find a lifeless drug addict in a...
“You are the only hope the world has…” The first book of the “Four” saga, the Awakening is a tale belonging to the world of urban fantasy dedicated to lovers of the genre, full of action, twists and magic. A plot that has managed to capture the attention of even those who are not familiar with the genre in BooktoMi’s community. The basis of the story is, as usual, the primordial clash between Good and...
“What do you think I am, am I your good or am I your bad?” If you want to be tested by a book, here is the right reading for you. Dear readers, take this as a test to really be defined as such. We ask you explicitly: are you ready to enter Mario’s thoughts? In his obsessions, in his obsessive and repetitive thoughts? And what if you discover that you could be like Mario?...
THE FIRST REVIEW OF THE MONTH WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE NEW VOICE: “MONDAY DI-VERSO” “There was a moment when they both hesitated, then they hesitate no more.” Edgar Lee Masters said: “When the beloved withdraws from your soul, then you have lost yours.” Which is true and it’s not, but it takes forever to learn. He and She. The nameless protagonists of a unique story equal to millions of others, the story of two...
“The authority that pretends to educate people but in reality governs with paternalism has the open road.” What would it be like to live in a nation where it has been scientifically decided to eliminate empathy because it is considered a disturbing element of democracy? Can the elimination of free thinking to ensure a smooth functioning of the political-bureaucratic machine of a country be considered the right price to pay? We thus entered the story...
“Because happiness is not produced by cutting: it almost never works, as with wisteria.” A gang of three makeshift “thieves” has a mission that is far from being equal to them. The author offers us a correct characterization of all our protagonists, so much so that we can imagine them without any difficulty in the scene of a comic film: the novel has a clear cinematic setting which constitutes its true strength. Without revealing too...
“Justice is one thing, law is another.” Ennio Guarnieri è un poliziotto con un alto senso della giustizia che, dopo aver pestato i piedi a una persona a cui sarebbe stato meglio non farlo, sarà costretto a lasciare la divisa. Ennio Guarnieri is a policeman with a high sense of justice who, after stepping on the toes of a person it would have been better not to, will be forced to leave his uniform. The...
“I wanted to go back into my mother’s womb and never be born again.” The book is a dry and poignant autobiography. The writer tells us about her life, from childhood until today, and entrusts us, without dwelling in pity, the difficult life lived in Hungary between the poverty of her family, the traumatic experience of deportation to the concentration camp, suffering and agony. and finally living as a survivor. We could easily tell ourselves...
Written by Alessia Colombo This review is available only in the original language. Tipologia: albo illustrato con tracce musicali da ascoltare Tematiche principali: musica, ritmo, meditazione Tecnica delle illustrazioni: acrilico Età consigliata: 0-6 anni Tutti abbiamo una musica dentro di noi… può essere veloce come una trottola o lenta, leggera come palloncini rossi o pesante come un masso, a volte arrabbiata, precisa come un orologio svizzero o capricciosa e volubile come le campane a festa. La...
