"As Wendy Darling pushed through the door, all conversation died and every eye focused on her."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

#ManicMonday #LetterM @CBee

๐Ÿ“š A Man Called Ove; Il mare dove non si tocca.
โœ’ George R.R. Martin (we're all waiting for the next book!!!); Ian McEwan; Seanan McGuire.
๐Ÿ“บ The Mandalorian; Murder, She Wrote; Misfits.
๐ŸŽฌ The Matrix; Mrs. Doubtfire; Memoirs of a Geisha.
๐ŸŽค Mรฅneskin; Muse; Mumford & Sons.
๐ŸŽถ Mantieni il bacio by Michele Bravi; Meanwhile Up in Heaven by Kaiser Chiefs; Mildred by Deaf Havana; Mentre tutto scorre by Negramaro.

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As always this was an exciting and entertaining read, but also more tense and "dark" (pun intended for the adventures in the Tartarus!)
Can't wait to read the end of the series, and I hope all these characters that I learned to love will have their happy ending!

This was my #doublespin for October @TheAromaofBooks

Here's my November (and probably December) TBR, also my list for #bookspin #doblespin and #bookspinBingo ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ“š
@TheAromaofBooks

#ManicMonday #LetterL
@CBee

๐Ÿ“š Less; The Light Between the Oceans
โœ’ Nicola Lagioia; Lois Lowry
๐ŸŽฌ The Lion King (1994); Legends of the Fall
๐Ÿ“บ Locke & Key; Lost
๐ŸŽค Avril Lavigne; London Grammar
๐ŸŽถ The Loneliest by Maneskin; Love and Lies by Anthony Ramos; Lover of the Light by Mumford and Sons; The Light Behind Your Eyes by My Chemical Romance

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Did I read it just because there's a movie adaptation coming out in a few weeks?! Yes, of course.. can't wait to see Guadagnino & T.Chalamet together again!
The story itself is peculiar and interesting.. I didn't love the ending, but it was an overall okay reading.

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This third book of the series was a little bit more chaotic than the first two, maybe all seven demigods and multiple storylines were a LOT to handle at the same time.. But that ending?!? It was brutal ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ’”

This was my #bookspin for October @thearomaofbooks

Enjoying some free time on a wednesday morning..

#ManicMonday #LetterK
@CBee

๐Ÿ“š Kobane Calling, The Knife of Never Letting Go
โœ’ John Keats
๐ŸŽฌ Kung Fu Panda, A Knight's Tale
๐Ÿ“บ Kyle XY, The Killing
๐ŸŽค Keane, Kodaline
๐ŸŽถ Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michaelson; Klan by Mahmood; Kids in the Dark by All Time Low

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Nope!! This was not for me and my taste.. I liked the author's writing style but all the characters were insufferable, especially the unnamed protagonist!!

โญโญโญ? (3.5/5)

Another good action packed novel by Vince Flynn.. it was fun, with a lot of tension (and a lot of characters and names!!!).
This was published in 1999 and I think it was some sort of inspiration for "Olympus Has Fallen" and "Whithe House Down"..

(The italian cover is awful!?)

#ManicMonday #letterJ @CBee

๐Ÿ“š Jane Eyre
โœ’ Rachel Joyce
๐ŸŽฌ Jumanji
๐Ÿ“บ Jericho
๐ŸŽค James Bay, Micheal Jackson
๐ŸŽถ Just Past the Point of Breaking by Fatherson; Jenny Don't Be Hasty by Paolo Nutini;

#ManicMonday #LetterI @CBee

๐Ÿ“š Io uccido
โœ’ Mattia Insolia, Kazuo Ishiguro
๐ŸŽฌ Inside Out, Interstellar
๐Ÿ“บ Invincible
๐ŸŽค Imagine Dragons
๐ŸŽถ Inside all the people by Planet Funk; If I fell by The Beatles; The importance of being idle by Oasis

Here they are, my #bookspin and #doublespin for October.. The Heroes of Olympus #3 & #4 ๐Ÿคฉ can't wait to spend more time with Percy, Jason & Co.

After months of some sort of reading slump, I finally put togheter a TBR list for October.. ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿงก
Very simple: just 10 books, and doubling up for #bookspin and #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks

Welcome October!! ๐Ÿ‚๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽƒ๐Ÿ’Ÿ

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It was a re-read for me.. and the audiobook was even a better experience than the physical book!
"Everything Calls for Salvation" is being adapted into a tv series on Netflix (available from october 14th)

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Percy Jackson, I really missed you!! This book was like meeting with an old friend after a long time apart ๐Ÿ’Ÿ I loved the new camp and its rules..
Can't wait to see all these new characters come togheter!!!

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I've got to say it, I preferred the tv series ??
I know I'm waaaay out of this book target, but there's something in Han's writing style that don't sit well with me..a few years back I tried "To all the boys.." but I DNFed it (this time I ended the audiobook, so there's an improvement ?)

#ManicMonday #LetterH @CBee

๐Ÿ“š How I live now - Heartstopper series
โœ’ Helen Hoang - Feank P. Herbert
๐ŸŽฌ Hook - How to lose a guy in 10 days
๐Ÿ“บ Hart of Dixie - His Dark Materials
๐ŸŽค Harry Styles - Taylor Henderson
๐ŸŽถ Hopeless Wanderer by Mumford and Sons - The heart is a muscle by Gang of Youths - Hola by Marco Mengoni

#ManicMonday #LetterG @CBee

๐Ÿ“š Il giardino dei Fizi-Contini, The Great Gatsby, The Giver
โœ’ Neil Gaiman, Fabio Genovesi
๐ŸŽฌ Gladiator, Ghost, The Greatest Showman
๐Ÿ“บ Gilmore Girls, Game of Thrones, Grey's Anatomy
๐ŸŽค Gang of Youths, Giorgia
๐ŸŽถ La glaciazione - Subsonica
Give you what you like - Avrile Lavigne
Glasgow - You Me at Six

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Such a great start for a new series!!! And as Italian I loved all the Roman mythology ๐Ÿฆ…๐Ÿ—ก๐Ÿ› I'm really curious to see how Riordan will develop this aspect. I liked all the new characters (Leo is my favourite ๐Ÿ’Ÿ) and it was good seeing some old friends.. can't wait to read the next one and find out what happened to Percy!

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This book was dark, gritty, and violent. And it was good, so good!
The movie is just a "pale" version of the story, but the cast is perfect.

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Book #2 with the super spy/killer Mitch Rapp.. I really like the main characters but I enjoyed better the first book, this story was a bit slower and a few chapters seemed to be there just for fill in more pages.
I listened the italian audiobook (thanks Audible!) and the narrator was really good ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐ŸŽง

#ManicMonday #letterF
Thanks for the tag @CBee

๐Ÿ“šThe Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
โœ’Ken Follett and Giorgio Faletti
๐ŸŽฌFindng Neverland & Forrest Gump
๐Ÿ“บFringe ๐Ÿ’Ÿ
๐ŸŽคFall Out Boy
๐ŸŽถFulenn by Alvan and Ahez; Fai rumore by Diodato; Flares by The Script

#ManicMonday #letterE @CBee

๐Ÿ“š Every Heart is a Doorway and Emma
โœ’ I have noone with the E ๐Ÿ™„
๐ŸŽฌ Equilibrium and Encanto
๐Ÿ“บ Everwood and E.R.
๐ŸŽค Ed Sheeran or George Ezra
๐ŸŽถ Eavesdrop by The Civil War / Everybody's dancing and I want to die by Deaf Havana

#ManicMonday #LetterD @CBee
๐Ÿ“š Dune, A Discovery of Witches
โœ’ Valentina D'Urbano, Fyodor Dostoevsky
๐ŸŽฌ Donnie Darko, Dead Poet Society, Dirty dancing
๐Ÿ“บ Dollhouse
๐ŸŽค Deaf Havana
๐ŸŽถ Duemila volte by Marco Mengoni https://open.spotify.com/track/7wQ9SAdzNgJ7dR1mXQiYfF?si=9_K1iTfQQYqimDrL6j210Q&...

#alphabetgame
#letterZ

I've got 2 books with the Z on my "read" list, both 4โญ..
Zia Mame (italian translation of Auntie Mame) and Z for Zachariah.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame catch-up
#letterW #letterX #letterY

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterV

Once again, I'm playing with the italian title (Life of Pi is the original)
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ManicMonday #LetterC @CBee

๐Ÿ“š The Count of Montecristo
โœ’ Paolo Cognetti
๐ŸŽฌ Chocolat
๐Ÿ“บ Charmed
๐ŸŽค Lewis Capaldi
๐ŸŽถ Coraline by Maneskin ๐Ÿ’Ÿ https://open.spotify.com/track/7HMz8o0m7ASQ3ImFPfhWTY?si=GrHu3aBlRzqvYfsGHNLfaA&...

#alphabetgame
#letterU

I've got plenty of books with an U and all of them are with italian titles!!

Honorable mentions:
"Gli umani" by Matt Haig
"Uomini che odiano le donne" by Stieg Larsson
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterT

This time I couldn't pick just one title.. so here is my top 3! All of them are from italian authors and I'm not sure if there are any translated version available (I'll tag them in the comment if I found them..)
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterR #letterS

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterQ

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
Thanks for the tag @PageShifter ๐Ÿ˜Š

1. Fantasy ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿง›๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿงโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿง™๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฆ„๐Ÿ‘‘ or sci-fi ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿ›ธ๐Ÿช๐Ÿค–
2. That's torture!! ๐Ÿ˜ข I'm one of those who read the last line of a book before the first one.. so, maybe I'd read the second half?!

Do you want to play? @fredamans @Susanita

#alphabetgame
#letterP

I read it in my teens and I think it started as a joke with my father, it was his book and I couldn't believe he could find such a big book interesting from start to finish.. I ended up reading it in a couple of weeks! ๐Ÿ˜…
(Bonus: the miniseries is a good adaptation and there's a great cast!)
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ManicMonday #letterB
@CBee

๐Ÿ“š Burn by Patrick Ness
โœ’ the Bronte sisters, all of them ๐Ÿ’Ÿ
๐ŸŽฌ Billy Elliot
๐Ÿ“บ Bridgerton
๐ŸŽค Bastille
๐ŸŽถ Budapest by George Ezra (this was so difficult.. I could create a playlist with all the songs with the letter B!)
https://open.spotify.com/track/7GJClzimvMSghjcrKxuf1M?si=5v8ECkCcSL65ZMBDZZsk0g&...

Do you want to play? @tyoung2058 @Buchbeeg @BethM

#alphabetgame
#letterO

Paolo Cognetti is one of my favorite authors and this novel is the reason why ๐Ÿ’Ÿ
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterN

Never let me go (๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Non lasciarmi) is one of my favorite books ever! And the movie is a really good adaptation ๐Ÿ’Ÿ
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterM

"He was a man of black and white.
And she was color. All the color he had."

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetGame
#letterK #letterL

These were easy picks.. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterJ

Thanks for the tag @robinb ๐Ÿ˜Š

For today my pick was super easy, and I feel Jane Eyre will be tagged a lot ๐Ÿ’Ÿ
Honorable mention: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#wondrouswednesday
@Eggs

1. My parents and my middle grade teacher who introduced me to the Brรถntes ๐Ÿ’Ÿ

2. I've got two: Anna Premoli and Jamie Ford.

3. Just a virtual one, La setta dei lettori on Instagram, and for July and August there are no picks.

@Ladygodiva7 @Nikki_E @Cat.Rogers want to play?

#alphabetgame
#letterI

I remember I was so shocked by this book, I read almost 20 years ago! Faletti was a comedian and I didn't expect such a thriller from him..

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterH

I couldn't pick just one, so today I have 2 winners (or 5, with all 4 volumes of the series!) ๐Ÿ˜…
@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ManicMonday #letterA
@CBee

๐Ÿ“š All the Lights We Cannot See
โœ’ Jane Austen and Niccolo Ammaniti
๐ŸŽฌ Arrival ๐Ÿ“บ Attack on Titan
๐ŸŽค Alter Bridge
๐ŸŽถ Arcade by Duncan Laurence
https://open.spotify.com/track/1Xi84slp6FryDSCbzq4UCD?si=gOptO0QTSUmTUEUQ7zb8EQ&...

Want to play? @seema2 @Jjaxn95 @KateReadsYA

#alphabetgame
#letterG

I've already seen my dear friend Gatsby mentioned, so i picked my second best book with the letter G..

Honorable mention:
The Giver by Lois Lowry

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#alphabetgame
#letterF

Honorable mentions:
๐Ÿ”ธ๏ธFangirl by Rainbow Rowell
๐Ÿ”น๏ธLa felicitร  del lupo by Paolo Cognetti

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks