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Alessandro Piroddi

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Maurizio Bettini: La lussuria è una lepre bisessuale (Paperback, Italian language, Mauvais Livres) No rating

Nel corso del tempo le categorie culturali hanno preso veste di animali, presentandosi alla nostra …

Maybe it's because I'm a Media scholar, but this book read like cheap and pointless phylosophy. A collection of meandering ramblings with no real point and a lot of questionable opinions, delivered in a way that while not aggressively unpleasant, was throughly boring. In summation: I did not like it :P

Stephanie Garber: Once Upon a Broken Heart (Hardcover, 2021, Flatiron Books) 5 stars

Recuerda. nunca hagas un trato con un Destino.

Evangeline Fox se crio en la tienda …

It's nice. A juiced blend of ALL possible fantasy romance clichés in existence, but surprisingly legible and engaging 😜

The crypt scene! So. Hot! It reminded me of all the vampire fantasies I ever had (and Masquerade failed to deliver 😬😅😉).

I'm enjoying trying to discern the book's themes and messages, which are not as obvious and clear cut as they might seem 🧐

Also, it's making me feel a twinge of discomfort because of how impossibly handsome every male in the story is, how their looks seem to amount to 80% of their worth. Especially how Jacks keeps getting away with behaving like a monster just because his looks make him so desirable that everyone bends over backwards to find ways to understand and justify his actions.

It's interesting because it's a new sensation to me. More than jealousy or envy. It feels wrong and unfair. It makes me …

finished reading Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb, #3)

Tamsyn Muir: Nona the Ninth (Hardcover, 2022) 4 stars

Her city is under siege. The zombies are coming back. And all Nona wants is …

A bit slow, but much more easily enjoyable than Harrow. A bit too much acceleration and panic at the very end, but it will probably make sense when the next book expands on these moments in more detail (maybe? possibly? hopefully? hard to tell with Muir ^_^' )