CHEB17
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CHEB17
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Antifascista, PhD, sportsman, biker, veg, chaotic good. Inter Milan and craft beer fan with a passion for (retro)gaming, literature, TV series and animals.
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Coda: #DirittoInternazionalePubblico by #RolandoQuadri and #LezioniDiDirittoInternazionale by #BenedettoConforti

I understand these are books from when my mum was studying but I guess after the #events of these day they don’t mean much more anyway, do they?

🇻🇪
January 4, 2026 at 1:11 PM
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 365: #LaSacraBibbia

I couldn’t but finish this #challenge with the most printed book in #history: one in which I have found comfort more than once.

If only “Christian” world leaders actually opened it… because either me or they didn’t understand much about it.
December 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 364: The three volumes of #CantataDeiGiorniDispari by #EduardoDeFilippo

Is there a better way to celebrate the challenge than with 3 books in 1 day?

The #Cantata includes some of Eduardo’s best-known works like #FilumenaMarturano and #IlSindacoDelRioneSanità.
December 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 363: #ComeTiMiagoloLaVita by #VirginiaRabosio and #MassimoPersichino

One day Massimo discovers he is able to understand #cats and interpret their #behaviours.

A cute #novel, enriched by a plethora of cats: as soon as their lives improve, so do their humans’.🐈‍⬛
December 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 362: #HillbillyElegy by #JamesDavidVance

Ok, we all know the guy, however at the time I kinda enjoyed the book. The #author discusses how he went from a poor area of the #RustBelt to success.

Even more interesting considering its eventual political u-turn. 🇺🇸
December 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 361: #RaccontiCheFannoLeFusa by #JuliaDeuley

Here comes the last #Caturday of this year and it is dedicated to a #collection of #shortstories that blend #magic, #philosophy, an encounter with a (not so) Grim Reaper and - of course - #love for #cats.

🐈‍⬛ 🐈 ❤️
December 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 360: #DanzeOrientaliAll’InternoDelCarcere by #AnnalisaVirgili and my good #friend #Ornellad’Anna

Sometimes we forget that #prisons are meant to #rehabilitate not #punish.

And that’s why #beautiful things can #bloom even in #grim #places: let’s not forget that.
December 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 359: #CantoDiNatale (in English #AChristmasCarol) by #CharlesDickens

Merry #Christmas, everyone! Our #challenge approaches its #end… on this day is there anything better than a #tale of #redemption?

Whether you are a #Scrooge or a #Cratchit, you’ll love it. 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 358: #FrancescoIlPrimoItaliano by #AldoCazzullo

On #ChristmasEve, I couldn’t help but think about #SanFrancesco, one of the GREATEST figures in #history, not to mention someone who had a profound #influence on #YoursTruly.

His message is more alive than ever.
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 357: #ToKillAMockingbird by #HarperLee

Another #landmark: set in the #DeepSouth, it deals with #racism, #justice, and personal #growth. In a small town in #Alabama, #lawyer #AtticusFinch defends an #AfricanAmerican #man.

Also, a great #movie with #GregoryPeck.
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 356: #IlRitrattoDiDorianGray (in English #ThePictureOfDorianGray) by #OscarWilde

I don’t think there’s much to add. I think virtually anybody has read this #novel or, at least, has an idea of what it’s about.

A #landmark that has inspired so many other works.
December 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 355: #ItalianShortStories edited by #RaileighTrevelyan

Do you want to improve your #Italian? Or do you like #ItalianLiterature? 🇮🇹

Then this #collection of #ShortStories featuring (among others) #ItaloCalvino, #CesarePavese, #VascoPratolini is perfect for you!
December 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 354: #DispensaFelina by #PaolaMelfi

Happy #Caturday!!! Today’s book teaches us to see the #world in a different way, i.e. from the point of view of #cats. This way, we’ll also learn more about the #behavior of our #feline #friends, in a funny and playful way.🐈
December 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 353: #CantataDeiGiorniPari by #EduardoDeFilippo

As #Christmas 🎄 draws near, #Neapolitans think about #NataleInCasaCupiello, arguably the most famous #play by #Eduardo, contained in this #collection.

We’re talking about an absolute, bittersweet #masterpiece. 🎄
December 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 352: #RealismoCapitalista (in English #CapitalistRealism:IsThereNoAlternative?) by #MarkFisher

I haven’t read today’s book, recommended by a friend and colleague: is #capitalism really so pervasive that even picturing an #alternative would be impossible? 💰 💵 💶
December 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 351: #FiabeCoreane (in English #KoreanFolkTales:Imps,GhostsAndFairies) by #JamesS.Gale

A #collection of #Korean 🇰🇷 #tales that deal with different #themes & #creatures and are the results of a long #oral #tradition.

One of my fav? The rabbit and the fox. 🐇 🦊
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 350: #IlRitornoDelPadrino (in English #TheGodfatherReturns) by #MarkWinegardner

The #sequel to #TheGodfather by #MarioPuzo (see January, 2th) also explores the time arc between the 1st & 2nd #movie.

We see the #evolution of #MichaelCorleone and meet new foes.
December 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 349: #TheDayOfTheTriffidsby #JohnWyndham

After a #MeteorShower #people become #blind and a race of #alien #plants called #Triffids roams the #Earth.

A #groundbreaking #novel that influenced (and influences!) other #novels, #comics, #movies, and #videogames.
December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 348: #GreatJapaneseStories edited by #JayRubin

As the #title says, a (dual-language) #collection of #Japanese #stories touching various and diverse #themes: from the #aftermath of the #bombing of #Hiroshima to the role of #women in #Japan and much more. 🇬🇧 🇯🇵
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
«I need your clothes, your boots and your #motircycle».

#TheTerminator #quote #movie #moviequotes #HarleyDavidson
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 347: #AlfredVivereConUnGatto by #CristinaCautillo

Happy #Caturday! Today we’ll visit #Rome with a unique #chaperone: #Alfred, a #cat who lives with his #family but loves to go out to roam the city. From his #vantagepoint, we’ll see Rome from another angle. 🐈 🐈‍⬛
December 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 346: #Opere by #VitalianoBrancati

A huge #collection that includes 3 #novels i.e. #DonGiovanniInSicilia, #IlBell’Antonio and #PaoloIlCaldo and some #ShortStories.

#Brancati describes with #irony the #bigotry & narrow-mindness of #ItalianSociety under #fascism.
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 345: #LaBellezzaEL’Inferno by #RobertoSaviano

A #collection of #articles and #essays that focus on different subjects: the #title draws from #AlbertCamus and the #difference between the #beauty of #truth and the #hellish #reality of those who live it everyday.
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM