Alex rated The shipping news: 4 stars
The shipping news by Annie Proulx
When Quoyle's two-timing wife meets her just deserts, he retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the …
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Sono Americano e il mio Italiano é molto fuori di pratica. Studiavo per un anno al'Universitá di Bologna più di venti cinque anni fa. Italo Calvino é il mio autore Italiano favorito. Oh, wait, seems like a fairly international crowd here.
Over on Mastodon, I'm: @alex_galt@mas.to I'm not sure how to connect this thing to that thing.
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Alex rated Cryptonomicon: 4 stars
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson, set in two different time periods. One group of characters …
Alex rated The Divine Comedy: 4 stars
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia Italian pronunciation: [diˈviːna komˈmɛːdja]) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. …
Alex rated The Underground Railroad: 4 stars
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Cora não consegue imaginar o mundo que há além da fazenda de algodão ― e nem poderia. Das poucas coisas …
Alex rated The Long Walk: 2 stars
The Long Walk by Stephen King
The Long Walk is a dystopian horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1979, under the pseudonym Richard …
Alex rated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: 5 stars
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuru) is a novel published in 1994–1995 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. The American …
Alex rated George Orwell's 1984: 5 stars
Alex rated Slapstick, or Lonesome No More!: 3 stars
Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families …
Alex rated The Silmarillion (Middle-Earth Universe): 3 stars
The Silmarillion (Middle-Earth Universe) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion (Quenya: [silmaˈrilliɔn]) is a collection of myths and stories in varying styles by the English writer J. R. …
Alex rated The Green Mile: 3 stars
The Green Mile by Stephen King
The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of death row …
Alex rated James and the Giant Peach: 4 stars
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake
James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that looks boiled and …
Alex rated The Secret Garden: 3 stars
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in …
