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Leggevo un sacco. Poi ho avuto figli. I used to read a lot. Then, I had children.
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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (Black women writers series)
Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from …
Alessia rated Intimacies: 5 stars
Alessia rated Niente di vero: 3 stars
Niente di vero by Veronica Raimo (Supercoralli)
«Veronica Raimo è l’unica che mi ha fatto ridere ad alta voce con un testo scritto in prosa da quando …
Alessia rated Epigenetics Revolution: 5 stars
Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey
"Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth. It explains why mapping …
Alessia rated The Stranger Beside Me: 3 stars
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
There are actually two stories here: one describes the gradual disintegration of a seemingly normal, affable, brilliant man into a …
Amin Maalouf: Samarkand (2003, Interlink Books)
Samarkand by Amin Maalouf
The life of Omar Khayyam, the 11th Century Persian poet who wrote The Rubaiyaat, chronicling his adventures and romances. The …
Alessia rated Expecting better: 3 stars
Emily Oster: Expecting better (2013)
Expecting better by Emily Oster
Pregnancy--unquestionably one of the most profound, meaningful experiences of adulthood--can reduce otherwise intelligent women to, well, babies. We're told to …
Alessia rated Lemon Table: 3 stars
Alessia rated Sour Sweet: 4 stars
Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo
Sour Sweet is a 1982 novel by Timothy Mo. Written as a 'sour sweet' comedy the story follows the tribulations …
Alessia rated Speedy Death: 3 stars
Speedy Death by Gladys Mitchell
If anything rouses the rancour of guests at Chayning Court, it is that someone should dare be late for dinner. …
