Classics: “The Count of Monte Cristo”

It’s time to read it again

Through The Mirror

“Moral wounds have this peculiarity – they may be hidden, but they never heal; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.”[1]

I kept this classic waiting for three years . There in the bookstores , sometimes I approached it , I thumbed through , I read a few sentences and put it back . I was not ready , it wasn’t the right time .
As I said , a book , a great classic in particular , requires proper attention , the urgent desire by the reader to jump in its pages and not the need to say ” I read it , I was clever .”
It is not a competition to see who is smarter , there are no prizes for those who pretend to be intellectualist. A good book, like a fine wine , should be…

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“La Primavera del Giglio”

Molto prima che diventassi una tvseries-addicted e una appassionata della serialità in generale, ero pur sempre una bookaholic, perciò non vi sarà difficile capire che le saghe sono sempre state un genere di primaria importanza per me. Il poter accompagnare i personaggi per molto più che un solo romanzo, era un regalo e un privilegio …

“The Nothomb style”

There she is, staring at me. Mocks me. "You are a reader of a hundred novels a year and yet you have never opened a book of mine". I hear her whisper. And maybe someone could take me for crazy but I have always talked to books with books. I always thought that as they …

” « Anno Nuovo Vita Nuova », stavolta davvero!”

A Gennaio, chissà perché ci si aspetta dei cambiamenti solo perché un calendario viene sostituito da quello successivo. Speranza? Ingenuità? Gennaio in effetti porta sempre qualcosa, fosse solo la calza della Befana! Quest’anno che mi ero messa in pace con l’idea che i primi giorni del 2017 sarebbero (per forza di logica) stati uguali o …

“Better the Devil (in a Prada dress) you know”

Imagine the beach in late Summer , early in the morning when the sun is still forgiving and the sand is wet from the night 's events, a nice bowl of ice cream , the right soundtrack * to feel like stars in disguise , sun glasses ... and " The devil Wears Prada . …

“Chocolat, Pralines & Cinnamon’s Scent”

The streets full of lights , the cheeks flushed , the hands rubbing between the gloves , the music that creeps in every corner of the decorated streets . There are those who criticize it , those who love it , those who try to ignore it , who are waiting for it the whole year , …