___A.A Fine Balance.B.My Brilliant Friend.C.The Search Warrant.D.The Remains of the Day.(2)What do My Brilliant Friend and The Search Warrant have in common?___A.Both novels tell real-life stories.B.Both novels take place in Italy.C.Both are related to interpersonal relationship...
huh?? Blake who grew up in a world of misery and death that he left far behind, now decides to take his family back there… for vacation? Why? There are some good parts, too. Like when the story is told through a werewolf’s eyes and ears, we hear the pounding footsteps of a ...
On this year’s list, I picked books that take place in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Italy, Texas, and New Mexico. I read 56 books in total, with one taking place in Nicaragua, one in Costa Rica, 14 in Italy, 4 in Texas, and 5 in New Mexico, in all some 17,368 pages. No ...
During our conversation for episode 33 of tikichris Talks, Christine and I talk about her Appetite for Italy series of books and what makes the country such a fantastic place to eat, drink and explore. Continue reading → Share this: Tweet Reddit Mastodon WhatsApp Email Print Posted in Drink...
and was nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. This book “helps you understand vividly what World War II meant for the people who lived through those events,” says Vaitson Çumaku. “Because it’s from the perspective of a child, it also shows you that there can ...
Anthony Doerr is quickly rising to the top of my most favorite authors of all time, I have never read anything by him that I didn’t love and this book was right up there. Taking place in three wildly different time periods threaded together by a common story – I don’t want to say...
Illinois betting is on the rise, and there are now seven licensed and regulated sportsbooks in the state. The betting handle has soared over the past 12 months, and Illinois has realized the potential that sports wagering has to offer. ...
They learn that Olivia (their mother) owned a house in Italy and hold some old love letters left by a person named “R”. Maybe she reunited with their father after the divorce or R is a stranger? The story takes places in Italy, in a charming place, and we follow the events ...
Ripeness by Sarah Moss will be published in May and is set in 1960s Italy and 2020s Ireland. Havoc by Rebecca Wait will be out in July and is set in a girls boarding school in the 1980s, and I hope it’s as psychologically astute as I’m Sorry You Feel That Way and Our Fathers...
“If you like Italy and history, one book that’s a lot of fun is The Shortest History of Italy, by Ross King, author of Brunelleschi’s Dome. In 234 pages, it covers the entire history from Aeneas’s mythical arrival and the founding of Rome to the present. It’s really satisfying...