The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield: a review

Hello, bookworms! Today I want to tell you something about a book I’ve recently read: The Garden Party and Other Stories, a collection of short stories by the New Zealander author Katherine Mansfield. Published in 1922, it represents one of the masterpieces of Modernist production. I must admit I didn’t know it: I had never

Memories from 31st October – a different Halloween

Hello, bookworms! Today I’d like to talk about the way I spent last Halloween. I know, almost a month has passed, but these weeks have been so crazy that now is the first moment when I can sit down and collect my ideas about it. So, here it goes! This year’s Halloween has been very

Review: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer

Hello, bookworms! Today I’d like to talk about a non-fiction book, Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. Published in 2009, it still contains topics that are relevant nowadays.   The book is a report of the reasons why the writer decided to go vegan. I loved the fact that the author is frank and doesn’t

My thoughts on anxiety

Let’s talk about anxiety. I’ve decided to write this post because I feel the need to share my experience. In the last few years we’ve seen a little change in society, with people talking more about this problem, but still a lot of work has to be done. As far as I remember, I’ve always

The Story of the Grumpy Old Man

Hello, dear bookworms! In these days I’ve let myself get inspired by Halloween…the result is a little spooky story that I’d like to share with you. Tell me if you like it with a comment! There once was a man All alone lived he Hated all the sounds that didn’t come from his mouth. So

Misery and It: a comparison between Annie Wilkes and Pennywise

Hello, bookworms! I know I haven’t been posting anything for a while, but these two weeks have been quite chaotic and demanding. It seems things may be getting a little calmer from now on, or so I hope. Anyway, here I am with another article! Today I chose to talk about the last book I

Florence Welch’s Useless Magic: a piece of magic that is not useless at all

Today I’ve decided to write an article about Florence Welch’s book, Useless Magic. This book was given to me as a gift by a special person, someone who knows exactly how I feel about Florence and her group, Florence + the Machine. I simply believe she’s a pure spirit in this corrupted world and that

Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways: two original sequels to Howl’s Moving Castle

This is the second article I write about the Moving Castle trilogy. In the first one, I focused on the first novel, Howl’s Moving Castle, and the differences it displays with the film by Hayao Miyazaki (if you haven’t read it yet, click here to do it). Today I want to talk about the two

Howl’s Moving Castle: the differences between book and film

This summer, I decided to read a fantasy saga: the Moving Castle one, by Diana Wynne Jones. I’d been attracted to it since I learnt that Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle (which I absolutely adore) is based on a novel. So I discovered that, while the animated film is “only” one, the books are actually

Angela Carter and music

In this article I’m going to talk about one of my favourite writers ever: Angela Carter. Not only I absolutely adore her, I also wrote my Master’s thesis on her. In particular, I wrote about her collection of fairy tales, The Bloody Chamber. Published in 1979, this masterpiece represents the symbol of the movement of