CHEB17
cheb17.bsky.social
CHEB17
@cheb17.bsky.social
Antifascista, PhD, sportsman, biker, veg, chaotic good. Inter Milan and craft beer fan with a passion for (retro)gaming, literature, TV series and animals.
«I need your clothes, your boots and your #motircycle».

#TheTerminator #quote #movie #moviequotes #HarleyDavidson
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 347: #AlfredVivereConUnGatto by #CristinaCautillo

Happy #Caturday! Today we’ll visit #Rome with a unique #chaperone: #Alfred, a #cat who lives with his #family but loves to go out to roam the city. From his #vantagepoint, we’ll see Rome from another angle. 🐈 🐈‍⬛
December 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 346: #Opere by #VitalianoBrancati

A huge #collection that includes 3 #novels i.e. #DonGiovanniInSicilia, #IlBell’Antonio and #PaoloIlCaldo and some #ShortStories.

#Brancati describes with #irony the #bigotry & narrow-mindness of #ItalianSociety under #fascism.
December 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 345: #LaBellezzaEL’Inferno by #RobertoSaviano

A #collection of #articles and #essays that focus on different subjects: the #title draws from #AlbertCamus and the #difference between the #beauty of #truth and the #hellish #reality of those who live it everyday.
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 344: #ThePortraitOfALady by #HenryJames

The story of #IsabelArcher, a #beautiful, #smart and #young #American #woman who goes to #England.

Her #aunt would like to find her a #husband but our protagonist knows that a woman is not defined by the one she marries.
December 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 343: #ISonetti by #Trilussa

A #collection of #sonnets that deal with #life in #Rome. The #poet uses #Roman #dialect to create small scenes: sometimes #happy and #playful, sometimes #melancholic: he starts with petty situations and explores #universal #themes. 🏛️
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 342: #IlProvinciale by #GiorgioBocca

One may always agree with the #man but the #writer is a whole different story.

In this complex #work, he reflects about his #life: from his #childhood to the dawn of the #Nineties passing thru 70 years of #Italian #history.
December 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 341: #IlMioCalcio by #PierPaoloPasolini

As it is well known, #Pasolini loved #soccer (he also was a good #wing if I remember correctly) and in this small, but interesting book he provides us with some #insights on the game.

Also, his #opinions are never banal.
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 340: #IGattiDiRoma by #LilliGarrone and #MonicaCirinnà

Do you love #cats? Do you love #Rome?

Then, this is the book for you… and for this #Caturday!

A series of #stories, #curiosities and #anecdotes and whatnot regarding the #felines of the #EternalCity. 🏛️🐈🐈‍⬛
December 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 339: #LaTigreEL’Acrobata by #SusannaTamaro

#PiccolaTigre and #Tigrotto are two #young #tigers from the #taiga who grow up with their mum.

However, Piccola Tigre soon discovers that she is #different not only from her #brother but also from all other tigers. 🐯
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 338: #LaParanzaDeiBambini by #RobertoSaviano

The #novel follows a group of #kids (little more than #children) as they make a name for themselves in the #underworld of #Naples.

The #style is #realistic and #cruel and the #author doesn’t soften the blow one bit.
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 337: #EnricoIV by #LuigiPirandello

One of the most important #plays of #Italian #XXCentury

A #man falls from his #horse while playing the part of #HenryIV and he believes he is actually the #king for more than twenty years.

Man? Character? Mask? Hard to tell.
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 336: #LoSpiritoDelleLeggi (in French #DeL’EspritDesLois) by #CharlesLouisDeSecondat (AKA #Montesquieu

A #monumental work that analyzes different #laws in different #societies & #times.

The #author also discusses the #separation of #powers in #modern #states.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 335: #LaFamigliaWinshaw (in English #WhatACarveUp!) by #JonathanCoe

The #Winshaws are super-powerful in the #Eighties in the #UK and the #protagonist has to write their #family history. He'll bump into some #disturbing #secrets.

A critique of #Tatcher's times.
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 334: #TheCard by #ArnoldBennett

The story of a #workingclass #guy who eventually becomes #mayor of a #town in XIXCentury #England. 🇬🇧

One of the my fav parts is when he buys a famous #striker for the #local #football #team!

#FunFact: #Card means clever, bold.
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 333: #GattiGaudentiEGravi (in English #ComicAndCuriousCats) by #MartinLeman

Happy #Caturday with a book that celebrates #cats. The original #edition is by #AngelaCarter while Leman illustrate it.

The #style is #humorous and the cat's expression are priceless.
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 332: #LaBottegaDell'Antiquario (in English #TheOldCuriosityShop) by #CharlesDickens

#NellTrent is a #girl who lives with her #grandfather, who is scared that she may become #poor one day.

They travel and meet a #plethora of bizarre and memorable #characters.
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 331: #LeDonneSonoDiverse by #LucianoDeCrescenzo

With his unique and witty style, #DeCrescenzo presents a series of important #female #figures of #Greek #history and #mythology.

And yes, in the meantime, he also tells us about some of his "unlucky" stories...
November 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 330: #BallateLiriche (in English #LyricalBallads) by #WilliamWordsworth and #SamuelTaylorColeridge

If I think about a "divide" in #literature, I picture this #collection that changed (English) #poetry forever.

And yeah, this edition includes the 1800 #Preface.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 329: #Satire by #LudovicoAriosto

Seven #poems in which #Ariosto deals with #life at the time in the #courts, especially for men of letters (from an #autobiographical point of view).

The #author uses the #form of the #dialogue and frequently recurs to #fables.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 328: #TheLordOfTheRings by #JohnRonaldReuelTolkien

I think everybody knows this #masterpiece, a #milestone of (fantasy) #literature: a wonderful #plot, #flawlessly written, with several #languages created by the #author

Also, three #movies by #PeterJackson.
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 327: #Sovietistan (in Norwegian #SOVJETISTAN) by #ErikaFatland

Non-fiction: an interesting journey through #Turkmenistan 🇹🇲, #Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, #Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, and #Uzbekistan 🇺🇿. The #author describes #cultural and #historical #facts without neglecting #geopolitics.
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 326: #LesChatsPhotographiesEtPoèmes

I think this #title is pretty self-explanatory: a #collection of black and white #pictures of our #furry #feline #friends accompanied by a #selection of #poems.

What else? Just that I wish you the best #Caturday ever. 🐈 🐈‍⬛
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 325: #TheImportanceOfBeingKennedy by #LaurieGraham

An interesting, yet fictionalized, insight in the life of the #Kennedy #family.

The #narrator is the #Irish #nanny of the Kennedy #children: questions of #class are seen thru the #vantagepoint of her gaze.
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
2025 challenge: one #book a day.

Day 324: #NatiD’Inverno by #GiancarloGasponi

Today’s actually yesterday’s book (because of an iPhone issue): it’s a #novel that looks A LOT like a #thriller (there’s #crime, #mystery, #suspense…) but it’s also an acute reflection on #time, #life and our role in it.
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM