martedì 28 giugno 2011

Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (2007, New York)

Now Bella and Edward are definetely together, but Bella's heart is divided between him ans Jakob. This is the main theme. As a backdrop, Victoria, the vampire hunting Bella, is to set up an army.

mercoledì 22 giugno 2011

New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer (2006, New York)

After a short idyllic period, Edward goes away and leaves Bella. She nearly dies, loosing away her life. Just keeping moving and breathing without really being there. Until Jakob gets a close friend... But things get complicated.
Despite everything, Bella's feelings are so strongly vivid that the reader feels them even too deep inside, almost in a physical way.

martedì 21 giugno 2011

Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (2005, New York)

Bella is a 16 years old nice girl who decided to move and live with her father in the small town of Forks, state of Washington. Her father, Charlie, is the chief of the local police, a good man. Despite her expectations, she likes staying there. And she falls in love. With a special guy. Edward is a vampire. Things get bad as a less human vampire chooses Bella to be hunted. Amazingly involving: impossible staying apart from Bella's feelings.

mercoledì 15 giugno 2011

Il libro del domani - The Book Of Tomorrow, by Cecelia Ahern (2009, Dublin)

Tamara is 16 ...so it seems. And his rich father makes suicide, covered by debts. Tamara and her mother's lives dramathically change ...they move outside Dublin, to Killarney, where they live with some parents, Rosaleen and Arthur. But, apart from the radical change of everyday life, there's a mystery Tamara wants to find out...

venerdì 10 giugno 2011

Senza passato - Citizen Vince, by Jess Walter (2004, USA)

Vince lives in Spokane. Now. He started his life again here, after New York. New name, new everything. New person? Not sure. Somebody comes and look for him ...and he decides to do something brave, to clear his life. Intriguing.

giovedì 2 giugno 2011

La ragazza di carta - La Fille De Papier, by Guillaume Musso (2011, France)

Tom is a writer. A succesful writer. But when Aurore leaves him, he nearly gets to death. His two best friends (Milo, his agent, and Carole, a policewoman) do everything they can to make him reacting. The only one who can move him someway is Billie: she looks to be one of Tom's characters fallen into reality. A strange adventure begins: from USA, through Mexico and Europe ...a hunt to a book, to Aurore too... lots of events that change everyone's life. Nice.