LITERATURE

Y as Youth Today my friend and I decided to go shopping at Carnaby Street, one of the most fashionable areas in the sixties in London. I wanted to find an outfit for tonight. Because tonight I was going to see the Beatles in concert!! I was so exited, it was all... Lire la suite

S as Self-Defense I have never been an optimistic person. That is why, when the majority of people thought that the 60's were the golden age, the begining of endless equality between black and white, I express reserves. It seems too utopian. I knew that as great as the... Lire la suite

J as in John Punch John Punch was one of my friend who worked with me as a servant on a Virginia Plantation. He was black while I was white and at that time that made a big difference. Even if John, Victor - a jovial Dutchman who was completing our duo - and I, were always... Lire la suite

Book review Hi everyone! So I've just finished to read the novel I choose for the reading challenge. The novel is call Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson and the title quite sum up the whole story. I didn't expect this story to be like this when I choose the book... Lire la suite

Virginia Woolf For me, Virginia Woolf was one of the strongest women of her time. I really admire her. I mean, she was just herself in time when being yourself -as a women- was not really easy, fighting for what she thought was fair, claiming to the hole world that... Lire la suite

The Hitch-Hiker My favourite short story is The Hitch-Hiker by Roald Dahl. I really love this writer, for his delirious and great stories. This one deals with a writter who has a new car and takes a hitch-hiker with him to London. This story involves police arrest, mystery,... Lire la suite

The catcher in the rye I don't really have a favourite book but if I have to choose one it would be The catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger written in 1951. It was originally published for adults but it became really popular with teenagers. This story deals with Holden, a seventeen... Lire la suite

So many books, so little time I've choosen this quote from Frank Zappa because I found it so true, the fact that there are so many books in this world and I will never read all the books that I want because of the little time I have, makes me frustrated. When you think about all the... Lire la suite

My portrait as a reader I really love reading, I've been reading since I was young so it's very natural for me. I'm kind of a messy reader, i can read several books at the same time. I often read books from youth series or realistic novels or even sagas like "Harry Potter".... Lire la suite

Y as Youth

Today my friend and I decided to go shopping at Carnaby Street, one of the most fashionable areas in the sixties in London. I wanted to find an outfit for tonight. Because tonight I was going to see the Beatles in concert!! I was so exited, it was all...

Lire la suite
S as Self-Defense

I have never been an optimistic person. That is why, when the majority of people thought that the 60's were the golden age, the begining of endless equality between black and white, I express reserves. It seems too utopian. I knew that as great as the...

Lire la suite
J as in John Punch

John Punch was one of my friend who worked with me as a servant on a Virginia Plantation. He was black while I was white and at that time that made a big difference. Even if John, Victor - a jovial Dutchman who was completing our duo - and I, were always...

Lire la suite
Book review

Hi everyone! So I've just finished to read the novel I choose for the reading challenge. The novel is call Emotionally Weird by Kate Atkinson and the title quite sum up the whole story. I didn't expect this story to be like this when I choose the book...

Lire la suite
Virginia Woolf

For me, Virginia Woolf was one of the strongest women of her time. I really admire her. I mean, she was just herself in time when being yourself -as a women- was not really easy, fighting for what she thought was fair, claiming to the hole world that...

Lire la suite
The Hitch-Hiker

My favourite short story is The Hitch-Hiker by Roald Dahl. I really love this writer, for his delirious and great stories. This one deals with a writter who has a new car and takes a hitch-hiker with him to London. This story involves police arrest, mystery,...

Lire la suite
The catcher in the rye

I don't really have a favourite book but if I have to choose one it would be The catcher in the rye by J.D Salinger written in 1951. It was originally published for adults but it became really popular with teenagers. This story deals with Holden, a seventeen...

Lire la suite
So many books, so little time

I've choosen this quote from Frank Zappa because I found it so true, the fact that there are so many books in this world and I will never read all the books that I want because of the little time I have, makes me frustrated. When you think about all the...

Lire la suite
My portrait as a reader

I really love reading, I've been reading since I was young so it's very natural for me. I'm kind of a messy reader, i can read several books at the same time. I often read books from youth series or realistic novels or even sagas like "Harry Potter"....

Lire la suite