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When everybody is equal, nobody is equal. Egalitarius, a science-fiction book by C.L. Wells is set in a dystopic and gloomy future, where people are forced to deny their identities to comply with the laws imposed by the American government.…

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Review of The Thicket by Joe R. Lansdale

Rosalba Mancuso

I can’t say if this is a good or a bad book. It is the first time I read a historical novel like that. I only know that The Thicket is a tale with escapes, violence, murders, chasings, and a…

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Review of The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza

Rosalba Mancuso

This is a book written by a woman for women. Not common women, but very special persons who shaped and marked the history of Sicily amid tragedies, epidemics, and the emigration of their men. Women with no role and no…

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Review of Only Our Destiny by A.G. Russo

Rosalba Mancuso

There is all the history of Italy and the world in this novel, whose title is nearly prophetical and reassuring: Only Our Destiny. Only three words which open the way to a poignant narration on what happened, starting from the…

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Review of Resistance, Revolution and Other Love Stories by K.

Rosalba Mancuso

There is a sort of collective conscience in this collection of short stories. Even if set in different places of the world, they bring a common message: the call for peace, the invitation to love, and the rejection of war.…

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A list of the best books by Ken Follett

Rosalba Mancuso

What are the best books written by Ken Follett? Is there a list about these books? Yes, there is and you can find it in this post. Before browsing my list, also read what I think about this novelist. In…

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Review The Girl in the Water Joseph Howse

Rosalba Mancuso

There are very few novels that talk about the collapse of the Soviet Union and the disaster in Chernobyl. This book is one of them. Truth to tell, that is the debut novel by Canadian author Joseph Howse. The Girl…

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Review of Azabu Getaway by Michael Pronko

Rosalba Mancuso

What happens when you must investigate an awful crime during a pandemic time? With Azabu Getaway, the new mystery novel by Michael Pronko, the main character, Japanese detective Hiroshi Shimizu deals with a double homicide occurred just in our current…

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Review of My Sweet and Kind You by Sergey Ilyn

Rosalba Mancuso

In my view, this book has been written by an artist of languages. Sergey Ilyn is, in fact, a Russian author who lives in the United States along with his wife. He is, hence, a bilingual or even a trilingual…