"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

Tu cosa tieni nel cruscotto della macchina?

Io: Do you happen to have some water?
Lui: Try looking in the dashboard, there.

Ehm… no, mi spiace dirtelo, ma l’acqua qui non c’è…
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Alix Harrow’s The Once and Future Witches

I wouldn’t have started this book on my own, and for many reasons. One of them is that in Italy it’s marketed as Young Adult Fiction, and I hate most of that stuff, and the other is its imposing length: 600 pages. I was distracted,

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Spooktober 24 – The Phantom Farm House (1)

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2 Comments
  • MicSottocolle
    Posted at 15:48h, 06 July Reply

    …magari è ad acqua molto ben cammuffata!

    Quando torni?

    MSC

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 15:51h, 06 July Reply

    Sono tornata (disse)

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