Giulia

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speaks: Italian

learns: English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazilian)

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I'm back

It's been a long time that I don’t write on Journaly. In all this time I kept studying English in discontinuous way and never writing it, but I recently joined a group for pen palling, and now I
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Apr 18 - 1 min. read

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Devil’s Advocate by Jonathan Maberry

Dana Scully, future FBI agent in the tv series “The X Files”, in this book is only fifteen years old. Due to his father’s job, as U.S. naval officer, her family has moved to the small town of
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Sep 26 - 2 min. read

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Un finde bonito

Sábado mi marido cumplió años. Hicimos una comida familiar y le preparé su tarta favorita, la de chocolate con cobertura de frutos del bosque. No quería ponerle una vela de las clasicas, en forma de
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Sep 19 - 2 min. read

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"Devil's Advocate"

I haven't written any more posts for the Multilingual Book Club 2, but I did it: I read the whole book until the end of August. I'm proud of myself, this is the first time I have not left reading a
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Sep 10 - 1 min. read

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I keep reading

This morning I read a few more chapters of "The House on Mango Street". Esperanza is growing up and her little world, made of games in the courtyard, neighbors that give you old clothes, buying
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Aug 22 - 1 min. read

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M.B.C. 2 - Third week

Since the last time I wrote about my reading for the Multilingual Book Club 2, I moved on very little. The main reason is that I have a new pet. The past Monday my family adopted a dog from the
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Aug 19 - 1 min. read

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Dagù

Desde ayer hay un nuevo miembro en mi familia: un perro. Mi marido, mi hija y yo hemos visitado la perrera un par de veces en las semanas pasadas, para elegir nuestro nuevo compañero de vida, aunque
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Aug 17 - 1 min. read

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M.B.C. 2 - Second week - The House on Mango Street

I’m, more or less, halfway through the book. So I think that I’ll finish it within the end of August, in line with the deadline of the Multicultural Book Club 2. I’m loving it more and more. The main
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Aug 12 - 1 min. read

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My reading strategy

This time I feel I chose the right book. It is interesting, serious and funny at the same time, and language is pretty easy. The chapters are short, so I have no excuse to tell myself I have no time
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Aug 6 - 1 min. read

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The House on Mango Street - The writer

Today, I read the introduction and the first four chapters of “The House on Mango Street”. They might seem a lot, but actually they are only 14 pages. Chapters are very short. I think it is too early
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Aug 2 - 1 min. read

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Multilingual Book Club 2 - The House on Mango Street

I partecipated at the first Multilingual Book Club and I will partecipate at the second too. For this one, I decided to read in English. The book I chose is The house on Mango Street by the
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Jul 28 - 1 min. read

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O labirinto Masone

O labirinto Masone, próximo a cidade de Parma, em Emilia-Romania, é um lugar criado pelo artista Franco Maria Ricci. Tem uma planta em forma de estrela e é composto por quatro labirintos
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Jul 2 - 1 min. read

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El viaje de Romeo y Julieta

Hace 15 años, en este mismo día, Marco vino a recojerme. Comimos con mis padres y luego subimos al coche. En mi regazo tenía el tazón de los peces rojos, que habíamos llamado Romeo y Julieta.
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Jun 5 - 2 min. read

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Latest books I read

Recently, I discovered a writer whose books are hooking on me. Her name is Kathy Reichs and the genre of her books is “medical thriller”. Besides being a writer, she is a forensic anthropologist, as
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May 29 - 1 min. read

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A senhora do candelabro

Quando minha filha tinha 2 anos, nos mudamos nesta casa donde ainda moramos. Só unas semanas depois de mudar-nos, meu marido e eu vimos ela olhar facinada o candelabro da sala. Quando perguntamos
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May 15 - 1 min. read

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Arquivo X

Tenho que fazer uma confissão: eu sou muito fã de uma serie de televisão que se titula “The X-Files”. Tenho visto cada capitulo desta serie uma e outra vez, tanto em italiano quanto em seu idioma
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May 2 - 1 min. read

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Las enfermedades raras

Se definen enfermedades raras todas aquellas patologías que afectan menos de 5 personas entre 10.000. A veces se presentan desde nacimiento, otras veces llegan de un día a otro, desestabilizando la
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May 1 - 2 min. read

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A lenda de Aleramo

Eu moro em um território de colinas que se chama Monferrato e tem uma bonita lenda. A lenda de Aleramo. Aleramo nasceu no 934 e ficou órfão de pequeno. Começou a trabalhar como ajudante de cozinha,
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Apr 28 - 1 min. read

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My college – part 2

The mother of one of my college roommate was a psychic. She told her daughter that she felt “presences” in all the college, but especially in the bathrooms of the first floor. And really many girls
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Apr 26 - 2 min. read

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My college - part 1

When I was attending the university, I lived in a very singular women’s college. It was a very ancient institute, build around the middle of the 18th century to give a recovery to young unmarried
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Apr 25 - 2 min. read

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