ValenCina Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Hello everyone, my name is Valentina, I'm 24 and I am from Torino, Italy. I study foreign languages at university - English and Chinese (that's where the nickname comes from! ). My favourite books are classics and my favourite authors are Italo Calvino, Vladimir Nabokov and Mo Yan. I have been a member of a book club with my friends for a 3 years now. We are loving it so much that we have founded two other parallel book clubs: one for women only and one for young people (under 30). We all come from very different backgrounds and I love how this allows me to consider new perspectives on the books we read and discuss. I'm reading Fictions by Borges at the moment, for my women's book club. I am looking forward to chatting with you! I'm open to recommendations and I would especially like to know if you enjoy reading any Italian author! Chat soon, ValenCina Quote
Echo Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Welcome to the forum, ValenCina! So glad to have you here! Quote
carm Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Hello and welcome ValenCina- this is a really great place to talk about all things books- one of my favorite books of all time is I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb- it's absolutely fantastic!!! Quote
Roland Butter Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Welcome, ValenCina. Italy's a wonderful country, and I envy you! I hope you enjoy the Forum. Quote
Purple Poppy Posted March 7, 2008 Posted March 7, 2008 Hello and a warm welcome. I'm sure you'll love it on here:) Pp Quote
JudyB Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 I am looking forward to chatting with you! I'm open to recommendations and I would especially like to know if you enjoy reading any Italian author! Hello and welcome. I don't think I've read anything by Italian writers - can you recommend any? Hope you enjoy chatting with us. JudyB Quote
nicnic Posted March 8, 2008 Posted March 8, 2008 Hey there Valentina. Welcome to book club forum, it's lovely and friendly here. You seem to read such a variety of books, which is brilliant! Oh and I absolutely love your cat avatar...it's beautiful! Quote
ValenCina Posted March 9, 2008 Author Posted March 9, 2008 Thank you all for welcoming me!! I am enjoying my time on the forum already, too bad over the last couple of days I have spent more time online than actually reading... @nicnic: the cat in my avatar is my own. He is chartreux mixed with russian blue, he is 12 now and still a much lively big guy! @JudyB: my favourite Italian author ever is Italo Calvino, although I haven't read all of his books. As I put in my profile, my favourite books by Calvino are those in the trilogy of Our ancestors: The Cloven Viscount, Baron in The Trees and The Invisible Knight. I would recommend any one of them, but Baron in the Trees is my absolute favourite. Quote
March Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Buongiorno Valentina... "ni hao ma?":mrgreen: Welcome and have a great time here. Quote
Purple Princess Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Hello and welcome to the forum, i hope you enjoy it here Quote
Maureen Posted March 22, 2008 Posted March 22, 2008 Hi Valentina. to here first of all. Where do you live in Italy? I come from Malta, where half the population are Italian Football crazy, and tifosi of one of the various clubs! Edit: Ok I just re-read your fist post - Torino. Never been. Quote
Jude-not obscure Posted March 27, 2008 Posted March 27, 2008 Ciao Valentina I'm new to the book club today. I saw your thread as I seem to have a magnetic attraction towards anything Italian. I have read a few things by Italian authors (in translation that is as my Italian is not great). I like Umberto Eco...particularly The Name of the Rose and I also enjoyed another writer whose name I have forgotten. Two of his books that I remember most are called (in English) 'The Sea' and 'Silk'. I don't know what to recommend to you....but the most enjoyable book I've read recently is the Kite Runner. I also enjoyed 'The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennett, but you may need to be English to 'get' this. Quote
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