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My Book Reviews, June 2026
Book ratings and a short review. An Author’s Reading Addiction: My June Book list. The Iron Crown: The Dawn’s Council La Corona di Ferro: Il Consiglio dell’Aurora Genre: Superhero Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction My reviews: Having read both the Italian and English versions of this stunning novel, I was captivated by how it brilliantly subverts…
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A New Beginning
The Book Mind I decided to pick up reading again, specifically books outside my professional field of psychology. So, I create a new category on my blog, “The Book Mind,” where I can write about the books I read, since reading has always brought me a sense of peace and relaxation. When I read, I…
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Today’s film: The Secret Garden (1993) & Nomadland (2020)
4th time watching & 2nd time watching. THE GEOMETRY OF THE RETURN When observed as parallel blueprints, The Secret Garden and Nomadland map the profound transition from a fortress of survival to the open windows of integration. They are not films about merely changing locations; they are clinical case studies of a psyche reclaiming its…
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Today’s film: The Matrix (1999) & Ordinary People (1980)
5th time watching & 1st time watching THE LANTERN VS. THE MATRIX When analysed together, The Matrix and Ordinary People stand as brilliant structural pillars demonstrating the exact same psychological truth: no one can hand you a borrowed path to freedom. One operates on the grand scale of sci-fi myth, and the other within the…
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Today’s film: Carnage (2011)
2nd time watching THE BURNING OF THE BOXES When looking at a narrative structure like Carnage, you are looking at the ultimate breakdown of human containment. The entire film is a masterclass in what happens when the polite “Surface Talk” of civilized society is systematically stripped away, leaving a room full of adults completely defenceless…
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