Hear hear, it took me 3 years to come back to my Italian blog! I can't believe it. I have been so very busy, as usual. I passed my licensure exam and after a year of probation full of observations, training courses, and teaching portfolio creation stuff, I am now (well since 2021) a tenured teacher of Italian Literature and History! 

I have been teaching an afternoon course of Italian to foreigners and I loved it! I will share my material in the blog asap. If you can please buy a DIZIONARIO VISUALE: it will help you SOOO MUCH with learning new words! 

In the meantime I leave you with a list of books by contemporary Italian writers: read in Italian as much as possible! Not many teacher will admit that, but I think you should buy the English translation of the novel you are reading, if you can find it, to keep it close while you read the original Italian version of the book. It helped me tremendously as a student while I was preparing my English literature exams.

Here is the list:

https://www.mondadoristore.it/scrittori-italiani-contemporanei-libri-migliori/

The list is long but I would suggest starting with a little treasure: LE OTTO MONTAGNE by Cognetti and then watch the marvelous cinematic adaptation. 

BUON LAVORO/DIVERTIMENTO!