Ivan Zullo

Ivan’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (34)
currently-reading‎ (1)
read‎ (358)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fiction‎ (25)
thriller‎ (14)
crime‎ (13)
mystery‎ (13)
nonfiction‎ (10)
biography‎ (8)
adventure‎ (5)
historical-fiction‎ (5)

sports‎ (5)
classics‎ (4)
dystopian‎ (4)
football‎ (4)
calcio‎ (3)
language‎ (3)
linguistics‎ (3)
sport‎ (3)
action‎ (2)
fantasy‎ (2)
historical‎ (2)
history‎ (2)

humor‎ (2)
memoir‎ (2)
noir‎ (2)
science‎ (2)
travelling‎ (2)
writing‎ (2)
baseball‎ (1)
basketball‎ (1)
business‎ (1)
christianity‎ (1)
comedy‎ (1)
economy‎ (1)

english‎ (1)
espionage‎ (1)
essays‎ (1)
gothic‎ (1)
horror‎ (1)
inchieste‎ (1)
israel‎ (1)
milano‎ (1)
non‎ (1)
philosophy‎ (1)
politics‎ (1)
religion‎ (1)

Stats | More…

Ivan is Currently Reading

Ivan Zullo is currently reading

The Race (Isaac Bell, #4)

by Clive Cussler

bookshelves: currently-reading, action, adventure, fiction

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Apr 12, 2026 09:39AM

“The accent of the Peaky Blinders characters may have been more realistic, but as a result it didn’t sound much like the Brummie stereotype at all,”
― David Crystal, Ben Crystal, You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents

1 likes

“you can live somewhere for years, and your neighbours will only ever hear you as a newcomer, but go home and your friends say, Oh you’ ve got such an accent . . . But”
― Ben Crystal, You Say Potato: The Story of English Accents

2 likes

“but a drunk doesn’t care about what’s been said before, he cares about now and about how he feels, dragging that stuff up is like putting on a good old blues song you’ve heard a hundred times. You know the words, but it still does you good.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Savage Season

1 likes

“But to lose my idealism, to quit believing in the ability of human beings to rise above their baser instincts, was to become old and bitter and of no service to anyone, not even myself.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Savage Season

2 likes

“Over-confidence is the way to give your soul to the devil an inch at a time.”
― Joe R. Lansdale, Savage Season

tags: over-confidence

8 likes

More of Ivan’s quotes…