L’homme peuplé, par Franck Bouysse The Secret Hours, de Mick Herron Nuuk, de Mo Malo Bournville, de Jonathan Coe The Sentence, de Louise Erdich Pachinko, de Min Jin Lee
Tom Lake
I finished listening to Tom Lake by Ann Patchett this afternoon. LONG book, 11 and a half hours. I am not sure yet what I think about this book. It was at the same time too long and also just right, too slow and also calming, boring and also interesting. It is the lovely--that's it,... Lire la Suite →
The Days
The Days est une mini-série de Neflix (huit épisodes) qui raconte l'histoire du tremblement de terre et du tsunami subséquent à Fukushima, qui ont tellement endommagé la centrale nucléaire qu'ils ont perdu l'électricité et donc la capacité à refroidir leurs réacteurs. C'est l'histoire des gens dans la centrale et aussi de ceux à l'extérieur, surtout... Lire la Suite →
In Love
In Love, d'Amy Bloom, raconte l'histoire du mari d'Amy qui développe un early onset Alzheimer's et qui décide qu'il ne veut pas continuer à vivre plus longtemps avec ses facultés mentales qui se détériorent. Amy, sa femme, trouve Dignitas, en Suisse, et raconte le processus pour arriver à leur faire accepter d'accompagner son mari dans... Lire la Suite →
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Travelling Cat Chronicles, by Hiro Arikawa, was a nice break after the more depressing and serious stuff I've been reading lately. It was the story of a young man and his cat, told by the cat. Together, they travel and visit some of the young man's childhood friends, and some of their pets, too.... Lire la Suite →
Hehe, I'm glad you like my annoyed rants and mild invectives :)
I like when we are told to grow up and the « for Pete’s sake » sounds like the icing…
Yes, and the fact that cassette tapes were replaced by CDs soon after helped a lot, too :)
Making such a mistake can happen to everyone. You were lucky to have never had to reveal that secret 🙂…
Yes, there’s definitely a lobster intervening every Tuesday 🙂