"Avoiding the influence of the algorithm requires a conscious effort of resistance. Getting a book recommendation from your local bookseller or librarian or friend is a small act of resisting the algorithm" (John Warner).
This Time Tomorrow (Demain, même heure, en français), d'Emma Straub, m'a beaucoup plu. Je me demandais si la fin serait cucul, mais finalement c'était pas mal du tout. Et puis je pensais que c'était une histoire moralisatrice sur l'importance d'aimer sa vie, blah blah, mais non, en fait c'était comme une lettre écrite par une... Lire la Suite →
At a conference I was attending in Toronto this week, I noticed that I had a hard time understanding speakers who had a foreign accent. This is weird, because I worked with international students until I changed jobs recently, and some had foreign accents that were sometimes quite strong but I had no difficulties understanding... Lire la Suite →
J'ai pré-acheté ce bouquin de mon auteure préférée, Kathy Reichs, donc le jour-même où il est sorti, j'ai pu commencer à l'écouter! Je l'ai écouté en trois jours. Pas mal. Pas son meilleur, pas son pire. Ce qui m'a frustré le plus c'est le manque de bon sens de Temperance Brennen. Ca n'est pas inhabituel... Lire la Suite →
Five minutes into this book, I was already regretting my purchase! It was read by a narrator that I found over-the-top although she nailed the auntie accents, and the story itself was really stupid — as in, "oh my god, this boy is so cute and his eyes are sparkling and I am so in... Lire la Suite →
This book by Sandra Perron was painful to read, but also amazing. It is the true story of a young woman who, in the 80s and early 90s dreamed of being in the military and ended up being the first Canadian woman in the infantry. Throughout her training and career, she faced terrible sexism, bullying,... Lire la Suite →
This book, by Rachel Barr, took me a little while to read even though it wasn't long because I found the narrator (who is also the author) a bit soporific--which was not a bad thing when I listened to her in the evening, but not so great while I was driving. It was a pretty... Lire la Suite →
Ceci est le troisième bouquin de la trilogie de Chris Hadfield, astronaut Canadien qui a fait ses études là où je bosse! Le premier bouquin, Apollo Murders, était extrêmement chouette, et puis j'ai téléchargé le deuxième bouquin en version électronique et je ne sais pas pourquoi, je ne l'ai pas lu. Quand le troisième est... Lire la Suite →
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster, by Mirinae Lee, was a very unusual book. I know I said I didn't want to read another book written by a Korean woman author, but this one looked different and it truly was, for many reasons. First, the story took place in South Korea but also in North... Lire la Suite →
I am trying to read books by Canadian authors instead of American authors, so I found this, by André Alexis, on a list of award-winning books. This book was weird and amusing and depressing and very creative. This is the story of 15 dogs who receive the gifts of consciousness and language from the two... Lire la Suite →
Enfer et putréfaction, encore un bouquin fascinant et chiant ("fastidieux," me propose ChatGPT à la place de chiant)! Et plus de 12 heures d'écoute! The Box, de Marc Levinson, date un peu, et c'est très dommage, parce que je suis sûre que les choses ont énormément changé avec la pandémie mais bon, c'était quand même... Lire la Suite →
J'ai déjà parlé du film là-bas, et je suis soulagée de pouvoir dire que le livre, d'Olaf Olafsson, est aussi sympa et touchant que le film et que les deux histoires étaient très similaires, ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas quand un film est basé sur un bouquin. Une grande différence c'est que dans... Lire la Suite →
"History is a damn dim candle over a damn dark abyss." W. Stull Holt. It is weird to say that this was an incredibly fascinating book and also a very boring book. Maybe boring is not the right word, maybe "too packed with information to be read easily" might be better. This very dense and... Lire la Suite →
Je n'arrive vraiment plus à écouter des bouquins sérieux ou déprimants, en ce moment, c'est une catastrophe, donc après avoir acheté et abandonné un bouquin sérieux (alors que j'en avais déjà commencé et abandonné quatre autres), j'ai décidé d'écouter celui-ci. C'est l'histoire de Dean Nicholson, un jeune Écossais, qui décide de partir faire le tour... Lire la Suite →
Ah, mais c'est énervant quand un excellent bouquin se termine! Starter Villain, de John Scalzi, c'est l'histoire de Charlie, un gars récemment divorcé et qui a perdu son boulot de journaliste et dont le père vient de mourir. Il ne sait pas trop quoi faire de sa vie et ses demi-frères et soeurs le font... Lire la Suite →
This book looked very interesting and was indeed quite good. At the beginning, we learn about the beginnings of forensic science ("forensic" meaning "used in connection with the detection of crime"), with the first time it was possible to tell if blood came from an animal or a human, blood types, DNA comparisons, etc. Very... Lire la Suite →
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Thank you for this new review. About Tasmania, I only know Taz, the Tasmanian Devil, a cartoon character whose adventures…
Thank you for your suggestion. Actually, I didn't know the word jingoism either. I asked an online dictionary how to…
Huhuh, I didn't know the word jingoism, but I think you meant patriotic, actually, because jingoistic seems to be more…
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J’espère qu’il te plaira 🙂