J'ai lu Une Femme en contre-jour, de Gaëlle Josse, en version électronique en deux-trois heures hier, interrompue ici et là par quelques emails de boulot auxquels je devais répondre rapidement. L'histoire est incroyable. Le style d'écriture est pénible (français, quoi). C'est l'histoire de Vivian Maier, fille d'immigrants miséreux et misérables, qui a vécu une vie... Lire la Suite →
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life [en]
This book, An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (Guide d'un astronaute pour la vie sur terre), is not a romance or mystery novel, or even historical fiction. It’s a reflection on life and hard work, on how to achieve your dreams, and on the meaning of success and happiness. Chris Hadfield, a Canadian who... Lire la Suite →
Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs [en]
This is a really scary book by Kerry Howley that tells the true and unsettling story of Reality Winner, a young American woman, who works for the US government. After she leaked a document containing proof of Russian interference in the first Trump election, she became the whistleblower who received the harshest punishment in U.S.... Lire la Suite →
The Black Loch [fr]
The Black Loch, qui est sorti très récemment, est le quatrième tome de Peter May de sa Lewis Trilogy. Ce qui tombe bien, parce que j'étais triste quand j'ai terminé le troisième bouquin, et paf, quelques semaines plus tard, j'ai appris qu'un quatrième allait sortir. Le narrateur, toujours le même, est excellent, avec son léger... Lire la Suite →
Algorithms [en]
I just finished reading this book, Algorithms, by Panos Louridas (Kindle version). I can safely say that I understood 2/3 of the book, which is not bad, considering my extremely low knowledge of math and computer science. I did learn a few concepts, like searching, sorting, graphs, paths, PageRank, deep learning (I already knew that... Lire la Suite →
En souvenir d’André
C'est ma frangine américaine qui m'a filé En Souvenir d'André, par Martin Winckler quand je suis allée lui rendre visite en octobre. Au début, je n'étais pas très enthousiaste, parce que je ne supporte absolument pas les débats sur la mort assistée, je deviens folle de rage après quelques secondes seulement. Mais ma frangine m'a... Lire la Suite →
Trust [en]
Trust, by Hernan Diaz, received many awards and I had it on my to-read list for a long time. I just finished it and can only say a few things about it without revealing too much of the plot. First, it was a story devoid of emotion, written very matter-of-factly, without useless details or embellishments,... Lire la Suite →
L’homme peuplé
J'ai écouté à peu près une heure de ce bouquin (d'un peu plus de sept heures d'écoute) et puis je l'en renvoyé à l'expéditeur et me suis fait rembourses mes sous! Je suis vraiment allergique à ce style d'écriture française mélodramatique et hyper métaphorique, et ces histoires métaphysiques de neige et de fantômes. J'aurais dû... Lire la Suite →
The Best of Me [fr]
I read or listened to a few other books by David Sedaris, and I find him interesting, funny, introspective, and down to earth. His writing is hard to define though, because he sometimes writes about his observations, his adventures, and his thoughts, but he is sometimes funny and sometimes quite serious or even sad. He... Lire la Suite →
The Road [en]
What can I say about this very depressing book? It won the Pulitzer Prize and I had it in my to-read list since at least the nineteen-fifties, so I finally decided to listen to it and I am glad it's over! Although maybe it's not... The story of The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, is very... Lire la Suite →
Engines of Engagement: A Curious Book About Generative AI [en]
This small and weird-looking book, Engines of Engagement--A Curious Book About Generative AI, was written by, among others, Sae Schatz, an international star and leader in all things Generative AI, who advises governments and universities and businesses on how to deal with this new technology and is also the Executive Director of the Partnership for... Lire la Suite →
Lessons in Chemistry [fr]
C'est la sœur d'une copine de ma tante qui m'a conseillé Lessons in Chemistry, par Bonnie Garmus, une ingénieure marrante et sympa, donc j'ai suivi son conseil et ne l'ai pas regretté. En fait, j'avais déjà entendu parler de ce titre à cause de la série télévisée sur AppleTV qui semblait avoir eu du succès.... Lire la Suite →
Mon assassin
Ce petit bouquin, Mon Assassin, de Daniel Pennac, est étrange, et je l'ai parfois bien aimé et parfois trouvé très énervant. Il n'y a pas vraiment d'histoire, là-dedans, à part des bouts de reflexions et d'histoires dont on ne sait jamais si elles sont vraies ou non, mais qui semblent expliquer comment les personnages des... Lire la Suite →
We’ll Prescribe You a Cat [en]
This very cute book, We'll Prescribe You a Cat, by Syou Ishida, was recommended by my friend Ana. It's the story of a very unusual psychiatrist and his very unusual nurse who prescribe cats to people who are stressed out, depressed, bullied at school, etc. The doctor and the nurse act strangely, and no one... Lire la Suite →
This Side of Brightness [en]
This Side of Brightness, by Colum McCann, was recommended by my German sister to my American sister who recommended it to me! And it was on my wish list for a while because it got many awards, so I bought it before driving back to Canada after my visit to my American sister. I thought... Lire la Suite →
Yes, but I don't think other social media platforms from Russia or China have an impact outside of these countries,…
You learned a lot of unethical or shocking things when reading this book. Facebook is American. I guess you might…
Yes, it was called Y2K in English, "year 2000." I was in Utah at the time, and laughing every time…
In « Le périple de Baldassare », the story starts in 1665, a year before 1666. This year was feared…
Oui mais ça commence quand même avec l'histoire de sa capture par les pirates, mais bon, au moins ils parlent…