"You are going to spend your whole life learning how to write... and then you are going to die" (Jeff O'Neal, as cited by John Warner). This is a wonderful book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in writing, teaching, thinking, feeling, and living! And artificial intelligence, of course. This is a book I... Lire la Suite →

I am not exactly sure how to talk about this book. The basic story is simple: a group of people live on Apple Island, off of the coast of the state of Maine, descendants of runaway or freed slaves, in utmost poverty but in peace, at the beginning of the 20th century. One day, a... Lire la Suite →

I decided to read this book because I am often frustrated when I have to defend myself or argue with someone. This book offers many strategies on how to negotiate a better salary, a lower price on a car, a better rental fee, and the release of hostages (which is less useful to you and... Lire la Suite →

This is the second book in Deborah Levy's trilogy. It is, like the first one, a collection of thoughts, observations, and memories. She mostly talks about her life after her divorce, and how her life, her perception of the world, and her identity had to change radically. Even the way other people saw her changed... Lire la Suite →

Girls of Flight City, by Lorraine Heath, was recommended by my aunt and I really enjoyed listening to it (a bit more than 9 hours). It was inspired by the true story of a small town in Texas becoming the first training school for Royal Air Force (RAF) cadets during WWII. The British needed empty... Lire la Suite →

The Wedding People, by Alison Espach, was recommended by an old friend of mine from graduate school (goodness, that was 20 years ago!!!). And I must say it was a really cool story to listen to. Phoebe was a university professor with a crappy contract who wrote a normal doctoral dissertation and who was not... Lire la Suite →

I started reading a book about Ireland, because I bought a plane ticket to go to Ireland in June and I know nothing about that country, but the book was super depressing, so I switched to this one. One thing I can say is that after 10 minutes of listening to this story, The Soulmate,... Lire la Suite →

When I first arrived here, I met a very nice woman who was a captain at the time, and we worked together often. Sadly, after a couple of years, she got promoted and left (as do most people in the military). Fortunately, she stayed in the same town, so I am able to see her... Lire la Suite →

Listening to Tom Hanks reading this book for 10 hours was not too painful 😉 The Dutch House, by Ann patchett, is the story of a family, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, the good and the bad, the young and the old, the happy and the sad, and life. The energy of young people, the forgiveness... Lire la Suite →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →