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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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, 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 →

Troublemaker, a short book (less than five hours of listening), was written by John Cho, an actor that I like (and who is exactly my age but sadly married, yes, I've checked). It was the perfect story to listen to on my way back from the US last week. Jordan is a young Korean-American kid... Lire la Suite →