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 →