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Lovebirds

February 17, 2018February 17, 2018Leave a comment

My first attempt at a poem in English. I am used to writing in French only, but I  guess I was inspired enough by the subject to find my words for this one... My english verses still need some polishing, but I enjoy working on it, so I'll try to craft more english poems in the future. (By … Continue reading Lovebirds

East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

January 14, 2018January 16, 2018Leave a comment

I discovered John Steinbeck in junior high school. We read Of Mice and Men (a french translation), and it shook  me. It was tragic, but not just bluntly tragic :  all of the characters felt "true" and the building of the story towards the ineluctable ending sounded realitic as well. I guess that's what touched … Continue reading East of Eden, by John Steinbeck

The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden 

January 2, 2018January 14, 20181 Comment

This book was my favourite in 2017, closely followed by La Belle Sauvage (which I reviewed here). Here is the blurb, my review follows. In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold and the snow falls many months of the year, an elderly servant tells stories … Continue reading The Bear and the Nightingale, by Katherine Arden 

The Warden, by Anthony Trollope 

December 23, 2017January 2, 2018Leave a comment

I do not know much about classic English literature so I have decided to start filling this gap . On my list there are the works of the Brontë Sisters and Jane Austen of course, but I was also very interested in what I heard about Trollope's books. I love social chronicles and satires; and … Continue reading The Warden, by Anthony Trollope 

Four tales, by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Peter Bailey 

December 9, 2017January 2, 2018Leave a comment

I love fairy tales - stories set once upon a time in imaginary worlds, that take children in unexpected adventures and often teach lessons for life -, and I am a huge fan of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, so I could not resist this gorgeous edition that puts together four of the tales … Continue reading Four tales, by Philip Pullman, illustrated by Peter Bailey 

La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

November 19, 2017January 2, 2018Leave a comment

After more than ten years, what a delight to be back in Lyra's universe! I remember being mesmerised by His Dark Materials and left in tears by its ending. I was so desperate that my twelve year-old self vowed to rewrite the ending! I had borrowed the French version of the trilogy at the local … Continue reading La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

November 12, 2017January 2, 2018Leave a comment

Let's start this blog with a lovely fairy tale I read in October! I first heard about The Girl Who Drank the Moon in a New Yorker ad. The cover looked lovely and the critics were laudatory (plus, it got a Newbery Medal!) . So I decided it was a must read for me! I … Continue reading The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

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