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's your vote: become editorial board!

No "It's Monday! What are you reading?" this week, since I read almost anything in recent days. Instead, I suggest you join an editorial board and select a new one which will be published in 10,000 copies in a few months!

How is this possible? With the contest between Livraddict and the other edition, entitled "The man who dreamed." Is the title of the second novel by John Marcus to be published by The Other Editions in 2011. I told you about on this blog, with great enthusiasm, the first volume Commissioner Delajoie adventures, "The man who dreamed " and I look forward to more to come ...

Well, it turns out that Jean-Marc Bastardy, director of the Other editions, decided to take this opportunity to showcase a young unknown writer. In the manner of singers who invite young artists in the first part of their concerts, the novel "The man who dreamed" will be accompanied a detective story. The junior authors were able to offer their news Livraddict for a few weeks and now it's time to choose the best!

is where you come in: for the first stage of the selection, screening of the five best news is in your hands. To vote, just to be (or become) a member of Livraddict, read the new proposed and select the one you prefer. You can also share your impressions with other members, support your foal, discuss the qualities or faults with each new authors. A new experience and free!

It tempts you ? Livraddict is on! But do not dally: You have until January 16!

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Vannek Helena, Armel Job

It's been three or four weeks I have this novel and I do not know why I have not commented yet ... Correct this injustice!

Abstract:

"In the Flemish countryside, before the Second World War, Helena Vannek witnessing the death of his mother. The family comes the terrible authority of the father, Theo. Suddenly, under the pretext to distract the brother of Helena's grief, Theo into the house a young and mysterious stranger.

Everyone takes a liking to the newcomer. Helena, she begins to love him. But we must reckon with all the fates ... "

(back cover )

My opinion:

I got this book after reading "You're not judge," the same author. These two books have been donated and hung in my library for six months. I do not have a PAL, but cons I love discovering new authors and styles that I knew absolutely not by magic gifts ...

I did not Armel Job is a man, or that he was Belgian, I understand that seeing the two novels set in my small country. I knew nothing of his style was pleasantly surprised by her coldness. All history is written in first person and in these cases is expected to much emotional investment on the part of the narrator, but here the heroine, Helena, is content to relate almost happened with distance Yet very painful. In After a few pages, however, you get used and it includes: Helena is not in an environment where expressing feelings is valued and finally, his way of narrating what is happening is quite the image that we have of his personality.

can not say that I am attached to the heroine, Helena is too strange for that. I struggled to understand and accept his passionate feelings that arise suddenly, be it hate or love. But it is interesting and the characters that revolve around it are even greater. We do not always understand but they fascinate.

Moreover, their mystery deepens with time, and that's where it gets interesting. It is believed to know everything, and in fact they are wrong. Was entitled to a reversal unexpected situations, then a second and a third ... I do not want to say too much, but read to the end, it's worth it.

Here is a novel cold, mysterious, a pen and interesting context untapped, which serve the plot more complex than one might think. The whole is interesting and worth reading.

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Criticism Betty, who has seen Helena in a very different of mine, take a look at comments, nice discussion ensued about the character.

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It's Monday! What are you reading? (5)

After jumping a few weeks (in any case very low in reading), I resume my habits on Monday.

What I read last week?

Well, just imagine, not much interesting. It happens that this time, the readings "mandatory" supplant largely for pleasure reading, and playtime ends up reduced to a trickle, consumed by time spent at work (which in my case rather takes a plural: the jobs). So I read primarily a legal treatise on the evolution of copyright that I must appear before a group of researchers (I'll spare you the details), and a biography of Florence Nightingale that I need to register on Dictaphone a person who has vision problems - nearly 550 pages to read aloud, it will take me some time. And the two in English, please.

For the rest, I have a little progress in reading " All the King's Men " began several weeks ago, and I recently started " The Eight" by Katherine Neville will be Book Club of January.

What I'm reading right now?

Same as above, alternating along moments.


What shall I read the next week?

I have to finish the treaty Legal and analysis for tomorrow (argh!), and when I am freed I also intend to complete " All the King's Men " I look forward to comment.

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for fans of French literature: The Mag Livraddict No. 4 awaits you!

It is a little time for me to comment, as it is already out there 12 days, but it is never too late to advertise a good product. On December 1 came out on Livraddict Mag n ° 4, devoted entirely to contemporary literature in French!

In Mags lineage of previous Team Livraddict wanted to offer an overview as varied as possible a kind of very heterogeneous. You will find in this issue presentations of authors from all sides such as Hubert Reeves, Jean-Christophe Grange or Serge Brussolo; an exclusive interview Bernard Werber, a presentation of the major literary prizes, and many discoveries to be made under different themes ( selected the last of Goncourt, release to come, favorites of the Team and Livraddictiens some recent discoveries), a presentation of some interesting film adaptations And our recipe, our comic ... and many other things.

This issue also contains a very moving tribute to author Pierre Bottero, who died a little over a year. Livraddict members wanted to honor him in their own way, and it is also an opportunity to discover his work. This case is accompanied by a contest to win three volumes of the series Ellana but You only have three days to participate, hurry up!

As usual, you can read the magazine online ; to see the pages more closely, just click or use mouse wheel. You can also download format. pdf and print it if you want. Do not hesitate to make known in the broadcasting around you!

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The undrowned child, by Michelle Lovric

Here is a common understanding on the initiative of Miss Spooky Muffin who invited us to discover a book not yet published in French . As the book was available at the library, I threw myself into the adventure, to discover an author that I know absolutely and without any prejudice to the contents of the plot. Here is my opinion on this original work ...

Abstract:

Venice, 1899. Strange phenomena threaten the city of sharks roam the canals, water has become hot and salty, floods have become powerful and unpredictable. Teodora, a small Milanese eleven years, has always dreamed of exploring Venice. When his parents finally there emmènent, She spends her days to walk around the streets and visit the city in every corner. She also spends much time in a very strange little bookstore that sells individual pieces of mysterious books about ghosts or mermaids. When a book falls on his head, she sank into unconsciousness for a few minutes. This is the first step in a journey that will help them discover what lies beneath the appearance of the city, the strange beings who protect and above all, the great danger that threatens it.

My opinion:

This novel-like fairy tale has a lot going for it. For starters, a nice blanket faded puts you directly into the atmosphere of the novel. Then the little Teodora is adorable, sensitive and a little girl dream that can be attached. The scenery is beautiful: what better than Venice at the dawn of the twentieth century? And we can say that the story we walk from one corner to another, and in the habits and minds of its inhabitants and in the history of the city. I also enjoyed some of the characters whose originality beguiled me: ghosts, cats, and especially the sirens of course, their press, their cuisine and their special vocabulary. The plot has no timeouts, the adventure is changing rapidly and we do not get bored. In short, a lot of news around legends revisited, originality, action and a touch of poetry.

However, I do not know why the magic did not effect me. I read this book in one week but I returned without particular pleasure. A few days after the end my reading, I still wonder about the reasons for this indifference.

Perhaps it is the abundance of the supernatural, I had a little feeling of drowning in the legendary characters and magic in strange and supernatural phenomena. The consistency of I also missed the magical world: from start to finish, new characters, new events are added without at some point we can say we know the functioning of the created universe and the rest Part shall follow its rules. At several moments, while Theodora is in a particularly dramatic situation, it is off the hook by a phenomenon or a character hitherto unknown. To me it is as if the author cheated constantly adding new rules to the game it invented. I would have preferred a set of specific laws as in Harry Potter, where consistency is rigorously maintained from one end to another and where the twists may be predictable but are hidden only by the talent of the author to divert our attention.

this in mind, I was also disturbed by some flaws in the logic of history: at times the author is very clear on some details, but others it seems to leave out important elements. At times I asked myself the question: why does she Teo this, why this character does he do that? "All this feels like a dream with the actual pace but where there are inevitably some problems of logic. Regarding the heart of the plot, I still have a lot of questions, the most disturbing concerns the substance of the threat to Venice. I am still struggling to represent its exact nature, and because it is the engine of any action, it's pretty unpleasant. But perhaps Have I not been careful enough ...

Sometimes I'm a bit lost in the descriptions. Even with the ballads of Teo on the map provided at the beginning of the book, I had a little trouble to myself all the places described. However, it is often essential to understanding the events.

short, I was not convinced, without really knowing why. Yet this book is well written, set in a beautiful setting, it is original and full of action. Do not you trust my opinion and you could read those of my co-readers, because I'm sure some of them have loved it.

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The opinions of my co-readers:

- Miss Spooky Muffin
- Erato
- Sita
- Flo_boss
- Sabaha
- Eli
- Avalon

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Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery

This is a book that I offered without reading, then I got my turn, I read some time ago and I finally said, in favor of a common reading. A novel whose much has been made to its output ... And me, what do I say?

Abstract:

"My name is Renee, I'm fifty-four years and I am the caretaker of 7 rue de Grenelle, a stately building. I am a widow, a small, ugly, chubby, I have some onions and feet, according to some self-bothersome morning, a breath of a mammoth. Most importantly, I'm so true to the image we have of janitors he would dream of who I am more literate than all those rich enough.

My name is Paloma, I'm twelve years old, I live at 7 rue de Grenelle in an apartment for the rich. But for a very long time, I know the final destination is the fishbowl, emptiness and absurdity of adult existence. How do I know? It happens that I am very intelligent. Exceptionally intelligent, well. That's why I made my decision: at the end of this school year, the day of my thirteen years, I kill myself. "

(back cover)

My opinion:

Admit that this summary makes you want to read this book. It did that to me, to me, too. Two original characters, especially the concierge, we want to know why she hide, why it plays comedy and locks himself in a miserable little life almost to conceal his abilities. We also want to learn more about the little Paloma, even if you already guessed the malaise of teenage boy-to-rich and misunderstood. We want to discover how these two worlds are gonna meet and will help each other - it's always what happens in this kind of novel.

No problem, open the book and you know it all. Even more: it is not expected to really smooth Manuela or the emergence of Mr Ozu. The narrative unfolds nicely, reveals the secrets of each other and ends on a rather abrupt end but not particularly disappointing. All that is left is kindly read and have a good time.

What do you say? Patronizing me? Yes, I admit, there's a bit of that. Because he has missed something in the reading so that I want to come back. Perhaps it is the grotesque side of the thing that bothered me. Renee not hold, it is too intelligent to be satisfied with a miserable little life, or not enough to look for as high. Paloma is never really credible nor his desire to commit suicide rather annoying and arrogance in his teens. Mr Ozu left me astonished, unable to really identify and especially to understand what enables him to see through the real Renee. Arrival at the end I found having had a good time but I could put this book on the shelf without the slightest regret.

So what shall I say? Read it, get your own opinion, because I know many have loved and you will not go the wrong time. But do not expect the work that will shake up the literature ...

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My co-readers:

- those who really loved Yogi, Melusine, Anneso
- those who did not like: Setsuka

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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Here is a book I wanted to read since I loved "The 1001 Minds of Billy Milligan " by the same author. A reading Common gave me the impetus to get started.

Abstract:

Charlie, aged 32, IQ of 68, began writing a newspaper the day he was selected to be the guinea pig experience not common. Scientists have developed a brain surgery that can dramatically increase the intelligence of the person operated on. It has already worked for Algernon, a mouse become capable of solving the most complicated labyrinths, it will also radically change the lives of Charlie, who remained had always dreamed of becoming intelligent.

My opinion:

First, a warning: do not read the back cover. Under the pretext of giving the desire to read, it reveals much of the plot and draws attention to the last quarter of the book. For what is truly the heart of the story of Charlie, c ' is his point of view of Mentally Retarded Persons who suddenly discovers everything his limited intelligence would not allow him to see.

At this point of view, write the book through his eyes is a flash of genius and a risky bet. The reports he wrote is changing as fast as him. In a tentative spelling and style very readable, it rose gradually to a text to complex vocabulary. It reveals the perspective of a man with the intelligence of a child who takes everything at face value, unable to guess the innuendo beneath the words, unable to understand the emotions of others or his own, to hear his voice. We understand the balance that was created, inter alia with the help of some and its inability to understand the mockery of others.

Then we follow its evolution to intelligence, learning his feelings and his discovery of a world quite unknown to him while he lived there. It's difficult and painful, as Charlie discovers not only the present but also the past and all that he missed because he did not understand. He has to face his ghosts, and his intelligence increases, he finds himself alone, a blazing comet that passes all.

All this is extremely well told. This approach to change in subtle yet dramatic character is really a success from the author. The whole story is built on an idea he explores in depth and which operates all the emotion. It's really fascinating.

short, a reading that I really appreciated. Decidedly, Daniel Keyes has something to please me!

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My co-readers:

- those who have loved : Opals, Setsuka , Mina88 , Furby71 , Ptitetrolle , Flo_Boss , Petitepom , Scor13 , Melusine, Lexounet
- those who are less enthusiastic: Ethernya , Lisalor

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It's Monday! What are you reading? (4)

As I missed publishing last week, no question of missing it this week ... I will try to cover two weeks instead of one (fortunately, I have not had much time to read).

What I read last week?

There is a little over a week, I finally found time to start, continue and temriner " Warbreaker ," you just find the critical below it. To be honest with you, it's a novel that sticks to your hands once it began, "and he did not last three days between mine. .. Apart from that, I read "Helena Vannek" Armel Job, a relatively short novel that I will comment soon. Finally, this week I especially advanced slowly in " All the King's Men " I told you earlier and I enjoyed page by page.

What I'm reading right now?

Always busy with "All the King's Men," I'm just close to half and the one that makes me feel like right now.


What shall I read the next week? I always

"All the King's Men" to finish and I will not fail to do so, but I ordered the trilogy "Mistborn" and "Elantra" Brandon Sanderson, author of I Warbreaker became total fan. Given that these books will arrive soon and I know in advance that they will make me the eye, I might make an uncontrolled incursion on their side ...

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Warbreaker, Brandon Sanderson

Having read and loved the first volume of the series Son-of-Mists (Mistborn) by Brandon Sanderson, I longed to discover a work by the author, s knowledge of history he had had a stroke of genius or a passenger if I could subscribe directly to his fan club. That is why I launched, along with other Mistborn players in a small town in reading VO (Warbreaker has not yet been translated). Here is the result.

Abstract:

Hallandren Between the large tropical country, and its small neighbor, the mountain kingdom of Idris, the war was brewing. Legend has it that several hundred years ago, the royal family Hallandren was forced to flee and create Idris because it does not condone the use of a new form of magic biochromatique combining the colors and "Respiration" the human soul, for give life to inanimate objects. Since then, Hallandren lives under the government of living gods and their god-king in a colorful world while Idris denies any color and fights to maintain its sovereignty against what they consider heresy biochromatique. To maintain peace, Idris agreed to send a royal princess to marry Hallandren for the powerful and dangerous God-King. But the time came, the king can not bring himself to sacrifice his eldest daughter, the sweet and perfect Viven, and sends in his place his younger daughter, Siri rebel ...

My opinion:

My opinion is simple: Brandon Sanderson hides in his novels a magic formula that transforms the reader to the last line junkie. I do not know if it works for everyone, but I find that I am particularly vulnerable to magic. Once the first three or four chapters back, I was captivated, physically forced to spend the entirety of my free time to discover more. It feels terrible, but so good ...

must say that this gentleman is still very talented. It was first a particularly fertile imagination, even for the category "Authors fantasy "that has some good suppliers of wacky ideas. Here, as in Mistborn, it creates a totally original magic system based on unpublished materials: colors that can be perceived differently and use as a fuel when has the power, and Breathing (Breath in VO, with a capital letter), something that resembles the human soul but a soul without which we can live, that can give or receive. Whoever accumulates breaths and uses colors can give life to objects, including human bodies, which then become terrifying weapons. But as the inhabitants of Idris, the reader is encouraged to see the full horror this complex system that discovers gradually, without ever feeling lost. It is masterful.

On top of that, the magic, Sanderson was the original idea of making the basis of a particularly bizarre religion: a religion whose gods are alive, or rather revived. It was one of the stated goals of the author in writing this novel, there developed an idea touched upon elsewhere, the gods live, and explore their views. Thus one discovers Lightsong, cynical but funny god who does not believe in religion to which he belongs and behind nonchalance excessive discomfort to live at the expense of people for whom it can do nothing. Besides the verbal jousting that offers tasty (Lightsong has an absurd humor and thick), it is primarily a worldview very odd that you discover.

Another talented Brandon Sanderson is to create complex characters, and terribly likely distinct in their originality. He knows how to love those they want, hate some others, to change the heroes and play with our feelings from time to time. Bypassing the box "description", he gives each character a unique personality and depth it needs to be credible. And that is not a talent so common as one might think.

Finally, the plot is the strong point of this novel. The author takes us exactly where he wants and then turns the tables in three sentences, when we least expect it. The story accelerates towards the end, but from one end to another is never boring for a second, there is always something to keep us in suspense and surprise us in one of three parties who are simultaneously: that of Siri, and Viven than that of Lightsong. What this book we stick to hands.

A final note to mention the very nice gesture Brandon Sanderson: he put the PDF version of this novel access free on its website, along with previous versions and notes on changes between different versions for those who wish to can follow the creation of the novel. He says hope and desire to give new readers to discover his work. In my case, anyway, the bet is won and I am going to order this click all that I can find him!

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- the website of the author , where you can download the novel.
pdf - discussion on the book on the forum Livraddict
- opinions of my co-readers: Belgarion , Miss Spooky Muffin and Louppatient

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The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

I recently reread a long story that I had criticized on my personal blog. I put this review here because this is a novel that was particularly marked and has its place on these pages, because then, cheating 2 years (this news was published in 1898), it saves me point for the challenge "100 years of American literature" ... I still have not given up trying to reach my goals, even if it only remains for me a long time!

"The Turn of the Screw" (The Turn of the Screw) is a novella written by Henry James, an American writer of the nineteenth century. She was advised by a friend who studied English literature and sees it as a masterpiece. I had never heard of, but always open to new literary adventures, I took his advice and I am afforded this "novella", without knowing its contents. My God, as some say: what a discovery ...


Abstract:

One Christmas Eve, a group of friends tell each other ghost stories. One of them decides to show an unpublished manuscript that has been entrusted by a governess now deceased, in which she tells a terrifying experience lived when she was young. She had been entrusted with the education of two young orphans by their uncle who refuses to deal with. The housekeeper is completely under the spell of these two children so perfectly adorable. However, on several occasions, she notices the presence of a man and a woman unknown to or near the house, which she later identified as a former housekeeper and a man working at the residence, both close children and all both died recently. Moreover, the narrator is convinced that children are witnesses of these appearances, but never talk about it. From there he moved between the governess and her pupils an atmosphere of suspiction, love between irrational and unspoken unbearable ...


My opinion:

I completed the new two weeks ago and I do not write criticism that now, because I do not see how to express everything I went through the my head while reading and since I read it. This is a work so complex that it has apparently held in suspense since the professional critics publication there are over one hundred years. Difficult for me to pick on writing a good report ... But I'll try, anyway.

For starters, might as well say right away: This ghost story is not a ghost story. It is a closed-door anguishing where ghosts are only secondary characters, the spark that comes to light the fire. Fairly quickly, the governess fears them more and therefore, the reader either; anxiety stems rather the behavior of children, and unspoken of the governess.

The peculiarity of this news is the ongoing mystery that hangs over the story. At each "turn of the Screw "(literally," tightening "), which should advance the plot, the responses are less numerous than the questions, and the shadow envelope a little more drive. The narrator speaks for itself ellipses, as if she did not put his thoughts on paper the most terrible, the most radical decisions. Constantly we can assume that the assumptions most terrible. Henry James plays with the reader's nerves as the best directors Scene of horror: he understood that reveal the monster is far less frightening than leave it lying on the shadow image in which the beast was lurking ...

These are the unspoken concern that this news: those that are not disclosed to readers, and those that hover between the governess and her pupils. This relationship is unhealthy from the start when she willingly allows himself to love without a shadow of these two children also amazingly, supernaturally perfect - which gives her insight yet into question the sincerity of the first apparition. We do not understand why she dares not confrontrer, and we come to wonder if it is itself a heartfelt ...

Throughout this text, Henry James demonstrates an extraordinary talent for creating an anguish more involved from a reduced number of surprising facts. This is where this news is a real masterpiece: it meaning that every word was carefully chosen to keep the reader in suspense while advancing the shade to allow it to develop hypotheses miles contradicting each other while each resulting in an impasse. I myself spent a few hours of insomnia to list the outstanding issues and develop possible explanations. I will submit some here in white to avoid spoiling the surprise of those who want this new book (just highlight it with mouse to read this passage):
- Miles Why was he dismissed from the school? For things he told the students, "he loved the most," so the things he remembered with pleasure - but he also says that these things are so horrible they could not be written at home by Masters ...
- How is it that only the governess sees the ghosts? The whole history could take a completely different meaning if they were the fruit of his imagination, if she thought reading the duplicity in the eyes of its pupils actually innocent. So how is it that she could describe Peter Quint and Miss Jessel without having met them? And how to explain the last scene Miles thinks that Miss Jessel guess that is the window?
- Are children really attracted by the ghosts? So how is it that Miles insisted to go to school?
- What was this behavior so reprehensible, so "free," Peter Quint to Miles? Is this what he told the school? But is it so objectionable if it shows no sign of suffering, if he does not avoid the ghosts?
- Why Miles died there in the end? The reason seems to be that the government has succeeded in be appropriated by ousting Peter Quint, but they did not turn back, asking to return to school?
- Why is the government refusing to confront it directly to children, why this game of cat and mouse? To not hurt them, it seems - but it really hurt when they themselves seem to dominate the game? Or because she is not sure of her, she unconsciously invented these ghosts and know?
I could go on for very long, but I leave you the complete ...

In terms of style, the story is extremely well written, with, as I said, a particularly careful choice of words. What may be a problem for the reader: the construction sequence of sentences with subject, vocabulary a bit old fashioned and very sought is sometimes an obstacle, and it took me many times to reread a sentence or a paragraph to understand them. On the other hand it is a pleasure to discover a work where the choice of words was also treated and a narrative as complex and interesting.

short, I can only advise that readers who want an element of mystery and a small dip in the Anglo-Saxon high-end. It's a bit like reading Camus: it is not easy, but it's powerful, complex, and it leaves traces.

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Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Today, I offer you a little note-Express. Not flared in two minutes, no, but ... you'll understand.

Summary :

Momo is Moses, the little Jew who lives with her father in a dark apartment neurasthenic. His only friend is also most unlikely: Mr. Ibrahim, the old Arab owner of the grocery store. It is because Mr Ibrahim is full of great wisdom improvised become essential to Momo when he finds himself really alone.

My opinion:

This book is for me the image of a book fast. First, I received packages supersonic: sent by a friend, he arrived in the mailbox exactly when I received the e-mail announcing that it had been deposited in the mail. He traveled faster than email, that rascal!

Express also because its momentum, it became obvious to me when he arrived and I devoured the time it took me to take my lunch break (though not very long ). So, I want to write this post the same day, not to break the momentum. No book has been reviewed faster!

must say that This small novel reads so fast that I would use new, if I dared. Besides, it's what Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt does best new (or short novels): At least he did not have time too much navel gazing. It is a gentleman who gives the best of himself in the stories not too long. I really liked in "The Child of Noah" and "Oscar and the Pink Lady", and some news "Odette Toulemonde and other stories" remained in my memory, for cons, I could not finish "The share of the other," "When I was a work of art" or "My life with Mozart (but I heard the entire CD).

So, back to Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran , one could say that it took police 14 and fat margins well to draw 85 pages apparatus (including 8 pages with no text at the beginning). What I would have no problem if we did not feel it was a little sloppy finish. Not really sloppy, perhaps a bit rushed, let's say. But I so loved that Mr. Ibrahim and his little pearls of wisdom, a little nice bright but so cute that I wanted the story continues to linger in its wake.

That said, it's cute all full. Less emotional "Oscar and the Pink Lady" (which made me laugh and cry at least a hundred pages, a feat), but pleasant to read. Easy, tender, full of good feelings, fun, kind of things that makes you a good time when it needs one. Not much more, let's be honest, but it does not need Victor Hugo everyday, right?

short, I recommend it for an hour to smile! And in my case, I reserve the occasion of this kind catechu!


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It's Monday! What are you reading? (3)

And we go for the third edition of this sweet series!

What I read last week?

I had planned for last week to hear the end of "Diary of a Chambermaid", read " Warbreaker " and complete "person." Well I almost loose my homework. I listened to the "Diary of a Chambermaid" (you can read the review below, for that matter), but I'm not finished "Nobody " because I always forgot to put in my bag (I read mostly in transit), and I don ' have not advanced a line on "Warbreaker" Bear because I share the lair has shamefully iPad squatted and I have this book in pdf format.

For cons, I started and almost finished "You not judge " Armel Job, it was not planned but I do not know why he hit me in the hands. J 'I also started reading "All The King's Men ", an American political novel of the '60s that I've read once long ago and I want to read the critique on this blog - and move on in my challenge" 100 years of American literature "that I still have a tiny chance of finishing on time.

What I'm reading right now?

What a question she is good! The problem with my habit of reading as a hobby is that I can not define what I'm reading right now. As "All the King's Men" which is near my bed where I dive every night, it's got to be the right answer. But that may change soon.


What shall I read the next week?

MUST that I can bite iPad Mr Bear, because I really want to read Warbreaker, and then the date of the common reading is fast approaching!

And you, what do you read?

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The diary of a chambermaid, Octave Mirbeau

As previously announced, I offer here a little note on the first audiobook I ever listened to a coast to coast. A reading taken at random and quite unexpected ...

Abstract:

Celestine, Maid at the very beginning of the twentieth century, began his newspaper when it arrives at Lelaire, a couple of rich Normans . The small Parisian maid puts us his impressions on the new job on his masters and companions on his past experiences. It presents and domestic life, these little people who see everything that is being operated well and take revenge ...

My opinion:

I must say that living a story through an audio-book is an entirely different way of approaching a novel. I always had a little trouble getting used to a strange voice coming from the text interfere and me. But this time, I definitely need something to occupy my mind effectively for two five-hour journey by car and a weekend of outdoor work. My little iPod had already helped a lot in similar circumstances with a little music and some podcasts, so this time I tried the outright adventure audio book.

So I went around the site Audio.com Literature, which provides free reading books in the public domain. I randomly selected a novel that I knew absolutely not, "Diary of a Chambermaid" in question, because it appeared in the list of audio books the most popular site. And I 've tried the adventure.

At first, I confess, I had a little trouble with the voice of the reader, Victoria, who seemed drawling too pompous. But it quickly passed, when I realized that it fitted perfectly in fact the narrator of the story, Celestine. The little maid nineteenth century was to have a voice like that and diction perfectly mastered the reader is passed with great natural vocabulary of the novel a bit overwhelmed. I came to appreciate more and more the pretty voice and her intonation perfect, and I admire the talent it takes now to lend his voice this way. All can not do it as well: since I tried to listen to "The grand Meaulnes" narrated by a man whose diction forced me to abandon the play as it seemed inappropriate ...

The novel itself is very interesting. As I knew nothing of this novel, I did not know what time it was written and I have long wondered whether an author of the nineteenth century would have dared to write this kind of novel, well, that's the case, since " The Diary of a Chambermaid "was published in 1900. It is far from the Comtesse de Segur! The young Celestine, sassy, brave, and sometimes slanderous calculator is especially lucid on its particular situation and the underside of life of his masters. She talks about the position of servants who are to thank you for their masters and treated worse than dogs, who have denied the most basic rights, those from morning to evening in the shadow of the house without they are regarded as full human beings. Célestine When talking about his experiences and those of other servants she met, it remains appaled, and even if it is at the bottom as a novel, one feels a social condemnation which took to heart the author.

But it's not nice to oppose domestic exploited the wicked bourgeoisie. The picture is much more nuanced. When teachers are too nice, servants do not hesitate to chew, and when the servants find themselves in a strong position, they shamelessly exploit. The criticism is not that of the bourgeoisie, but of humanity that shows his good side when she is in a position of weakness. Celestine itself recognizes its weaknesses without guilt: she knows when she does wrong, she mingles with the gossip of the servants, she admits exhilarated by murder or theft ... And basically very nature frivolle adds a tone of humor throughout her story.

The story revolves around the living room of Celestine in Lelaire and evolution of the situation at that time, but Celestine in his diary offers many flashbacks about his past experiences. ; It does not get lost, and it is a pleasure to discover all sorts of experiences sometimes comic, sometimes cruel. Only the passage about "Mr. George" seemed exaggerated, but unlike j 'I especially liked the stories where Celestine reveals intimate secrets of his mistresses ... I had no idea and the bourgeoisie nineteenth century!

short, a nice reading, listening enjoyment, to whom I owe the rescue of a weekend that would have been particularly unbearable if this story had not occupied the mind. I am indebted to Celestine and Octave Mirbeau, and I was delighted with this unexpected discovery!

For more information:

- " The diary of a chambermaid " to download as audio-book on the site Audio.com Literature;

- The Bibliomania Book plug:

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It's Monday! What are you reading? (2)

Here we go again for a week only hope that less "taking head" than the last, I must admit. I still have lots of chronic delays and catch up again, I did not read what I had read, but even so, a little balance is needed.

What I read last week?

Again, I ran out of time, and when I got it, it was mainly to clear my head completely. Result: I am plunged again in the replay, again - I am a great proofreader in times of stress, I like to start a book in the middle or drop it after a few pages, knowing that I do not miss anything since I already know the plot.

So I took the third volume of the Millennium, "the queen in the palace drafts. "Volume 3 because it's my favorite because it is the first that fell into my hand (it will run the library, dirt format paperback), because c is one I reread the least often. I think I replayed in full, but am not sure, since I mostly have eroded here and there in the disorder.

While driving together I started a novel that was lying in my PAL: "Person" Gwen Aubry. I'm half (it's pretty short) and see if I will talk about immediately or if I say a few words in the next Livraddict Mag.

I do not know if it can count for what I "read", but since I spent eight hours by car with the middle weekend to work out, I took care to record on my iPod an audio book chosen at random. It was "Diary of a Chambermaid" Octave Mirbeau. I had no idea and I almost finished I'll talk soon. In any case, Mr. Celestine Mirbeau and saved me a weekend that could have been even more vicious it has been!

What I'm reading right now?

I will hear the final minutes of Diary of a Chambermaid " as soon as I get the chance, and complete "Person" tonight.

What shall I read the next week?

I always "Warbreaker" Brandon Sanderson on fire for a common reading, and for the rest, I think I carried away by my instinct:)

And you, what do you read?

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It's Monday! What are you reading?

Mallou launched a nice little habit, followed here and there on the net, that speak of her readings every Monday of the week. I like, it's easy, fast , nice, we even concocted Mallou a cute little logo ... then I'll start too!

(and to be honest with you, a little voice inside me tells me that it will at least one article per week for the lazy I am ... but do not repeat it when I get angry!)

So what I read these days? Not much I must admit. I miss time between two jobs and courses in Finnish ... But anyway: Mallou to answer questions!

What I read last week?

The Last week was mostly that of re-reading, I like it when I have no time to dwell on a particular story. I just dragged on "The Colour" by Pratchett, although that I should have ended the week before for a common reading. I also reread some passages of "Like a novel of Pennac, just for fun. I have begun" The Egyptian "in Mika Waltari, a replay also for the book club on Wednesday Livraddict. And finally, I started "Warbreaker" Brandon Sanderson on the iPad, but I could not go very far as my love squatted iPad the vast majority of the time.

What I'm reading right now?

I continue with Sinuhe and Warbreaker. Both are beautiful stones that will keep me busy for some time I think.

What shall I read the next week?

Besides the two novels on which I'm leaning right now, I just received "The Silmarillion" by Tolkien that I ordered and I am already of the eye, I do not know how long I will resist him ...

Well, as you see I do not have much time for reviews but does not stop me to be busy;)