Photojournalist and many other things in -ist.
I read a lot of SFF, obscure LGBT, travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
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82% complete! ju has read 43 of 52 books.
Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this …
A book built with vignettes that weaves the perceptions and thoughts of the narrator, navigating through the anguish of the climate catastrophe, her marriage, and her demanding brother. This could be quite grim quite fast, fortunately the author has the wit and dry humor to carry it through.
Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point …
“Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.”
In the …
I had high expectations after "This is how you lose the time war", and even though this is completely different, the writing is beautiful and poetic. The story is quite short, I wouldn't have minded if it had been a full novel actually.
Death goes walk-about and tries everything, including joining the French Foreign Legion, to forget a tragic carriage accident at dead …
I think I liked it? But maybe not all of the time? There are moments of sheer brilliance, but then there are moments when I was quite confused, wondering if I should push through. I'm glad I did, but I don't know what to make of it.
The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. But, …
The Dawnhounds is full of things: magic, pirates, flawed characters, strange gods, mysterious voices, a good measure of horror, priests and cops, political intrigue... it does feel a bit much at times, yet it works and hopefully, more is explained in the #2 of the trilogy.
The port city of Hainak is alive: its buildings, its fashion, even its weapons. But, after a devastating war and …
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the …
I wasn't sure that I would appreciate the style here, as it's so different from the Hobbit and LOTR, but it was oddly addictive, and finally reading the whole story since the beginning of the world feels incredible.
A number-one New York Times bestseller when it was originally published, The Silmarillion is the core of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative …
Au lendemain de la Deuxième guerre mondiale, un jeune bourgeois bordelais rencontre une jeune fille …
Qu'on ait apprécié Hélène Carrère d'Encausse ou pas, il est indéniable que sa vie et celle de sa famille ont un potentiel romanesque suffisant pour remplir pas mal de pages. Yoga, un des précédents récits de Carrère était très décevant, là il renoue avec quelque chose qui le dépasse et qui le touche, c'est fluide et passionnant.
Au lendemain de la Deuxième guerre mondiale, un jeune bourgeois bordelais rencontre une jeune fille pauvre, apatride, fille d’une aristocrate …
Julie et Emilienne partagent le même palier. Julie est cadre supérieur, altruiste, perfectionniste, amoureuse de son mari et toujours de …
