This is the list of all the books during 2018. When I read the book in English, my notes are in English, et en français quand je lâai lu en français.
The Cure is my favourite band. Lol Tolhurst, former drummer, keyboardist and alcoholic, did a great job at telling the story of the early years. It is a book about rock, life, friendship and alcohol. I think even people not interested in The Cure would find it a good read.
A classic, I wanted to read it before watching the movie. Itâs dark, very well done and a bit depressing. I think I would still recommend the book, but I donât plan on watching the movie any more.
Un de ces livres qui crĂ©ent un lien avec ses protagonistes et qui mĂȘme sâil fait plus de 1000 pages, vous semble trop court. Prenant comme un polar.
I loved Life After Life by Kate Atkinston, this is not really a sequel, but the development of the same story from another point of view. It focuses on the life of a British pilot during WWII. The best war book I read, not that I read many, but that definitely made me a pacifist, not that I was a war monger.
The memoirs of Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live star and producer/actress in 30 Rock, among other. Funny as you would expect it from Tina.
Another kind of novel... more a management book that a novel. A quite entertaining way to learn more about Lean Management and Kaizen. I think the authors could have had more fun writing it, making it totally a novel and adding notes after the chapters to expand on the academic side of the book.
This started as a short story on reddit and ended up as a full novel. Very enjoyable, it reminded me of San Francisco and made me realise what a piece of work type fonts were.
Il mâaura fallu plus de 1001 nuits pour lire les deux volumes. Toutes les histoires nây sont pas, point de trace dâAladdin, dâAli Baba ou des 40 voleurs ici, ni dâĂ©rotisme. En revanche jâai eu ma dose de sexisme et de racisme.
TroisiĂšme et dernier volet de ce roman jeunesse. PassĂ© lâinstallation de lâunivers de ce roman Ă©colo, le troisiĂšme volet est plus versĂ© dans lâaction, ce qui nâest pas sa principale force.
The 4 Disciplines of Execution are a very simple and efficient way of getting things done to grow a business. It is actually so simple that a 10 pages book would have been enough. Quick read, just do it.
My first JG Ballard. Concrete Island is a great novel about a guy who gets stuck on an island in between motorways. This idea is brilliant and the book long enough to get you in the mood but not too long to spoil the idea. Highly recommended.
Jâaimais bien Foenkinos, mais lĂ on sombre dans un pathos dĂ©primant typiquement français, ultra dispensable.
Un livre incroyable, oĂč la fiction sâinvite dans le rĂ©el, Orhan Pamuk ayant créé un musĂ©e de lâinnocence Ă Istanbul.Â
I love Murakami and want to read all of his books. 1Q84 is one of his great novel, so big it has been released in three books. As I donât want to spoil a good novel and respect the way it was published, I didnât want to read all three books one after the other, so I read the first book and then moved on to something else.
Jâavais dĂ©testĂ© les Essais de Montaigne quand jâavais dĂ» en lire des extraits en Terminal. Ce livre trainait dans ma bibliothĂšque depuis 3 ans et je me suis dit pourquoi pas le lire. Bonne surprise, jâai trouvĂ© ces analyses de textes extrĂȘmement moderne et pleine de sagesse. Malheureusement, 6 mois aprĂšs il ne mâen reste rien, peut ĂȘtre devrais je le relire lâĂ©tĂ© prochain...
Jâai adorĂ© la sĂ©rie des Falsificateurs par Antoine Bello, et jâaurais dĂ» en rester lĂ . Cette enquĂȘte est un mix entre Memento (le film de Christopher Nolan) et un duel dâĂ©rudit dâAgatha Christie. Loin dâĂȘtre palpitant, le ton du roman mâa agacĂ©. Au moins il mâaura donnĂ© envie de lire le livre suivant...
This is so great that it became a classic and influenced many writers and screen writers whose works are better fitted for the XXIst century. This didnât age that well, but the portraits are still a great read. Worth noting that Kenneth Branagh adaptation of the book is really good.Â
I didnât want to wait too long before reading book 2, really good as well. I am looking forward to read book 3
Un livre magnifique qui fat plongĂ© dans le Paris de lâentre deux guerres. Je pense quâil a inspirĂ© Woodu Allen pour son Minuit Ă Paris. Jâadore Paris!!!
A book my son was reading and I thought I should also read it as it is a classic. Main characters are children, which made it difficult for me to identify to the characters, but still interesting.
Jâai dĂ©couvert Romain Gary Ă travers lâadaptation au cinĂ©ma de son roman autobiographique La Promesse de lâAube. Lâhistoire se termine alors quâil vient de publier son premier romain Une Education EuropĂ©enne. En pleine crise du Brexit et des dĂ©mocraties europĂ©ennes, jâavais dâautant plus envie de lire ce roman. Câest un grand livre sous forme dune fable contemporaine, et non dâun essai philosophique comme son titre pourrait le laisser penser. Il est plein dâĂ©nergie et de vie, Ă lire ABSOLUMENT.