I shut down my computer, locked up the office, waved goodbye to everyone at work. Now I'm officially on VACATION. Just finishing packing, and in two days I'm flying out to a place I've dreamed about visiting for twenty-five years. Want to know where I'm heading? Check the full post...
Continue ReadingThe fall in question? Madelaine leans too far over her terrace railing. During this plunge, the elderly woman watches her entire life flash before her eyes. Born in 1922 into poverty, Madelaine grew up between a perpetually pregnant mother and a constantly absent father...
Continue ReadingHe promised us rupture, and ruptures we got: Nicolas and Cécilia, Ségolène and François, Pascale and her love. May 16, 2016. While Nicolas Sarkozy makes a dramatic entrance into the Elysée Palace as France's newly elected president, something else breaks...
Continue ReadingOn a winter night, a man learns his wife died in a car crash when he thought she was on a plane abroad. Through this tragedy, Lancelot revisits his entire life with Irina, gradually discovering that the woman he loved kept secrets from him...
Continue ReadingFound a new tool that turned into a game: creating a word cloud from your blog text. Tried it out and here's what my notebook looks like as a cloud. Click the image to see it larger. Pretty interesting to see which words dominate your writing...
Continue ReadingCouldn't resist the swap organized recently, since it combined two of my obsessions: literature and music, plus it celebrated women. Barely mailed my package when a lovely parcel arrived in return...
Continue ReadingSmokers (and ex-smokers) will notice the title twists the warning printed on cigarette packs. This novel's hero, Fabrice Valentine, happens to be a heavy smoker whose cigarettes lead him into unexpected trouble...
Continue ReadingHaving already read one Kingsolver novel, I picked another for this summer reading project. After fourteen years away wandering, Cosima (nicknamed Codi) returns to her hometown Grace, a small Arizona city...
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