Got tagged by Delphine, who runs a blog where we share a ton of literary tastes. Can't say no to answering questions about my bookaholic habits. Here's what makes me tick as a reader.

"We search for what we search for to search for ourselves." Every reader dreams of stumbling on an unpublished manuscript by their favorite author in some dusty library corner. That's exactly what happens here.

"Imagination means expelling incomplete people from reality, then using desire's magic to bring them back as something entirely satisfying." Then comes the inextinguishable real. My monthly reading roundup.

Today: another essential 20th century poet - René Char. His work cuts through everything with precision. Summer and our lives were one. The countryside devoured the scent from your dress.

"Writing follows a path as unpredictable as a butterfly's flight." When you love books, you love writers. When you love writers, you get curious about what happens inside these strange beings who create entire worlds.

"Life was often just a succession of small, unedifying disorders we devoted all our time and energy to without growing from them." I know. I said I was done with Philippe Djian. That what he writes doesn't...

Today: some Paul Éluard to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Gallimard's Poetry collection. "I have beauty easily and that's fortunate. I glide over the roof of winds, I glide over the roof of seas."

"Is the world invaded by novel characters? And you - are you certain you're not one of them?" How would you react if you discovered you'd become, without knowing it, a character in a novel? That's exactly what happens to Abel Romero.

"Should we mention it's not advised to buy screwdrivers in sets, knowing they quickly develop a bad group mentality?" In the "Makes No Sense" category: Echenoz's latest novel. A story that starts nowhere and goes...

"Far from me within me I exist / Apart from who I am / Shadow and movement in which I consist." The 18th Poetry Spring honors 20th century poetry under the title "The Great 20th." I'm taking advantage to...