My Reading Life

Kicking off the new year with this ridiculous little literary game: a Chinese portrait built from book titles I read in 2025. Describe yourself? Ordinary People. How do you feel? The Anomaly. Where do you live? The Sanctuary. If you could go anywhere...

Like every year, I threw myself into this beginning-of-year ritual: a Chinese portrait sketched with titles from my 2024 reads. Describe yourself? Child of All Nations. How do you feel? Wild. Where do you live? The House in the Trees...

Here's a tag that's been making the rounds, and I felt like answering after reading responses from Delphine, Nicole, Jérôme and Noukette. It's long but pretty fun: A is for "author" - the writer you...

Once again, diving into this early-year tradition: a Chinese portrait drawn from titles of books I read in 2018. Describe yourself? The Girl Who Burns. How do you feel? Swing Time. Where do you live? The Ministry of Supreme Happiness. If...

It's become an unavoidable start-of-year ritual: the little title game that lets you definitively turn the page on last year's reads before attacking January's new releases. Like every year, I played along using...

Heart racing a bit, I crossed the threshold at 5 rue Gaston-Gallimard on Wednesday afternoon - headquarters of Éditions Gallimard. First person I spotted walking in? Philippe Sollers, followed by...

The title game returns, now an unavoidable beginning-of-year tradition. Like last year, I played along after Noukette and Joelle. Using only titles from books I read and reviewed in 2025: Describe yourself: One...

"Everything exquisite matures slowly." Arthur Schopenhauer. 2006-2016: today this blog turns ten years old, and what surprises me most isn't that the adventure lasted so long, but that time passed so fast! Last year I celebrated...

I got tagged by Delphine, who runs the blog La bibliothèque de Delphine-Olympe. We share tons of literary tastes and interests, so I can't refuse to answer some questions about my bookaddict habits...

Just so I can say I published at least one post this month, I played the title game like last year, following Sylire, Kathel, Delphine, Aifelle, Noukette, Jérôme... Only books read and reviewed in...