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Thinking about some sort of book club project for 2026 (looking for a small group so we could really talk and discuss book, not just comments on them). Might be in english or french, or both. Via Goodreads or others platform. Really just a project I pitch out there. If you are interested just comment or message me in private so we could work the details together.

Third time!

Finally it's here!! This is gonna be great!!

Environ dix ans en retard, mais très heureux de finalement me plonger dans ce livre!

Très lent pour l'instant... Je demeure optimiste, mais...

Avec la nouvelle série que je veux absolument voir avec l'excellente Julianne Moore, je devais d'abord lire le livre, que je n'ai jamais lu...

I'm still obsessed with the idea of reviving our dead book club, now that the pandemic is behind us and people seem better. I start a discord server, so if people would like to join and discuss book (French or English) and maybe buddy reads or whatever... We'll see if this get some attention or not. https://discord.gg/XpNTBhFf

Le livre d'Agustina Bazterrica Tender is The Flesh a un titre plutôt mal traduit, Cadravre exquis, mais honnêtement, la couverture de l'édition poche de J'ai lu est simple horrible. Elle fait paraître un livre qui a une réelle profondeur comme étant un roman d'horreur de seconde zone sans substance. Quelqu'un chez J'ai lu mérite de perdre son travail! Horrible!! Je voulais simplement vous partager mon indignation!!

I was thinking about starting a bigger community, with a Patreon and a Discord channel. trying to bring back our bookclub from last year with people who truly commit and maybe go deeper, sharing more personal stuff, talking about books, but also movies, TV, music, etc. Is that something some of you would be into. Just let me know, see if it's worth the time before I get too deep in it! Have a nice day!!

Lot of people hated it. I'll probably regret it, but I'm curious...

Lot of debate has to where to start this series. I will go with the story chronology I guess...

Just cracked the seal. This look like it will be a weird experience!

Here we go. Officially gong to start it tomorrow, the first novella by the infamous Goblin. Lot of hype around it, lot of curiosity from my part as well. I'm a bit scare but I wish him/it best! We'll know tomorrow!

Not really what I thought it would be, but quite interesting. The "mechanic" of time travel remind me a lot of Time and Again by Jack Finney.

Not something I often do, but here is a magnificent passage that sadly resonate with me.

"I can't summon the feeling. Something has broken in me, I think. Or maybe was broken. Maybe I broke it myself, to steady myself against disappointment. We go to great lengths to avoid pain, Lena, and we lose important things in the process." (p.65)

This third and final book is starting to worrying me...

Very slow start for this conclusion of the series. I'm 400 pages in and it's slowly starting to move on. Good, but it sure is taking its time...

Ce livre me surprend et me gifle à chaque fois que je m'y attends le moins!

Great continuity of the story so far! I'm really curious to see how James will be able to wrap it all up without anything hole or loose ends, because there is a lot happening and quite a good level of complexity!

On the downside, there are some grammatical errors, for a book publish by a publisher like Orbit this is a bit weird. Someone sleep on the job!

This is it. I'm testing my followers and friends. I want two things from you if you're really following me and liking what I do. I'm searching for best of the best recommendation, so would you be so kind as to provides (in the comment) 1- Your best of the best book. 2- You're weirdest or most thought provoking one. That's will allows me to discover new book but also test how many true followers I still have...

Bonjour à tous Je me suis récemment affilié avec Leslibraires Il y a un lien dans la description de mon profil. Ce qui en gros vous permet de suivre le lien, d’acheter le livre présent ou tout autre livre sur le site une fois passé par le lien et cela me redonne un pourcentage. Cela ne vous coûte pas plus cher et si vous achetez en ligne sur leslibraire et bien pourquoi ne pas m’encourager un peu en même temps Merci!

Caeden journey is something magnificent!!

Yeah again! The Stephen Mitchell, is supposed to be one of the, if not The, best English translation so I decide to try it. It will be my fourth, and last translation, but I still probably going to reread one of them every year at least. I've become a bit obsessed about it!

Deep, but easier to read than I thought it would be. Love the atmosphere!

Appel à tous!
Je recherche des librairies qui rachètent des livres usagés, soit en paiements ou en crédit à la librairie si elle vend aussi des livres neuf, car je n’achète pas de livres usagés. Idéalement dans les alentours de Québec, Montréal ou Sherbrooke. Si vous avez des coups de cœur, ce serait bien gentil de me les partager! Merci!

Officially going to start it by Sunday. I put it here to prepare myself mentally either to be blown away by it or just blow my head off. We'll see!

This is going further than I expected!