Read in 2008

Submitted by Nance on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 05:56
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  1. (lit. The ABC of the Voluntary Simplicity), Dominique Boisvert (2008-01) [Not just a pamphlet, but a good reference where you can find some ideas. "Live simply that others may simply live." - Mahatma Gandhi.]
  2. (lit. The Inevitable), Jean-Paul Roger (2008-01) [Let the weight of the decision to a child to denounce a rapist... Rage.]
  3. The Storm, Régine Deforges (2008-01) [Easy read, not repetitive, but the subject didn't interesting me enough. I like the form.]
  4. Earth from Above: 366 Days, Yann Arthus-Bertrand (2008-01) [This is one of the most amazing book I've read/seen! I know he was a good photographer, but I didn't know he cares that much for the environment and the human rights. Special.]
  5. The Bewitched, Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (2008-01) [Better writing than An Elderly Mistress, but too religious and partial.]
  6. Hunger, Knut Hamsun (2008-01) [Super depressive, borderline unbearable.]
  7. 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous, Graeme Aitken (2008-01) [I'm not sure. Not unforgettable.]
  8. When We Two Parted, Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  9. She Walks In Beauty, Lord Byron (2008-01) [I remember the song by Sissel in the movie Vanity Fair. Very beautiful.]
  10. [She Walks In Beauty], Lord Byron (2008-01)* [Sounds better in english. Nice.]
  11. So We'll Go No More A Roving, Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  12. Epistle to Augusta, Lord Byron (2008-01) [Interesting. I like the tone of confidence.]
  13. Darkness, Lord Byron (2008-01) [Impressive. My kind!]
  14. [Darkness], Lord Byron (2008-01)* [Even better in its original language! Maybe my favorite poem of all times.]
  15. On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year, Lord Byron (2008-01) [One of the last Byron poems. Written to his love (which was not returned) Lukas Chalandritsanos, a teenaged Greek page. Ok.]
  16. [The Cornelian], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  17. [If Sometimes in the Haunts of Men], Lord Byron (2008-01) [For his friend (lover?) Nicolò Giraud. Maybe better translated in french. I don't understand everything.]
  18. [Love and Death], Lord Byron (2008-01) [For Lukas again. I prefer On This Day..., but this one has a more passionate ending.]
  19. [Last Words On Greece], Lord Byron (2008-01) [To Lukas. I like it. One of his last poems.]
  20. The First Kiss of Love, Lord Byron (2008-01) [Funny, but too much repetitions.]
  21. [Epitaph to a Dog], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Fine.]
  22. [Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Better. My mother would like this poem.]
  23. [Lines Addressed to a Young Lady], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Not my style.]
  24. [Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed From a Skull], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  25. [Maid of Athens, Ere We Part], Lord Byron (2008-01) [I like it.]
  26. [Written After Swimming From Sestos to Abydos], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  27. [Stanzas for Music], Lord Byron (2008-01) [What I feel.]
  28. [Remember Thee! Remember Thee!], Lord Byron (2008-01) [I didn't like it.]
  29. [To a Beautiful Quaker], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Cute.]
  30. [To My Son], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Soso, but this is a good gift for his son I guess.]
  31. On The Death of a Young Lady, Lord Byron (2008-01) [Touching.]
  32. Epitaph On a Beloved Friend, Lord Byron (2008-01) [More touching...]
  33. [Prometheus], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Strong. A good one.]
  34. [On a Change of Masters at a Great Public School], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  35. [Remembrance], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Soso.]
  36. Darkness, Lord Byron (2008-01)* [Another french translation. Better.]
  37. [On Leaving Newstead Abbey], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Not my style.]
  38. [On a Distant View of the Village and School of Harrow on the Hill], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Great.]
  39. [The Prayer of Nature], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  40. [The Tear], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Not my style.]
  41. [Thoughts Suggested by a College Examination], Lord Byron (2008-01) [Ok.]
  42. The Prisoner Of Chillon, Lord Byron (2008-01) [Grand. Very touching.]
  43. One Christmas, Truman Capote (2008-01) [Anecdotal. Non fiction. Average.]
  44. The Thanksgiving Visitor, Truman Capote (2008-01) [Non fiction. Well written, but I found the story average.]
  45. In the City of Shy Hunters, Tom Spanbauer (2008-01) [The characters are less bourgeois than the characters of Edmund White. A lots of deaths and suicides. Depressive.]
  46. Getting Even, Woody Allen (2008-01)* [Woody Allen is my cure for the blues.]
  47. The Giver, Lois Lowry (2008-01) [A good dystopian science fiction thriller. It reminds me of the The Lottery (Shirley Jackson), The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin) and the movies Pleasantville, Equilibrium, THX 1138, Logan's Run and 1984.]
  48. I Shall Spit on Your Graves, Boris Vian (Vernon Sullivan) (2008-01) [My first Boris Vian. I don't know what to think, I'm not sure this book is representative of his work. I like the writing, but the story is grotesque and gore. I will try something else from him. Soso.]
  49. Amkoullel, the Fula Child, Amadou Hampâté Bâ (2008-01) [That didn't impressed me much.]
  50. How to Cure a Fanatic, Amos Oz (2008-01) [Well expressed. Good use of humour.]
  51. Hallucinating Foucault, Patricia Duncker (2008-02) [A heartbreaking novel. Remembers me sometimes of Possession by Byatt. Depressive.]
  52. [A Little Fable], Franz Kafka (2008-02) [This is the english translation, I'd read the french one. Terribly short, but it gives me a strong mental picture.]
  53. [Death By Scrabble], Charlie Fish (2008-02) [A funny short story randomly found on the Web, but the characters act too weird.]
  54. The Outsider, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [Well written. Haunting.]
  55. The Music of Erich Zann, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [A lot of unanswered questions, which make the story great.]
  56. The Unnamable, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [I have not enter in the story. Poor.]
  57. Cool Air, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [Very Edgar Allan Poe. I like it, but in the style, I prefer The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe, more scary.]
  58. The Hound, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [Macabre. Gothic.]
  59. The Shunned House, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [The beginning is too long, too much details, not concise enough. Near the end, I begin to enter in the story. I begin to have fun when the narrator want to destroy the thing. Too little, too late.]
  60. The Moon-Bog, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [Too conventional, but has good descriptions.]
  61. Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [Good final punch. I will re-read it to capture the clues.]
  62. Pickman's Model, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [My favorite of Lovecraft until now. Very visual for me. Macabre.]
  63. The Nameless City, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [Well written, I like the part when the narrator walks in the dark.]
  64. The Lurking Fear, Howard Phillips Lovecraft (2008-02) [Average. Too long. Not his most atmospheric short story.]
  65. Advent, Gunnar Gunnarsson (2008-02) [Too much religious elements to fully appreciate it. Average adventure tale.]
  66. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson (2008-02) [I like it. I can easily merge with the main character. The writing of the end is less fluid than the beginning. I don't understand the reaction of the mother in the end.]
  67. Feathers, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Unclear. I don't understand the motivation of the characters.]
  68. Chef's House, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Unclear again. Unfinished? I don't really understand the ending.]
  69. Preservation, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Help? If someone know what happen in the end please leave a message.]
  70. The Compartment, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Better. I don't feel the suspence of the story, but I like the end.]
  71. A Small, Good Thing, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Dramatic, I like it more than the others.]
  72. Vitamins, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Most developed, but the story didn't interest me.]
  73. Careful, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Nothing extraordinary in that story, like the narrator says.]
  74. Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Zzzz.]
  75. The Train, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Not interesting.]
  76. Fever, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Better written, more interesting than the others.]
  77. The Bridle, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Not really interesting. I was not attached to any characters.]
  78. Cathedral, Raymond Carver (2008-02) [Basically, I was disappointed. Everyone told me that Cathedral was extraordinary and I felt nothing. It was a bad collection of short stories. Not my style.]
  79. Nevsky Prospect, Nikolai Gogol (2008-02) [This is the first story I read from Gogol and I didn't really like it. Maybe I didn't start with the right one. The misogynist elements distract me from the story (beautiful women are stupid and must shut up), but I like when the author talks about the street.]
  80. Diary of a Madman, Nikolai Gogol (2008-02) [Better. Funny and tragic. I like the end.]
  81. The Nose, Nikolai Gogol (2008-02) [A man try to found his nose. Weird. I feel antipathic about the main character that I found snob, but the nose thing is funny.]
  82. The Calash, Nikolai Gogol (2008-02) [The story is funny, the ending is ok, but I found the overall ordinary.]
  83. V for Vendetta, Alan Moore and David Lloyd (2008-02) [Vi veri veniversum vivus vici! There are more intrigues than the movie, then there are some elements of surprises for those who have seen the movie first. The illustrations of David Lloyd do the job, but sometimes I feel the drawings and the scenario are too theatrical. Of course the story was spectacular and funny, I like the part when V talks to the Justice statue, but sometimes I feel like this is deja vu.]
  84. The Overcoat, Nikolai Gogol (2008-02) [Touching. Surprisingly I like the fantastic touch too, it was unexpected but ok.]
  85. The Portrait, Nikolai Gogol (2008-03) [Macabre. I like it. Very atmospheric.]
  86. Rome, Nikolai Gogol (2008-03) [His apology to art and Italy didn't touch me. I found the overall a bit pompous. I found kitsch the way he describes Annunziata's beauty. Boring.]
  87. Too Loud a Solitude, Lionel Tran (2008-03) [A graphic novel inspired by the book of the same name by the writer Bohumil Hrabal. For some illustrations, I had trouble seeing clearly the details and sometimes I had a hard time to make connection between the illustrations and the text. Penetrating poetry, but I am confused as to how it's delivered.]
  88. (lit. The Stupids), Jeanne Benameur (2008-03) [I don't know. I've found that the scholarly prose detracts the natural. The research of the words does a contrast with the slow characters, I had problems to be link to them. Some good lines, but the overall doesn't reach me.]
  89. Eragon, Christopher Paolini (2008-03) [I like it. Some predictable elements, like the identity of Brom and a deja vu feeling for the story, but the novel is read very easily. I've been attached to a lot of characters. I like the humour of Saphira. Murtagh and her are my two favorites characters. I like the descriptions when the characters travel from town to town, I can really feel the adventure. I can't wait to read the next! Paolini is a promising young author.]
  90. (lit. The Russian Lover), Gilles Leroy (2008-03) [Very subtle writing. It was heartbreaking to see these two men who can't lose themselves at their passion.]
  91. 9.99, Frédéric Beigbeder (2008-03) [I don't know. Sometimes I like the writing, but most of the time I think this is too much: like comparing nazi propaganda and publicity, etc. He thinks too high of advertising IMO.]
  92. Quo Vadis?, Henryk Sienkiewicz (2008-03) [The good christians versus the evil romans. I didn't like it. Good detailled descriptions, I had the impression to be there, but the I didn't like the story, too religious.]
  93. Eldest, Christopher Paolini (2008-04) [The end was foreshadowed since the beginning of the series! That makes it predictable, even if it was well written. I prefer the first book of the Inheritance cycle. I found nothing new in the Eldest.]
  94. Notes on a Scandal, Zoë Heller (2008-04) [I don't know. I always make comparisons with movie. The characters are deeper in the book, but they are more credible in the movie.]
  95. (lit. The Granddaughter of Mr. Linh), Philippe Claudel (2008-04) [Nice beginning, but predictable near the end. Not my style.]
  96. Fascination: Stories, William Boyd (2008-04) [Ordinary. Nothing really touched me.]
  97. (lit. They Float), Eleken Traski (2008-04) [This is my first audiobook! Chilling. Not bad for an amateur writer.]
  98. (lit. The Word and the Thing), Gabriel-Charles de Lattaignant (2008-04) [Josiane Balasko tells this poem in the movie The Libertine. Very funny and naughty poem! :P]
  99. (lit. The Softest Death For Criminals), Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (2008-04) [I was waiting for something bloodier or macabre, but I find it funny. Wise guy.]
  100. The Cat, Théodore de Banville (2008-04) [An apology to kitties. It's a little bit too much me.]
  101. (lit. The Little Cat), Paul Emile Debraux (2008-04) [An erotic poem that I listen in audiobook. Deja vu.]
  102. A Separate Peace, John Knowles (2008-04) [Mixed feeling. It was not bad, but I didn't link with the characters. I found some touching moments.]
  103. Before Night Falls, Reinaldo Arenas (2008-04) [Crude, but intimate and honest. I admire.]
  104. Sahara, Daniel Pennac (2008-04) [I don't know. A boy doesn't want to move to not disturb the atoms. Poetic, weird, but really too short.]
  105. (lit. Die Innocent), Arthur Ténor (2008-04) [It makes me think of The Devil and Daniel Silverman, but less hysterical on the religious side. I found the book very heavy even if the writing is light. This is a book for teen, but maybe the subjects (intolerance of homosexuality, pedophilia, murder of children) are too hard for the younger. Good book, but the end is a little bit too fast.]
  106. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Clive Staples Lewis (2008-04) [I didn't like it. Not enough humour or even adventure. I didn't like the "battles are ugly when women fight" from Aslan. The witch is bad just because she's bad. The final battle is only two pages! I won't continue the series, but I will follow the movies. Beside, the idea of kids going into another world by a wardrobe was dreamy, but the story in overall is unsatisfying.]
  107. Dojoji, Yukio Mishima (2008-04)* [I like the writing, very mysterious.]
  108. The Seven Bridges, Yukio Mishima (2008-04)* [The atmosphere is majestic. I like the descriptions. Aerial.]
  109. Patriotism, Yukio Mishima (2008-04)* [I wasn't sure that I would love the subject, but the writing save this. Strong.]
  110. The Pearl, Yukio Mishima (2008-04)* [Funny. I pass a good moment.]
  111. The Jumbles, Edward Lear (2008-04) [Weak.]
  112. This Isn’t a Parrot, Rafik Schami (2008-04) [Cute. For young children.]
  113. Exercises in Style, Raymond Queneau (2008-04) [This is what I call writing with style! The author tells the same story 99 times in different writing style. It was delicious and funny! A classic.]
  114. Groosham Grange, Anthony Horowitz (2008-04) [The characters are stereotyped, but they are funny. Surrealist. I passed a good moment, but I don't really liked the ending, I wanted David to be more rebellious. I found him weird, stepfordwived weird.]
  115. The Unholy Grail, Anthony Horowitz (2008-04) [Predictable, but it has some funny moments.]
  116. The Grandmothers, Doris Lessing (2008-05) [I don't know. I didn't feel anything special.]
  117. My Brother, Jamaica Kincaid (2008-05) [It was honest, but I found the writing heavy and confuse. French translation problems?]
  118. The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean, Alexander McCall Smith (2008-05) [I didn't like. For children.]
  119. Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, Aimé Césaire (2008-05) [I've been lost. Too much figures of speech, too surrealist. I don't understand everything. I like it where I understand it.]
  120. (lit. As a Literary Manifesto), Aimé Césaire (2008-05) [A poem for André Breton. Too surrealist.]
  121. (lit. Walking at Night, or the Small Blue Trash), Pierre Manseau (2008-05) [Depressive and hard.]
  122. Sarah, J. T. LeRoy (2008-05) [Now that we know that the real author is Laura Albert, a forty years old woman, is a little bit weird to read the description of the author on the back of the book. I read it as a fiction anyway and the book is not that bad in itself, althought the story of a twelve years old prostitute is not really my style. I had problems when he told that his goal is to be a better known prostitute, like his mother, etc.]
  123. (lit. Eve of Its Rubble), Ananda Devi (2008-05) [Subtle writing. Touching, but miss a little something.]
  124. The Gargoyle on the Roof, Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sis (2008-05) [Cute. Little poems for all ages (well, not for the younger kids to not scare them). The illustrations of Peter Sis are very sensible to the details of the stories and beautiful.]
  125. Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (2008-05) [A classic in its kind. I love the flashbacks. One of my favorites superheros comics.]
  126. (lit. Marie d'Agoult, George Sand: Letters), Charles F. Dupêchez (2008-05) [Intimate. I feel a little voyeur.]
  127. Fear, Stefan Zweig (2008-05) [I was very move emotionally. Strong.]
  128. Casual Knowledge of a Craft, Stefan Zweig (2008-05) [Intense. Zweig is a storyteller. I had the feeling to be the character.]
  129. Leporella, Stefan Zweig (2008-05) [Interesting.]
  130. (lit. The Woman and the Nature), Stefan Zweig (2008-05) [Refined writing. Excellent.]
  131. Buchmendel, Stefan Zweig (2008-05) [Humanist.]
  132. The Invisible Collection, Stefan Zweig (2008-05) [Sooo touching. One of my favorites from Zweig.]
  133. The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, J. T. LeRoy (2008-06) [Average.]
  134. In Love, Rébecca Dautremer and Mona Lethanh (2008-06) [Cute. The illustrations of Dautremer are amazing.]
  135. (lit. Day and Hight, How It Works?), Sylvie de Mathuisieulx, Isabelle Moëns-Guyot, Laurent Sabathié and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06) [Educative. For young children.]
  136. (lit. In Fact, Water is What?), André Benchetrit, Laurent Sabathié and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06) [Educative. For young children.]
  137. (lit. The Middle Ages, How It Was?), André Benchetrit, Laurent Sabathié and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06) [Interesting, there is some things I didn't know. For young children.]
  138. (lit. Go to School, What For?), Sylvie de Mathuisieulx, Isabelle Pouyau, Laurent Sabathié and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06) [Educative. For young children.]
  139. Nasreddine, Odile Weulersse and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06) [I like the moral.]
  140. Cyrano, Taï-Marc Le Thanh and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06) [Cute and funny. I pass a good moment.]
  141. (lit. The Giant Tortoise of the Galapagos), Rébecca Dautremer (Dragoljub Zlahtrkjrswnvkke) (2008-06) [Confusing a little.]
  142. Cyrano, Taï-Marc Le Thanh and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06)* [Still great. I have to read the play by Rostand!]
  143. (lit. Princesses Forgotten or Unknown), Philippe Lechermeier and Rébecca Dautremer (2008-06) [Wonderful illustrations and sweet texts, but I prefer Cyrano.]
  144. Father of Frankenstein, Christopher Bram (2008-06) [The romanced biography of James Whale (director of Frankenstein). I have to say that I prefer the movie with Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave and Brendan Fraser.]
  145. The Flowers of Evil, Charles Baudelaire (2008-06) [Not my style, maybe I was not in the mood.]
  146. The 800 Words Harry Potter Prequel, Joanne K. Rowling (2008-06) [A 800 words "prequel" for charity. Very fanfictionish. I don't know, James and Sirius were acting moronic. It was too short, I didn't like, but it was writing for a good cause.]
  147. Persuasion, Jane Austen (2008-06) [I prefer Pride and Prejudice, but it was great. Even if I guessed that the guy and the girl will finish together (like all Austen novels), there was still a suspense for the story since the movies/tv-series never been dubbed in french and I didn't seen them.]
  148. The Killer, Eugène Ionesco (2008-06) [I don't know. Not as good as Exit the King/The Lesson. I like the monologue in the end.]
  149. The Drunken Boat, Arthur Rimbaud (2008-06) [Unforgettable!]
  150. To Helen, Edgar Allan Poe (2008-06) [Ah, bear in mind this garden was enchanted! Haunting poem, translated in french by Stéphane Mallarmé.]
  151. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2008-06) [Read the french translation by Auguste Barbier. Wow, it was great!]
  152. [The Rime of the Ancient Mariner], Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2008-06) [Read the english version at the same time to make comparisons. Of course, the english was better, but I understood more the french one.]
  153. Fictions, Jorge Luis Borges (2008-06) [Rare. Agreeably heavy. My favorite story is The Garden of Forking Paths.]
  154. Curtain, Agatha Christie (2008-06) [The ending rrrruless! I looove it! This is sad about Poirot, but this case ending is crazy. At first, I was scared that I had found the murderer. I found the story entertaining, captivating, but too easy and average if we considered that this is the last Hercule Poirot case. The ending changes everything and makes the story different. This is my favorite book from her with And Then There Were None.]
  155. Tattoos, Luis Royo (2008-06) [Since some people count Royo as books or readings, I will put it here too. Tatoos is not my favorite album from him, but some interesting drawings.]
  156. Women, Luis Royo (2008-06) [Entertaining.]
  157. Malefic, Luis Royo (2008-06) [Entertaining.]
  158. Secrets, Luis Royo (2008-06) [Great.]
  159. III Millennium, Luis Royo (2008-06) [More my style. Dark.]
  160. (lit. Last Inventory Before Liquidation), Frédéric Beigbeder (2008-06) [Less snob than usual. Funny. Gives ideas of reading.]
  161. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare (2008-07) [Funny. A pass a good moment.]
  162. Fables, Jean de La Fontaine (2008-07) [Some of them are better than the others. Not very in a language for children, maybe read it first and then, tell the story your own way. This is still a classic.]
  163. Thank you, President Bush, Paulo Coelho (2008-07) [An "ode" to George W. Bush. Interesting! "Thank you for having achieved something that very few have so far managed to do in this century: the bringing together of millions of people on all continents to fight for the same idea, even though that idea is opposed to yours."]
  164. Colonel Chabert, Honoré de Balzac (2008-07) [It was ok, but I wanted Chabert to be more rude.]
  165. Ball of Fat, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [I've re-read this story a lot and it's always as frustrating! A classic!]
  166. The Maison Tellier, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [This is not one of my favorites, but I like it.]
  167. Tombstones, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Ok.]
  168. On The River, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [It was better than the first time I've read it.]
  169. The Story of a Farm Girl, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [I love it! The end makes me think of The Necklace, but The Necklace is still better...]
  170. A Family Affair, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [I was very surprise. Interesting.]
  171. Simon's Papa, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Sweet, but average in overall.]
  172. A Country Excursion, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Average.]
  173. In the Spring, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [I didn't like it.]
  174. Paul's Mistress, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Like.]
  175. Madame Baptiste, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Rage! Frustrating!]
  176. Beside Schopenhauer's Corpse, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Still great, but not as my first reading...]
  177. The Greenhouse, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [It was ok.]
  178. The Mustache, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [WTF?]
  179. A Duel, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Not bad.]
  180. Friend Patience, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Strange. Average.]
  181. One Evening, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [I didn't like it.]
  182. A Vendetta, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Hardcore. Predictable.]
  183. His Avenger, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Interesting.]
  184. Mother and Son, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [My opinion is different than the characters.]
  185. The First Snowfall, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Average.]
  186. Coco, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [I found this short story in almost every Maupassant collection I've read and I always hate it. Do I miss something?]
  187. Rose, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Average.]
  188. The Patron, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Average.]
  189. The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [One of his best!]
  190. Happiness, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Not my style.]
  191. The Hair, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [I always like that one.]
  192. A Mistake, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Ordinary.]
  193. An Uncomfortable Bed, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Like it.]
  194. Confessing, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Strange.]
  195. A Wedding Gift, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08)* [Average.]
  196. The Port, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Ok.]
  197. Always Lock The Door!, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Misogynist.]
  198. Marroca, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Misogynist and racist.]
  199. My Landlady, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Weak.]
  200. An Idyll, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Funny and strange. Average.]
  201. The Double Pins, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Funny, but ordinary.]
  202. Allouma, Guy de Maupassant (2008-08) [Misogynist and racist. Colonialist feeling. Eurk!]
  203. The Hunting of the Snark, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Crazy!]
  204. [The Hunting of the Snark], Lewis Carroll (2008-08)* [The end is more mystic than the french translation.]
  205. Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe (2008-08)* [To remember it.]
  206. [Annabel Lee], Edgar Allan Poe (2008-08)* [Made comparison.]
  207. Upon the Lonely Moor, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [I prefer the version in Through the Looking-Glass, A-sitting on a Gate.]
  208. Another Song For The Mock Turtle, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Funny.]
  209. Christmas Greetings (From a Fairy to a Child), Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Not my kind. For children.]
  210. [Christmas Greetings (From a Fairy to a Child)], Lewis Carroll (2008-08)* [Not my kind.]
  211. Puzzles from Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Weird to read it in french...]
  212. Solutions to Puzzles from Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Explanation.]
  213. To All Child Readers of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [The title say everything. For the fans.]
  214. An Easter Greeting to Every Child who loves Alice, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Touching.]
  215. An Answer to the White Queen's Riddle, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Soso. Maybe better in a tale, but not separately.]
  216. Alice on the Stage, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Explain how he creates Alice and why.]
  217. [Another Song For The Mock Turtle], Lewis Carroll (2008-08)* [The french translation is better.]
  218. Who will riddle me to the How and the Why?, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Preface to Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Ok.]
  219. [The Alphabet Cipher], Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [I didn't know about the Vigenère cipher cryptography method, this is nice.]
  220. [Resolution And Independence], William Wordsworth (2008-08) [Lewis Carroll has been inspired by this poem to write a parody (Upon the Lonely Moor, A-sitting on a Gate) and I wanted to look at it. Carroll is funnier.]
  221. The Nursery Alice, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [For young children. Alice in Wonderland is way better.]
  222. Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (2008-08)* [Alice in Wonderland is teh roxxor!]
  223. Alice's Adventures Under Ground, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [First version of Alice in Wonderland. At first, I didn't see the difference, but later it misses a lot of things (the mad tea-party is not there at all! and the cat too!). Alice's Adventures Under Ground is only for the curious...]
  224. Through the Looking-Glass, Lewis Carroll (2008-08)* [A gem in litterature.]
  225. The Wasp in a Wig, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Weird to read separately. Interesting, but not enough to add it in TTLG.]
  226. Letters to His Child-Friends, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Some of them are really funny.]
  227. Phantasmagoria, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Funny, but for his long poems, I prefer The Hunting of the Snark.]
  228. Those Horrid Hurdy-Gurdies!, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Average.]
  229. [Those Horrid Hurdy-Gurdies!], Lewis Carroll (2008-08)* [I prefer the french translation.]
  230. The Little Man With a Little Gun, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Not my style.]
  231. Limericks, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Not my style.]
  232. Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Ok.]
  233. To Make A Dadaist Poem, Tristan Tzara (2008-08) [Interesting and "original".]
  234. [To Make A Dadaist Poem], Tristan Tzara (2008-08)* [Interesting.]
  235. [Phantasmagoria], Lewis Carroll (2008-08)* [The english version is better.]
  236. [Echoes], Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [I like the writing.]
  237. [A Sea Dirge], Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [So funny! "Who invented those spades of wood? Who was it cut them out of the tree? None, I think, but an idiot could - Or one that loved the Sea."]
  238. [Ye Carpette Knyghte], Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Difficult to read. I like the sounding of the poem.]
  239. [Hiawatha's Photographing], Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Not my style.]
  240. [A Valentine], Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Soso.]
  241. [Size and Tears], Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [I don't know...]
  242. The Diaries, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Long, very long.]
  243. The Rectory Magazine, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Twaddle on Telescopes was perfect! Sad the other texts were average...]
  244. The Rectory Umbrella, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Average. I like the footnotes, they are funny.]
  245. Mischmasch, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [I don't like it very much.]
  246. The Game of Logic, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [Not clear. Some books are better than this one.]
  247. Sylvie and Bruno, Lewis Carroll (2008-08) [I didn't like it in overall.]
  248. Earth and Ashes, Atiq Rahimi (2008-08) [Difficult to link with the characters. Didn't like, but fluid writing.]
  249. [Ghost World], Daniel Clowes (2008-08)* [A re-read, in english. I will soon read-it in french. I like the characters. So true.]
  250. Jacques Callot, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-08) [Introduction to Hoffmann.]
  251. Ritter Gluck, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-08) [Good descriptions, but predictable.]
  252. Don Juan, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-08) [I don't know. The first part is the better one.]
  253. News of the Latest Fortunes of the Hound Berganza, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-08) [I hate it.]
  254. The Hypnotist, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-08) [Better. Great ending, but too much philo blabla.]
  255. The Golden Pot, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-08) [My favorite tale from Fantasy Pieces in the Manner of Callot.]
  256. The Adventures of New Year's Eve, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-08) [Boring.]
  257. Antichrista, Amélie Nothomb (2008-08)* [Nice writing. The story is correct.]
  258. The Stranger Next Door, Amélie Nothomb (2008-08)* [Original.]
  259. Human Rites, Amélie Nothomb (2008-08)* [It was my first Nothomb, the book from her I read the most. Average.]
  260. The Book of Proper Names, Amélie Nothomb (2008-08)* [I hate it!]
  261. (lit. Cosmetic of the Enemy), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08)* [Not good, very predictable.]
  262. (lit. To Encourage Hatred Against An Opponent), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08) [Funny, but not really believable IMO.]
  263. (lit. Red Passion), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08) [Weak.]
  264. (lit. A Fox on the Stomach), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08) [Weird retale of La Fontaine's The Fox and the Crow.]
  265. (lit. The Cat), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08) [???]
  266. (lit. The Flirt is to Love What "Gladiator" is to the Violence), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08) [Nope.]
  267. (lit. The Existence of God), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08) [Weird, but interesting.]
  268. (lit. The Anger), Amélie Nothomb (2008-08) [I like it.]
  269. Fear and Trembling, Amélie Nothomb (2008-08)* [My favorite Nothomb. Makes me think of Kafka.]
  270. Peplum, Amélie Nothomb (2008-08)* [Good dialogues.]
  271. The Sandman, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [Some spectacular scenes, but I'm not sure about the overall. Olympia is one of my strongest image in Hoffmann works.]
  272. Ignaz Denner, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [A good tale, but too much God and Satan for my taste.]
  273. The Jesuit Church in G., Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [Average. I like the mystery of the painting.]
  274. The Sanctus, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [The end is boring. The characters are too extreme.]
  275. The Bleak House, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [Hard beginning, but the rest is ok.]
  276. Primogeniture, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [Not very original, but very atmospheric.]
  277. The Oath, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [I don't know.]
  278. The Stone Heart, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (2008-09) [Nice tale, but too theatrical.]
  279. (lit. The Dragon with Sweet Tooth: Diabetes), Brigitte Marleau (2008-09) [Sweet and educative for young children.]
  280. The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin, Peter Sis (2008-09) [Memorable illustrations, but for the texts, the presentation is sometimes confusing...]
  281. The Future of the Earth, Yann Arthus-Bertrand (2008-09) [Earth from Above: 366 Days is more complete, but The Future of the Earth is better for children and teens.]
  282. The Dragons are Singing Tonight, Jack Prelutsky and Peter Sis (2008-09) [Soso. I prefer The Gargoyle on the Roof.]
  283. (lit. The Butterfly of the Stars), Bernard Werber (2008-09) [It was not very good. I didn't like the characters, their way of thinking. Plus, the book is not original, not that this is the biggest problem, all the good quote are rip-off from his others books and the others from sci-fi movies like Dune, or books like Animal Farm by George Orwell. I was waiting for something epic, but it was soso. The better part is the descriptions of Paradise-City.]
  284. The Hygiene of the Assassin, Amélie Nothomb (2008-09)* [Some good dialogues, but slow beginning.]
  285. Sacré Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec, Taras Grescoe (2008-09) [Nuanced, but cold]
  286. (lit. Attack), Amélie Nothomb (2008-09)* [A re-read. I like it the first time, but here I find it boring.]
  287. Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2008-09) [The french version, translated by Henri Parisot. Hum... I will wait the original version to make a comment.]
  288. [Kubla Khan], Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2008-09)* [The original. Wow!!!! Way better in english, the translation sucks! Fascinating!]
  289. Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (2008-09)* [The french version in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, chapter 6. I prefer the translation of Jean Rosenthal than Henri Parisot, but the original beat them all.]
  290. (lit. The Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge), Bernard Werber (2008-10)* [Since I'm sick and waiting for a surgery, I try to re-read books I love or light ones. The ESRA is one of the good books easily read. Always a pleasure.]
  291. Raël, Brigitte McCann (2008-10)* [Re-read. Entertaining, McCann is a good jounalist.]
  292. [Ozymandias], Percy Bysshe Shelley (2008-10) [Strong short poem. Time and nature always win over the arrogance of men.]
  293. Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley (2008-10)* [Great translation.]
  294. [Ozymandias], Horace Smith (2008-10) [Interesting, but Shelley gives a stronger mental image.]
  295. [The Masque of Anarchy], Percy Bysshe Shelley (2008-10) [Interesting poem, but I would probably like it more if I know the context better. I should re-read this one day to understand it more.]
  296. [Alone], Edgar Allan Poe (2008-10) [I didn't understand it completely, but I like it!]
  297. [Edge], Sylvia Plath (2008-10) [Hard poem. It was written four days before her suicide.]
  298. Alone, Edgar Allan Poe (2008-10)* [A very literal french translation by an unknown person, but I still like it.]
  299. Dangerous Liaisons, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (2008-10) [A good taste of old. I like the form, in letters, but the story was too predictable since I saw all those adaptations. Still, a classic and Merteuil is so devilicious!]
  300. Sonnets, Louise Labé (2008-10) [Some are strong, some others, kitsch, but it was interesting. My favorite is the eighth.]
  301. A. O. Barnabooth: His Poems, Valery Larbaud (2008-10) [The beauty of travel and trivial events. Amazing!]
  302. [To be Creative is, in Fact, Canadian], Margaret Atwood (2008-11) [Correct, I agree. :P]
  303. [Time], Percy Bysshe Shelley (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  304. Friday Night, Emmanuèle Bernheim (2008-11) [To kill time a monday night. Weak.]
  305. How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, Pierre Bayard (2008-11) [Coitus Interruptus. Good beginning, but the explications are too serious and against my views of reading.]
  306. Sadness, Alfred de Musset (2008-11) [???]
  307. Impromptu, Alfred de Musset (2008-11) [Almost kitsch.]
  308. The Dunce, Jacques Prévert (2008-11) [I like it.]
  309. This Love, Jacques Prévert (2008-11) [Amazing! One of my favorite poems, definitely!]
  310. And Death Shall Have No Dominion, Dylan Thomas (2008-11) [Ok.]
  311. [And Death Shall Have No Dominion], Dylan Thomas (2008-11)* [Though lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion...]
  312. Quicksands, Jacques Prévert (2008-11) [Too sad.]
  313. Memoria, Natalia Ginzburg (2008-11) [I don't know. The translation seems not to be good.]
  314. (lit. The Character of Man), Abbädä Mikael (2008-11) [I don't understand completely the moral of this poem.]
  315. Cat in an Empty Apartment, Wislawa Szymborska (2008-11) [I like!]
  316. Lofoten, Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz (2008-11) [Atmospheric poem. Interesting.]
  317. Invictus, William Ernest Henley (2008-11) [Ok.]
  318. [Invictus], William Ernest Henley (2008-11)* [In original language, this is better.]
  319. The Time of the Cherries, Jean-Baptiste Clément (2008-11) [Interesting.]
  320. Laughter and Dreams, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  321. Painted Wood, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Writing is too meticulous.]
  322. [The Russian Song], Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Bad poem.]
  323. The Potato Elf, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  324. Wingstroke, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Some interesting elements, but I was not touch deep.]
  325. Sounds, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [In the begin I didn't see where it was going, but I like it a little toward the end.]
  326. Russian Spoken Here, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [I'm not sure I understand the moral. I didn't like it.]
  327. Gods, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [???]
  328. Revenge, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Mysterious.]
  329. Beneficence, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Good descriptions and good story.]
  330. The Seaport, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  331. The Fight, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Correct.]
  332. La Veneziana, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Great! The best short story I read from him! Fascinating!]
  333. The Dragon, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Genius beginning, weird middle, suck ending.]
  334. Razor, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  335. The Christmas Story, Vladimir Nabokov (2008-11) [No.]
  336. Voynich Manuscript, Anonymus (2008-11) [An experience. Fake or not, the person who had create this must have imagination.]
  337. [On Death], John Keats (2008-11)* [In audio book. I like it as always.]
  338. [On Death], John Keats (2008-11)* [Bis.]
  339. [Fire and Ice], Robert Frost (2008-11) [Cool.]
  340. Fire and Ice, Robert Frost (2008-11)* [Better in english.]
  341. [Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep], Mary Elizabeth Frye (2008-11) [Amazing!]
  342. [We Real Cool], Gwendolyn Brooks (2008-11) [The last line of the poem is strong.]
  343. [What Makes a Friend?], Ashley Olson (2008-11) [Interesting.]
  344. Where's Wally?, Martin Handford (2008-11) [Brings back memories. I can't believe this book is #88 at the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books. Wally = Scandal?]
  345. [No Future], Dennis Cooper (2008-11) [Ok?]
  346. [No Eulogies, Please], Charles Bukowski (2008-11) [Ok.]
  347. [The Last Poem In The World], Hayden Carruth (2008-11) [Funny.]
  348. [Dear Man Whose Marriage I Wrecked], Jeffrey McDaniel (2008-11) [Haha.]
  349. [This Be The Verse], Philip Larkin (2008-11) [Strong.]
  350. [Requiem], Robert Louis Stevenson (2008-11) [Interesting.]
  351. [The Beautiful Poem], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [What kind of poem is that?]
  352. [The Fever Monument], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Huh?]
  353. [Xerox Candy Bar], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  354. [Romeo and Juliet], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  355. [Haiku Ambulance], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  356. [AUTOBIOGRAPHY (POLISH IT LIKE A PIECE OF SILVER)], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Huh?]
  357. [At the California Institute of Technology], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Huh?]
  358. [-2], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  359. [15%], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [I don't get it.]
  360. [30 Cents, Two Transfers, Love], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  361. [Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Interesting.]
  362. [I've Never Had It Done So Gently Before], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Why I'm reading this?]
  363. [Love Poem], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  364. [Dinner Party], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Huh?]
  365. [Gee, You're So Beautiful That It's Starting To Rain], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [I like it.]
  366. [Man], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Stupid.]
  367. [It's Raining In Love], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Ok.]
  368. [All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [WTF?]
  369. [Color as Beginning], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Urk!]
  370. [I Feel Horrible. She Doesn't], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  371. [I Live In The Twentieth Century], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  372. [Just Because], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [I don't get it.]
  373. [Kafka's Hat], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [WTF?]
  374. [Hinged To Forgetfulness Like A Door], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  375. [Discovery], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Interesting, if we can say that.]
  376. [Boo, Forever], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Kitsch.]
  377. [December 30], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Weird.]
  378. [Deer Tracks], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  379. [Death is a Beautiful Parked Car], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [What the hell?]
  380. [Please], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [It sucks. How can this poet write so much craps!]
  381. [The Final Ride], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor.]
  382. [The Memoirs of Jesse James], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  383. [The Moon Versus Us Ever Sleeping Together Again], Richard Brautigan (2008-11) [Poor. This is the last poem I read EVER from him. I'm done.]
  384. [Inside The Apple], Yehuda Amichai (2008-11) [Ok.]
  385. [Prospective Immigrants Please Note], Adrienne Rich (2008-11) [Ok.]
  386. [Warning], Jenny Joseph (2008-11) [I like it.]
  387. [Faith], Benjamin Kushner (2008-11) [Interesting.]
  388. [Hospital], Jason Shinder (2008-11) [Ok.]
  389. [Narcissus and Echo], Fred Chappel (2008-11) [Complex, interesting, but difficult to read.]
  390. [Damage], Lawrence Raab (2008-11) [Weird and interesting.]
  391. [So You Want To Be A Writer?], Charles Bukowski (2008-11) [I like.]
  392. [The Crunch], Charles Bukowski (2008-11) [Interesting.]
  393. [Milk A Cow And You Get Milk], Charles Bukowski (2008-11) [Great.]
  394. [Challenge to Young Poets], Lawrence Ferlinghetti (2008-11) [Ok.]
  395. [Selecting A Reader], Ted Kooser (2008-11) [Funny.]
  396. [All The Way], Robert Creeley (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  397. [Goodbye], Robert Creeley (2008-11) [I don't get it.]
  398. (lit. The Pixie of Colors), Chiara Carrer (2008-11) [Interesting book about the mixes of painting colors.]
  399. The Cuddle Book, Guido van Genechten (2008-11) [Cute. For very little children.]
  400. The Owl and the Pussycat, Edward Lear (2008-11) [Urk! I don't like the writing.]
  401. [The Owl and the Pussycat], Edward Lear (2008-11) [A little better in english.]
  402. Where's Wally Now?, Martin Handford (2008-11) [Fun. I find it more violent than the first book, but you can learn some interesting things. Good for children/teens.]
  403. Where's Wally? The Fantastic Journey, Martin Handford (2008-11) [My favorite.]
  404. Where's Wally? In Hollywood, Martin Handford (2008-11) [Fun.]
  405. (lit. 366 Days of Poetry), Albine Novarino and Michel Maïofiss (2008-11) [Interesting collection.]
  406. (lit. The New Year), Louisa Paulin (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  407. (lit. New Year), Luce Guilbaud (2008-11) [Poor.]
  408. (lit. Everything Sleep In A Quilted World), Marguerite Magnin (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  409. (lit. January), Germain Nouveau (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  410. (lit. Winter is Flower), Bernard de Ventadour (2008-11) [I like.]
  411. (lit. Roads of the North), Sabine Sicaud (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  412. A Dream for Winter, Arthur Rimbaud (2008-11) [I like.]
  413. Winter, Charles d’Orléans (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  414. (lit. Elegy), Ponce-Denis Écouchard Lebrun (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  415. (lit. The Cuckoo Sang), Peyrot de Pradinas (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  416. (lit. It Rains, It Rains, Shepherdess), Fabre d'Églantine (2008-11) [Kitsch.]
  417. (lit. Short Days, Long Nights), Peire d'Auvergne (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  418. A Poor Young Sheperd, Paul Verlaine (2008-11) [Ok.]
  419. Dear March, Come In!, Emily Dickinson (2008-11) [Ok.]
  420. (lit. Against Winter), Théophile de Viau (2008-11) [Ok.]
  421. (lit. Atoena Lullaby), Albert Ferland (2008-11) [Ok.]
  422. Renewal, Stéphane Mallarmé (2008-11) [Ok.]
  423. (lit. There Is Strange Nights...), Albert Samain (2008-11) [Ok.]
  424. (lit. Easter Sunday), André Spire (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  425. (lit. April Fools' Day), Boris Vian (2008-11) [???]
  426. (lit. Blue), Brownell Carr (2008-11) [...]
  427. (lit. Distant Love), Jaufré Rudel (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  428. (lit. In The Woods), Gérard de Nerval (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  429. (lit. The Golden Waterlilies), Théodore de Banville (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  430. (lit. May Morning), Guillaume de Lorris (2008-11) [Ok.]
  431. (lit. Far From Winter And Shadow), François de Malherbe (2008-11) [I didn't like this poem because I like the winter...]
  432. (lit. Bal), Pierre Morhange (2008-11) [I like.]
  433. (lit. Sunset), Gérard de Nerval (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  434. (lit. The Chorus of Joys), Paul Palgen (2008-11) [Ok.]
  435. (lit. The Sun Spoke To You In Sublime Words), Charles-Marie Leconte de Lisle (2008-11) [Great.]
  436. (lit. The Elm In Summer), Pierre Menanteau (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  437. (lit. The Cicada), Paul Arène (2008-11) [I like.]
  438. (lit. The Rain), Paul Fort (2008-11) [Average.]
  439. (lit. The Gargoyle), Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (2008-11) [Ok.]
  440. (lit. The Day of the Dead), Charles Auguste de La Fare-Alais (2008-11) [Interesting.]
  441. (lit. Fall Afternoon), Jules Laforgue (2008-11) [I like it!!!!!!!]
  442. (lit. Velvet Shoes), Elinor Wylie (2008-11) [Ok.]
  443. [Voyage], Tony Hoagland (2008-11) [Ok.]
  444. [Social Life], Tony Hoagland (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  445. [America], Tony Hoagland (2008-11) [Not my style.]
  446. (lit. Pronouns Etudes), Jean Tardieu (2008-11) [Strange, but I like it.]
  447. Vowels, Arthur Rimbaud (2008-11) [Wow.]
  448. [What Teachers Make], Taylor Mali (2008-11) [I like it.]
  449. [Tony Steinberg: Brave Seventh Grade Viking Warrior], Taylor Mali (2008-11) [Ok.]
  450. [Alone With Everybody], Charles Bukowski (2008-11) [I like the title more than the poem, but I like it.]
  451. Alone With Everybody, Charles Bukowski (2008-11)* [Better in english.]
  452. [Oh Yes], Charles Bukowski (2008-11) [Ok.]
  453. If, Rudyard Kipling (2008-11) [Amazing!]
  454. [Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal], Alfred Tennyson (2008-11) [Remember Reese Witherspoon in Vanity Fair. Great musicality.]
  455. [Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal], Alfred Tennyson (2008-11)* [Bis.]
  456. The Double, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (2008-12) [Confusing.]
  457. Edge, Sylvia Plath (2008-12)* [In french. The poem is better in english.]
  458. [Edge], Sylvia Plath (2008-12)* [Hard.]
  459. He's Just Not That Into You, Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo (2008-12) [More a motivation book that anything else. Not my style. I wait for the movie.]
  460. Ajdar, Marjane Satrapi (2008-12) [It was ok, but not amazing. I'm waiting for Persepolis.]
  461. (lit. Client), Josiane Balasko (2008-12) [I prefer Josiane Balasko the actress than the writer.]
  462. The Sisters-in-Law, Michel Tremblay (2008-12) [Ok. It remembers me some family things.]
  463. My Valley, Claude Ponti (2008-12) [Cute and magic.]
  464. Journey to the Country of Trees, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio and Henri Galeron (2008-12) [Poetic. Good illustrations.]
  465. Fighting Fantasy #42: Black Vein Prophecy, Paul Mason and Steven Williams (2008-12) [My first gamebook. Maybe I'm a bit too old.]
  466. Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley (2008-12)* [Re-read for my mother.]
  467. This Love, Jacques Prévert (2008-12)* [Re-read for my mother.]
  468. If, Rudyard Kipling (2008-12)* [Re-read for my mother.]
  469. Alone, Edgar Allan Poe (2008-12)* [Re-read for my mother.]
  470. Vowels, Arthur Rimbaud (2008-12)* [Re-read for my mother.]
  471. Cat in an Empty Apartment, Wislawa Szymborska (2008-12)* [Re-read for my mother.]
  472. The Circle Game: Poems, Margaret Atwood (2008-12) [The first poem, This is a Photograph of Me, is the strongest in this collection. So strong that it can only go lower after... The other poems I like: - Against Still Life - Camera - The Islands - After the Flood, We - The Explorers.]
  473. Letter from the Baladar Islands, Jacques Prévert and André François (2008-12) [Not my taste. For children.]
  474. (lit. Feast), Richard Millet (2008-12) [Average. Good theme, weird syntax.]
Author Comments: 

Read in 2008. I've read all of these in french language, but I wrote the titles in engligh for a better understanding.
I hope I didn't forget anything.
(lit.) means literally.
[] are read in english language.
*re-read.

Favorite new readings 2008:
Book: Earth from Above: 366 Days, Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Short story: The Invisible Collection, Stefan Zweig
Poem: Ozymandias, Percy Bysshe Shelley
Comic: Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
Album: Cyrano, Taï-Marc Le Thanh and Rébecca Dautremer

sidrah01/31/2008

50 books and its not even febuary! how do you do it nance?!

Nance01/31/2008

Lord Byron reading are poetry (I have read Darkness more than once to see different french translations) and Truman Capote reading are short stories. Earth from Above is 800 pages, but the half is pictures. I have read some novels in 1-3 days, the short ones, I'm not a machine. In febuary, it will probably be high again, because I have borrowed collections of short stories by Lovecraft, Carver and Gogol.

sidrah02/03/2008

its still a great reading record :)

professor02/22/2008

My favourite HP Lovecraft tales, which I can recommend, are:

The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward
The Lurker At The Threshold (Billington's Wood/The Manuscript of Stephen Bates)
Try this

HPL quoted as an influence William Hope Hodgson, who I found to be even better than HPL.
I can recommend WHHs:

The House On The Borderland
The Night Land

Nance02/22/2008

I will try to found the french versions and put them on my to-read list:

//Lovecraft//
The Case Of Charles Dexter Ward (L'affaire Charles Dexter Ward)
The Lurker At The Threshold (I have difficulty to found the french translation... I will take another look on the web later)

//Hodgson//
The House On The Borderland (La maison au bord du monde)
The Night Land (Le pays de la nuit)

0dysseus08/08/2008

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son..."

It must be done [].

Nance08/08/2008

I don't understand a lot about the Jabberwocky, but I know it's about SOMEBODY that killed SOMETHING...