Some SF, fantasy, and obscure LGBT, mixed with travel, photography theory and women authors, in French and English.
This link opens in a pop-up window
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set …
Here's a book that doesn't have an over-complicated plot full of twists you can't believe in. Rather, the world-building is smart and to the point, it has just enough explanations and backstory, and you're never bored.
In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on …
Although it's an entertaining read, with plenty of intrigue, pirates and villains, I was not as taken by it as the first Locke Lamora novel.
J’ai repensé à ces innombrables rapports auxquels je m’étais forcée par politesse, pour ne pas …
At times funny, enraging and hard-hitting, this essay where Ovidie explains her sex strike should make everyone -- and especially straight cis-men -- think about their practice of love, sex and relationships.
— Le dolmen dont tu m’as parlé, Johan, il est bien sur la route du …
Here's the thing with amazing authors : they get you used to amazing books. Unfortunately, this one isn't that, although it is always nice to read an Adamsberg novel. It's just that it's a bit long and boring at times, the charm of the previous novels isn't really there.
A strange and beautifully written novel ; there's love and grief, empathy and grudges, leaving home and coming back... and lots of flames.
Dans une grande ville d'un pays en guerre, un spécialiste de l'interrogatoire accomplit chaque jour …
It's a short read, but subtly tense and very well written.
Le coeur battant, Emma Lindahl cogne à la porte du manoir dressé sur une petite …
I picked this book because I'd just photographed the author -- who is super nice -- on the very island where the action is happening. Maybe brutal crime novels aren't too much my thing anymore, all the POV characters withhold information, in one case it works really well, in the others, not so much...
One secret withheld to protect humanity’s future might be its undoing…
Renata Ghali believed in …
A really good read, the main character is nuanced and the plot strong -- even though the trope "I have a really dark secret, let me tell you about it much later" is a bit overused in novels, it still works, as the story is more than just that.
A fun and gripping book, full of mystery.