long time, I want to talk about what I read and to share with you, if you like, books that I have more (or not).
This topic will, little by little, through my readings as indicated by the title and I add to it progressively.
It will, for me, too, the opportunity to remember over time which passes and which sometimes affects my memory a bit ..... titles and authors that I particularly loved or simply appreciated but no more.
Do not expect a great literary column!
It will be just a walk through my emotions and my tastes and leisure I like and still teaches me every day something new: reading.
My tastes are very eclectic, but I prefer the prose novels and other forms of literature.
Among the different kinds of novels, those that appreciate the most are those that take place in a historical context and fairly well documented.
I also like the good cops, especially the great ladies of British crime fiction (Agatha Christie, PD . James, Ruth Rendell , Minnie Walters, etc ...)
few biographies and essays are also Part of my choice, but given the time I leave my other daily business, I prefer the novel.
To share with you and maybe inspire you to read them, I'll try one or two sentences to summarize the theme of the work and give you some very brief information about authors.
To indicate my level of pleasure taken in, browse these books, I would note with asterisks (DE1 4 according to my taste).
Some read books these last three months.
February-March
- Faces of Jesse Kellerman : thriller, very engaging and the plot confusing and machiavélique.J. Kellerman (1978) is a young American writer worthy of the great writers of crime fiction to the U.S. as Harlan Coben. ***
- Last Cato Matilde Asensi of : esoteric thriller with many twists: survey conducted by three totally different characters that destiny will unite for an adventure out of the ordinary. M. Asensi was born in Alicante and has worked for English radio and newspapers before starting in the literature with great success. ***
- Tears of the pope Didier Convard , French author born in 1950 in Paris. First author of comics, this devotee of esoteric, fantastic and unusual launched into writing an exciting thriller: The triangle whose secret Tears of the pope is one of the volumes, each of which can be read alone, without know others. Once started, it was very difficult to release the book before the end! ***
- Messenger sands of Audouard and Anthony : breathless romance, full of puzzles and twists on the theme of the esoteric as well. Leonard Anthony was born in 1972 and is an avid music of all kinds who joined other authors, including Antoine Audouard (1956) to write different novels. **
April
- Strad of Domnique Sylvain : black cop, but told with suspense and humor, despite the darkness of his characters. Sylvain D. French (e)? and part with Fred Vargas French writers of crime fiction to success. **
- theory of Gaia Maxime Chattam : scary thriller where the tension is constant and the story full of twists. Like all his books, there is an atmosphere heavy and agonizing that keeps you spellbound. The French author's books (despite its name) almost all type of Police laced fantasy. Although I do not like science fiction, this kind of writing that are at the limit of the possible is pleasant to read. **
- Guests of Pierre Assouline . Here's a totally different kind of precedent. Pierre Assouline (which I have read several books: Portrait, Lutetia ....) is a journalist and writer and author of many biographies and novels, Simenon, Hergé, Dassault, etc. ... but also of novels that are often quite scathing caricature of certain social classes, but that's in style fluid and elegant, without any real malice. ***
- Beirut's novel of Alexandre Najjar . Historical novel that we discover the history of Lebanon through that of its capital through the eyes of blind now one of its inhabitants, journalist and descendant of a Christian family whose ancestors participated in the revolt of 1858. Through the hero's life, we go through all the convulsions and horrors suffered by Beirut today. Very beautiful novel written by a young author (born 1967) and considered one of the best writers speaking of his time. With this book, I learned, let alone understood why this town and this country have suffered so much for centuries. ****
May
- The King of Kahel of Tierno Monénembo . Fictionalized biography of a colorful French character and obsessed with black Africa. Victor Olivier, Vicomte de Sanderval, is a precursor of the French colonization of West Africa (Guinea in particular) and will be fixed idea throughout his life, to conquer, as staff for himself and not for France, a territory belonging to the Fulani and become the king. Monénombo Tierno is a Guinean writer living in France since 1969, I do not know anything but I found the issue of France 5, "The vast library . **
- Astronomer of Alexandre Najjar . Novel set in the Florence of the Medicis, and which tells the tale of a young French astronomer Galileo entering service. Exciting and easy to read style that Lebanese author I mentioned above is very fluid and enjoyable. ***
- A rough diamond of Szczupak Yvette Thomas . Memoir of this writer that I do not know anything. She was born in Burgundy in 1929 and after a more than difficult childhood, abandoned by her parents because she is in deepest France and peasant before the war, being separated from her siblings and tossed several times in Foster often sordid. Despite all the vicissitudes crossed it will become a painter who died in Jerusalem in 2003. It is a wonderful book I have not finished yet, but I recommend it at all. This book is as its title a real rough diamond. The author, through a style for me "lightning" We camped the decor and ambience puts us in three sentences. Moreover, despite a childhood as unhappy, you do not cry, she even managed through a very colorful style and humor in the second degree to make us laugh. Hat the artist. ****
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