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A Touch of Book Madness : 5 Must Haves for Winter Survival

Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:12:51 +0000

Oooooh a slanket! How this wonderful thing could exist without me knowing it? I want one for X-mas! Ok, I'm afraid I'm a bit late on that one but I've just fallen deeply in love with your photo ;) I'm going to see where I can have one and wait for the sales. It's something for me. And I love the hat on your presentation: is it one you own or just an example? It would be perfect on me and you can't have too many hats (even Summer ones). Gloves AND mittens ! I've got black gloves and grey mittens and they match with all my clothes. I've never been a chocolate drinker (except when I was a child of course) but any hot drink is welcome when it's cold. I'm unable to purchase warm boots; I don't like them. They are practical I suppose but I can't give up simple and nice boots. I've lived during years in a cold city where there was snow several times in a single Winter (something I hadn't experimented before living there) and I've managed to keep my classic boots w/o slipping or falling. It must be odd for you to speak of Winter at this time of the year. I should divide my year between the two hemispheres so as to always live in Summer ;) My recent post A Month of Favorites: 5 Must Haves for Winter Survival

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : A Month of Faves: Top 10 (or so) Favorite books of 2014

Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:35:03 +0000

I'm going to thank you because I haven't add a book ;) Station Eleven is already on my wishlist (and you've done your part on that one!). I've already loved the novel of Juan Gabriel Vasquez (BTW, I've been disappointed by the one I've read recently). I've checked your review of What We See... But the only view at Emma Bovary has given me chills of horror :D (I've been traumatized by this book in high school - I'm not a big fan of French classics but this one is one of my worst memories). So it seems I'm safe ;) And I'm glad you had a good reading year. Mine is good but not as much as others have been.

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : A Month of Faves: A Year in Books Timeline

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:47:16 +0000

'they were so bad': I've nearly spit my tea on the screen ;D Yes, you've mentioned it for the Spanish book, hence my remark ;)

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : Caín by José Saramago

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:42:02 +0000

Do you know there's a 'sequel' to Blindness? It's called 'Seeing'; it's very political and brillant (as usual).

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : Caín by José Saramago

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:21:59 +0000

I've preferred this one to Death with Interruptions ;) Saramago has been perfect until the end! But you should read The Gospel according to Jesus Christ, in whatever language you want :) It's my favorite Saramago, a masterpiece, a delightful read!

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : El ruido de las cosas al caer (The sound of things falling) by Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:53:01 +0000

So you know Juan Gabriel Vasquez which I was naming in your Timeline post ;) I had loved this novel so much! It's been one of my favorite books from these last years. And now I'm reading his last one (in Spanish the title is: Las Reputaciones) released in France a few months ago. I've read very little (I intend to dedicate my reading time this weekend to it) but the tone seems pretty much the same as in El ruido etc. I had also read a previous one (Les dénonciateurs in French) with less enthusiasm but this writer has a voice and I can only understand that you feel all the more concerned by such stories.

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : Paul à la pêche (a.k.a: Paul goes fishing) by Michel Rabagliati

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:43:50 +0000

I'm having a tour in your reviews (I was searching for Saramago ;) and I'm happy to find Paul! I love this series and Rabagliati never writes enough quickly for me (I've read them all!). Paul à Québec has made me cry: it was awful :S But Rabagliati is good to mix joys and griefs of the life. I hope you will and could read the other books of the series.

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : A Month of Faves: A Year in Books Timeline

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 17:30:59 +0000

I've wanted to comment your post since two days! You deserve a medal (or two) for having read these romances : even on a dare, I couldn't. I'm dying to know your favorite fiction of the year and I hope it's translated into French or English (I don't know a word in Spanish. Books originally written in Spanish are well-represented in France in general. I'm reading one of them now, by Juan Gabriel Vasquez).

A Touch of Book Madness : 5 Most Useful Blogging Tools

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:02:20 +0000

Thanks! You don't seem to be people like me at all ;) Look at your blog then look at mine: you should see differenceS :D I'm kidding but I will do it at my pace: I know me, I can spend days on this stuff because I'm fascinated and then I do nothing else (like reading). My recent post A Month of Favorites: A Year in Books Timeline

A Touch of Book Madness : A Year in Books

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:54:02 +0000

I love your timeline. I've already made a quick test with Picktochart and I want more! It seems to take time but I suppose once you're used to it, it's worth it. Thanks again and also thank you for your very inspirational graphics! My recent post A Month of Favorites: A Year in Books Timeline

A Touch of Book Madness : 5 Most Useful Blogging Tools

Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:00:34 +0000

I love your post! I already know Picmonkey (since not a long time though) and I've created the banner of my blog in French thanks to it (very simple but the craziest thing I've been able to do since I have a blog, that is 2005). A book blogger has introduced me to MailChimp recently because I wanted to create a newsletter (she's said it was intuitive and I've spent a whole weekend on it... It gives you an idea of my dumbness in this matter :D) I'm going to try Piktochart and IMap. Something tells me I'm not going to read much this month... Thanks a lot for this post. Maybe there's hope for people like me ;) My recent post A Month of Favorites: A Year in Books Timeline

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : A Month of Faves: Fave New-to-Me Author Discoveries

Tue, 9 Dec 2014 22:16:12 +0000

Ton français est certainement meilleur que mon anglais, au moins pour ce qui est d'écrire (je parle pour moi - j'ai tout oublié de la grammaire anglaise depuis la fin de mes études). J'ai appris quatre langues étrangères et l'anglais est la seule que je peux vraiment utiliser. Je n'ai rien contre OD mais tant que ce n'est pas disponible en France, je ne peux pas en profiter (malheureusement !). La collecte des données personnelles serait un gros point noir ainsi que le fait que les bibliothèques ne maîtrisent pas les prêts. Félicitations pour ton français en tout cas !

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : A Month of Faves: Fave New-to-Me Author Discoveries

Tue, 9 Dec 2014 21:26:03 +0000

Ah mais si tu parles français ça m'arrange ! ;) J'ai essayé de voir ce qu'était OD mais, apparemment, cela n'est pas encore en place en France. J'ai assisté début novembre à une journée sur le livre numérique dont sa mise en place en bibliothèque mais c'est encore très expérimental et les bibliothèques françaises semblent s'adresser à un autre prestataire (je n'ai pas bien écouté...) Je vais suggérer l'achat de Station Eleven parce que ce que j'aime avec les bibliothèques c'est que j'ose aller vers des livres qui ne me correspondent pas trop a priori (je n'aurais jamais lu Neil Gaiman si j'avais dû acheter un de ses livres) puisque cela ne me coûte rien. Mais ma bibliothèque n'est pas très rapide (The Luminaries a mis presque un an à être disponible !) et a deux précédents livres de l'auteur en français, ce qui n'est pas bon signe. Mais je te remercie pour l'astuce Over Drive. Je continuerai à me renseigner pour voir l'évolution.

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : A Month of Faves: Fave New-to-Me Author Discoveries

Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:56:38 +0000

Caro, please, be a good person: don't play with my feelings or I'm going to have problems with my bank ;p I've searched who was her French publisher and I'm desperate; this publisher tends to ruin books by awful translations so, if I want to read the Mandel's, I will be obliged to buy it (I doubt that the English books section of my library will purchase it).

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : A Month of Faves: Fave New-to-Me Author Discoveries

Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:04:28 +0000

I've read none of this authors but I keep hearing of Emily St John Mandel last novel. I'm not into post-apocaliptic worlds etc. but I'm beginning to be curious of that book!

A Touch of Book Madness : A Month of Bookish Faves Introduction

Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:08:04 +0000

I live in France and books in English are very expensive too (and I'm broke). I order them at The Book Depository: of course I can't purchase all what I'd like to read but it's a way to get them at a correct price. I can also have some books at the Library but, here too, they are not enough and the books I want and the books available are barely the same ones. It's the reason why I do not read in English as much as I'd like to. For the classics, I download the free ones on my laptop thanks to Feedbooks but, like I said, I'm not a big fan of reading on a screen. My recent post A Month of Favorites: Fave New-to-Me Author Discoveries

A Touch of Book Madness : A Month of Bookish Faves Introduction

Sat, 6 Dec 2014 21:42:37 +0000

Thanks to several posts 'Picking Favorites' I've come back to your introduction and I'm all about: 'omg there's a pie, and also a graph!' (I'm fond of all this statistics stuff) I hadn't read your post the first time because I'm as blind as a bat even with my contact lenses and it's worse when I read on screen (I prefer physical books so that's not an issue). But I agree with the others: your post is really original!

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : December, A Month of Favorites!: Introduction Post

Mon, 1 Dec 2014 18:20:06 +0000

I have a lot of books on my shelves too! Each time I move, my TBR pile alone becomes a boxes' pile and I've got more and more problems to find people willing to help me carrying all these heavy boxes :D

http://greenmushroom1up.blogspot.ca/ : December, A Month of Favorites!: Introduction Post

Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:20:17 +0000

If only I had the wisdom to read my own books instead of library books I wouldn't have a terrifying TBR pile! I do not calculate statistics for this point but I do not need to... Reading your stats I'm ashamed (and I know I won't change anyway :D) Like you, if I've read some authors several times this year, that doesn't mean they are my favorites. Sometimes, it's just accidental.