Pendant que @carofromwoodland mettait les bouchées doubles pour finir les illustrations de notre projet d'automne, le roman jeunesse illustré "Verveine et l'équinoxe d'automne", je continuais vaillamment mes relectures du manuscrit... Je relis toujours beaucoup mes textes. Que dis-je beaucoup... énormément ! À la folie ! Quand un lecteur jette les yeux sur une des phrases …
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Verveine, jeune sorcière de onze ans, vit heureuse au Bois Bruissant, auprès de ses parents et de son familier, un hérisson nommé Gédéon. Son seul regret, plus douloureux à mesure que passent les saisons, est de devoir renoncer aux Rencontres Surnaturelles où sorcières et sorciers, garous, devins et devineresses, se retrouvent plusieurs fois l'an. Mais …
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I was absolutely delighted by this book, since the very beginning until the last page, and have already pre ordered the paper book. I'll be very happy to read the sequel, and will certainly re read this one first. Curiously it's often easier to explain why some read didn't agree with me than explain about …
Lire la suite de The Resurrectionist of Caligo – Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga
Un petit livre adorable, mais une certaine déception... J'adore lire des livres pour tous petits, certains sont même des coups de coeur pour l'adulte que je suis. Adorant l'autrice, Marie-Aude Murail, j'étais sûre d'apprécier cette petite histoire, aux ravissants dessins qui me rappelent ceux de Sempé, et en effet j'ai bien aimé. L'histoire s'amuse à …
~HUNTED ~ As soon as I saw this book I was seduced by the theme (a fairy tale retelling, so exciting!) and by the extraordinary beautiful cover. By some cosmic and rather unusual chance, I wasn't disappointed in the end but wildly enthusiastic! The strong points are speaking for themselves: A classical narration, rather literary …
This book was rather a deception for me. I love urban fantasy, I love cosy mysteries and I love cats, but I still wasn't charmed by this story. On the bright side I read the book rather easily, the sign that many readers may like it more then I did. The main characteristic of the book is …
Lire la suite de Pawsitively Poisonous – Melissa Erin Jackson
3,5 stars / 5 This book was pleasant to read, rather serious in its themes but never boring. The context was easy to grasp, a near futur, semi post-apocalyptic, semi dystopic. I just frequently wondered why the author had decided to set his story in such a near future, as such scientifically advanced technologies could …
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I've first learned about this book by the author's site or, more exactly, Carol Berg's site - Cate Glass being a new pseudonym of Carol Berg. I was immediately intrigued: I've read nearly all Carol Berg's books and loved them for most parts (the characters for a start, so loveable!) but have also been sometimes …
"Stars are legion" is a fascinating story, quite easy to read after the very beginning, which could appear mysterious and fuzzy to the unprepared... A slight effort is necessary and then none: one of the strong points of this book is that the main character, Zan, suffers from chronic memory loss. So, in a way, …
After a good beginning this book was a deception. I couldn't even finish it properly and skimmed throught the last twenty per cent. I really liked the premises, liked the ideas, liked what the characters were about to be. But the more and more I read, the more baffled I was. The story, if …
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