I Read Many Things

Tag: books

  • L’Affaire Alaska Sanders, par Joël Dicker

    Il s’agit du troisième ouvrage de Joël Dicker mettant en vedette l’écrivain Marcus Goldman, après La Vérité sur l’Affaire Harry Québert et Le Livre des Baltimore. J’ai eu l’opportunité de lire ceux-ci dans les dernières années, mais pas les autres livres de l’auteur. Ceux qui ont apprécié Harry Québert ne seront pas déçus. L’Affaire Alaska…

  • Think Again : The Power of Knowing What We Don’t Know, by Adam Grant

    “Knowing what you don’t know.” Those few words were all I needed to want to read this book. As someone who absolutely LOVES to learn about anything and everything, I’ve always been fascinated by the process of learning, how knowledge can evolve, the value of questioning and doubting. In other words, I am the perfect…

  • Troy, by Stephen Fry

    The legendary story of Troy, from the gigantic wooden horse to the (almost) invincible Achilles, is a classic case of a well-known story that is actually not well-known at all. We can usually recall the main plot points fine. A young prince from the city of Troy – Paris – takes Menelaus’ wife, the beautiful…

  • Cosmos, by Carl Sagan

    By now you’ve figured out that I really enjoy the work of science communicators. The teacher in me appreciates how some experts manage to explain complex subjects in a clear and accessible vocabulary. For a lot of people, the term science communicator is synonymous with Carl Sagan, who delighted the generation before mine with the…

  • Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin

    On reading forums where I sometimes hang out, this novel by Gabrielle Zevin kept popping up for the past few months as a favourite among users. I was intrigued, so I jumped in completely blind. I didn’t even know what it was about, all I saw was the unusual title and the funky cover design.…

  • When the Body Says No : The Cost of Hidden Stress, by Gabor Maté

    The very first article I wrote here was about Gabor Maté’s “Scattered Minds”, a fantastic book about ADHD. It’s the book that pushed me to go on this little blog project that I had been entertaining for a few months beforehand. Naturally, any other book written by the same author would catch my eye. “When The…