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| Un bijou de tendresse et d'humanité. Juste l'un des meilleurs romans jeunesse que j'ai lus de ma vie. Un coup de coeur instantané. | |
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| En 1846, à Manchester, Charlotte Brontë a passé plusieurs mois, seule, au chevet de son père. Sheila Kohler est partie de ce fait avéré, considéré par de nombreux de ses biographes comme une parenthèse mystérieuse dans l'existence de l'auteur, pour t...more | |
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| Coucous Bouzon est une BD drôle et terriblement grinçante sur le milieu de l'entreprise, en l'occurence une fabrique d'horloges à coucous. Les personnages, campés par des animaux, ont l'apparence de héros de bandes desssinées pour enfants, ce qui do...more | |
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| "La Page Blanche" est le fruit de la collaboration entre Boulet et Penelope Bagieu. C'est l'histoire d'une jeune femme qui devient amnésique tout à fait soudainement alors qu'elle est assise sur un banc. Elle n'aura de cesse de reconstruire son ident...more | |
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| Un récit enchanteur sur la nostalgie liée aux souvenirs d'enfance, à travers la description d'une maison de famille et servi par les délicieuses illustrations de Philippe Dumas. | |
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| Christmas Pudding met en scène un marivaudage, entre Bright Young Things et aristocrates pompeux, dans les années 30. Le récit a pour cadre Londres ainsi que la demeure de Compton Bobbin, à la campagne. On y suit les frasques et (més)aventures sentim...more | |
“It's no good pretending that any relationship has a future if your record collections disagree violently or if your favorite films wouldn't even speak to each other if they met at a party.”
― Nick Hornby
― Nick Hornby
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
― Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
“James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.”
― Julia Quinn, How to Marry a Marquis
Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.”
― Julia Quinn, How to Marry a Marquis
“All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.”
― Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree
― Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree
“I sat down and tried to write a story.
"Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight."
That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
"Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight."
That was the first sentence. The problem was that I just couldn't think of the next one. After cleaning my room three times, I decided to leave Ian alone for a while because I was starting to get mad at him.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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