Tag Archives: speculative

Harry Potter et le Prisonnier d’Azkaban, by JK Rowling

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Thistle

The adventures continue with the third installment of Harry Potter, once again in French. And the adventures have gotten so much better for me in many ways! After Chambre, I was pretty discouraged. It was a horrible translation and I … Continue reading →

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The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Thistle

The Inferno is the first in a trio of epic poems where Dante is led through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Virgil, the classical Roman poet, leads him through Hell, where Dante sees all the different ways that sinners are punished … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets, by JK Rowling

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Thistle

The adventures continue for Harry and the gang, en français. Sigh. This was actually a pretty discouraging read, for two reasons. The first has to do with myself, the second with the translation. Reading this book, I realized something about … Continue reading →

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Orlando, by Virginia Woolf (audio)

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Thistle

I don’t even begin to know how to describe Orlando. On the surface, I suppose I could say this is about a person, Orlando, who lives for hundreds of years, from the 1500s to the early 1900s. Orlando begins life’s … Continue reading →

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Delirium, by Lauren Oliver

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Thistle

The world has changed. Love has been identified as a disease, and everyone receives the cure for it around their eighteenth birthday. Lena is nearly eighteen and very excited that she will finally be safe, until she meets Alex and … Continue reading →

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Readathon: No Exit, by Jean-Paul Sartre

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Thistle

In this play, three people who have died and gone to Hell are placed together in a single room with no way out. They don’t know why they’ve been placed there, or why they’ve been put together. They slowly come … Continue reading →

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The Fourth Bear, by Jasper Fforde (audio)

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Thistle

The Fourth Bear is the second title in the Nursery Crime series by Jasper Fforde, following The Big Over Easy. Jack Spratt and Mary Mary of the Nursery Crime Division of Reading’s police department are back for another mystery, this … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter à l’École des Sorciers, by JK Rowling

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Thistle

This is the first book I’ve read in French since late summer 2001. It’s been a really long time since I did anything with my French at all, and I knew it was just about time to try to see … Continue reading →

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Protected: The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman (audio)

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Thistle

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Troll: A Love Story, by Johanna Sinisalo

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Thistle

Mikael (aka Angel) has just broken up with his boyfriend to date a new guy, but the new guy, conflicted about his sexuality, rejects him the night they go out. Mikael returns home, drunk and dejected, to find a baby … Continue reading →

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