Yet another super busy month, so no big personal update this month either. Things will settle down in June, I just have to keep it together until then!
I’ve updated my Resources page, adding a few links: a file converter, a watermarking tool for batches of images, and a tool that generates an RSS feed of new book releases by authors you like.
What I’ve read / Texte
📚 Books / Livres
In English
- Fiction
- A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping, by Sangu Mandanna. Soft and sweet and funny and cute.
- Still Life, by Louise Penny, book 1 of the Armand Ganache de la Sureté du Québec series. I read tome 15 last year (I think?) and really liked it, then I read this one without realizing it was the very first one. It was wonderful and I am tempted to read them all now.
- Buckeye, by Patrick Ryan, is a massive story of broken families. Yay!
- A/S/L, by Jeanne Thornton, is a trans masterpiece where I disliked everyone in the best possible way.
En français
- Fiction
- Malentendues, d’Azza Filali, est mon livre tunisien des défis MyReadingChallenge54 et Around the World. C’était super !
- L’étendard sanglant est levé, de Benjamin Dierstein : le tome 2 de la fresque des années 1970-80 par le cousin crado de Ken Follett
- Matin brun de Franck Pavloff, 10 pages et une ambiance bien posée dès le départ dans cette parabole antifasciste très accessible.
📰 Web links / Liens web
In English
- A compelling title that is cryptic enough to get you to take action on it, by Eric Bailey. Hehehe.
- Post the Bills: photos of messages on lampposts.
- Doing your own research sucks sometimes, by Tracy Durnell. I strongly support the idea that a curated library is often better for a beginner than a web search / doing your own research. I treat wikipedia as a curated library, but sometimes I’d also like to create my own.
- Also by Tracy, Imagining better work: creating a niche for myself is really inspiring me as I start thinking of where I want my career to go.
- Mike Monteiro tells us How to do the work.
- Mehmoud Salem explains: how do you find an illegal image without looking at it, an essay on child sexual abuse material detection.
- On LitHub, Rosa Campbell explains how we’re all wrong about men and feminism.
- Molly Templeton published an essay on The art of buying books for other people.
En français
- Ferme municipale, cantine 100% bio… à Mouans-Sartoux, une politique alimentaire exemplaire qui inspire au-delà des frontières, chez Vert, parce qu’on a toutes et tous mérité quelques bonnes nouvelles.
- Friction, c’est fini, et c’est triste.
- The Conversation chie sur Michael et en profite pour faire une passionnante histoire du biopic musical
- Sur Le Monde :
Et enfin, cette petite BD de Grise Bouille.
What I’ve watched / Vidéo
🎞 Movies / Films
Vu Les 2 Alfred, c’est pas un chef-d’œuvre mais c’est extrêmement débile, j’ai eu des bons éclats de rire, c’est pas très problématique et c’est, contre toute attente, plus drôle que la comédie hollywoodienne sur le même sujet (The Internship). Plutôt sympa, à regarder d’un œil pour passer une bonne soirée tranquille.
📷 Online video / Vidéos en ligne
The Practical Magic 2 trailer reminded me of: Sandra Bullock’s smile. I don’t plan on watching the movie, haven’t seen the first one either, I just… Sandra Bullock’s smile.
Anyway.
What I’ve listened to / Audio
I finished The Magnus Archives and it was really great!
🎤 Podcasts
I only include links if the podcast has bothered to have a website. All episodes are available for free on your favourite podcast app / web reader. 🔏 are Patreon episodes: send me a message and I’ll send you the file.
I haven’t listened to nearly as many podcasts as usual this month due to my therapist making me work on doing one thing at once, which is my personal nightmare but also feel great, I guess?
In English
- On You‘re wrong about, Desperation pie with Sarah Archer.
- On Srsly Wrong, Sneakiness.
- 🔏 On NotAPodcast, the 420 special episode on Weed in Westeros. It’s very fun, although I am outraged that they didn’t mention that Renly would absolutely smoke weed (and be obnoxious about it).
🎹 Music
Borrowed the Safe and sound album by Awa Ly at the library, on the Recommended shelf. Good taste from the librarians.
What I’ve played / Jeux
I’ve played a lot of Stardew Valley, again. Oops!
Where I’ve been / Lieux
M. et moi nous sommes offert un long week-end à Bordeaux. C’était fantastique et je ferai probablement un article séparé dessus.
On a aussi vu une finale de hockey (perdue face à Bordeaux) et le super match France-Italie lors du tournoi féminin des Six Nations à Grenoble, c’était vraiment super !!
À Grenoble, j’ai passé une délicieuse matinée au Café cannelle, café cozy et confort du centre-ville où tout est vegan, y compris un très bon roulé à la cannelle. Retrouvez-le avec mes autres adresses sur ma carte.