Friday, March 4, 2011

Brother Love Shotacon

Play, play house without stopping




prodigy pianist, Janna has obtained a scholarship to study at the Moscow Conservatory when Hitler's troops swept into Ukraine. Like all Jews of Kharkov, Janna and her family are led to Drobitski Yar, to be executed en masse. Janna but manages to escape the procession. Frina with her little sister, found by a miracle, she will do anything to survive. Even if they have to play in front of German officers. And follow in Berlin, just weeks before the final assault ...

Without necessarily be the story of the century, one that you and you nailed knocks as I could read sometimes, it is nevertheless a tribute of a son to his mother, pianist prodigy, a survivor of Nazi horrors in Ukraine, but especially small woman came out of early childhood, and viscerally attached to life.

I let myself walk with Janna and her little sister alone in the midst of chaos with it the mantle of his father who pushing her only legacy left for this phrase that will guide all his life "Do as you like, but respect. Go! "Janna will constantly live in spite of everything, and living his art even if we play to please the German. The piano is his life, life. This is a hidden partition on it that Chopin through Europe, where his destiny awaits him and offer him the greatest gift.

We could blame this story to be too good, but it is true. So I do not sulk my pleasure, for a moving book that I read music rocked, and passed a pleasant hour.

Greg Dawson-Literature-259 pages otherwise

The weight of a hidden past had never ceased to haunt Greg Dawson. When Janna, his mother, eventually to reveal his truth, he drew this thrilling odyssey of two children through the Nazi hell.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Blueprints For A Catapult

"A great massacre": the historical novel upscale


Camille Bouchard is a friend. But this is not because he is a friend that I talk about her book. That's because his novel blew me away. Blown away in the same direction as thrown to the ground. Surprised. Amazed. Amazed. I spoke recently to Divine Temptations, Radio-Canada. After completing

A massacre beautiful, no other play does made me feel. And the hero of this book, Como Mulot, squatting in my head. I wanted to know what became of this young man, after the novel ...

When a character we have in mind in this way, when you do not want to read another book because they want to stay a little longer in the author's world, we know that read a good book. You know you read a book you will not forget and we will want to read to his friends, neighbors, cousins, etc..

Roman history between 1562 and 1565, a massacre beautiful describes three attempts at colonization of Florida by the French. In this true story, real characters rub shoulders with fictional characters. Presenting both the history with large H and a lot of stories with the small H, this book is full of various adventures: disasters at sea, shipwrecks, massacres, etc..

In this large colorful mural, Camille Bouchard offers a fascinating account of the time, customs and costumes. With tons of bonus details. If it feels good to be there. To achieve this level of detail, Camille had to spend hundreds of hours in the archives to gather information.

At the heart of the story lies Como Mulot, a young man who was first a sailor, then assistant to the painter picture book of the colony. Respects Aboriginal Como hate the way his countrymen despise and exploit "natural." Como focuses on a young Floridian, Myanna, which entitles us to a beautiful love story, described with great intensity and a sublime delicacy.

The originality of this novel: the language. Camille Bouchard made the bold decision to write in the way of Old French, with verb tenses, vocabulary and expressions of the time. At first, it is a little destabilized, but the pictures are so cool, of such originality, that we can being seduced.

The first 60 pages of the novel requires some effort from the player, because in addition to the unusual style, the author portrays the historical context and presents all the characters. But beware, once hooked, it no longer wants to Lift the handset. At the risk of spending a sleepless night ...

he is all a gift, what Camille Bouchard, to give rhythm to his narrative falls punchées chapters, full-bodied plot, alternating humor and drama . Add to that strong characters, and the emotion in a good amount and you have an epic exciting. This historical novel high range should be part of the essential books of the year.

A massacre beautiful, Camille Bouchard, Hurtubise HMH, 464 pages.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Temporary Transport Rabbit Cages

Fun coverage to another!


It was a fabulous, tremendous, a fantastic Bookfair . Both the quantity and quality. More authors, more visitors, more animations, more action. There has been a pleasure to cover the other! I come away

enchanted, delighted, satisfied, but ... breathless. Dead batteries. Provided it's nice to meet readers as it's nice to be in the silence of his office, before the calm of the screen.

Show Trivia:

Mistaken identity

A teenage girl comes to my stand running, excited and asked me exalted voice: "Are you Harry Potter?" He has had to I disappoint ...

Yes, it's me ...
A mother is coming to my stand, I am dedicating three bookmarks for her daughter, then wonder, as afterthought: Are you Andree Poulin?

Benefits of being Zen
impromptu conversation with an author I admire . I told her about my concerns about the electronic book, the bestseller that fall, changes in our common publisher, etc.. And answer me this author it remains a little detached from all these upheavals of the publishing community by focusing on writing. Briefly, I had a great lightning on profits to be Zen. You want to be writer? Therefore focuses your attention and your energies on writing stories.

The joys of proofreading
A little girl (about 10 years) present at the stand of America Quebec, with a copy of Where are the zippopos , she just bought. She told me very proud:
- I read it thrice.
- You will not want to buy another? I suggested to him, thinking to
- No, that's the one I want, "she replied without a second's hesitation.
She is right. You can find great joy in rereading a book you loved.