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With little actions you get things done. And feel better. We’ve been on a political rollercoaster since January. I’d rather keep this blog apolitical and this billet will be an exception to the rule. Blame my Mafalda tendencies if you wish. It’s time to wake up and stop staying put and keeping our…

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Can I be happy that Tesla sales dropped by 63% in France in January? Hurt their wallet is my motto.

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New billet: End times. Elite, counter-elites and the path of political desintegration by Peter Turchin. - Fascinating bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/02/23/e...

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Two Visits to Spa Resorts: Tove Jansson and Olga Tokarczuk findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/t...

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Book review: Leaves of Grass wordsandpeace.com/2025/02/22/b...

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Poor Folk (1846, English 1894), by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by C J Hogarth anzlitlovers.com/2025/02/22/p...

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Who's at #GraniteNoir? Don't miss the Lost in Translation panel with @graskeggur.bsky.social Teresa Solana and and Ørjan Karlsson, bound to be very amusing and frank! www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/gra...

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New billet: The Vatard Sisters by Joris-Karl Huysmans : the prospects of two young working-class girls. bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/02/21/t...

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@causticcovercritic.bsky.social Look at this ludicrous cover of The Vatard Sisters. Wrong time, wrong social class. They did not read the book or even its Wikipedia page. Lazy. I can't imagine the surprise of the readers who expect an Elizabeth Bennett and find Céline instead.

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The first in a tense thriller trilogy set in Reykjavik by one of Iceland's best-known playwrights and scriptwriters Out in June, available to pre-order now #Broken #CapitalCrime www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DVZFZ6Y7/

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New billet : Mafalda, a BD and a graphic novel bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/02/16/m...

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Café théâtre tonight!

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Another billet about Ubu. bookaroundthecorner.com/2012/02/18/c...

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Old billet relevant at the moment, especially for US readers. Ubu King by Alfred Jarry. bookaroundthecorner.com/2012/02/11/m...

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@lecanardenchaine.fr bien vu.

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N3w billet: The English Teacher by R.K. Narayan - Sad, beautiful and very modern. bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/02/11/t...

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New billet: Lake Nowhere by Pete Fromm - family dynamics and canoeing in Canada #ReadIndies bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/02/09/l... Challenge Un an avec Gallmeister. Mois de janvier: Dans la forêt.

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Winding Up the Week #411 bookjotter.com/2025/02/08/w...

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#ReadIndies: Some Corylus Books Recommendations findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/02/05/r... I have read two of the books Marina Sofia recommends : Sword and Litlle Rebel and both are incredible. Readers of of crime fiction: check out books published by Corylus Books.

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The top ten New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024 wordsandpeace.com/2025/01/28/t...

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#TopTenTuesday: New-to-Me Authors in 2024 findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/t...

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Check out Simon's review of Angle of Repose. tredynasdays.co.uk/2025/01/wall...

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Wanna do something French today? Eat crêpes! It's la Chandeleur, aka Crêpes Day. :-)

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New billet: As I Lay, Dying by William Faulkner - sordid bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/02/02/a...

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New apron! In the BD, Mafalda dresses up as the Statue of Liberty & says she's Liberty Enlightening the world. After checking out the light-bulb she's holding, she adds wryly, "with a bulb of 15W." 15W. That's the power of the liberty light the US shed on the world these days. Timeless Mafalda

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Brief Meditation on 13 Years of Blogging findingtimetowrite.wordpress.com/2025/01/22/b...

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Rather late, but here it is. My best of 2024 reading roundup: pechorinsjournal.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/b...

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New billet: Third Crime Is the Charm #11 : Women stories in Utah, in France, Britain and Sweden. bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/01/25/t...

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This book is amazing.

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Today's reading spot

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New billet Clean State #8: two abandoned books, a Christmas tale, New Year's texts and a classic. bookaroundthecorner.com/2025/01/18/c...

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