Stéphanie Klebetsanis » Books http://stephanieklebetsanis.com Not all who wander are aimless Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:52:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Holidays Reading http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/books-writing-and-reading/holidays-reading/ http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/books-writing-and-reading/holidays-reading/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:59:43 +0000 Stéphanie Klebetsanis http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/?p=873 trading up

I love reading long books during the holidays. This year, as I needed to read something nice and easy, I chose Candace Bushnell’s Trading Up.

In this book, we follow Janey Wilcox, a lingerie model who gets eaten alive by New York’s most glamorous sharks. I can’t help being a little shocked by how shallow and mean most characters are, but I’m having fun nonetheless. Besides, there’s nothing more pleasant than a 548 pages (or more) book…

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Je vous le conseille.

]]> http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/un-secret/feed/ 1 Cormac came to me http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/cormac-came-to-me/ http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/cormac-came-to-me/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:04:01 +0000 Stéphanie Klebetsanis http://inksoulandpaper.wordpress.com/?p=50 I often imagine that books pick readers, not the othe way around. I was at the bookstore the other day, and I saw The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, on the shelf in front of me. Just like that, it caught my eye. So I brought it home and started reading it. I’m not sure a story about the apocalypse is what I need now, but I’ll finish it anyway.

]]> http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/cormac-came-to-me/feed/ 0 The path to Cormac McCarthy http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/the-path-to-cormac-mccarthy/ http://stephanieklebetsanis.com/writing-and-reading/the-path-to-cormac-mccarthy/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 09:56:25 +0000 Stéphanie Klebetsanis http://inksoulandpaper.wordpress.com/?p=41 I often discover new authors through friends, but also through celebrities. One of my favorite books, The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles, has been “given” to me by the late Brandon Lee.

Now it’s time for Tim Roth and his wife to make me read Cormac McCarthy. They named their kids after their two favorite authors. I can’t remember the name of the second one, but I’ll make sure to read him as well soon.

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What I understood reading “Keith me” is that a story doesn’t have to be linear or to have realistic details. It can be messy and still amazing. Of course, it depends on what your story is. But as far as mine is concerned, I doesn’t need to make that much sense. I always aimed for a complicated plot and thought I wasn’t experienced or smart enough to write. But I was so wrong!

Guess what I’ve been doing since I finished the book? :)

Thank you so much, C.

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Maybe it’s the title, or the painting on the cover, or the fact that my mom gave it to me when she finished reading it while she was visiting me in Montreal, I don’t know, but I’m attracted to that book. Everytime I take a look at the content of my shelf, I only see this one. And it’s not even such a great story…

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