Part of a new collection I stumble upon this collection present cities (american so far...) in a very short illustrated book for children. Well done, it presented the «main» attractions or things to see, not so sure how I would use it, maybe before planing a trip there, but it might a bit too simplist/minimalist for my personal liking. I would have add a bit more contents!

Another new collection by DK. This one is about emotion how to get the general idea of them and then there is a book for every single emotion (sad, happy, proud, etc.). Well done, again for very young children but this can help them recognize and then understand how and why they feel like the do. Well done!

What a start!! Very action packed/based manga but it does a great job developing very good and strong characters and a solid story as well. Based or inspired by the real and legendary Myamoto Mushashi, this manga is of course fictional but a bit historical as well, not educated enough on the historical basis to say how much is accurate or true, but it sure as some sort of historical element/basis to it. Anyway, it crazy, the art is awesome, and I'm really happy since I already bought all the 12 (3 in 1) volumes, so I felt better knowing I don't waste quite a good amount of money... Totally worth the investment. I'm going to read the nest one real soon and probably binge it all quite fast, maybe one volume a week of something like that! I highly recommend!!

Great story! More of a mystery manga, we're a bit more in the «present» in this one and less in the childhood part. Slower than what I usually read as manga but a very intriguing and thrilling story! I was a bit unsure with this series and just pick it because a lot of people I respect the opinion were saying it was really worth it, but they were right! Totally worth it!

Cartoon web comic style of art but with a deeper, way more engage, message, mostly social/political. I find the message important but too often the way it was presented was a bit of an easy shows and I just find that this particular media didn't serve the message to its full potential!

Good and very intriguing, not necessarily evolving fast in term of storyline in the last issues, but a very solid plot and universe. I like it a lot!

Wrong in so many ways! The presentation was a bit of an amateur work and would have needed a bit more love to be worth it. Second, the story is wrong, its attempt at explaining discipline and bad behavior consequence in school, putting a teddy bear as a characters instead of a kid and mostly forgive it all at the end because, there isn't bad people, just bad behavior, this is the moral at the end... Well of course I understand the second chance and not «marginalized» kids after one bad things, but the teddy bear really did a bunch of mess, and... Well it's just far away from my perspective/view of discipline and consequence for your action. Didn't like it at all!

3,5/5. Matthieu Simard signe ici un roman un peu plus différent que ces derniers. Le sujet des relations amoureuses est encore une fois abordé, mais moins en profondeur cette fois. Il y ajoute une touche de critique sociale, trop peu, et une bonne dose d’humour, un peu trop (à mon avis), ce qui rend le trame narrative «dramatique» moins dramatique, moins crédible, assourdi par cet humour, qui n’est pas du tout mauvais, mais humour et drame/émotions font rarement bon ménage pour moi. Il s’agit d’un roman plus léger, dans lequel l’auteur s’amuse avec le lecteur et lui parle. Le fond de fin du monde est intéressant, mais apporte bien peu. Plusieurs clins d’œil populaire, dont un à La route de Cormac McCarthy, sont également intéressants. Plusieurs petit éléments qui fonctionnent, mais le tout prend difficilement forme et m’a malheureusement, je dois l’avouer, laissé sur ma faim. Un bon livre, mais pas aussi prenant que ses deux précédents.

3,5/5. Well illustrated and a funny adventure, that was too light for my personal taste, but still entertaining and with rhythmic and rimes in the writing to make it perfect for reading out loud. Well done, even if not my style!

3,5/5. Un roman troublant, très atmosphérique et intriguant du début à la fin. Malheureusement, la fin ne clos pas le mystère, et je ne parle même pas d’une fin ouverte, cela ressemble presque à un travail bâclé, on en arrive à e demander est-ce que l’auteure savait comment assembler les pièces du puzzle une fois rendu à la fin ou si elle a tout simplement décidé de laisser cela ainsi. J’aime les fins ouvertes, mais une fin ouverte doit clore le sujet, fermé la boucle et puis finalement laissé, ou rouvrir une fente, une brèche, ici on ne referme rien, tout reste en plan et on quitte en laissant tout en place. On a des doutes bien sûr, mais il reste tout de même beaucoup de questions sans réponses et de coïncidences douteuses. C’est dommage, car le roman était excellent, une ambiance incroyable et un mystère, une mise en abimes aux limites de la folie fort bien réalisée, et jusqu’à la fin j’y est cru. J’ai cru Andrée A. Michaud allait nous sortir un truc et frappé le grand coup, mais cela n’arrive jamais. 5/5 pour la majorité du roman, un faible 2/5 pour la fin, j’essaie de donner une note raisonnable, mais très difficile de bien partager le tout considérant l’inégalité de l’œuvre…