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To finish the year in style (yes, really!), I give you, dear readers, among other things, some of my recent readings.

First of all, I loved Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada . This monument of German literature chronicles the daily life in Berlin during the Second World War. Of course, it ends badly, it expects the outset: indeed, how could they hope resistant escape this time? That said, the end, rustic, still leaves a slight hope. I suggest you read at all: the novel is long, but exciting and it reads quickly because we want to know what happens to the characters created by Hans Fallada. 9 / 10

By cons, Cinq Mars by Alfred de Vigny deserves, in my opinion, just a 6 / 10. Severity when you hold us? Nay! But this first novel of the Romantic movement is not yet up to the future Hugo and Dumas, nor by the depth of the characters or by the springs of action: we do not understand why Cinq-Mars, if honored by King and Cardinal, will suddenly hatching a conspiracy against the same Cardinal certainly aging and ailing but still powerful.

last reading date, not yet complete: the biography of Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, by Emmanuel Waresquiel. Monumental work, if any, 650 pages read quickly enough anyway. The author shows the full extent of his scholarship, thanks in part to a series of unpublished documents. I still have not finished my reading, so I will not go beyond 8 / 10 for now.

Turning to the TV ... I watched this Friday My beloved bloopers at RTBF ... It was obviously a succession of falls, slips, crazy laughter, very comical blunders, it is true. Also a great moment: the imitation of Michel Daerden by Guy Lemaire. But the pathos came in person: that is the solemn entry of the Minister himself, still drunk with happiness (!!!). At the risk of repeating myself, it was pathetic. To see the head of Jean-Pierre Hautier after the answer is incomprehensible that the Miniss' had given him ... And then I send a message to my fellow citizens out of pity, stop voting for this disaster street ... who would rather need an ambulance ...

Also seen on TV last night: One Swallow Brought Spring , with Michel Serrault in top form in the role of an old Farmer of the Cevennes, a little misanthropic but ultimately endearing too. The end of the film is open to invent. 8 / 10

Finally, a movie night with Eragon me back in the same universe as Narnia and Lord of the Rings : Good against Evil, monstrous creatures, the evil magician, and of course the many hardships that the young hero must cross before defeat evil. So a rehash of everything we have already seen elsewhere, with the addition of a beautiful strap (for the uninitiated, it is a female dragon), and with all cast absolutely impressive: Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Robert Carlyle, Garrett Hedlund, who had been seen in the role of Patroclus (Troy ). So I assigned a 7.5 / 10.

Good reading and good vision at all! ...