Book Beginnings: The Hotel on Place Vendome by Tilar J. Mazzeo

Not only does Gilion host the European Reading Challenge and TBR 26 in 26 Challenge on her Rose City Reader blog but also Book Beginnings on Friday. While I’m no stranger to her European Reading Ch…

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Paris in July, III: Dundy, Maugham, Sarton Novels; Nonfiction by Durand & Carles, Gopnik

All in all, I’ve reviewed 13 books (a mix of fiction and nonfiction) for #ParisInJuly2026; see also Part I and Part II. It’s been such a fun escapist project for the summer – thanks to Emma of Word…

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Le Road Trip by Vivian Swift #BookReview #ParisInJuly

Book: Le Road Trip: A Traveler’s Journal of Love and France by Vivian Swift Genre: Illustrated journal Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication date: 2012 Source: Hardback book borrowed from the lib…

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The Conquest of Plassans by Émile Zola #20BOS26 #ParisInJuly2026 :

After reading Émile Zola’s experiment with fairy-tale romance in The Dream (Le Rêve)), it was a relief to turn to get back to what he does best: gritty social commentary. The Conquest of Plassans deli...

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Book Review: Second Best (2022) by David Foenkinos (trans. Megan Jones) #ParisinJuly2026

I received a review copy of this book from Pushkin Press via Edelweiss for which many thanks. The Boy Who Lived–in a sense the chosen one (by fate perhaps)–that is how the boy wizard we…

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The Conquest of Plassans by Émile Zola #20BOS26 #ParisInJuly2026

After reading Émile Zola's experiment with fairy-tale romance in The Dream (Le Rêve)), it was a relief to turn to get back to what he does best: gritty social commentary. The Conquest of Plassans delivers this in abundance with a story line of greed, political opportunism and the thirst for power among the inhabitants of a sleepy provincial town.

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The Gasp / Charge d’âme by Romain Gary. Not his best books. #20BOS26 #ParisInJuly2026

The Gasp by Romain Gary (1973) French title: Charge d’âme. (1977) As much as I love Romain Gary, The Gasp is not a good book. It’s sloppy, it would have needed a lot of rewriting and editing. It fe…

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Six in Six for 2026

I saw a Six in Six post by a page I follow and realised that it’s a meme hosted by a page I love, Words and Peace. The idea is to look back at the books you have read so far in the six months…

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: Summer at the French Bakery by Jo Thomas

July is coming to an end, and so to is Paris in July! I just had time to squeeze in one more read set in France, and only just enough time...

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Throwback Thursday: July 2016

#ThrowbackThursday Revisiting what I posted exactly 10 years ago(my blog was born on September 29, 2010)following the idea I found at The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog (click on this link…

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Postcards From the Lake: Paris in Watercolor

I'm back at the lake, having arrived on Thursday afternoon. Rick's on his way to South Carolina, via Pennsylvania and Maryland, then to visi...

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#Paris in July, 2026 - An Exhibition with Sophie Calle

Better late than never, so here another post about France for Paris in July, 2026, hosted by Emma @ Wordsanpeace. The reading has been slow but I have been to a couple of art exhibitions lately. This ...

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Women Writers in Translation – some book recommendations for #WITMonth

As many of you know, August is #WITMonth (Women in Translation), a celebration of books by women writers, initially written in languages other than English and then translated for English-speaking …

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The Little Paris Bookshop (2013) by Nina George #ParisinJuly2026 #20BOS26

"When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before." — Clifton Fadiman

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A Morning Walk, Paris

Statue of the Seine on the Pont du Carrousel with the Louvre in the background. One of my many favourite places in Paris. I must have shot that statue a dozen times. Sculptor: Louis Petitot. The Sp…

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Literary escapade : Frédéric Dard & the village of Saint-Chef, France. #ParisInJuly2026

I thought I’d take you to another literary escapade in France, in the village of Saint-Chef in the Isère department. This is where Frédéric Dard (1921-2000) , aka San Antonio spent part of his chil…

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The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain #ParisinJuly2026

I received a review copy of this book from Pushkin Press via Edelweiss for which my thanks. Imagine chancing upon a lucky charm, an object, the finding of which changes your life, immediately and f…

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Top Ten Tuesday - Historical Fiction Set in France - the WWII Edition.

Welcome to this week's edition of Top Ten Tuesday which is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl .  This week the theme is Books I HAD to Have ...

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Review: The Lovliest Chocolate Shop in Paris: A Novel in Recipes by Jenny Colgan #ParisinJuly2026

Thank you again to blogger Words and Peace for again hosting the wonderful summer bookish event, #ParisinJuly2026. My Interest I forgot all about #ParisinJuly2026! I admit it! I did! So out of…

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Crêpes by Suzette by Monica Wellington

Crêpes by Suzette, Monica Wellington, review

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