🌺 Paris and gardens are two of my favorites subjects, so of course I was delighted to win this book from #ParisinJuly2025 - thanks Emma! Th...

Paris in July 2025 #ParisinJuly2025 (Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr) Click on the logo to access all the links Our #ParisinJuly2025 event is over! It was a great success, …

Sometimes it’s good to be late with billets. For weeks, I’ve been meaning to write this one about three plays I’ve seen. And I’m so late that it’s now Paris In July month! So this billet will be an…

The Princess of Montpensier by Madame de La Fayette (1662) French title: La Princesse de Montpensier Ourika by Madame de Duras. (1823) French title: Ourika. The Princess de Montpensier by Madame de…

My final read of the month is also my final read for the Paris in July event, which I’ve really enjoyed, and many thanks go to Words and Peace for hosting it – I know how much it takes …

The topic for my third #TTT for 2025 is actually from last week, but I wanted to do this before #ParisinJuly2025 ends: Books set in/take place during X! According to Jana's website: "Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together.

My final read of the month is also my final read for the Paris in July event, which I’ve really enjoyed, and many thanks go to Words and Peace for hosting it – I know how much it takes …

My final read of the month is also my final read for the Paris in July event, which I’ve really enjoyed, and many thanks go to Words and Peace for hosting it – I know how much it takes …

The Paris in July reading event is great fun, but it’s been really difficult to pick and choose from the many possible reads I have lurking on the stacks when trying to decide my next read. S…

The Paris in July reading event is great fun, but it’s been really difficult to pick and choose from the many possible reads I have lurking on the stacks when trying to decide my next read. S…

The Paris in July reading event is great fun, but it’s been really difficult to pick and choose from the many possible reads I have lurking on the stacks when trying to decide my next read. S…

Translated by Humphrey Hare I always seem to forget about Paris in July, but this year I remembered in time and decided it would be the perfect opportunity to get back to Maurice Druon’s Accursed K…

Every Thursday it’s #TranslationThursday as founded by Stu (I’m never quite sure if I get that tag right), and this and last week, I posted reviews at Shiny New Books of translated fict…

Paris in July 2025 #ParisinJuly2025 (Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Tumblr) During this month, our goal is to embrace and honor our French encounters by immersing ourselves in va…

My Interest This is another book found while looking for an audio book on the library’s e-audio app. It jogged my memory of Paris in July! I always enjoy a good Ex-Pat-trying-to-be-local memo…

When I shared my pile of possible reads for Paris in July, at the end of June, you might have noticed a particularly chunky book near the bottom; this was the third volume of Marcel Proust’s …

When I shared my pile of possible reads for Paris in July, at the end of June, you might have noticed a particularly chunky book near the bottom; this was the third volume of Marcel Proust’s …

When I shared my pile of possible reads for Paris in July, at the end of June, you might have noticed a particularly chunky book near the bottom; this was the third volume of Marcel Proust’s …

Sometimes it’s good to be late with billets. For weeks, I’ve been meaning to write this one about three plays I’ve seen. And I’m so late that it’s now Paris In July month! So this billet will be an…

Sometimes it’s good to be late with billets. For weeks, I’ve been meaning to write this one about three plays I’ve seen. And I’m so late that it’s now Paris In July month! So this billet will be an…

My second book for the Paris In July reading event is a title which I picked up relatively recently; and of course, I just can’t remember where I stumbled across mention of it… 😬 The bo…

My second book for the Paris In July reading event is a title which I picked up relatively recently; and of course, I just can’t remember where I stumbled across mention of it… 😬 The bo…

My second book for the Paris In July reading event is a title which I picked up relatively recently; and of course, I just can’t remember where I stumbled across mention of it… 😬 The bo…

Book Review for “The Portrait” by Antoine Laurain (Translated by Jane Aitken and Emily Boyce). Summary: "Pierre-François Chaumont has promised his wife that he won't spend another centime at the auction house. His collecting habit is out of hand and she refuses to let another antique through the door. With his marriage at stake, he fully intends to keep his word - until he sees an eighteenth-century portrait that looks exactly like him.

Nobody Sits Like the French: Exploring Paris Through Its World Expos by Chrles Pappas Nonfiction / Travel guide / History 240 pages Published April 2025 in the UK Luster Publishing August 12, 2025 …