Book: Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize by Sean B. Carroll Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Crown Publishers Publication date: 2013 Pages: 581 Source: Accepted an offered copy from the … Continue reading →
I had to turn The Perfume Collector into the library last week so I included it in a group post: 5 Quick Book Reviews. But I wanted to make sure that the Dreaming of France and Books on France folks know about this … Continue reading →
Book: Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth Wein Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Hyperion Publication date: 2013 Pages: 360 Source: Library Summary: Rose is a female pilot in World War II working in England with the Air Transport Auxiliary. Most of the … Continue reading →
Book: French Milk by Lucy Knisley Genre: Graphic Memoir Publisher: Touchstone Publication date: 2007 Pages: 193 Source: Purchased Summary: French Milk is an earlier black-and-white memoir by the author of this year’s Relish, a graphic memoir in color about the author’s … Continue reading →
Did you know there is an American Library in Paris? It’s described as “a living, thriving link to the literary love affair that many Americans have had with the French capital.” You can learn about this lovely library and its … Continue reading →
Book: Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King Genre: True Crime Publisher: Broadway Paperbacks Publication date: 2011 Pages: 416 Source: Purchased Summary: On a late winter day, about three months before the D-Day … Continue reading →
On our last day in France we took the Hop-On Hop-Off bus so that we could get around to some of the places we hadn’t seen earlier. The Eiffel Tower: Sainte-Chapelle, which was undergoing renovations so several of the windows … Continue reading →
I posted about our first day on our own in Paris on Saturday, The Avenue des Champs-Élysées. Our second day was devoted to art. We started at the Musée d’Orsay where I loved seeing original Toulouse-Lautrec pieces for the first time. Rick enjoyed … Continue reading →
Book: Zarafa: A Giraffe’s True Story from Deep in Africa to the Heart of Paris by Michael Allin Genre: History Publisher: Walker and Company Publication date: 1998 Pages: 215 Source: Library Summary: Zarafa tells the story of the first giraffe in … Continue reading →
In my recap of our France trip, we have finally reached Paris! Here was the view out of our hotel window on our first rainy night. The next morning, I got a picture from outside looking at the hotel. We … Continue reading →