EuropaCollective

Mona's Eyes | Thomas Schlesser

Once upon a time I went to Paris on my honeymoon and went to the Louvre & Orsay, then 3 years later we went again on a self funded leave from school with a 2 yr old and then again in 2015 with a 16 yr old and an almost 13yr old. This time we made it to Beaubourg. This book is a reward for all my painting. I think I might do a chapter a day with it if anyone wants to join. My painting isn‘t done yet - maybe September 1 start? #europaeditions

TheBookHippie Wait -it‘s not out yet? Looks really good. 2d

mcctrish It releases Monday and some how it shipped early 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2d

kspenmoll If I can get it, would love to join in a buddy read. 2d

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mcctrish @kspenmoll keep me posted, we can push the date out easy peasy 2d

kspenmoll @mcctrish I ordered it as a going back to work present. Haha as if I need a reason…! Should come soon. (edited) 2d

mcctrish @kspenmoll you absolutely deserve a treat for going back to work 2d

Tamra I‘m happy to join! I‘m still hoping #EuropaCollective will revive. @tpixie (edited) 1d

Tamra I just ordered it. 👏🏾 1d

Tamra @kspenmoll we all need back to work treats! 1d

mcctrish @Tamra woo Hoo 1d

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tpixie

Mona's Eyes | Thomas Schlesser

Yay! I won a copy of #EuropaEditions Mona‘s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser!! There are fold out pages of the artwork mentioned in the book. I can‘t wait until it arrives!!
#EuropaCollective

squirrelbrain Amazing! ❤️ 3w

tpixie @Tamra @BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot Woot!!! 🥳🥳🥳 3w

tpixie @squirrelbrain yes! I‘m so excited!! 3w

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Tamra Envious!! 3w

Chrissyreadit Congratulations!!! 3w

Lesliereadsalot Hurrah for you! 🎉🎁🥳 3w

tpixie @Tamra @Chrissyreadit @lesliereadsalot I can‘t believe it! 3w

SilversReviews Love the cover. 2w

tpixie @SilversReviews yes! It‘s a great cover! 2w

SilversReviews @tpixie 😃 2w

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest Berest

Illustration of the robbery of Société Générale Bank in Chantilly on 25 March 1912

Picking this book up again. Sad this #EuropaEditions isn‘t as good as I hoped

Interesting trivia about the world‘s 1st motorized bank robberies - by the Bonnet Gang

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnot_Gang

#EuropaCollective

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 10: Hot Eyes by Francis Picabia

🤣 Will I ever finish this book??
We finally meet Marcel Duchamp
The Love Triangle begins 🔺🔺🔺
#EuropaEditions #EuropaCollective

franciscopoppie Hi Tpixie
I don‘t usually comment like this, but I must say, I‘m truly impressed by your profile and your personality. Your sense of humor really stands out too it's refreshing and inspiring 🌺❣. You can send me a message in my gmail: franciscopoppie@gmail.com 2mo

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tpixie

The Days of Abandonment | Elena Ferrante

#EuropaEditions is celebrating their 20th anniversary.
I‘m glad that we are going to continue #EuropaCollective
To celebrate their books!

The Days of Abandonment was the first book published

#EuropaCollective

BarbaraBB, Lesliereadsalot

Gleefulreader I am SO excited to be doing the #europacollective! I love what they publish. Like NYRB or Charco or Archipelago… just a bit more variety than traditional publishing houses these days. 2mo

BarbaraBB I have to check their catalog to come up with some suggestions to read! @Lesliereadsalot 2mo

Lesliereadsalot They have several new books out that sound great! @BarbaraBB 2mo

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tpixie @Gleefulreader yes! I love the exposure to the variety! 2mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB it will be hard to choose! 2mo

Tamra @tpixie @Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB I was just looking at the latest Europa catalog! 😍 3w

Lesliereadsalot @Tamra Some really great choices right? I have Nina‘s Eyes on order. (edited) 3w

Tamra @Lesliereadsalot that was top on my list of choices. 😄 3w

BarbaraBB Looking forward to it! In September @Lesliereadsalot and I will start it up again! 3w

tpixie @Tamra @Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB Lots of great books!! I just posted- I just won Mona‘s Eyes from Europa Collective!!! I‘m so excited 😆 3w

Tamra @tpixie lucky you!!! 3w

tpixie @Tamra yes! So thankful! 3w

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 9: The Double World -
An enamel and oil on cardboard painting by the French painter Francis Picabia, created in December 1919.
#EuropaCollective #EuropaEditions

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How to Survive a Pandemic | Michael Greger

Greetings from the house of sickness!

My son went on a school trip and the gift he brought home was Covid. None of us have had it before, but we're all fully vaxxed and boostered, so it isn't *too* terrible.

I committed to entirely too many things this month. I finished the May book for #bobwhitebuddies so I'm only a book behind. I did manage to finish this month's reading for #europacollective and #KLBR. I'm behind on #beyondtheyellowbrickroad.

lauraisntwilder I didn't read my #bookspin or #doublespin, but they're both short and I DID read the one I didn't get done last month 2mo

lauraisntwilder I'm only 50 pages into the #ohcanada book for this month, but so far so good! And last, but not least, I haven't started Emily of New Moon yet, but that one will be quick (and lovely). #kindredspiritsbuddyread 2mo

Ruthiella Hope you all get better soon! ❤️🥴 2mo

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KadaGul Hey @lauraisntwilder! I'm sorry to hear you and your family are not feeling well. 💔 Take care of yourselves and remember, the most important thing is to focus on getting better. Don't worry about anything else right now! Sending lots of positive vibes your way! 🌟 2mo

Librarybelle I hope everyone feels better soon! 2mo

lauraisntwilder @Ruthiella Thank you! 2mo

lauraisntwilder @Librarybelle Thank you! 2mo

lauraisntwilder @KadaGul ❤️ Thank you! 2mo

DaveGreen7777 Hope you all feel better soon! 2mo

tpixie @lauraisntwilder sorry to hear your family and you are sick. Get well soon! I‘ve got this recipe saved but haven‘t tried it yet Italian Nonna's Penicillin Soup https://thecafesucrefarine.com/italian-chicken-pastina-soup-aka-italian-nonnas-p... 2mo

kspenmoll Feel better! I am so sorry! 2mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

June 25,2025 Paris had a severe thunderstorm, and people were comparing the flooding to Venice.

January 1910 Paris had a severe thunderstorm and people were comparing the flooding to Venice !

History repeats itself
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Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Here we are at the end of June. Happy to open the discussion about Gabriele and welcome all comments. Personally I found this to be one slog of a book. I never found any of these people interesting in the slightest outside of the fact that they‘re the worst parents in history! Gabriele could have been an outstanding musician, but no, she gave up her whole career to cater to her husband. Anybody love this book? ⬇️

BkClubCare Yikes! 2mo

mcctrish I know I would have liked it on audio better. I did enjoy looking up the art work mentioned and I also liked all of the interesting artists they encountered over their lives ( the petty war between Francis and Picasso made me chuckle and I loved hearing about Gabriële and Schiaparelli ) but I was maddened by Gabriële throwing away her freedom and agency on a whoring addict regardless of his talent 2mo

Lesliereadsalot We‘ll be back in the fall with new Europa books. #EuropaCollective @BarbaraBB @tpixie @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @Sapphire @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @JulietteReadsALot @Tamra @lauraisntwilder @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie @willaful ⬇️ 2mo

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Lesliereadsalot Anybody else who wants a tag, please let me know. Thanks @tpixie for showing us all those paintings! (edited) 2mo

Deblovestoread I didn't get to Gabrielle this month but please add me to the Europa Collective tag list 2mo

GatheringBooks Haven‘t finished it yet - you‘re right, this is more of a slog than the postcard. It sounds more like an art treatise and art history with all these famous names thrown in that the authors assume i know (or care) about, but i have no clue who they are - and they haven‘t really made me care at all. I googled picabia‘s art - truly amazing, but what a despicable human being. This may be a dnf for me with all the art history > memoir vibe. 2mo

tpixie @mcctrish Well said! I second your comments!! I was so looking forward to this after The Postcard. I am still looking forward to the Fall Edition of #EuropaCollective 2mo

Gleefulreader I am still working on this as it just doesn‘t call to me when I sit down to read (and that, in itself, says something after how engaging The Postcard was). I will likely finish only because I hate DNF, but we‘ll see. Looking forward to the fall #europacollective! 2mo

BarbaraBB I was disappointed too. It felt like reading NF. I‘d much more appreciated a book about Gabriele in her role as (absent) mother than in her being the muse and inspiration to an artist I‘m not really interested in. 2mo

Lesliereadsalot Gotcha! @Deblovestoread 2mo

Lesliereadsalot Would any of you liked to be tagged for #EuropaCollective? @Jess_Read_This @Caryl @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit @Aimeesue @Cathythoughts @CSeydel @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks @youneverarrived @Daisey @CBee 2mo

CBee @Lesliereadsalot I didn‘t get to this one. Bit of a reading slump 😔 You can keep me on the list though! 2mo

Daisey I appreciate the check-in, but I can‘t keep up with another readalong group. 2mo

Lesliereadsalot No problem! Thanks for the RSVP @Daisey 2mo

lauraisntwilder @mcctrish I did the audio... It didn't help. 🫤 2mo

lauraisntwilder This was barely a novel. It was a personal family narrative and it was too long even for that. I was baffled that the name of the book is Gabriele, but they only focused on her relationship to Picabia and then end the book when their marriage is dissolving. I know they say it's because their grandfather was born, but I think it was really that there wasn't a narrative to the story and they had to stop somewhere. 2mo

Lesliereadsalot We should get t-shirts made up: I made it to the end of Gabriele! @mcctrish @tpixie @BarbaraBB @lauraisntwilder @Gleefulreader @GatheringBooks 2mo

mcctrish @Lesliereadsalot we sure should 2mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot 😝 2mo

tpixie @lauraisntwilder yes! I wonder how others in the world feel about this book. It‘s a strong example how women lose themselves for a man-she only sees herself as a reflection of them. At the beginning of the book, they write about how she was totally obsessed with music, but maybe she was just totally assessed about getting out of her home & finding a man.She was so quick to drop everything for a man that gave her attention-even a jerk like Francis. 2mo

julieclair I didn‘t get to this one, and after reading the comments, I think I may not bother, lol. While my heart wants to join #EuropaCollective, my brain is asking me if I‘m nuts. 🤪 I am overcommitted with buddy reads already. 😕 So please take me off the tag list, but I‘ll keep up with the hashtag, and may join in occasionally. 💙 2mo

Caryl I was looking forward to Gabriele, but think I‘ll skip it based on your reviews! (I also loved The Postcard.) I would love to continue to be tagged—thank you! 2mo

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