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jlhammar
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Sweet and charming middle grade graphic memoir. Santat writes about a life-changing trip to Europe in 1989, just before starting high school. He really manages to capture what being thirteen was like in all its awkward glory.

TieDyeDude So good! 7d
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TheBookHippie
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: France | Katherine Spenley, Robin Gauldie
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Anyone have info on Beauvais France ? 🙃

Dilara I've been to Beauvais airport, if it counts 😂 This is the one low-cost airlines use instead of the more expensive ones closer to Paris. I've seen the cathedral from a distance, but I don't remember visiting it or the town itself, although I no doubt have, as a child, on a family outing from Paris.
It's a small town with a medieval heart surrounded by modern neighbourhoods, including quite a lot of social housing, 1-2 hours north of Paris.
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Dilara It looks nice: https://www.aeroportparisbeauvais.com/en/tourism/translate-to-anglais-visiter-be... but it's probably not worth crossing the Atlantic for 😁. Although if you have a car, it could be a good base for visiting Amiens, Compiègne, Paris, and various small medieval cities.
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TheBookHippie @Dilara Mr BookHippie has to travel there for work in about 10 months wondering if I should go 🙃 3w
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Dilara @TheBookHippie Oh you should definitely go then 😁
ETA: And when you've finished visiting Beauvais's historical center, you can drive to Chantilly ( https://chateaudechantilly.fr/en/ ) and the next day, to Compiègne and pretend you're Joséphine: https://chateaudecompiegne.fr/en/royal-and-imperial-palace. There's even a French/American museum close by! ( https://museefrancoamericain.fr/en )
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TheBookHippie @Dilara thx so much!!! I‘m excited. I loathe to fly so it has to be worth it! (edited) 3w
Dilara @TheBookHippie You're welcome! It occurred to me that a reader and a hippie might be interested in Ermenonville, the resting place of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the philosopher who inspired HD Thoreau and others.
https://www.chantilly-senlis-tourisme.com/en/the-destination/noteworthy-sites/le...
There is a park (w/ Rousseau's cabin), a castle & a Wild West theme park (I'd steer clear of it unless you love Spaghetti westerns!)
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TheBookHippie @Dilara oh my word!!!!!! Yes yes yes!!!!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 3w
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peanutnine
Lonely Planet Scotland | Lonely Planet
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Camping this weekend and I brought along this little book to get started on planning our honeymoon trip. I'm getting excited! 8 months to go 😄
Hit me with your recs for books set in Scotland to read before our trip or places to see while we're there!
#weekendreading #travelplanning

TheBookHippie How fun! 4w
Kitta Trainspotting is a fairly obvious suggestion but it‘s a tough read as it‘s in Scot‘s dialect! Ian rankin if you like crime, Iain Banks for speculative fiction, and How to be Both by Ali Smith or Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart for literary fiction! I used to live in Scotland and it was amazing. Have a great time! 4w
Kitta Oh wait How to be both is just by a Scottish author not set in Scotland 😆 4w
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Kitta Most of Ali Smith‘s books are set in Cambridge, where she lives 4w
peanutnine @Kitta oooh thank you!!! 4w
vonnie862 We did Scotland last summer and loved it! How long are you going to be there? 4w
peanutnine @vonnie862 two weeks! 4w
vonnie862 @peanutnine that's how long I was there for and did so much. If you're interested in my itinerary, you can email me. My email is my litsy handle plus Gmail dot com. 4w
peanutnine @vonnie862 that's awesome! Thank you 😊 4w
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majkia
Europe in Autumn | Dave Hutchinson
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This was a very strange book. Alt History, with Europe divided into many tiny states, and our hero a courier who crosses all the guarded boundaries to deliver people and things across borders. But there is another level of reality he's only so far gotten a glimpse of.

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BookmarkTavern
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Addendum to this morning‘s Weekly Forecast post: I put a hold on this so long ago, I had completely forgotten it is a Beauty and the Beast retelling. 😅😅😅

Clare-Dragonfly I‘ve done similar! 😂 The cover and title with the retelling aspect definitely have me intrigued. 1mo
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Smrloomis
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Heart warming, filled with great illustrations and an innocent first crush before high school. Really good read that I recommend highly.

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Vansa
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#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Finished 3 of these this weekend! Thank you for the recommendation of Don't kiss the bride, it was quite a good book,though that cover is nightmare inducing!

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TracyReadsBooks
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Santat‘s National Book Award winning graphic novel about a school trip to Europe when he was in middle school is marvelous in every way—from the delightful art to the heartfelt, poignant detailing of all the awkwardness that comes with being thirteen—and definitely deserving of all the accolades it‘s received. A wonderful story about finding yourself, exploring the world, and discovering your place in it. A fantastic book.

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Marilola
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It is a must have book. It is an eye opener and perfect for the politically incorrect…

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Kinniska
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I picked this title up after it was referenced in a couple other travelogues. He goes on foot, has some of the languages and adopts numerous others, and ends up staying on in Central Europe, living there many years after, until the war.

He alternates among easygoing narrative, charming descriptions of the people he encounters, & florid architectural descriptions.
Skim the architecture, but don‘t miss the footnotes! So many unexpected anecdotes.