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“Love must be sweeter, when death is so close you can touch it.”

When the Nazis overtake the Ritz Hotel in WWII, it is miserable for everyone including the writers and artists, those who are secretly part of the Resistance, and especially the director Claude and his wife Blanche. Historical Fiction.

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selon les mots de
Marie-Antoinette — qu‘ils
mangent de la brioche. 🍰

in the words of
Marie Antoinette —
let them eat cake. 🍰

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I‘m not much of an alcohol drinker. The book is still worth it. It has other recipes. The author was a chief/baker at Chez Panisse in the 90s before he moved to France to write.

#baking
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I love these community fund-raiser cookbooks
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A short sweet story! Nice way to start my vacation. Although it‘s not one I would likely add to my library, I‘m glad I read it. Will pass it on to someone else.

3.5 ⭐️s

This book was not a quick read, and in the end, I still wasn't sure what to rate it. It doesn't move fast enough to be marketed as a thriller, but I did find parts to be intellectually stimulating. The MC struck me as a complete sociopath, but I did appreciate some of her humor. I liked it, it was different, but I wouldn't rave about it.

Not quite, AI, not quite... (prompt "Rousseau's cold remedy bottle")
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Of course, many earlier books, especially devotional tracts, had brought tears to the eyes of their readers, but La Nouvelle Héloïse released a flood: "tears," "sweet tears," "tears that are sweet," "delicious tears," "tears of tenderness." One reader sobbed so vehemently that he cured himself of a severe cold.

Today is the equinox, so the official start of Autumn, & in the short-lived French Revolutionary calendar, the start of the new year. And the day of grapes (each day was given the name of a produce, tool, animal or mineral). It has no bearing on real life, but I like to check which day it is in this calendar.
In RL, in France, we're still waiting for the new prime minister to form a government 😩
#majicmonday @Eggs

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Rousseau addressed the paradox of his position as a novelist in two prefaces, which explained that novels were bad in themselves because they caused corruption, yet salutary in that they could inspire virtue among those already trapped in a corrupt society.

He also added a further paradox: "This novel is not a novel.
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!!! Cake and eating it!?

“We came on the wind of the carnival.”

Finished in January for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge
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Vianne Rocher sweeps into the town of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate shop across from the church during Lent, making an enemy of Father Francis.

This is such a good story. A little bit witchy and full of delicious details. The food descriptions almost make me salivate. I recommend.

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Book 1 of Chocolat

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