frenchguiana

Papillon | Henri Charriere

👏🏻🎉💛 Congratulations @Meshell1313 you were picked by the randomiser! Thank you for sharing the memory of your friend with me. Please send me your details so I can post you two books from your tbr.
#Missmydad
nerissalee44@gmail.com

BarbaraBB Oow I forgot to post… such a loving and lovely idea. Thanks for organizing 🤍🤍 1mo

Meshell1313 Oh wow! Thank you so much for this generous and lovely gift! ❤️❤️❤️ 1mo

Meshell1313 Just emailed you. ❤️ 1mo

Rissreads @Meshell1313 you are most welcome! 💛 1mo

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Papillon | Henri Charriere

It‘s been almost a year since my Dad passed away and to celebrate his memory I am doing a giveaway!
This was my Dads favourite book. Growing up I remember seeing this book on my parent‘s bookshelf. I loved being able to discuss it with him when I finally read it. To enter just share a book that reminds you of anyone in the world, and why. #MissmyDad ♥️
I will gift 2 books from someone‘s TBR list using a number randomizer. Picked March 22nd.

Librarybelle What a lovely gesture! ❤️ 2mo

Rissreads Thankyou @Librarybelle It‘s the best way I could think of to honour his memory in a meaningful way to me. 2mo

Jas16 Such a beautiful thing to do. The Diary of Anne Frank makes me think of my grandmother. I still have her copy of the book and can recall her encouraging me to read me when I was young and delighting in discussing it with me. 2mo

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batsy ❤️ 2mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

Billypar This is so nice - what a lovely tribute! The two year anniversary of losing my dad is coming up, so I'm going to work on a post for him. 2mo

LeahBergen This is so lovely. ❤️❤️❤️ 2mo

dabbe 💚💙💚 2mo

LeeRHarry This is just lovely ❤️- it‘s getting on for two years since I lost my Dad and his favourite book was Treasure Island - I have never read it but I think I will this year, on his birthday in April. ❤️ 2mo

Meshell1313 ❤️❤️❤️ I just recently watched both movies the one from the 70‘s and the remake. What a beautiful way to honor him! 2mo

quietlycuriouskate ❤️ I have my mum's old copy of Moonfleet. I never once saw her reading, but she said she'd liked this one as a kid. It's set in Dorset, where we were from.

Moonfleet

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BarbaraBB My dad had Papillon on his shelves too. He died 18 months ago. I now have his copy and will think of a post. Thank you for organizing ❤️💔 2mo

Chelsea.Poole This is a great way to honor him ♥️ 2mo

marleed Oh what a wonderful way to celebrate your dad. There are couple times when my dad let me select/have his BOTM selection. One was The complete works of Robert Frost and my copy has a very old stamp from BOTM on the end page. But the tagged was also my selection and we both read it. I was the last out of the nest and it became our tagline! I did come across an estate sale hardback copy a couple years back and snatched it up!

You and Me, Babe: A Love Story

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Reggie ❤️This is lovely. I will be thinking about a post. 2mo

CarolynM What a lovely idea❤️ I have an idea. I‘ll work on a post tomorrow. Hugs to you and everyone remembering their dads here @Billypar @LeeRHarry @BarbaraBB 2mo

BarbaraBB Thank you @CarolynM 🤍 2mo

Rissreads @CarolynM @reggie I‘m looking forward to it ♥️ (edited) 2mo

Rissreads @Chelsea.Poole @batsy @Librarybelle @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @dabbe @LeahBergen @Meshell1313 Thankyou ♥️ (edited) 2mo

Rissreads @Reggie @CarolynM I‘m looking forward to it ♥️ 2mo

Rissreads @Jas16 what a lovely memory of your grandmother ♥️ 2mo

Rissreads @Billypar I hope it gets easier over time but I still miss him. Thank you for sharing ♥️ 2mo

Rissreads @LeeRHarry that sounds like a great idea! ♥️ 2mo

Rissreads Thank you for sharing this memory ♥️ @quietlycuriouskate 2mo

Rissreads @BarbaraBB yes it‘s a very popular book. ♥️ 2mo

Rissreads @marleed what a wonderful way to remember your dad ♥️ 2mo

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Papillon | Henri Charriere

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The author tells his story of being convicted of a murder he didn‘t commit to serve a life sentence in the prison system in #FrenchGuiana. He describes his 8 escapes and punishments as well as friendships and his brief life with Indians. An excellent book. #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB I read this soooo long ago. Glad to hear it is still so good! 5mo

Librarybelle Hooray! 5mo

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Papillon | Henri Charriere

This is so darned funny and timely as I‘m reading the tagged book. Papillon is the man digging his way out, the dude on the bench is everyone else whose gotten comfortable with prison life and don‘t want to escape. And it‘s for @dabbe even though it‘s not holiday-ish because we all needs #smilesonlitsy

Tamra 😆 5mo

peaKnit I work in corrections, and I‘ve seen it happen where men go in and become prolific readers. I enjoyed talking books with my clients! Beats other things we had to discuss. ☺️ (edited) 5mo

dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 That made me smile AND laugh out loud. Thank you! (P.S. you're on the drawing list!) 🧡🖤💜 5mo

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Papillon | Henri Charriere

My next audiobook. I‘ve had quite a few short ones in a row so it‘s time for a lengthier book—18-1/2 hours.

#FrenchGuiana #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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AlRah

Papillon | Henri Charriere

Sharjah Book Festival

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Hooked_on_books

Papillon | Henri Charriere

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Henri Charriére was a safecracker convicted of a murder he didn‘t commit in 1931. He was sent by France to #FrenchGuiana to serve his life sentence. Here he details his horrifying experiences in prison as well as all his efforts to escape. A heavy read with the casual sexism/racism/homophobia unsurprising for the era, this is a clarion call for prison reform.

#ReadingAmericas2023

Barbazon, Librarybelle

Librarybelle Sounds interesting! 9mo

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French Guiana: The Bizarre and the Beautiful | Donna Mulvenna

One activity I enjoy most about litsy challenges is finding new books to read. Tonight I filled in remaining holes in my #readingtheAmericas plan, specifically books I found for #FrenchGuiana (tagged), #Greenland, and #Guadaloupe. Even better, they are all “free” with my Kindle Unlimited subscription and they have good reviews. If you‘re wondering about my color coding, green means the country is completed, yellow means in progress

Librarybelle, BarbaraBB

Librarybelle Hooray! 13mo

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squirrelbrain

Wild Coast | John Gimlette

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#readingtheamericas

This was a pick, but only just. Some parts were fascinating but I loved the shortest section, on #frenchguiana most, followed by #suriname and then #guyana, which was much more than half of the book.

The author wrote everything in the present tense, but jumped around chronologically so it was very difficult to follow.

Quadruple dipping again!

#52books23 #hasanepilogue
#pop23 #abookwithamap
#booked23 #setin2+timeperiods

LaraReads, KarenUK, Megabooks, Cinfhen, britt_brooke, BarbaraTheBibliophage, CarolynM, Smarkies, LeeRHarry, BookBelle84, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, triplem80, AshleyHoss820, Read4life, Laughterhp, rmaclean4, Bluebird, alisiakae, BarbaraBB

Megabooks Going to stack this! 1y

Suet624 “Founded 1768”. Love that. 1y

Librarybelle Stacking this…but good to know about the jumping around chronologically! 1y

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Cinfhen WOWZA!! You‘re slaying the prompts, Helen!! ⚔️ 1y

Bluebird Great job on choosing books that fit so many challenges. I love your penguin books collection. I was so sad when they changed their covers.. 1y

squirrelbrain @bluebird - I think it‘s much easier at the start of challenges; it‘ll get more difficult the less choice I have. 1y

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