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jlhammar
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Approachable and absorbing social and cultural history. I pulled this off the shelf while reading The Postcard and it turned out to be a great companion read. I went with a combination of audio (good narration) and print (black and white photos throughout).

tpixie Thanks! #europiacollective The Postcard was a moving read! 4d
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BookWrym
The House In Paris | Elizabeth Bowen
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Mehso-so

There is a lot going on in this book that I didn‘t understand the main one being Henrietta why was she in the story at all?

The real story centres around Leopold and the mystery of why he doesn‘t live with his mother, a mystery which is slowly revealed when the narrative switches to the past and we learn his mother‘s story.

I think I would have enjoyed it more if I followed everything that was going on.

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Reggie
The Paris Library: A Novel | Janet Skeslien Charles
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I read this for bookclub next week. 2 timelines, Odile starts work at the American Library in Paris right before the German occupation of Paris. We find out what the staff of the library went through to keep it open while helping and protecting patrons. Then there is Odile in 1989s Montana living next door to coming of age Lily who just lost her mother. I enjoyed both timelines but I‘m not sure they fit in the same book. This was also a lovely👇🏼

Reggie story about books and what they offer to the world, what libraries offer to the world. How important they are. It could be twee at times but ultimately I liked it. Pick! 2w
Centique It sounds like its full of heart even if imperfect. 💕 Ill be interested to hear what your book club thinks! 2w
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kwmg40
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This is a biography of model and artist Kiki Man Ray, who was married to artist Man Ray for a time. While Kiki's life story was interesting, I enjoyed even more learning about the development of art in Montparnasse during the 1920's.

#gottacatchemall @PuddleJumper (prompt 65: Rapidash: Different genre to the last book you read)
#52bookclub24 (prompt 39, Non-fiction recommended by a friend)

Librarybelle Hooray!! 3w
BarbaraBB Montparnasse in the 1920s sounds fascinating! 3w
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BarbaraBB Are you German? Or just able to read it? 3w
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
kwmg40 @BarbaraBB OMG! I chose a cover image from the Internet and didn‘t look at it carefully. 😂 I actually received an English copy from a #BookCrossing friend but sent it to another reader before remembering to take a photo! 3w
BarbaraBB I was so surprised! I thought how could I have missed that all these years 😂 3w
kwmg40 @BarbaraBB 😅 I‘ll be sure not to make that mistake again! 3w
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Texreader
Paris: The Novel | Edward Rutherfurd
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The great February book haul: because Paris and Venice!

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Leftcoastzen
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What fun! The 2nd in a series on Paris neighborhoods. Think windmills along the streets , Renoir, Van Gogh ,Toulouse-Lautrec & the Moulin Rouge. Later, into the jazz age , with lost generation writers & Josephine Baker. Baxters style is conversational, like he‘s taking you through history, culture ,architecture through time. Brief chapters make it a fun break from my chunksters! I will continue to seek out more books in this series!

youneverarrived Can‘t resist a book about Paris. Stacking! 4w
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Christinak
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What a cute story! I love Ada Harris ❤️👗

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Eggs
The Velvet Hours | Alyson Richman
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Some women of late 19th century Paris lived their lives in an aura of glamour and opulence, though they retained their pasts (and loss-filled sadness) beneath the surface...
Above: 3 paintings by Giovanni Boldini; upper left is Marthe de Florian in her exquisite pearl necklace. This painting and an apartment sealed since WWII were the inspiration for the tagged HF novel.

#Jewelry
#LuckyInLovr
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

oddandbookish Beautiful paintings! 1mo
Eggs @oddandbookish Aren‘t they just!?! 1mo
BkClubCare I have the book on my tbr - wonder if I can find it. 1mo
Eggs @BkClubCare It‘s a treasure! 1mo
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DebinHawaii
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#LuckyInLove

A sweet (pun intended) romance set in a Paris #Chocolate shop with recipes. 🍫❤️

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 💜🤍 1mo
Eggs Mmmm chocolate 🍫 1mo
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Vansa
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#Two4Tuesday @thespineview
1. 😀Prefer not getting anything! I don't give anything for it either !
2.Tagged book, while it's a joint biography of Kiki and Man Ray, a part I found fascinating was its description of the help extended to,and received from,the women of Montparnasse.Lovely real life examples of platonic love.Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5407690537

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1mo
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