Chapter 9: The Double World -
An enamel and oil on cardboard painting by the French painter Francis Picabia, created in December 1919.
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A great historical fiction novel about the author‘s female relatives spanning before and after the 2 World Wars.

? much better ancestors than in Gabriële!!

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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Reading this backlist book waiting for her newest. I like supporting independent bookstores by ordering from bookshop.org. , but I hate that it takes a week after the book has been released before I receive the book. Waiting for #TheStolenLifeOfColletteMarceau. is like #WaitingForGodot
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Chapter 8: The Shadow Is More Beautiful Than The Academy
🎈For the 1st time, a painter has painted something that doesn‘t represent ANYTHING. Before Picasso. Before Kandinsky.
In which Francis starts losing his vision & and seems to spend all this time in opium dens…

Rubber: by Francis Picabia

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June 4: Part Three Marius Chapter X Ecce Paris, Ecce Homo:
Thank goodness, I have a nice view or I would‘ve never survived all the flipping back & forth to the notes in back associated with this chapter!
Maybe someday I‘ll catch up with our readings !
This was more painful for me than Waterloo!

48 notes
Pg 530 1 note
Pg 531 22 notes
Pg 532 16 notes
pg 533 9 notes

Plus 6 footnotes

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Gabriële‘s mAunt Alphonsine Jussieu de Challié

https://www.catherinelarosepoesiaearte.com/2022/12/alphonsine-de-challie-1858-19...

It‘s things like this that keep me going - rabbit holes
? ?️

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Chapter 7: A Little solitude in the midst of Suns

I drag on

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Chapter 6 left me even more totally disgusted with both Francis and Gabriële.
while looking for his paintings mentioned at the end of the chapter, I did find one of his last impressionist inspired paintings, which was rather lovely

https://youtube.com/shorts/DNHPbaYak9U?si=rnOuHwICdFmpNutl

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I am slow going on this challenge because I‘m also reading other books not on the list ( Bookclubs, buddy reads, sister said I had to drop everything and read The Correspondent by Virginia Evans), but I did finish the first of my #14BooksIn14Weeks
This is a lovely debut novel about a midwife & herbalist in Avignon, France during the 1300s black plague.
I‘m finding myself drawn to midwives and herbalists …

I‘m excited to read this book. I could not wait for my book mail so I bought it on Audible.
Kristin Harmel is a great storyteller 🩷 💎 🩷

#lego for Jane Austen fans!
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https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-40766-tribute-to-jane-austens-books-gwp-reve...

😝 Bandette is really enjoying reading Les MIs with me!

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Chapter 6: The Procession, Seville 1912 Francis Picabia

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They are married!

While reading The Tale of The Firebird for #ChildrensClassicRead2025 , I came across the Russian fairytale that one of my favorite books, The Snowchild is based upon!
I love a literary surprise!
What Serendipity! 🇷🇺🤍💙❤️ 🇷🇺

This is interesting!
The illustrator is a master of Russian decorative art, one of the last most impressive artists in the great Russian tradition of book illustration. He left Russia after the Revolution & settled in Paris. He translated 4 Russian fairytales into French, writing them out in beautiful calligraphy & illustrating them on heavy vellum pages
👇
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After cleaning the house I‘m going to settle down a bit and read June‘s #ChildrensClassicRead2025
I have 2 physical books & one ebook.
I also am going to read about Baba Yaga that‘s included in the ebook.

Chapter 5: Man And Woman By The Sea

I find the book well written & interesting but Francis Picabia & Gabriële Buffett are not very likable.
I find interesting what authors think of them.
At the end of Chapter 4, one relates responsibility for them & the other seeks their approval.

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Chapter 4: Francis Picabia by Francis Picabia

He made a few self portraits over the years.

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Chapter 3: Composition by Francis Picabia

Adventures in Berlin!

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@Eggs These were all great guides, if you ever get the chance to go to Normandy. We went in September 2023.
#NeverForget #D-Day #DDay

This was an excellent travel guide to D-Day Normandy #d-day #DDay

Chapter 2
Young Girl In Paradise
Francis Picabia

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Enjoying this book from a debut author I met at Adventures By The Book Superbook 6 in San Diego in March.
A Healer & Herbalist trying to protect her people of Avignon, France from the 1437 Black Plague Provence.

I am finding I love books about Female Healers, Herbalists, & Midwives
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Chapter 1: Encirclement
Starting Gabriële for #EuropaCollective
It‘s an interesting concept to have each chapter be named after Francis Picabia‘s artwork
I haven‘t read a book in first person tense in a long time. It‘s an interesting concept that they wanted it to be a “living tense“.
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Here‘s my hopeful #14booksin14weeks ! Starting with Eleanore and Gabriële

This was a sweet read. I loved the dolls and their positivity despite hard times. Hip! Hip! Hooray for the Fairies 🧚‍♀️
I was pleasantly surprised by 2 colored illustrations towards the end of the book!

It‘s June! Time for a sneak peek of #EuropaCollective
Read at your own pace & post throughout the month as often as you like.
In The Postcard, we learned that Gabriële is a controversial figure, a woman behind artists. Let‘s learn more about her.
All are welcome! ????

Starting late on my #ChildrensClassicRead2025

I was able to get this & next month‘s Firebird from my library!

This book makes me want to jump on a plane to Paris and walk through the Louvre as I read it!
I‘m thankful I‘ve been lucky enough to have previously gone to the Louvre, but I‘m ready to go back!

Pg 409
The “Collège des Quatre-Nations” (College of Four Nations) in Paris was established in 1661 by Cardinal Mazarin in his will. It was created to educate students from four territories that had recently come under French control through the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) and the Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659).
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May 1
Book Six Petit-Picpus
IV Gladness pg 442

Fun facts about 2 of the Perrault brothers. Between 1667-1670 Claude designed the East façade of the Louvre & Charles published Tales of Mother Goose in 1697. ?️????

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Behind, but plugging along! Just finished April 27.
Yay! JVJ & Cossette escaped Javert!
And met Père Dauchelevent! ? ? ?

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#weirdwords #weirdwordWednesday

from the book:
Barbara Newhall Follett
(A Life In Letters)

My husband sent me this link today

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16G5TE2q1Y/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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I‘m really enjoying May‘s @litsybookclub book! I‘ve always glass blowing. As a kid whenever we went to Silverdollar city we would always watch the glassblowers. Interestingly, the glass blowers were confined to one island off of Italy to help protect their glass blowing secrets!

I just looked at my calendar 📆 and saw this was a special day!
💖💖💖Happy Litsyversary to me! 🎶📚🎶📚🎶📚

I‘m so thankful for all my #Litten friends and all of the books and love shared throughout these 9 years!!!

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So excited for Fredrik Backman‘s author event in St Louis tonight! Had a great 7 hour drive here with my son who‘s visiting us this week from San Diego.

So excited for Fredrik Backman‘s author event in St Louis tonight! Had a great 7 hour drive here with my son who‘s visiting us this week from San Diego.

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Is anyone interested in a JUNE #EuropaCollective #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard?

I‘m planning to read it, and would love to have others join me. It will be an informal, read at your own pace #buddyread
@LitsyEvents please repost

@jlhammar @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @Tamra @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit

I‘m 33% in.
This book is an interesting look at the history of Barbie, the design of her proportions & clothing, and her creators.

I‘ve had fun traveling around to see the Friends & Fiction authors! Windsor, CO to see Kristin Harmel, Wheaton College in Illinois to see Patti Callahan Henry, and St Louis to see all 4- including KristyWoodson Harvey and Mary Kate Andrews, along with managing director Meghan Walker and librarian Ron Block! 🩵🩵🩵

I‘m behind on my reading (April 13) since I‘ve been traveling on the weekends, so maybe I can get a little reading in at work! I‘m so thankful that Cossette is with Jean Valjean! 🇫🇷💙🤍❤️ 🇫🇷
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I‘m behind on my reading (April 13) since I‘ve been traveling on the weekends, so maybe I can get a little reading in at work! I‘m so thankful that Cossette is with Jean Valjean! 🇫🇷💙🤍❤️
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Happy National Tell A Story Day!

Happy Quasimodo Sunday, now more commonly called Divine Mercy Sunday

🇫🇷 Some Victor Hugo Trivia 🇫🇷

How Victor Hugo‘s the Hunchback got his name:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/41133/quasimodo-sunday-how-the-hunchback...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/world/notre-dame-hunchback-art-trnd/index.html?ci...

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Ready, Set, Go! To your local bookstore on Indie Bookstore Day!
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Reading and drinking my coffee before my 7.5 hour road trip to Windsor, Colorado to see Kristin Harmel at the #ClearviewReads2025 Library Community Reads Event on Saturday evening. Hoping to do a little bookstore browsing in Ft Collins during the day tomorrow for #IndieBookstoreDay

This book has been optioned for a movie, so I thought I‘d read it. It is one she wrote before writing historical fiction. There seems to be a a time warp in which she is able to see how her life would have been if her husband hadn‘t suddenly died. 🐶 Bandette is a little embarrassed by her shaggy look this morning! #DogsOfLitsy