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• The Wine of Solitude

  The Wine of Solitude, published in 1935,translated into English by Sandra Smith in 2011, The Wine of Solitude is a sad sort of book, and although it ends on a note of hope that feeling of sadness remains, because we know author Irene Nemirovsky died in Auschwitz, and it’s all the more poignant since she…

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  July 19, 2015

  French Bingo, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Paris, Paris in July, Russia, The Wine of Solitude, Ukraine

• French Connections

  Paris! The Eiffel Tower is an instantly recognisable image of the city, and this photo (which I took a few years back) conjures up memories of happy holidays. OK people, I’m still in French mode for Paris in July, so let’s start with a photo of the Eiffel Tower I took when I was last there. I…

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  July 17, 2015

  colouring book, Dreaming of France, French Bingo Reading Challenge, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Paris in July, reading list

• Revolution and Markets in Paris

  I love Paris, but it’s a while since I’ve been there and, sadly, I’m unlikely to make it this year either, so I’m making do with a ‘virtual’ trip to the city, thanks to Paris in July, a month-long celebration of all things French being organised by Tamara over at her Thyme for Tea blog.…

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  July 14, 2015

  19th century Paris, Dreaming of France, Emile Zola, Florent, French Bingo, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Les Halles, Napoleon III, Paris in July, Second Empire

• I’m in Shiny New Books!

  Woo hoo! I am so excited because those nice people at Shiny New Books have used one of my reviews in their summer edition. They’ve featured a shortened version of the piece I wrote about The Moor: Lives Landscape Literature, by William Atkins. I was thrilled when Harriet, who edits the non-fiction contributions, said they…

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  July 9, 2015

  http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, Non-fiction, The Moor: Lives Landscape Literature, William Atkins

• Pulp Fiction – Classic Covers!

  While trawling around the internet I came across these… Classic novels and plays with pulp fiction covers!!! They’re not necessarily to my taste (I lust after those wonderful old Virago Modern Classics, with the dark green spines and paintings on the covers) but they are great fun. They’re bright, brash, colourful, lurid, gaudy, garish… even…

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  July 3, 2015

  book covers, Classics, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, pulp fiction, Pulp! The Classics