I found the challenge at Lisbeth @ The Content Reader. Tamara @ Thyme for Tea has been hosting a Paris in July challenge for eleven years. Then, she hosted together with Deb @ Readerbuzz. In 2022, Emma @ Words and Peace kindly took over as the host and she continues to do so. The picture at the top is also created by her.
I don't have a lot of energy to participate this year by reading new books about Paris, but I tried to take part through the Paris Bingo. I will try to add books etc. I have not used in any of the Paris in July years before (though it is hard and therefore cannot be entirely avoided).
Rutherfurd, Edward "Paris" - 2013
FRANCE in title
Stein, Gertrude "Paris France" - 1940
BOOK set in France
Ernaux, Annie "The Years" (FR: Les années) - 2008
MOVIE set in France
Leroux, Gaston "The Phantom of the Opera" (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) - 1910
French FOOD
Drinkwater, Carol "The Olive Farm" - 2001
French FASHION
Guiliano, Mireille "French Women Don’t Get Fat" - 2004
French MUSIC
Francis Cabrel "La Corrida"
French FLAG
Hugo, Victor "Les Misérables" (F: Les Misérables) - 1862
French HISTORY (not just French but funny)
Shaw, Karl "Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty" - 1999
TRAVELS in France
Mayle, Peter "A Year in Provence" - 1989
PLAY set in France
Ionesco, Eugène "Rhinoceros" (French: Rhinocéros) - 1957
OTHER!
Voltaire "Candide, or Optimism" (F: Candide, ou l'Optimism) - 1757
EIFFEL TOWER
Dorling Kindersley "Eyewitness Guide Paris" and "Top 10 Paris" - 2020
CROISSANT
I haven't read a book that has a croissant on my edition but I found one that has a croissant on the Portuguese one:
I haven't read a book that has a croissant on my edition but I found one that has a croissant on the Portuguese one:
Clarke, Stephen "A Year in the Merde" - 2004 - Um Ano Em França
French ART
Chevalier, Tracy "The Lady and the Unicorn" - 2003
French LANGUAGE
Némirovsky, Irène "La Proie" [The Prey] - 1938Chevalier, Tracy "The Lady and the Unicorn" - 2003
French LANGUAGE
I am looking forward to seeing many posts by other Paris enthusiasts.
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Great Marianne, you made it through all the squares.
ReplyDeleteIt was a tough one, Lisbeth, but I was determined to do it and not use the same novel once. But that is my contribution to Paris in July this year, no energy for more.
DeleteNice work! I've read several of these and I have a mystery with a croissant on the cover - now, where did I put it?
ReplyDeleteHaha, Constance, yes, I had that same problem and could not find a single one. And then I though I must have seen it when going through one of the books I read in another edition, there are usually so many. However, even there I had to find a foreign one. LOL
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