an adventure in reading: CHALLENGE: Paris in July 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012

CHALLENGE: Paris in July 2012

I had a lot of fun last year reading for Paris in July, so I am pleased that Karen at Bookbath and Tamara at Thyme for Tea are again hosting a Paris in July event. During the month of July, read your book, eat some food, watch a movie. Something French.

Books I might read:

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Immoveable feast : a Paris Christmas by John Baxter
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

French Lessons by Ellen Sussman
Foreign Bodies by Cynthia Ozick

from last year's list:
a mystery by Fred Vargas
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (some year I'll get this actually read!)
Madame de Stael: The First Modern Woman by Francine Gray (I started reading this on dailylit.com last year)

Movies I might watch:
Coco or La Vie en Rose

What I Read in 2012:

1. French Lessons - Ellen Sussman (novel)
2. Foreign Bodies - Cynthia Ozick (novel)
3. The Paris Wife - Paula McLain (novel)
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Bellezza · 668 weeks ago

So loved The Paris Wife, A Moveable Feast, Madame Bovary...those books made my summer last year. Thanks for the heads up about this challenge, and I look forward to discussing French literature with you!

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raidergirl3 91p · 668 weeks ago

I look forward to it as well! I've been holding off The Paris Wife until July, and it seems like I really should read A Moveable Feast at the same time. Themed reading multiplied.

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nomadreader 48p · 668 weeks ago

I'm going to be participating in this one too but am still pondering what to watch and read. I read French Lessons last year for Paris in July and liked it but didn't love it. It was a fun, quick read though. I also really enjoyed Foreign Bodies. Happy Paris reading!

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raidergirl3 91p · 668 weeks ago

I got French Lessons from you! I won it in your giveaway. thanks! It looks good, but I saved it for July.

Glad to hear that Foreign Bodies is good as well. This is my best year for reading Orange books from the Longlist, and I've enjoyed all the ones I've read so far. I can't pick a dud at all.

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buriedinprint 64p · 668 weeks ago

Your stack is inspiring me to dig out the list that I made last year (that's as far as I got, the mere idea of maybe joining in!). Foreign Bodies would be a great choice, as it's interesting to see the way that the American characters view Paris as being different from their own locales (and I suppose in a perfect view one would read The Ambassadors alongside for James' take on that very thing, but I didn't do that either!). Good to hear that the Orange longlist has been so steadily satisfying for you.

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raidergirl3 91p · 666 weeks ago

The Orange list has been very good this year, and I'm not even finished yet, I've got a few more from this year's list I plan to read. Glad to hear that Foreign Bodies will be a good read, even without the James book.

Sometimes even making the list can be a fun part of a challenge. Not what I will read, but what I would like to read.

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c2rcc 31p · 668 weeks ago

I loved the Paris Wife, for what it's worth :)

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raidergirl3 91p · 666 weeks ago

It's always great to hear that other readers have enjoyed a book!

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Brenda · 666 weeks ago

Paris Wife first, Moveable Feast after. Paris Wife is very interesting. I thought more so than Hemingway's actual words.

Quite a bunch of characters!

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raidergirl3 91p · 666 weeks ago

Ooh, thank you for that order recommendation. I was wondering which order to read them in! Midnight in Paris, the Woody Allen movie I watched last year made me want to read books with those characters set in that time.