Books on France 2014 Reading Challenge

Posted on December 8, 2013 by WordsAndPeace

BOOKS ON FRANCE
READING CHALLENGE
Jan 1- Dec 31, 2014

As many of you joined this Challenge in 2013, I decided to organize it again in 2014.
I added a 5 levels this year, to have a middle level between 12 and 52 books:

WHAT TOPIC?

Any book related to France:

it can be set in France,
written by a French author,
written in French (not Canadian French), by authors from any country
about a French theme: French cuisine (how the French influenced American cuisine is accepted for instance), French fashion, etc.
it can be a book you read also for another challenge

You can contact me if you are looking for titles.
You can find great ideas here:
Here is my own list for 2014
Here is my list for 2013.
Books read by bloggers who did this challenge in 2013
You can find also great titles on France Book Tours – all the books there fit this challenge!
If you are a Goodreads member, you can access my France shelf.

WHAT GENRE?

All the genres are accepted:

nonfiction
fiction
historical fiction
mystery, etc

WHAT MEDIA?

All medias are accepted:

paper
graphic (novel or non-fiction)
ebook
audiobook

HOW MANY BOOKS?

LEVEL 1, “un peu” = 3 books (one per quarter for instance)
LEVEL 2, “beaucoup”= 6 books
LEVEL 3, “passionnément” = 12 books (one/month, for instance)
LEVEL 4, “doublement passionément” = 24 books (two books/month, for instance)
LEVEL 5, “à la folie”= 52 books (one/week, for instance)

Just an explanation on the 5 levels:

In France, we have a silly funny game:
when girls tell fortunes by pulling the petals off daisies, they say for instance, il m’aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie. What comes up on the last petal is supposed to reveal to what degree the boyfriend loves a girl: a bit, a lot, passionately, or he is maddeningly in love with her!
NB: the level 4 name is not part of that game, I added it for the sake of this challenge.

AND THERE WILL BE A GIVEAWAY
AT THE END OF 2014:
BE SURE TO FINISH YOUR CHALLENGE
TO GET A CHANCE TO WIN 1 BOOK!

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PLEASE USE THE RELEVANT MR LINKY
The 1st is for sign-up [use only once]
The 2nd for each of your reviews
The 3rd is for your recap post
when you completed the challenge

SIGN UP FOR THIS READING CHALLENGE USING
MR LINK #1:
Please insert the link of your post explaining what you plan to do for this challenge,
not just the link of your main homepage

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POST THE LINK FOR EACH BOOK YOU READ
FOR THIS READING CHALLENGE USING
MR LINK #2:
Please insert the link of your post where the review is,
not just the link of your main homepage
and it would be neat if you inserted the title,
for instance: Emma @ Words And Peace (Swann’s Way)

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POST THE LINK OF YOUR RECAP POST
WHEN YOU HAVE COMPLETED
THIS READING CHALLENGE USING
MR LINK #3:
Please insert the link of your post containing your recap,
not just the link of your main homepage

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79 thoughts on “Books on France 2014 Reading Challenge”

bookgeeking on December 8, 2013 at 2:47 pm said:

I think I will try the easy one. There is a few good challenges going on next year so if I do easy I can do a few, some books might do more than one challenge. I have not read many books based in France, I have always wanted to go there. Looking foward to this.

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- WordsAndPeace on December 8, 2013 at 5:38 pm said:
  
  welcome! looking forward to seeing your titles
  
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Angela on December 10, 2013 at 4:50 pm said:

Your France shelf is set to private…

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- WordsAndPeace on December 10, 2013 at 6:35 pm said:
  
  just changed it
  
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Louise on December 14, 2013 at 9:54 pm said:

Oh I’m so thrilled that you’re continuing the Books on France challenge Emma. Not that reading books on France is any particular challenge of course! I do love sharing my books with others and seeing what other participants are reading too. There are always more books on France to find. I’m looking forward to it. I’ll try and get to doing a challenge post soon, but I have to do my 2013 wrap up post first….

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- WordsAndPeace on December 15, 2013 at 12:45 pm said:
  
  looking forward to have you on board in 2014 and see what you will read. Yes, there are so many books, even just in English, set in France actually, quite trendy
  
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Cleo @ Classical Carousel on December 15, 2013 at 3:09 pm said:

Thanks for setting this challenge up, Emma! I just signed up.

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- WordsAndPeace on December 15, 2013 at 5:01 pm said:
  
  welcome Cleo! just commented on your post, and now following your blog thru Bloglovin
  
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Richard on December 22, 2013 at 4:35 pm said:

Emma, I think I’ll join you for this in 2014. Merci for hosting it again. Will sign up officially once I write my intro post. Cheers!

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- WordsAndPeace on December 22, 2013 at 7:04 pm said:
  
  Welcome Richard, i feel very honored you would do this challenge. I assume you are going to read the books in French, right?
  
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  - Richard on December 22, 2013 at 10:58 pm said:
    
    Thanks, that’s super kind of you to say, Emma, but I’m actually honored just to receive such a warm welcome from you! Anyway, looking forward to participating in the challenge this year. I’ll be reading most of my books in French, yes, but I’ll likely make an exception for Proust and/or Rabelais if I get around to them + there’s a book or two on French history written by non-French authors that I might read for the event.
    
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    - WordsAndPeace on December 23, 2013 at 8:10 am said:
      
      looking forward to your list. You should try Du côté de chez Swann in French. it’s not that difficult, especially for Hispanophones. Actually Rabelais is more difficult, because of the meaning of very old words
      
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      - Richard on January 8, 2014 at 1:15 am said:
        
        Thanks, finally signed up. I’ve been stuck on The Guermantes Way for a while, but I’ll look at giving Marcel a try in French when I move on. Cheers!
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on January 8, 2014 at 9:20 am said:
        
        thanks for joining, I just commented on your post. I also dragged my feet through le côté de Guermantes. Sodome et Gomorrhe is a bit less boring
        
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LaGraziana on December 31, 2013 at 11:56 am said:

I just signed up for your challenge, but the respective post is going online only tomorrow. Happy New Year!

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- WordsAndPeace on January 1, 2014 at 12:29 pm said:
  
  welcome Edith! you might also read a Piaf’s biography! Happy New Year!
  
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wildnightin on January 1, 2014 at 9:25 pm said:

Can’t wait to get stuck in. 🙂 Thanks for keeping this challenge going.

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- WordsAndPeace on January 3, 2014 at 6:44 pm said:
  
  you are welcome, looking forward to see what you will read
  
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Peek a booK (@peekabook2011) on January 4, 2014 at 10:52 am said:

Hi there, I’m in (again) ! Thanks for hosting! 🙂

http://www.peekabook.it/2014/01/books-on-france-2014-reading-challenge.html

Valentina
http://www.peekabook.it

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- WordsAndPeace on January 4, 2014 at 11:00 am said:
  
  welcome back Valentina!
  
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Miguel St. Orberose on February 6, 2014 at 9:34 am said:

Hi, I’m joining it.

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- WordsAndPeace on February 6, 2014 at 10:49 am said:
  
  welcome Miguel! looking forward to see your list of titles
  
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- WordsAndPeace on February 6, 2014 at 10:47 am said:
  
  I didn’t know this book, sounds good!
  
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- WordsAndPeace on February 21, 2014 at 8:48 am said:
  
  sounds like something to try
  
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Une amie de Quebec on February 25, 2014 at 7:19 am said:

I like this idea, but what do you have against Canadian French?

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- WordsAndPeace on February 25, 2014 at 8:30 am said:
  
  Thanks for stopping by Elizabeth. I don’t have anything against it, it’s just that’s it’s different, within a different culture, and my niche for Words And Peace and France Book Tours is France and French authors. In the blogging and marketing world, it’s better to stick to a niche, this one works well for me. And if it encourages other bloggers to organize a challenge for Canadian authors, the better!
  
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Stacey @ Have Books :: Will Travel on April 6, 2014 at 9:15 pm said:

What a great challenge and glad I found it. I’m definitely a lover of all things French so won’t be hard for me to choose books on this great country. I am going to limit myself to just the “beaucoup” level though as I’m *trying* to read books from other countries and cities besides France and Paris this year. 🙂

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- WordsAndPeace on April 8, 2014 at 8:54 am said:
  
  welcome Stacey! I saw you are reading Paris My Sweet, I enjoyed it very much. as you like historical fiction and memoirs, you might want to review books for France Book Tors, that I run. we often have histfic or memoirs, and they are set in France. see here for more details: http://francebooktours.com/be-a-tour-host/
  
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  - Stacey @ Have Books :: Will Travel on April 9, 2014 at 7:59 pm said:
    
    Thanks for the welcome 🙂
    I definitely like both of those genres and read them often. I read up about the France Book Tours and it sounds really neat. I am going to tuck that idea away for a little later and I think you’ll be hearing back from me about it after I get my blog a little further along and can spend more time reading than blogging. 🙂
    
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    - WordsAndPeace on April 9, 2014 at 9:36 pm said:
      
      sounds like a great plan! it’s good to try to keep a balance between books you get for review and books you already have on your shelves, waiting to be read. Unfortunately, this is a piece of advice I don’t follow myself, lol
      
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      - Stacey @ Have Books :: Will Travel on April 13, 2014 at 12:52 pm said:
        
        Oh for sure it’s good to try and keep that balance. Afraid I’m not very good at it myself either 🙂
        Also wanted to give an update as I’ve separated the books from the travel part of my blog so my link to the challenge post has changed. Not sure how to edit it in the Mr Linky so will share with you here. Also finished my first book review (linked to in the appropriate Mr Linky). Yay! One book finished towards my goal.
        
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      - WordsAndPeace on April 13, 2014 at 7:46 pm said:
        
        congratulations! I think I should be able to edit your Mr Linky. putting it on my to do list
        
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- WordsAndPeace on August 1, 2014 at 7:42 am said:
  
  awesome!
  
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tinabakesbread on July 31, 2014 at 2:52 pm said:

Hello or shall I say Bonjour!! I thought I had signed up earlier in the year. Here I am now. Happy to participate.

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- WordsAndPeace on July 31, 2014 at 6:58 pm said:
  
  Bonjour Tina, welcome to the challenge, never too late!
  
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tinabakesbread on August 1, 2014 at 3:17 pm said:

I was so enamored with David Lebovitz’ latest book that I plunged in for another review this month.

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- WordsAndPeace on August 1, 2014 at 8:32 pm said:
  
  the more the better! The challenge is up for the whole year 2014 anyway, so as many as you wish!
  
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bibliobettyreviews on August 2, 2014 at 11:36 am said:

Can a book be partially set in France?

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- WordsAndPeace on August 2, 2014 at 11:56 am said:
  
  absolutely!
  
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- WordsAndPeace on August 2, 2014 at 11:56 am said:
  
  that’s funny that you were highlighted on France Book Tours last month, but had not discovered this yearly challenge on my personal blog. Never too late! Fun to have you here around
  
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Richard on September 6, 2014 at 9:10 am said:

I messed up my first Rosie Carpe review link, Emma, so feel free to delete the earlier one. Sorry for the trouble!

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- WordsAndPeace on September 6, 2014 at 12:07 pm said:
  
  no problem, will do that later
  
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Richard on September 30, 2014 at 2:02 am said:

A second nonfiction book from me for your challenge. Almost halfway there now!

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- WordsAndPeace on September 30, 2014 at 8:06 am said:
  
  congratulations!
  
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Richard on October 25, 2014 at 2:14 pm said:

Two more books, one from Senegal and one from France. Lots of great “new” authors for me this year thanks in part to the challenge!

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- WordsAndPeace on October 25, 2014 at 8:51 pm said:
  
  fantastic!
  
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- WordsAndPeace on December 8, 2014 at 5:10 pm said:
  
  thanks, but your post has some problem. it shows only 2 seconds and disappears. same thing on Mozilla firefox and IE. I also tried on a tablet, I don’t even see it there! Your post about the 2015 challenge has a huge blank area before the text itself. Don’t forget to link your recap post for books on France with the 2n linky on this page: https://wordsandpeace.com/2013/12/08/books-on-france-2014-reading-challenge/
  
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tinabakesbread on December 12, 2014 at 2:52 pm said:

I had certainly hoped to read more than three books but I may do better another time! It was fun,

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- WordsAndPeace on December 12, 2014 at 10:03 pm said:
  
  and did you see my Bingo Twist on it for next year?: https://wordsandpeace.com/2014/12/01/french-bingo-2015-reading-challenge/
  
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Anja Kasap on December 31, 2014 at 3:33 pm said:

J’ai fini le défi – merci pour l’accueillir! C’était vraiment amusant et c’était bon pour rêver à la France 🙂

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- WordsAndPeace on January 1, 2015 at 8:22 pm said:
  
  formidable. I still need to pick a winner
  
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