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Mailbox Monday,
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
and WWW Wednesdays

This past Thursday was  a great day for French Literature, as for the 15th time –a record, it is a French author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In fact, an article I read in Le Figaro a few days before made me actually guess Patrick Modiano was going to be the winner. So I went to ladbrokes, wanted to bet on him, only to discover that you could not bet on ladbrokes when you lived in the US! I could have won!!!
For once, I know this author and I really enjoy his style! Unfortunately, he does not seem well know in the US.
Actually, my public library had only 1 book by him, and they put it in the sales room a few months ago. Of course I purchased it, even though I prefer to read him in French of course. Conclusion: my public library does not have one single book by the most recent Nobel prize in literature. And my public libraries network has only 4 titles, for someone who wrote so much… For once, this does not look too good for public libraries…

BOOKS JUST READ

   

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CURRENTLY READING

    

1. The Sharp Hook of Love, by Sherry Jones: histfic on Heloise and Abélard,
   the famous medieval lovers.
   Review scheduled for 10/26 for France Book Tours
2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce – audiobook
3. Delirium: The Rimbaud Delusion, by Barbara Scott Emmet,
   who will publish a guest-post on Oct 20!
   4. And a few more!!

BOOKS UP NEXT

• Juliet’s Nurse, by Lois Leveen.
  Review scheduled for 10/31 for Italy Book Tours!
• Next audio book: The Innovators, by Walter Isaacson,
  received for review from Simon & Schuster

LAST WEEK ON WORDS AND PEACE
and FRANCE BOOK TOUR

• A Paris Apartment, by Michelle Gable: review
• A Paris Apartment, by Michel Gable: interview
• Deadly Tasting, by Alaux and Balen: spotlight and giveaway
• Bitter Greens, by Kate Forsyth: giveaway winner
• The Church of Tango, by Cherie Magnus: tour quotations
• The Church of Tango: giveaway winners
• Crossing The Line, by Frédérique Molay: giveaway winners
• 10/7: release day of The Sharp Hook of Love, by Sherry Jones; and of Seven Letters From Paris, by Samantha Vérant
• The City of Blood, by Frédérique Molay: new tour launched, review copies available!

COMING UP ON WAP and FBT

• 10/13: Seven Letters From Paris, by Samantha Vérant: review + giveaway)
• 10/14: The Enchantress, by Magie Anton: spotlight + giveaway
• 10/15?  Velvet Morning Press presentation and interview
• 10/17: Deadly Tasting, by Alaux and Balen: release day
• Crossing The Line: tour quotations
• A Paris Apartment: tour quotations
• Some time this week, you should receive the Newsletter #2. Did you know that by opening it, you are entered into an exclusive giveaway? Sign up now if you have done it yet! – sorry, I am late on that!!

 

BOOK REVIEW MOST READ THIS PAST WEEK

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POST MOST VIEWED ON FRANCE BOOK TOURS

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and enter the giveaway!

 

CURRENT GIVEAWAYS

      

   
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BOOKS ADDED TO MY GOODREADS TBR

      

BOOKS RECEIVED THIS PAST WEEK

   

1. Nagasaki, received from Gallic Books for review in January
2. The Innovators, received from Simon & Schuster Audio for review

CHECKED OUT AT THE LIBRARY

HOW WAS YOUR WEEK?