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Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer.
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A post to recap the past week on your blog,
showcase books and things we have received.
Share news about what is coming up on your blog
for the week ahead.
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Mailbox Monday,
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
and WWW Wednesdays
This has been another busy week with lots of classes, translations, and the conclusion of the garden season:
this year for the first time we had planted this tiny little piece of Jerusalem artichoke that some friends had given us.
You can take them out very late, even after the frost. I finally did it on Friday, and from this tiny piece, I got 7 pounds!
I already cooked some fried, it was delicious. Next on the menu will be gratin, then soup. I even created a Pinterest board with some yummy recipes.
This week, it was really neat to see live online the National Book Award. I think the presenter was quite despicable, not sure why people try hard to be funny to make something interesting, so that did not work for me, but the authors’ speeches were good, especially Gaiman’s presenting the award to Ursula K. Le Guin.
BOOKS JUST READ
click on the covers to know more about them
CURRENTLY READING
- Light and Dark, by Natsume Soseki. I won it on some blog months ago,
and am finally reading it for The Japanese Literature Challenge - The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution,
by Walter Isaacson – audiobook received from Simon & Schuster for review. FA-BU-LOUS!
BOOKS UP NEXT
- Alex, by Pierre Lemaitre, another book shipped by Quercus!
Pierre Lemaitre won last year le Prix Goncourt for
Au revoir là-haut, historical novel on WWI.
Before that, he was most famous for his thrillers,
and Irene that I just read was so fabulous. This is the sequel
- Next audio book: The Shadow of the Wind,
soon now, almost done with my long current audio
LAST WEEK ON WORDS AND PEACE
and FRANCE BOOK TOUR
- 11/17: France Book Tours Newsletter #3 winner
- 11/17: List of books shared at my October Block Book Club
- 11/18: November Books of the Month Giveaway: just 7 more days to enter!
- 11/18: The Shiro Project, by David Khara: release day
- 11/18: Created an Affiliates Page: with right now Postertext, Indiebound, and Book Depositery
- 11/19: Bed of Nails, by Antonin Varenne: book review
- 11/21: New tour launched: The Fifteenth District, by Mavis Gallant – short stories. A few review copies still available!
- 11/21: Finally created 2 important pages for France Book Tours: one about having your novel translated in French, and another one about online French classes
- 11/22: The Shiro Project: spotlight + giveaway
COMING UP ON WAP and FBT
- 11/24: Tour quotations for The Shiro Project, by David Khara
- 11/25: The Shiro Project: giveaway winner
- 11/28: Beginning of Black Friday Bonanza – come back here for awesome giveaway. We are 64 bloggers on the hop so far!
- Some reviews and possibly memes
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
plus 17 more
BOOKS RECEIVED THIS PAST WEEK
nothing, but I have plenty on my plate
CHECKED OUT AT THE LIBRARY
This year, I will try to read a few Christmas mysteries, so I chose:
I got to part of Alex and didn’t think I could continue not because it was poor but because it was such a horrid episode. But I was glad I did read it. Will be interested to see what yiu think of The Innovators. I read his book on Steve Jobs last year. It’s very well researched though the style was a bit repetitive on times
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The first book before Alex, Irene, is stunning. Yes the crimes descriptions are horrific, BUT the construction and writing of the book is just blowing my mind. and that was the first book by that author!! The Innovators is really fantastic. I’m listening to it, the narrator is great. I did notice a few sentences of repeat here and there, but still I am learning so much in a very engaging way
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I’m wanting to read almost every book you showcased! LOL I like your taste in literature.
And I’m going to have to check out your recipes. I’m looking for something different.
Here’s my Sunday Post – http://fuonlyknew.com/2014/11/23/whats-new-on-my-bookshelf-86-and-the-sunday-post/
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I try to read vast range of genres. And yes cooking with Jerusalem Artichoke is fun. If you don’t grow them, i think they are super cheap at the grocery store
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I love the cover on the The Shadow of the Wind and the title of the Bookshop Book. I’ll definitely have to go luck into those. I love The Sittaford Mystery. I reread it earlier this year and really enjoyed it. I’m also looking forward to rereading Poirot’s Christmas. I like her dedication on that one. Have a great week!
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yeah, lots of goodies here, lol. Have a great week too!
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And you are reading the Lemaitre books in the right order. I made the mistake of reading Alex before Irene (that’s the order in which they were translated into English) and that was a big no-no. However, I did think they were both good – and Alex is even better!
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I know, maybe they thought that guy was not good enough to be translated and finally decided to do it when they started speaking about a movie for Alex. and finally also decided to translate the first volume. OMG, I can’t imagine sthg better than Irene! Taking a little break through Japanese Literature, and then back to Lemaitre. I forgot if you can read French. If you do you have to read his Au-revoir là haut on WWI, awesome. Otherwise the English translation is coming out Fall 2015.
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I do read French and I have read his WW1 novel – another fantastic read, he really is a good storyteller. I even had the pleasure of interviewing him:
http://www.crimefictionlover.com/2014/02/interview-with-pierre-lemaitre/
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merci! how did I miss that!
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I’ve put The Innovators onto my list. Glad you liked the quiz. Cheers
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good move for The Innovators, this book is really awesome
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Oh I love artichokes – is the Jerusalem Artichoke very different from idk what I’d get at the store? I’m so curious and suddenly hungry!
I don’t think I knew there were book awards you can watch! I’m not a fan of people trying to be funny either – especially when they get mean to do it. If they’re actually funny (and without being mean) its entertaining, but can still be frustrating if it just distracts from the event at hand.
Have a great week!
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well Jerusalem artichokes have nothing to do with Jerusalem, they are originally from American, Native Americans used them. And they have nothing to do with artichokes! They are tubers, so like potatoes if you wish, though lots of them looked to me like ginger roots.
it may have been the 1st year that you could watch the National Book Awards live online. thank God the presenter was just introducing each person who was presenting each award, so his intervention were rather short, but he really got on my nerves, and there are now reactions to his rather racist words as well
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Now Im hungry. Lol. Awesome books BTW 🙂
WeeklyWrap@EverythingNyze
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it’s ok to be hungry with healthy stuff, lol
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Enjoy your catch up week – sometimes an empty mailbox is such a relief 😉
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it really is, lol!
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I am curious about Irene…hope you enjoy all of your books; they look very tempting. Thanks for sharing…and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES
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Irene is both stunning and horrible, in the sense that the descriptions of the crimes are absolutely horrific. But the construction of the book is pure genius
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That Bed of Nails looks interesting. Great haul!
Check out my Sunday Post
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The Bed of Nails is quite interesting indeed, but not for the tender at heart, lol
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Have a great week.
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thanks, you too!
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Nice week.
ENJOY all your books. Love Agatha Christie.
I have had two weeks of empty mailboxes and then two with only one book, but that’s ok.
ENJOY your little breather even though it is disappointing.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Mailbox Monday
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oh no, not disappointing, most welcome actually, as I have so many books on my TBR I want to tackle
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Hope you enjoy your new Christmas mysteries! Tis the season 🙂
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actually, the season has not started yet for me, I try to follow a Christian calendar that gives us afew weeks of preparation to Christmas, so I’ll wait one more week for those
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I love Gaiman’s voice, so I imagine he is a fabulous presenter! The Shadow of the Wind is an amazing book. It’s so gorgeously written I lingered over every word. Enjoy your week!
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yes, Gaiman’s voice is so neat, I enjoyed so much listening to him narrate his last book. And I can’t wait to finish the fabulous Innovators to start The Shadow of the Wind!
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I’ve heard good stuff about The Innovators — I’m glad it holds up so far!
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it is really awesome!
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