Throwback Thursday: September 2011

Posted on October 7, 2021 by WordsAndPeace

#ThrowbackThursday

Revisiting what I posted 10 years ago,
following the idea I found at The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog
(click on this link or the logo to see where the idea started from,
and to post the link to your own post).
On the first Thursday of the month available on my site,
I’m planning to post about the previous month, 10 years before.

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Today, I’ll be revisiting September 2011.

I published 22 posts, 6 of these were reviews.
A bunch of posts were about the BBAW, a week of events related to book blogging. Alas, this no longer exists.

Here are the two posts which received most views:

Yes, again Of Mice and Men.
But also my Onion and Leek Quiche recipe, my personal combo of two recipes by Julia Child.
Note to self: take a picture next time I do it and add the picture to the post.

My favorite reads from that month are:

I am surprised not more people have read An Accident in August, as it’s actually based on Lady Diana‘s fatal car accident. Short and well done.

I also enjoyed a lot a spiritual book, which seems to be so essential for todays’ world:

Click on the covers to know more

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2014: July wrap-up

Posted on August 1, 2014 by WordsAndPeace

July was a great reading month, not a record as number of pages, but I did devour quite a few books, and some great ones!

Here is what I read in July:

11 books, my highest monthly average, as for number of books, but anot as number of pages actually.
= 10 books with 1,976 pages, that is: 63.7 pages/day.
+ 1 audiobook – 16:02 hours, that is an average of 31 mn/day

4 in literary fiction:

Summer House With Swimming Pool, by Herman Koch
Oscar et la dame rose, by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt – upcoming review
La femme sans peur, by Jean-Philippe Touzeau – ebook, upcoming review
My Antonia, by Willa Cather – upcoming review

3 children books:

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale, by Carmen Agra Deedy – upcoming review
Lilu and Dudu: Adventures in Bora Bora, by Fabienne Bratschi – book I translated from English to French
Julia, Child by Kyo Maclear – upcoming review

2 mysteries:

Death in Pont-Aven, by Jean-Luc Bannalec
Moon in a Dead Eye, by Pascal Garnier – review scheduled for August 7

1 historical fiction:

All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr – audio, upcoming review

1 nonfiction:

The French House, by Don Wallace – read for France Book Tours

My favorites this month:

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Reading Challenges recap

Audiobook: 7/12
Boo ks on France: 35/24
Eboo k challenge: 14/25
Histori cal fiction: 18/25
Japanese literature: 1/6
New au thors challenge: 43/50
My Kind of Mysteries: 13/20
TBR challenge: 2/12
What’s in a Name: 3/5
Where Are You Reading?: 16/50 – to be finished in 2014
Australian Literature Month: 0/1

Total of books read in 2014 = 56/105

Number of books added to my TBR in July = 68, yes, you are allowed to laugh, this is totally ridiculous and insane.

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Blog recap

5 of the 11 books read this month were received for review
Already 58 reviews for my Books on France Challenge, don’t forget to link yours.
I organized 4 giveaways this month. There’s always one going on at France Book Tours, be sure to check the August Giveaway! a great historical fiction focused around wine in the Bordeaux region! Who could resist that?
I took part in Paris in July, even though as you know I post about French things every week, sometimes several times a week, all year long. I did a special post on how we celebrated Bastille Day in Chicago!
And I did reach my I Love France 100th post!
I did some more vlogs. Be sure to follow my YouTube channel not to miss any new episode. I usually do a vlog to present the books I received during the past week (Mailbox Monday)
And I did try to catch up with a few reviews…

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Most popular book review last month

click on the cover to access my review

Blog milestones

912 posts
over 1,790 subscribers
over 64,700 hits

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Blog plans for August

My last Bout of Books was really fun, so I’m doing it again from August 18-24.
Though I should probably do a review-athon instead of a read-athon!
My goal is to try to take time to review a book as soon as I have finished reading it, instead of compulsively jumping into reading another book right away! Does this ring a bell??
till trying to find a balance between reading, reviewing, and reading other book blogs! If anyone has a soluton ,let me know. Thank God I don’t have TV!

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