August Reading — An Embarrassment of Biblio Riches, Part I

I read so many books in August that I’m dividing this post into two parts. Six books in each, with some recommendations I hope you like among the twelve. Please click through to read.

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Reading Fireside? A Dozen Titles for You. . .

 Only 70 more pages to go in Alice Zeniter’s L’Art de Perdre which I borrowed from the library. A wonderful novel following three generations of a family from pre-Independence Algeria to present-day France. I’ll share more…

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A Paris Memoir and The Teachings of Plants — Gleanings from the Library

I ended myhalf-year reading round-up with Liam Callanan’s Paris by the Book; between that title and thetitles I mentioned in my last post, I’ve failed to record some fifteen or so books.  Too bad, because…

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Serious Summer Reading. . . and some Not So Serious

I’ve just finished reading Philippe Sands’ East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes against Humanity.” I’d come across a recommendation to this winner of the 2016 Baillie Gifford Non-Fiction prize and added…

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More of my Travel Reading

Back in June (I know!) I shared some of the titles I’d read during my three weeks’ travel, and I promised to share the rest later. Well, this is definitely later. . . . And…

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