Paris in July 2024 Kick Off!

#Parisinjuly2024

During this month, our goal is to embrace and honor our French encounters by immersing ourselves in various activities like reading, watching, listening, observing, cooking, and indulging in all things French!

With the Olympics coming up in Paris, I decided to join in this fun reading and cultural event hosted by blogger Words and Peace and her sister blog France Book Tours. In addition to the French themed books, food, etc., I will also have a post of new Olympics nonfiction books and another post of new Olympics fiction. 

What I Will Likely Read

As you know, I don’t always make a list and stick to it! I could end up with totally different books.

• The Dark Vineyard: A Novel of the French Countryside (Bruno Chief of Police book 2) by Martin Walker
• French Windows by Antoine Laurain

“French” Books I’ve Read and Reviewed 

My Top Picks For a Newbie

These books are so fun! Even just reading the first book, A Year in Provence, will give you a taste of life in the French countryside in the mid-to-late 1980s. A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle.

Nonfiction I’ve Read and Reviewed

In many of these posts the photos of book covers will be cut off on the right side. That happened when I changed blog themes. Sorry.

Most of these I read and reviewed at my old blog and some of those reviews have been lost. For those I have linked to Amazon. I do not make any money off your clicks–the links are purely for your convenience.

• The Olive Farm (I loved the whole series–especially the lovely book of photos, but am only linking to the first book)
• Mastering the Art of French Eating 
• My Life in France 
• One Rue Titan (I have also read/enjoyed her book A French Kitchen)
• Losing it in France 
• Every Frenchman Has One 

A Few Novels 

I’ve skipped World War II novels and other historical fiction–leave me a comment if you’d like recommendations in these genres.

• Bruno Chief of Police
• A Moveable Feast  (Yes, this is fiction. I read it in college)
• The 6:41 to Paris
• The Red Notebook
• Chocolat
• Five French Hens (I’ve also read/reviewed Judy’s  The Golden Gals French Adventure)

So–are you in? Will you join in with #Parisinjuly2024? Leave me a comment or a link to your own post.