The Sunday Salon: Away for the Third Weekend in a Row!

  

It's the first birthday of the happiest baby in the world, our g-granddaughter, Lucy. We are celebrating with Lucy and her parents this weekend at a swimming party.

Sadly, Paris in July is coming to an end. Instead of coming home, however, I plan to spend August in Italy, bookwise, in preparation for an actual trip to Italy in September. 

I've had a wonderful time in Paris in July, so thank you, Emma, of Words and Peace, and thank you, all of those who posted during the month. If you'd like to see the plethora of posts this year, take a look here.

Last year I listed my favorite Paris in July posts from 2012 to 2022. It's here, if you'd like to take a look.

Here are all of my Paris in July posts from 2023:

If You Could Sum Up Paris in Just One Photo...

Sixteen French Authors Who Have Won the Nobel Prize for Literature

The Sunday Salon: Off to Waco This Week!

Paris in July: Eating In

French(ish) Books with One-Word Titles

The Sunday Salon: Off to Celebrate Our 45th Anniversary

The Sunday Salon: 2,408 Pages

Eleven French Classics I Have Not Read Yet, But Hope to Read One Day

Paris in July: Baking Gougères from the Classic French Pâte à Choux (The Cook's Atellier)

The Sunday Salon: Reading Big Books

Red White and Blue: Riffing on Nine Books that Represent My Very-American Idea of France

Paris in July: What I Might Do This Month

An Astronomer in Love by Antoine Laurain: Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop 

Paris in July: What I Might Do This Month

Good Thing #1

Thank you, Jeanie of The Marmelade Gypsy,

for sharing all these wonderful stamps with me!

Good Thing #2

My amazing new butterfly bag.

Can you believe my Aunt Karen made this whole thing?

Good Thing #3

We had so much fun this week,

crafting at the house of my friend, Cindy.

Cindy helped us learn to use a modern version of the die-cut machine

and she prepared a feast for our lunch of salmon, baked potatoes, and asparagus.

I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

• What was your week like?
• Read any good books? Tell us about them.
• What other bookish things did you do? 
• What else is going on in your life?

Other places where you may like to link up over the weekend are below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

My linkup for Sunday Salon is below. 

If You Could Sum Up Paris in One Photo...

Each of these is my contender for Paris-in-One-Photo...

If you could sum up Paris in one photo, what would you choose?

For more photos, link up at Wordless Wednesday, Comedy Plus, Messymimi's Meanderings, Keith's Ramblings, Create With Joy, Wild Bird Wednesday, and My Corner of the World.

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered, or spotlight words you love or post about anything word-ish. It was first created by Kathy over at Bermuda Onion.

Weekend Cooking was created by Beth Fish Reads and is now hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader (and Baker). It is open to anyone who has any kind of food-related post to share: Book (novel, nonfiction) reviews, cookbook reviews, movie reviews, recipes, random thoughts, gadgets, quotations, photographs. If your post is even vaguely foodie, feel free to grab the button and link up anytime over the weekend. You do not have to post on the weekend. Please link to your specific post, not your blog's home page. For more information, see the welcome post. 

Sixteen French Authors Who Have Won the Nobel Prize for Literature

The Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to more authors from France than to authors from any other country.

Who are these authors? 

(1) The first winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1901, was from France, Sully Prudhomme, a poet.

(2) The fourth winner, in 1904, was Frédéric Mistral, a poet from Provence.

(3) In 1915, Romain Rolland, a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, and mystic, won.

(4) Anatole France won in 1921. He was the son of a bookseller who became a French poet, journalist, and librarian.

(5) In 1927, Henri Bergson, a French philosopher, won the prize.

(6) A French novelist, Roger Martin du Gard, was given the prize in 1937.

(7) André Gide was awarded the prize in 1947. He is known as a French writer of many different genres and styles.

(8) French novelist, journalist, critic, journalist, and poet François Mauriac was given the Nobel Prize in 1952.

(9) Albert Camus, a French philosopher, won the prize in 1957. He was only 44 when he was given the prize.

(10) French poet Saint-John Perse won in 1960.

(11) Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and playwright, was given the Nobel Prize in 1964.

(12) French novelist Claude Simon won the prize in 1985. 

(13) Gao Xingjian was born in China, but later became a naturalized citizen of France. He was a novelist and a playwright who won the Nobel Prize in 2000.

(14) Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, the French author of over forty works, was awarded the prize in 2008. 

(15) French novelist Patrick Modiano was given the prize in 2014.

(16) Annie Ernaux was the first French woman to win the prize. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2022 for her work, mostly autobiographical.

I have read the writings of three French Nobel Prize winners: Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit; Patrick Modiano, In the Café of Lost Youth; and Annie Ernaux,  A Woman's Story. 

Which French authors do you know? 

Which ones have you read?

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.     

The Sunday Salon: Off to Waco This Week

 

Yes, I'm spending July in Paris, but once again I will actually be out of town, this time in Waco. I am spending this whole week visiting with my Aunt Karen near Dallas and then staying with my sister at her house in Waco. I do hope to do some reading while I am away. I hope we will also get to go back to the wonderful bookstore that has a wardrobe entrance to the children's section.

Last week I posted here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: Off to Celebrate Our 45th Anniversary This Weekend

French(ish) Books with One-Word Titles

Paris in July: Eating In

Photos from our weekend trip to the Gulf of Mexico

to celebrate our 45th anniversary...

Good Thing #1

Beautiful, quiet beaches...

Good Thing #2

We spent time in a nearby cemetery

to look up some dead relatives...

This is the grave for my husband's great-grandfather,

born in 1852 in Texas.

Good Thing #3

A wonderful lunch with

fresh-from-the-Gulf seafood...

We are delighted to have you join us at the Sunday Salon this week. 

What is Sunday Salon? Sunday Salon is a place to share what we have been doing during the week. We invite you to link up, visit other blogs, and join in the conversations going on all around the blogosphere. 

Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

• What was your week like?
• Have you read any good books? Tell us about them.
• What other bookish things did you do? 
• What else is going on in your life?

Other places where you may like to link up over the weekend are below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

My linkup for Sunday Salon is below.  

Paris in July: Eating In

We like to keep things simple when we are in Paris. 

We eat our big meal of the day at lunch.

 In the evening, we eat in, at home, where we are staying, light---bread, cheese, and, of course, wine.

For more photos, link up at Wordless Wednesday, Comedy Plus, Messymimi's Meanderings, Keith's Ramblings, Create With Joy, Wild Bird Wednesday, and My Corner of the World.

Il est Juillet et il est temps pour le merveilleux Paris in July, hosted by Emma at Words and Peace.

French(ish) Books With One-Word Titles

Germinal by Émile Zola

Nana by Émile Zola

L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

Dirt by Bill Buford

Rooftoppers by Katherine Rundell

Maigret by Georges Simenon

Okilele by Claude Ponti

Madeleine by Ludwig Bemelmens

Indulgence by Paul Richardson

Paris by Janelle McCullough

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

I know, I know, I may be stretching it

when I claim these are all one word titles...

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.     

Il est Juillet et il est temps pour le merveilleux Paris in July, hosted by Emma at Words and Peace.

The Sunday Salon: Off to Celebrate Our 45th Anniversary in a Cabin on the Gulf This Weekend

  

I've been enjoying my time in Paris this month. I've read four Paris in July books and I've watched two movies and I've made one batch of gougères and I've practiced my French (almost) every day on Duolingo. 

What have I read that I'd recommend? I actually finished The Count of Monte Cristo in June, but once I got to reading that book, I found I couldn't stop. Yes, it's long, but the story of the man's desire for revenge and how he goes about it is a story you should not miss. There are two storylines in An Astronomer in Love and the plot includes a telescope and pirates and longing for love and Paris, so you probably want to look for this one, too, if you are in the mood for something that manages to be both hopeful and truthful. I was surprised to discover how crazy I am about Down and Out in Paris and London. George Orwell goes to live among the destitute in those two big cities. I expected it to be bleak and sad, but instead, I was astonished to discover the fascinating characters he meets and to hear the great stories the people tell.

Movies? A big thumbs down to The Count of Monte Cristo movie (2002) we watched. I expected it to be condensed, and that always hurts, but changing the story completely, especially the ending? Not acceptable. The Maigret episode with Rowan Atkinson? Exceptionally good. I'm eager to watch the other three episodes that have been filmed and I hope the producers will get busy and make more.

I almost can't believe how well my gougères turned out. I recount the experience in my blog post here.

If you are doing French or Italian Duolingo, I'd love to befriend you on the app. Let me know your name there and I will look for you.

Last week, I posted:
Paris in July: Baking Gougères from the Classic French Pâte à Choux (The Cook's Atellier)
Eleven French Classics I Have Not Read Yet, But Hope to Read One Day

The Sunday Salon: 2,408 Pages

Good Thing #1

Good Thing #2

Good Thing #3

Yes, I'm enjoying Paris in July, but

today is our 45th wedding anniversary,

and we are celebrating by taking a weekend trip

to a cabin on the Gulf of Mexico.

I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

• What was your week like?
• Read any good books? Tell us about them.
• What other bookish things did you do? 
• What else is going on in your life?

Other places where you may like to link up over the weekend are below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

My linkup for Sunday Salon is below.