What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there.
I feel like I should give myself a trophy...Yes, I did it---I finished A Tale of Two Cities. I didn't read it thoroughly and completely, like I have done with other classics in the past, and I didn't like it and I didn't like most of the characters, but I admired the circuitous way the book was written and I admired the themes of the book. So---Done!
What I Read Last Week
(Links will take you to my review):
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
A Bakery in Paris by Aimie K. Runyan
Claudine: A Fairy Tale for Exceptional Grownups by Marian Grudko and T. A. Young
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich
What I'm Reading Now:
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (Chapter-a-Day; 58%)
Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola (Paris in July)
Le Road Trip: A Traveler's Journal of Love and France by Vivian Swift (Paris in July)
The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World by Cathy Yandell (Paris in July)
What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:
Paris in July has begun. I'm celebrating being in Paris this July by:
(1) Reading some books set in Paris...
Remembering Paris by Denis Tillinac
A Bakery in Paris by Aimee Runyon
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
(2) Watching...
Maigret (1992) on BritBox.
Maigret (2018) on BritBox.
(3) Practicing my French on Duolingo.
I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:
Good Thing #1:
Good Thing #2:
Guitar lessons are going well.
Good Thing #3:
Our last meeting of my writing class
for the summer.
How was your week?
I hope you will link up with a post or two,
and share what you have been up to.
Yay. You finished A Tale of Two Cities. I felt the way you felt about that book about The Name of the Rose. I hated it and had to force myself to read it. Now that I'm not reading it, I kinda like it and have fond-ish memories of the plot. I hope your book grows on you, too, so you can recover from your experience.
ReplyDeleteGood job on Tale of Two Cities! I had to read it for English Lit in high school. I honestly don’t think I’d have read it had I not been forced to, but ultimately, I did come to appreciate it. Enjoy your Paris themed books!
ReplyDeleteWell done on getting through A Tale of Two Cities! That's some determination.
ReplyDeleteI give you kudos for finishing A Tale of Two Cities. It is hard to finish a book that you’re not completely enjoying. Have a great weekend Deb!
ReplyDeleteI have entered two posts for today because they are closely related — one post documents the Acropolis Museum in Athens, the other documents our visit to the Acropolis itself. We are spending t he weekend in Athens, and then will visit other Mediterranean locations. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting, congrats on finishing the challenging book, and have a great week… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I added that A Bakery in Paris book for my to-read list. Hope I can get it to add to the Paris in July event. Good for you finishing A Tale og Two Cities! Makes me reluctant to try that one for my next round of classics, maybe after I finish my current list of 50. I will be interested to read yur thoughts on the book by Zola.
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