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 did a little of everything this week. Drove to Dallas. Celebrated Lucy's happy birthday. Visited with my aunt and uncle. Came home. Swam. Visited with my sister. Got paperwork for my attempt to obtain Italian citizenship. Visited with my husband's cousin. Went to my writing group in Galveston. Had a picnic with my friend in Galveston. Ate blueberry pie and ice cream with my dad and his wife. Finished three five-star books: Candide and Zola's The Earth and Ann Patchett's Whistler. Wrapped up Paris in July.
What I Read Last Week:
The Earth by Émile Zola
Candide by Voltaire
Whistler by Ann Patchett
What I'm Reading Now:
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
The Wide, Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook by Hampton Sides
I read eighteen books for Paris in July this year.
I didn't really have time to do much more this year than read.
Candide, or Optimism by Voltaire (Fiction in French)
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes by Robert Louis Stevenson (Travel Memoir)
The Paris Bookshop for the Brokenhearted by Rebecca Raisin (Fiction)
My Four Seasons in France: A Year of the Good Life by Janine Marsh (Memoir)
The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (Fiction)
My Good Life in France by Janine Marsh (Memoir)
The Shortest History of France by Colin Jones (History)
Toujours la France! by Janine Marsh (Memoir)
The War of the Buttons by Louis Pergaud (Children's Fiction)
Thirty Days in Paris by Veronica Henry (Fiction)
One Summer in Paris by Sarah Morgan (Fiction)
My Year in Paris with Gertrude Stein: A Fiction by Deborah Levy (Fiction)
Quartet by Jean Rhys (Fiction)
Moveable Feasts: A Story of Paris in Twenty Meals by Chris Newens (Travel)
En Route: A Journey Through France in the Company of Great Writers by Peter Fiennes (Travel)
Poilâne: The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery by Apollonia Poilâne (Cookbook)
I visited to Paris via the Rick Steves' episode, Paris of the Parisians, coupled with the Daytripper's episode on Paris, Texas.
I practiced my French on Duolingo at least one time a day.
I made my first batch of sourdough bread based on a recipe from Poilâne. It was okay, but I think I'll try a different sourdough recipe next time.
And that's it. Thank you, Emma, from Words and Peace for hosting this wonderful event.
What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:
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:
What do you wear to a dinosaur and snake birthday party?
There are not as many snake shirts out there as you might expect.
But Wal-Mart, I learned, has some pretty cool dino shirts
in the boys' department.
Good Thing #2:
My new reading chair.
I loved the Hampton Sides book, reviewed it here:
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Your three good things all look very GOOD… a new reading chair is great. I wore out one reading chair, had to change my habits. The stuffing was coming out of holes in the very comfortable arms of the chair.
best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com
Toujours la France 🇫🇷 looks very intriguing.
ReplyDeleteI'm so impressed with your Paris in July reading. No wonder you didn't have time for much else. :D Although I didn't find Candide as brilliant as you did, I'm still very glad to have read it again--and in French. But next year I'm going to let someone else choose the readalong book! Have a great time in your cozy reading chair.
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