For those who love Paris
Dec 20th, 2011, 07:18 PM
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For those who love Paris
I have just started reading a book called "The Last Time I Saw Paris" by Lynn Sheene. It's a 2011 novel that takes place in the 1940's during the 2nd world war.
Did you ever start reading a book that you would like to stay up all night reading----BUT, you closed after several chapters because you did not want it to end?
Ms. Sheene must have spent a lot of time in the city of light because her descriptions are vivid and inspiring. Maybe I'm just missing Paris, but this book is a real winner. I am savoring every page. I hope it continues to live up to the first chapters, because I am definitely hooked.
Has anyone read it?
Did you ever start reading a book that you would like to stay up all night reading----BUT, you closed after several chapters because you did not want it to end?
Ms. Sheene must have spent a lot of time in the city of light because her descriptions are vivid and inspiring. Maybe I'm just missing Paris, but this book is a real winner. I am savoring every page. I hope it continues to live up to the first chapters, because I am definitely hooked.
Has anyone read it?
Dec 20th, 2011, 07:39 PM
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Yes, I read it and enjoyed the story. I gave it to a friend and we both agreed it was even better towards the end. My next book is "A
Summer in Europe" by Marilyn Brant. It got good reviews so we shall see.
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Summer in Europe" by Marilyn Brant. It got good reviews so we shall see.
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Dec 21st, 2011, 09:40 AM
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I finished that book over the weekend and really enjoyed it. Think anyone how loves Paris would enjoy it also. Received Murder in Passy for a book exchange gift and will start reading it shortly. Always looking for books set in Paris...a mini vacation in my armchair.
Dec 21st, 2011, 11:31 AM
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Odd that someone should have a new novel called "The Last Time I Saw Paris." That is the title of the perhaps better known novel by the American journalist Elliot Paul written in 1942. I haven't read it but learned about it in "The Paris Edition 1927-1934", a delightful book by Waverly Root, a reporter for the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune during the golden years in Paris between the wars. Highly recommended for anyone who loves Paris, it has plenty of fascinating stories on the cultural icons and wannabes during the period. Paul's book by the way apparently is not connected with the Liz Taylor/Van Johnson movie of the same name. That was based on a Fitzgerald short story.
Odd that someone should have a new novel called "The Last Time I Saw Paris." That is the title of the perhaps better known novel by the American journalist Elliot Paul written in 1942. I haven't read it but learned about it in "The Paris Edition 1927-1934", a delightful book by Waverly Root, a reporter for the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune during the golden years in Paris between the wars. Highly recommended for anyone who loves Paris, it has plenty of fascinating stories on the cultural icons and wannabes during the period. Paul's book by the way apparently is not connected with the Liz Taylor/Van Johnson movie of the same name. That was based on a Fitzgerald short story.
Dec 22nd, 2011, 02:14 AM
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Just finished Ina Caro's "Paris to the Past: Traveling though French History by Train." This is a
marvelous journey through seven hundred years of French history in 25 day-trips from Paris. Not only are her descriptions of these places fascinating, but she tells you where to eat and the best routes to walk. Comes out in paperback in January and it will be the first thing I pack for my next trip.
marvelous journey through seven hundred years of French history in 25 day-trips from Paris. Not only are her descriptions of these places fascinating, but she tells you where to eat and the best routes to walk. Comes out in paperback in January and it will be the first thing I pack for my next trip.
