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Paris in July 2026

Posted on May 15, 2026 by WordsAndPeace

Paris in July 2026
#parisinjuly2026
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With our sister blog France Book Tours we are preparing to welcome you all in Paris in July 2026!
Paris in July 2025 was very successful, with many participants and giveaways.

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READERS AND BLOGGERS:

Prepare your luggage: think about what you could read, cook, watch, listen to, etc.
Our recap post from last year has tons of great suggestions!
Readers and bloggers, stay tuned!

Option:
If you want to organize your activity for our BINGO, here is the card! (same as in 2024)

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AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:

if you published or are preparing to publish a book related to France one way or another,
or if you wrote a post on that topic,
you could have your book/article featured throughout the event.

Authors/Publishers, please fill in this form
and we will get back to you ASAP

Throwback Thursday: May 2016

Posted on May 14, 2026 by WordsAndPeace

#ThrowbackThursday

Revisiting what I posted exactly 10 years ago
(my blog was born on September 29, 2010)
following the idea I found at The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog
(click on this link or the logo to post the link to your own post).

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Today, I’m revisiting May 2016.
This was a very special month, with several fabulous books reviewed.
It’s also when I reported on my participation in Book Expo America/Book Con (BEA16), which took place in Chicago that year, exceptionally. What a fabulous experience it was!

I published 21 times that month, and 9 of these posts were book reviews.

Of these posts, here is the most popular:
Click on the covers to access my reviews

MY VERDICT:
Remarkable hymn to the healing powers of books, readers, writers, and nature. A delight to enjoy word by word.

I really enjoyed The Sacred Comb at the time, but my favorite that month was clearly the first book by Fred Vargas I read.
Since then, I have read/listened to all her books – and am hoping to be able to listen to her very latest soon!

My favorite was this one:

The book has been translated in English as: Have Mercy on Us All (Simon & Schuster)

MY VERDICT:
If you like polished, well-written crime novels rooted in historical elements, this one is for you. A town crier in the medieval style suddenly finds himself in the middle of a murder plot.

HAVE YOU READ THESE BOOKS?
PLEASE SHARE YOUR THROWBACK THURSDAY POST
Planning my next post for this meme on June 18 or 25

The Classics Club: The Classics Spin #44

Posted on May 13, 2026 by WordsAndPeace

#theclassicsclub
#ccspin

The Classics Club
2024-2029

The Classics Spin #44

Time for a new spin!
Here are the directions from The Classics Club:

At your blog, before Sunday May 17, create a post to list your choice of any twenty books that remain “to be read” on your Classics Club list.
On Sunday May 17, we’ll post a number from 1 through 20. The challenge is to read whatever book falls under that number on your Spin List by July 5, 2025.

Here are 20 titles I have selected from my 5th list of 100 classics.
I want to tackle titles that have been on older lists, so I am repeating titles 1-10.

COME BACK ON MONDAY 18
TO SEE WHICH BOOK I HAVE TO READ SOON.
HOW MANY HAVE YOU READ?
WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE?
PLEASE SHARE YOUR OWN LIST,
OR JOIN THE CLASSICS CLUB!

MY FULL LIST IS HERE