Acts of Kindness – Book Exchange Project
So appropriate! “Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” by American aphorist (and professor of French) Mason Coole.
Correspondent archives
MyFrenchLife – MaVieFrançaise #bookclub: September-October read
Read with us this September, the MyFrenchLife™ French Book Club is reading ‘The Exchange of Princesses’ by Chantal Thomas.
The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay: bookclub event recap
In the beginning, I had good reasons to choose this book even though I had intentionally not read any reviews…
My mother with Alzheimer’s: not a unique French story
We spoke about our respective mothers. And found out that our mothers have both gradually lost their memory and are incapable of taking care of themselves anymore.
MyFrenchLife – MaVieFrancaise #bookclub – 2019 UPDATED
Reading with us? Now you can find #bookclub DISCUSSIONS all in ONE PLACE and be informed of updates
2019 My French Life™ Book club reading list of recently-translated French novels
LIST ANNOUNCED – are you reading with us?
Colette le film: to like or to not like – the importance of debates in French society
I’m glad the film revived my interest in Colette the famous French writer, but, but but…
Becoming Colette again: Paris to Hollywood and back
Colette’s lifestyle, feminist struggle to be recognized as a writer and free spirit are inspiring modern topics that can definitely appeal to the younger generations of millennials.
MyFrenchLife™ French Book Club – UPDATE BOOK #4 – Small Country by Gaël Faye
With a very genuine & talented voice, Small Country tells the probable story of its author, from his then 11-year-old standpoint.
MyFrenchLife™ French Book Club – BOOK 3 UPDATE – Antoine Leiris, You Will Not Have My Hate
The poignant testimony following the 13 November 2015 Paris terrorist attack at ‘the Bataclan’ where the author lost his wife and mother of their 17-month old toddler.