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“Never fear quarrels, but seek hazardous adventures.”

The Three Musketeers (The d'Artagnan Romances, #1) by Alexandre Dumas

December 28, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Nobody told me this book would be funny! Well, in case you didn’t know it, this book is funny! I did know it would be ridiculously long, but I did the audiobook, and Bill Homewood was a very fun narrator, and it didn’t feel as long as it could have. For some reason, I’ve always thought this book would be boring, but it’s a swashbuckling adventure Romance, so in hindsight that was a weird opinion to have. Maybe because the cover looks boring, or I’m […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: adventure, alexandre dumas, audiobooks, classics, French fiction, historical fiction, read harder challenge 2022, serialized novel, swashbuckling, translated

narfna's CBR14 Review No:232 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: adventure, alexandre dumas, audiobooks, classics, French fiction, historical fiction, read harder challenge 2022, serialized novel, swashbuckling, translated ·
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Half Cannonball: Complete! With a bit of French fiction.

The List of My Desires by Gregoire Delacourt

December 24, 2016 by ardaigle 3 Comments

I had the lucky opportunity to be in Paris for work and visited one of my favorite bookshops in the world, Shakespeare and Company, and came upon this little gem. This novel was compared to “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” which I had read with my book club and enjoyed, so I figured it was fate. I thought this was going to be more of a fluff book, but it actually took much darker turns that I anticipated. It was a very quick read, perfect […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: French fiction, Gregoire Delacourt, List of my desires

ardaigle's CBR8 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: French fiction, Gregoire Delacourt, List of my desires ·
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  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Good choices! I feel like I don't see Emma Thompson in enough stuff these days.
  • narfna on A great time was had.My friend and I actually fancast it while we were reading! We decided on Viola Davis for Billie, Michelle Yeoh as Helen, Emma Thompson as...
  • Emmalita on “The way to stay married is simple – don’t get divorced.”Faintingviolet and ASKReviews did. I clearly need more Ada Calhoun in my life.
  • booktrovert on “The way to stay married is simple – don’t get divorced.”Thank you- I highly recommend this one! Did you review her book, Why We Can't Sleep? I remember seeing someone review that here on Cannonball...
  • Carriejay on A great time was had.Agree, a movie would be great. Who are we casting? :)
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