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Alone Time book cover: a photograph of an elaborate metal railing with a blurred old city skyline in the distance

Curiosity = Happiness

Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude by Stephanie Rosenbloom

January 7, 2023 by KateMc 3 Comments

“Alone, there’s no need for an itinerary. Walk, and the day arranges itself.” In Alone Time, New York Times travel writer Stephanie Rosenbloom travels solo to Paris, Istanbul, Florence, and New York. She shares details about the small, quiet moments that make up the most memorable parts of her trips: Alone, with no one at my side, I was also able to see le merveilleux quotidien, “the marvelous in everyday life”: a golden retriever gazing at a café chalkboard in Montmartre, as if reading the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Florence, Istanbul, new york, non fiction, paris, Stephanie Rosenbloom, travel

KateMc's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: Florence, Istanbul, new york, non fiction, paris, Stephanie Rosenbloom, travel ·
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Art History + Literary History + Paris= This Book

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

November 20, 2022 by The Chancellor Leave a Comment

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed My rating: 4 of 5 stars Combining the worlds of art and literary history, this is the story of Khayyam who’s trying to find a connection between the rumored painting that Delacroix gave to Dumas and to use this research to help her get into Chicago’s Art Institute Young Scholars program.Whether you know who Delacroix or Dumas are, this is a fun read that takes you into paintings, poetry, letters, and the streets of Paris. During […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: art history, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Mad, paris, Samira Ahmed

The Chancellor's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: art history, Bad & Dangerous to Know, Mad, paris, Samira Ahmed ·
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[got me] to a nunnery!

Matrix by Lauren Groff

Heloise & Abelard: A New Biography by James Burge

The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici by Elizabeth Lev

Letters of a Portuguese Nun: Uncovering the Mystery Behind a 17th Century Forbidden Love by Myriam Cyr

July 5, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos 2 Comments

I thought I was going to need some time to recover from the exquisite The Everlasting, but really it flung me head-first into a literal rabbit-hole. A warren. An abbey. A nunnery, if you will. Also- The Atlantic just posted a list of books that were done dirty by pandemic releases, and OF COURE The Everlasting resides within those vaulted halls. I was immediately drawn to Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici after she was mentioned several times in The Everlasting. A distant relative of her spots her likeness in the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: 12th century, 15th century, 16th century, 17th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, borgia, Catholicism, cloistered life, Crusades, Dark Ages, eleanor of aquitaine, Elizabeth Lev, England, forbidden love, France, heloise and abelard, hisotry, historical fiction, Italy, James Burge, lauren groff, Love, love letters, Marie de France, medeival europe, Medici, Middle Ages, miramax, monks, my library. audio. ;etters, Myriam Cyr, mysticism, nuns, paris, Philosophy, Portugal, Religion, Renaissance, renaissance europe, Rome, viragoes

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, History, Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: 12th century, 15th century, 16th century, 17th Century, andtheIToldYouSos, borgia, Catholicism, cloistered life, Crusades, Dark Ages, eleanor of aquitaine, Elizabeth Lev, England, forbidden love, France, heloise and abelard, hisotry, historical fiction, Italy, James Burge, lauren groff, Love, love letters, Marie de France, medeival europe, Medici, Middle Ages, miramax, monks, my library. audio. ;etters, Myriam Cyr, mysticism, nuns, paris, Philosophy, Portugal, Religion, Renaissance, renaissance europe, Rome, viragoes ·
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Melania Trump Fanfiction

Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak

January 27, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

(“I felt helpless,” she said. “Here it is, I thought. This is what the bargain comes down to. This is your destiny, Lara. You will be a part of this, this tragedy. And there is nothing you can do about it. Because you chose this.”) Sofie, a former White House correspondent, is astonished to be chosen to be the biographer of the mysterious First Lady Lara Caine. As Lara tells her story, Sofie comes to realize that the secrets she’s spilling out could be ruinous […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Anna Pitoniak, ARC, historical fiction, NetGalley, paris, politics, popsugar, Russia

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:18 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Anna Pitoniak, ARC, historical fiction, NetGalley, paris, politics, popsugar, Russia ·
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“Everyone had strengths. And weaknesses. The important thing was to recognize them. And not expect something from someone who didn’t have it to give.” (CBR Bingo #11)

All the Devils Are Here (Chief Inspector Gamache #16) by Louise Penny

October 29, 2021 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Through the first fifteen books in the Inspector Gamache series there is only one book I’ve rated five stars, A Trick of the Light. It’s a doozy of a book, and it dug deep into how characters cope with trauma, addiction, and stress, and any number of other forces that would separate us from our best selves. When I finished All the Devils Are Here, the 16th book in the series, I had my first impulse to rate one of these five stars since the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: all the devils are here, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Gamache, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery, old series, paris

faintingviolet's CBR13 Review No:51 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: all the devils are here, cbr13bingo, faintingviolet, Gamache, Inspector Gamache, Louise Penny, mystery, old series, paris ·
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Vacation Reading

Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBT Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Doberman

The Pursuit of Pearls by Clara Vine

Lust, Caution by Eileen Chang

While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams

The Rocksburg Railroad Murders by K.C. Constantine

March Violets by Philip Kerr

Can't Knock the Hustle: Inside Brooklyn's Season of Hope: How Basketball Helped Us Survive Power, Politics, and a Global Pandemic by Matt Sullivan

The Lime Pit by Jonathan Valin

July 6, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I was on vacation last week and, as you can tell from the stack in the header, I read a LOT… Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBT Rights Uprising that Changed America **** I wish this had focused more on the Uprising itself, as opposed to being a semi auto-biography on those who were involved in it. But it’s still a fascinating story at the nascent days of the LGBTQIA+ Movement, the challenges and complexities, and what emerged from it. A good gateway into learning […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #history, basketball, Berlin, Bernie Gunther, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Nets, Can't Knock the Hustle, Cincinnati, Clara Vine, Eileen Chang, espionage, historical fiction, Hong Kong China, Jonathan Valin, K.C. Constantine, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, LGBTQIA, Lust Caution, March Violets, Mario Balzic, Martin Doberman, Matt Sullivan, mystery, NBA, New York City, paris, Pennsylvania, Philip Kerr, politics, sports, Stacey Abrams, Stonewall, The Lime Pit, The Pursuit of Pearls, The Rocksburg Railroad Murders, thriller, While Justice Sleeps

Jake's CBR13 Review No:102 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #history, basketball, Berlin, Bernie Gunther, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Nets, Can't Knock the Hustle, Cincinnati, Clara Vine, Eileen Chang, espionage, historical fiction, Hong Kong China, Jonathan Valin, K.C. Constantine, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, LGBTQIA, Lust Caution, March Violets, Mario Balzic, Martin Doberman, Matt Sullivan, mystery, NBA, New York City, paris, Pennsylvania, Philip Kerr, politics, sports, Stacey Abrams, Stonewall, The Lime Pit, The Pursuit of Pearls, The Rocksburg Railroad Murders, thriller, While Justice Sleeps ·
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