#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon TCL’s #TopTenTuesday - Location, location, location (a week late) - July 29, 2025. Yes, this topic was meant for last week, so I'm hoping Jana @ArtsyReaderGirl won't mind my doing this now, so I can get in one last post for #ParisinJuly2025! #booklist #bookmeme

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“…I do not kill time, I wound it.” #paulmorand #ParisinJuly2025

My final read of the month is also my final read for the Paris in July event, which I've really enjoyed, and many thanks go to Words and Peace for hosting it - I know how much it takes to organise something like this! Today's book is "Tender Shoots" by Paul Morand, translated by Euan Cameron; Morand is an author who I've read before, reviewing his "The Man in a Hurry" for Shiny New Books back in…

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/i-do-not-kill-time-i-wound-it-paulmorand-parisinjuly2025/

“…the sordid landscape of the modern city…” #huysmans #parisinjuly2025

The Paris in July reading event is great fun, but it's been really difficult to pick and choose from the many possible reads I have lurking on the stacks when trying to decide my next read. So far, I've enjoyed the exploits of Arsene Lupin, the innovation of Michel Butor and the sheer brilliance of Marcel Proust. Today, however, I want to return to an author who I began reading recently and whose…

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“Jealousy, which is blindfold…” #proust #thecaptive #ParisInJuly2025

When I shared my pile of possible reads for Paris in July, at the end of June, you might have noticed a particularly chunky book near the bottom; this was the third volume of Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time/Remembrance of Things Past" which contains two of the novels - "Sodom and Gomorrah" and "The Captive". Now, I read S&G back in February (with a review in…

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/jealousy-which-is-blindfold-proust-thecaptive-parisinjuly2025/

“…perhaps my illusions might have held on for a little longer…” #changingtrack #ParisInJuly2025

My second book for the Paris In July reading event is a title which I picked up relatively recently; and of course, I just can't remember where I stumbled across mention of it... 😬 The book is "Changing Track" by Michel Butor (translated here by Jean Stewart), and the premise intrigued me from the start. Published in the Calder imprint from Alma, it was originally issued in…

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/perhaps-my-illusions-might-have-held-on-for-a-little-longer-changingtrack-parisinjuly2025/

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I Resemble That! My #bookreview for "The Portrait" by Antoine Laurain (tr. Jane Aitken & Emily Boyce), on my #bookblog now. Thanks @pushkinpress for rereleasing this #novella via @edelweiss. #2025NewReleaseChallenge #20booksofsummer2025
#parisinjuly2025

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/07/17/i-resemble-that/

#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Shifting Sands and Tides. My #bookreview for #Coastliners by Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social‬ on my #bookblog now! I'm so glad I finally got around to reading this lovely novel! #20booksofsummer2025
#parisinjuly2025 #BeatTheBacklist #Bookstagram

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#Bookthreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon Writers Anonymous? My #bookreview for "The First Line (The French List)" by Jean-Marie Laclavetine on my #bookblog now. Thanks @seagullbooks for the @this_is_edelweiss ARC. #2025NewReleaseChallenge #ParisinJuly2025 #20BooksofSummer2025 #bookstagram

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“Arsene Lupin in our midst!” #parisinjuly2025

As so often seems to be the case, I made myself a lovely pile of possibilities for reading during the Paris in July event - and the first book I chose to read was one that wasn't even on that pile! I was drawn back to the Penguin Archive 90 books I'd picked up, and one title was the perfect fit - …

https://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/07/02/arsene-lupin-in-our-midst-parisinjuly2025/