Tag: British

• Book Review—The Paris Girl: The Young Woman Who Outwitted the Nazis and Became a WWII Hero by Francelle Bradford White

  When I look back through the list of nonfiction books I’ve read over the last few years, I am drawn to those titles where the author disseminates information about a topic in a narrative style not unlike a piece of historical fiction. At the top of that list (for me) would be: and others. These…

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  November 21, 2024

  books, Essay

  Alain Groitteray, Andree Griotteray White, Bob Woodward, book-review, books, British, Carl Bernstein, Croix de Guerre, dementia, England, Erik Larson, Europe, France, Francelle Bradford White, Goodreads, Guy Simeon Songy, Jon Krakauer, Kensington Publishing, Legion d’honneur, liberation of Paris, Nazis, NetGalley, nonfiction, OSS, reading, Susan Orlean, The Paris Girl: The Young Woman Who Outwitted the Nazis and Became a WWII Hero, Tim O’Brien, writer, writing, WWII

• Book Review: A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder by Dianne Freeman (Book #1 in the Countess of Harleigh Mystery Series)

  I recently grabbed a book off of the new mysteries shelf at my local library and knew almost immediately that I was missing quite a bit of backstory, only to realize I was starting with book #7 of a series. I enjoyed An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder – albeit without the backstory…

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  November 5, 2024

  books, Essay

  A Lady’s Guide to Etiquette and Murder, An Art Lover’s Guide to Paris and Murder, book-review, books, British, Countess of Harleigh, cozy mystery, death, Dianne Freeman, Downton Abbey, England, English, family, fiction, Libby, library, literature, MCPL, mystery, novel, parenting, reading, social media, vacation, Victorian Era

• Book Review: A Chest Full of Words by Rebecca Gugger and Simon Rothlisberger, translated from the German by Tim Mohr

  As an English and literature teacher for nearly 20 years, I have coached (and in some cases, coaxed) middle schoolers on essay writing, including the use of descriptive writing, more specifically the use of adjectives and adverbs. One method I used was to read with them an example of good descriptive writing, starting with Chapter…

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  September 23, 2024

  books, Essay

  A Chest Full of Words, Annie Dillard, baking, book-review, books, British, chicken, cooking, English, essays, food, language arts, Laurie Colwin, library, literature, middle school, More Home Cooking, NetGalley, nonfiction, NorthSouth Books Inc., Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, reading, Rebecca Gugger, Simon Rothlisberger, teacher, teaching, The Metamorphisis, Tim Mohr, translated from the German, vocabulary, writer, writing

• Book Review: Death and Croissants by Ian Moore

  Cozy mysteries are my favorite genre, and I especially like those set in foreign locales, but for some reason this one sort of dragged for me. Although set in the Loire Valley of France, it didn’t feel very French to me, perhaps given the protagonist and MMC is British, but he is supposedly fluent in…

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  August 1, 2024

  books

  B&B, British, cozy mystery, croissant, France, Loire Valley

• Book Review: Mrs. Porter Calling by A. J. Pearce

  One of my favorite books of 2019 was Dear Mrs. Bird by A. J. Pearce, which I read just before the lockdown and the horrible pandemic thing ensued. I love that book so much that my family finally did an intervention and asked me to STOP talking about Emmy and her friends. Since then, I’ve…

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  May 14, 2023

  Essay

  A J Pearce, ARC, book-review, books, British, Cheerfully, Dear Mrs. Bird, death, dog, Emmy Lake, England, English, fiction, grief, Kindle, literature, London, NetGalley, novel, reading, writer, writing, WWII, Yours Mrs. Porter Calling

• Book Review – Nadiya’s British Food Adventure

  I love watching British cooking shows and reading cookbooks from the UK. This particular book, Nadiya’s British Food Adventure, combines my love of all things British with a desire to learn more about other cultures. Nadiya Hussain is a breath of fresh air. No pretentiousness, no putting on airs. Just family style cooking elevated with…

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  May 6, 2021

  books

  British, cooking, GBBO

• Travel for Beginners

  I know almost nothing about soy sauce. I know I like to dip my sushi rolls into it and I know that the colored tops of the soy sauce bottles on the tables in Asian restaurants denote whether the soy sauce is regular (red) or low sodium (green). I know it is one of the…

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  February 7, 2016

  books, Essay

  A Moveable Feast, A Week in Winter, Africa, Asia, Asian, Bangladesh, Baton Rouge, Beryl Markham, British, Circling the Sun, Ernest Hemingway, Europe, Hadley Richardson, Ireland, Irish, Kenya, Kirstin Chen, Louisiana, Maeve Binchy, Memphis, Monroe, Nell Freudenberger, New Orleans, Paula McLain, pub, reading, Singapore, soy sauce, Soy Sauce for Beginners, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, The Newlyweds, The Paris Wife

• Buttered Toast

  Buttered toast.  Buttered toast and a cup of steaming café au lait.  Buttered toast and a cup of English Breakfast tea, with a paper-thin slice of lemon floating delicately on top.  Buttered toast and a cup of homemade chicken noodle soup.  Heck, buttered toast all by itself.  Two ingredients.  Simplicity in itself. Comforting.  Delicious. For…

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  January 12, 2015

  Essay

  breakfast, British, butter, Ireland, London, Scotland, tea, toast, toast soldiers, tradition