Tag: Ruth Reichl

• My Top Ten of 2024

  With only two days of 2024 left, I think my reading stats are pretty set in stone, unless I finish off one more book before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve so I can end on an even number. I had a good reading year but my total number of books is a bit…

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  December 29, 2024

  books

  Amazon, Ann Napolitano, ARC, audiobook, book-review, books, Deborah Serra, Diane Parrish, Ebook, Elinor Lipman, Elizabeth Strout, Evie Woods, fiction, Katherine Center, Kindle, literature, NetGalley, novel, reading, Ruth Reichl, Sophia Kinsella, Susan Rieger], top ten, writer, writing

• Book Review: The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

  Although I just returned from a week in Ireland, and two weeks in France, we were nowhere near Paris, due to the Olympics taking over the city. While the southwest of France where we exclusively traveled on this trip was beautiful, I do wish I could get to Paris for two things: more French food…

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  August 19, 2024

  books, Essay

  books, domestic abuse, dual timeline, Evie Woods, fairy godmother, France, institutional abuse, Ireland, magical realism, Paris, reading, Ruth Reichl, Shakespeare and Company, St. Stephen’s Green, The Lost Bookshop, The Paris Novel, Tumbleweed, writing

• Book Review: The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

  While considerable thought goes into packing clothing for an overseas vacation, especially when visiting multiple countries with differing climates, I give equally as much thought into what I will read on the trip. My Kindle is always fully loaded and downloaded and ready to go. For my recent trip to Ireland and France, I had…

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  July 8, 2024

  books, Essay

  art, book-review, books, chef, cooking, Dior, fashion, fiction, foie gras, food, France, Gourmet, Kindle, leeks, library, literature, Manet, novel, NYT Food, Paris, Plaquemines Parish, reading, Ruth Reichl, saffron