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July is over. As usual it went very fast, probably because of the great event that takes places during this month, Paris in July. This year hosted by Tamara at Thyme-for-tea and Deb at Readerbuzz . Thank you so much for all the hard work that goes into this month. It seems that more and more people sign up and that is lovely. I went back to check out a book I reviewed for Paris in July, since Deb said she wanted to read it, namely Janet Flanner's Paris Was Yesterday. That is when I realised that I have participated in this event since 2014! Couldn't believe it. I started blogging in the end of 2013, so I was lucky to find Paris in July so fast. Times fly when you have fun.  Paris in July I only read two books about Paris this year. The Reunion/La jeune fille et la nuit by Guillaume Musso and The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Musso's book really good and, unfortunately the not so good The Paris Apartment. I have also listened to history pods about France, mainly the Frenc...

Time for my French dinner during Paris in July. We had invited good friends, one couple, to this special evening. Well, as we all know we are still in the grip of a pandemic and they had recently had covid. Although they had recovered, they were still not feeling well and had to cancel. That left Martin and me all on our own. I had prepared a menu de dégustation with some nice wines to go with it (menu below). It turned out to be a very long French dinner, probably like they do it in France. We started slowly at around 3 pm and ended some time in the late evening. I cooked as the menu went ahead so very relaxing.  With such a menu I needed a little bit of help with the serving. Let me present Arnaud! To start with an amuse bouche: Chèvre Chaud With Pumpkin Seeds followed by a Crème Ninon soup. To this I served champagne. Both dishes were excellent. I have done the soup before but not the chèvre chaud.  Apart from the soup, the other dishes were all new to me.  The third...

We are entering into the fourth week of Paris in July .  Thank you to Deb at Readerbuzz and Tamara at Thyme-for-tea who are co-hosting this year's event. I have still to read some of your posts, and are enjoying the variety of topics.  I have read The Paris Apartment  by Lucy Foley for this event. I loved her novels The Guest List and The Hunting Party  and it was with great anticipation I started this Paris story.  "Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn’t sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn’t say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up – to find a very nice apartment, could Ben really have afforded this? – he’s not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig into her brother’s situation, and the more questions she has. Ben’s neighbours are an eclectic bunc...

How wonderful to enter Paris in July again. Thank you to  Readerbuzz  and  Thyme-for-tea  who are co-hosting this year's event. Some of you have already posted many interesting things about Paris/France. I start this year's challenge with a review of a book by Guillaume Musso. I might have got it from a common bookcase at my parents place. I have never heard about the author before, but it seems he belongs to one of the most popular authors in France. So much for keeping up with what is going on in other countries. I read it in Swedish which have the same title as in English, The Reunion.  In French it is called La jeune fille et la nuit. " The French Riviera – 25 years ago An elite prep school frozen in the snow Three friends linked by a tragic secret One girl taken by the night One freezing night, as her campus is paralyzed by a snowstorm, 19-year-old Vinca Rockwell, the most beautiful and glamorous girl at her prep school, runs away with her philosophy teache...

Paris in July is back. Readerbuzz and Thyme-for-tea are co-hosting this year's event. It comes with three wonderful images from which we can choose. For this introduction I choose the Bigger Sunset. If you are not familiar with the concept, please visit their websites, here is a summary. "The aim of the month is to celebrate our French experiences through reading, watching, listening, observing, cooking and eating all things French! There will be no rules or targets in terms of how much you need to do or complete in order to be a part of this experience – just blog about anything French and you can join in! Some ideas might include; reading a French themed book – fiction or non-fiction, watching a French movie, listening to French music, cooking French food, experiencing French, art, architecture and travel tasting French wine, or testing French cocktails celebrating le quatorze juillet or Bastille Day Whatever it is that you love about France share it with us all!"  I h...