Category Archives: Paris

Review: Murder in the Marais, Cara Black

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

There is a nice vegetarian restaurant in The Marais, next to a Lesbian night club. We used to go to the restaurant as the other veggie place we found was seriously cramped. I haven’t been back to Paris since Minty … Continue reading →

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Why Cycling is like Writing and This Must Be The Place

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

This occurred to me as I was cycling to work this morning. I have a computer on the bike and I upload my data to http://MapMyRide.com. Then it shows the ride data and also a calendar. There’s a little bicycle … Continue reading →

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Review: Paris was Yesterday, Janet Flanner

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

From the back of the book: In 1925 Janet Flanner began dispatching her famous New Yorker ‘Letters from Paris’, from which most of the pieces in this collection are drawn. I read this book as I wanted to get some … Continue reading →

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The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

This book uses the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 as an opportunity to survey the crime scene of Paris 1896-1914. They look at the theft and then police techniques, notorious criminals, and famous cases. One error in the … Continue reading →

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Salazar

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

Mad Sunday is on hold for now – it becomes too hard to edit a draft straight after writing it. Instead the last two weeks have been spent re-writing Salazar. I have been inspired by reading The Pericles Commission by … Continue reading →

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Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand, Fred Vagras

Posted on November 13, 2010 by

Another audio book. This time was different, I have read a couple of these books before so the characters already had voices. It didn’t take too long to accept the voices on this recording. It was well read and they … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

Finsihed this last night. Found it last week after having lost it when we moved house. A good and easy read espcially if you like the Paris/Ex-Pat/Writing of the 1920′s Shakespeare and Company, Sylvia Beach

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