Paris Was Ours
Paris Was Ours. Thirty-two beautifully illuminated expatriate memoirs recalling their time in the City of Lights. Paris Was Ours projects a joie de vivre that really is a joie de Paris. Subtitled “Thirty-two Writers Reflect on the City of Light,” Paris Was Ours collects an array of late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century observations and considerations […]
The Bookseller
The Bookseller introduces us to a new series featuring Hugo Marston. Much to my delight, I accidentally discovered a new mystery series (or new to me, at least) at a library book sale, where else to find The Bookseller. Mark Pryor has written nine books featuring Hugo Marston, head of security at the United States […]
The Paris Diversion
THE PARIS DIVERSION In the book world, the espionage thriller is the milieu of male readers. In other words, Chris Pavone’s latest, The Paris Diversion, due out in the merry month of May, can be considered a “guy” book. Not so fast. I just finished The Paris Diversion, and am here to tell you it […]
Without Reservations, The Travels of An Independent Woman
How many women would love to have the following quote as a part of their own personal journal, real or imagined? “Six years ago, on a winter’s day not unlike this one, . . . I decided to jump ship, so to speak, from the life I’d fashioned for myself.” Without Reservations is not another […]