Lovely to read how your love of France/french bloomed 🙂 Got me thinking about where it started for me…..a grade 6 assignment on any country of choice..I chose France .cant remember why…then the opportunity in first form at high school to actually learn french..there was just no going back from there! Normally a bit of a ‘rascal’ student..I would sit in the front seat mesmerized by the ‘ecoutez et repetez’ coming from the huge old cassette tape player:)
As for what books sit on my shelves.?… anything to do with France of course! with a mix of motivational and spiritual books added to the mix . I have always loved spending time in bookstore….sadly we have had many close down here in Australia recently..Im sure it is due to the use of Amazon etc.of .which I am an absolute culprit . C’est la vie I guess .
Always lovely to read your posts! I feel I’m travelling around Europe vicariously until I can do it one day perhaps with Jane.
My children gave me a Kindle for my last birthday and I am totally converted…though I have warned them that to give it to a voracious reader like me was dangerous. I can read a review, connect, check out a sample and buy – all within minutes if not seconds. Their inheritance gets smaller as I shop. The worst part of my recent holiday was that I forgot to pack the charger for the Kindle and because it is specific to the Kindle just had to make do with borrowed books and magazines till I got back home. Although I must admit I was unlucky that it needed charging while I was away because once charged it lasts a long time. For those who love the feel of books, I don’t feel they will ever disappear completely. Kindle is great for novels but for some texts and “coffee table” type books, it is just not the same. Following the Valentino exhibition in Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in 2010, one of my daughters tracked down a copy of the exhibition book (they were all sold out at the exhibition) and that is an example of what would not translate to Kindle – beautiful to hold and browse.
Fraussie
April 26th, 2012 at 2:58 am
Hi Jane’s cousin! Glad you enjoy the blog. And thank you for “voracious” which is what I meant of course. Nothing like talking about my love of words then using a malapropism! You know, when I wrote it, I had doubts but I googled it and found quite a few hits. I’m obviously not alone in using the wrong word! I’m going to be very careful about packing the charger! I’ll need a list soon: iPhone, laptop, camera, MP3 player – it’s never-ending. At least I don’t need to take an adapter because I can use the one from my iPhone. Like you, I still treasure certain books. There is nothing I love as much as looking up the etymology of French words in my two-volume Robert’s etymological dictionary made of Bible paper!
You are going to SO love your Kindle. I’ve had mine over a year now and it goes everywhere with me. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever bought.
To celebrate your new Kindle-owning status, please help yourself to a copy of my book Heads Above Water (by Stephanie Dagg).It’s on a free promotion today, 26th April. It’s the account of our first couple of eventful years as expats in France. (The promotion goes on US time so it may not appear as free till a bit later in the day for us Europeans.)
Fraussie
April 26th, 2012 at 9:40 am
Wonderful! Thank you Steph. I’ll check it out this afternoon and download your book. Jane’s cousin will be able to do the same.
I loved Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven and Famous Five. I was also very keen on the Cherry Ames series. I am not sure who the author was but she was a nurse. I recall titles such as ‘Cherry Ames: Student Nurse’ and ‘Cherry Ames: Flight Nurse’. I suspect that they probably won’t have made their way to Kindle.
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Lovely to read how your love of France/french bloomed 🙂 Got me thinking about where it started for me…..a grade 6 assignment on any country of choice..I chose France .cant remember why…then the opportunity in first form at high school to actually learn french..there was just no going back from there! Normally a bit of a ‘rascal’ student..I would sit in the front seat mesmerized by the ‘ecoutez et repetez’ coming from the huge old cassette tape player:)
As for what books sit on my shelves.?… anything to do with France of course! with a mix of motivational and spiritual books added to the mix . I have always loved spending time in bookstore….sadly we have had many close down here in Australia recently..Im sure it is due to the use of Amazon etc.of .which I am an absolute culprit . C’est la vie I guess .
You’ll enjoy checking out the bookshops in Paris, Jill. There are still a lot of them. When I’m looking for new French books, I usually go to the one just opposite the ComĂ©die Française whose name escapes me. French people love the FNAC but even though it has a huge range of books, I don’t like it because it’s impersonal. Thanks for sharing the reason that you love France and French!
Always lovely to read your posts! I feel I’m travelling around Europe vicariously until I can do it one day perhaps with Jane.
My children gave me a Kindle for my last birthday and I am totally converted…though I have warned them that to give it to a voracious reader like me was dangerous. I can read a review, connect, check out a sample and buy – all within minutes if not seconds. Their inheritance gets smaller as I shop. The worst part of my recent holiday was that I forgot to pack the charger for the Kindle and because it is specific to the Kindle just had to make do with borrowed books and magazines till I got back home. Although I must admit I was unlucky that it needed charging while I was away because once charged it lasts a long time. For those who love the feel of books, I don’t feel they will ever disappear completely. Kindle is great for novels but for some texts and “coffee table” type books, it is just not the same. Following the Valentino exhibition in Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in 2010, one of my daughters tracked down a copy of the exhibition book (they were all sold out at the exhibition) and that is an example of what would not translate to Kindle – beautiful to hold and browse.
Hi Jane’s cousin! Glad you enjoy the blog. And thank you for “voracious” which is what I meant of course. Nothing like talking about my love of words then using a malapropism! You know, when I wrote it, I had doubts but I googled it and found quite a few hits. I’m obviously not alone in using the wrong word! I’m going to be very careful about packing the charger! I’ll need a list soon: iPhone, laptop, camera, MP3 player – it’s never-ending. At least I don’t need to take an adapter because I can use the one from my iPhone. Like you, I still treasure certain books. There is nothing I love as much as looking up the etymology of French words in my two-volume Robert’s etymological dictionary made of Bible paper!
You are going to SO love your Kindle. I’ve had mine over a year now and it goes everywhere with me. It’s one of the best things I’ve ever bought.
To celebrate your new Kindle-owning status, please help yourself to a copy of my book Heads Above Water (by Stephanie Dagg).It’s on a free promotion today, 26th April. It’s the account of our first couple of eventful years as expats in France. (The promotion goes on US time so it may not appear as free till a bit later in the day for us Europeans.)
Wonderful! Thank you Steph. I’ll check it out this afternoon and download your book. Jane’s cousin will be able to do the same.
I hope you don’t mind but I downloaded a copy too. Can’t wait to read it!
The more the merrier! I’ve just downloaded mine.
I loved Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven and Famous Five. I was also very keen on the Cherry Ames series. I am not sure who the author was but she was a nurse. I recall titles such as ‘Cherry Ames: Student Nurse’ and ‘Cherry Ames: Flight Nurse’. I suspect that they probably won’t have made their way to Kindle.
[…] old and new books, including a few paperbacks in English where I used to go before I discovered Book Off and a picture framer where you can get very wide and very tall photos of Paris. We have one with the […]
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