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June - We'll Always Have Paris
Salut ma belles!
Ready to embark on this Parisian getaway?
The modernity of Le Marais, the classics such as the Eiffel Tower, the walks along the Seine, the romanticism of Montmartre, the cafés and bistros in the Latin Quarter. Hemingway said it, “Paris is a moveable feast�, and it continues to be, at least for the senses. Without a doubt, WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS .
Let yourself be captivated by the charms of this wonderful city, join us in this Parisian challenge and let me know how many books you'll be reading. I'm looking forward to being your guide!
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“Paris is always a good idea.�
� Audrey Hepburn
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📗Books read: 126
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🗼1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover. La elegancia del erizo
❤️2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre. Paris in Love
👠3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover. Hysteria
🥐4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover. Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials
🏳️�5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out. A Death for Adonis
�6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner. The Little Paris Bookshop
🖼7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist Castillos de cartón
📚8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French. Alrededor de la Luna
🎼9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical. La Dama de las Camelias (La Traviata (Opera))
🏰10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction. Code Name Verity
What a charming challenge, Carmen! Please sign me up for seven books.WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
Progress: 7/7
✔️1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover (street lamp)
2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre.
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover. The Dressmaker's Gift
✔️4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover. Murder and Marinara
✔️5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out. Tomboyland: Essays
✔️6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner. Black Sun (much of the plot involves sailing the Crescent Sea)
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist. ??
✔️8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French. La Maison de Claudine
✔️9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical. Fevered Star (magic that involves singing)
✔️10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction. The Red Tent (historical fiction)
Please sign me up for 3 books.✔️ City of light - a book set in Paris: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
✔️ City of love - a book in the romantic genre: Walking On Sunshine
✔️ Night at the Opera - a book involving music: Soul Music
COMPLETED: 3/3
Great challenge, Carmen. Please sign me up for 3. 3/3
� 1) 1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover. - Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
� 2) 2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre. - If the Fates Allow: A Short Story by Rainbow Rowell
� 3) 10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction. - The Prince and the Pilgrim by Mary Stewart
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💡 WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS - Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1 - June 30, 2022
Progress: 10/10 -- COMPLETE
💡 1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover.
The Paris Apartment
💡 2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre.
Paris for One and Other Stories
💡 3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
The Paris Secret
💡 4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
💡 5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out.
Five Days in Paris
💡 6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
Paris is Always a Good Idea
💡 7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
The Paris Hours
💡 8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
💡 9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical.
The Black Swan of Paris
💡 10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction.
Paris Never Leaves You
I will join with a goal of 3 books. Progress: 3/3
1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover.
�Perestroika in Paris (June 10)
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
�The River (June 8)
10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction.
�How to Order the Universe (June 5)
Please sign me up for 10 with books to be determined as I read this month.Progress: 4/10
2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre.
4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical.
10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction.
Hi! I want to join. Can I sign up for 2? Thanks:)Progress: 1/5
1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover.
2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre - Confessions of a Shopaholic - 4 stars
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
5. Paris la Nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out.
BIENVENUE!!!“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.�
� Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
Hola, Carmen! 3 of the I'm reading in June fit this nifty challenge.Progress: 3/3
Completed!
✔️1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover. Bless Her Dead Little Heart
✔️4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover. Murder and Marinara
✔️10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction.A Lady's Guide to Etiquette and Murder
Welcome, Sunny! 🤗“When good Americans die, they go to Paris'.
'Where do bad Americans go?'
'They stay in America'.�
� Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
TerryJane wrote: "💡 WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS - Monthly ChallengeDuration: June 1 - June 30, 2022
Progress: 0/10
1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover.
[book:The Paris Apa..."
Wow, TerryJane!
Almost all your books have Paris in the title and all are set in Paris... you're something else! 👏👏
Magnifique!
Carmen wrote: "Wow, TerryJane!Almost all your books have Paris in the title and all are set in Paris... you're something else! 👏👏
Magnifique!"
Thank you! I had some more picked out, and found it tough to choose. 🤔
Sign me up for 5 please!Progress 5/5
🗼1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover. The Paris Diversion
🗼2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre. The Grand Sophy
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
🗼4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out.
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
🗼7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist Murder on Black Swan Lane
8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French.
9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical.
🗼10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction. The Betel Nut Tree Mystery
Welcome, Allie! 🤗“London is a riddle. Paris is an explanation.�
� G. K. Chesterson
Please sign me up for 5 books.WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
Duration: June 1 to June 30, 2022
Progress: 3 / 5
1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover. The Paris Apartment
2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre. Finding Her Way Home
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out.
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French.
9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical. The Violin Conspiracy
10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction.
Welcome, Ziggy and Shari! 🤗“I had forgotten how gently time passes in Paris. As lively as the city is, there’s a stillness to it, a peace that lures you in. In Paris, with a glass of wine in your hand, you can just be.�
� Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARISDuration: June 1 to June 30, 2022
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1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover.
The Paris Apartment
2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre.
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out.
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French.
9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical.
10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction
Hi, sign me up for 3 books, please!Progress 3/3
1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover.
✅️2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre.I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
✅️5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out. This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French.
9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical.
✅️10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction. Roman Blood by Steven Saylor
Welcome, Christene and Ana! 🤗“There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the French air clears up the brain and does good—a world of good.�
� Vincent Van Gogh
We'll Always Have Paris ChallengeJune 1 - June 30
Progress: 10/10
Sign me up for all 10 please!
� 1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
� 2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
� 3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover: The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World by Virginia Postrel
� 4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover: Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
� 5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out: Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
� 6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
� 7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
� 8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
� 9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical: Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
� 10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Welcome, Kristina! 🤗“He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo.
Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic.
Nothing is more sublime.�
� Victor Hugo
Sign me up for all 10! I will update as I make progress :)
Welcome, Kelly and Ariail! 🤗“I like The Eiffel Tower because it looks like steel and lace.�
� Natalie Lloyd
Please can I sign up for 5? 5/51. City of Light: Read a book with a source of light on the cover.
>2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title
The Love Hypothesis
Payback's a Witch
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat
Jaws
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book about an artist
Terciel and Elinor
Welcome, Brianna and Sarah! 🤗“I guess it goes to show that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris for a while.�
� Amy Thomas, Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light
Update to Message #17Progress 1/5
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
Murder on Black Swan Lane
Update to message #9Progress: 1/10
1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law (sun rays)
Allie and Rebecca, enjoy your trip! 👏👏
Please put me down for 10!5/10
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out.
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French.
Update to message #3PROGRESS: 1/10
🖼7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist Castillos de cartón
Welcome Amy! Bon voyage! 🤗“Even the pigeons are dancing, kissing,
going in circles, mounting each other.
Paris is the city of love,
even for the birds.�
� Samantha Schutz, I Don't Want to Be Crazy
Update to message #9: 2/103. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover. Neanderthal Marries Human
Update to msg #4I am a flaneuse (sans circumflex)! Thank you, Carmen!
✔️1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover (street lamp)
Update to message #3PROGRESS: 2/10
👠3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover. Hysteria
Ashleigh wrote: "Sign me up for 2 please :)"Welcome Ashleigh! 🤗
“Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past.�
� Michael Simkins, Detour de France: An Englishman in Search of a Continental Education
Rebecca wrote: "Update to message #9: 2/103. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover. Neanderthal Marries Human"
oshizu wrote: "Update to msg #4I am a flaneuse (sans circumflex)! Thank you, Carmen!.."
Of course you are! 😄
Update to message #3PROGRESS: 3/10
📚8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French. Alrededor de la Luna by Jules Verne
Hi! I edit my message #10. I want to change into 5 books. Also, I edit my progress.Progress:1/5
Update to #40A book adapted to a musical - Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Google told me a musical version of Frankenstein exists!
Update to message #3PROGRESS: 4/10
❤️2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre. Paris in Love
Patricia wrote: "Hi! I edit my message #10. I want to change into 5 books. Also, I edit my progress." Hi, Patricia!
I've updated your progress and your goal.
Please, remember to add your progress in the update post, thanks!
Pooja wrote: "Updated message #11 Progress- 1/1
Task 2 - city of love
Title- one true love by Taylor jerkins Reid ( love word in title)" 👏
Congrats, Pooja!
You're our first connoisseur! 🗼
Maybe, you want to spend some more time enjoying Paris with us 😉
2025 Reading Challenge
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Duration: June 1 to June 30, 2022
The city of light, the city of love, and the city of fashion: these are just a few of the nicknames by which Paris is known and admired. The capital of France and the second most visited city throughout Europe by visitors the world over, Paris is always associated with romance, elegance and sophistication.
This challenge offers prompts connected to the various images of Paris. To sign up, simply post a comment in this thread to inform the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. Please note that repeating prompts is not allowed.
1. City of Light: Read a book set in Paris or with a source of light on the cover.
2. City of Love: Read a book with "love" in the title or in the romantic genre.
3. Fashion Capital: Read a book about fashion or with something relating to fashion on the cover.
4. Café et croissant: Read a book about a food & beverage professional or with food/drink on the cover.
5. Paris la nuit: Read a book about sexual/gender diversity or involving a night out.
6. Cruise on the Seine: Read a book set in a boat or involving a romantic dinner.
7. Afternoon at the museum: Read a book set in a museum or about an artist
8. Books at Shakespeare & Co.: Read a book by a French author or translated from French.
9. Night at the Opera: Read a book involving music or adapted into a musical.
10. Trip to Versailles: Read a book set in a palace/château or a historical fiction.
This challenge was created by Carmen, who will also be leading it. Double thanks, friend!
A big thanks also to Ashleigh, the 2nd-place winner of 2022 Masthead & Logo Contest, who provided this month's theme!