The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale Setting: France Published on December 7, 2021 Pages: 304 Format: eARC Dare Me meets Black Swan and Luckiest Girl Alive in a captivating, voice-driven debut novel about a trio of ballerinas who meet as students […]
Let Them Eat Pancakes
Let Them Eat Pancakes: How I Survived Living in Paris Without Losing My Head by Craig Carlson Setting: France Published on July 7, 2020 Format: eBook Source: Library Craig Carlson set out to do the impossible: open the first American […]
Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop
Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim Setting: France, U.S. Published on August 4, 2020 Pages: 320 Format: eBook Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people’s fortunes—or misfortunes—in tea leaves. Ever since she can remember, Vanessa Yu has […]
Mastering the Art of French Eating
Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris by Ann Mah Setting: France Published on September 26, 2013 Pages: 288 Format: eBook Source: Owned The memoir of a young diplomat’s wife who […]
Paris in Love
Paris in Love by Eloisa James Setting: France Published on April 3rd 2012 Pages: 272 Buy on Amazon “In 2009, New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James took a leap that many people dream about: she sold her house, took […]
Saturday Snapshot – Playground in Nice
The Promenade du Paillon is a new greenspace in the heart of Nice’s downtown. The Paillon is a stream that runs through town and was historically the cause of a lot of flooding. It was covered over in stages from […]
Villefranche – sur – Mer
Our first trip out of Nice was to Villefranche-sur-Mer. This was the trip that made me insist that the husband read the guidebook entry for any place we were going from then on. We missed a lot here because he […]
Travel with a Sociopath, or What Rick Steves Left Out of the Guidebook
I used Rick Steves’ guidebook to prepare for our trip to Nice. The most useful part of the book for me was the inclusion of the bus numbers that went to different sites and having the bus stops on a […]
Dreaming of France with Duolingo
Please join this weekly meme. Grab a copy of the photo above and link back to An Accidental Blog. Share with the rest of us your passion for France. Did you read a good book set in France? See a […]
The Greater Journey: Americans In Paris
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nonfiction, audio During the 1800s many Americans moved to France to learn. Some studied art. Some studied medicine. Some were diplomats trying to make sense […]
