Books on France Reading Challenge Wrap-Up for 2013

Books on France Reading Challenge Wrap-Up

Books on France Reading Challenge hosted by Words and Peace

I met my goal for the Books on France Reading Challenge (going for 12) and I guess it's about that time when we start recapping our activities for the year.  At least I will be early at or for something, though at this moment I'm already running late.  Anyhoo, this challenge was open to any books set in France or any which contained any French themes.  Pretty cool, huh?

Challenge LEVELS:

LEVEL 1, “un peu” = 3 books (one per quarter for instance)

LEVEL 2, “beaucoup”= 6 books

LEVEL 3, “passionnément” = 12 books (one/month, for instance) My pick… I didn't want Henry Tudor to get jealous!!

LEVEL 4, “à la folie”= 52 books (one/week, for instance)

My reads for 2013:

1. Seduction, M.J. Rose, Review
2. Promise of Provence, Patricia Sands, Review
3. Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette, Carolly Erickson, Review
4. Wolf Wood, Book One, Mike Dixon, Review
5. Confessions of Marie Antoinette, Juliet Grey, Review
6. A Spear of Summer Grass, Deanna Raybourn, Review
7. Paris Was the Place, Susan Conley, Review
8. Wolfsangel, Liza Perrat, Review
9. Taking Root in Provence, Anne-Marie Simmons, Review
10. Anvil of God, J. Boyce Gleason, Review
11. Grape Expectations, Caro Feely, Review
12. The Paris Lawyer, Sylvie Granotier, Review

Je suis fini avec ce défi, jusqu'à l'année prochaine mes amis...

A New Reading Challenge... Books on France

A New Challenge

Inspired by Emma at Words and Peace and France Book Tours I've decided to join her Books on France Challenge.

So here's the specifics:

WHAT TOPIC?

Any book related to France:

it can be set in France, written by a French author, written in French (not Canadian French), by authors from any country about a French theme: French cuisine (how the French influenced American cuisine is accepted for instance), French fashion, etc., it can be a book you read also for another challenge

You can contact me if you are looking for titles. 

WHAT GENRE?

All the genres are accepted:

• nonfiction
• fiction
• historical fiction
• mystery, etc

WHAT MEDIA?

All medias are accepted:

• paper
• graphic (novel or non-fiction)
• ebook
• audiobook

HOW MANY BOOKS?

LEVEL 1, “un peu” = 3 books (one per quarter for instance)

LEVEL 2, “beaucoup”= 6 books

LEVEL 3, “passionnément” = 12 books (one/month, for instance)

LEVEL 4, “à la folie”= 52 books (one/week, for instance)

Just an explanation on the 4 levels:

In France, we have a silly funny game:

when girls tell fortunes by pulling the petals off daisies, they say for instance,  il m’aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie. What comes up on the last petal is supposed to reveal to what degree the boyfriend loves a girl: a bit, a lot, passionately, or he is maddeningly in love with her!

My Goal:  LEVEL 3, “passionnément”