Bonjour mes copains! This past Saturday marked the birthday of legendary French writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. For those of you who, like me, spent a good deal of your childhood in French classes, you are undoubtedly familiar with Saint-Exupéry's seminal work Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince). Existing today as the most translated book in … Continue reading Celebrating The Little Prince
This review begins with a confession. After committing to working my way through my most recent book acquisitions before making further purchases, I caved. One bookshop trip later, a number of ongoing reads have been cast aside, usurped by new books of demanding presence. This is, I think, both the peril and pleasure of the … Continue reading Review: A Novel Bookstore by Laurence Cossé
Confession: I am really terrible when it comes to picking out contemporary fiction to read. Generally speaking, it takes a specific recommendation from someone to provoke me into reading a book that I'm mostly unfamiliar with. Otherwise, a book's journey onto my bookshelf (or, more realistically, onto my towering book stacks) is a lengthy one, typically … Continue reading Review: The President’s Hat by Antoine Laurain
The Book Habit 