August Wrap Up: Nonfiction about Far Away Places and Fiction in French

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @tealorturquoise
    @tealorturquoise 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I haven't read any of those books, but I will never look at penguins in the same way again.

    • @bouquinsbooks
      @bouquinsbooks  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tealorturquoise Penguins are not quite the cute creatures we make them in children’s books. 😂

  • @janebaily3758
    @janebaily3758 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The nonfiction sounds fascinating!

    • @bouquinsbooks
      @bouquinsbooks  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@janebaily3758 It was! Some nice armchair travel for the summer. 😁

  • @apoetreadstowrite
    @apoetreadstowrite 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've always loved the idea of Antarctica, so must search out 'A Polar Affair', sounds terrific. Ah, I love novellas, I'm really drawn to compression. It must be why I love poetry so much. 'Love in a Fallen City', is completely new to me, & sounds brilliant. I'm definitely going to get this. Thanks for a great review.

    • @bouquinsbooks
      @bouquinsbooks  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@apoetreadstowrite A Polar Affair was great, one of my favorite reads of the year so far. And Love in a Fallen City is great too. I haven’t read a ton of fiction this year, but it also is one of my top reads.

    • @apoetreadstowrite
      @apoetreadstowrite 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bouquinsbooks: Sounds great.

  • @MargaretPinard
    @MargaretPinard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ooh, you read the Eileen Chang! I'm so interested--the reviews make her seem very sharp-sighted on societal hypocrisy...

    • @MargaretPinard
      @MargaretPinard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meant to read it for May of the Moderns but never got round to it :/

    • @bouquinsbooks
      @bouquinsbooks  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MargaretPinard It’s worth the read. I don’t know enough about Chinese society of the time to grasp the full scale of it, but I would agree that she highlights its hypocrisies and its unfairness. I really enjoyed it.

  • @TimeTravelReads
    @TimeTravelReads 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been looking for books for Framed in September. I found a book about the history of dress codes and the meaning of fashion in daily life. Could that count? I think that's stretching the definition of the event, but it's calling me so far.

    • @bouquinsbooks
      @bouquinsbooks  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TimeTravelReads Of course it can count! There is an art to fashion and fashion is an art. 😁