Category: Books
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Is Required Reading in School A Good Thing?
As a former literature student, I have had quite a lot of books to read. When you choose to study literature at university, then you know you will have required readings and in a way, you have “chosen” it. However, you’ve not chosen to study literature in high school and thus, required reading at that…
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4 Things To Do Before Reading a Classic (to have a smoother reading experience)
Reading classics is probably one of the most intimidating things for a bookworm. Even though I have studied literature for 3 years at university, I still feel impressed by clasic books sometimes. First, let’s define what classic literature is for us today. I will give a definition for the sake of that post, but I…
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![[Discussion Post] Are Picture Books Art?](https://theenglishspeakingfrenchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_5641.jpg?w=1024)
[Discussion Post] Are Picture Books Art?
How do we define “art”? In my opinion, art is a creation that brings out feelings in me, no matter what type of feeling that is. When it comes to Picture Books, I feel really sensitive to their beauty. Being a librarian helped me discover numerous authors and artists, and it also helped me realize…
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![[Discussion Post] Do You Lend Books to Other People? Why? Why Not?](https://theenglishspeakingfrenchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/img_5738.jpg?w=1024)
[Discussion Post] Do You Lend Books to Other People? Why? Why Not?
As a librarian, that is the million dollar question. I mean, obviously I do lend books… at work. However, when it comes to my private life, my position on the question is a little bit more ambivalent. Did you ever lend a book and never saw it again? Myabe it is just me, but I…
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5 authors I would love to have dinner with
I have seen quite a lot of these psots on the internet and I thought it would be a funny way to share with you a list of 5 of my favorite authors. I actually have much more “favorite authors” than this, but I thoughts that 5 of them was already a way to discover…
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I started my first business ♡ On becoming a literary consultant
As many of you may know by now, I have been working in the field of literature for several years. First, I have created two book fairs and that is when I realized how much I loved working with authors. Then, I started correcting manuscripts in several languages for independent publishing houses, and translating papers…
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![[Discussion Post] Can You Run A Book Blog With No Book Reviews?](https://theenglishspeakingfrenchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_5300.jpg?w=1024)
[Discussion Post] Can You Run A Book Blog With No Book Reviews?
I have read that question in a post lately and it made me think: what is a book blog? What makes a book blog a proper one? To me, it has always been “a blog which refers to books”, but is it really enough to talk about books? Do you need to talk only about…
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![[Discussion post] Do you take notes directly on your books?](https://theenglishspeakingfrenchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_4900.jpg?w=1024)
[Discussion post] Do you take notes directly on your books?
That is a question that would make my mother be like “ommmmmmmg how did I raise you girl?” but to me, it is THE million dollar question. I thought it would be an extremely interesting topic for another discussion post and for that one, I will share with you pros and cons of writing on…
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![[ARC] The House on the Lake | La Maison sur le Lac ♡ Holly Hill Mangin](https://theenglishspeakingfrenchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/img_5399.jpg?w=1024)
[ARC] The House on the Lake | La Maison sur le Lac ♡ Holly Hill Mangin
Holly Hill Mangin contacted me a few weeks ago to share her book with me. First written in English (you can find it here), it has then been translated into French as it is the author’s second language. She asked me to read the French version, which is what I did. As surprising as it…
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3 Unique Ways to Organize Your Books in a Small Apartment
I published a post lately on ways you can organize books on your shelves and you seem to have really liked it. In that particular post, I offered to write another post about extra ways you can organize books elsewhere than on a shelf and today, I want to share my tips with you. It…
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