Category: Thoughts about books
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![[Discussion Post ] Do Book Covers Matter To You?](https://theenglishspeakingfrenchie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2397eff6-76e9-4441-b3b4-35ed7f790b34.jpg?w=1024)
[Discussion Post ] Do Book Covers Matter To You?
Even though I consider myself to be a minimalist, I do love to own books and whevener I buy a book, I must admit that its cover can have an impact on my choice. In French, we say that “on ne juge pas un livre à sa couverture”, which literally means “you do not judge…
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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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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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