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Here are my #roll100 selections for November; decided to go with my no. 1 selection.

A quick and easy read, bearing almost no resemblance to the movie. Max arrives to take over his late uncle‘s property and finds himself learning to love life lived the French way. Some drama with a possible rival inheritor, but much less than you‘d expect. The mystery over the elusive, expensive wine felt forced, but overall this was a decent read.

“By this time, Christie was anesthetized. She had arrived at that stage of overeating reached by certain species prior to hibernation and was barely capable of movement or thought, conscious only of an instinct to curl up in a quiet, dark place.”

Sounds a bit like Thanksgiving to me.

This is one of my all time favourite films and it‘s taken me ages to get round to reading the book as I didn‘t want to be disappointed by it. Sadly, I was, this is one of those rare cases where the film is a lot better than the book. Honestly if the names weren‘t the same I‘m not sure I‘d have recognised it. I‘ll stick to the film!
Summer romance for #summerfun

I didn't love this as much as I remembered from my first reading, but it's still above-average.

I'd like to reread Mayle's Chasing Cezanne soon, but none of my usual sources has it on audio. I'll have to wait for time/energy to read with my eyes (I have it in hardcover). That may be a while. . . .

#24in48 Challenge
Hour 36: Food Related Title

Mayle is particularly talented when it comes to his descriptions of food, and this is my favorite of his novels. It's a lovely little story, and the film version (with Russell Crowe) is quite good as well.
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2018 was a year that I didn‘t meet my reading goal, but I did read lots of good books. The Flavia de Luce series, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, and Before We Were Yours... my favorites. I really liked Leaving Time too - it surprised me.

I‘m ready for you, 2019!

I know everyone loves Mayle's A Year in Provence, but A Good Year is my personal favorite of his.

#31BookPics
#Underrated
@howjessreads

A simple book. It has got easy pace.
It's about the sudden changes, drastic changes in Max's life and how he sails easily through turbulent times. All characters are likable and believable.
It's about small town, bistro, eateries, French delicacies, Sunshine, french eccentricities, back-and-forth-Englishman-Frenchman retorts, taste of wines and so on.
If yuh want to ease yourself and want a quick read go for it. It's perfect laid-back read :)

It was an easy read, so easy that it does not really have a well-thought of story. It was average and bordering boring. There was no clear, real, exciting plot. If you like wine maybe you'll like this but this book is not for me.

I didn't hit my goal but me not care! I've learned a lot and loved a lot

This is a book that I borrowed from my mom. She really enjoyed it. I have yet to read it but I know the movie that was based on this book got good reviews. #booktober #somethingborrowed

I read this book a while back. A friend was talking to me about magic words that draw you to a book when browsing at the store or library. What are your attractors? I wrote about it here :
https://novelmeals.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/magic-words-in-book-blurbs/