Gabri�le | Litsy

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Today is the anniversary of artist Francis Picabia‘s death. Like his critics, I enjoyed his Impressionist work the best.
I do think Gabriële was his and others‘ muse.
I just still wish she had pursued her music ?
#EuropaCollective #EuropaEditions

JamieArc Huh. I haven‘t heard of him. Thanks for posting! 4w

tpixie @JamieArc I had not either. He‘s supposed to be one of the early cubist painters. We read this for #EuropaCollective because we love the postcard so much. Most, if all have not enjoyed this book as much… It is a somewhat interesting snapshot of the 1910‘s.

The Postcard

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

I decided to return to this book and slog through it before the end of the year. This is the restaurant where Gabriële and Francis Picabia dined with their friends before they sailed to America. It‘s still open today! What an exotic façade!
#EuropaCollective #EuropaEditions

Karisa What a perfect spot! 😍 4w

BookishMarginalia Looks pretty! 4w

mcctrish Oooo I feel like I need to go on a field trip 4w

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xicanti So pretty! 4w

tpixie @BookishMarginalia @Karisa @mcctrish @xicanti We do need to go on a field trip! Very unique color! It is the same color as it was described in 1913! 4w

Karisa 🙋🏻‍♀️ I would have my permission slip signed so fast! 💗 4w

tpixie @Karisa 😝 so funny! 😂 4w

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 10: Hot Eyes by Francis Picabia

🤣 Will I ever finish this book??
We finally meet Marcel Duchamp
The Love Triangle begins 🔺🔺🔺
#EuropaEditions #EuropaCollective

franciscopoppie Hi Tpixie
I don‘t usually comment like this, but I must say, I‘m truly impressed by your profile and your personality. Your sense of humor really stands out too it's refreshing and inspiring 🌺❣. You can send me a message in my gmail: franciscopoppie@gmail.com 6mo

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youneverarrived

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

so-so

I feel like the authors wanted to put Gabriele out there, for people to know her & how she was a ‘leading figure‘ behind the scenes in the art world at the time, which was depicted well, but also I don‘t think they know enough about her to have made it a ‘worthwhile‘ read. We see her a lot in relation to Picabia etc but I never felt like I knew her (or even wanted to know her really lol). It started off interesting but grew to be so dull to read.

mcctrish She was ahead of her time or out of step with her time and it would be cool to have such a figure in your family tree. Sometimes I wanted more present story - how did they research this, who did they talk to…. It did affect me. I was so mad sometimes - like when Picabia was pissed off he couldn‘t travel First class to New York (edited) 6mo

squirrelbrain Great review! 🩷 6mo

youneverarrived @mcctrish that‘s true. The reasoning behind it is sound and she seemed an interesting person to start off with, ahead of the times etc. like you say. 6mo

youneverarrived @squirrelbrain thanks Helen 🤍 6mo

tpixie @mcctrish @youneverarrived Yes! I do think she was ahead of her time, but unfortunately, this book was not as engrossing as their previous one. 4w

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 9: The Double World -
An enamel and oil on cardboard painting by the French painter Francis Picabia, created in December 1919.
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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

June 25,2025 Paris had a severe thunderstorm, and people were comparing the flooding to Venice.

January 1910 Paris had a severe thunderstorm and people were comparing the flooding to Venice !

History repeats itself
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Lesliereadsalot

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Here we are at the end of June. Happy to open the discussion about Gabriele and welcome all comments. Personally I found this to be one slog of a book. I never found any of these people interesting in the slightest outside of the fact that they‘re the worst parents in history! Gabriele could have been an outstanding musician, but no, she gave up her whole career to cater to her husband. Anybody love this book? ⬇️

BkClubCare Yikes! 6mo

mcctrish I know I would have liked it on audio better. I did enjoy looking up the art work mentioned and I also liked all of the interesting artists they encountered over their lives ( the petty war between Francis and Picasso made me chuckle and I loved hearing about Gabriële and Schiaparelli ) but I was maddened by Gabriële throwing away her freedom and agency on a whoring addict regardless of his talent 6mo

Lesliereadsalot We‘ll be back in the fall with new Europa books. #EuropaCollective @BarbaraBB @tpixie @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @Sapphire @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @JulietteReadsALot @Tamra @lauraisntwilder @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain @TheBookHippie @willaful ⬇️ 6mo

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Lesliereadsalot Anybody else who wants a tag, please let me know. Thanks @tpixie for showing us all those paintings! (edited) 6mo

Deblovestoread I didn't get to Gabrielle this month but please add me to the Europa Collective tag list 6mo

GatheringBooks Haven‘t finished it yet - you‘re right, this is more of a slog than the postcard. It sounds more like an art treatise and art history with all these famous names thrown in that the authors assume i know (or care) about, but i have no clue who they are - and they haven‘t really made me care at all. I googled picabia‘s art - truly amazing, but what a despicable human being. This may be a dnf for me with all the art history > memoir vibe. 6mo

tpixie @mcctrish Well said! I second your comments!! I was so looking forward to this after The Postcard. I am still looking forward to the Fall Edition of #EuropaCollective 6mo

Gleefulreader I am still working on this as it just doesn‘t call to me when I sit down to read (and that, in itself, says something after how engaging The Postcard was). I will likely finish only because I hate DNF, but we‘ll see. Looking forward to the fall #europacollective! 6mo

BarbaraBB I was disappointed too. It felt like reading NF. I‘d much more appreciated a book about Gabriele in her role as (absent) mother than in her being the muse and inspiration to an artist I‘m not really interested in. 6mo

Lesliereadsalot Gotcha! @Deblovestoread 6mo

Lesliereadsalot Would any of you liked to be tagged for #EuropaCollective? @Jess_Read_This @Caryl @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit @Aimeesue @Cathythoughts @CSeydel @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks @youneverarrived @Daisey @CBee 6mo

CBee @Lesliereadsalot I didn‘t get to this one. Bit of a reading slump 😔 You can keep me on the list though! 6mo

Daisey I appreciate the check-in, but I can‘t keep up with another readalong group. 6mo

Lesliereadsalot No problem! Thanks for the RSVP @Daisey 6mo

lauraisntwilder @mcctrish I did the audio... It didn't help. 🫤 6mo

lauraisntwilder This was barely a novel. It was a personal family narrative and it was too long even for that. I was baffled that the name of the book is Gabriele, but they only focused on her relationship to Picabia and then end the book when their marriage is dissolving. I know they say it's because their grandfather was born, but I think it was really that there wasn't a narrative to the story and they had to stop somewhere. 6mo

Lesliereadsalot We should get t-shirts made up: I made it to the end of Gabriele! @mcctrish @tpixie @BarbaraBB @lauraisntwilder @Gleefulreader @GatheringBooks 6mo

mcctrish @Lesliereadsalot we sure should 6mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot 😝 6mo

tpixie @lauraisntwilder yes! I wonder how others in the world feel about this book. It‘s a strong example how women lose themselves for a man-she only sees herself as a reflection of them. At the beginning of the book, they write about how she was totally obsessed with music, but maybe she was just totally assessed about getting out of her home & finding a man.She was so quick to drop everything for a man that gave her attention-even a jerk like Francis. 6mo

julieclair I didn‘t get to this one, and after reading the comments, I think I may not bother, lol. While my heart wants to join #EuropaCollective, my brain is asking me if I‘m nuts. 🤪 I am overcommitted with buddy reads already. 😕 So please take me off the tag list, but I‘ll keep up with the hashtag, and may join in occasionally. 💙 6mo

Caryl I was looking forward to Gabriele, but think I‘ll skip it based on your reviews! (I also loved The Postcard.) I would love to continue to be tagged—thank you! 6mo

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youneverarrived

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

It‘s taking me forever to finish this book 😩 started off invested but it‘s getting a bit boring now. I don‘t want to bail as I‘ve only got a few chapters left but I‘m gonna have to read something more engaging after this! Also confused as it reads like non-fiction but it‘s labelled as fiction 🤔

squirrelbrain I didn‘t love it either, and the (non) fiction thing was confusing. 🫤 6mo

tpixie I‘m really dragging too. I‘m so disappointed. They had to make it fiction because the conversations were construed and some of the emotions that they feel her construed. They used facts where they could, but interposed it with their creative writing. Similar to

The Postcard

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TrishB I just thought it was meh. 6mo

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youneverarrived @squirrelbrain @TrishB so glad to be done with it! 6mo

youneverarrived @tpixie it sounded so promising! Ah I see, so factual events but made up conversations etc. I‘ve not read The Postcard yet but only heard great things about it. 6mo

tpixie @youneverarrived I enjoyed the postcard much better. Gabriële makes a few cameos in that and is helpful , but you know she and her husband are terrible parents#. I was prepared for that, but I still was hoping they both would be more likable. I‘m only on chapter 10. I‘m really dragging my feet. 6mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 8: The Shadow Is More Beautiful Than The Academy
🎈For the 1st time, a painter has painted something that doesn‘t represent ANYTHING. Before Picasso. Before Kandinsky.
In which Francis starts losing his vision & and seems to spend all this time in opium dens…

Rubber: by Francis Picabia

#EuropaCollective #EuropaEditions

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Chelsea.Poole

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

so-so

#EuropaEditions are usually hits for me but this one fell short. I also had such high hopes after loving The Postcard by the same author (one of the two). I just couldn‘t get over how selfish the titular character was presented…by her great grandchildren no less! Obsessed with her husband and they‘re both into the art scene around the turn of the century but totally uninterested in their offspring. Lots of name dropping and little parenting.

Chelsea.Poole #europacollective 6mo

BarbaraBB That last sentence says it all 🤣 6mo

squirrelbrain I agree entirely! 6mo

Lesliereadsalot You‘d really have to be like these people to actually like these people! 6mo

tpixie Well said! 6mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Gabriële‘s mAunt Alphonsine Jussieu de Challié

https://www.catherinelarosepoesiaearte.com/2022/12/alphonsine-de-challie-1858-19...

It‘s things like this that keep me going - rabbit holes
? ?️

#EuropaCollective #EuropaEditions

Lesliereadsalot

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 7: A Little solitude in the midst of Suns

I drag on

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tpixie Gabriële‘s essays exploring abstract art. https://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100499021 6mo

Lesliereadsalot You can do it! 6mo

tpixie ? I do find it interesting that Gabriële‘s maternal aunt, Alphonsine is friends with female painter Berthe Moriset, who was married to Manet‘s brother, Eugène & was a famous Impressionist painter. 6mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot 🚂 🚂 I think I can, I think I can… 6mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 6 left me even more totally disgusted with both Francis and Gabriële.
while looking for his paintings mentioned at the end of the chapter, I did find one of his last impressionist inspired paintings, which was rather lovely

https://youtube.com/shorts/DNHPbaYak9U?si=rnOuHwICdFmpNutl

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Lesliereadsalot

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

so-so

This book begins in 1908 in Paris, where Gabriele Buffet begins her adult life. She has a lifelong relationship with Francis Picabia, painter and poet, marries him and has four children with him. She has other relationships with Marcel Duchamp, Igor Stravinsky, Elsa Schiaparelli to name a few. Picabia is a horrible husband (many affairs) and a horrible father (never thinks about the kids for one minute). Hard to say why she stays with him ⬇️

Lesliereadsalot The whole book I‘m yelling at her “Get rid of this guy!!” She never can and this book is all about her cavorting with him all around Europe and the US. Not much dialogue which always drives me crazy. Not even a particularly interesting person. So there you have it. Will be happy to discuss at the end of the month when anyone who wants to read it will be done. #EuropaCollective @tpixie @BarbaraBB 6mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot I think we are all a little frustrated and sad especially after reading The Postcard… 6mo

TheBookHippie I‘m struggling…. I may bail 6mo

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BarbaraBB So true. I just wasn‘t that interested in them and their lives. Especially since we never knew what went on in Gabriele‘s head. I did love the sad ending though. What kind of mother was she?!?! 6mo

squirrelbrain Great review though! 6mo

Cathythoughts Yes, great review ❤️👍🏻 6mo

Lesliereadsalot You can bail, will not miss anything. @TheBookHippie 6mo

Lesliereadsalot We tried! @tpixie @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts PS: not winning any mother of the year awards. 6mo

mcctrish So far, and I‘m struggling to pick it up when I have many other buddy reads going on, the part I like the most ( thx to @tpixie posting about it ) is finding the paintings of Picabia to match the chapters but I still can‘t stand him 6mo

kspenmoll Well, should i bother?! 6mo

Lesliereadsalot Uh uh @kspenmoll 6mo

Lesliereadsalot Yes, thanks to @tpixie The paintings were very interesting. I googled him to see more and they were kind of…meh. @mcctrish 6mo

mcctrish @kspenmoll I bought the book so I‘m finishing it but I‘d probably bail otherwise 6mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot @TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts @mcctrish @kspenmoll Like @mcctrish I bought the book & will complete it, but no one should feel compelled to finish unless they want to. I knew going in from The Postcard that I didn‘t like Francis or Gabriële (or their son Vincente even), but I was curious about their stories. I was hoping that with more of their backstories, I might have more sympathy for them. But no… (edited) 6mo

Chelsea.Poole I agree totally with your review. I was intrigued at the beginning but it certainly went down hill fast. 6mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 6: The Procession, Seville 1912 Francis Picabia

#EuropaEditions #EuropaCollective #14BooksIn14Weeks

They are married!

Liz_M

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squirrelbrain

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

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#europacollective

I liked this but I struggled with whether it was a novel or NF. I didn‘t like the authors‘ comments at the end of each chapter, they really drew me out of the ‘story‘.

I also found it frustrating that they kept saying ‘we don‘t know anything about Gabriële‘s life‘ - not in the past tense ‘we didn‘t know but we‘ve learned‘ but in the present so it read like ‘we still don‘t know‘.

A soft pick for me.

tpixie, BarbaraBB, Lesliereadsalot

Lesliereadsalot I‘m halfway through this one, not loving it. Also not interested in the authors‘ comments, so misplaced! @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB #Europacollective @tpixie (edited) 6mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot @squirrelbrain the comments do abruptly pull you out of the story. I‘m slow reading. I find the characters are not likable. But some of the information has been interesting. But it certainly is not moving me like the postcard did. (edited) 6mo

BarbaraBB Great review. I didn‘t find the author‘s comments as annoying as you and @Lesliereadsalot did but I just didn‘t think Gabriele that interesting. To her great granddaughters alright, but to us? 6mo

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Velvetfur This sounds very interesting so I've stacked, thank you! 6mo

squirrelbrain @Velvetfur -this one by the same author was *so* much better so if you haven‘t read it yet, try it first.

The Postcard

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Velvetfur @squirrelbrain Cool, thanks for the tip 👍🏻☺️ 6mo

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Gleefulreader

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

A little late to the party but a slower start this morning allowed me to dip into this before I got my day started. Very happy to be back with the #europacollective!

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 7mo

tpixie @Gleefulreader I‘m glad you‘re here!! I‘m behind on this read also. Looking forward to more books in the Fall from this publisher. 🩷🩷🩷 6mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 5: Man And Woman By The Sea

I find the book well written & interesting but Francis Picabia & Gabriële Buffett are not very likable.
I find interesting what authors think of them.
At the end of Chapter 4, one relates responsibility for them & the other seeks their approval.

#EuropaCollective
#EuropaEditions

mcctrish This book is so well written and engaging but I am enraged at Gabriële and Francis and their choices 7mo

tpixie @mcctrish yes- I‘m not far in, but can tell I will be also…. 7mo

tpixie @mcctrish yes! And she was so quick to drop her ‘Life of Music‘ that she was so passionately obsessed with- for him!! ? Was she really that passionate??? 6mo

mcctrish @tpixie I‘m still raging over the waste of her genius ( I‘ve slowed down a bit too) 6mo

tpixie @mcctrish Yes!!! It‘s so frustrating!!! (edited) 6mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 4: Francis Picabia by Francis Picabia

He made a few self portraits over the years.

#EuropaCollective
#EuropaEditions

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 3: Composition by Francis Picabia

Adventures in Berlin!

#EuropaCollective
#EuropaEditions

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BarbaraBB

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

pick

#EuropaCollective

I have mixed feelings about this book. I loved reading it because it is so well written and I was intrigued by the main characters and the way they chose to live their lives. However, there‘s been written a lot about the art scene in Paris; parts of the book felt to me like I‘d read them before.
I‘d wanted to read more about Gabriele and Francis themselves instead of them crossing all over Europe and NYC ⬇️

tpixie, Lesliereadsalot

BarbaraBB Then again, I loved the ending of the book. It‘s so sad. I wish we knew what went on in Gabriele‘s head. Looking forward to discuss the book! (edited) 7mo

tpixie @BarbaraBB They are very Complex People. Are you in the back of a Mini Cooper ? 🚗 7mo

BarbaraBB @tpixie Yes and it‘s small!!! 7mo

tpixie @BarbaraBB yes! lol especially in the backseat! 7mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 2
Young Girl In Paradise
Francis Picabia

#EuropaCollective

#EuropaEditions

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Chapter 1: Encirclement
Starting Gabriële for #EuropaCollective
It‘s an interesting concept to have each chapter be named after Francis Picabia‘s artwork
I haven‘t read a book in first person tense in a long time. It‘s an interesting concept that they wanted it to be a “living tense“.
#EuropaEditions

Lesliereadsalot I‘ve started this one too! 7mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot yippee! 🥳 7mo

tpixie #14Booksin14Weeks @Liz_M 7mo

mcctrish I didn‘t actually realize this about the artwork 🤦🏻‍♀️ 7mo

tpixie @mcctrish I can‘t find where it was mentioned! 7mo

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Chelsea.Poole

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Spent the whole weekend on the sidelines:
⚽️ a soccer tournament for my oldest
⚾️ baseball practice and a game for my youngest

I was accompanied by Gabriele for #EuropaEditions. Though I didn‘t get much read, I think I‘m going to like it!

BarbaraBB I just started it too and feel the same 7mo

tpixie @Chelsea.Poole @BarbaraBB I‘m also enjoying so far. I don‘t think I‘ve read a book in first person tense in a long time. 7mo

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tpixie

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

It‘s June! Time for a sneak peek of #EuropaCollective
Read at your own pace & post throughout the month as often as you like.
In The Postcard, we learned that Gabriële is a controversial figure, a woman behind artists. Let‘s learn more about her.
All are welcome! ????

BarbaraBB, Lesliereadsalot

tpixie @jlhammar @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @Tamra @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit @Sapphire @TheKidUpstairs @Aimeesue @Deblovestoread 7mo

tpixie @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB @CSeydel @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks @lesliereadsalot @CBee 7mo

tpixie @youneverarrived @lauraisntwilder
@Jess_Read_This @AimeeSue @Charl08 @JulietReadsALot
@TheBookHippie @willlaful @Liz_M (edited) 7mo

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tpixie @TheBookHippie @Jess_Read_This 7mo

TheBookHippie Library hold just came in! Picking it up tomorrow. Yes library is closed on Sunday 😵‍💫😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️ 7mo

GatheringBooks Very nice! Already have my copy - i don‘t recall Gabriele being mentioned at all, though, in the postcard. 🤦🏽‍♀️ 7mo

mcctrish I‘m starting today 🎉 7mo

tpixie @GatheringBooks the one thing I recall is I think she helped them escape in a car at one point 7mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie perfect timing. It seems I always want to go to the library on Sunday and ours is closed too. 7mo

tpixie @mcctrish yay! Me too!!! I‘ve been holding onto the book for a month waiting for June 1! (edited) 7mo

mcctrish Same 😆 just gazing at it longingly 7mo

GatheringBooks @tpixie you‘re right, and then there was something about them going someplace remote and finding out about their grandmother - but maybe she was already dead around that time? I read the postcard two years ago - the details escape me now. 😭 7mo

tpixie @GatheringBooks Yes! Something like that! @mcctrish 🥳🩷💜🩷 It is a beautiful cover! (edited) 7mo

BarbaraBB Yay! I just started it! I had no idea she was mentioned in The Postcard as well! 7mo

tpixie @BarbaraBB I decided to download the postcard on Libby and search for her name. But I suspect the scenes will be in this book as well. 7mo

Chelsea.Poole I‘ve started it…I am going to try to let this stand on its own without comparing it to The Postcard. Let‘s see if that works! 7mo

tpixie @Chelsea.Poole great idea! I‘m sure all the important information will be in this book! 7mo

youneverarrived Got my copy, just finishing my current read then will be starting it 💕 7mo

tpixie @youneverarrived yay!!! 🎉 7mo

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Lesliereadsalot

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

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Just a reminder to pick up a copy of the tagged book to read in June for #EuropaCollective. Feel free to comment anytime and we‘ll plan to discuss at the end of the month. Let me know if you want to be added or dropped from the tagged list. Happy reading!

mcctrish, GatheringBooks, tpixie, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Gleefulreader, Sapphire, TheKidUpstairs, charl08, JulietteReadsALot, Tamra, lauraisntwilder, Chelsea.Poole, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB, willaful

BarbaraBB Thank you!! I‘ve got my copy and can‘t wait to restart #EuropaCollective 🤍 7mo

tpixie Can‘t wait! 7mo

Tamra I will catch you on the next one! 7mo

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Chelsea.Poole

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Ready for June! #europaeditions #europacollective

tpixie Yay!!! 🎉 7mo

Lesliereadsalot Me too! 7mo

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Lesliereadsalot

Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

So…BarbaraBB and I are going to get #EuropaCollective back together in the fall. If you want to be added or dropped from the list, just let me know. Meanwhile, thanks to @tpixie we‘re going to read the tagged book in June and discuss at the end of the month.

@BarbaraBB @mcctrish @Jess_Read_This @GatheringBooks @tpixie @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit @Sapphire @TheKidUpstairs @Aimeesue @Deblovestoread @charl08

Lesliereadsalot @JulietteReadsALot @Tamra @lauraisntwilder @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts @CSeydel @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks @youneverarrived @willaful (edited) 7mo

GatheringBooks My order of the book just shipped. Cross fingers it gets here soonest! 🤞🏽 7mo

mcctrish My copy of Gabrielle has arrived and I‘m in for Europa in the fall 7mo

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kspenmoll Count me in please for the fall! I have Gabrielle (edited) 7mo

Sapphire Please include me for Fall! 7mo

charl08 Yes please (Autumn/ fall) 7mo

Gleefulreader I am SO SO excited we‘re doing the #europacollective again this fall! And very excited for Gabriele! 7mo

TheBookHippie Yes for FALL!!! 7mo

TheKidUpstairs Love it. I'm in for June, and definitely for the fall! 7mo

BarbaraBB Thank you Leslie! Super excited to get this started again with you! 7mo

lauraisntwilder Oh, yay! I'm in! 7mo

Chelsea.Poole I‘m in, for both! 7mo

willaful I'll probably be in intermittently. 7mo

JulietteReadsALot I'm in, I'll do my best to read the books on time ;)
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tpixie Thanks for doing this @Lesliereadsalot & @BarbaraBB I‘m in! I haven‘t read many, I just started last year, but I‘ve really enjoyed the Europa editions that I have read. I‘m excited for our sneak peek in June with Gabriële! 7mo

Tamra @Lesliereadsalot please add me to the list! 😁👏🏾 7mo

Lesliereadsalot I‘ve got you! @Tamra 7mo

Tamra @Lesliereadsalot 💙 7mo

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 7mo

Lesliereadsalot Do you want to be included? @Liz_M 7mo

squirrelbrain Yes, please add me to the list! 7mo

Lesliereadsalot @squirrelbrain 👌 7mo

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Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

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#EuropaCollective

Is anyone interested in a JUNE #EuropaCollective #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard?

I‘m planning to read it, and would love to have others join me. It will be an informal, read at your own pace #buddyread

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Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

#EuropaCollective

Is anyone interested in a JUNE #EuropaCollective #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard?

I‘m planning to read it, and would love to have others join me. It will be an informal, read at your own pace #buddyread
@LitsyEvents please repost

@jlhammar @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @Tamra @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit

tpixie @Saphire @TheKidUpstairs @Aimeesue @Deblovestoread @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader @lauraisntwilder @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain (edited) 8mo

tpixie @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB @CSeydel @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks @lesliereadsalot @CBee @youneverarrived @lauraisntwilder 8mo

TheKidUpstairs Yes! I'm in 8mo

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tpixie @Daisey @Graciouswarriorprincess @SoniaC @Theresa 8mo

tpixie @TheKidUpstairs awesome! I‘ve never hosted an event, so we‘ll just read at our own pace and post as we like! 👍🏻🦋📚 8mo

Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB and I are going to rejuvenate #EuropaCollective in September after camp. Maybe we could start in June with your book? 8mo

tpixie @Lesliereadsalot That sounds great! Yes, we could read this in June as a little teaser for the official re- opening in September! ( Hope it doesn‘t interfere with your camp) 8mo

tpixie @RowReads1 Have you read it yet? If not, join in June! 8mo

Gleefulreader I am definitely in for Gabriele in June! @lesliereadsalot @barbarabb I am SO excited for the relaunch of #europacollective! (edited) 8mo

tpixie @Gleefulreader awesome 🦋 8mo

mcctrish I am definitely in, I have it in my indigo cart. I was planning to buy it on Independent book store day forgetting it hadn‘t released yet 🤦🏻‍♀️ 8mo

Tamra @tpixie I won‘t be able to join for June, but I‘d love to read more #EuropaCollective 8mo

tpixie @mcctrish Yay! I hate that when you plan ahead for something & then forget when it‘s time! 8mo

tpixie @Tamra I‘m sorry you can‘t join, but we can look forward to more #europacollective in September with @Lesliereadsalot & @BarbaraBB ! (edited) 8mo

BarbaraBB That‘s such a good idea @tpixie @Lesliereadsalot ! We can read this one in June (although I can‘t find a publication date yet for where I live so I hope to be able to get a copy in time) as a kick-off for the #EuropaCollective in September 💃💃 8mo

tpixie @BarbaraBB I don‘t know where you live but interestingly, when I bought it through bookshop.org it came to me a couple weeks before the publishing date! I think they charged shipping though. 8mo

BarbaraBB I am in The Netherlands. 8mo

Deblovestoread I‘m in! And thrilled about the revival of #EuropaCollective ❤️ 8mo

squirrelbrain I‘m in - my copy arrived today! I‘m very excited to hear about the relaunch of the #europacollective @BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot (Barbara, if you can‘t get hold of it through bookshop.org, let me know and I‘ll buy a copy here and send it to you) 8mo

kspenmoll I‘m in! 8mo

tpixie @BarbaraBB ❤️🤍💙 🇳🇱 8mo

tpixie @Deblovestoread Yay! 🎉📚❤️ 8mo

tpixie @squirrelbrain yay! Oh! Good idea!! 8mo

tpixie @kspenmoll yippee 🥳 8mo

GatheringBooks Ordered my copy! Will try to join when i can 🌹 8mo

tpixie @GatheringBooks Wonderful! 8mo

julieclair I‘m in! Great idea! 7mo

tpixie @julieclair awesomeness 🦋 7mo

Daisey I would love to, but I‘m pretty sure I‘ve already taken on too many books for June. 7mo

tpixie @Daisey ok! Just wanted you to at least know about it!! Enjoy your last days of school and getting ready for summer with your family! 7mo

youneverarrived I‘m going to order it so count me in 💕 7mo

tpixie @youneverarrived I‘m so glad!! 😌 7mo

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Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Her new one.

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Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

FYI- for any #Littens that live nearby
#EuropaCollective

tpixie @jlhammar @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @tamra @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit @Saphire @TheKidUpstairs @Aimeesue @Deblovestoread @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader @auraisntwilder @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB @CSeydel @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks 9mo

GatheringBooks That photo looks fierce! Stacked! 9mo

tpixie @GatheringBooks yes- those sisters are fiercely gorgeous. Those expressions!! The cover is beautiful! We plan to do a #buddyread in June- to give people time hopefully to get the book🩷🖤🩷 Wish I could get to NYC to see them (edited) 9mo

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Gabri�le | Anne Berest, Claire Berest

Is anyone interested in a #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard from #EuropaCollective ?
The book will be published APRIL 22.
Let‘s read it in JUNE!

tpixie @jlhammar @mcctrish @GatheringBooks @kspenmoll @Gleefulreader @tamra @LeahBergen @TheBookDream @DrexEdit @Saphire @TheKidUpstairs @Aimeesue 9mo

tpixie @Deblovestoread @Adventures-of-a-French-Reader @auraisntwilder @Chelsea.Poole @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts @BarbaraBB @CSeydel 9mo

tpixie @Sparklemn @JuniperWilde @julieclair @AllDebooks @CBee (edited) 9mo

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tpixie @Gleefulreader @Daisey @Graciouswarriorprincess @Theresa @SoniaC @lauraisntwilder @Lesliereadsalot 9mo

TheKidUpstairs I'd love to do a buddy read! May would probably be best for me, I'm first on my library's hold list, but the book doesn't get released here until April 22. 9mo

Deblovestoread Yes, please! And May would be great. I can‘t wait to read this book with you all. 9mo

Lesliereadsalot Count me in! 9mo

mcctrish May please, I‘m the same release date wise as @TheKidUpstairs 9mo

Chelsea.Poole I loved The Postcard! I‘ll see if I can get my hands on this to join in 😊 9mo

CBee @tpixie I still very much want to read The Postcard! May or June would be best for me if you end up organizing this ♥️ 9mo

squirrelbrain Yes please! It‘s got an April 22nd release date here in the UK too. 9mo

youneverarrived I‘d join in! 9mo

kspenmoll I would love to join in! 9mo

tpixie @TheKidUpstairs @Deblovestoread @Lesliereadsalot @mcctrish @Chelsea.Poole @CBee @squirrelbrain @youneverarrived @kspenmoll Sounds Great! I got confused on the release date because Bookshop.org has already sent me a notice that it‘s been shipped. But you‘re right it doesn‘t come out until April 22. Since it‘s being released late in the month, do you think it‘ll be easier for everybody to have the book by June instead of May? Decisions!! 😅 9mo

mcctrish I‘m fine with June 9mo

Lesliereadsalot I like June 9mo

lauraisntwilder I'm in! May or June, either one. 9mo

tpixie @lauraisntwilder @mcctrish @Lesliereadsalot Let‘s do June!! 🇫🇷 9mo

tpixie @TheKidUpstairs @Deblovestoread @Chelsea.Poole @CBee @squirrelbrain @youneverarrived @kspenmoll Let‘s read in June! 9mo

Deblovestoread Sounds great! Thanks! 9mo

tpixie @Deblovestoread 🩷🩶🩷 9mo

kspenmoll June sounds good 9mo

tpixie @kspenmoll ok! ✅ 9mo

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