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Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me--A Memoir | Deirdre Bair

Hugely enjoying this delightful book so far. Memoirs of Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir and Paris ... what more enticing ingredients could one ask for? #book #books #deirdrebair #parisianlives #samuelbeckett #simonedebeauvoir #paris #coffee #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #bookish #bookphotography #caffeineaddict #bookcommunity #booklove book nerd #caffeine #cafemelange #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin

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Lethal White | Robert Galbraith

Easing into Sunday in Friern Barnet, and completely caught up in this engrossing story. #verocaffè #friernbarnet #robertgalbraith #lethalwhite #book #jkrowling #currentlyreading #books #bookstagram #books #coffee #coffeecompass #booksbooksbooks #bookish #bookcommunity #booklove #booknerd #bookphotography #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin

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The Death of the Fronsac: A Novel | Neal Ascherson

Life imitating art, or something like that, having watched ‘Layer Cake‘ yesterday, one of the scenes of which was filmed here. I am enjoying ‘The Death of the Fronsac‘ so far and the breakfast obviously helps too. #regencycafe #book #books #bookstagram #thedeathofthefronsac #nealascherson #breakfast #coffee #caffeine #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #caffeineaddict #breakfastofthegods #scottishsalad

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Paris Echo | Sebastian Faulks

A civilised start to the week. #sebastianfaulks #parisecho #book #booksandcoffee #books #bookstagram #currentlyreading #coffee #coffeeandbooks #playingtruant #caffeine #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #onholiday #aberfeldy #perthshire #scottishhighlands #scottishbreakfast

Libby1 I THOUGHT this looked like a Scottish or Irish breakfast! Enjoy. 6y

Eyejaybee It was delicious 😄 6y

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Shakespeare's Kings: The Great Plays and the History of England in the Middle Ages: 1337-1485 | John Julius Norwich

A remarkably civilised way to start the day, and I have learned something new already. Somehow the scholastic attribution of the play ‘Edward III‘ to Shakespeare had completely passed me by. #johnjuliusnorwich #shakespeareskings #book #currentlyreading #books #bookstagram #shakespeare #history #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin

Oblomov26 Great book - reignited my interest in the War of the Roses 6y

Eyejaybee Definitely enjoying it so farr 6y

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The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller

I only started this book this morning but I am already almost hypnotised by it. Enchanting. #madelinemiller #thesongofachilles #book #books #currentlyreading #bookstagram #booksandcoffee #coffeecompass #coffeeandbooks #caffeineaddict #caffeine #verocaffe #friernbarnet #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #greekmythology #iliad #greeklegends #homer #friernbarnet #saturdaybooks

ClairesReads It really is! 7y

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Black Roses | Jane Thynne

Greatly enjoying this, too. Very powerful depiction of Berlin in 1933, with a strongly constructed plot and great characters, too. #janethynne #blackroses #currentlyreading #book #reading #books #bookstagram #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #caffeine #caffeineaddict #verocaffe #friernbarnet #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #guardianbooks #saturdaymorning #saturdaycoffee #saturdaybook

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The Ancient Guide to Modern Life | Natalie Haynes

I think I am falling in love with Natalie Haynes, and her marvellous distillations of the Classics, whether fiction or nonfiction. #nataliehaynes #theancientguidetomodernlife #books #book ##currentlyreading #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #coffee #caffeine #caffeineaddict #cotebrasseriemuswellhill #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #muswellhill #muswellhillbilly #muswellhillsunday #breakfastwithbooks

Sophoclessweetheart This sounds wonderful x 7y

Eyejaybee @Wanderingwithwords I have only just started it, but it is marvellous so far. 7y

Vikkiha Haven‘t quite got round to this yet but I‘ve been planning to since I heard her on the Book Shambles podcast a while back. She was really knowledgeable and funny, I couldn‘t help but add all her books to my wish list. 7y

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Eyejaybee @Vikkiha I have enjoyed her programmes on BBC Radio 4, and loved her novels, The Amber Fury and The Children of Jocasta. She has a great prose style, and imparts a huge amount of knowledge about the Classics without ever being patronising. 7y

Vikkiha I haven‘t listed to her Radio 4 programmes, going to see if any are on iplayer. Thanks for the tip. 😊 7y

Eyejaybee @Vikkiha I am hoping to go to the recording of her next show on 23 May. 7y

Vikkiha Good luck, hope you tks. Enjoy! 7y

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Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50 | Agnes Poirier

Just a few pages in and I am already captivated by this book about the cultural, philosophical and literary rebirth in post-War Paris. Best coffee so far this week, too. #agnespoirier #leftbank #book #books #currentlyreading #bookstagram #coffeecompass #verocaffe #friernbarnet #coffee #caffeine #caffeineaddict #booksandcoffee #coffeeandbooks #wakeupandsmellthecoffee #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #philosophy #politics #paris

aquariusnat The main reservation I have about reading this book is that I'm a little confused about why she chose the timeline of 1940-1950 since Paris was occupied by the Nazis in the early 1940s. I have a hard time believing a lot happened during that period . 7y

Eyejaybee I wondered about that point, too. I have only read the first couple of chapters so far, and there is a lot of interesting material there. 7y

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The Time of the Angels: A Novel | Iris Murdoch