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The Carousel of Pleasure
The Carousel of Pleasure | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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Spiderfelt
The Carousel of Desire | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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The only way I can salvage anything from this book is to play with a photo of my sweet 🐶 Page. I spent the weekend sniffling and sneezing, which is the only reason I had the time to grind through this monstrous book about the love lives of a neighborhood in Brussels. I found the characters repellent, the author's tone misogynistic and the writing tedious. Also, I resent being forced to read a 662 page tome for my #bookclub.

saresmoore The book sounds like torture, but the photo is fantastic! 7y
RadicalReader @Spiderfelt makes me think and appreciate such wonderful readers who then name their dogs with the wonderful terminology of books 7y
Spiderfelt There was a dog from this breeder's previous litter named 'Kindle' and another named 'Sequel'. Those names inspired me. When my dog was a puppy, my BIL called her Paragraph because she was too little to be a Page. 7y
RadicalReader @Spiderfelt what an awesome story nothing better than calling dogs after your passions 7y
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My_novel_obsession
The Carousel of Desire | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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So this was my "blind date" with a book selection from the bookstore. Sounds interesting.....

MaleficentBookDragon I love that, blind date. 7y
Spiderfelt Have you begun reading it? My regular walking buddy picked this for our February bookclub. The first story turned my stomach and I haven't been able to bring myself to crack the cover again. But I feel guilty for not giving it more of a chance because of who picked it. 7y
My_novel_obsession @Spiderfelt I haven't started reading this yet but now I am intrigued! 7y
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Gleefulreader
The Carousel of Desire | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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For #day14 of #photoadaynov16 - a selection of orange covers, most of which are in my TBR pile. I think the best part of these photo prompts for me, as someone with a larger library, is that it forces me to examine my bookshelf and find books I may have forgotten I bought and pushes them up the TBR list.

Cinfhen And for me all these orange book covers has inspired me to make mac & cheese for dinner 😋 7y
RealLifeReading Lovely photo! And some books I've not heard of before! 7y
RealLifeReading @Cinfhen 😂😂😂 7y
LitHousewife I love Europa Editions!!!! 7y
cathysaid Yay for Europa! 7y
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CherylDeFranceschi
The Carousel of Pleasure | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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Book mail! A giant door stopper. I need to cancel all my book mail now that, ummmm, I manage a book store! 😬😳

LeahBergen Great cover! 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @LeahBergen It is a gorgeous cover. And it is what put it on my radar. I was completely unfamiliar with this book. 8y
quirkyreader You got the job! Major super duper whoopie. 🐸🐙 8y
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CherylDeFranceschi @quirkyreader Thank you! I cannot even believe it. My first few weeks have events with Nick Offerman (!!!!), Carson Ellis(!!!), and Amor Toles. This is gonna be the best! 8y
BibliOphelia Congrats! Can you name the store? 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @BibliOphelia It's The Book Stall in Winnetka Illinois. 8y
BethFishReads Love that cover!!!!!!! 8y
BibliOphelia *Filing away for any future visits to Winnetka* Enjoy!! 8y
ValerieAndBooks Congrats! Will you have to move? 8y
kspenmoll Happy for you! 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @ValerieAndBooks No. it's just about 30-40 minutes away, on one of the most beautiful streets! All charming gingerbread buildings and trees. So happy! 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @kspenmoll Thank you so much! 8y
CherylDeFranceschi @BethFishReads It is gorgeous. I have a weakness for Europa editions. 8y
CarolynOliver Congratulations on your job!! 8y
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tolmsted
The Carousel of Pleasure | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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"Anyone coming to the Place d'Arezzo for the first time would experience a sense of strangeness. In spite of the opulent Versailles-style stone and brick houses lining the square, where the shady lawn, the rhododendrons, and the plane trees suggested a Nordic kind of vegetation, there was a hint of the tropics about the place..."

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