Book Swaps Paris

Let's get together with a drink and discuss this book :) Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals from its war wounds, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer's son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julian Carax. But when he sets out to find the author's other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax's books in existence. Soon Daniel's seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona's darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1232.The_Shadow_of_the_Wind?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Kq4ar89dGg&rank=4](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1232.The_Shadow_of_the_Wind?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Kq4ar89dGg&rank=4)

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BOOKCLUB: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell (round 2)

Sun, May 24, 9:30 AM

From Paris Book Club 📚

From Club de lecture - Les Mots Passants

Let's get together with a drink and discuss this book. Location to be confirmed soon :) Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer. 2000\. Bright\, ambitious\, and yearning for adulthood\, fifteen\-year\-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane\, her magnetic and guileful forty\-two\-year\-old English teacher\. 2017\. Amid the rising wave of allegations against powerful men\, a reckoning is coming due\. Strane has been accused of sexual abuse by a former student\, who reaches out to Vanessa\, and now Vanessa suddenly finds herself facing an impossible choice: remain silent\, firm in the belief that her teenage self willingly engaged in this relationship\, or redefine herself and the events of her past\. But how can Vanessa reject her first love\, the man who fundamentally transformed her and has been a persistent presence in her life? Is it possible that the man she loved as a teenager—and who professed to worship only her—may be far different from what she has always believed? Alternating between Vanessa’s present and her past, *My Dark Vanessa* juxtaposes memory and trauma with the breathless excitement of a teenage girl discovering the power her own body can wield. Thought-provoking and impossible to put down, this is a masterful portrayal of troubled adolescence and its repercussions that raises vital questions about agency, consent, complicity, and victimhood. Written with the haunting intimacy of *The Girls* and the creeping intensity of *Room*, *My Dark Vanessa* is an era-defining novel that brilliantly captures and reflects the shifting cultural mores transforming our relationships and society itself. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44890081-my-dark-vanessa?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zhULtTnx80&rank=1](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44890081-my-dark-vanessa?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zhULtTnx80&rank=1)(round 2)

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Les coulisses de la recherche - Discussion avec l'autrice de Tricheuse

Sun, May 31, 2:30 PM

4.9

P. Desmichel - Tricheuse (Premier roman, en présence de l'autrice) Et si le monde universitaire était en surchauffe ? Juste après sa thèse et la naissance de sa fille, Vanessa décroche une bourse d’études pour les États-Unis. Un rêve pour cette chercheuse issue d’une banlieue parisienne modeste qui, en intégrant la prestigieuse université de Chicago, va pouvoir côtoyer les pontes qui forcent son admiration et, elle l’espère, publier ses travaux au plus haut niveau académique. Proposition de lecture parallèle pour découvrir le maître du "campus novel": D. Lodge - Un tout petit monde (Best Seller des années 80) Où sont les campus d'antan où des professeurs de lettres besogneux erraient comme des âmes en peine entre les salles de cours, la bibliothèque et la salle des professeurs, l'intelligence en jachère, le cœur en sommeil ?

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Café lecture - Le club des Punks contre l'apocalypse zombie, de Karim Berrouka

Mon, May 25, 2:00 PM

From Fantasy & Rêveries Groupe de lecture fantasy et imaginaire

**En mai, nous retrouvons l'Ile de France en état de siège dans ce très fun roman de Karim Berrouka, Le club des Punks contre l'apocalypse zombie !** Venez rencontrer d'autres lecteurs de l'imaginaire pour échanger sur ce livre et vos lectures. **Modalités pratiques :** \- Nous nous retrouvons le lundi \(férié\) 25 mai de 16h à 18h au café "Murphy's house\. \- Nous échangerons pendant 1h sur le livre de la séance et 1h sur nos lectures du moment\. \- Le café demande une consommation \(café\, thé etc\.\)\. **Pourquoi ce livre ?** Le club des punks contre l'apocalypse zombie est une aventure délirante, qui vous emmènera de Montreuil à Paris, puis de Paris à Vincennes, dans une joyeuse traversée horrifique de l'île de France soudainement envahie de zombies. Publié en 2016, il est toujours aussi actuel et vous fera découvrir les joyeuses drilles du Collectif 25, dans leur quête existentielle (ou pas). Truffé de références punk et anarchistes, avec un auteur visiblement très à l'aise avec cet univers, nous espérons qu'il vous captivera :) Du même auteur, Celle qui n'avait pas peur de Cthulhu est également très savoureux ! Et voici la playlist de musiques créées par l'auteur (qui est également musicien), pour aller avec le livre : https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/7DW8m5reAbhi7pHIa0h0Ol?si=fl0CjlJyQNa0mR8hih5Gqw&nd=1&dlsi=6cd14d10f5f84243 À très vite pour échanger avec vous ! Flora

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BOOKCLUB: Waiting for Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut

Sun, Jun 14, 2:00 PM

From Paris Book Club 📚

From The Secret Society of Good Stories - Book Club

Let's get together with a drink and discuss this book. Location to be confirmed soon :) **The runaway international bestseller—shortlisted for one of France’s highest literary prizes—a dark, funny, and wholly charming novel about a young boy and his eccentric family who grapple with the realities of mental illness in unique and whimsical ways.** A young boy lives with his madcap parents, Louise and George, and an exotic bird in a Parisian apartment, where the unopened mail rises in a tower by the door, the bird acts like a member of the family, and his parents dance to Nina Simone’s mellifluous classic “Mister Bojangles.” As his mother, mesmerizing and unpredictable, descends deeper into mental illness, it is up to the boy and his father to keep her safe and, when that fails, happy. Fleeing Paris for a country home in Spain, they come to understand that some of the most radiant people bear the heaviest burdens. Told from the perspective of a young boy who idolizes his parents and from George’s journals, detailing the epic love story with his wife, this charming, heartbreaking gem of a novel will stay with you long after the final page. As we read, their love story becomes ours. [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40538667-waiting-for-bojangles](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40538667-waiting-for-bojangles)

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Book Club: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

Wed, Jun 3, 5:30 PM

From 20- and 30-Somethings Book Club (Paris)

Join us for our women's book club meet-up! Meetup address to be announced. Please note that as I'm going to be booking a table for dinner, the restaurant will be expecting that everyone orders something to eat. *You will need to confirm your attendance through WhatsApp prior to the event. I will reach out to you personally though messages to add you to the WhatsApp chat* Book details: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231127223-wild-dark-shore

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May Book Club : Transcription by Ben Lerner

Thu, May 28, 6:00 PM

4.9

Hi everyone, for May we will be reading **Transcription** by **Ben Lerner**. We'll be meeting on Thursday, May 28th at a member's apartment. On the day of, please bring snacks and/or drinks to share with everyone if you can. **If you are able to host the group, please send me a message.** As always, make sure you update your RSVP if plans change. See you soon! Lindsay, Reza and Lorraine P.S. We created a WhatsApp channel to facilitate communication around book club events, voting, etc. You can join here if you'd like: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/ILxho9jrEST2VGhhtIATm5](https://chat.whatsapp.com/ILxho9jrEST2VGhhtIATm5)

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Édition 47: Le Pont sur la Drina de Ivo Andric

Sat, Jun 6, 3:00 PM

From Les lectures d’ailleurs

From The Dreamers' Classic Book Club

Pour notre rencontre de juin, nous lisons l'oeuvre du l'auteur yougoslave Ivo Andric, prix Nobel de littérature en 1961, *Le Pont sur la Drina*. A Visegrad, c'est sur le pont reliant les deux rives de la Drina - mais aussi la Serbie et la Bosnie, l'Orient et l'Occident - que se concentre depuis le XVIe siècle la vie des habitants, chrétiens, juifs, musulmans de Turquie ou " islamisés ". C'est là que l'on palabre, s'affronte, joue aux cartes, écoute les proclamations des maîtres successifs du pays, Ottomans puis Austro-Hongrois. C'est la chronique de ces quatre siècles que le grand romancier yougoslave Ivo Andriécï, prix Nobel de littérature en 1961, nous rapporte ici, mêlant la légende à l'histoire, la drôlerie à l'horreur, faisant revivre mille et un personnages : de Radisav le Serbe empalé par le gouverneur turc, à Fata qui se jette du pont pour éviter un mariage forcé, et au vieil Ali Hodja, le Turc traditionaliste, qui voit avec consternation surgir les troupes de l'empereur François-Joseph. En 1914, le pont endommagé dans une explosion demeure debout. Sinistre présage, cependant, grâce auquel ce roman paru en 1945, oeuvre d'un écrivain bosniaque par sa naissance, croate par son origine et serbe par ses engagements d'alors, nous paraît aujourd'hui mystérieusement prophétique. Merci d'avoir lu le livre avant la rencontre afin de partager vos impressions, sentiments et pensées. À la fin de la séance, nous choisirons collectivement la prochaine lecture et pour, ceux qui veulent, nous poursuivrons la discussion autour d’un petit dîner dans un restaurant.

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Books & Coffee: History through Ink and Empires

Sun, May 31, 2:00 PM

From The Dreamers' Classic Book Club

Nothing brings history to life more than Books! 📖✨ For this session, bring along any book connected to history that has stayed with you, sparked your curiosity, or changed how you see the past. It can be a historical novel, a memoir, a non-fiction, or any story rooted in a real era or event! Let’s explore different moments in time through books and discuss how history is remembered, imagined, and retold across genres. (Feel free to bring along a physical copy of your books to participate in the tradition of a group photo of our books for the event! 📖) This is a themed book club, so no required reading! Just come ready to share your thoughts and opinions and unexpected takes on any history-related book you’d like :) P.S. I’ll reach out before the event to confirm attendance. Please cancel in advance if plans change so I can adjust the reservation accordingly. Merci\~ 🌹

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Books & Coffee: Literature of Eastern Europe

Sun, May 24, 2:00 PM

From The Paris Anglophone Book Club

Let's dive into the literature of Eastern Europe! One that carries some of the most powerful, witty, melancholic, and resilient stories ever written. This theme encompasses many of the works of Eastern European authors, some known and most unknown, from post-communist memoirs and political satire to novels, family histories, and modern fiction. The theme is to invite us to explore the voices, histories, and cultures of Eastern Europe through recommendation of the others and to talk about our most loved books within the theme. Bring along a favorite read, a recent discovery, or a longtime classic you’d love to share and discuss with the group. (Physical copies are always welcome for our little group photo tradition! 📚✨) (This is a themed book club, so there’s no required reading. Just come ready to talk, recommend, reflect, and discover new perspectives together. Discussions are in English.) P.S. I’ll reach out before the event to confirm attendance. Please cancel in advance if plans change so I can adjust the reservation accordingly. Merci\~ 🌹

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June Meetup - Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

Wed, Jun 3, 6:30 PM

From The Secret Society of Good Stories - Book Club

we wanted to read a jane Austen ... we will read **Mansfield Park byJane Austen** Enjoy your reading!!!

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1 Year Anniversary - The Secret Society of Good Stories 🌟

Sun, May 31, 12:00 PM

🎉📚 One Year of The Secret Society of Good Stories - Let’s Celebrate! 📚🎉 Can you believe it? It has been ONE YEAR since we took over the book club! 🥳 That’s one whole year of amazing reads, passionate discussions, unexpected plot twists, and meeting wonderful people along the way. To celebrate this milestone properly, we’re organizing a special outdoor anniversary party. 🌞🍹🎶 Expect: ✨ Delicious food & refreshing drinks ✨ A fun group game (with prices for the best readers 👀) ✨ Good vibes, laughter, and bookish discussions ✨ A chance to celebrate our incredible community together We’ll take care of the snacks, drinks, and activities, we’re simply asking for a small contribution to help cover the costs of the event and support the Meetup subscription for the year ahead, so we can keep this lovely club going strong. 📚❤️ Whether you’ve been with us since the beginning or just joined recently, come celebrate with us! Bring your smile, your picnic spirit, and maybe your competitive side for the game. 😄 To participate we ask for a contribution of 14€. Once you sign in, we will contact you and send you a link so that you can make the payment.

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