Friday, December 19, 2014

PARIS 1919: SIX MONTHS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, by Margaret McMillan



We'll always have Paris - New York Times

Book Review in the Washington Post

H-Net Reviews (Humanities and Social Science)

C-SPAN Interviews with authors:  BOOKNOTES

Policy Options - book review

From the publisher, Random House

See also from the publisher: book discussion questions


Thursday, December 11, 2014

GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn






Gillian Flynn'w website   - for readers

Readers' guide provided by the author

LitLovers:  book discussion questions

Here's how Gillian Flynn defended the ending of 'Gone Girl' in 2012, in Entertainment.

In the New Yorker - lengthy article

Criticism in The Guardian

In NPR:  Darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted....  You can hear some segments of the book


About the movie:  in FORBES

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

CLAUDE AND CAMILLE, by Stephanie Cowell

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Stephanie Cowell's web page.  Use tabs to see more about 

LitLovers - with discussion questions

Huffington Post interview

Historical Novel Review

In The Guardian, the real story - 

Claude Monet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Claude Monet Gallery

Several of Camille's images



 Claude Monet, "Camille: Woman in Green Dress"
Claude Monet, "Le Dejeuner sur L'Herbe"