Tuesday, February 09, 2021

January's Books

 

Let Them East Pancakes: one man’s personal revolution in the City of Light by Craig Carlson

In a follow up to his memoir “Pancakes in Paris,” Craig Carlson writes of his adventures running an American style diner in Paris. He tells about growing up on the wrong side of the tracks in a northern Connecticut city, and how he was inspired by a language teacher and a college junior year abroad. Many of his battles are with the French bureaucracy—navigating the complicated labor laws, applying for a marriage license with his husband-to-be, and trying to relocate a man who was feeding flocks of pigeons outside his apartment. A particularly entertaining chapter had him trying to find someone to cook a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner, and locating the ingredients. Fans of Bill Bryson and Anthony Bourdain may enjoy this lighthearted look at an American in Paris.

Let Them Eat Pancakes: one man's personal revolution in the City of Light by Craig Carlson

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

The Family Lawyer by James Patterson

Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins

Butter Safe Than Sorry by Tamar Myers

The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

The Death of Pie by Tamar Myers

Tea With Jam and Dread by Tamar Myers

Puddin' on the Blitz by Tamar Myers