Elaine Langford
@francoanglophile.bsky.social
Retired so I have time for my garden, books, art galleries, travel and anything food related. Living between central France and northern England, best of both worlds.
I’ve just started Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. Loving it!
November 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ve just started Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton. Loving it!
Well, well, there’s a surprise….
October 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Well, well, there’s a surprise….
I’ve just started Small Thinks Like These by Claire Keegan
October 13, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I’ve just started Small Thinks Like These by Claire Keegan
Watching tv and listening to the radio and podcasts too. There’s a good french podcast called Une Maison En France
July 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Watching tv and listening to the radio and podcasts too. There’s a good french podcast called Une Maison En France
I feel your pain! I’m still reading Mauprat by George Sand in french and it’s taking a while
July 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I feel your pain! I’m still reading Mauprat by George Sand in french and it’s taking a while
It was a fascinating listen, can’t wait to read it and Scaffolding
June 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It was a fascinating listen, can’t wait to read it and Scaffolding
Monday again! I’m still on Mauprat by George Sand. Will take me a while but appreciating her take on 19th century french society
June 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Monday again! I’m still on Mauprat by George Sand. Will take me a while but appreciating her take on 19th century french society
Morning! I finished Elif Shafak’s There are Rivers in the Sky this weekend. Superb. Now reading Mauprat by George Sand. I live in the area where it’s set in central France and try to read in French every so often, hard though that is.
June 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Morning! I finished Elif Shafak’s There are Rivers in the Sky this weekend. Superb. Now reading Mauprat by George Sand. I live in the area where it’s set in central France and try to read in French every so often, hard though that is.
Monday soon comes around! I’m reading There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak. Been looking forward to this one and it’s living up to expectations so far!
May 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Monday soon comes around! I’m reading There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak. Been looking forward to this one and it’s living up to expectations so far!
Still reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. Got me interested to find out more about the politics and personnel of the Vietnam war and the unrest it caused. Fascinating insight into the experience of women army nurses both in the field and on their return home.
May 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Still reading The Women by Kristin Hannah. Got me interested to find out more about the politics and personnel of the Vietnam war and the unrest it caused. Fascinating insight into the experience of women army nurses both in the field and on their return home.
Looking forward to reading this one! It’s being serialised on Radio 4 from next Monday
May 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking forward to reading this one! It’s being serialised on Radio 4 from next Monday
IVe just finished Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. Highly recommend. Now on to The Women by Kristin Hannah. Looking forward to this one.
May 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
IVe just finished Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. Highly recommend. Now on to The Women by Kristin Hannah. Looking forward to this one.
Interested to know if you would recommend it. Just finished Unsheltered by her and after a slow start really loved it. Again about real people and so many interesting comparisons made between 19th century science and present day.
May 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Interested to know if you would recommend it. Just finished Unsheltered by her and after a slow start really loved it. Again about real people and so many interesting comparisons made between 19th century science and present day.
I really like the aioli ones
May 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I really like the aioli ones
I have the same feeling so pleased to hear it reinforced. The only one I got into much quicker and sailed through was Demon Copperhead.
April 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I have the same feeling so pleased to hear it reinforced. The only one I got into much quicker and sailed through was Demon Copperhead.
Still reading The Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. Quite hard going tbh
April 28, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Still reading The Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver. Quite hard going tbh
The Midnight Library by Matt Haigh and The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Anything by David Nicholls, just read Sweet Sorrow, wonderful!
April 24, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Midnight Library by Matt Haigh and The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. Anything by David Nicholls, just read Sweet Sorrow, wonderful!