If you're aching for a little fresh inspiration, then why not try a French movie. Get in the mood with a few of my favorites: Midnight in Paris Amélie Hugo The Butterfly Two Days in Paris Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel) The Intouchables La Vie en Rose The Well Diggers Daughter Chocolat The Diving Bell & the Butterfly A Very Long Engagement The Chorus The Hunchback of Notre Dame The 400 Blows Queen to Play Paris, Je t'aime My Afternoons with Margueritte Diplomacy A French Village* (Un Village Francais) *mini-series Before Sunset Two Days in Paris Funny Face Julie & Julia An American in Paris Back to Burgundy Come What May | TV Series: A French Village (Un Village Francais) Escape to the Chateau Emily in Paris Call My Agent Balthazar The Parisian Agency |
Here are more books to consider: "The Bettencourt Affair" by Tom Sancton "Paris in the Present Tense" by Mark Helprin "The Lost Vintage: a Novel" by Ann Mah "Ritz & Escoffier" by Luke Barr "The Alice Network" by Kate Quinn "My 25 Years in Provence" by Peter Mayle "Villa America" by Liza Klaussmann "The Rain Watcher" by Tatiana de Rosnay "The Age of Light" by Whitney Scharer "The Flight Portfolio" by Julie Orringer "Paris Echo" by Sebastian Faulk "Madame Fourcade's Secret War" by Lynne Olson "The Winemaker's Wife" by Kristin Harmel "The World That We Knew" by Alice Hoffman "The Seine: The River that Made Paris", by Elaine Sciolini "Perestroika in Paris" by Jane Smiley "Paris Never Leaves You" by Ellen Feldman "The Queen of Paris" by Pamela Binnings Ewen *********************************** I hope you'll consider adding my book to your list as well, "The Paris Effect" by Michelle Moggio | Books are twice as tough to pick! So many good ones! So little time.... Here are a few of my favorites: "The Invisible Bridge' by Julie Orringer 'The President's Hat' by Antoine Laurain 'The Hundred-Foot Journey' by Richard C. Morais 'The Hotel on Place Vendome' by Tilar J. Mazzeo 'The Book of Salt' by Monique Truong 'The Elegance of the Hedgehog' by Muriel Barbery 'Paris Letters' -- Janice MacLeod 'A Year in Provence' by Peter Mayle 'Time Was Soft There' by Jeremy Mercer 'The Greater Journey - Americans in Paris' by David McCullough 'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr 'Lovers at the Chameleon Club' by Francine Prose "Sur la Route" by Cecilia Woloch "100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go" by Marcia De Sanctis "Avenue of Spies" by Alex Kershaw "The Little Paris Bookshop" by Nina George "Lilac Girls" by Martha Hall Kelly "32 Yolks" by Eric Ripert "Guardians of the Louvre" by Jiro Taniguchi "Daisy in Exile" by J.T. Allen "Les Parisiennes" by Anne Sebba "Cooking for Picasso" by Camille Aubray "The White Russian" by Vanora Bennett "Road to Valor" by Aili & Andres McConnon "The Girl You Left Behind" by JoJo Moyes "The Suitors" by Cécile David-Weill "The Room on Rue Amelie" by Kristin Harmel "Three Hours in Paris" by Cara Black "Dirt: Adventures, with Family in Lyon..." by Bill Buford "The Paris Hours" by Alex George "The Black Swan of Paris" by Karen Robards "The Paris Library" by Janet Skeslien Charles "Americans in Paris" by Charles Glass "The Lost Carousel of Provence" by Juliet Blackwell "The Women of Chateau Lafayette" by Stephanie Dray |