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L'Enigme des Blancs-Manteaux : Enquête dans le Paris du XVIIIe siècle par Jean-François Parot

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À mon sujet28, living in Paris. I always have a book or two in my purse to read in the métro!

À propos de ma bibliothèqueI share a small appartment with my significant other, so not a lot of space. A baby girl is arriving in the spring of 2010, so we need to get rid of a few books!

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Juliette- I have received The King's Favorite and The Sixth Wife that I am angeling for you. I have posted them to my inventory (turtlegirl on BM) as Angel Books # 6 and 7 reserved for you.

Kristin
Hi, just send you an e-mail on BM too. I have the last two books I agreed to angel for you, if you still want them, they are reserved in your name.
If you have gotten either one from another angel or directly, absolutely no problem. Just let me know what you want to do.

All the best,

Glenda
i have four children, all born in different countries (Claire in Juvisy sur Orge (when her father was in the french airforce stationed at Le Bourget), Magali in El Biar (Algerie), Gregory in Vitoria,Alava, Spain and Marc in the USA.) and now I have 10 grandchildren, all born in the USA. (And obviously that is the main reason I live in the USA instead of my beloved France... I would miss them so much!!)

I'll see if my grandchildren have some books that they have outgrown and we'll start a little biblioteque pour la petite Spinifex.

And thanks again for all the "smooches" It is really my pleasure to be able to send you books!!

I was a French translator and interpreter for a number of years, and ended my "illustrious" career as assistant to the Attache culturel a l'Ambassade de France a Los Angeles,planning retrospectives of French cinema, artistic exchanges between museums and counseling Amerian students who wanted to study in France. Having dual nationality could be a plus when we see what is happening in American politics today... lol
I appreciate it, but don't go to a lot of trouble. I am coming to France in April, and plan to do some "serious" book shopping, so I would also appreciate any suggestions for an old "francophone" lady who hasnt kept up much with what is happening on the French literature scene for a while. I did manage to obtain some of J.M.G. Le Clezio's books and to be honest, I don't think he wrote anything so innovative that merited receiving last year's Nobel Prize for literature... lol

I just read some of your other messages, I didn't realize you were "expecting" congratulations! Any special little baby things/books you like me to send or bring to France??

-g
I'm taking advantage of your 2-for-1. I guess you have enough points to last you a few months! I hope all is going well for you and that you've carved out a nursery for your expected new roommate.
Got Aztec for you! I think there are or two others I have coming for you, so I'll probably bunch them together, if that's okay!
Unfortunately, the owner of Zero: A Biography of a Dangerous Idea has not responded to any reminders in 3 weeks, nor have they logged into the site at all so I have canceled. Sorry that it didn't work out :-(
The book I'm angeling for you, Zero: A Biography of a Dangerous idea, has not been acknowledged by the owner. I emailed them a reminder a week ago, but they never responded. Do you want me to keep trying?
I think I wrote the last message before my coffee. I completely forgot that when you request a book, it shows up as reserved for the requester so of course, the Spanish book is currently reserved for you. I feel slightly silly. Anyways, I shall keep an eye on it. The reservation expires in three days so I really hope I can snatch it up for then!

Sorry about any confusion :)
I mooched the second book you requested (I can't remember the name off the top of my head but Germs was in the title :P ). If you're still interested in the second, smaller book (I think it was a Spanish phrase book), feel free to switch the reservation to my name and I'll mooch it for you :)
He has not rejected it so it is still reserved under your name. I'll keep an eye on it for the next few days and, when your reservation runs out, I'll try and snatch it :)
BM Angel Update: I'm angeling Pop Internationalism by Paul Krugman for you. The book has yet to even be accepted and the owner has 55 pending requests and has only successfully sent out one book. She hasn't been on BM in 26 days and, probably because of canceled mooches, her account has been put on vacation. I don't know how likely it is I'll be getting this book. I've sent her reminders and emails with no response. Would you like me to keep trying? If you'd like, I could send you Royal Harlot, the other book I have for you, so you could at least get that one, and then I can keep attempting to mooch Pop Internationalism. I also have no problem canceling. Sorry for all of this!

Rebecca
Thanks for letting me read The King's Daughter before sending it on. I promise to try to read it immediately upon receipt!
sorry- it was gone when I checked. I hope someone else got it for you...
I'm pretty sure I got that last night in the haze of BMing!
Additional books would be nice, but not required. I found the zero book to be quite interesting and it was the first of many history of math books that found their way into my library.
Ooh; a girl! A mini-spinifex!!!! How wonderful!

Umm...BTW why did I get a 2-1 deal??? That was so nice, but I don't know why, as I wanted both of them, and I also wanted to help postage vs points costs, and I wasn't angling for a deal, and you had written 3-1! I was going to give them back till I almost did a back-flip when I saw the number you have already. So I will thank you graciously; and accept them in the spirit they were given! But not necessary...I hope I can return the kindness one day.

And thank you for understanding book phobia - so nice to share it! :)
~Lyn
Hi Spinifex,
I don't mind the age of the book at all - as long as I can read all the words. :)
Thanks so much for all this - very much appreciated. I am still having fits of excitement about the Murakami!!!!
I need a life...*sigh*

Hope you are doing OK - not too many 'tummy' troubles or growing pains!
~Lyn
Just letting you know Royal Harlot is in and ready to be mooched! It is under Angel Book #4 (URL = http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/BM1195220309491461933). Thanks!
I would love to mooch your copy of Norwegian Wood - if no one else has asked first. :)
~Lyn
Your books are in! (The Germanicus Mosaic, Beware Princess Elizabeth, and The Holy Silence). They are reserved for you, so feel free to mooch at your convenience.
Aaah for some reason when you said "post" it I thought you meant add to your BM inventory not to send to the post office, my mistake, I musn't have been thinking clearly that day... sorry for the misunderstanding

Sam
Hi Spinifex,
Just wondering if you know when you would be posting Rose Without a Thorn by Jean Plaidy, no hurry, just didn't want you to forget abut me LOL. Hope you had a good holiday season :)
I'm reading a lackluster mystery, but it's set in Paris a year after I lived there, and is full of the smell of Gitanes and those Minitel machines. Happy New Year and may this year bring many good books to your door.
Oh, thank you for your kind offer but that's not why I mentioned it - it just makes me laugh that I go to that thread to get books for others and end up with a longer list for myself!!
And I am quite pleased to have found this series.. you can tell me your opinion, that would be nice.

Don't worry about notes etc...if you put the book up for mooching, and it is still on my wish-list I will try for it - you have far more important things to worry about this year! :)

I hope you let us know all the news when it happens - in a few months it seems. How very exciting, I'll be watching out eagerly...:)
I just popped by to say Happy New Year!
And then I saw your great news - so congratulations, as well!

And to thank you (I think) for putting me onto a new series- The Libertus Mysteries by Rosemary Rowe! That angel thread of ours is just downright dangerous! :)

Hope you are well - 2010 will be memorable for you undoubtedly! Stay warm!
~Lyn
Happy New Year to you too, Spinifex!

Another year of great reading and all good things to you.

karenmarie
Bonne année & a Happy New Year to you too!

Hope that 2010 is very good to you!
I just saw your comment; it looks like it has already been mooched for you. I'm glad someone managed to get it in time.
Hi Spinifex!

Thank you for the friends invitation. BookMooch has forged another link on LT!

I'm doing some work from home right now and will have to actually drive to work (29 miles, 46.67 kilometers)on New Year's Day to support the finance department with computer year end processing.

I hope you're having a great day and reading at least one good book.

karenmarie
Mooched, thank you so much!!!
The Germanicus Mosaic has been mooched.
Hi! I'll gladly take "Gaudy Night" if it's still available. My Bookmooch id is amwmsw04.

Thanks and happy reading!
Angela
Yay books! No big rush about checking; I was just curious. :)
I'm just checking if you're still away from home? (The other packages I sent at the same time as yours have all arrived.)
Thanks for the quick reply, Spinifex - I'll just have to be patient.

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all good things for 2010!

karenmarie
Good day, Spinifex:

Are the Bloomsbury editions of HP hardcovers? If so, I'd like them.

I'm trying to collect them to have in addition to my Scholastic editions and so far only have Goblet of Fire.

karenmarie
I´d love to mooch Stardust, if it is still available. I live in Argentina.
Thanks in advance!!
Hi Spinifex,

Thanks for The Rose Without a Thorn, January is fine, I am in no hurry :)

Thanks

Sam
The request for Holy Silence has been accepted. I'll send it together with your other mooch when they arrive.
Oh, of course! I forgot you were offering two. Paperback, if you please.
Yes, please! That would be totally delightful!

I'm randomchoirho on BM. :D
Hi!

I read that you were going to put some Bloomsbury editions of Harry Potter books on BookMooch later. Do you mean the children's covers? If so, I'd totally love to grab Order of the Phoenix from you. :)

Kat
The mooch for Beware, Princess Elizabeth has been accepted. I'll let you know when it arrives.
I won't be asking you to angel -- well, at least not for this book! The book owner rejected all her pending mooches then took all her books and left!
Thanks for the offer to angel! I did email the book owner and suggested that whoever gave her that information had probably tried to sell her the most expensive postage option. I also asked whether she would re-list the book if I were to find an angel, but I haven't heard back from her yet. I'll be sure to contact you if she agrees to that :-)
Sorry I forgot my BM ID -- it's marabw.
thank you so much! it's lunar
If no one's claimed it yet, I'd love to mooch A Fatal Waltz. My BM ID is sunnylola.
thanks.
lola
Hi Spinifex,
The owner of Mary, Bloody Mary: A Young Royals Book has not logged in now for more than a month and their inventory has gone on vacation, I don't think this is going to be a successful mooch. Do you want me to list the other book I mooched you and leave this one or do you still want to wait?

Veritas
I'm actually sending far larger piles in USPS flat-rate boxes at the moment, so no real worries. :)
I would be interested in the fairytale book, I did my russian A level coursework on fairytales:) I know what you mean about all the children's books being translations, I had the same problem when i went to Russia on a school trip.
Thank you! That's very nice :)
I thought they sold them individually (at least, that's what I saw on the Russian website), but maybe they only did in the past.

It's fine. I didn't see her reply before I commented, as I was trying to check on my pending if I still had books for you. :)
Hi Spinifex,
Just to let you know that your book Signora Da Vinci has arrived. Let me know if/when you don't want to wait any longer for the second book you asked me to mooch :)

Veritas_
No problem!
Hi Spinifex,
Thanks so much for all your angel help - and if I can return the favour, if ever needed, from down here, please don't hesitate to ask.
~Lyn
Hi Spinifex,
Have mooched the copy from Leeta, I will cross my fingers as she has some requests from August 10/11th that she hasn't yet replied to and hasn't logged into her account for 16 days.

Happy mooching!

Veritas_
Hi Spinifex!
Second Glance has arrived today and is up on bookmooch for you. Happy mooching!
Stef
Hi Spinifex
Unbelievable - that's amazing, considering they hadn't been marked 'accepted'; let alone 'sent'. LOL!!! (I happened to check your profile the other day and had thought that transaction probably "weren't happening" -hehe!) And I was sad for your book too!
I don't mind the damage; I will mend it whenever it arrives.
THANK YOU!!
Happy Holidays (??) or if not, 'enjoy overseas". :)
~Lyn
Thanks so much for 'angel' mooching The Music of Chance by Paul Auster for me.
FYI - my BM id and username are Lman too.
~Lyn
Thanks, that made me smile. Sad, but true.

I'm reading the "restored" edition of my favorite book, A Moveable Feast. I hope you are taking advantage of both the time of year and your location to occasionally sit outside a cafe with a book and either a citron presse (can't do the accents) or a cold glass of white wine. I'm going to do the Southern equivalent this afternoon--sit on the deck under the trees with a glass of iced tea.
There was a contentious discussion on another forum (999 Challenge) and as it heated up, all I could remember was your comment that it's all fine as long as no one brings up nazis. No one did, although the term "holy war" was used.
Hi,

I'd be interested in Scent of Sake if it's still available.

Thanks!
It took a while, but The Beckoning Silence has finally arrived, and I've posted it for you.
Thanks Spinifex,

If you would reserve "When Gods die" for me it would be very much appreciated.

All the Best

Claire
Have fun!! It's bbb47. If that doesn't work, my e-mail will get you there: cyeates AT nycap DOT rr DOT com.

No problem, whenever you get to it is fine. Thanks so very much. I hope Berlin is a holiday.

All the best,
Irene
If someone hasn't beaten me too it would you reserve "What Angels Fear" for me? I go by Excelis on bookmooch.
Ha! That's right--I was leaving for a week and wanted to get everything in the mail before I went. I skipped a few steps there. Still, I'm glad it arrived and I'll reserve it for you on BookMooch. Perfect reading for a hot, hot day.
I just got an email from the sender of The Beckoning Silence saying that she won't be able to mail it until the week after next - hope that won't be a problem for you.
BookMooch is down for awhile and I'm going off to the wilds of Florida (actually the beaches and pools of Florida) for a week, so I mailed the book to you today.
"No Shortcuts to the Top" is finally here and I've reserved it for you on BookMooch. I'm fascinated by high-altitude climbing, mainly because I can't imagine loving something so painful and difficult. And it's a perfect hot weather book!
Ah, I see Heather got it for you. On an English monarch reading kick?
Sorry, it's gone. I hope another Angel got it for you?
Hi Spinifex,

That's fine- thank you so much for trying! Yes, it is annoying, especially when these people list heavily wishlisted books, it makes you feel like they set out with the intent to con people...

Anyway, let's give them the benefit of the doubt and as you say wait a couple of weeks, and then I'll put it back on my wishlist.

Thanks again for your help!

Stef
Thank you, Spinifex! I've just mooched it. No rush - take your time and send it by slowest boat!

karenmarie
If you are still interested in The Man in The Moss, let me know and I'll list it and reserve it for you. I won't be able to ship overseas for another week or so, I hope that is not a problem.
Your book is here and reserved for you on BookMooch. It's in fantastic shape.
oops, sorry! I didn't mean to send you on a seek-and-find mission -- I fully intended to include her email address. Anyway, obviously you found the connection -- I guess I should finish my coffee before I try writing emails early in the morning.
I've heard from the owner of the Afghan Campaign and she says she'll happily send it to me. Yay!
There has been no word from the owner of The Afghan Campaign and she hasn't been on the site for a few weeks. I'll give her a few more days, but I don't think she's participating anymore.
Mooched the Real Estate book for you!
De rien! LT Authors can be a real mess -- I have a "David Mitchell" in my list I've never even heard of! He just happens to share his name with the famous British author. I would like to get rid of him, but can't without deleting the "real" DM's books. :D

And thank you for your kind words! I know what you mean about the war, so I don't have too many books about battles or geo-politics. What I'm really interested in is how WWI ushered in Modernism (hence all the poetry!). I'm also interested in how the war led into the 1920s, as my other great love is the Lost Generation...which was based in your beautiful city, of course!

P.S. I like the lack of 'rhyme and reason' in your library! It looks like you have many wonderful and varied interests -- it must be a pleasure to browse through. :)
http://bookmooch.com/detail/0071444041 is available with Bookcrossing labels. Let me know if you want it and/or post on the Angel thread. :)
Bonjour Spinifex,

I saw your question on "Aide en Français" -- because I read French better than I write it, I thought I would leave you a comment rather than try to post in mangled French! :D David Liss is on your list because you have his book A Conspiracy of Paper. The only way to keep him from showing up in your Member Connections is to delete his book from your library.

Bonne chance,
m.

P.S. You have a great library! :)

Wow, that was really speedy! Both are now officially mooched. Thanks so much!
I'm sorry. I missed the timeframe. :/

I should have told you to have more people watching around then.
Yes, I'm sure life can be terrible, living as you are in the most beautiful city in the world as you do! Especially now that spring is here.
Wowza, we have roughly the same number of books, but you have some serious space constraints. Do you have bookshelves in the bathroom? I just redecorated our tiniest bathroom and managed to put in a wee shelf that fits four books with loo rolls as bookends.
I've mooched it! I'll keep you up to date on its progress.
I'm hovering...
let's try. Give me the member's name and the title so that I can hover over her inventory.
These are the two books you've angel-mooched for me from dede230677:
http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/0670019925 Deaf Sentence
http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/038540882X Emotionally Weird
Thanks again!
lola
I'll try to keep an eye out for you. The reservation expires about 8.5 hours from now.
http://bookmooch.com/m/detail/0767922387
Thanks so much spinifex. I appreciate the angel mooch very much... or to be perfectly honest, my wife does! She's the pastry chef. :-)
"The Climb" is reserved for you on BookMooch.
Ha! I have 915 books on my wishlist. By any metric, this is excessive! Now, 1/3 are German language children's books (which come up in English all the time) because my children are bilingual, but have much more reading material in English, but even 600 is surely enough?

I do feel a little bad that you sent me an exciting book and I didn't get the book you wanted! I have a copy of "The Climb" by Anatoli Boukreev that I've been debating putting up on BookMooch. Shall I reserve it for you?
The owner of the Mosquito War just rejected my mooch. He can't find the book. His apology was very nicely worded. Please feel free to ask me to get any books you want from insular Americans, especially since I just got the book you sent me and it looks much more fun than it did in the review I read. You're in the 12th! You are far from my old (and tiny) room!
Hi, I mooched "The Mosquito War" for you. Would you send me a reply here on LT and mention that I've mooched that title for you so that I don't forget who I've mooched it for? Thanks.

Incidentally, I am sooo jealous of you living in Paris. I lived there for a year (well, in Boulogne-Billancourt) and miss it. I've been back for visits, but it's an entirely different thing to be a tourist.
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