Book & Film Reviews

I’ve reviewed….well, a lot of books and films here on My Inner French Girl over the years, and I expect that I’ll be reviewing a lot more, so I thought I’d make it easier for readers to find specific titles. If you think this can be better organized, I’m very open to suggestions and comments. Merci!

BOOK REVIEWS (in alphabetical order by title):

All You Need to be Impossibly French, by Helena Frith Powell

Art of Being a Woman, The, by Veronique Vienne

Art of Doing Nothing: Simple Ways to Make Time for Yourself, The, by Veronique Vienne

Art of French Kissing, The, by Kristin Harmel (2008)

Audrey Trilogy (3 books about Audrey Hepburn)

Beauty Confidential, by Nadine Haobsh (2007)

Bonjour, Laziness, by Corinne Maier (2004)

Camus: A Romance, by Elizabeth Hawes (2009)

Close Up and Personal: The Private Diaries of Catherine Deneuve, by Catherine Deneuve

Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The, by Jean-Dominique Bauby (1997)

Eiffel’s Tower, by Jill Jonnes (2009)

Every Frenchman Has One, by Olivia de Havilland

Flaneur, The, by Edmund White (2001)

France, A Love Story: Women Write About the French Experience, by Camille Cusumano, ed. (2004)

French Cafe, The, by Marie-France Boyer

French Style (1993)

French Toast, by Hariett Welty Rochefort (1997)

French Women Don’t Sleep Alone, by Jamie Cat Callan (2009)

French Women for All Seasons, by Mireille Guiliano

Glory in a Line: A Life of Foujita, by Phyllis Birnbaum (2006)

Historic Photos of Paris (2007)

In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl, by Mariane Pearl (2007)

Murder in the Rue de Paradis, by Cara Black (2008)

New Connoisseur, The, by Anne Barone (2008)

Pardon My French: Unleash Your Inner Gaul, by Charles Timoney (2008)

Paris in the Fifties, by Stanley Karnow (1997)

Paris, Paris, by David Downie (2005)

Parisiennes (2007)

Siren’s Feast: An Edible Odyssey, by Nancy Mehagian (2008)

Summer at Tiffany, by Marjorie Hart

There’s No Place Like Paris! by Helene MacLean (1951)

Trail of Crumbs, by Kim Sunee (2008)

What French Women Know, by Debra Ollivier (2009)

Words in a French Life, by Kristin Espinasse (2006)

FILM REVIEWS (in alphabetical order by title):

2008 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films (2008)

Changing Times (2004)

Fly: Words Remembered (2006)

Girl in the Cafe, The (2005)

Girl From Paris, The (2001)

Grand Seduction, Le (2006)

Joyeux Noel (2005)

Julie & Julia (2009)

Merci Docteur Rey (2002)

Merci pour le chocolat (2001)

Mon Meilleur Ami (2006)

Paris When it Sizzles (1964)

Placard, Le (2001)

Priceless (2006)

Science de Reves, La (The Science of Sleep)

Van Gogh (1991)

Vie en Rose, La (2007)