Romance novels

A little history of Romance novels, the top selling fiction genre in the US, though it is widely dismissed by critics. The classic story of two characters who encounter an obstacle they must overcome for their love to endure appeals to many people. Even more so since the pandemic, when many were stuck at home and turned to reading to pass the time; romance is particularly appreciated during stressful and uncertain times. According to The New York Times, sales of romance novels more than doubled recently, from 18 million copies in 2020 to 39 million in 2023. Social media contributed to the genre’s popularity — most books recommended and reviewed on #BookTok and on #bookstagram are romance novels. This has also brought the average age of romance readers from 35-55 down to 18-44. To celebrate romance, Saturday 8 February 14:00-18:00 is «Seduction Day» at Bill & Rosa's Book Room. In anticipation of Valentine’s Day receive a FREE COPY of the book "La Seduction: How the Fren…
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  • 1 février 2025
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Les Livres français au English Book Room!

Comme Bill & Rosa's English Book Room est en France nous mettons en avant de temps en temps des livres qui nous plaisent en français. Et comme le français est en apprentissage continuel parmi nos lecteurs (les franco  et les anglos) ici nous avons sélectionné un livre qui parle des néologismes en Français depuis 1905. Le titre Du Poilu au Métavers des éditions Larousse vient de sortir. Ce nouveau livre présente 300 mots qui sont entrés dans le Petit Larousse illustré entre 1905 et 2025. Ce sont 300 mots qui reflètent l'évolution de nos sociétés, 300 mots qui retracent l'histoire de la société française. Découvrez dix de ces mots ici, do you know them? Croque-note : on connait tous le croque-mort, mais pouvez-vous deviner la signification du croque-note ? Entré dans le dictionnaire en 1905, ce mot désigne quelqu’un qui joue et exécute une partition sans faute mais aussi sans âme. Stichomythie : Dialogue rapide où les interlocuteurs se répondent de façon symétrique. …
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  • 26 janvier 2025
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Don’t Miss Out: A Guide to Recovery Rebate Credit for U.S. Expats

Don’t Miss Out: A Guide to Recovery Rebate Credit for U.S. Expats If you’re one of the many U.S. expats who are owed the 2021 stimulus money, you can still claim it through Recovery Rebate Credit. While it is too late to request a refund for the 2020 stimulus check, 2024 is the last year to get the 2021 stimulus check you might have missed! It will either boost the amount of your tax refund or reduce the taxes you owe to the IRS. Either way – you win! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get the money you’re entitled to. Keep reading to find out how the credit works and what makes you eligible to qualify. What is Recovery Rebate credit? Recovery Rebate Credit is part of the Covid-19 Economic Relief program. The credit makes it possible for those who didn’t receive Economic Impact Payments (also known as stimulus payments) to claim their missing money. So if you were eligible for stimulus payments but did not receive them (or you received a partial payment), you can claim…
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How I learned the meaning of a French word: Bonheur

To start the year off write, FUSAC reader Shannon Grochowski celebrates BONHEUR!

How I learned the meaning of a French word: Bonheur, a guest post by Shannon Grochowski

A jar of lavender sits on my shop desk next to my well-used cookbooks. When I ache for France, I open it and take a whiff. Instantly, the heady aroma transports me to a place where I learned the meaning of a French word: Bonheur.

I began encountering Bonheur, which translates to happiness, a few months after a feisty Frenchman requested my hand in marriage. After the proposal, my intended and I took an obligatory flight from Montana to Paris, to get acquainted with his maman and papa. As my monsieur ushered me through the Charles de Gaulle airport, I was without conviction they would approve of me. I didn't speak a lick of French. I was American. And a divorcée. Claude, my husband's ever-so-elegant Parisian mother stood out at the airpor…
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Au Gui l’An Neuf ou Bonne et heureuse année à vous

Au Gui l’An Neuf  is another way, a bit old fashioned, to say Bonne et heureuse année à vous. La saison voulant que le gui abonde, on en cueillit dès le Moyen Âge pour l'offrir avec ce souhait : « Au gui l'an neuf », formule qui fut remplacée plus tard par « Bon an, mal an, Dieu soit céans » (soit dans la maison). Au XIXe siècle on disait « Bonne et sainte année, le paradis à la fin de vos jours », expression modernisée au XXe siècle en « Bonne et heureuse année ». Mistletoe grows all over northern France and on six of the seven continents. It’s those balls in the bare trees that you think might be nests at first glance, but in fact it is vegetal parasite which rarely kills the host trees and thus is not a pest. Ecologically it is an important plant as it provides food and shelter for many species. A study in Australia mentioned in the NY Times compared forest parcels with mistletoe to parcels from which mistletoe had been removed. The study suggests that mistletoe is…
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