https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h Independent Reading Project By Kayla Kerchenski en-us 2018-10-11 12:21:25 UTC 2025-11-03 14:15:03 UTC hello@padlet.com kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/291673465 Paris in Love was released on April 3, 2012. It is about the author, Eloisa James, who moves her family to Paris after she found out her had breast cancer. She sold her house, took a sabbatical from her job as a Shakespeare professor, and moved off to Paris. She made the move because she knew life would only last so long. Eloise has a husband, two kids, and a dog. She has to figure out how to live in Paris and what to do in certain situations. Her and her family have to balance all this, along with learning a new language. This book gives the great adventures of moving to a new city or country and is really delightful. ]]> 2018-10-11 12:23:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/291673465 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295185643 2018-10-21 14:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295185643 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295186058 Eloisa James has twenty five other romance books that she wrote. Eloisa is her pen name and her real name is Mary Bly. She was born in 1962 and is 56 years old. Before she lived in Paris, her and her family lived in New York. Her husband's name is Alessandro and her kids names are Anna and Luca. She discovered she had cancer and decided to move to Paris because her life was only going to last so long. The book Paris in Love, is based on her story about moving to Paris. Eloisa loves her family, but she also loves her life and wanted to expand it to greatness. ]]> 2018-10-21 14:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295186058 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295724252 Eloisa explains her book and her experience with moving to another country.]]> 2018-10-22 23:03:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295724252 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295728643 Eloisa James]]> 2018-10-22 23:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/295728643 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296179415 2018-10-23 20:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296179415 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296872686 2018-10-25 11:45:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296872686 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296889270 "That's what Alessandro doesn't understand. A day spent crying in bed over stories of lost strangers gives you permission to cry for things over which you have no right to grieve: my children are alive and my mother died almost two years ago. Yet I wake thinking of her. I wish I could call her. I will always want her arms around me. I still want to cry for her."]]> 2018-10-25 12:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296889270 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296889667 2018-10-25 12:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296889667 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296890036 A sample from the chapter "A Parisian Winter" or Chapter 7, pg. 71]]> 2018-10-25 12:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/296890036 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297054962 "I immediately started anticipating the epiphany when I would be struck by the acute beauty of life. I would see joy in my children's eyes (rather than start rebellion), eschew caffeine, and simply be, preferably while doing yoga in front of a sunset. My better, less irritable self would come out of hiding, and I would stop wasting time at the computer and sniping at my husband. I have cancer . . . but the good news is that I will learn to live in the moment."]]> 2018-10-25 16:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297054962 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297055289 “So this book is my phone call--not from the top of a mountain, or even the top of the Eiffel Tower: the "here" is negotiable. It's so beautiful here. You must come visit before you die.” ]]> 2018-10-25 16:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297055289 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297187499 "I refuse to find myself in my second half century still wearing my furry shoes and Alessandro's sweaters. I intend to learn precisely what these French women buy and, perhaps, just as important, how they manage to look so commandingly elegant after attaining 'un certain age.' It is truly a pity that my mother is no longer alive. I've finally decided to dress like a lady."]]> 2018-10-25 21:17:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297187499 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297196729 Eloisa reads and expert from her book]]> 2018-10-25 21:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297196729 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297197318 2018-10-25 21:40:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297197318 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297199728 2018-10-25 21:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297199728 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297199795 2018-10-25 21:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297199795 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297202604 "When I wander out, the sky is blue and far away. By the time I emerge from the market, pearl gray clouds seem within my reach. The sidewalk is rain-splattered, and the puppy belonging to the homeless man at out Métro shop retreats under his blanket, nothing showing but a little black nose. I put a euro in the cup and hope it goes to dog food rather than cognac."]]> 2018-10-25 22:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297202604 kkerchenski https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297330151 2018-10-26 11:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kkerchenski/w4x10qzpjg7h/wish/297330151