How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits

from byshieldmaiden

Not so much as book as numerous lists upon lists of what Parisians do, don't do, live, eat, love, and work. Good advice to duplicate in your non-French home to make you feel a bit more chic. Rated three out of five since some of the content could have been generated from women's magazines or blog...

from etxgardener

Fairly amusing book, but doesn't offer anything really new if the reader has more than a passing knowledge of Paris. Strictly for ages 22 - 35

from ASKelmore

Best for: Anyone who likes Paris, needs a bit of a quick, distracting read, and is willing to overlook the heteronormativity of it all.In a nutshell: Four friends from Paris decided to write the type of advice book one might buy on impulse when shopping at Anthropologie.Line that sticks with me: ...

from obtusata

Amusing, but a bit too cliche. It often makes Parisian women should like self-absorbed, cheating jerks, which is not the case.

from libraryhead

How to be relentlessly self-involved: Don't try so hard. Never notice your genetic gifts and your privilege. Never notice other people at all! If you mention Sartre that means you're deep and if you bring up cheating at a dinner party that means you're edgy. Compulsively readable but leaves a bad...