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How to Say Thank You and Ask for Help at the Same Time

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Thank you.
Yes thank you for reading my blog.
For leaving your generous, thoughtful, caring, funny notes in the comment section. I read every comment, every message and thank God for your friendship. Thank you for encouraging me to blog about my day to day stuff and rambling thoughts about this and that and the other.

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Thank you for your emails asking me things like: "Where is a good place to stay in France? What is the best antique market? Does French Husband have a brother? Can you pray for me? Can you tell me what color of paint you used in your kitchen?"

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Thank you for giving me ideas to write about, for sending me notes that say my blog is the first thing you read in the morning! I love that. Makes me all dreamy eye and happy it does. Thank you for your compliments towards my photography.

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Thank you for having the Brocante Bug! Or if you are like my brother
Mathew, for putting up with my Brocante Bug.

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Thank you for trying out my recipes and telling me that they worked for you.

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Thank you for shopping at my Brocante online market. Which has increased my brocante habit, and has my house looking like a warehouse… boxes, packing tape, tags, bubble wrap and of course cute old things starring at me everywhere I look begging to be wrapped and sent.
Thank you for teaching me how to let go and be who I am. I feel loved and that is a darn good thing to feel.

Thank you.

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Thank you!
Thank you, and because of it I am offering the sweet thing in the above photo. A nineteen century, pressed metal souvenir box. It has a beveled glass top with a photo of the Arch de Triumph underneath it. Sweet little nothingness isn't it?
If you would like to have it, I am giving it away… please leave your name in the comment section.
Now here is the catch– I have a big favor to ask you! I am thinking to create a book with some of my photographs.
Which way should I go: Should I use scenes of France, or my recipes or things from the brocante? Or should I do a mixture of these three? Should I just have photos? What do you think? What are your ideas? I trust your opinion since you are the ones who have  encouraged me to do this since I started blogging.

Thank you.

Comments

326 responses to “How to Say Thank You and Ask for Help at the Same Time”

  1. Sarah

    Corey,
    you absolutely should do a book. Include photos that cover your whole life, as your blog does. That is what we love to see, feel, taste, share with you. (I am still hoping to come to France in Sept.)

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  2. Jen

    I think it should include all 3 ideas–it should be about Your Life in France!
    And by the way, I just woke up, made my tea and turned on my computer to check your blog like I do every single morning!

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  3. Julienne

    Why all three of course! That is what we love here and that is what you are so good at. Don’t spoil a good thing!!!

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  4. Charity

    Yes. Create the book. Your photos. Your words. All of it. Because it is all of it that have brought us all here to share with you this life. This France of yours. Thank you for sharing it.

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  5. Maria

    If you’re going to do a book, it has to be about YOU. YOu are why poeple read the blog everday. You allow the reader to see France, your family,the brocante through your eyes. If I’m going to buy a book you wrote or one of photographs, I’m going to want more of all of this, but especially you and your life, that’s what holds my interest. We all want to spend the weekend at your house and have you cook us a meal and take us shopping….
    Best of Luck, Corey!
    -maria in NY

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  6. Brenda

    Hi there – I think you should do the book with a mixture of your pictures that you do on your blog – or have sections in the book divided for the different sections ie. Living in France – Recipes – Brocante – I live in Canada and go to your site everyday for inspiration and never know what kind of pictures I am going to see and I luv them all….

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  7. Tamara

    Oh Corey, without a doubt, photos of all three! With recipes and stories of life as an American in France. Your writing is just as beautiful as your photos!
    If you need help in any way, I would be delighted. I’m a magazine editor looking to break into books…
    Good luck and I say, go for it!
    Tamara

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  8. Eileen @ Passions to Pastry

    I am constantly going to your past photos. They are inspiration to me and my photography. I say use all of them — France, Brocante, Food. I love them all, but am drawn particularly to the photos of food. Your book will be beautiful.

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  9. Gina Johnson

    Yes, you are finally going to write a book with your photographs, etc.!!!! What an exciting turn your life is taking. So happy for you girl!
    In my opinion, I think your first book (because you will have others), should be a mixture of photographs of France, your home, village, family, life and of course, since brocante is such a part of you, your brocante. Save the cookbook with beautiful photographs as a bit of a teaser. Once your first book hits #1 on the New York times, you will have plenty of offers for a cookbook. Don’t give it all away girl. Flirt with your talent a little bit. Best of luck and I will be preordering your book on Amazon. Smooches, Gina
    P.S. Don’t forget to write another book about Willows including awesome photo’s. Another book strictly about the brocante. Where to go in France and remember your trip to the US when you went to S. Carolina, Texas, etc.? God is going to have to multiply your minutes, you are going to be so busy!

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  10. Donna

    Carey,
    You should definitely include all 3 … and how those snapshots relate to you, your family, your friends, your travels, and your daily life in France. As Maria said, that it what draws us to your blog. The natural curiosity about another person’s life. GOOD LUCK!!!

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  11. Karon

    yes, yes, yes go for it. Use all of your life, your cooking, brocante, lifestyle all those fabulous photographs. And your words, oh yes your words that have helped me get through some pretty hellish times of late.
    Do write your book, do ‘go for it’, words, photos, life.
    All love
    karon x

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  12. Rhonda

    I love them all and please use them all. I am addicted to your blog, I just love it all and a big thankyou to you for just that. I am so excited that you are thinking about creating a book , I can’t wait. xxx

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  13. Kathy

    Oh, please do a book with all three. Because, and here’s the really BIG because, now-a-days, Hollywood is trolling the blogs for movie ideas. Does Julie and Julia ring a bell? And now Pioneer Woman…YOU could umm.. SHOULD be next. You have a great story! So. Step one, write the book. Step two pick out your screenwriter.. Step three, decide who should play you and French husband.
    TA-DA! You may thank me at Oscar time.
    Kathy

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  14. Karina Westfall

    Corey,
    I believe your book will be very successful. You should write about your life before and after French husband. About living in France and getting use to a different culture. About how you became so pasionate about brocante, and about how you became a good French cook. The book should also illustrate your photography as well. You have a nice writing style. You can even do an e-book. I bought recently one e-book from Layla Parker (how to create an inspired home).

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  15. Heidi

    Definitely all three! Life is not easily compartmentalized, neither should it be, and the reason some of us love your blog is because you seamlessly weave it all together. Life is beautiful, no matter what is going on at any given time. Thanks for your beautiful, inspiring words and photographs.

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  16. carol

    Corey, you have such a way with words that it would be a shame to just feature photos! I think an Americans’s perspective on living in France is what would appeal to people.

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  17. Irina

    i love your photos of all the themes and think the book should include them all.
    i’m sure it’s going to be a unique book. it is one thing to see your photos on the internet and completely different experience to hold what i believe would be a gorgeous book. go for it!!!!

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  18. Massilianana

    Hello Corey ,
    That’s an incredibly good idea ! I think a mix of all your photos would be great , just photos,to make one dream, imagine ,…Go for it !

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  19. Katy S

    Yes, yes! A book but a mix of all three….daily life in France. I loved living there but the best parts come after you get past the tourist stuff and into LIVING.

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  20. mopsy

    everything, everything, everything ! We love everything about you !

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  21. Fabulously French

    Bonjour Corey, I think that you should mix all 3 as there are many recipe, brocante and pictures of France books but not a lot that feature all 3.
    Leeann x

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  22. Allison

    oh… a book of it all — that’s what I enjoy about your blogs, the whole little glimpse of your life, your loves, your trust in God…

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  23. Karen

    Corey,
    You must include your quirky comments with the photos-that’s what makes me read you first thing in the morning! You have a very simple way of saying so many thoughts in very few words. A great gift, I must say, one that I wish my babbling mouth could learn. All of your photos are beautiful and together they tell the story of your life. Thanks for warming my heart each and every morning.
    Karen

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  24. Lorna Zrostlik

    Dear Corey,
    Write your book about you, which is all aspects of your life just like your blog. Mix in the recipes and France and the brocante and later if you lke you can write a book about each, after the rest of the world gets to know and love you like we all have. I’ll be the first in line to buy your books. Good luck Corey!

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  25. Leslie

    Follow your heart Corey…however and whatever you decide to put into your book..it will tell your story to your readers through pictures,through words and even through recipes….so to the chef, to the photograher,to the brocante addict in you…..get writing!!!!!

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  26. Cynthia Rieth

    Corey, why don’t you do it as a tour guide so you could include landscape type photos on your way to the brocante and then recipes from the area!
    ps – yes I am reading this in my pink robe as I have every morning for the last year!

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  27. Lillian Brown

    I think you need to include all three, of course! It’s hard to imagine your blog without any of them. They all work together to bring your delightful blog to life – and bring glimpses of your delightful life to us!

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  28. Julie Loeschke

    Dear Corey, What a great idea! All three, of course, but you must also include your insight.Hopefully, we will be able to get signed copies! 🙂

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  29. Hillary

    I think you should mix it up like you do here. That’s what keeps all of us coming back every day. I would love to have a book that had all kinds of tips for planning a trip not just to France but for all over Europe. Your trip last year just seemed so easy and care free and that’s what a vacation in Europe should be. That’s what you helped our trip be like last year. Thanks for everything!!!

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  30. patricia mallory

    No Corey…Thank You for making my day to day meanderings a little more bearable. I love your blog. I am soooooo excited about your book and in my humble opinion, I think you should use your photos, recipes, but most of all… your endearing stories. Love and Hugs, Patricia

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  31. Alexis

    I agree, all three! You could have little vignettes to illustrate your recipes, like what you did with the scrambled eggs post the other day. And its like two in one: recipe plus oicture of brocante finds like old plates and silverware. 🙂
    If you write that book I will definitely buy it!

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  32. Lorelei

    Hi Corey,
    It would be a shame to leave any of these three out {photos… recipes or the brocante}!
    You are my daily read so…. Thank You!!
    ***Lorelei***

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  33. Julie

    Hi Corey,
    First of all, I think it’s a wonderful idea, and congratulations to you for having the initiative and bravery needed to take on such a project! I like the idea of a book including scenes from your life in France: your village and trips through the rest of Provence and Paris, etc. mixed with your gorgeous family and brocante photos. The story of how you have carved out such a beautiful life for yourself and your family is inspiring and fortunately, you have photos to document your journeys.

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  34. waftbyCarol

    The name of the book :
    A Picture Paints a Thousand….
    I love the idea of a guide to the Brocante you love , with recipes and your most original observations . Your child-like insights are heartbreaking and bring a tear to my eye on a regular basis…promise us we get signed copies !!

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  35. Alenamoss@gmail.com

    Corey, all three. Definitely.
    I follow your blog for past two years and I must say I am in love
    with it.
    Look forward reading it everyday, your stories about France, people, , your family, food – love it love it.
    I think I missed couple of post, that only happened because we were at the cottage with no internet connection. That was before I phone ha ha!
    Thank you Corey, looking forward to your BOOK!
    So happy!

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  36. linda marcov

    Look no further, you have your answer…. I think you have a book in your hands already, just turn in your archives and your the publisher will help you pick a font, a paper quality, a size, a cover… but the book has been written… and we have all read it and will read it again, over and over… when we want, places to go, to see, to shop.. things to eat and cook……… and when we need to be reminded of the simple truths of life.. are you ready dear friend? Love Linda

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  37. Lisa S.

    I agree with the others. Do your book about what you love- France, family, food…and wonderful old things. That is why we are all here reading everyday- because we love those things too!!!

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  38. Jai

    Corey,
    My vote is for you to include all three of your ideas! I’ve often wondered if you would consider selling some of your photos in your online shop. Best wishes on your new endeavor!

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  39. Susana Stevens

    LIFE for you is a large baguette that you keep taking big ol’ bites of, that not only nurture you, but the rest of us, as well. The book is such a natural progression, you couldn’t not do it. All three subjects would be ideal, and with text, as you write so beautifully. You’ll need grammar and spelling guidance, though! This is going to be such a fabulous experience for you!!

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  40. Linda

    I read your blog first thing in the morning but for me living in New England my comments are far behind your readers elsewhere. Your blog is very special, love the photos, the recipes and hearing about your life. Your devotion to Annie is special. You SHOULD write a book!
    Thank you for being faithful!
    Linda

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  41. Lisa

    Hey Corey,
    I totally agree that you should include all things you mentioned in your book. And pictures? Of course! I am so excited for you. Can’t wait to read it!
    XO,
    Lisa

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  42. Katherine Miller

    Corey – Do what you do. Your blog is charming, insightful and heartwarming. I love anything French, brocante and recipes so this is right up my bookshelf. Just do it. take care, Katherine

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  43. Karen

    Corey, A book would be absolutley wonderful! A mixture of all you write about and your photos, I would buy it in a heartbeat! I, too, read your blog first thing in the morning…helps me get going and I LOVE the pictures. Karen

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  44. Evelyn Jackson

    Yes, Corey! I agree with everyone else. Do the book, include all the categories and definitely include your writing…it’s so poetic and prayerful. And definitely include a section on Annie, if she’s willing!

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  45. Lilly

    Hi Corey.
    Yes! you should make a book of your photos of France, your adventures at the brocante and include your recipes and photos of your family and friends. Please take a look at ‘The Pioneer Woman Cooks’ by Ree Drummond. She has the site thepioneerwoman.com and in her book she includes her photography, recipes and personal bits about living on a ranch in Oklahoma.
    You are an original and refreshing writer/photographer so your book could be somewhat like hers and yet it would be totally unique. I love your attention to the details that make your part of France special. And then I’d love to look at a book about your family home in Willows with photos of how your mom makes each area in the garden and house so beautiful in an original way.
    (And the box is beautiful, but I’m not entering the contest for it…Thanks!)

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  46. gail

    We should be the ones thanking YOU! You bring such a bright light to our lives!
    I think your book should be a lot like your blog, a little bit of everything, including your wit, humor, inspirations and photo’s of everything!

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  47. Cheryl in California

    Who else can so artfully combine all three? Definately a book about all three…food, France and the brocante!

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  48. marlis

    Corey, IMHO, I would certainly combine the three. I think it would make a wonderful coffee table book, reference book, dream book. And remember to add your stories. What I really want is a part of you in my home. I want to breath the air you breath, taste the food you taste and see the things you see. All in wonderful pages.. just like i do every morning right here!

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  49. Jill

    I come from a small town on the New South Wales South Coast in Australia. Not far from here is a place called Foxglove Spires (gardens you can tour through). The owner Susan Southam has written a book call Velvet Pears all about gardening, their property, her family recipes and her photos feature in the book. Sounds like a similar concept if you ask me. Of course the book is stunning just to look at the cover. Best of luck and obviously I think you should combine all 3.

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  50. Vicki

    I screamed YES…Yes to a mixture of all 3!!! Your photos are simply beautiful…enough said!!!

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  51. kathie

    corey,
    what you do….you do so well. why change it up? we love it! YOU are the key….if you stay true to yourself, it will be great! looking forward to this next project of yours with great anticipation!

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  52. Lynn

    cory, I definitely agree with the majority of the others that a mixture would be best. Everything ties into the other, really. Life in France, brocante (those photos seriously make me drool), the recipes, your sweet writing. I know it will be hard to choose which ones to use, though, won’t it? There are so many! Good luck with it. It will be marvelous, I know.

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  53. Marian (GeeGee) Burge

    Corey,
    Yes, please write a book about all three subjects.
    I read your blog first thing every morning and I love you and the life you have in France. It is all wonderful-even the silly
    stories. I love reading about Annie. I had
    an “Annie” in my life once and I learned fat more from her than I did in college.

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  54. Lynn

    Whoops, just noticed I spelled your name wrong. *blush* Way to make a good impression, eh? Sorry about that, Corey. Please forgive me. I’ll bake brownies in your honour. Or eat one of these double chocolate mint chip cookies just for you. The sacrifices… 😀

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  55. Ardis in Oregon

    Yes, Corey, the vote is in. Do the book. Use everything. Can’t wait.
    Will there be a book signing in Willows?
    Add my name to the list of morning readers with coffee in hand.
    Your photographs are beautiful but your writing is inspirational. Your observe life in a special manner that puts the important aspects first. Thank you for sharing.
    Ardis

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  56. Jann

    Corey…
    I agree with the rest of your readers,
    that your book should include a mixture
    of all three, but I would like lots of
    your beautiful photos of France, and
    also your story of your life and how you
    came to live in France, and also include
    something about Annie. You definitely
    have material for a number of books.
    Do you know how much we love you?
    I’m sure many of us would love to live
    next door to you and be one of your best
    friends. Now get busy on that first
    book…we will be waiting.
    Jann

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  57. Janell

    Do the book. Photos of all 3 because your photos and words are the combination that keep us coming back. I can envision a book that would call to me on good days (to celebrate all things good) and on bad days (as an escape). Do the book!

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  58. Jeanette M.

    Oh yes, all three please. I’ve been reading your blog first thing in the morning for years now for all of these things. If you wrote a book and one of them wasn’t in there, I would feel as though something was missing. People who don’t yet know (and aren’t yet addicted to your blog) would be missing out on so much. I can’t wait. Great idea and congratulations now because I’m sure it will be a huge hit!

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  59. katherine robertson

    yes, a book similar to your blog, all three intertwined! can’t wait! katherine

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  60. Judy DeBoer

    Corey – I started reading your blog because I am studying French. I spent 5 weeks there – a mere drop in the bucket – a few years ago and am anxious to return again. In the meantime, I feel I get a little touch of France every morning when I read your blog, coffee in hand and France in my heart. I also blog and am trying to learn lessons from the blogs I read. I tend to be very wordy – I struggle to find images to represent my thoughts and am impressed at your ability to do it [apparently] effortlessly. Ecrivez votre livre!! – and put me down for a copy! Thanks, Judy

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  61. Lorraine

    Definitely all three! I haven’t taken the time to read many of the other comments, but the variety and your way of expressing yourself via photos, thoughts, and recipes, is what keeps me hooked on your blog. The day officially starts after I’ve read your blog. Thank you!

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  62. Pearl

    You are most welcome and Gracias back at you. Of all the blogs on my favorites yours is the one I read consistently/daily, so this wonderful book is not going to interfere with your blog – right. Besides half the work is already done, just take your posts and elaborate and compartmentalize. So obviously it would be about everything, including Annie. Good Luck! Waiting to hear what you decide.

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  63. Ed in Willows

    Corey – I have said all along that you should write a book. In reality, you have been writing a book since you started your blog. Every entry is a different chapter in your life, each beautifully written and illustrated with your wonderful photos. My vote is that you write a book and add color with your photos. If you decide to go with just a photo book, it should be divided into at least 3 sections… French architecture, scenery and people. You have a way of showing the unique side of everyday things. Hope I win the box…. Deb would love it – Ed

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  64. molly

    all the photos!!! and your interesting…funny….sweet words!!

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  65. Paula

    Corey, If you aren’t going to do THREE books, then maybe just one with a mixture of photos????? I love all of these aspects of your blog and you……Although if you decided to go with only one theme I would still buy the book and never feel cheated.
    Oh and that sweet little box….if you turn it over and look really really close, you’ll see my name on it !!!!!

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  66. Bev

    I would say a mixture of all three perhaps with an emphasis around the area of where you live, what you eat and what brocantes are around your area. It certainly would be wonderful!
    And yes, I look at your blog every morning after I get up!

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  67. Penny

    Delightful!
    First, because I am selfish, I would love to be put into the mix for the souvenir box. Thank you.
    Your book! How grand! You have already given us all something more to look forward too. Thank you, again.
    Please consider doing all three subjects you mention. They could be interspersed in the book, three “chapters”, or, perhaps, several books. Corey Amaro’s French Scenes, Corey Amaro’s Brocante, Corey Amaro’s French Delectables. Something like that. I see a lovely Mother’s Day/appreciation type book of your pictures of just hands, which I love on so many levels.
    Text. Your words are, as many have said, poetic and prayerful. You could tell your stories or, how about short captions with each picture in both English and French?

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  68. Lorelei

    Top 10 pick-2-read!!! Please put photographs of your brocante finds and the scenes of France with simple captions, and add the wonderful recipes here and there. I’ve been reading your blog forever now and I enjoy the simple captions of Green Shutters or Cobbled Streets or Blue Door. Your wonderful photographs will do all the talking…. ooh la la…. can’t wait….

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  69. Susan

    I could read your story of an American living a French life over and over again. Your words and pictures allow me to be present with you, if only for a moment. What a gift.

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  70. sharon

    oh my goodness,,,,you must do all three things, pictures, brocante and recipes…..this is an easy decision, have it be just like your blog!!!! do you know where st. johns, michigan is??? i look at your blog first thing every morning too, while drinking my coffee! thank you, sharon

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  71. Nancy from Mass

    It should DEFINETLY be all 3! Photos with little stories pertaining to the photos interspersed throughout the book.
    Oh, and I made the scrambled eggs the other day…wow, they were so creamy and wonderful!

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  72. Candace

    I think the title should be “Stories while living in France” and include all three. And yes you need to include some written stories. Maybe more pictures of antique hunting.

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  73. caren

    Oooooh! How exciting! Please include all…..I will be the firsts to buy?
    I have been meaning to ask you – what happened with the romance between your nephew and the girl from America?

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  74. Sue Johnpeter

    Good morning! My vote is definitely for a blend of all three.Definitely scenes of France. Definitely pictures of your brocante treasures. And most definitely recipes, preferably not in metric for those of us who struggle with scrambled eggs.

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  75. Laura

    Corey,
    Include all three! For three reasons:
    1. each one represents a part of who you are
    2. you do each one so well and your words touch my heart as often as the photos
    3. your work often includes at least two of the three at one time
    I would also ask three additional people:
    1. your daughter – or someone of her age
    2. Annie – ask which she’d be most likely to pick up
    3. A friend of about the same age who’s likes and styles are distinctly different from yours – perhaps a male, but not FH…too close.
    Can I buy an advance copy???

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  76. Violet@CreateBeauty

    ALL OF IT. Absolutely! A collage of all the beautiful parts of your life in France.
    With words and descriptions written beautifully as you do here on your blog. It will be a TREASURE!!! ~ Violet

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  77. Christina

    Wonderful idea!
    “My love, my life, my little secrets”
    something like this and you’d easily have all your pictures covered.
    Wish you lots of fun in the creation.
    Just noticed, someone else having the same line of thought :o)
    It’s a trend…

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  78. Gaia klass

    I love your book idea…i think including all three would be wonderful! I so enjoy reading your blog…it captures all the beauty that i believe France to be. Keep up the wonderful work!

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  79. Debra P.

    Corey, I am a lifelong Francophile from my very first French lessons in third grade. After reading every book I could devour on the subject of France and the French over the years, I stumbled onto your blog one day by chance recommended by Lonely Planet’s France guide. I have been reading your blog about two years and I have learned so much from an incredible point of view . . .yours! The book idea is fabulous . . .it will be red hot! Include everything . . .food, the south, wine, the sea, the motorcycle holiday. Corey, you are so creative that however you put it together, it will be fantastic. Can I pre-order my copy and will you sign it for me?
    Affectionately,
    Deb in MD

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  80. Natalie Thiele

    All three! I love the recipes and beautiful finds from the Brocante, but my all time favorite photo is on your sidebar, the night shot of people on swings at a French Carnival.
    I hope you will also include your harrowing motorcycle ride to Prague, photos from your cookbook, the visit to the woman’s Morroccan house with the blue velvet couch, pictures of your nieces, stories about Chelsea and Sacha and FH.
    It will have to be a mighty big book!

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  81. Julie

    Dear Corey
    I think you are already on a winning formula with your blog being a mix of the three elements you have mentioned.. I know myself I enjoy all of it… the photographs transport me and the brocante comes into my home to inspire me to travel again and the food is the human element.. the daily thing we need to do to sustain our lives.. I’m sure whatever you do will be brilliant.. Julie

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  82. angela

    Hi Corey!
    I for one Thank You for sharing your everyday life with us, it’s so cool to escape from my world and into yours each day!
    I absolutely think you should include all three as well as some of your stories, just mix them all up, no rhyme or reason, just life for an American in France. I’m married but hey I think even a section of French Bachelors with pics would go over well, hahaha. Maybe a pop up calendar of hotties, haha..snort, snort..I better stop. Can’t wait to see what you come up with, whatever it is will be wonderful!
    love,
    angela

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  83. Laurie

    Corey,
    I’ve been waiting for this for sooooooo long. A little of EVERYTHING is the way to go. Everyday is such a treat because we don’t know if it will be a recipe, your life, village, found treasures or travel. You have to include it all. That’s who you are. I will be in line to purchase it when it’s done. Thanks again. Laurie

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  84. ~Kim

    I LOVE the photos and stories about your life in France, your family and your home. 🙂
    P.S. Did you ever blog about your finished kitchen remodel? I would love to see it! 🙂

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  85. Penelope

    All 3 as well as your family (both the little French family & the bigger USA family PLUS FH’s family). And I will be your proof reader, yes?

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  86. splendid

    dearest Corey,
    i think there is an overwhelming response to the all three idea. whatever you choose to do, it will be welcomed with open arms. Thank you for being here, you filled a spot in my heart i never knew was empty!
    sincerely,
    splendid

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  87. Suzanne

    Corey, please include all 3. I am in line to buy the book no matter what your choice is, as I know it will be as lovely as your blog is! You have become part of my life now with my morning coffee. And it would be wonderful to have your book for reading with afternoon tea! Your blog is a beautiful surprise to start every day! Thank you!!!

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  88. Chris

    Corey, all three of your subjects would be the best! Your pictures of the French countryside always enthrall me, and I get such a kick from your brocante treasures. The recipes make me drool…and I don’t even cook (God gave me an amazing chef of a husband). PLEASE include your words, as your poetic romantic funny comments make it all richer.

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  89. Kerri

    I think you should do a cookbook with lots of pictures of where your ingredients come from. Lets not forget to add lots of pictures of your finished product. Whatever you decide I’m sure it will be beautiful.

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  90. Kel

    Yes, all three. I enjoy the pictures of France, your home, and especially your kitchen table with the lovely dishes and items we should use everyday.

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  91. Tricia

    Corey, I think a book is a fantastic idea. Of course, you have been writing it for as long as you have been writing your blog. Perhaps you could incorporate all three (pictures of France, brocante, and recipes) under themes (i.e. Anne, family, daily life, etc.- just as you have on the right side of your blog). I would buy it in a second, and give it to all my close girlfriends, and then we could go on a holiday to Provence, and have a private book signing and brocante adventure with you(because you feel like another one of my close friends as I visit with you each morning)! I would keep special momentos of that trip in the special box that was obviously made just for that. Love you, love your stories. Feel a kinship even though we have never met.

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  92. Roz

    I found out about you from the article in Romantic Homes a couple of years ago. Your description was Photographer/Blogger. I love photography and France, but never read a blog before. I have read your blog faithfully everyday since. I think everything you talk about in your blog should go into that book. I too, would like a signed copy, so put me on the list.

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  93. Patti

    Oh I can’t wait for this book whatever it may be … either a coffee table book of your French photos (looking at them from my office in NY let’s me escape to France in my mind!) or … your life story, interspersed with all your lovely photos, a little of this, a little of that, just like your blog. I would buy either one! Good luck!

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  94. Fran

    Corey, as my grandfather used to say, “if it isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it”. Your voice, as evidenced by the special faithful people who wait in anticipation to hear from you each day, is a special voice. You have a talent in the written word to place each of us in your world. If a book editor can help you capture what you do so well every day, oh my goodness!
    Regardless of the form the book takes, it will be delicious to have a multicourse banquet to relish and savor. The canapes you give us each day are just an aperitif.
    Best regards,
    Fran

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  95. Kirsten

    Without question, there is only one way, and that is to include it all. Your art and your spirit bring it all together, as in your blog. Many Thanks, Kirsten

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  96. becky up a hill

    Hey Corey. My suggestion, is the combo. With your notes. Lovely.

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  97. Trouvais

    Hi Cory…make it like your blog! It will be wonderful (and include addresses at the back!) XO Trish

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  98. Susan Pipich

    I am certain there is a hunger for an offering of all three! Please don’t leave out any of them! A book would be a wonderful idea-a collection of your offerings at hand to reach for at any given moment.
    Though I have a class full of second graders to be responsible to, I look for a quick moment each morning to sneak a peak at your blog and wander through your online brocante! Keep up the great work! It makes for a great way to start the day!
    Susan

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  99. Chris

    I second Gail; thank you for taking the time to blog each day and share your corner of the earth (and bless you for having such a beautiful corner).
    I vote recipes set off with your pictures. The one photo you posted of your recipe notebook has made my mouth water ever since.

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  100. Leslie Garcia

    YES Corey!
    A book about YOU! Your blog is just wonderful…and I TOO READ IT EVERY MORNING WITH A CUP OF COFFEE. I am taking a trip to France in the spring with my daughter because of your inspiration. Thank you for that! I will also buy your book for sure!
    Love,
    Leslie

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  101. Pinkie Denise

    Oh Corey
    How exciting…I think you should make a mixture of all things and of couse your wonder gift of expression. You have such a way with words. Love you
    Denise

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  102. Shirley M.

    I think a combination of all would be great. Possibly photos and recipes from the different regions and, of course, wonderful brocante photos. Maybe some with faces of people and animals. A person looking out of a window, a cat sleeping in a doorway, children playing and someone walking a dog or walking with a cane. There are millions of possibilities with the beautiful French countryside and villages. You express yourself so well, I would love to read a wonderful dedication page to your Mom and Dad. I think it would be so touching it would bring tears to my eyes.
    Best of luck!
    Shirley M.

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  103. Jeanne

    I love your photos of food and anything that goes with food – shops, markets, table settings. A book of those photos with very few comments and and the occasional recipe.

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  104. Niki

    I would agree with so many others. ALL THREE!! I love your photos and stories of Annie. Of course stories & photos about the brocante!! Your writing makes me feel like I’m right there with you.

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  105. Joan

    Do a mixture like your blog because your blog is fun and thought provoking to read (first thing in the morning!) and wonderful to look at. Good luck!

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  106. Debbie, RPh

    Your pictures, your words, your treasures, your cooking – all together make each and every morning a joy to run to the computer and read. There will be enough professionals giving advice with the book publication – go with what you know – who you are – and what you love…. Now the bigger question is who will play you in the movie….?

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  107. Judy

    Dear Corey,
    YES! YES! and OUI! But unlike most of your adoring fans, I would suggest a separate cook book. I love how you play with the instructions…the flavours dance together etc….never add a cup of this or that…a separate cookbook would be its own delicious treat. But ALL ELSE in your “first” book…we want to line up at Shakespeare and Company in Paris for the book signing…Thank you for you, Judy

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  108. Brother Mathew

    Use all three of France only and some writing to give someone an idea of what the Provence lifestyle is all about.

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  109. Betsy

    What a lovely box…
    Make the book a mix of all three, it will reflect the author…

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  110. Sandi Donnelley

    Count me in as another “book buyer!” I am one of the “coffee in hand” people who reads your blog first thing in the morning, it starts my day off with a smile on my face! I like the idea of a combination, photos, along with pictures, sayings and of course your great recipes, sure to be a hit!! Thanks for making my morning a little brighter:)
    Sandi (one of your Orland friends!!)

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  111. AmyKortuem

    Oh, Corey, you’re welcome! My thanks to you for being there every day with French inspiration. It means so much.
    I still think you should have your cooking notebook scanned in and printed as-is, with some sidebar notes from you. Some beautiful photos can be added in for interest.

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  112. Jennie Quinn

    Hi Corey, I read you every morning with a cup of coffee as well. I love Paris best of all but your blog brings Provence to me without having to actually visit. I think a book of mostly photos and a few of your wonderful words, a recipe only now and then. THANK YOU for bringing France to US.
    Jennie – San Francisco

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  113. Suzan

    Seems to me you should stick with a winning format. We all read daily (me) or biweekly (friends) because it is the perfect mix. Don’t let an editor sway you away from your gut. You know what works. I haven’t read any of the other comments but I’m sure many mentioned that Annie and her wisdom must be included.
    Suzan

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  114. georgie

    Pearl’s ideas are great. I love reading about how you met FH, your Californian and French families and what it is like being an American living in France. The photos of the people and places in Willows and in France. Thank YOU Corey, for sharing your life and photos with us.

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  115. Sheala

    Mix everything together Corey!!!!
    XOXOXO Sheala

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  116. Jenny N

    Blogging…such an amazing funny world. I love that through some random Google search I found your amazing blog that has added to me getting to know you (and meeting!), your outlook, your loves, your friends, your tales to tell and pictures to guide the way. And now happily you are a part of my everyday and so many others too! When I first started reading today’s entry, I was like, “Oh, no, all these sweet thank yous, is she saying goodbye?! NO, no, no.” But a book…whew, and YES! it is about time. You NEED to include it all. I go to Barnes & Noble and lush photobooks of travel and France and Provence in particular abound (and in particular, in the “for clearance” section). But there is no Corey. People want some flavor, and La Belle France ala Corey’s Joie de Vivre is like no other. I know I am hooked. You have honored me/us with this opportunity to add my/our two cents. And, know that I for one would line up to buy a few and then also have the joy of giving books away to spread the beauty, too.

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  117. Judith Rodriguez

    I think you should have 3 distinct sections in your book…you could start each section with a very special full page photo with a gorgeous header and then each section would feature your blog writings and lovely photos: My FAMILY IN FRANCE, BROCANTE FINDS, and RECIPES.
    It will be a fabulous book.

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  118. leilani

    By all means, Corey, include everything in your book. Others have given all the reasons why very eloquently so I’ll just leave it at “all three”.

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  119. Pamela.

    Corey–I see you are getting many responses and they are all good. I would be so happy to have a book with your lovely photos and brocante finds. I think a variation of your blog would be a perfect book–photos, stories, brocante finds and some recipes–just like the blog. After all, that’s what we all love. There are already many many French cookbooks–I know, I have them all! But your blog is unique. Now that you have gotten us all worked up and excited, you better get busy! Good luck.

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  120. Paula W.

    All three. Can’t wait! Thank you for sharing your lovely life.

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  121. Beth

    Personally, I think you need to write about and share (in your new book) about who you are, and quite frankly, you are all those things. Yours (like ours) is an ongoing story, the story of you and what makes you well, you. Capture that in your book and you will have captured our hearts. Best wishes to you in your new adventure!

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  122. Lizbeth

    Oh yes, all three, for sure!

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  123. Monica

    I agree with many of your admirers, three sections would be lovely. Photographing your recipe book “as is” would add to the charm. I wish you great success with your new adventure!
    And a big thanks to you for bring joy to all of us!
    ps I think France is on my calendar for September….so, so exciting!!

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  124. Donna C.

    Wonderful idea! Your photographs are gorgeous and your personality and character shine through each and every one.
    However, I think there are THREE books here and not just one. One is the story of your French life. The second one is the world of the Brocante as Corey sees it and the extension of the Brocante into the interior design of your home. And the third is the “French Family Cookbook” complete with your stories about each recipe and delicious photographs.
    I think to mix it all together is too similar to many other books out there already….”Under the Tuscan Sun”, “Lunch in Paris”, etc. to name but a few.
    Three books, Corey. Start with your French life……

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  125. Tracy

    I think you should do a mixture, just like your blog. It should not just be pictures because your writing is so warm and funny and sincere. None of that “snooty” writing that some of these types of books can have. There was one decorator whose book was lovely but it was so snootty I wanted to return it. You could never be like that.The pictures should be nice and large on good paper and you can be so creative with this. Yes, definately incorporate the Brocante – which just adds to the mystery of the unusual. I will buy this book, and I’m not just saying that to win the prize

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  126. cynthia Wolff @Beatenheart

    Whoa! It took me a hour to get down here…I think the book could be like the blog..I love the receipes, photos, home pics, husband pics..Lots of shopping pics as I view those close up as if I were there myself..

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  127. Isabel ~ Maison Douce

    Oh, pick me, pick me!!! Love that little box!!
    As for the book, I think you should use all kinds of pictures, you’re good at it, and you are such a good story writer, you should add some whimsical stories to illustrate the pictures, nothing too serious or detailed, just some funny, touching, whimsical little stories that make us smile!!! That’s what I love about your blog!
    Isabel

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  128. kim

    Definitely a mix of the three. You could do three sections; or do a mix using the seasons of the year to divide them up.
    I’m really glad you’re doing this.
    Also, I wouldn’t mind a little present.
    Kim

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  129. Ruth Tortorici

    oh a book! you just made my day…….yeah
    I can hardly wait for it..(my boss just asked me what had me so happy…hehe)anywho – I just adore the scenery pictures & the ones that have multiple reflections, like your daughter & ‘coffee guy’ in Paris thru the glass reflection…I believe for me what really enhances the pictures is the story behind them…..such as the bike trip or your french husband’s daring…whatever you choose, I know it will be great & amazing & if you add a little bit of your writing to link the pictures, that would be the icing on the cake that would make the book stand out from other pictures books….just saying….xoxo

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  130. Debra

    Oh I would love to see you put it all in a book! That is why we love you – the entire package. It wouldn’t be complete without everything:) And please put me on the waiting list for the book. I can’t wait until it comes out!!!!!!!!!
    ~Debra
    Blog: Capers of the vintage vixens

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  131. Jeri Walter

    Please incorporate all these subjects in the first book; in the second book please write about your motorcycle trip across Europe sharing the humor, romance, photography, and the human interest stories that touched you. I was so “there” with you, all but the bugs on my teeth because I would have smiled the whole trip!

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  132. Sally

    I knew I knew I knew you were writing a book, she sings happily like a five year old! 😉
    For me, your book must include your words, your sense of humor. That’s why I love to visit with you here. I look at a gazillion blogs but I only read a few. I think it would be great to include everything but it must have your words.
    Now you’d better come to Los Angeles on your worldwide whirlwind book tour and autograph a copy for me! 🙂
    Wishing you a lovely week!

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  133. meppyBN

    It’s the other way around, Corey, thank YOU for your daily reminders to see beauty and joy in my everyday minutiae……
    my vote would be a mixture, just as your blogs are each day. Randomly ranging from life to scenes to life to recipes etc etc. Indexes are perfect to zero in on recipes, where to stay, etc etc. Count me in for advance copies, too – how exciting to look forward to this!! I often think I must sit down and access your archives, just to re-read things from several years ago – this book would be the perfect way to do so 🙂

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  134. DanaSmith

    It should read just like your Blog. A mixture of pictures and words and your thoughts. We all like to be visually pleased so the more pictures the better! What a wonderful undertaking for you!
    Dana in Virginia

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  135. Leslie Anderson

    I for one love your blog and would enjoy a book of your photos. My vote would be for the combination and more than just photos….your comments would add to the charm of the book!!

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  136. Lorrie

    Every one of your photos tells a story. Tying together photos with words amplifies the experience for the reader, and you have a wonderful and unique way of expressing your thoughts. I think your book should be the same with a mixture of recipes, France and brocante. Then when you get further offers from publishers for books, specialize in various aspects.
    I haven’t read the other comments here, and someone may have mentioned these ideas already. Another idea might be to divide the book into sections/chapters – one with brocante treasures, another with the life you lead with your family, another with scenes of France, another with recipes, etc. But for me, it would be important to include the stories that the pictures evoke.

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  137. Patt

    Corey, Yes I start my day with coffee and your blog. It puts the sunshine in my day. I think whatever you do, leave room for a sequel or for volume two. Leave us wanting more. This assures we will have Corey Amaro for a long, long, time. Then you could go on a book signing tour and meet all of your blog readers. Please, Please make Nantuckets one of your first stops. 2 birds 1 stone.

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  138. Diane

    Definitely all three! We love you for who you are and what you bring to us each day. To have this in book format would be wonderful… your recipes, tidbits of your everyday life, words and photos on my coffee table to pick up with a cup of tea in the afternoons…..
    Thank you for sharing yourself and your world with us.

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  139. Joy Meadows

    Your pictures are amazing – I agree with most; there should be a mixture. Just like this blog post – I love the chair, the pear, the vase in the window and the country scene – this would be a beautiful book. And, your comments are such a compliment to the photography!!
    Good luck with your endeavor.

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  140. Claudia Driscoll

    Hi Corey
    MERCI ! I too think that for your first book it would be wonderful to combine all three ideas. Naturally there will have to be at least a series of 3 like that and then to the individual books.. ie one on cooking and a special book of just photographs and another of your life in the states and France…hey with all that writing are you going to have time for the Brocantes? ..Oh la la silly me what a question 🙂 . Think big and shine your beautiful light far and wide.. we all love it and you .. Best wishes Claudia in Montecito.
    PS: I’ll pre-order 3 now…..

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  141. Rose

    Corey amor, I love your blog and always feel we should be thanking you for giving us lil insights into your life and the beautiful stories that you share with us, I have laughed, cried and excitedly jumped up and down with happy news you shared or a beautiful treasure you found at a brocante, or a family story, whether sad or happy, they are a part of your life, and we see you as our friend who although is so far away, is so close because of your beautiful writings and pictures that we can visit you at any moment and even in our jammies with our hair all in a mismash, you never complain…thank you for that by the way! I think you should add all those elements in your book incl..Annie and your family stories throughout too, they always make me feel like once I start reading your posts that I have missed in awhile like a book I cannot put down 🙂 I might not always comment, but then I share with my mr wonderful your beautiful stories of my sweet friend in France 🙂 BTW thank you for updates on Annie, she reminds me soo much of my Ita (grandma) even my mama caught her breath when I shared a picture of her. Thank you, for letting us visit your beautiful world! Besos, Rose

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  142. Paula

    I think you should write 3 seperate books (or even 4!). Starting with Scenes of France, Your Recipes, Brocante (where to shop and what to buy), and one with extracts from your blog, your story. I Would buy all 4!!!

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  143. Michelle

    I think the book idea is great! I would include all three things. Mix them up.

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  144. Kipik – Sylvie

    I say… mostly brocante …since it will show french culture anyway and you can use antique platers to show some receipes as well? call it “Gourmet brocante” or somthin’ ;OP

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  145. Jean Kelly

    Corey, I like anything you write about! I love that your blog is a little bit of everything and I think your book should be the same. Through your words and photos I can make believe that I am in France with you!
    Jean

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  146. marla

    I say all three! It’s your particular style and ‘eye’ that pull them all together. Can’t wait to see what is born of this great idea!

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  147. Merisi

    Corey,
    I encourage you to go with the flow.
    In my experience, unless you have to follow certain boundaries, it is easiest to start making a selection of a few favorite photos and/or stories, and then go from there. You’ll see that one leads to the next.
    The hardest part will be to edit, try to make it a discipline; Look at your ten favorites, eliminate five. Create your own criteria, and follow them. They may be all wrong, but they get you going. The further you walk into the thicket of creating a book, the more you’ll learn to weed out. Take breaks, plan in days where you’ll only create in your mind.
    Good luck!

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  148. Toni Mason

    Corey I say all three and then a little bit of the wisdom of life that you know so well!! Good Luck I’ll be buying your book! Love Toni

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  149. Carolyn Mallin

    Corey, how exciting! Your blog and my coffee are the first thing I do to start my day. I love your stories and lovely photo’s. I think you should put a mixture of it all in your book.
    Thank you, Corey for sharing your beautiful self with us all.

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  150. Candy

    Hi Corey,
    I love your blog. I start my workday off with reading it every morning.
    I think a little bit of everything with a short paragraph below the photos would be great. I to would definately buy this book. 🙂

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  151. Lisa Voudy

    Put me in with the people saying go with the blog flow. We come here everyday because we never know what exactly we’re going to find – just little beautiful moments of life and lives that you seem to capture so well. I look forward to turning each page and seeing what treasure you’ve found for us.
    Lisa

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  152. Milena

    I also think all three. They all have such wonderful stories to go with them 🙂

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  153. Amy

    Of course I am with the crowd saying you should include all three. 🙂 The pictures of your handwritten recipes make me smile.

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  154. Charlotte Le Den

    It should DEFINITELY be a mixture of all 3!

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  155. jani

    definitely all 3…..! the simplicity which create calm is what your photo’s invoke…..(like the one with the camelia and the charcoal wall) so to showcase that on it’s own would also be divine….!!

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  156. Victoria Ramos

    Oh Dear Cory — All three would be lovely — small stories, little quips about your life as an american in paris; your hubby, home, family, brocanting — all of it makes you so dear to me….maybe your personal recipes in pull-boxes to the side — but most certainly front and center are your fabulous photos. I am a big ‘coffee table’ book buyer – and if the photos are fabulous I always buy it.

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  157. Valerie in Oregon

    Corey,
    I have only been reading several months, but I have gone back and read many of your posts. It is not the Brocante, not beautiful France, nor the yummy recipes that make your blog so special,(though all these things and your photos are beautiful and very enjoyable.) It is you. Even with just a sentence or two, you are able to point out the best part of each of these things. And of course, French Husband is included, too.
    I think if you make a book, the book should be about you – just like your blog.
    That said, maybe that is a bigger endeavor than what you want to do right now…and in that case, specializing would be good.
    Maybe you could do a “how to” of sorts. How to “brocante” in Provence … then you could have pics of your favorite places to stay, eat, and shop …
    Sorry, not much help. Do love your blog, though!

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  158. Diane

    I think it should be all three. You could organize by area, or you could organize by theme (food, brocante, daily life, people, family.) Whatever you decide, it will be beautiful.
    That photo of the jug in the window is breathtakingly beautiful. Andrew Wyeth could have painted it…gorgeous.
    Best wishes,
    Diane

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  159. Patti Carlucci

    Ooooohhh…
    A wonderful book with your beautiful photos and short stories to go with them…on every subject that touches your heart. The title could be, “From Corey, With Love”, because that it what you give us every day.

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  160. M. Ecks

    3 is a charm Corey + you have plenty of charm and creativity to do a series of books.
    Bonne Chançe Madame.
    Regards,
    M.

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  161. Kate

    All three makes sense to me, they are all a piece of your story that we come back for day after day – a bit of text, and many lovely photos. Thanks for adding a wisp of a dream to my daily routine.

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  162. k.

    i always hoped a book would be’ borne’ -birthed from all of YOU- a bit of this and
    that just like your blog!! we want it all
    wrapped up in one love bundle- pics-prose-
    and precious little boxes…

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  163. Y

    You can do little bit of everything YOU LIKE. If one book is not enough to hold all the things you would like to put, then make 2nd book! We all would love to see/read your book. Good Luck! 🙂 Y.

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  164. Dinah Soar

    You must have all three and they should be relative to your personal life and experience..we love hearing about and seeing France, Food, and Brocante through YOUR EYES. All of these are of interest on their own, but the reason we read your blog is because of you–you live in France and are immersed in its culture…through you we can connect to the experience. Perhaps a second book could focus singularly, but a first should have you at the center and the rest pivoting off of you. Lots of photos, and text that are your words and thoughts as well as the recipes and the setting you prepared them in. And people like your Annie and their stories are of great interest too, but mostly because of their connection to and through you.

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  165. Catherine

    If you include scenes of France, recipes, AND brocante finds, your book will appeal to a wider audience. Good sales strategy from the get-go. Make certain you add your commentary, it is what will make the book irresistible, your special touch, your personality, it cannot be duplicated, and it ultimately is what we all wish to have a piece of.
    Best of luck with this new venture.

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  166. Barbara

    I love your photos and would love to see a combination of all three. Or maybe create 3 separate books. You have a fantastic eye and I am always drawn into your photos. Love your stories, so maybe you could include a few of them as well. Good luck and I look forward to hearing more details about your book!

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  167. Jeannie

    I want to thank you because through your blog I can travel to France, haunt the antique malls, and dine on delishious food. For those reasons, I suggest including all three, because that is who you are – a compilation of the best things in France. Plus there would be a wider market for selling. Have a great week!

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  168. Rhonda Podlesak

    If anyone would have told me I would be in the blogging world a few years back I would have laughed. Who has time for that? Well, I do my friend and I have found your amazing and loving blog, as well as others. I cannot help but feel blessed that for whatever reason I have found all these beautiful and talented people in the blog world. Thank you God for allowing this, is all I can think to say.
    Your book should be all three, Corey. We live for all three – your beautiful vision of France, your gorgeous and interesting one of kind finds in your brocante world and your sweet recipes with their sweet stories behind each one!!
    Must be all of them, yep, I’m positive!
    And the souvenir box giveaway is to die for. Come on now, that has a place in my heart and shelf.
    Every package from you is opened slowly and pictures are immediately taken for my blog. Love shopping with you. My items are treasures from France and they mean so much to me. Thank YOU for that.
    Loving this post – Rhonda P

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  169. Tracy

    (second post)
    Corey, looking at that little box, if I won it, I think I would keep my stamps in it on my desk at home. just daydreaming….
    now back to boring spreadsheets and reports, and please don’t tell my boss I am on here again.

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  170. Erin Perry

    Oh, I think the book should be just like the blog – scenes of France, the Brocante, recipes, your beautiful, beautiful photos.
    What a brilliant idea – can’t wait.
    Erin in Morro Bay

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  171. Star

    I certainly enjoy seeing (and reading about) all three when I come to visit you here, so my inclination would be to include all of them. I love the magazine pieces you do so I cannot imagine having your beautiful photos without your words, they impart your own unique perspective.
    I have enjoyed this book (link below) so much and see your new project as a similar adventure that will allow use to experience France, the brocante, and some delicious food through your eyes. I’m excited about this step you’re taking, Corey!
    http://blog.piajanebijkerk.com/WordPress/pias-first-book-paris-made-by-hand-is-out-now/

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  172. Anne GSOLFOT

    Oh, Corey, you definitely need to have all three in your book. The pictures would be meaningless without your special ‘voice’. That’s what we all love the most about your blog ~ you. your voice. your thoughts. your opinions. Whatever you put on your blog is about you and YOU are what we love.
    Thank you for being you and for giving us a glimpse into your world. Like many others, your blog is the first thing I read every morning. You are part of my life and I feel you are one of my dearest friends. After all, we’ve been through so much together ~ so many tears and so much laughter and so many everyday things.
    I just love you, Corey Amaro!
    Anne Green
    GSOLFOT

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  173. Kate

    It never fails: I read a yummy cookbook and want to know more about the author’s life; I read a lifestyle book and want to dive into that world and experience all of it; I see photographs and I want the stories behind them. I read your blog every morning and love it all, so I vote for ALL OF IT. The good, the bad, the happy, the sad, the vintage and antique, the country and the city, the food food food.

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  174. Suzanne Moon

    Corey, I also think your book would simply have to be a mixture of all three topics, just like your blog! It is all you. And for us, it is a step into bliss in our imaginations, a memory of writing notes to my best friend in 8th grade during Algebra class and we would draw little a little Eiffel Tower after signing our name, a symbol of the committment we had to our friendship and our girlish dreams of graduating from high school and immediately moving to Paris to become fashion buyers. ; )
    So far, neither of us (at age 43) has made it. The closest we’ve come is Paris, Vegas, and not at the same time. She’s in Utah and I’m in Georgia. Ah, but we have daughters the same age, currently 7. And we will all go to Paris one day, all four of us. That is a dream that will come true.
    Corey, thank you so much for your blog, for the beautiful pictures, and for the little treasures I’ve been quick enough to purchase on your page. I treasure each, even the scraps of old sheet music that you used to seal the envelope. I’m a Francophile for life. Ahh….now I am craving a croissant and chocolate.
    -Suzanne

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  175. Krista

    Mix it up! We love to see everything!

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  176. Sally

    I think the most important feature about your book, Corey, is that it has your Corey-ness. So whether you weave it through, which you manage to do so charmingly and engagingly every day, or whether it has you as a side bar (for example, a book of knitting book patterns that has the authors own tales in nice bars and block is Tracey Ullman’s Knit 2 together). While I have copied your recipes, considered copying your hair style, and avidly read everything you write about living in France (a dream of mine but New Zealand is so much more expensively far away), and brocanting, the you and family combo is what makes this work so well. You know my favorite ‘episode’ was the little clip of you and your young friend singing. So I’m suggesting a book that includes good clear lists and hints of practical advice, of course your lovely photos, but lots of your own voice …you wont be able to help this anyway;)). make it easier, pull straight form your blog! AND dont try and do it all: leave room for later volumes!!

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  177. Papaya

    Corey, You should do what YOUR heart says. It is YOUR Bliss that you share with all of us.
    Wishing you success and joy.

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  178. Denise Solsrud

    corey, my thoughts about the content of the book, should be this. because i adore your blog and the antiques that you offer and because your blog makes me very happy and i am thankful there is “you.” i would like it if you included some of everything. variety is the spice of life. i am sure that the book will be a keeper. and that is a good thing. thank you for wanting our opinions. Bestest,Denise

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  179. Alison

    I think all three things are so integral to your experience, and they make a whole of your life–and expression of it–in France. With, of course, your commentary/anecdotes that go along with your beautiful photographs. What a fun and exciting idea! Good luck, and I can’t wait to see it!

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  180. Sarah N

    I vote for a combo of pictures of France and the Brocante. It will be gorgeous! Good luck!

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  181. cheryl

    DO IT ALL!! I take in each photo, word and recipe with great relish. Don’t deprive us of any of them when we flock to the store to buy your book!
    I love the blog because of ALL that you are.
    Now I have a new book to look forward to…a masterpiece, I am quite sure.

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  182. Paivi

    I would enjoy reading about all the three subjects, all in one book or in three separate books. Anything goes, as far as there are both photos and text in your unique style.
    Can’t wait for reading your book(s)!

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  183. Seema

    I’m so glad to hear that you have finally decided to create a book!! I think all three, but with more photos from the brocante and your cooking/photos from your home. And yes, I think you should definitiely write. Your writing is so beautiful – and original and personal in a LOVELY way.
    Please let us know how the work comes along, so much looking forward to see the finished product.

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  184. Kathleen in Oregon

    A little of everything. Your blog is wonderful because of its variety and because you share so much of yourself in the writing. Similar to “A Year in Provence”, it was a diary of their life, and made us feel we were right there experiencing everything with them. (That reminds me, they actually had to move since so many people came to visit).
    For a second book you could focus on recipes with stories…

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  185. Ellen Cassilly

    It MUST have lots of photos. I think that it’s mainly about brocante with sidebars occasionally with recipes that relate to something from the brocante (a tart pan with a tart recipe, an antique trellis to hold your climbing roses with a recipe for rose petal jam, an antique hall hat rack with a recipe for a hat shaped cake, a copper bowl with a recipe for anything with egg whites, a tapestry of a fruit still life with a recipe for fig jam.) I want to help!!!
    Or you could simply jump ahead and go straight to take over Oprah’s show. Love and hugs,Ellen

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  186. Janet Maddison

    I am a real ‘lurker’ from australie and read your blog every morning whilst drinking my tea…..
    I was wondering how long it would take for you to come up with this idea and think it should contain all three aspects because it tells a story,and people like stories..there are so many books out there full of ‘French ‘ pictures,you want a different angle…thread your life experiences through the photos as it would have more meaning for your readers.

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  187. Minh Le

    Corey I cannot wait to see this book; I’ve always loved your photographs! It would be wonderful to read about a mixture of all 3 topics–maybe even including a bit about French Husband also? I just love reading about your [tongue-in-cheek] thoughts and daily musings, and the best part about your blog is that I get your perspective of a little bit of everything and it’s always a surprise each day…kind of like not knowing what to expect when the page is turned.

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  188. Jamie V

    Yes, I am one of those faithful readers who starts their day with a dose of Tongue in Cheek! Such an inspiration! I’d love a book of yours! I love the idea of a mixture of French scenes, recipes and brocante… but I think to round it out, you should include some of your Willows in the the mix as well! Just a thought… Jamie V in MT

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  189. Erin

    I think all three for sure-it’s all good and works so well together here on the blog so why not? Looking forward to the book!! 🙂

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  190. Cindy

    I love your blog and am excited about the prospect of a book! I think you could easily incorporate all of your ideas. I think the photography is key. I think that once you get going you will be able to organize it in a way that makes sense to you and will make sense to the reader. I can hardly wait.

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  191. anne

    hello Corey, I think a mixture of all three, with lots of photos, and some of your wonderful words.. I just read above the great idea of individual books after. A brilliant idea.
    I love your blog as it has so much to say, so many great times with French husband, your wonderful trips and your Brocantes and lets not forget your family and Annie.
    You have offered such a cute giveaway, lucky lady whoever wins it, and it is from Paris
    🙂

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  192. Jen

    Corey,
    Thank you for writing everyday. I too like many others often wake up to your blog or find it as a nice break to my afternoon. I’m currently in medical school, almost (like 2 months away almost) finished and your blog reminds to me to not lose sight of the bigger picture. That even though sometimes its easy to get caught up in the stress of the moment, to not forget to take time to enjoy the beauty that surrounds me in everyday life. Thank you for that.

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  193. Debbie

    I do enjoy your blog and your wonderful photos – sometimes I stay up late to be your first reader! (I’m from NZ and we’re 12 hours ahead of France). I am sure your book will be quite unique and a great success – a perfect “melange” of food, recipes, brocante, and the special bits in between -your amazing life in France which your share with us so honestly and selflessly. Thank you.

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  194. Dawn @ The Feathered Nest

    Hi sweet Corey….what a WONDERFUL idea for you to create a book!!!! And YES it needs to include all three, all you, what you love….not just photos but blurbs of text, snippets of your life, a few wonderful recipes….just like you do here because your writing is so delicious ~ this WILL be a best seller…it WILL!! hugs and love, Dawn

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  195. Jenn

    Definately all three… I cannot imagine a book without one of them but oh, I can imagine what an incredible book it would be!

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  196. Leslie Metzger

    It’s unanimous–all four of the aspects of your blog should be included in the book. Your photographs were the first thing that caught my eye but then, I got sucked into your droll comments. Sometimes you get me with just one adjective tucked in somehow unexpectedly. I laugh right out loud! I’m in love with all the “possibilities” in your life and am trying to appreciate my own–right here in Northern Idaho!

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  197. Jackie Lantry

    Oh Miss Corey! You should do it all:)!!!! Yes, it should be your photos (without a doubt) and all else…It would be different from the blog in that you would have stories about how the blog has affected your life and stories about people you met on the blog and that sort of thing…it would be the blog magnified. Do you need an assistant to run around behind you and swat flies or anything?:) I’m very pleasant and I don’t eat much (NOT!)
    jackie
    Bliss Farm Antiques

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  198. Nora

    Scenes of your day – visual sonnets stretched out amongst the pages of a book. The dripping language of photography… [Is it from Blurb?]

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  199. Karen

    Corey your photographs are outstanding quality, but the perfect mix is to include the same melange that has us all hooked on your blog: drop-dead images, window-glimpses into everyday life in France, a passion for antiques and food, and your quirky, fresh, heartfelt views on it all. Go for it! It is so inspirational to have watched your online brocante take off and fly, and now this new project. We’re cheering you on….

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  200. Nora

    PS: I think photos only – like I said, visual sonnets – the dripping language of photography. The lens speaks louder than the pen.
    [I escape via photos and have a Flickr site that I update daily. I post one photo and everyone just “gets it”… Sometimes words just get in the way…]
    I would love a keepsake of this blog. Something I can flip through when I need to view beauty at it’s finest.

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  201. Elaine L.

    Definitely a mixture of all three with captions or some of your short thoughts/stories.
    ~elaine~

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  202. Lorretta from NH

    Oh Corey, that is so marvelous. I have been so hoping that you would write one. I just can’t imagine that you could ever do just one or the other but rather to write about all of it. Because it is all so much you and how you live and how you love. Oh it so exciting. Thank you for the give away also. Two pieces of fun all in one posting!!
    Lorretta from NH

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  203. Judy O

    Corey, it looks like this blog has had the most comments in a while.
    That is because your friends (fans) have wanted you to write a book for so long. It would be wonderful if you could incorporate photos, recipes and blogs. Maybe you could do chapters on a theme. Look thru old blogs and categorize ie Living in France, French Husband,
    Chelsea and Sacha, Brocantes etc.
    IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I’ll tell all my friends to buy it.
    PLEASE! PLEASE!

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  204. Sara

    You might want to make a book something like “A Year at the Brocante” with Tongue in Cheek’s Corey Amaro. That way, you could make it all encompassing of your life,like your blog.

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  205. Carol

    Oh Corey, you entry today has given me tears.
    It’s a two-way street. I only hope that you also know what your blog means to so many of us. You are the truly the friend I’ve never met in person and perhaps never will on this earth, but one day I look forward to seeing you in heaven.
    It makes me very happy to know that one day I may hold in my hands a book with your words and pictures in it! It’s probably not too helpful, but I think your book should be a compilation of everything you tell and show us on your blog. I think the number of readers you have demonstrates that great numbers of people love it all.
    On the other hand, I can envision a series of books on all of the topics you’ve mentioned, but still feel that the first one should be a sampler of sorts.
    From the bottom of my heart I wish you all the best in putting together the book(s) of my dreams!
    The little box is so darling, and of course, I’d love to have it!

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  206. christine

    Oh Corey – any chance you could this project into three separate books – one for each catergory? A lot of work I’m sure and if it can only be one then for sure do all three because they are an amalgomation of who you are and what you see.
    Good luck – this is incredibly exciting to think about and I would definitely buy the book!
    Christine

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  207. Patricia

    Hi Corey
    it has now been almost six months since i started reading your blog and it’s still the first thing i do almost everyday. I love your thoughts and hearing about the little things that fill your day. I really love your photo’s and enjoy that you can make the most mundane things fascinating (like the door knob shoot) i think you should do a mixture of all three……
    you make me realise that the world is a loving and caring place, even when my road gets a bit rough i know reading your blog will bring a smile to my face…
    Sincerly
    Patricia

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  208. J.Me.

    The picture of the peonies is breath-taking. They are my favorite flower and they remind me of my grandma who passed a few years ago…She used to grow them.
    I think you should do all 3 categories, because you can always divide it into chapters…or even relate it to everyday life somehow. As far as bringing words into the picture…It would depend on your inspiration. Do you have a message you want to share? That would be a very difficult decision…But you will do great with whatever you decide.
    I get a sense of the slower pace of life every time I read…and even if you are able to convey that aspect of your blog whether through pictures alone or words and pictures…I believe it would be lovely.

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  209. sillydoodah

    the first post i ever saw of yours – that made me add you to my “blogs to check every day” list – was your post a few weeks ago that had black and white photos of the waiter in the cafe/restaurant. the scenes from outside are beautiful, but make sure you get a few of those “moment in the life of” scenes too!
    Love your blog and have shared with others!

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  210. Judy Wootan

    Hi Corey, I too am a faithful reader and your blog is the only one that I “MUST” read every day–it is good for my soul! Your beautiful writing and photography is truly an art and a gift which inspires and brings joy to so many people..I would buy any book that you wrote! I love the stories of Annie, your friend Shelly, the pictures of your everyday life in France, clothes on lines, windows, flowers, doorknockers, brocante finds, and your family–all beautiful!! Judy

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  211. Patty

    For me a mix of all three. I would love to see Annie included, she inspires me and I love your stories about her.

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  212. Kathleen

    I think all three would be so great in a book!As long as there are pictures of lots of old fountains,red geraniums,blue shutters,outdoor cafes…………..I could go on!I am sure it will be fantastic!
    Please include me in the giveaway too!

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  213. PattyG

    Corey,
    I would love to see a book or three! I think your book should have sections about each area of interest. I love to pour over your photos…I spend a lot of time sighing and ooh’s and aah’s are heard frequently while reading your blog! GO FOR IT!!!! A veggie cook book would be great to…your recipes are so great and different! I love your brocante store..but someone ALWAYS beats me to the punch :-(!
    Keep creating! Best of luck, Pat

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  214. pauline

    A mixture of all three with captions! And TICA? Thank you!

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  215. Shelley at decoragain.blogspot.com

    Sweet Corey…your book is your blog…replicate the entire concept as much as possible, with touches of everything you love!

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  216. Rabenfrau

    It is hard to decide about your photos! It should become a wonderful mixture of food, recipes, brocante, and your own experiences of life, a mixture of text and pictures, like your blog.
    And of course: Please count me in for your wonderful give-away!
    Hugs
    Rabenfrau

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  217. Kathie B.

    Corey, I think you should do your first book about Annie, while she’s still able to contribute to the project. Please?????

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  218. Inez Holger

    I can not imagine your book without any aspect mentioned — food, photos, blog. They are all lovely and contribute to the “feel” of the region. Your photographs top the cake, so to speak, of your blog!

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  219. Tina Schroer

    I think you already have a book in your blog! Your life in France as an American with a French husband, the beauty of the country and all the things you love about it, the amazing brocantes, fabulous food, your photos of all these things…all these things together make your unique story and I read the blog everyday for the stories! I have visited France once and would not hesitate to go back and have entertained the thought more than once of living there later in life. It’s so lovely there with all the old buildings and tradition and history. I want to know how it feels to live among all that beauty…and this is what you write on your blog! Go with your strengths! I’ll be the first in line to buy the book!

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  220. Reneé

    I think all 3 would be an excellent idea! I love the way you write and how you photgraph things : )

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  221. Stephanie M.

    Corey
    Are you kidding. All of the above. That is who you are and alot of us cannot get enough of you. You are a fascinating, sincere lady. We live vicariously through you. Those of us who cannot live in a foreign country and want to, go to the brocante or antique show and don’t have the time, have the nerve and personality to sit and write and take pictures and not necessarily in that order. That is who you are and you should share the world about our adventures. Good Luck and I can’t wait to read and look at your work!
    Stephanie M

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  222. David

    First of all, thank YOU!
    For your book, I think a bit of ” this and that” is what should be in it. Your world and the way you watch the world is what will make your book so valuable. Of course, you photography will be completely part of it as it is your eye on this world but I really think that this is what you are – your heart- that makes your posts so beautiful…and so will be your book…

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  223. Cindy

    Corey, I will chime in along with everyone else and say, “all three”.
    My favourite post that you used to do was telling a story about some object.
    I remember one, in particular, was about an old urn. You talked about it as if it was a person and told it’s story. They were so wonderful! I think it would be a fun thing to put in your book.
    -Cindy

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  224. Nora

    I love your photos, your sensitivity and your sense of humor, and I think that if you put them in every thing you do, the book will be a success.
    I write from Uruguay, a little country of South Amèrica with a deep influence from French culture. We have a tradition of brocante and antiques similar to the French ones, so I feel a strong identification with you.

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  225. Marci

    I would go with the eclectic mix. You are so good at that and have an unusual way of of re-purposing objects in a way that makes them aesthetically pleasing.

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  226. Laura

    I have not read the comments that have been left before me so please excuse me if my thoughts are duplicates of others….but I think your book should include a mixture of everything….heavy on the brocantes and flea market finds though!!:)
    …and that’s my 2 cents!
    Off to get ready to fly home!
    Have a great night!
    🙂

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  227. christine allen

    The photos that I love the most are (1)stacked hands of your growing relatives, (2)your niece decorated with sea weed on the beach in California, (3) Your mother’s kitchen when the children were all baking cookies, (4) The bed in your mother’s garden (5) Windows of people in their homes that don’t realize you are taking their pictures. I love how you capture the beauty of youth, the beauty of the aged, and moments where people are in thought.
    A great coffee table book would be your photos that need no description … those that speak on their own.
    c

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  228. Kelley

    dearest corey.
    i think anything that you come up with to print will sell, sell, sell.
    i personally would like to see your recipe book, printed exactly as you have it written. and you could add in your pictures that are so beautiful.
    and some of your most popular stories…happy/sad/funny.
    you are a treasure and whatever you come up with will be a treasure too.
    i just thought of something. how about a little series…tongue in cheek antiques, recipes, photos, travel, brocante…
    they will all be bestsellers!!!!

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  229. Denise Moulun-Pasek

    Corey, Just like your blog, I would have photos and text of life as you live it interspersed with recipes when they are pertinent to the subject that you are talking about. Frances Mayes and Georgeanne Brennan have done this with some success. I am sure you would too!

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  230. Cheryl ~ Casual Cottage Chic

    I agree with Tina…your blog is a “draft” of your impending book already! Start with your arrival in France and take us on a visual and verbal journey of the past 22 years.
    I was temepted to purchase the charming souvenir trinket box from your online shop; maybe it will find its way to So. California afterall 🙂

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  231. Joanie

    I would love to see your book with pictures of everything that you love. I love your blog because it’s like sitting with you over a cup of tea. You make me smile and you bring a little bit of beauty in my day.

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  232. Becky F

    Hi Corey,
    I think you should do a few books. I can see “coffee table” books that would highlight your photography with your poetic words. Another would be a cookbook mixing food, beautiful pictures and love. Please do it, it will be wonderful. Becky F

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  233. joanny

    Corey
    I am so excited for the ‘book’ experience you will produce…
    Just like when you cook — you need all the ingredients salt, pepper, and some garlic.
    So all three would work for me. and add a dash of your home bath remodel — it turned out great with the nudes pics(& you in the bath tub) and all–broken rib episode– kitchen too.
    Hope it helped or have I confused you more with two many choices?
    Joanny

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  234. Melanie

    cher Corey
    Do as you wish…. your amazing artistic sensibility will not fail you.
    Personally, I would like to see your book as merely a different form of your blog. In other words, a little of everything, including your recipes.
    And don’t forget French Husband!

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  235. Rebecca in the Pacific Northwest

    And thank YOU for posting faithfully and beautifully every day.
    I think the charm of your photos is the text that goes with them. but the photos should be much, much larger than the text. Bonne chance!

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  236. Christine Warren

    Definitely a mixture of all three. I love your photographs (especially the ones taken in your home). I’m sure that whatever you decide to do will be beautiful.

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  237. Ana Maria

    Dear Corey,
    I too am one of those for whom this blog has become mandatory reading first thing in the morning.
    You have been blessed by God with a wonderful gift and you should definitely publish a book! Your style is special and that is what will make your book unique. I recommend you follow the same format as your blog: Much photography – but with your lyrical prose! Most importantly, you must identify your book as “REAL”! (The Real Provence,Real France,Real French living, Real French homes.) I can’t tell you how tired I am of all the “decorator” books that call themselves, “French decorating” or “Provencal decoration” or some similar misnomer, when all they show are pictures of homes in the US with a rooster here or there! (I hesitate to single out names, but they can be found in Amazon!).
    YOUR book will be real; it will be special because your story is the reality of French/Provencal living, and most importantly, because YOU ARE SPECIAL!
    Your friend in Miami,
    Ana María

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  238. Kimberly

    Corey, I vote for a little bit of everything! I just plain works! 🙂 Blessings, Kimberly

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  239. carol in CA

    I love your blog and read it before all others. I was gone for a week and had withdrawls. Now I know that I can’t take a 2 wk vacation unless I bring a computer. I think you should include all 3. All would be wonderful and appreciated. I can’t wait to see it all finished!!

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  240. Carey

    Use it all:) Start pulling together everything that seems to fit in with the “feel” you envision for your book. Your photos are exquisite, but please sprinkle in some of your writing, even just a few lines here or there, so that your one-of-a-kind personality is present in the book. And you know, you can always follow up with another book later, and then again later, and . . .

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  241. pam

    You have made my day! I say a book just like your blog containing your amazing photographs, witty writing, and delicious recipes. Everything about your French life is enchanting and swoon worthy. I will buy your book and ten extra copies besides!

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  242. Beachy

    Dear Corey, I’d love nothing more than to see your blog transformed into a book! Not just your wonderful recipes, not just your gorgeous photos… but simply your “life as an American living in France” (with your ooh-la-la husband, of course)! I’ve so enjoyed reading about your children, your family back in Willows, your dear neighbor Annie… those are the things I’d love to see in a book! =)
    Love, Beachy

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  243. bethania

    Dear Corey,
    I am thrilled. I always taugth you had the talent to write a book. I love to hear your stories: about french husband; the kids; the friends; the visits to the friends houses; the trips (particularly the one on the motorbyke, awesome!); the unchangeable france and its charm, so on and so forth (the brocante…). How to sew it up? You will come up with something. Of course you are a great photographer, but thats not what keeps me (and hundreds of others readers) coming back. It is the fact that your blog works as a window towards a shared inner trip (does it make sense? It does, at least to me). A trip from wich I always come feeling better. Here is the title: shared trips (tips and tricks of a blogger through …). Congratulations on the initiative.

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  244. Louise

    Corey, it is YOU, your kind heart, generous soul and sense of fun, which makes your blog so special – your photos and recipes are entwined with your magic and hopefully all of that will be sprinkled through your book! And I can’t wait to see it:)
    Hugs
    Louise

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  245. michele jones

    C- photos from your blog. PERIOD. we love you exactly as you are. believe in yourself as you believe in us.

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  246. jen

    all three ideas combined would make a wonderful snapshot of “your” France…. you have a great “eye” for art in all spaces & also a talent for providing creative ideas be they food, decorating with “antiques”, or in- the-moment personal thoughtfulness- with lots of fun thrown in!
    I just bought the book you suggested by your jewelry making friend…it is great, but I love the bigger “stuff”, the art, the ideas for “all of it” that help make personal space one’s individual nest & home! I think you would/could do the same thing with photos of “fabulous junque”& artful-ness from your local travels! have fun creating!

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  247. Evelyn

    Oh, Corey! You must do it all – the whole enchilada!! Or maybe I should have said “garlic bundle!” LOL You are an inernational treasure, American and French!! I am jumping up and down with excitement at the very thought of holding your book in my hands! Can I reserve a copy right now?? Whatever you choose will be fabulous and your readers will be right here cheering you on every step of the way! Never stop reminding us to celebrate this incredible gift of life! You are a joy!!!
    Evelyn

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  248. Camy

    Dear Corey,
    Of course you should combine all three–your recipes, photographs and your stories of life in Provence. You are a wonderful writer and photographer and you could create a beautiful book based on your 20+ years of living in Paris and Provence. Cull the best of your blog entries, edit them, embellish them with more details and voila! A book that will be cherished by many. I think you and many of us who have been following your blog for a long time believe that this is a natural next step in your (and our) wonderful journey.
    Camy

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  249. Mia

    Hi Corey, I’m glad you’re coming out with a book, so we can hold your wonderful photos and stories in our hands and keep coming back to them again and again!
    It would be great if you could publish not one, but a series of books – one about living in France, one about the Brocante, and one with your recipes. You have a lot of great stories and photos to share, I think one book is not enough to hold all of them!
    I hope this helps. God bless you!

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  250. Sue Tinker

    Do it all, Corey because you are good at all. I especially LOVE your photography. I would give it to all my friends and 3 sisters. How exciting! Sue T.

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  251. Lily

    Corey! Do it ALLLLLL!!!! I’m sure an editor will help you all the details. BUT, truly, your writing, your photography, your candor and of course your love and passion for France and the Brocante! I love reading this blog because you are so relateable! You are real and often your tendency to be self deprecating is so disarming. I think we all collectively look forward to the sunshine that you bring through your blog because you seem to have the gift to relate to all ages and from varrying backgrounds. I love that throughout your blog you refer to your husband as “French Husband”. I love that you shamelessly admit your addiction to the brocante. I love that you CARE for people in your lives, like your family, and your friends and even for us! There is clear evidence that you CONNECT with the people that walk along side of you or that you come along side of…. whether it’s for the bond to shop at the brocante, or your ties to your ancestry and the values you so deeply hold with much conviction, or even for the fun and light hearted connections you make from recounting the simple moments of your day. IT is CLEAR, you are so GITED and blessed to connecting so easily with PEOPLE> I think it’s a fabulous idea for you to write a book. I can’t wait to see the direction you take the book from the title to all the details within. HUGS to you Corey. You are so sweet and genuine. I appreciate you and look forward to your blog every day! : )
    Lily Chin, Pasadena, Ca. USA

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  252. Jan

    I think something along the line of a “book of days” would be interesting. You could include seasonal recipes, special events, photographs, writings, traditions, and almost anything…one for every day of the year. It would allow you a great deal of creative freedom.
    And thank you for treating us to your blog!

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  253. LibbyWNZ

    And I’m adding my voice to the chorus of saying ALL THREE!!! They reveal your heart, your life, your eye – as you ‘ see ‘ from a unique perspective that encourages us all , no matter what our circumstances. Do it, do it, do it !!!

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  254. carol c.

    Corey,
    I vote for doing it all…somehow, someway. You could never leave your wonderful writing out! It is like having a conversation with you! Or your beautiful photographs or wonderful recipes….and certainly not the brocante?!!!!You and your blog are not so popular because you are doing something wrong. I think it should be along the lines of your blog. Just my two cents worth. Your blog readers would definitely want to buy a copy!!! Go with your heart – it is working!

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  255. Kathy

    I always get here too late to be one of the fist comments, but that little trinket box is so enticing I am going to comment anyway! Yes, make it like your blog, snippets of this and that, shutters and pots and cherubs and recipes, but don’t forget to add the wonderful personal stories that would make it better than the books with Shutters and pots that already line my shelves. Yes I think a mirror of your blog would be wonderful, including the spoonful of Dice on the cover that we have all grown to love.

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  256. Lynne Stevens

    Corey, it has to be something between An American in Paris with Gene Kelley and A Month in Provence by Peter Mayle. It could be one volume or a beautiful mince quartet but it or they would include what it was like as a California girl with little French coming to a new country. (Of course, instead of Leslie Caron, we would get tales of French Husband. Rearing a family in a new culture with two languages, your love of brocante, renovating an old building and food, glorious food! With photos illustrating all. We know you can do it because you already have. You just need to reorganize it. Bon Chance!

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  257. FrenchBlue

    Dear Corey,
    YOU are a full package. You would be cutting yourself short and all of your readers if you do anything else than what you do right here. Photography and writing is what you do best. I bet your teachers in school used to tell you that….We your readers must see it all in a book. Lots of photos, all about family, friends, adventures, hurting, laughing, dreaming, brocantes, recipes and most of all your thoughts and your words….You are priceless.
    XO’s

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  258. Sandy

    Corey, thank you, thank you for all your wonderful posts & photos. I would love to see a book by you. My favorite pics would be the brocante, antiques, your home, photos of French scenery with recipes sprinkled throughout the book.

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  259. Sandy

    On second thought all of the above including the story of your interesting life & family.

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  260. Laurie

    Chapters of a life. Classic. Coffee stained with bent corners. Shared between friends. It sits on my travel bookshelf and finds a place next to my cookbooks. It sits on my coffee table and rests on my nightstand. Words and photographs. Short stories of a life that will last a lifetime.

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  261. Sue Morris

    Hi Corey, Sue from Western Australia here.
    I have been reading your blog for sometime now and just adore your Brocante posts….re your proposed book – I would include the Brocante, the photography and the receipes because they are all part of a whole so to speak……..You have renewed my love of Brocante, Op Shopping, scavenging and collecting of all sorts of things.
    Hugs and Smiles Sue/Cottesloe West.Aust.

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  262. Sara Barroso

    Corey… The reason I come to your blog daily and why I would by your book is because it’s a quick read full of lovliness. The photographs or the stories or the recipes alone wouldn’t be enough, it’s the combination of the three that keeps me wanting more.
    Your posts afford me time to travel (in my head), time to see the beauty in every day objects in a new light and time to romance over new and passed down recipes.
    I would buy your book in a heartbeat. I hope my comments help. Sara

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  263. EmmaL

    Corey, I would love to see a combination of all three! But I think the majority (or at least the first thing that catches your eye when you flip through the book) should be big, beautiful glossy photos of your brocante treasures and your personal, intimate view of France. I am excited just thinking about it!
    Emma

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  264. jend’isère

    “Everyone” seems to have become a photographer, too many have written about a life in a foreign land, but rare you are to live life with sheer passion and panache!

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  265. Kristy

    Corey,
    I love everything so to pick one thing (or even 3) would be too hard. I am sure you, in your magical way, will find just the right way to blend your photos, recipes, anectdotes, and French living all into one beautifully balanced dream of a book we will all be eager to have a copy of. May I be second in line to buy mine? (first is reserved for your mother!) I’m so happy to hear you are thinking of creating something tangible for your treasures that are thus, ours too. We thank you for the gifts you give to us.
    With love,
    Kristy

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  266. Karen

    Corey,
    Your Creative,Quirky Insight and Witty Humor is what makes your blog so special. I am drawn into your blog by the way you layer all three with heartfelt words. YOUR STORIES connect all three and draw me into the experience. Keep all three but make sure to keep the fourth: your witty perspective.
    I look forward to the book, Karen

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  267. yvonne

    I have a collection of those crystal jewerly boxes. I gave them to my Daughter/
    They are not so easy to find.
    Now you know I like your choices. You
    have very good judgement on your purchases.
    yvonne

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  268. Fiona Mc – Australia

    Thank the lord!!!!
    Corey, You make the ordinary…sound, tatse,look … simply extraodinary!
    Its the little pieces of vintage France that you espouse that I love the most!
    And look at the responses to this post!!!
    Dare I say… book Sales!
    Do it!!!!!! 🙂

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  269. Aina

    Good morning Corey!
    As always your blog is the first to read, every morning without any exception. Yesterday I felt to sleepy to leave a note, sorry for that 🙂
    I have been thinking about this Idea for a while! Why don`t she publish a book with her pictures?! They are beautiful (and some of them uttery magical) , and I love the variation of them. That`s what makes your blog so beautiful, the different moods, the colours, the brocante, living in France, the recipes. I would have loved to open a book filled with all of this, a lovely French street with tall building and shutters closed or open, a beautiful bowl filled with some of your irresistible French dishes. (that i often try out)Or the latest brocante, a chair with stock of old linen you just had to buy, not forget a couple of pictures from the Brocante market as well. The text is less important, well the text with too many words 🙂 I love the little words like, “I especially love the view out her kitchen window”, or I am not French and after twenty some years of living here I still do not drink coffee.” Few words says a lot, and the way you write them, they talk more.
    Have a wonderful day, if heading to the brocante Good Luck !!
    Aina

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  270. Julie W.

    Corey,
    It’s 1:30 a.m. chez moi, but I could not go to bed without checking in at your blog, and I am sooooo glad to read this fabulous news!
    I agree with a previous comment that the cover simply must have the precious photo of vintage dice in a silver spoon that tells us we have arrived…to share another slice of life with Corey and her beloved cast of characters.
    Please include all that has endeared you to your readers–with your stunning and creative photos taking center stage.
    I admire your courage and willingness to forge ahead into yet another new adventure.
    Just think how thrilling it will be to see your very own book scrolling among the beautiful books in the fascinating widget on the right side of your blog!
    Thanks for inviting us to take part in a small way.
    Julie W.

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  271. Lina

    A book filled with your beautiful photographs would be wonderful! Looking at your photos gives me so much inspiration. And they make me smile and feel calm! 🙂
    My favourite photos are scenes (or little details) from your village, of your brocante finds and especially those that show a bit of home decor. While I’d love a book with any of your photos, I think I’d love a home decorating book the most 🙂 All the little details, the muted colors, the French brocante twist on everything.

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  272. DebraD

    A book?!!! Be still my beating heart! Your book needs to be like you – a full menu of living in France, photographs, stories, recipes, quirky thoughts and a whole lot of passion!

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  273. Patricia

    Your book will be amazing!!!!! I think the book should be about the brocantes with added photos of life in France and your recipes. Can’t wait to buy the book!

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  274. michelleb.

    A combination of them all! And the poeple too. I love photos of Annie. Oh, and the fields of poppies. I love the poppies.

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  275. Paulita

    Well, if you actually read every comment maybe you’ll make it to mine since you’ve been flooded with them.
    Thank you for sharing your life in France. Somehow, you make even the difficult things beautiful. And I thought your online brocante shop was supposed to clear your house of things, not add to it!
    I think your book should focus on scenes of France and brocante items. I’m sure you could arrange them so that the brocante items fit in with the scenery. For instance, the darling box you are offering would go with scenes of Paris.

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  276. kara

    mix in everything about your “sweet life in france”
    your way of writing, photos, your recipes you, you, you……..and everything that surrounds your beautiful life in france. oh, i can’t possibly wait! So, for sure mix in everything you mentioned!
    hugs to you today from rural darke county ohio!
    kara
    i was laughing at your “facebook” post that was too cute!

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  277. Merry

    Corey – all or nothing! You have every ingredient for a most wonderful treasure of a book of French love … no trouble at all connecting your exquisitely beautiful images, your delicious objets trouves, your yumminess recipes … it’s all about your appetite for your amazing life in Provence. So many of us can’t wait for the morning installment … it will be a major success and the first of a series, I’m sure!

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  278. bee

    A book with your beautiful pictures of France and some recipes from the areas.
    I would keep it on my coffee table.
    Betsy

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  279. M J Davis

    Dear Corey,
    Have only recently discovered your blog, but like a daily devotional that I read every morning, your blog has become a part of my daily ritual that I look forward to. It is so eloquent, visually beautiful, and real!! You don’t hide from the less attractive parts of life that we all have to deal with, no, you find and elevate the nugget of the positive! To answer your question, please include all three. I personally enjoy a broad scene, streetscape, landscape, whatever, combined with a close up detail of something interesting within the broader picture. Looking forward to each morning with you and your other readers!!

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  280. laurie

    Well, you know what I think. I think you should have a series of books. Perhaps you can shop ideas to a publisher:
    Cookbook (wouldn’t it be great if the cover of the cookbook looked like your tattered old book?
    An American in Paris: this book should be like your blog, personal in nature, your stories all rolled up and wrapped in a ribbon as a book of musings and photos of your life in France.
    Decorating: I see a beautiful coffee table book with close ups of your home or other places of interest you visit that gives people an idea of how the French manage to make everything look so beautiful.
    Brocante: Again, your gorgeous photos that provides us poor poor Americans the opportunity to live vicariously through your shopping escapades. Your photos of course would be the highlight.
    I could go on with ideas. I hope you can do a series of books. Rachel Ashwell better watch out!

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  281. sandy

    I would LOVE to see it all. The variation is very appealing. I would like to see a very large size, coffee table size with your beautiful photographs mingled with your stories and Annie and recipes. Sounds wonderful! Here’s to you for a beautiful day of taking it all in!

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  282. Cecelia

    Corey
    I, like many would love to see a book that combines all three. I look forward to reading your blog everyday. I agree with the writer that if you make a cookbook that the cover should be a picture of your well used and loved cookbook. I will purchase your book or books as soon as they are available!!

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  283. Lisa

    I think it should be a combination of all..photos of france, recipes, and brocante…I love reading about all those things on this blog and they seem to natuarally go together.

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  284. n

    You should have recipes, family stories, places in France and brocantes of course!
    I guess if you can write your book as you blog ou can have “a fil conducteur: you” that is the most interesting one and combines all your favorite subjects!
    the name: antiques, recipes and family stories or My life through those things 🙂
    xoxo
    And thanks to you Corey!!!!!

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  285. Sharon

    Corey…you must do your book as you do your blog! How nice to pick up a book, a warm cup of coffee, and settle down to dream for awhile. I bought all of Tasha Tudor’s books about her life and her crafts, garden and just her. I pick them up often and just go there for several hours.
    Women need an escape, permission to dream and you have the gift to do that for women. We dream of far off places, handsome men, wonderful garments and accessories. Your book would fuel the desire to create, even if it is to create a look on the kitchen table with an antique cup with flowers, candy, cookies in it, while it rests on a piece of vintage fabric.
    Oh, go for it. Do the book thing, and don’t clean your place up when we come to dinner in May. I want to feel all that “stuff” in my blood stream!! hahaha
    hugs..Sharon

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  286. Danna

    Have you read “Lunch in Paris….a Love Story with Recipes”
    Undoubtedly reflects much of your own life and I think you will find inspiration as to what direction your book could take…..it’s delicious!
    Bon chance!!

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  287. Danna

    Also…..since you already have connections with Victoria Magazine….talk to their editors…did you have a relationship with a regional scout or what? You can always look back on some of the old mastheads and just start e-mailing. They can either help you directly or put you in contact with an editor who can. Publishers will look at your collective work and if they think it has merit can hook you up with someone who will help you narrow your vision/focus, etc. You do not always have to present a finished work. You have several years worth of material (and public adoration) for them to see what you are capable of creating. I will send you a name in a separate e-mail of former editor with Meredith Puclications. She is a good friend and passionate francophile….not to mention hilariously funny.

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  288. Gwen

    Corey….love the scenes of France but LOVE things from the brocante. But a peppering of your recipes would be really nice. I have to say I tried French husband’s technique for the perfect eggs and my grandson LOVED them. My husband usually is here to cook (I cooked the first 25 years and he’ll cook the next 25…his choice…after that we’re eating out) so my grandson was truly amazed…thanks. Have you ever thought of Google Earth links to the actually sites for your brocantes? I love checking out your Paris restaurant locations of Google Earth!!! You can almost look in the front doors….

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  289. nan tofanelli

    Corey, I didn’t have time to respond yesterday, so I hope you are still reading your comments on yesterday’s post today. Make sense?
    I told you this when you were in Chico last fall… it has to be all three. It has to be just like your blog, a surprising combination of stories, photos, recipes, love and the essence of you all rolled up into one fabulous creation. This is why we read you everyday. We look forward to what’s in store.

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  290. sherri

    Corey, this is my first comment to you, but I have followed your blog since its inception. It is the first thing I read in the morning too. You have such a gift for writing and for photography. My thoughts about a book, for what they’re worth are:
    Include your writing..much like your blogs. And your photography. You know, sort of a “Life in France” thing. Just general musings. About everything, recipes, brocanting, French Husband, precious children, sights, thoughts.
    PS Not that it would turn me into the photographer that you are, but i would love to know what kind of camera you use

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  291. joanne nixon

    how i love your blog !! and oh, how i would love your book !! i love the photos, the musings, the recipes…everything !! i would love to see all in your book. the photos are gorgeous…simple things that take on a personality of their own. ie..the pear sitting on top of chocolate…i love the photos of the architecture…we don’t have much in the way of old architecture here in az…especially in the goodyear area…do it, corey !!

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  292. Lisa DeNunzio

    It would be great to incorporate all the aspects of your personality – photography, recipes, France, brocante. That is what makes your blog so interesting and unique.

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  293. Kathy

    Bonjour Corey,
    I am “new” to your blog and hooked on it. I agree, “do it all” because all of it is exactly which brought me back to your blog each day as well as planning a trip to France for the fall.
    Kathy 🙂

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  294. Franca Bollo

    Focus on one. I think brocante is the most viable. Provence has been done ad nauseam and recipes books are best left to the professionals. Posting recipes on a blog works because they’re free but when people are paying for recipes they get pissed if there’s an error — real or perceived in it (Ken said the Chronicle’s readers complained most when there were errors in the obits and the recipes). This is a great way to discourage people from wanting to buy your second book (or first if it is on Amazon and the reviews suck).
    So, do the brocante with the Coco twist. Your staging with brief comments … from the serious to the light-hearted (cannon balls on the table with Sacha’s friend’s comment, paper dolls with dog on head, the man with the red pants). These are your hallmark, what would make your book unique and stand out. Focus on the product and maybe add a few anecdotes. Hmm … it’s starting to come together in my head. The order, how to introduce chapters/sections … of course, the design …
    One more thought … when this book blows the doors off the publishing world, then you can write more personal works. People will want to know more about who you are.
    Bonne chance, CocoPuff!

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  295. Brenda L from TN

    Corey…do a mixture of all of it…your lovely photographs, your “Finds” at the brocante and your marvelous descriptions are wonderful. We can “see” everything through your eyes anyway with your gift of being able to describe it all so beautifully….the same way some books are better than others and I cannot put it down because I’m right there in the middle of all the action…If not too late please sign me up the the trinket box…Thanks

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  296. Em

    I enjoy HOW you put the images together with your writing, so maybe a mix of everything? The gestalt is, in my opinion, what makes your blog (and future book) unique and great. Bonne chance!

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  297. marti

    I would love to see a book that focuses on the brocante. Thank you for your daily reminders of what I loved about my visit to France. I was only there for one week, but every minute was spent with eyes wide open and enjoying all that there is… I particularly savored the brocante – please add my name to those who would so appreciate the souvenir box – how wonderful that you would offer to share it! marti

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  298. Vickie

    I think pictures of France with recipes and brocante finds used with reference to the locale and your interaction with it. There will never be too many pictures of that beautiful land and out of context the material items can become a bit contrived. I love it when you tell of an items use and relate it to everyday reality and people. These items began in the region and should have their props reflect and honor that. I hope the locals never run out of their heirlooms! Your photography is honest, intelligent and provacative. Your storytelling skills are absolute yumminess. The recipes you share are fab and need not be a major thing but sparse and perfect. Free up your approach and don’t do just another clone of the books already out there. Your unique and beautiful family, relationships and local characters really set you apart, not just pictures of things, no matter how lovely. A book will have room for more wider angle pictures, not so many close-ups of items.
    Most of all I LOVE your “tongue in cheekiness” ! I have faith in your abilities and fresh and fun approach !

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  299. Victoria Cullen

    A mixture of all three, please. Your photos are amazingly beautiful and I love your authentic French recipes. Plus your information on brocanting will be invaluable to anyone and everyone who is lucky enough to make it to France. Combine all that with writing that never fails to impress and inspire and you can’t go wrong! Good luck, I’ll be pulling for you, and will be the first in line to purchase ANY book you publish.

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  300. claire

    Do all three! Using stories to connect them. Your photos are wonderful and your stories are compelling. Corey, you can make this book dream come true. All of us here will be your loyal readers.

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  301. kelly

    a mixture because it would not be you with out it all….the photos the food the shopping….thats what makes it the tongue in cheek

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  302. sherry

    Corey, What a lovely post! I can imagine your book–beautiful pictures, stories, recipes interspersed with lovely French Antiques. Or just make a book out of your blog! You already do all these. I so look forward to your posts and the pictures and recipes have me drooling and dreaming! Thank YOU!
    Sherry

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  303. Vickie H.

    Yes, my dear, just like everyone else: it must be some of all three things…or it won’t be a true representation of the Corey we all know and love. Go for it….it will be SPECTACULAR!!!

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  304. Karlene

    Corey – please, please, please write a book! I think that you should include everything – your wonderful recipes, breathtaking photos, and information about the Brocante – including your recommendations.
    I can’t wait to read it!

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  305. Kathy Julian

    I would like to see all three – especially pictures of France and the beautiful architecture and love the flower pictures. Your brocante is fabulous too. It would be most wonderful to win such a thing! Thanks, Kathy Julian

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  306. Heather

    I love everything about your blog, so it is hard to say. You should write because you are so good at storytelling. Photos are great, so definately should keep those! I live vicariously thru your blog, and may just show up at your doorstop someday! Just keep doing what you do! I will buy your book…

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  307. Jennie@clusternavigators.com

    Speaking as someone who likes photography, particularly of old things be they buildings, collectable brocante or food I would say that your book should encompass all of these things….however perhaps your speciality is the brocante, and the places to find it and the people you meet and the adventures you might have getting there, in case you need a point of difference.
    You could go down a number of lanes creating a wonderful book that people would love to buy…so go for it!!
    Cheers
    Jennifer
    Nelson, New Zealand

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  308. Carol Dayton

    Corey, There is something very satisfying about your blog. I always leave here feeling refreshed. I say, trust your instincts. Thanks, Carol

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  309. Pam

    Bonjour-
    All 3, my darling.

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  310. Carol Ann

    Corey, I am a long time reader of your blog and all the magazine articles that I can find that you have written. Your book will be wonderful. Hopefully it will include all the things you love — we will love them too.

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  311. Johanna, 365 Days of Drawing, All Things French

    Just a word of caution. You are very successful with your blog, that I DO know and have many, many fans. But I have artist friends here in the US who have SELF published books and it has not been what they thought it would be in terms of response and reward.
    Could you not just get a publisher and really go for it??? I think you have the talent and content for a glossy coffee table book that has the backing of a publishing house.
    The book should be just like your blog. Pix without your words are meaningless. Just another nice photo. With your words….special and a story that captivates. Recipes, lifestyle..Put it all in. It’s YOU. And YOU have it.

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  312. Hasmin

    Dear Corey,
    I think that whatever you put down will be enjoyed by all;for it is YOU that will be in those pages of your book, that we have embraced and enjoyed wholeheartedly. ((hugs))

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  313. Marie-Noëlle

    Have you got a publisher yet?
    Have you got a selection on mind yet?
    My neighbour has published 3 children’s books… I can go and fish information for you if you wish …
    AND my husband works for 3 French main editors (in the offices – still, he’s got his 2 feet in the place).
    Cannot promise anything but … JC can ask …
    Shall keep you informed about the proceeding …
    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!

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  314. Berlin

    No- Thank you for the countless inpiration, and endless eye candy. Thank you.

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  315. helene

    I think you should do your book as you do your blog. Your photos are lovely; your recipes interesting and your comments about life are filled with love, compassion and a deep sense of being. Do it all!

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  316. Julia Gunderson

    Corey, A montage of all of the inferences of your life would be apropo! I can see a screenplay in the making…who will play the leading lady? I appreciate your joie de vivre !!! Merci et bonne chance! Julia (Cincinnati)

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  317. Genevieve

    I ask myself:
    If I was looking for your book at Border’s, why would I have it on my list?
    1)Because it is YOU (wonderful). You do already have a name & amazing reputation for quality and heart in your writing and images.
    2) I love a book with recipes interwoven. (Like Water for Chocolate, Under the Tuscan Sun…) It rounds out the experience of another place and yes, I do try them.
    3)Brocante tour book. So I would know just where to go, once my feet touch down in the Motherland. Also – Armchair Brocanting is a thrill for us all. It has been an education to see what you find and has influenced my ideas about the possibilities of treasures.
    All of this, combined with your photos and observations would be a rare treat, indeed.
    Your book will live on the bedside table with a few tucked in the gift drawer for my sisters and friends.

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  318. Jill (Mmd Tortoise)

    Dear Corey,
    What a beautiful love letter to your community of readers whom I expect all think of you as a friend because of your ability to touch that special place in each of us.
    I follow with interest everything you choose to incorporate in your blog. My curious mind loves learning about the details of your life with family, friends and relatives. You not only give voice to them but you afford us that priviledge as well.
    It does not surprise me that you, of unlimited energy, are thinking of a book.
    I would welcome one that included all things mentioned by you. I can imagine an initial chapter about your early days in California to where you are now. Show us your home, the village in which you live and your family.
    Following chapters could include photos and text about your love of objects with a history. Tell us about the brocantes and other places where you find your treasures; guide us to those places.
    Tell us about the magical things you, Yann and Annie do with food while sharing customs of french dining. Let us drool over your recipes and savour photographs of the finished product.
    You are blessed with an ability to communicate in a most poetic way; it captures the imagination of many. Please bring France to us in a way that can only be done by you.
    Brilliant is your idea about writing a book; may the force be with you.

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  319. Kadee

    Bonjour, Corey!
    Your photography is fabulous! Specific, yet creating an ambiance that exudes the french flair leaving the viewer to create their own world they would create if they lived there. Just lovely! Yes, includes loads of photos in the book but my take would be showing the life you lead while living your passion of the brocantes. List the how to shop them, where they are, the manners expected while negotiating price, the foods to eat to sustain you while trudging from brocante to brocante… well, you can see that I would have the theme of antiquing! So many of us dream of that and the lifestyle, to be able to live in France and on Sunday morning realize that the forecast was wrong…. it didn’t rain…. and off you go with a pain au chocolat in your hand to find the deal of the day. There are many french decorating books but hardly any brocante/antique books with the how-to’s. Go for it, Corey!
    Kadee

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  320. M Bishop

    I’m so excited you are writing a book! Squeal! have you thought about approaching Victoria magazine or Romantic Homes to back you financially? You could put together something to show them as a sample of what is to be published. As to what to include, why not a little of everything? Section it out into chapters. A few recipes here, brocante stories there, adventures everywhere. I have a really great book I love called: The Heart of England, A Journey of Discovery and it is by Victoria/Hearst Books.
    I would love to do a book some day and I periodically work on it, in between other projects. I love books that are picture books for grown-ups. Pictures galore with good, brief writing, like your blog. Basically, just do what you do best, show us your heart.

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  321. julia

    Corey,
    I think you should put everything into one book and then later break down into 3 or 4 different books. You have so much to offer so the first one would get everyone excited and then you can expand into more. You, your pictures, blogs & Brocante issues are all wonderful, but how can they not be, because you are so wonderful. Thanks for everything, Julia

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  322. Gail

    Dear Corey,
    Wow. 320 comments. I think that is an all time high of comments. I don’t think the love story even generated this much attention or comments. Yes, yes, yes, please write your book. I think it is actually already written…just a few edits needed of your many blog posts.
    xoxo
    Gigi-Gail
    PS – I’m a granny now. My daughter just had a baby on Thursday.

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  323. Julie M ~ The Little Red Shop

    I think that your lovely book will flow…from how each picture speaks to you!
    : )
    Julie M.

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  324. Leanne

    Brocante… yes please
    Scenes from Frances… yes please
    Recipes…. yes please. Include a bit of this and a bit of that. We’ll love it. I have already asked my husband to buy it for me for my birthday, christmas whatever is closer. Good luck.
    P.S. Could you do a little writing as well for us. Something like French Essence.

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  325. cindy

    Just make it just like your sweet Blog? Plain and simple Brocante style…? I’d buy it immediately! I’d place the book on my desk, open it up to a page wich discribes the mood I’m in on that day and all will be fine! and lovely! 😛 What a lovely gesture to give this little gem away! Bless you for that aswell!

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  326. Marilyn Smith

    Please write with a mixture of all things French that you love, as your style of writing transports each of us to France. We are travelling to France in September this year and after reading your blog ” I CAN’T WAIT”
    Marilyn

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