Blogging Anniversary - 10 years

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A while ago I checked when I did my first blog post, in order to celebrate with an anniversary post. Well, that day came and went without any reaction from me. Better late than never, so here a reminder of my very first blog post from 24 October 2012.  The book was New Finnish Grammar  by Diego Marani. Marani is an Italian novelist, translator and newspaper columnist. While working as a translator for the European Union he invented a language ‘Europanto’ which is a mixture of languages and based on the common practice of word-borrowing usage of many EU languages. It was a suitable book to start with, being a book about letters, languages and memories. With a beautiful prose, the novel went directly to my heart.  "One night at Trieste in September 1943 a seriously wounded soldier is found on the quay. The doctor, of a newly arrived German hospital ship, Pietri Friari gives the unconscious soldier medical assistance. His new patient has no documents or anything that can ide...
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Book Beginnings on Fridays and The Friday 56

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Rose City Reader, is hosting Book beginnings on Friday. She says:
Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.



Just bought today Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman. I wanted to read something by him for a long time. You all write so well about him. So here I am, and here is the first paragraph of the Introduction.

"It's as hard to have a favourite sequence of myths as it is to have a favourite style of cooking (some nights you might want Thai food, some nights sushi, other nights you crave the plain home cooking you grew up on). But if I had to declare a favorite, it would probably be for the Norse myths"

Freda’s voice is hosting Friday 56 and the rules are:

*Grab a book, any book. Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
(If you have to improvise, that's ok.) Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it). Post it. Add your (url) in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url.


On page 56 I found the following:

"Loki kep smiling, but he scowled on the inside. The day had started out so well. Still, he simply had to ensure that Eitri and Brokk lost the contest; the gods would still get six wonderful things from the dwarfs, and Sif would get her golden hair. He could do that. He was Loki.
"Or course," he said. "My head. No problem."" 
 The beginning is good, so I am sure I will love this book. I will be back with a review once it is read.

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  1. fredamans11 February 2017 at 18:05

    I love Gaiman, so I will have to read this one!

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  2. fredamans11 February 2017 at 18:05

    PS Happy weekend!

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    1. Lisbeth 13 February 2017 at 10:55

      I had a very good weekend with the Brontë group here in Brussels with interesting talks. On top of this I spent Sunday in Liege visiting an exhibition on the Terracotta Army and an art exhibition on the art promotor Paul Rosenberg. Both very interesting. This was an unusually busy weekend for me! Hope you had time for some interesting events?

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  3. Elizabeth12 February 2017 at 22:58

    This sounds like a good beginning even though I haven't been able to get into his books. I may have to try again. :)

    Thanks for sharing.

    Great first line...I hope you are enjoying the book.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Book Beginnings

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    1. Lisbeth 13 February 2017 at 10:57

      I have just read a few pages, but so far so good. I just read all these raving reviews of his books, so I thought I have to try it. I seldom read new books these days, having promised myself to finish the books in my book case, and was happy to see that it is published this year! Feels good. I will let you know what I think in a coming review.

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  4. Lauren Stoolfire17 April 2018 at 22:05

    I loved this one! :)

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    1. Lisbeth 1 May 2018 at 13:34

      Just finished it. It is very good. She writes very well and engaging and her characters are great.

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