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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It is Friday and time for some interesting book beginnings and to see what we can find on page 56. It is Rose City Reader and Freda's Voice who are hosting these challenges. This week I have just started to read the book for the Classic spin #19. It is, from a favourite author, Henry James and his Washington Square. He is famous for his long sentences, and his beginning here does not disappoint. Isn't it just wonderful how much information he manages to put into the first sentence.



Book beginnings on Friday hosted by Rose City Reader
"During a portion of the first half of the present century, and more particularly during the latter part of it, there flourished and practised in the city of New York a physician who enjoyed perhaps an exceptional share of the consideration which, in the United States, has always been bestowed upon distinguished members of the medical profession." 
The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice
""My allusions are as kind as yours, Elizabeth," said the Doctor frankly. "How many suitors has Catherine had, with all her expectations -- how much attention has she ever received? Catherine is not unmarriageable, but she is absolutely unattractive.""

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  1. Roberta30 November 2018 at 17:05

    From the 56, it sounds like the doctor could benefit from Gillion's book about kindness. Sounds intriguing. Hope you enjoy it.

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  2. Kathy Martin30 November 2018 at 17:07

    What interesting language! This week I am featuring Tsumiko and the Enslaved Fox by Forthright - an intriguing new fantasy. Happy reading!

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  3. Laurel-Rain Snow30 November 2018 at 17:14

    I have noticed this book around and I'm curious. That is one meaty beginning! Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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  4. Anne@HeadFullofBooks30 November 2018 at 18:37

    Aww...how sad to be absolutely unattractive. That was certainly unkind. My Friday Quotes

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  5. Yvonne @ Fiction Books Reviews30 November 2018 at 23:37

    "Plain-looking, but Good-hearted", is how the young lady is described in the Goodreads premise, which makes the doctor even more callous and cruel in my opinion.

    This sounds like a good classic in the study of humankind and I hope that you enjoy reading it.

    Thanks for sharing :)

    Yvonne
    xx

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  6. fredamans1 December 2018 at 00:56

    I agree with that quote wholeheartedly. Happy weekend!

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  7. Laura1 December 2018 at 02:15

    I sometimes enjoy the classics and this writing style. Not easy to pull off:)

    My Friday 56 from Holly In Hiding

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  8. Girl Who Reads1 December 2018 at 02:15

    I've never read Henry James. Maybe one day. Susan is wrapping up the month with a nonfiction book at Girl Who Reads

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