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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The Classic Club - Spin #19

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Time for another spin challenge from the Classic Club. The rules are simple:

  • Go to your blog.
  • Pick twenty CHUNKSTER books that you've got left to read from your Classics Club List.
  • Post that list, numbered 1-20, on your blog before Tuesday 27th November.
  • We'll announce a number from 1-20. 
  • Read that book by 31st January 2019.
I am pleased to notice that I only have 27 books to go on my 50 classics to read. After having read the 20 on my shortlist, there are only 7 to go. There are of course hundreds waiting in the line to be put on the list. One step at the time though. Here is my updated list (published and updated under Memes).

1. Washington Square by Henry James
2. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Carter
3. Daisy Miller by Henry James
4. Karin Lavransdotter by Sigrid Undset
5. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (reading)
6. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
7. Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence
8. Child Harold by Lord Byron
9. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
10. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
11. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway
12. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
13. The Taming of a Screw by William Shakespeare
14. Jaget och det undermedvetna (Die Beziehungen zwischen dem Ich und dem Unbewußten
by C.G. Jung
15. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
16. Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
17. Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
18. The Divine Comedy by Dante (reading)
19. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
20. A Writer's Notebook by Somerset Maugham

The extended dead-line gives us time to read until end of January. No excuses then! What do you have on your lists?

Comments

  1. reese22 November 2018 at 16:25

    Ah hah! I see you have The Wings of the Dove as well, though in a different place.

    Of the ones I've read on your list, I think Tom Jones is great and it would feel sufficiently chunky for the challenge.

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    1. Lisbeth 26 November 2018 at 12:19

      I just love Henry James. This title pops up here and there so I am curious about it. I think it is set in Venice which is nice of course.
      Most of the time I read classics on my ipad, so you don't always realise how chunky they are!

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  2. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours22 November 2018 at 18:47

    lots of great ones! My favorite is your #18! I did a video on book 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvEw_dDZkk&index=2&list=PLJD9IPtbUPL6o5R5RQLuyM0ImZ6wrAghk
    I still need to write something on the 2 other books

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    1. Lisbeth 26 November 2018 at 12:30

      Hi Emma, thank you for the link, very interesting. I am now a subscriber. I could not find a space to give a comment, so it comes here. Your version is more ambitious than mine. It is also in Swedish, but I think it is supposed to be a rather good translation, although I am sure there are newer ones. It takes time to read and understand the text, but I find it quite wonderful. I read a canto when I have 5-10 minutes in between other things, and it works well. Still on Inferno. Thank you for sharing and looking forward checking out your other videos.

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  3. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours22 November 2018 at 19:02

    oh, and thanks for Calvino's quotations. I really love Calvino's books, but have not read this one, so it's now on my TBR!

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    1. Lisbeth 26 November 2018 at 12:31

      I just found it on a quote site, and like it. I am not familiar with Calvino's books. But, that is the good thing with the Classics club; it opens up new worlds and new authors. Will have to check him out.

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  4. Brona22 November 2018 at 22:33

    I remember House of Mirth very fondly, sadly, but fondly, so I wish you a Wharton this spin :-)

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    1. Lisbeth 26 November 2018 at 12:35

      I think I have read only one book by Wharton, but can't remember whether it was House of Mirth or The Age of Innocence. I think I have seen the film of the last book at least. Looking forward to more Wharton in the future.
      I read a book about her life in Paris, and her secret lover (if there was). I found it quite interesting; Mysteries of Paris: The Quest for Morton Fullerton by Marion Mainwaring (my review here: https://thecontentreader.blogspot.com/2015/07/mysteries-of-paris-quest-for-morton.html. Also like Age of Desire by Jennie Fields (historical fiction about Wharton) https://thecontentreader.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-age-of-desire-by-jennie-fields.html.
      Let's see what the spin has in line for me!

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  5. Helen23 November 2018 at 22:04

    I really enjoyed Death Comes for the Archbishop and Orlando, so I hope you get one of those. Kristin Lavransdatter is good too, though very sad. Good luck!

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    1. Lisbeth 26 November 2018 at 12:37

      Willa Carter is a name I am not familiar with, but her name pops up 'everywhere', so looking forward reading something by her. Orlando is another, so it seems, must book by Woolf. I really enjoyed her To the Lighthouse, although I think this is quite different. I started Kristin Lavransdatter last time it came up, but did not get too far. If it comes up again, well, then I really have to go for it. I am happy you like it so it will be easier to grab.

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  6. Joseph24 November 2018 at 22:18

    Nice choices here. Enjoy!

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    1. Lisbeth 26 November 2018 at 12:41

      Thank you. I see you have a few goodies up your sleeve! I loved 'Picknic...'it is a wonderful, strange story. Anne Brontë's book is also great. Far ahead of her time with that one. The Old Man.. wonderful and Dashiell Hammett is unbeatable. I want to read more by Poe as well. He has a spooky twist on his stories. Good luck and I hope you get a favourite.

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  7. Michelle Stockard Miller27 November 2018 at 08:54

    We have The Age of Innocence in the same spot. You and I have a lot of the same books on our CC list. Wishing you luck on the spin!

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  8. Lisbeth 27 November 2018 at 12:43

    Thank you. Yes, seems we have quite the same taste! My book is Washington Square by Henry James! I might through in Kristin Lavransdottir, which I failed to read last time. At least that is a chunkster!

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