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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2021 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

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Another challenge that goes well with my aim to reduce the number of unread books on my shelves. Hosted by Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book. The rules are simple.

Details

  • The Alphabet Soup Challenge means that by December 31, 2021 your bowls must be filled with one book for each letter of the Alphabet.
  • Each Letter Counts As 1 Spoonful
  • This challenge will run from January 1st, 2021 until December 31st, 2021.
  • You can join anytime. You do not have to post a review of the book. Books can come from any genre.
  • You do not need to link up each spoonful.
  • Make a page or a post or a GoodReads shelf where you will keep track of your spoonfuls. I keep track of mine on my Challenge Page.
  • Crossovers to other challenges are allowed and encouraged! 
  • It’s an alphabet challenge!!! The challenge is to read one book that has a title starting with every letter of the alphabet.
  • You can drop the A’s and The’s from the book titles as shown below.
  • The First Main Word Needs To Be The Letter You Are Counting 
  • Except For that pesky Q, X, AND Z titles when the word that starts with the challenge letter can be anywhere in the title.

So there are two different ways you can set up your own A-Z Reading Challenge.

A – How I plan to do it: Make a list on your blog from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the books you are reading to the list. Towards the end of the year, you can check and see which letters you are missing and find books to fit.

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B – Make a list now of 26 books, picking one for each letter of the alphabet.

Looking forward to the challenge and a lot or more books from my shelves that will be read. 


Comments

  1. Marianne 3 December 2020 at 11:23

    Looks like an interesting challenge. I have decided not to join any of those lists next year, I really have to get reading stuff from my TBR list. Mind you, I could probably fill three lists like that just by reading them. Don't know about XYZ and Q, though. LOL

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    1. Lisbeth 3 December 2020 at 14:59

      I hope to be able to use books from my TBR shelves. As you say, some letters are difficult. However, the hostess said these letters can be anywhere in the title. Hopefully, that helps.
      I only join challenges where I can read from my own shelves, most of the time.

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    2. Marianne 3 December 2020 at 17:39

      That certainly helps. I mean, I have several books that would fit but that is just by chance. Maybe you'll find some on my list.

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  2. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz3 December 2020 at 14:33

    I like the serendipitous nature of this challenge.

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    1. Lisbeth 3 December 2020 at 15:01

      I agree. I have joined it before. Everything that can help my unread books to be read.

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