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 Unread Shelf Challenge

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This is a challenge just in my taste. The Unread Shelf is hosted by Whitney Conard who guides us through how to best tackle the unread books on our shelves. Once you enrol you get a small guide to follow, as you see fit yourself. It helps and encourages you to tackle the challenge in a scientific and orderly way. I am quite confident that it will help me lower the number of unread books. Go to her website to get more information and inspiration in this Hercules task. 

There are several ways how to approach the task. You can name 10 top books you really want to finish this year. There is a guide to choose a book for each month of the year, and a bonus guide to further help you choose the right books to read. For me mostly, I am aiming at the oldest books I have on my shelves. 

I am looking forward to lowering the number of unread books which amounts to around 200 at the end of 2020. Let's meet again in December 2021 and see how far I have come.


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  1. Marianne 15 December 2020 at 11:04

    I will probably not finish my unread shelf in this life. However, I have just entered the My Back to the Classics Challenge 2021 which should already eliminate 12 of them. 😉

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    1. Lisbeth 16 December 2020 at 13:44

      Exactly my idea with the few challenges I am following this year. Only those who help me lower the number of unread books.

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    2. Marianne 16 December 2020 at 14:09

      Heehee, we seem to be in the same boat. I'm not surprised, we have many common traits. LOL

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    3. Lisbeth 19 December 2020 at 16:51

      Let's see how many books we manage to read from our unread shelves in 2021. I really want to make an effort but I know I get distracted by other books.

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    4. Marianne 19 December 2020 at 20:31

      Oh yes, those pesky other books. Why do they have to keep appearing? ;-)

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  2. LyzzyBee22 December 2020 at 08:54

    Good luck! I have got my TBR shelf down to a shelf and a half through some hard work and concentration and not buying (much) during the pre-Christmas period, knowing books will be coming to me. Enjoy getting that pile down!

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    1. Lisbeth 27 December 2020 at 19:06

      Wow, that is wonderful. I wonder if I ever will come down to that level. I am happy for you and hope that you got a lot of new books for Christmas. I will try to refrain from buying too many books, at least physical ones in the near future.

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