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 # 27

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I had just updated my list for the Classic Club Spin and ... voilá there is the e-mail with the number. This month's spin number is 6 and that means Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence. That is a book I dread a little bit, but I will try to get through it.  This is my list. 

1. The Master and Margarita by Michail Bulgakov

2. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Carter

3. Daisy Miller by Henry James

4. The Seahawk by Rafael Sabatini.   

5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoj 

6. Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence

7. Child Harold by Lord Byron

8. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

9. The Red and the Black by Stendhal

10. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

11. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

12. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James 

13. Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence

14. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

15. To Have and Have not by Ernest Hemingway

16. Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

17. The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

18. The Brothers Karamazov by Fjodor Dostoevsky

19. The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier

20. A Writer's Notebook by Somerset Maugham


I did take out two books which I know I will not read; The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf (although I do like Woolf). The paper book of Lawrence is at home, so will see if I can get hold of an e-book version, since I am living van life in the north of Sweden.

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  1. Marianne 19 July 2021 at 13:51

    I got Robert Frost "A Boy’s Will" and "North of Boston" for my list.

    Happy reading.

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    1. Lisbeth 21 July 2021 at 18:56

      I hope you are pleased. I have heard of neither but will check them out.

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    2. Marianne 22 July 2021 at 13:16

      Well, I'm not a big fan of poetry and we just read one with the book club, so I would have wished for another one. On the other hand, that way I will read it now.

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    3. Lisbeth 24 July 2021 at 09:31

      Oh, so it is poetry. I like it sometimes, depends on the mood. A wonderful poem was recommended to me by a friend, An Arundel Tomb by Philip Larkin. You find the poem under this link: https://thecontentreader.blogspot.com/2018/01/an-arundel-tomb-by-philip-larkin.html

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    4. Marianne 24 July 2021 at 11:15

      That is indeed a beautiful one. I don't mind the odd poem but I'm not too keen on reading a whole book of poems, my mind kind of wanders off.

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  2. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz22 July 2021 at 12:39

    I decided to skip the spin this time. I'm reading two CC books right now and I didn't want to overextend myself.

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    1. Lisbeth 24 July 2021 at 09:28

      I am bound to do the same, but I found it for free, so will see if I get along reading it. I have a few other books I have to finish as well. Most if the time I am not able to finish the spin books anyway. But, I am always full of hope in the beginning.
      I also like the idea of choosing a book at random.

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