Changing blogging domain and site

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Dear blogger friends, Lately, I had a few problems with the Blogger web site for my blog The Content Reader . I took this as a sign that I should finally create a web site of my own. I have been checking out other options, but could not get my act together. Finally, I have managed to create a basic web site with Wix, which I hope will be developed over time.  It has not been easy to find my way around. One thing one can say about Blogger is that it is easy to work with.  This site will no longer be updated Follow me to my new domain @  thecontentreader.com Hope to see you there.  Lisbeth @ The Content Reader
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Reading statistics 2021 and first books to read in 2022

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I finished off 87 books in 2021. I aimed for 100 but somehow the spring/summer left me reading very few books. I am quite happy with all the books I read. If you have read my post for best books for 2021, you know which are my favourites. Since I don't finish books I don't like, most of the books I finish, I find good in one way or the other. Here are my statistics for the different genres I read. This year I divided them into fiction, nonfiction, classics, and crime/thriller/mystery. I read unusually many books of the latter genre. Maybe because the year demanded a little bit of easy, exciting reading. I leave the statistics here as well, since it does not come out too clear in this video. 

Fiction  - 52

Nonfiction - 15

Classics - 6

Crime/Thriller/Mystery - 14

Total - 87 book



I am currently reading two books (at least more seriously) and that is Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (such an enchanting book so far) and The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth (totally suitable since I listened to this, one of my favourite Strauss compositions, today at the New Year Concert from Vienna. This evening I will also start my first read for Nordic FINDS hosted by AnnaBookBel, The Last Good Man by A.J. Kazinski. The name is a pseudonym for two Danish authors. I have already read Sömnen och döden (The Sleep and the Death, my translation) some years ago. It was very good, so looking forward to an exciting read to start 2022. 

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  1. Jeanie2 January 2022 at 15:57

    I need to read "Enchanted April" -- I adored the movie. It sounds like a lovely way to start the year!

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    1. Lisbeth 3 January 2022 at 14:02

      It is a wonderful book. I was not aware that it already has been filmed. I was thinking how great such a film would be, and who would play the characters. Have to try to find it somewhere, once I finished the book.

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  2. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours6 January 2022 at 23:33

    Quality is the main thing ;-)
    You can see my stats here - scroll down there are 3 posts: https://wordsandpeace.com/tag/year-of-reading/

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