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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Annual Book Sale and New Books

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Since many years there is an annual book sale in Sweden in the end of February. This year I ordered the books online, and they were delivered to me yesterday. 16 new books in the genres fiction and  nonfiction.  Very pleased with the books new books.  

Food and Household Care

  • Texmex från grunden (Basic texmex) by Jonas Cramby
  • Portionen under tian (The Portion Under 10 crowns (about 1€) by Hanna Olvenmark
  • Vegan på 5 ingredienser (Vegan on 5 ingredients) by Siri Barje
  • Städa hållbart med ekotipset (Sustainable Cleaning with Ecological tips) by Ellinor Sirén
Nonfiction -
History and Biography
  • Bellman by Carina Burman (Carl Michael Bellman is one of our most famous songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He lived at the end of the 18th century). This biography is by Carina Burman, one of my favourite authors in this genre. 
  • Sveriges Medeltid (Medieval Times in Sweden) by Dick Harrison. One of my favourite historian.
  • Kalmarunionen (The Kalmar Union) by Dick Harrison.
  • Vad hände på vägen till Jerusalem? (What Happened On the Way to Jerusalem?) by Lena Einhorn. Another favourite author of biographies and historical pieces. She takes a look at the biblical stories trying to find proofs. 
  • Dackefejden (The Dacke War) by Tomas Blom. A famous uprising in the middle of the 16th century. 
  • Gudar och människor, Blicken genom historien (How do we Look? The Eye of Faith) by Mary Beard. Beard takes a look at classical art around the world and tries to show what either the artists, or the people who ordered them, want to say to us. 
  • Odödliga ord och deras historia (Immortal words and their history) by Stig Wallerman. An explanation to 500 quotations from Antiquity to Astrid Lindgren. Like "Corgito, ergo sum."
Fiction
  • The Idiot (part I and II) by Fjodor Dostoyevsky
  • Przewalskis horse by Maja Lunde - the third part in her climate quartet
  • Den sorgsne busschauffören från Alster (The sad bus driver from Alster my transl.) by Håkan Nesser
  • The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben - my first book by him. I have seen several of the TV-series adaptations from his books, and they are so good. I just have to read a book as well. 
Have to squees them into my book shelves, and start reading. Ah, but I forgot. I have another 200 books to read first. I will probably read some new and some old. 

Comments

  1. Jeanie24 February 2022 at 23:38

    Now, that's some good book shopping! Well done!

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    1. Lisbeth 1 March 2022 at 10:23

      Yes, I was quite pleased with the variety in the end.

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  2. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours25 February 2022 at 02:35

    wow, nice haul! That should keep you busy for a while, lol

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    1. Lisbeth 1 March 2022 at 10:26

      I would say so. I have already finished two of them. The Nesser one, which was very good. The other one is the sustainable cleaning. I have done my own detergents for many years, and am very pleased with that. Here was some more useful tips on making you own detergents, how to take care of wood, tiles, etc, how to take away stains and so on. Very useful indeed, and I have already used some of the tips.

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  3. Marianne 25 February 2022 at 13:15

    Looks like you made same great catches there, Lisbeth. "The Idiot" is still on my wishlist.

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    1. Lisbeth 1 March 2022 at 10:27

      Yes, Marianne, I am very pleased. I think 'The Idiot' will wait for my Russian theme later in the year.

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