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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Six in Six - 2022 Edition

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I used to participate in this meme, but somehow lost it. Now I am reminded of it by Emma and Marianne and decided to join in again. It is hosted by Jo at The Book Jotter (head over there for more details. Jo explains the idea:

"The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through the year, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or if time is of the essence then simply share just 6 books. Whatever combination works for you as long as it involves 6 books. Of course the same book can obviously feature in more than one category."

There are a lot of categories so visit her page for inspiration. I have chosen the following six categories with authors and books. I list all of them alphabetically. 






Six new authors to me

Honoré de Balzac
Maja Lunde
Madeline Miller
Sally Rooney
Joseph Roth
Jennifer Saint




Six authors I have read before

John Banville
Tana French
Arnaldur Indridason
Håkan Nesser
Maggie O'Farrell
Colm Toíbin




Six authors I read last year – but not so far this year

Paulo Coelho
Ernest Hemingway
Pär Lagerkvist
W. Somerset Maugham
Anne Tyler
Fred Vargas



Six books set in a country other than my own

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (Greece)
Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim (England/Italy)
Ferragus by Honoré de Balzac (France)
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (Norway)
The Secret Place by Tana French (Ireland)
The Shadow District by Arnaldur Indridason (Iceland)




Six mysteries, thrillers or crime novels NOT by Agatha Christie

Carambole by Håkan Nesser
The Collini Case by Ferdinand Von Schirach
It Had To Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich. 
The Last Good Man by A.J. Kazinski
Petsamo by Arnldur Indridason
The Secret Place by Tana French




Six books I have enjoyed the most

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint 
The Collini Case by Ferdinand Von Schirach
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
The History of Bees and The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
The Last Good Man by A.J. Kazinski
The Magician by Colm Tóibín 

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  1. Marianne 12 July 2022 at 13:46

    What a great list, Lisbeth. I have enjoyed doing this and am happy that some new people have taken this on. And to bring you back is even better. I always enjoy your lists.

    I haven't read any of the books you mention but I have "Hamnet" on my TBR pile. And of your authors, I have read Arnaldur Indriðason, Colm Tóibín, Paulo Coelho, Ernest Hemingway, Anne Tyler, and Henrik Ibsen, quite a few.

    Thanks for doing this. My Six in Six.

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    1. Lisbeth 12 July 2022 at 14:26

      Thank you Marianne, definitely some of my very favourite authors this year.

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  2. Jeanie12 July 2022 at 15:25

    I'm overwhelmed at the quantity of books you've read! I'm having a good year and not anywhere close! That's an interesting list, too.

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    1. Lisbeth 12 July 2022 at 21:33

      Well Jeanie, this year has turned out well to start with. I have had time to read, and many of the books I have read has been very good.

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  3. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours13 July 2022 at 04:44

    So happy for you you discovered Balzac this year. And I'm glad my post encouraged to go back to this meme

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    1. Lisbeth 18 July 2022 at 21:09

      Me to, Emma. It was a nice acquaintance. I did read La Pere Goriot and like that one as well.

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  4. Anonymous17 July 2022 at 12:51

    Thank you very much for joining in - Sorry having to post as anon as Google/Blogger playing up and I cannot even use the other option

    Glad to have you back and lots of lovely bokos for everyone to check out.

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    1. Lisbeth 18 July 2022 at 21:07

      My pleasure. I used to do this before from time to time, and I liked putting the items together. Yes, there is a problem with blogger for the moment it seems. I had the same, but I could manually change it to my google account and then it came back automatically.

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    2. Marianne 19 July 2022 at 17:00

      I have nothing but problems with the blogs at the moment, mostly with other bloggers who are on WordPress, so I don't know whether it's Blogger or them ...

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    3. Lisbeth 29 July 2022 at 11:53

      Marianne, it seems to be the way. Mine has now stabilised at my Lisbeth google account again. Before, I had to change it manually.

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