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 Lucky Spin: Number 31

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A new spin for the Classics club no. 31. See details under link. I have not read a book for the spin for some time. That means it is about time that I got my act together. Here is my spin list. 


1. The Master and Margarita by Michail Bulgakov

2. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

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 (last spin)

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


The spin number is 2. It is an author I wanted to read for some time; Willa Cather and her Death Comes for the Archbishop. I have already downloaded an ebook version for Nextory, to which I recently subscribed. Only because they provide you with both ebooks and audiobooks. I must admit it is very comfortable to download a book when you want to read it. 

I hope you got an interesting book for this month's spin. Enjoy.


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  1. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours26 September 2022 at 00:41

    Nice. It's a great rather short book. My favorite by her is My Antonia. I got poems by Rilke: https://wordsandpeace.com/2022/09/19/the-classics-club-what-i-got-for-the-classics-spin-31/

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    1. Lisbeth 26 September 2022 at 13:31

      Sounds good with a short book, I have so many books to read now during a rather short time. Rilke is someone I have to get acquainted with.

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  2. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz26 September 2022 at 13:28

    I chose not to do the last couple of spins since I was already reading a classic, Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser. I enjoyed Death Comes for the Archbishop a lot when I read it in 2016. My review is here, if you are interested: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1663930584.

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    1. Lisbeth 26 September 2022 at 13:32

      I have not participated either for quite some time. I read your review, and from what I have heard from others as well, this is a nice little book. I like the different setting. Since I am a fan of historical fiction, I am sure I will enjoy this one.

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  3. Marianne 29 September 2022 at 14:18

    Nice. I have only read two books, one not so good but one I really loved, "My Ántonia". I think you will enjoy this one.
    My book is one that I am sure you have read already: Shirley by Charlotte Brontë. In any case, I always have to think about you when I think about the Brontës.

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    2. Lisbeth 7 October 2022 at 18:37

      Marianne, yours is the second recommendation for My Antonia, so I guess I will put it on my classic list as well. Haha, thank you. I have read it, but don't like it so much. Although, the writing of Charlotte Brontë is so nice, it is a pleasure to read anyway.

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