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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

100 best novels written in English

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There are always lists 'hanging around' on the topic of the best books ever written. In The Guardian   Robert McCrum has put out the list of the 100 best novels written in English. Of course, as soon as you put out a list of any kind, there are always people who have opinions on such lists. This is the case also here.  To read more on these views please check here for the 'to few female writers .' Why is only one in five female writers? Why are most of the writers American? Why so few Irish? You can read all about it in the Guardian articles .' Here is the list of Robert McCrum. I am sure that each of you will come up with a different list. Nevertheless, here is the list, and I have put the books that I have read in blue.  Which means 21 out of 100. Maybe not that much, but on the other hand, maybe my list of the 100 best novels would look different. 1. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan (1678) 2. Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719) 3. Gulliver’s ...