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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...

Two books came my way

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I am in Sweden and being busy with helping my son moving into his new flat. A visit to IKEA solves a lot of the problems with the furniture. I am totally exhausted after a couple of days running around shops and buying furniture. And coming home, you have to put them all together. Luckily, my husband and son did most of it! Now I am one week at my parents and enjoying a little bit of rest. June has been very busy, travelling here and there and having had visitors. It looks like it will continue through the rest of the summer. Will probably not have time to read as much as I would like, but I will do my very best. Visiting the bank the other day, a real treat was waiting. On the floor in the visitor’s corner there was a waste basket full with pocket books. Three different ones which was free to grab! I took two of them; Jenny S by Denise Rudberg. She is a Swedish writer, writing in the genre ’chick elegance’, whatever that means. She has got good reviews and I always wanted to read...