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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...

Which books do I save on my shelves? Letter B

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Continuing my journey through the books I save on my shelves, and have arrived at letter B. That is, authors whose surname starts with B.  I organise my books in alphabetical by surname. There seem to be many more books with authors on B than on A. Hm... Bailey, Anthony - A View of Delft, Vermeer then and now Bagerius, Henric & Berglund Louise (ed) - Politik och Passion, Svenska kungligheters äktenskap under 600 år (about Politic and Passion, Royal Swedish marriages during 600 years) Bart, Istvan - Den olycklige prinsen i Mayerling (The unhappy prince in Mayerling) Backman, Margareta - Kungar, drottningar, älskare och älskarinnor (Kings, queens and lovers) Blom, K. Arne & Moen, Jan - Försvunna städer i Skåneland (Lost cities in Scania) Barker, Juliet - The Brontës Bremer, Fatima - Ett jävla solsken, biografi om Ester Blenda Nordström (A bloody sunshine, a biography of Ester Blenda Nordström) Burton, Nina - Gutenberggalaxens nova, berättelse om Erasmus av Rotterdam, hu...