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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...

Life According to Literature 2021

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I discovered this meme at Annabookbel  and it seems it goes back many years to various hosts. The idea is to answer questions with a book title you have read during the year, preferable not to repeat it. Here is my effort of finding answers through literature.  Describe yourself:   The Lonely Empress (Joan Haslip) How do you feel:   The Draining Lake (Arnaldur Indridason) I will never be: The Son of the Thunder God (Arti Paasilinna) You Fear: Bad Intensions (Karin Fossum) Describe Where you currently live: The Edge of the World (Michael Pye) If you could go anywhere, where would you go:   The House of Fiction (Susan Swingler) Your favourite form of transportation: On the Way to the Wedding (Julia Quinn) What’s the weather like:   Black Sky (Arnaldur Indridason) Your best friend is: The New Countess (Fay Weldon) You and your friends are:  The Seven Sisters (Lucinda Riley) My family reunions are : In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway) A t a party you’d fin...