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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...

My Life in Books 2019

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I found this tag from Deb Nance at Readerbuzz , who in her turn found it from Jane at Howling Library . It sounds like great fun and it seems to be as much as I can do these days. Deb Nance started from 415 books(! wow). I have to start with 98 books, so maybe a little bit trickier. Let's see. ‘My Life in Books 2019’ 1. In high school, I was a  - Flaubert's Parrot (Julian Barnes) 2. People might be surprised by - A Man of Some Repute (Elizabeth Edmondson) 3. I will never be - The Golden Hour (Beatriz Williams) 4. My fantasy job is - The Kimberley Secret (Gabriel Farago) 5. At the end of a long day I need - Orlando (Virginia Woolf) 6. I hate - Ordinary Thunderstorms (William Boyd) 7. Wish I had -  The Hiding Places (Katherine Webb) 8. My family reunions are - The Clockmakers Daughter (Kate Morton) 9. At a party, you’d find me with -  The Silent Patient (Alex Michaelides) 10. I’ve never been to - The Muse (Jessie Burton) 11. A happy d...