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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...

Nordic FINDS - first challenge in the new year

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The first challenge of the year is hosted by  AnnaBookBel  and is Nordic FINDS. FINDS stands for Finland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The idea is to read one book from each country during a week (head over to her website for more information). My choices to read during this challenge are:  January 3-9 – DENMARK  – The Last Good Man by A.J. Kazinski January 10-16 – NORWAY  – Blå (The End of the Ocean) by Maja Lunde January 17-23 – SWEDEN  – Spegeln i rummet utanför (The Mirror in the Room Outside; my transl. book not translated as far as I know) by Stina Nilsson Bassell  January 24-30 – FINLAND  – The American Girl by Monika Fagerholm January 31- February 6 – ICELAND  - Salka Valka by Haldor Laxness  ************ Under label Challenges 2022 above, you will find more details about these challenges, briefly mentioned here.  My own Challenge - aiming at diverse reading  The Unread Shelf - aiming at lowering my TBRs The Cl...