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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...

Six in Six - 2022 Edition

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I used to participate in this meme, but somehow lost it. Now I am reminded of it by Emma and Marianne  and decided to join in again. It is hosted by Jo at  The Book Jotter  (head over there for more details. Jo explains the idea: "The idea being that as the end of June approaches and we are then halfway through the year, let us share the books we have read in those first 6 months. In fact let’s share 6 books in 6 categories, or if time is of the essence then simply share just 6 books. Whatever combination works for you as long as it involves 6 books. Of course the same book can obviously feature in more than one category." There are a lot of categories so visit her page for inspiration. I have chosen the following six categories with authors and books. I list all of them alphabetically.  Six new authors to me Honoré de Balzac Maja Lunde Madeline Miller Sally Rooney Joseph Roth Jennifer Saint Six authors I have read before John Banville Tana French Arnaldur Indridaso...