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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...

May wrap-up

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Time for a May wrap-up. I am travelling in Norway for the time being so I am a little bit behind with everything blogging. Nevertheless, here is a summary of my May reading and forward look on what can be expected in June. I read 9 books of which 7 came from my own shelves or e-books. Reading with a view My own challenges  (as far as possible from my own shelves). A  nonfiction from my TBR shelves  -  Marie Antoinette  by Stefan Zweig was on the schedule, but I have just started it. Did not read another nonfiction from my shelves.  A  fiction from my TBR shelves  -  Life Short, Rytkönen Long  by Arto Paasilinna. Another Paasilinna, not as good as the other two I have recently read, but still good enough. A  translated novel outside of the English- and Swedish languages  -  Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian), Life Short, Rytkönen Long by Arti Paasilinna (Finnish), The Collini Case by Ferinand von Schirach (German)....