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Reading List November 2023

Nine books finished this month, six by women/POC, six in German for #GermanLitMonth, and one in Portuguese. I’ve covered the German books in a little more depth than usual in separate posts, so just to summarise: Austria Echtzeitalter, by Tonio … Continue reading

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GermanLitMonth: Sieben Jahre

#GermanLitMonth book five is Sieben Jahre, by my Swiss gentleman for the month, Peter Stamm. It’s narrated by a Munich architect, within a framework of his telling an acquaintance “now” of various events between his student days and middle age. … Continue reading

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Reading List October 2023

A Covid-affected reading month meant I only finished seven books, and particularly disrupted my Black History Month plan (to be continued next month). I still finished four in German, one (1) in Portuguese, and five by women/POC. Starting with what … Continue reading

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In Praise of the Treecreeper

One great advantage of the winter months is the disappearance of all those pesky leaves. As a result, treecreepers in particular seem to appear from nowhere. That doesn’t mean they’re necessarily obvious though; while they’re quite common, their resemblance to … Continue reading

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Cormorant

C is for Cormorant.

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Gutenberging: History of Lapland

Inspired by this blog post from Jesus College, Oxford, a couple of years ago I started a project on Distributed Proofreaders for A History of Lapland, by John Scheffer, published in 1674. Now it’s finally made its way to Project … Continue reading

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Oran 2 (20/30): Hero

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Oran 2 (16/30): Raven

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Oran 2 (12/30): Bonelli’s Eagle

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Oran 2 (10/30): Wasps

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