Sample Saturday – books about swimming

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Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. This week, all three books are about swimming (if you’re new around here, swimming is one of my favourite activities). Continue reading →

German Literature Month XVI

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Guten Abend!

Yes, we’re only halfway through October but I’m fairly sure that other readers are doing what I’m doing… that is, making November reading plans. We have to be strategic given that it’s German Literature Month, Novella November and Nonfiction November. Continue reading →

Winter Swimming by Dr Susanna Søberg

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I was the child who wouldn’t get out of the water. My parents would stand at the shore, yelling for me to come in. They’d have packed up all our gear and would start walking, before I dashed out to catch up with them – wrinkled like a prune, crusted in salt, and gloriously happy. Continue reading →