On the purpose of this blog

Dear Reader(s)

I have started this blog for 2 reasons:

1) To write about what I love: Books, be it fiction or non-fiction;

2) To practice my French, which is definitely getting rusty after I stopped taking lessons 2 years ago.

As such, you will find here my rambling thoughts on the former and my shoddy attempts at translation on the latter. 

Perhaps it is no coincidence that the word for translator in Italian (traduttore) is remarkably similar to the word traitor (traditore).

I have many interests, mostly in the humanities and social sciences, for instance: literature, history, economics, politics, philosophy, languages, etc.

I have started blogs before, most of which have, unfortunately, crumbled into a state of disuse within a month. I hope that this will not be the case for this blog.

Thank you for your good humour.