I need to refresh my skills but one thin blogosphere friends might not know about me, is that I am an accomplished linguist. I don’t merely mean with animals. :) Languages are something I have always taken to with ease. As a tiny child, I was already enthralled to make friends of other cultures. The rare time Ron & I travel, it is our pleasure to honour host countries by doing our best to use their language. We don’t do everything the Romans do though. ;) We request vegetarian food!
Pertaining to Canada, a good portion of my reading has turned to non-fiction. Michael J. Fox’s memoirs are a must; exceedingly well-written with a vocabulary surpassing mine visibly and hilariously engaging all at once. I love details about Canada, be it history or autobiographies of authors, like Margaret Laurence. A special favourite are true ghost records from individualized regions of our country.
For the third time, I’m linking my non-fiction and translation reading material with these groups. This year: I seriously urge Jen to visit my post and grace it with a comment from her, being hostess and all! I don’t conside challenges without prizes a waste, if I have the pleasure of the hostess reading my contributions. :-) Check back for the literature I add to both places.
Just A Beginner 01-03 ~ A Conversationalist 04-06
Carolyn Is Trilingual 07-09 ~ A Top Linguist! 10-12
I will reach “Conversationalist” level for certain. Let’s see how many more translated works I read. A few might be in their originating languages. :)
“The LLama’s Secret” Argentina Palacios, Charles Reasoner 1993
“The Bear Who Stole The Chinook And Other Stories” Frances Fraser, Lewis Parker 1959
“The Riddle Monster” Lisl Weil 1981
“A Ghost, A Witch, And A Goblin” Rosalind Fry, Lalavihari De 1970
“The Moon Lady” Amy Tan, Gretchen Shields 1992
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Dilettante 01-05 ~ Seeker 11-15
Explorer 06-10 ~ Master 16-20
I see I have already cleaned up the “Dilettante” level. There will be many more.
(1) “Lucky Man” Michael J. Fox 2002
(2) “The Kids Canadian Bird Book” Pamela Hickman, Heather Collins 1995
(3) “Let’s Go! The Story Of Getting From There To Here” Lizann Flatt, Scot Ritchie 2007
(4) “Eyes Of An Angel, Spirit Guides, Reality Of Love” Paul Elder 2005
(5) “Andrew Goes Fishing In Manitoba” Carol & Kristin Szuminsky, Jack Brown 2008
(6) “Throw Your Tooth On The Roof” Selby B. Beeler, G. Brian Karas 1998
(7) “The Hills Is Lonely” Lillian Beckwith 1959
(8) “What Makes My Cat Purr?” Ann Tompert 1965
(9) “The Mousehole Cat” Antonia Barber, Nicola Bayley 1990
(10) “The Divali Story” Anita Ganeri, Carole Gray 2003
(11) “Always Looking Up” Michael J. Fox 2009
(12) “The Cabot Trail” Warren Gordon 1997
(13) “Common Ground” Justin Trudeau 2014
(14) “The Glass Castle” Sharon E. McKay 2002
(15) “Bathroom Book Of Canadian Trivia” Angela C. Murphy 2005
(16) “The Other Side And Back” Syvlia Browne 1999
(17) “The LLama’s Secret” Argentina Palacios, Charles Reasoner 1993
(18) “Niagara” Tanya Lloyd 2000
(19) “Beethoven Lives Upstairs” Barbara Nichol, Scott Cameron 1989
(20) “The Bear Who Stole The Chinook And Other Stories” Frances Fraser, Lewis Parker 1959
(21) “Zin Zin Zin! A Violin” Lloyd Moss, Marjorie Priceman 1995
(22) “In Praise Of Cats, An Anthology” Dorothy Foster, Alan Daniel 1974
(23) “A Ghost, A Witch, And A Goblin” Rosalind Fry, Lalavihari De 1970
(24) “Tiktala” Margaret Shaw-MacKinnon, Laszlo Gal 1996
(25) “When The Ghost Screams” Leslie Rule 2006
(26) “Baby Animals” Stephanie Longfoot 2004
(27) “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Future” Michael J. Fox 2010
(28) “Overshadows: An Investigation” Richard Palmisano 2003
(29) “Shaku Of Wondrous Grace” Henry Kojima, Art Miki, Sylvia Jansen 2007
(30) “The Cat Who Came For Christmas” Cleveland Amory 1987
RIEDEL FASCINATION 