Who Am I?

Hello! I'm glad you found your way to Music & My Mind. Keep reading this page to find out what my blog is about, and who this person behind the keyboard is...

What I write about

As the sub-heading will tell you, my primary interests are books, music, and dramatic arts, including both stage and screen. This is not a diary about my daily life, which is frankly too normal and average to be of interest to anyone. My blog posts take many different shapes. I write reviews on books I've read and plays I've seen, sometimes on films or television series as well. Sometimes I simply express my opinions about things that are happening in the world of the arts; I am very forward with expressing my views, but never disrespectful. Some days, I just want to share some of my favourite music.

My Favourite...

  • Writers: Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman
  • Poets: William Shakespeare, John Keats, Rudyard Kipling
  • Books: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, the Harry Potter books, Black Beauty, Les Misérables, A Song of Ice and Fire books, A Tale of Two Cities, Stardust
  • Plays: Antony and Cleopatra, Macbeth, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Importance of Being Earnest, August: Osage County
  • Singers: Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Sinéad O'Connor, Colm Wilkinson
  • Musicals: Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Sound of Music, RENT, Miss Saigon, Jekyll & Hyde
  • Historical settings: Victorian England, World War II Europe, Early Medieval England, Ancient Egypt
  • Historical personalities: Cleopatra, Winston Churchill, Pocahontas, Charles Dickens
Me, essentially

I'm a Finnish, aged twenty-something student girl, currently studying languages but desiring to make a career change to the world of theatre. I have always been a massive book worm and enjoyed going to the theatre. I have my favourite music for every situation in my life and make playlists of absolutely everything – just an example, I made playlists for washing the car and falling asleep! 

I was in an English-speaking school from kindergarten till the age of 16, and then took English as my major in the University. English is like a second mother language to me, even though my family is completely Finnish and I've never lived outside Finland. I think there is a very strong possibility that I won't be living the rest of my life in Finland, though. If I could just choose, I'd move to London – I've only been there twice but each time it felt like home. I write this blog in English simply because any average Internet browser is much more likely to understand English than Finnish! The languages I speak are Finnish, English, French and Swedish, so you are welcome to comment in any of those. 

My random obsessions include top hats, tea and chocolate.


Now I hope this little introduction has prompted you to go and explore the actual blog. Every blogger loves comments, and I'm no exception – so please leave a trace of your visit, as often as you like! You can comment anonymously if you like, and you don't have to make your messages mind-blowingly intellectual or long – but on the other hand, I don't believe in such a thing as "too long comments" either, so if you have a lot to say then say it all!

I hope you have a great time at my blog!

Sincerely, Manette

4 comments:

  1. The level of your English amazes me Mizzie, it really does. I know people who've spoken English all their lives who don't speak the language as well as you! So you speak Finnish, English and French?

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    1. Oh, thank you so much! It's great to know my blog-English is readable :) As a matter of fact I have spoken English almost all my life, since the age of four, so I had a bit of a head-start compared to most foreigners. I was in an English-speaking school from age 7 to 16 and now it's my major at the University. I started French at the age of ten and it's my second subject at the Uni. I also speak Swedish, because it's a compulsory school subject in Finland :)

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  2. Nice to make your acquaintance Manette. I have Emma coming up next, so we'll compare reviews once I've finished. Cheers.

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  3. Hi Manette, I’ve nominated you and your blog for the Premio Dardos Award: http://100greatestnovelsofalltimequest.blogspot.com/2015/07/premio-dardos-award.html

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