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Member: yhoitink

Library1,195 books — see library

Reviews5 reviews — see reviews

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Tagsgeschiedenis (396), fantasy (171), Middeleeuwen (110), digitaal (109), genealogie (101), Gelderland (90), cartografie (88), historische roman (78), klooster (68), literatuur (66) — see all tags

GroupsAccessibility on LibraryThing, Genealogy@LT, Historische Cartografie, LibraryThing in het Nederlands, Medieval Europe, Nederlandstalige lezers

Favorite authorsJane Austen, Bernard Cornwell, Robert Jordan, George R. R. Martin, Sharon Kay Penman, Ellis Peters, Melanie Rawn, Alison Weir (Shared favorites)

Favorite bookstoresBoekhandel Broekhuis, Boekhandel Haasbeek, Boekhandel Kramer, De Drukkery, De Slegte Leiden, Het Ezelsoor, Selexyz Broese, Selexyz Gianotten Breda, Selexyz Kooyker, The American Book Center, The American Book Center (Den Haag)

Favorite librariesAthenaeumbibliotheek Deventer, Koninklijke Bibliotheek - Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland, Openbare Bibliotheek Winterswijk, Overijsselse Bibliotheekdienst, Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, The Library of Congress, Zeeuwse Bibliotheek

Other favoritesBredevoort Boekenstad

About me My biggest hobbies are genealogy, local history, cartography and reading (preferably in combination).

About my library Over the years, I've accumulated loads of books. The main topics are genealogy, local history (Gelderland, Zeeland, Overijssel, Noord-Brabant, Wisconsin), emigration (mainly nineteenth century stuff) and cartography. For even more fun, I read a lot of fantasy books and historical novels or biographies.

At this time, I've added most of my books in my living room. I have finished entering my fantasy and scifi collection, my English literature section and my books about cartography and Dutch emigration to the US. I'm currently entering my local history books. I've yet to start on the books in my study (mostly genealogical sources like cemetery records) and the attic (mostly books on computer science and management studies and children's books). I own or used to own all of the books that are in my collection.

About my ratings:

5 stars: Absolute love it, the kind of book I would pack if I had to live on a deserted island. Should be on the bookshelf of anybody interested in this topic.

4 stars: I liked it better than I thought, highly recommended.

3 stars: I liked it. Usually this is a book that delivered what I thought it would, nothing more, nothing less.

2 stars: a bit disappointing or not very a interesting topic in the first place.

1 star: I really didn't like it or the topic didn't interest me at all. I would not buy this book again if I lost it in a fire. If you're a friend of mine and like any of my 1 star books, I would happily give it to you.

0 stars: I haven't gotten around to reading or rating it.

About my tags:
Most of my tags are about the subjects of the books. I also use some special tags:

Digitaal (digital): Means I do not have a physical copy of the book, just a digital one. I enter digital books as well because I want to be able to find all the items I have on a certain topic, regardless of whether it's paper or bits and bytes.

Facsimile: Means I do not own the original book, just a later exact reproduction. I love collecting these, they're just as much fun as the originals and a great deal cheaper. I will use the original date of publication, to reflect the date of the content.

In bestelling (on order): I don't want people buying me books I've already ordered, so I enter books even before I get them! With the current exchange rate, I buy lots of books from Amazon.com, which usually take over a month to get here. In the meanwhile, they'll be in my collection as 'in bestelling'.

Ontzameld (de-collected): These are books I used to own, but gave away to people who enjoy them more. It feels like a shame to delete them though, so hence this separate tag.

Other non-topic tags I use:
jaarboek (yearbook), tijdschrift (magazine), biografie (biography), scheepsjournaal (ship's journal), handleiding (guide).

Homepagehttp://www.dutchgenealogy.nl

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Member sinceAug 6, 2007