Anita (FAMeulstee) goes on where the books take her in 2023 (4)
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1FAMeulstee
Welcome to my fourth thread in 2023!
I am Anita Meulstee (60), married with Frank (61) since 1984. We live in Lelystad, the Netherlands. We both love modern art, books and walking.
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In the last week of March we continued our walk on the Pieterpad, we walked 74.6 km from Groesbeek to Venlo.
Impressions of the many different landscapes we walked through.
Path through wood; on the second ferry, sheep with lambs, watermill, the chapel where we finished; Frank;
Anita; the cottage we stayed; a lot of starlings in a tree.
Here we finished on March 30th, the roadsign of the Genooyerkapelweg (Genooy Chapel Road)
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I have been hanging around in this group a few months after finding LibraryThing in March 2008. I skipped one year (2013), when my reading dropped to almost nothing. This was a side effect of taking Paxil. In 2015 I was able to wean off Paxil, and a year later my reading skyrocketed. The last years it is slowing down sightly, my initial "reading hunger" has waned a bit.
I read (almost) everything, from childrens and YA books to more serious literature, mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy, and I try not to forget to throw some non-fiction into the mix.
I am Anita Meulstee (60), married with Frank (61) since 1984. We live in Lelystad, the Netherlands. We both love modern art, books and walking.
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In the last week of March we continued our walk on the Pieterpad, we walked 74.6 km from Groesbeek to Venlo.
Impressions of the many different landscapes we walked through.
Path through wood; on the second ferry, sheep with lambs, watermill, the chapel where we finished; Frank;
Anita; the cottage we stayed; a lot of starlings in a tree.
Here we finished on March 30th, the roadsign of the Genooyerkapelweg (Genooy Chapel Road)
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I have been hanging around in this group a few months after finding LibraryThing in March 2008. I skipped one year (2013), when my reading dropped to almost nothing. This was a side effect of taking Paxil. In 2015 I was able to wean off Paxil, and a year later my reading skyrocketed. The last years it is slowing down sightly, my initial "reading hunger" has waned a bit.
I read (almost) everything, from childrens and YA books to more serious literature, mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy, and I try not to forget to throw some non-fiction into the mix.
2FAMeulstee
total books read in 2023: 96
8 own / 88 library
total pages read in 2023: 30.198
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currently reading:
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books read in April 2023: 22 books, 7.384 pages, 1 own / 21 library)
book 75: De geschiedenis van het pad (In Praise of Paths) by Torbjørn Ekelund, 206 pages, TIOLI #14
(msg 18)
book 76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh, 351 pages, TIOLI #10 (msg 78)
book 77: Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa, 446 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 79)
book 78: Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin, 284 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 80)
book 79: Het hoofdkussenboek (The Pillow Book) by Sei Shōnagon, 330 pages, TIOLI #7 (msg 87)
book 80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré, 392 pages, TIOLI #10 (msg 123)
book 81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser, 111 pages, TIOLI #7 (msg 124)
book 82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson, 252 pages, TIOLI #11 (msg 125)
book 83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy, 224 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 126)
book 84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius, 447 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 127)
book 85: Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary, 221 pages, TIOLI #6
(msg 137)
book 86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard, 319 pages, TIOLI #2
(msg 138)
book 87: Titanic : de laatste beelden (Titanic: The Last Great Images) by Robert D. Ballard, 191 pages, TIOLI #5 (msg 139)
book 88: De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman, 699 pages, TIOLI #8 (msg 149)
book 89: Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) by Maya Angelou, 348 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 151)
book 90: De brug met drie bogen (The Three-Arched Bridge) by Ismail Kadare, 144 pages, TIOLI #12 (msg 152)
book 91: Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, 307 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 153)
book 92: Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin, 319 pages, TIOLI #9 (msg 175)
book 93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis, 820 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 176)
book 94: Trage paarden (Slow Horses) by Mick Herron, 334 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 177)
book 95: Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) by Bonnie Garmus, 383 pages, TIOLI #10 (msg 178)
book 96: Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie (Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation) by Paul Hawken, 256 pages, TIOLI #12 (msg 179)
8 own / 88 library
total pages read in 2023: 30.198
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currently reading:
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books read in April 2023: 22 books, 7.384 pages, 1 own / 21 library)
book 75: De geschiedenis van het pad (In Praise of Paths) by Torbjørn Ekelund, 206 pages, TIOLI #14
(msg 18)book 76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh, 351 pages, TIOLI #10
(msg 78)book 77: Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa, 446 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 79)book 78: Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin, 284 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 80)book 79: Het hoofdkussenboek (The Pillow Book) by Sei Shōnagon, 330 pages, TIOLI #7
(msg 87)book 80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré, 392 pages, TIOLI #10
(msg 123)book 81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser, 111 pages, TIOLI #7
(msg 124)book 82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson, 252 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 125)book 83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy, 224 pages, TIOLI #3
(msg 126)book 84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius, 447 pages, TIOLI #3
(msg 127)book 85: Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary, 221 pages, TIOLI #6
(msg 137)book 86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard, 319 pages, TIOLI #2
(msg 138)book 87: Titanic : de laatste beelden (Titanic: The Last Great Images) by Robert D. Ballard, 191 pages, TIOLI #5
(msg 139)book 88: De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman, 699 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 149)book 89: Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) by Maya Angelou, 348 pages, TIOLI #4
(msg 151)book 90: De brug met drie bogen (The Three-Arched Bridge) by Ismail Kadare, 144 pages, TIOLI #12
(msg 152)book 91: Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus, 307 pages, TIOLI #3
(msg 153)book 92: Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin, 319 pages, TIOLI #9
(msg 175)book 93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis, 820 pages, TIOLI #1
(msg 176)book 94: Trage paarden (Slow Horses) by Mick Herron, 334 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 177)book 95: Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) by Bonnie Garmus, 383 pages, TIOLI #10
(msg 178)book 96: Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie (Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation) by Paul Hawken, 256 pages, TIOLI #12
(msg 179)3FAMeulstee
April 2023 reading plans
TIOLI April 2023 SWEEP
#1: Read a nonfiction book concerning a person about whom you want to learn more
-Erasmus : dwarsdenker - Sandra Langereis, 820 pages (e-library)
#2: Read a book with trees or flowers on the cover or with the name of a tree or flower in the title or author's name
-Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) - Annie Dillard, 319 pages (e-library)
#3: Read a book with a one word title
-Erfgoed (Heritage) - Miguel Bonnefoy, 224 pages (e-library)
-Historiën (Histories) - Publius Cornelius Tacitus, 307 pages (library)
-Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) - Ann-Helén Laestadius, 447 pages (e-library)
#4: Read a book that has the word “bird” in the title
-Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) - Maya Angelou, 348 pages (e-library)
#5: Read a NF book about either a specific ocean liner (Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Andrea Doria, for example) or ocean liners in general
-Titanic (Titanic: The Last Great Images) - Robert D. Ballard, 191 pages (library)
#6: Read a book having something to do with age or aging
-Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) - Romain Gary, 221 pages (library)
#7: Read a book that shares at least one word with the first listed title
-De geschiedenis van het pad (In Praise of Paths) by Torbjørn Ekelund, 206 pages (library)
-Het hoofdkussenboek (The Pillow Book) - Sei Shōnagon, 330 pages (e-library)
-De wandeling (The Walk) - Robert Walser, 111 pages (e-library)
#8: Read a book that involves sports
-De winnaars (The Winners) - Fredrik Backman, 699 pages (library)
#9: Read a book with a word/phrase first used in the year you were born in the title, author's name, text, or tag
-Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) - Ian Rankin, 319 pages (e-library)
#10: Read a book by a female author with a female protagonist
-Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) - Bonnie Garmus, 383 pages (library)
-Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) - Abi Daré, 392 pages (e-library)
-Onder buren - Juli Zeh, 351 pages (e-library)
#11: Read a book by an author of whose oeuvre you have already read 23%
-Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) - Ragnar Jónasson, 252 pages (e-library)
#12: APRIL SHOWERS rolling challenge (word in title or author's name)
-De brug met drie bogen (The Three-Arched Bridge) - Ismail Kadare, 144 pages (library)
-Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie (Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation) - Paul Hawken, 256 pages
#13: Read a book with a 4 in the total number of pages
-Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) - Tommy Wieringa, 446 pages (e-library)
-Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef - Pierre Martin, 284 pages (e-library)
-Trage paarden (Slow Horses) - Mick Herron, 334 pages (library)
TIOLI April 2023 SWEEP
#1: Read a nonfiction book concerning a person about whom you want to learn more
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#2: Read a book with trees or flowers on the cover or with the name of a tree or flower in the title or author's name
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#6: Read a book having something to do with age or aging
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#7: Read a book that shares at least one word with the first listed title
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#9: Read a book with a word/phrase first used in the year you were born in the title, author's name, text, or tag
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#10: Read a book by a female author with a female protagonist
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#11: Read a book by an author of whose oeuvre you have already read 23%
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4FAMeulstee
May 2023 reading plans:
TIOLI May 2023
#1: Read a book with a ten-letter (or more) word in the title, sub-title or author's name
- Anders : Gender door de ogen van een primatolooog (Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist) - Frans de Waal, 439 pages (e-library 20/5)
- Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij - Pierre Martin, 368 pages (e-library 2/5)
#2: Read a book with at least 2 title words that begin with vowels
- Aristoteles en Dante duiken in de wateren van de wereld (Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World) - Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 512 pages (e-library 14/5)
- Een algemene theorie van het vergeten (A General Theory of Oblivion) - José Eduardo Agualusa, 254 pages (library)
#3: Read a biography of one of your favorite authors
- Jan Terlouw : jeugdboekenheld op het Binnenhof - Joep Boerboom, 358 pages (library)
#4: Read a book with a word in the title naming something that can be broken
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#5: Read a book with the word father or daughter in the title, or about a father/daughter relationship
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#6: Read a book whose author has at least 2 of the letters that spell May in their name
- Het gelijk van Spinoza (Looking for Spinoza) - Antonio Damasio, 319 pages (library 25/5)
- Landlijnen (Landlines) - Raynor Winn, 352 pages (library 25/5)
#7: Read a book that has a judgemental adjective in the title
- De eigenwijze helden van Sassoen - Nairi Zaryan, 294 pages (e-library 18/5)
- Riskante relaties (Dangerous Liasons) - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, 582 pages (1001, e-library 23/5)
#8: Read a book in honor of fishing opener
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#9: Rolling challenge: read a book with a colour of the rainbow in the title or that colour cover
- Sinaasappels zijn niet de enige vruchten (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit) - Jeanette Winterson, 240 pages (1001, e-library 21/5)
#10: Read a book that would have fit into a Jan to April TIOLI challenge that you participated in
- Gaandeweg - J.J. Voskuil, 331 pages (library 25/5)
- Kalevala : het epos der Finnen (Kalevala) - Elias Lönnrot, 272 pages (library 25/5)
- Knecht, alleen - Gerbrand Bakker, 312 pages (e-library 6/5)
- Michael Kohlhaas (Michael Kohlhaas) - Heinrich von Kleist, 132 pages (1001, library 6/6)
- Zuidstraat - Denis Henriquez, 199 pages (e-library 20/5)
#11: Read a book about a group of childhood friends
- Bloedbroeders (Blood Brothers) - Ernst Haffner, 167 pages (library)
#12: Read a book with 2 or more words of 5 letters in the title
- Mekka, in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw : schetsen uit het dagelijks leven (Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century: Daily Life, Customs and Learning) - Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 643 pages (library)
#13: Read a book by a foreign author
- Het drijvende koninkrijk (The kingdom by the sea) - Paul Theroux, 375 pages (lbrary)
- Hemel en hel (Heaven and Hell) - Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 206 pages (e-library 16/5)
- Herfst (Autumn) - Ali Smith, 238 pages (library 25/5)
- 't Manco (A Void) - Georges Perec, 310 pages (library)
- De patiënten van dokter García - Almudena Grandes, 923 pages (library 20/5)
#14: Read a book where the title has a word or phrase you don't want to encounter while walking in the woods
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TIOLI May 2023
#1: Read a book with a ten-letter (or more) word in the title, sub-title or author's name
- Anders : Gender door de ogen van een primatolooog (Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist) - Frans de Waal, 439 pages (e-library 20/5)
- Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij - Pierre Martin, 368 pages (e-library 2/5)
#2: Read a book with at least 2 title words that begin with vowels
- Aristoteles en Dante duiken in de wateren van de wereld (Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World) - Benjamin Alire Sáenz, 512 pages (e-library 14/5)
- Een algemene theorie van het vergeten (A General Theory of Oblivion) - José Eduardo Agualusa, 254 pages (library)
#3: Read a biography of one of your favorite authors
- Jan Terlouw : jeugdboekenheld op het Binnenhof - Joep Boerboom, 358 pages (library)
#4: Read a book with a word in the title naming something that can be broken
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#5: Read a book with the word father or daughter in the title, or about a father/daughter relationship
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#6: Read a book whose author has at least 2 of the letters that spell May in their name
- Het gelijk van Spinoza (Looking for Spinoza) - Antonio Damasio, 319 pages (library 25/5)
- Landlijnen (Landlines) - Raynor Winn, 352 pages (library 25/5)
#7: Read a book that has a judgemental adjective in the title
- De eigenwijze helden van Sassoen - Nairi Zaryan, 294 pages (e-library 18/5)
- Riskante relaties (Dangerous Liasons) - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, 582 pages (1001, e-library 23/5)
#8: Read a book in honor of fishing opener
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#9: Rolling challenge: read a book with a colour of the rainbow in the title or that colour cover
- Sinaasappels zijn niet de enige vruchten (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit) - Jeanette Winterson, 240 pages (1001, e-library 21/5)
#10: Read a book that would have fit into a Jan to April TIOLI challenge that you participated in
- Gaandeweg - J.J. Voskuil, 331 pages (library 25/5)
- Kalevala : het epos der Finnen (Kalevala) - Elias Lönnrot, 272 pages (library 25/5)
- Knecht, alleen - Gerbrand Bakker, 312 pages (e-library 6/5)
- Michael Kohlhaas (Michael Kohlhaas) - Heinrich von Kleist, 132 pages (1001, library 6/6)
- Zuidstraat - Denis Henriquez, 199 pages (e-library 20/5)
#11: Read a book about a group of childhood friends
- Bloedbroeders (Blood Brothers) - Ernst Haffner, 167 pages (library)
#12: Read a book with 2 or more words of 5 letters in the title
- Mekka, in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw : schetsen uit het dagelijks leven (Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century: Daily Life, Customs and Learning) - Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 643 pages (library)
#13: Read a book by a foreign author
- Het drijvende koninkrijk (The kingdom by the sea) - Paul Theroux, 375 pages (lbrary)
- Hemel en hel (Heaven and Hell) - Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 206 pages (e-library 16/5)
- Herfst (Autumn) - Ali Smith, 238 pages (library 25/5)
- 't Manco (A Void) - Georges Perec, 310 pages (library)
- De patiënten van dokter García - Almudena Grandes, 923 pages (library 20/5)
#14: Read a book where the title has a word or phrase you don't want to encounter while walking in the woods
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5FAMeulstee
books read in January 2023
book 1: De fundamenten by Ramsey Nasr
book 2: Bestaat er een raarder leven dan het mijne? Jef Last (1898-1972) by Rudi Wester
book 3: Levensgevaar (Rivierdelta 2) by Arttu Tuominen
book 4: Broers (Brothers) by Bernice Rubens
book 5: Mijn dertigjarige oorlog (No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War) by Hiroo Onoda
book 6: Het schemeren van de wereld (The Twilight World) by Werner Herzog
book 7: Eigen welzijn eerst by Roxane van Iperen
book 8: Wolven op het ruiterpad by Tijs Goldschmidt
book 9: Rotterdam: ode aan de inefficiëntie by Arjen van Veelen
book 10: Doctor Vlimmen by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 11: Vlimmen contra Vlimmen by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 12: Vlimmens tweede jeugd by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 13: Het weeshuis in de azuurblauwe zee (The House in the Cerulean Sea) by T.J. Klune
book 14: Job: roman over een eenvoudige man (Job: The Story of a Simple Man) by Joseph Roth
book 15: Vogels van West- en Midden-Europa by Philip J.K. Burton
book 16: De raaf by Louis Beyens
book 17: Zwartboek (The Black Book; John Rebus 5) by Ian Rankin
book 18: Met lichte tred by Ton Lemaire
book 19: Onheilstijding (A Dying Fall; Ruth Galloway 5) by Elly Griffiths
book 20: Leven en lot (Life and Fate) by Vasili Grossman
book 21: Vallende stenen (Konráð 4) by Arnaldur Indriðason
book 22: De opwindvogelkronieken (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle) by Haruki Murakami
book 23: De uitverkorene (The Elected Member) by Bernice Rubens
books read in February 2023
book 24: De bijzondere woorden van Gioia by Enrico Galiano
book 25: Verweven leven (Entangled life) by Merlin Sheldrake
book 26: Transit (Transit) by Anna Seghers
book 27: Vissen hebben geen voeten (Fish Have No Feet) by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
book 28: Perenbomen bloeien wit by Gerbrand Bakker
book 29: De zaak van Münster (Münster's Case; Van Veeteren 6) by Håkan Nesser
book 30: Verzen van nu by Garmt Stuiveling
book 31: Koning Lear (King Lear) by William Shakespeare
book 32: Pony (Pony) by R.J. Palacio
book 33: Verwilderd (Bewilderment) by Richard Powers
book 34: Karel en Elegast - Anonymus
book 35: De veensoldaten by Wolfgang Langhoff
book 36: Zwarte seconden (Black Seconds; Konrad Sejer 6) by Karin Fossum
book 37: Het hart is een eenzame jager (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter) by Carson McCullers
book 38: Toen ik dit zag by Rutger Kopland
book 39: Wilde rozen en andere verhalen by Konstantin Paustovski
book 40: De memoires van Norton, filosoof en hond (Norton's Philosophical Memoirs) by Håkan Nesser
book 41: De alchemist (The Alchemist) by Paulo Coelho
book 42: Laatste zomernacht by Maarten 't Hart
book 43: Uit de bek van de walvis (From the Mouth of the Whale) by Sjón
book 44: Reisverslag van een kat (The Travelling Cat Chronicles) by Hiro Arikawa
book 45: Madame le Commissaire en de verdwenen Engelsman (Isabelle Bonnet 1) by Pierre Martin
book 46: Het gele behang en andere verhalen by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
book 47: Dat weet je niet by Jens Christian Grøndahl
book 48: Wat bomen ons vertellen (Tree Story) by Valerie Trouet
book 49: De val (The fell) by Sarah Moss
book 50: Zo begint het slechte (Thus Bad Begins) by Javier Marías
book 51: Eurotrash by Christian Kracht
book 52: Een jaar in scherven by Koos van Zomeren
book 53: Vang de haas (Catch the rabbit) by Lana Bastašić
book 1: De fundamenten by Ramsey Nasr
book 2: Bestaat er een raarder leven dan het mijne? Jef Last (1898-1972) by Rudi Wester
book 3: Levensgevaar (Rivierdelta 2) by Arttu Tuominen
book 4: Broers (Brothers) by Bernice Rubens
book 5: Mijn dertigjarige oorlog (No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War) by Hiroo Onoda
book 6: Het schemeren van de wereld (The Twilight World) by Werner Herzog
book 7: Eigen welzijn eerst by Roxane van Iperen
book 8: Wolven op het ruiterpad by Tijs Goldschmidt
book 9: Rotterdam: ode aan de inefficiëntie by Arjen van Veelen
book 10: Doctor Vlimmen by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 11: Vlimmen contra Vlimmen by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 12: Vlimmens tweede jeugd by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 13: Het weeshuis in de azuurblauwe zee (The House in the Cerulean Sea) by T.J. Klune
book 14: Job: roman over een eenvoudige man (Job: The Story of a Simple Man) by Joseph Roth
book 15: Vogels van West- en Midden-Europa by Philip J.K. Burton
book 16: De raaf by Louis Beyens
book 17: Zwartboek (The Black Book; John Rebus 5) by Ian Rankin
book 18: Met lichte tred by Ton Lemaire
book 19: Onheilstijding (A Dying Fall; Ruth Galloway 5) by Elly Griffiths
book 20: Leven en lot (Life and Fate) by Vasili Grossman
book 21: Vallende stenen (Konráð 4) by Arnaldur Indriðason
book 22: De opwindvogelkronieken (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle) by Haruki Murakami
book 23: De uitverkorene (The Elected Member) by Bernice Rubens
books read in February 2023
book 24: De bijzondere woorden van Gioia by Enrico Galiano
book 25: Verweven leven (Entangled life) by Merlin Sheldrake
book 26: Transit (Transit) by Anna Seghers
book 27: Vissen hebben geen voeten (Fish Have No Feet) by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
book 28: Perenbomen bloeien wit by Gerbrand Bakker
book 29: De zaak van Münster (Münster's Case; Van Veeteren 6) by Håkan Nesser
book 30: Verzen van nu by Garmt Stuiveling
book 31: Koning Lear (King Lear) by William Shakespeare
book 32: Pony (Pony) by R.J. Palacio
book 33: Verwilderd (Bewilderment) by Richard Powers
book 34: Karel en Elegast - Anonymus
book 35: De veensoldaten by Wolfgang Langhoff
book 36: Zwarte seconden (Black Seconds; Konrad Sejer 6) by Karin Fossum
book 37: Het hart is een eenzame jager (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter) by Carson McCullers
book 38: Toen ik dit zag by Rutger Kopland
book 39: Wilde rozen en andere verhalen by Konstantin Paustovski
book 40: De memoires van Norton, filosoof en hond (Norton's Philosophical Memoirs) by Håkan Nesser
book 41: De alchemist (The Alchemist) by Paulo Coelho
book 42: Laatste zomernacht by Maarten 't Hart
book 43: Uit de bek van de walvis (From the Mouth of the Whale) by Sjón
book 44: Reisverslag van een kat (The Travelling Cat Chronicles) by Hiro Arikawa
book 45: Madame le Commissaire en de verdwenen Engelsman (Isabelle Bonnet 1) by Pierre Martin
book 46: Het gele behang en andere verhalen by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
book 47: Dat weet je niet by Jens Christian Grøndahl
book 48: Wat bomen ons vertellen (Tree Story) by Valerie Trouet
book 49: De val (The fell) by Sarah Moss
book 50: Zo begint het slechte (Thus Bad Begins) by Javier Marías
book 51: Eurotrash by Christian Kracht
book 52: Een jaar in scherven by Koos van Zomeren
book 53: Vang de haas (Catch the rabbit) by Lana Bastašić
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books read in March 2023
book 54: Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak (Isabelle Bonnet 2) by Pierre Martin
book 55: De werkplaats van de duivel (The Devil's Workshop) by Jáchym Topol
book 56: De ontdekking van de natuur by Hans Mulder, 256 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 75)
book 57: De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet) by David Mitchell
book 58: Haas (The Year of the Hare) by Artro Paasilinna
book 59: Het boek van de doodgraver by Oliver Pötzsch
book 60: Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker
book 61: Pelgrim zonder God by Herman Vuijsje
book 62: Niet alleen by Tim Voors
book 63: Vluchtig verlangen (Transient Desires; Brunetti 30) by Donna Leon
book 64: De verliefden (The Infatuations) by Javier Marías
book 65: Duitse les (The German Lesson) by Siegfried Lenz
book 66: Hoe duur was de suiker? (The Cost of Sugar) by Cynthia Mc Leod
book 67: De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman
book 68: Het geluk van de wandelaar (The Gentle Art of Tramping) by Stephen Graham
book 69: De rode ruiterij (Red Cavalry) by Isaak Babel
book 70: Wereld & wandel van Michael K (Life & Times of Michael K) by J.M. Coetzee
book 71: Het schot dat niemand raakte (The Bullet That Missed) by Richard Osman
book 72: Dwars door de Lage Landen by Arnout Hauben
book 73: Het plezier van wandelen (Walking: One Step At a Time) by Erling Kagge
book 74: Boud by Eva Rovers
book 54: Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak (Isabelle Bonnet 2) by Pierre Martin
book 55: De werkplaats van de duivel (The Devil's Workshop) by Jáchym Topol
book 56: De ontdekking van de natuur by Hans Mulder, 256 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 75)
book 57: De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet) by David Mitchell
book 58: Haas (The Year of the Hare) by Artro Paasilinna
book 59: Het boek van de doodgraver by Oliver Pötzsch
book 60: Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker
book 61: Pelgrim zonder God by Herman Vuijsje
book 62: Niet alleen by Tim Voors
book 63: Vluchtig verlangen (Transient Desires; Brunetti 30) by Donna Leon
book 64: De verliefden (The Infatuations) by Javier Marías
book 65: Duitse les (The German Lesson) by Siegfried Lenz
book 66: Hoe duur was de suiker? (The Cost of Sugar) by Cynthia Mc Leod
book 67: De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman
book 68: Het geluk van de wandelaar (The Gentle Art of Tramping) by Stephen Graham
book 69: De rode ruiterij (Red Cavalry) by Isaak Babel
book 70: Wereld & wandel van Michael K (Life & Times of Michael K) by J.M. Coetzee
book 71: Het schot dat niemand raakte (The Bullet That Missed) by Richard Osman
book 72: Dwars door de Lage Landen by Arnout Hauben
book 73: Het plezier van wandelen (Walking: One Step At a Time) by Erling Kagge
book 74: Boud by Eva Rovers
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Reading plans in 2023
Reading books from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list
Read some big tomes (1000+ pages)
Read books by Nobel Prize for Literature winners
I join the TIOLI (Take It Or Leave It) challenges each month.
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Some big tomes I might read in 2023:
Ideeën (1-7) by Multatuli, 3846 pages
De razende Roeland (Orlando furioso) by Ludovico Ariosto, 1783 pages
De kracht van Atlantis (Atlas shrugged) by Ayn Rand, 1373 pages
1q84 (IQ84 - Haruki Murakami, 1275 pages
Inktzwart hart (The Ink Black Heart) - Robert Galbraith, 1190 pages
Vestdijk, een biografie - Wim Hazeu, 1051 pages
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Some other books I want to read in 2023, as my library wishlist got out of control:
Het verhaal van een leven (The Story of a Life) - Aharon Appelfeld, 210 pages
Een ander land (Another Country) - James Baldwin, 578 pages
De mandarijnen (The Mandarins - Simone de Beauvoir, 732 pages
Oorlogsgedruis (Undertones of War) - Edmund Blunden, 359 pages
Anatomie van een moment (The Anatomy of a Moment) - Javier Cercas, 539 pages
Wat doe ik hier (What Am I Doing Here?) - Bruce Chatwin, 337 pages
✔ Wereld en wandel van Michael K (Life and Times of Michael K) - J.M. Coetzee, 222 pages
Jean-Paul Sartre : zijn biografie (Sartre: A Life) - Annie Cohen-Solal, 610 pages
Het valse leven (Tree of Life) - Maryse Condé, 398 pages
De tweeënveertigste breedtegraad (The 42nd Parallel) - John Dos Passos, 445 pages
Het bezoek van de lijfarts (The Royal Physician's Visit) - Per Olov Enquist, 325 pages
De stille Amerikaan (The Quiet American) - Graham Greene, 239 pages
✔ Duitse les (The German Lesson) - Siegfried Lenz, 511 pages
Kalevala (The Kalevala) - Elias Lönnrot, 331 pages
De huid (The Skin) - Curzio Malaparte, 413 pages
De verloofden (The Betrothed) - Alessandro Manzoni, 651 pages
Sjostakovitsj : zijn leven, zijn werk, zijn tijd - Krzysztof Meyer, 576 pages
Een staat van vrijheid (In a Free State) - V.S. Naipaul, 285 pages
Een beloofd land (A promised land) - Barack Obama, 896 pages
De hongerende weg (The Famished Road) - Ben Okri, 492 pages
Mekka, in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw (Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century) - Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 643 pages
Aan open zee (By the Open Sea) - August Strindberg, 207 pages
Laatste ronde (Last Orders) - Graham Swift, 289 pages
Het drijvende koninkrijk (The Kingdom by the Sea) - Paul Theroux, 375 pages
De Moeras-Arabieren (The Marsh Arabs) - Wilfred Thesiger, 287 pages
Aarde der mensen (This Earth of Mankind) - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 457 pages
Rabbit rent (Rabbit Run) - John Updike, 300 pages
Rembrandt - Theun de Vries, 303 pages
Wilt Tjaarda - Theun de Vries, 296 pages
Herinneringen van Hadrianus (Memoirs of Hadrian) - Marguerite Yourcenar, 346 pages
Landlijnen (Landlines) - Raynor Winn, 351 pages
Reading books from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list
Read some big tomes (1000+ pages)
Read books by Nobel Prize for Literature winners
I join the TIOLI (Take It Or Leave It) challenges each month.
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Some big tomes I might read in 2023:
Ideeën (1-7) by Multatuli, 3846 pages
De razende Roeland (Orlando furioso) by Ludovico Ariosto, 1783 pages
De kracht van Atlantis (Atlas shrugged) by Ayn Rand, 1373 pages
1q84 (IQ84 - Haruki Murakami, 1275 pages
Inktzwart hart (The Ink Black Heart) - Robert Galbraith, 1190 pages
Vestdijk, een biografie - Wim Hazeu, 1051 pages
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Some other books I want to read in 2023, as my library wishlist got out of control:
Het verhaal van een leven (The Story of a Life) - Aharon Appelfeld, 210 pages
Een ander land (Another Country) - James Baldwin, 578 pages
De mandarijnen (The Mandarins - Simone de Beauvoir, 732 pages
Oorlogsgedruis (Undertones of War) - Edmund Blunden, 359 pages
Anatomie van een moment (The Anatomy of a Moment) - Javier Cercas, 539 pages
Wat doe ik hier (What Am I Doing Here?) - Bruce Chatwin, 337 pages
✔ Wereld en wandel van Michael K (Life and Times of Michael K) - J.M. Coetzee, 222 pages
Jean-Paul Sartre : zijn biografie (Sartre: A Life) - Annie Cohen-Solal, 610 pages
Het valse leven (Tree of Life) - Maryse Condé, 398 pages
De tweeënveertigste breedtegraad (The 42nd Parallel) - John Dos Passos, 445 pages
Het bezoek van de lijfarts (The Royal Physician's Visit) - Per Olov Enquist, 325 pages
De stille Amerikaan (The Quiet American) - Graham Greene, 239 pages
✔ Duitse les (The German Lesson) - Siegfried Lenz, 511 pages
Kalevala (The Kalevala) - Elias Lönnrot, 331 pages
De huid (The Skin) - Curzio Malaparte, 413 pages
De verloofden (The Betrothed) - Alessandro Manzoni, 651 pages
Sjostakovitsj : zijn leven, zijn werk, zijn tijd - Krzysztof Meyer, 576 pages
Een staat van vrijheid (In a Free State) - V.S. Naipaul, 285 pages
Een beloofd land (A promised land) - Barack Obama, 896 pages
De hongerende weg (The Famished Road) - Ben Okri, 492 pages
Mekka, in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw (Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century) - Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 643 pages
Aan open zee (By the Open Sea) - August Strindberg, 207 pages
Laatste ronde (Last Orders) - Graham Swift, 289 pages
Het drijvende koninkrijk (The Kingdom by the Sea) - Paul Theroux, 375 pages
De Moeras-Arabieren (The Marsh Arabs) - Wilfred Thesiger, 287 pages
Aarde der mensen (This Earth of Mankind) - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 457 pages
Rabbit rent (Rabbit Run) - John Updike, 300 pages
Rembrandt - Theun de Vries, 303 pages
Wilt Tjaarda - Theun de Vries, 296 pages
Herinneringen van Hadrianus (Memoirs of Hadrian) - Marguerite Yourcenar, 346 pages
Landlijnen (Landlines) - Raynor Winn, 351 pages
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Tickers
Totals since 2008:
Totals since 2008:
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My reading in previous years in text
2008: 130 books - 35.152 pages (96,0 ppd)
2009: 78 books - 21.470 pages (58,8 ppd)
2010: 121 books - 38.209 pages (104,7 ppd)
2011: 84 books - 30.256 pages (82,9 ppd)
2012: 53 books - 18.779 pages (51,3 ppd)
2013: 13 books - 3.692 pages (10,1 ppd)
2014: 17 books - 3.700 pages (10,1 ppd)
2015: 29 books - 10.080 pages (27,6 ppd)
2016: 253 books - 72.391 pages (197,8 ppd)
2017: 453 books - 110.222 pages (302,0 ppd)
2018: 534 books - 111.906 pages (306,6 ppd)
2019: 413 books - 110.873 pages (303,8 ppd)
2020: 226 books - 79.216 pages (216,4 ppd)
2021: 288 books - 94.339 pages (258,5 ppd)
2022: 323 books - 102.275 pages (280,2 ppd)
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Previous threads in 2023
book 1 - 23: thread 1
book 24 - 53: thread 2
book 54 - 74: thread 3
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Monthly statistics
January: 23 books / 8.293 pages
February: 30 books / 7.531 pages
March: 21 books / 6.990 pages
2008: 130 books - 35.152 pages (96,0 ppd)
2009: 78 books - 21.470 pages (58,8 ppd)
2010: 121 books - 38.209 pages (104,7 ppd)
2011: 84 books - 30.256 pages (82,9 ppd)
2012: 53 books - 18.779 pages (51,3 ppd)
2013: 13 books - 3.692 pages (10,1 ppd)
2014: 17 books - 3.700 pages (10,1 ppd)
2015: 29 books - 10.080 pages (27,6 ppd)
2016: 253 books - 72.391 pages (197,8 ppd)
2017: 453 books - 110.222 pages (302,0 ppd)
2018: 534 books - 111.906 pages (306,6 ppd)
2019: 413 books - 110.873 pages (303,8 ppd)
2020: 226 books - 79.216 pages (216,4 ppd)
2021: 288 books - 94.339 pages (258,5 ppd)
2022: 323 books - 102.275 pages (280,2 ppd)
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Previous threads in 2023
book 1 - 23: thread 1
book 24 - 53: thread 2
book 54 - 74: thread 3
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Monthly statistics
January: 23 books / 8.293 pages
February: 30 books / 7.531 pages
March: 21 books / 6.990 pages
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Lists on my WikiThing
The best books I have read, by year first published
My Five star reads
The best 50 books I have read (fiction)
The books by Nobel prize winners I have read
The Booker prize winners I have read
The Pulitzer prize winners (fiction) I have read
The winners of some Dutch literary prizes
The best books I have read, by year first published
My Five star reads
The best 50 books I have read (fiction)
The books by Nobel prize winners I have read
The Booker prize winners I have read
The Pulitzer prize winners (fiction) I have read
The winners of some Dutch literary prizes
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Series I read, a list to keep track
Alan Banks by Peter Robinson (re-read 4/20)
1Stille blik; 2 Nachtlicht; 3 Tegenstroom; 4 Zondeval; 5 Schijnbeeld; 6 Woensdagkind; 7 Zwanenzang; 8 Innocent Graves (not translated); 9 Dead Right (not translated); 10 Verdronken verleden; 11 Kil als het graf; 12 Nasleep; 13 Onvoltooide zomer; 14 Vuurspel; 15 Drijfzand; 16 Hartzeer; 17 Duivelsgebroed; 18 Overmacht; 19 Uitschot; 20 Dwaalspoor; 21 Dankbare dood; 22 Slachthuisblues
Ari Thór Arason (Dark Iceland) by Ragnar Jónasson 4/4
1Sneeuwblind; 2 Inktzwart; 3 Poolnacht; 4 Ademloos
Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr 7/12
1Een Berlijnse kwestie; 2 Het handwerk van de beul; 3 Een Duits requiem; 4 De een van de ander; 5 Een stille vlam; 6 Als de doden niet herrijzen; 7 Grijs verleden; 8 Praag fataal; 9 De man zonder adem; 10 De vrouw van Zagreb; 11 De schaduw van de stilte; 12 Pruisisch blauw; 13 Vergeven en vergeten; 14 Metropolis
Broeder Cadfael by Ellis Peters 17/20
1Het heilige vuur; 2 Het laatste lijk; 3 Het gemene gewas; 4 De kwade knecht; 5 De eenzame bruid; 6 De kille maagd; 7 Het vege lijf; 8 De duivelse droom; 9 De gouden speld; 10 Een wisse dood; 11 Een hard gelag; 12 De ware aard; 13 Een witte roos; 14 Het stille woud; 15 De laatste eer; 16 Het rechte pad; 17 Een zijden haar; 18 Een lieve lust; 19 De heilige dief; 20 De verloren zoon
Brotherband by John Flanagan 0/9
1 De outsiders; 2 De indringers; 3 De jagers; 4 De slaven van Socorro; 5 De schorpioenberg; 6 De spookgezichten; 7 De Caldera; 8 De terugkeer van de Temujai; 9 De jacht op de Wolfswind
De Cock by A.C. Baantjer 58/71
Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith 5/6
1Koekoeksjong; 2 Zijderups; 3 Het slechte pad; 4 Witte dood; 5 Kwaad bloed; 6 Inktzwart hart
George Smiley by John Le Carré 5/9
1Telefoon voor de dode; 2 Voetsporen in de sneeuw; 3 Spion aan de muur; 4 Spion verspeeld; 5 Edelman, bedelman, schutter, spion; 6 Spion van nobel bloed; 7 Smiley's prooi; 8 De laatste spion; 9 Een erfenis van spionnen
Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 30/30
1Dood van een maestro; 2 Dood in den vreemde; 3 De dood draagt rode schoenen; 4 Salto mortale; 5 Acqua alta; 6 Een stille dood; 7 Nobiltà; 8 Fatalità; 9 Vriendendienst; 10 Onrustig tij; 11 Bedrieglijke zaken; 12 De stille elite; 13 Verborgen bewijs; 14 Vertrouwelijke zaken; 15 Duister glas; 16 Kinderspel; 17 Droommeisje; 18 Gezichtsverlies; 19 Een kwestie van vertrouwen; 20 Dodelijke conclusies; 21 Beestachtige zaken; 22 Het onbekende kind; 23 Tussen de regels; 24 Ik aanbid je; 25 Eeuwige jeugd; 26 Wat niet verdwijnt; 27 Vergiffenis; 28 De troonopvolger; 29 Duister water; 30 Vluchtig verlangen; 31 Give Unto Others (not translated); 32 So Shall You Reap (not translated)
Isabelle Bonnet by Pierre Martin 3/6
1Madame le Commissaire en de verdwenen Engelsman; 2 Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak; 3 Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef; 4 Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij; 5 Madame le Commissaire en de dode non; 6 Madame le Commissaire en de dode minnaar; 7 Madame le Commissaire und die Frau (not translated); 8 Madame le Commissaire und die panische Diva (not translated); 9 Madame le Commissaire und die Villa der Frauen (not translated)
John Rebus by Ian Rankin 6/23
1Kat & muis; 2 Blindeman; 3 Hand & Tand; 4 Ontmaskering; 5 Zwartboek; 6 Vuurwerk; 7 Laat maar bloeden; 8 Gerechtigheid; 9 Door het lint; 10 Dode zielen; 11 In het duister; 12 Valstrik; 13 Lazarus; 14 Een kwestie van bloed; 15 De rechtelozen; 16 Gedenk de doden; 17 Laatste ronde; 18 Cold case; 19 Saints of the Shadow Bible (not translated); 20 Even Dogs in the Wild (not translated); 21 Rather Be the Devil (not translated); 22 Een web van leugens; 23 Een lied voor duistere tijden
Konráð by Arnaldur Indridason 4/4
1Smeltend ijs; 2 Boven water; 3 Smeulend vuur; 4 Vallende stenen
Konrad Sejer by Karin Fossum 6/14
1Eva's oog; 2 Kijk niet achterom; 3 Wie de wolf vreest; 4 De duivel draagt het licht; 5 De Indiase bruid; 6 Zwarte seconden; 7 De moord op Harriet Krohn; 8 Een andere voorkeur; 9 Kwade wil; 10 De waarschuwer; 11 Veenbrand; 12 De fluisteraar; 13 De verduistering; 14 Zwanenzang
Martin Servaz by Bernard Minier 4/7
1Een kille rilling; 2 Huivering; 3 Verduistering; 4 Schemering; 5 Weerzin; 6 Afdaling; 7 Afrekening
Oliver von Bodenstein & Pia Kirchhoff by Nele Neuhaus 9/10
1Een onbeminde vrouw; 2 Moordvrienden; 3 Diepe wonden; 4 Sneeuwwitje moet sterven; 5 Wie wind zaait; 6 Boze wolf; 7 De levenden en de doden; 8 Het woud; 9 Moederdag; 10 Eeuwige vriendschap
De Rougons-Macquarts (The Rougon-Macquarts) by Émile Zola 4/20
1Het fortuin der Rougons; 2 De buit; 3 De buik van Parijs; 4 De verovering van Plassans; 5 De misstap van pastoor Mouret; 6 Zijne excellentie Eugène Rougon; 7 De nekslag; 8 Liefde; 9 Nana; 10 In troebel water; 11 In het paradijs voor de vrouw; 12 Levensvreugde; 13 De mijn; 14 Het werk; 15 Het land; 16 De droom; 17 Het beest in de mens; 18 Het geld; 19 De ondergang; 20 Dokter Pascal
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 4/8
1Een studie in rood; 2 De vallei der verschrikking; 3 De hond van de Baskervilles; 4 Het teken van de vier; 5 Het laatste probleem; 6 Het avontuur van de duivelsklauw; 7 Zijn laatste buiging; 8 De onbekende avonturen van Sherlock Holmes
De tandeloze tijd by A.F.Th. van der Heijden 1/11
0De slag om de Blauwbrug; 1 Vallende ouders; 2 De gevarendriehoek; 2.1 Weerborstels; 3.1 Het hof van barmhartigheid; 3.2 Onder het plaveisel het moeras; 3.4 Doodverf; 4 Advocaat van de hanen; 5 De helleveeg; 6 Kwaadschiks; 8 Stemvorken
Van Veeteren by Håkan Nesser 6/11
1Het grofmazige net; 2 Het vierde offer; 3 De terugkeer; 4 De vrouw met de moedervlek; 5 De commissaris en het zwijgen; 6 De zaak van Münster; 7 Carambole; 8 De dode op het strand; 9 De zwaluw, de kat, de roos en de dood; 10 Van Veeteren en de zaak-G; 11 De vereniging van linkshandigen
Alan Banks by Peter Robinson (re-read 4/20)
1
Ari Thór Arason (Dark Iceland) by Ragnar Jónasson 4/4
1
Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr 7/12
1
Broeder Cadfael by Ellis Peters 17/20
1
Brotherband by John Flanagan 0/9
1 De outsiders; 2 De indringers; 3 De jagers; 4 De slaven van Socorro; 5 De schorpioenberg; 6 De spookgezichten; 7 De Caldera; 8 De terugkeer van de Temujai; 9 De jacht op de Wolfswind
De Cock by A.C. Baantjer 58/71
Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith 5/6
1
George Smiley by John Le Carré 5/9
1
Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 30/30
1
Isabelle Bonnet by Pierre Martin 3/6
1
John Rebus by Ian Rankin 6/23
1
Konráð by Arnaldur Indridason 4/4
1
Konrad Sejer by Karin Fossum 6/14
1
Martin Servaz by Bernard Minier 4/7
1
Oliver von Bodenstein & Pia Kirchhoff by Nele Neuhaus 9/10
1
De Rougons-Macquarts (The Rougon-Macquarts) by Émile Zola 4/20
1
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 4/8
1
De tandeloze tijd by A.F.Th. van der Heijden 1/11
0
Van Veeteren by Håkan Nesser 6/11
1
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Books acquired in 2023: 16
January (2)
Het gouden boek - Doris Lessing
Episoden uit het leven van Lulu - Almudena Grandes
February (4)
Job: roman over een eenvoudige man - Joseph Roth
Beton - Thomas Bernhard
Correctie - Thomas Bernhard
Watten - Thomas Bernhard
March (6)
Waar alles nog toegaat zoals het hoort - Jef van Gool
Vernietigen - Michel Houellebecq
De eerlijke vinder - Lize Spit (bookweek gift)
Boto Banja - Raoul de Jong (bookweek essay)
DealersDochter - Astrid Roemer
Brave new world : zestien schilders voor de eenentwintigste eeuw - Hans den Hartog Jager
April (4)
Spion van nobel bloed - John le Carré
Natuuramnesie - Marc Argeloo
Kroniek van Eldorado. I: Folteraars over en weer - Albert Helman
Kroniek van Eldorado. II: Gefolterden zonder verweer - Albert Helman
January (2)
Het gouden boek - Doris Lessing
Episoden uit het leven van Lulu - Almudena Grandes
February (4)
Job: roman over een eenvoudige man - Joseph Roth
Beton - Thomas Bernhard
Correctie - Thomas Bernhard
Watten - Thomas Bernhard
March (6)
Waar alles nog toegaat zoals het hoort - Jef van Gool
Vernietigen - Michel Houellebecq
De eerlijke vinder - Lize Spit (bookweek gift)
Boto Banja - Raoul de Jong (bookweek essay)
DealersDochter - Astrid Roemer
Brave new world : zestien schilders voor de eenentwintigste eeuw - Hans den Hartog Jager
April (4)
Spion van nobel bloed - John le Carré
Natuuramnesie - Marc Argeloo
Kroniek van Eldorado. I: Folteraars over en weer - Albert Helman
Kroniek van Eldorado. II: Gefolterden zonder verweer - Albert Helman
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Welcome!
14ursula
Love all the photos of where you walked. How did the weather turn out to be? In the top right photo it looks like there was a storm coming!
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>14 ursula: Thank you, Ursula. It was rainy, windy, with only some sun in between. One day dry, one day only rain, and the other days both. The pictures look better, as I only take pictures when it is dry ;-)
In that picture you can see the next rain shower coming our way.
In that picture you can see the next rain shower coming our way.
16WhiteRaven.17
Happy new thread Anita, the pictures are lovely. :)
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>16 WhiteRaven.17: Thank you, Kro, always nice to share the pictures here :-)
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book 75: De geschiedenis van het pad by Torbjørn Ekelund
library, non fiction, translated from Norwegian, English translation In Praise of Paths, 206 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book that shares at least one word with the first listed title
Torbjørn Ekelund lost his drivers licence, after an epileptic episode. He decided to go by foot as much as possible. This brings back memories of the path of his childhood, near the vacation house in the country side. Further facts and his thoughts about ancient and present time paths.
Dutch title translated: The history of the path
19CDVicarage
Lovely photos from your walk, Anita. I wouldn't attempt long walks now but it is good to hear about others' activities!
20PaulCranswick
Happy new thread, Anita.
>9 FAMeulstee: That would be quite some reading graph, Anita.
2017-2019 1,400 books read = 1.28 books per day for three years!
333,001 pages = 304.11 pages per day!!
>9 FAMeulstee: That would be quite some reading graph, Anita.
2017-2019 1,400 books read = 1.28 books per day for three years!
333,001 pages = 304.11 pages per day!!
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>19 CDVicarage: Thank you, Kerry.
We only started to walk longer distances five years ago, when our last dog was gone. Before I did walk the dogs three times a day, but that is a way other kind of walking. It took two years of practice before we started to walk the Pieterpad.
We only started to walk longer distances five years ago, when our last dog was gone. Before I did walk the dogs three times a day, but that is a way other kind of walking. It took two years of practice before we started to walk the Pieterpad.
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>20 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
Yes, those were my best reading years. I was working my way through my own children's and YA books. Those are all done now, reading more demanding books these days ;-)
>21 jessibud2: Thank you Shelley. The Pieterpad took us along some beautiful sceneries again.
Yes, those were my best reading years. I was working my way through my own children's and YA books. Those are all done now, reading more demanding books these days ;-)
>21 jessibud2: Thank you Shelley. The Pieterpad took us along some beautiful sceneries again.
24figsfromthistle
HAppy new thread!
>1 FAMeulstee: Those are some beautiful landscapes! Definitely makes walking a lot more enjoyable :)
Congrats on reading 75 books!
>1 FAMeulstee: Those are some beautiful landscapes! Definitely makes walking a lot more enjoyable :)
Congrats on reading 75 books!
25ffortsa
Hi, Anita! I'm so impressed with both your walking and your reading this year! Something to aspire to.
As Figs said, those are beautiful landscapes to travel through on foot.
As Figs said, those are beautiful landscapes to travel through on foot.
26FAMeulstee
>24 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita.
This route was created in the 1980s by two Dutch ladies, who loved walking. It goes through nature reserves and other lovely places. They also tried to take unpaved paths as much as possible, which gives a lot of mud to go through, when it has been rainy for a while.
And thanks!
>25 ffortsa: Thank you, Judy.
The books keep treating me well, although I read a bit less while on vacation.
The Pieterpad is the most popular long distance walking path in our country (there are 17 of them now), one of the reasons is because of all the different landscapes you walk through.
And of course, I don't take pictures of the few lesser parts :-)
This route was created in the 1980s by two Dutch ladies, who loved walking. It goes through nature reserves and other lovely places. They also tried to take unpaved paths as much as possible, which gives a lot of mud to go through, when it has been rainy for a while.
And thanks!
>25 ffortsa: Thank you, Judy.
The books keep treating me well, although I read a bit less while on vacation.
The Pieterpad is the most popular long distance walking path in our country (there are 17 of them now), one of the reasons is because of all the different landscapes you walk through.
And of course, I don't take pictures of the few lesser parts :-)
27Crazymamie
Happy new one, Anita! The photos in your topper are full of gorgeous, and I love how you have arranged them.
31curioussquared
Happy new thread, Anita! Thanks for sharing your lovely photos with us.
32Storeetllr
Happy new thread, Anita! What gorgeous scenery! Makes me long for the days when I could walk long distances.
When I have a little e time, I’m going to come back and check out your Wiki page. Those lists look really interesting.
When I have a little e time, I’m going to come back and check out your Wiki page. Those lists look really interesting.
33mdoris
>1 FAMeulstee: What wonderful pictures Anita. Looks like you had the route to yourselves. Perfect!
34Jackie_K
That looks like a wonderful walk! One to add to the bucket list - the Netherlands aren't so far away...
35kidzdoc
Happy new thread, Anita! Those photos are lovely. As always, please give my best wishes to Frank.
36FAMeulstee
>27 Crazymamie: Thank you, Mamie!
The photo collage is made with help of an online tool at https://www.photocollage.com/ It is easy to use and gives great results.
>28 hredwards: Thank you, Harold!
As you can see we had a wonderful time walking, despite the rain.
The photo collage is made with help of an online tool at https://www.photocollage.com/ It is easy to use and gives great results.
>28 hredwards: Thank you, Harold!
As you can see we had a wonderful time walking, despite the rain.
37FAMeulstee
>29 foggidawn: Thank you, Foggi!
It was again a hike through some beautuful places in our country, where you can't come in other ways.
>30 BLBera: Thank you, Beth. We had a good time on the Pieterpad.
It was again a hike through some beautuful places in our country, where you can't come in other ways.
>30 BLBera: Thank you, Beth. We had a good time on the Pieterpad.
38FAMeulstee
>31 curioussquared: Thank you, Natalie.
My pleasure, it is always nice to share our adventures here :-)
>32 Storeetllr: Thank you, Mary!
I am glad we discovered the fun of walking longer distances in time, as it won't last forever.
I hope you get to my Wiki, I try to keep it updated.
My pleasure, it is always nice to share our adventures here :-)
>32 Storeetllr: Thank you, Mary!
I am glad we discovered the fun of walking longer distances in time, as it won't last forever.
I hope you get to my Wiki, I try to keep it updated.
39FAMeulstee
>33 mdoris: Thank you, Mary.
The weather wasn't very good, so we only saw a few others walking this route. Most of them in the weeked, Monday to Thursday we only saw 3 other pairs in opposite direction.
>34 Jackie_K: Thank you, Jacky.
The Pieterpad goes from Pieterburen in Groningen to the Sint Pietersberg in Limburg, total a bit over 500 km. You can find a lot of information and the whole route at https://pieterpad.nl (in Dutch). It can be walked both ways, and is well marked all the way.
The weather wasn't very good, so we only saw a few others walking this route. Most of them in the weeked, Monday to Thursday we only saw 3 other pairs in opposite direction.
>34 Jackie_K: Thank you, Jacky.
The Pieterpad goes from Pieterburen in Groningen to the Sint Pietersberg in Limburg, total a bit over 500 km. You can find a lot of information and the whole route at https://pieterpad.nl (in Dutch). It can be walked both ways, and is well marked all the way.
40FAMeulstee
>35 kidzdoc: Thank you, Darryl!
We both enjoyed our latest walking adventure, like you can see on the photos :-)
Greetings back to you from Frank.
We both enjoyed our latest walking adventure, like you can see on the photos :-)
Greetings back to you from Frank.
41quondame
Happy new thread Anita!
The Pieterpad is such a fabulous resource and you are making good use of it!
The Pieterpad is such a fabulous resource and you are making good use of it!
43FAMeulstee
>41 quondame: Thank you, Susan.
We are glad that we decided to give the Pieterpad a try back in 2020. Can't believe we have only two more weeks to go.
>42 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!
We are glad that we decided to give the Pieterpad a try back in 2020. Can't believe we have only two more weeks to go.
>42 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!
44atozgrl
Happy new thread, Anita! Thanks so much for sharing your pictures from your walk! The scenery is lovely. I need to get myself back into walking shape, so I can take long walks like that. Thanks for the inspiration!
45johnsimpson
Hi Anita my dear, Happy New Thread. I love the photos from your walk, the scenery is amazing, i see that you had mixed weather but that didn't stop you both having a good time of it. We need to get back to doing a bit of walking especially with the nature park just down the road from us and as Elliott is growing, we can take him with us.
Sending love and hugs to you and Frank from both of us dear friend.
Sending love and hugs to you and Frank from both of us dear friend.
46Caroline_McElwee
Just waving Anita. Lovely photos up top.
47FAMeulstee
>44 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene, you are very welcome.
We took up walking every day in December 2017, half an hour each day. This slowly became more, and at the end of 2019 we were up to over an hour every day. Then we decided to try the Pieterpad. First time a midweek, two days walking. Next times a week, with five or six walking days, depending on Guido's schedule (who goes with us to drive us to our starting and finishing place of the day).
So we started pretty late in life, we are both happy we did :-)
We took up walking every day in December 2017, half an hour each day. This slowly became more, and at the end of 2019 we were up to over an hour every day. Then we decided to try the Pieterpad. First time a midweek, two days walking. Next times a week, with five or six walking days, depending on Guido's schedule (who goes with us to drive us to our starting and finishing place of the day).
So we started pretty late in life, we are both happy we did :-)
48FAMeulstee
>45 johnsimpson: Thank you, John.
The Pieterpad goes through a variety of landscapes, each time I am amazed again. It is a very nice way to explore our country. The weather doesn't stop us, although we walked a bit less on the one day it rained all day.
Hugs back to you and Karen from both of us.
>46 Caroline_McElwee: Thank you, Caroline.
Always happy to see you here, waving back to you.
The Pieterpad goes through a variety of landscapes, each time I am amazed again. It is a very nice way to explore our country. The weather doesn't stop us, although we walked a bit less on the one day it rained all day.
Hugs back to you and Karen from both of us.
>46 Caroline_McElwee: Thank you, Caroline.
Always happy to see you here, waving back to you.
49atozgrl
>47 FAMeulstee: I believe that it's never too late to start! I somehow could never find the time to get into regular walking while I was working, and then really got out of shape during the work-from-home business for over a year during COVID. Even when we started going back to work, it was hybrid, with some days at home and some at the office. Since retirement, I've tried walking some, but feel so out of shape, and I haven't managed to keep to it regularly yet. I definitely need to follow your plan and start slowly, and work up to longer walks.
50FAMeulstee
>49 atozgrl: I hope you manage to start with just a quarter a day, Irene.
We didn't do much for it, the walks got somehow longer by themselves.
I did walk the dog(s) three times a day before we started this daily routine, but that was an entirely other way of walking. Much talking with other dog owners in between, and at a slower pace.
We didn't do much for it, the walks got somehow longer by themselves.
I did walk the dog(s) three times a day before we started this daily routine, but that was an entirely other way of walking. Much talking with other dog owners in between, and at a slower pace.
51atozgrl
Yep, dog walking is an entirely different thing! I will try to do better at getting out every day. I just hope we don't get the summer heat too early here. It's back in the 80's (F) again this week. I like walking better when it's cooler.
52FAMeulstee
>51 atozgrl: When it is to warm we take the bike.
53atozgrl
>52 FAMeulstee: We need to get bikes. My husband used to ride a lot before we got married, but his bike was old and he finally got rid of it.
54FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh
Reading now:
Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa
Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin
#76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh
Reading now:
Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa
Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin
55FAMeulstee
>52 FAMeulstee: We got e-bikes (electrical bikes) 3 years ago, and they make it easier to keep exercising with warm weather, when the pavement gets hot.
56msf59
Happy New Thread, Anita. I love your topper photos and I am impressed at all the walking that you both do. We are back from New Orleans and slowly trying to catch up here on LT.
57FAMeulstee
>56 msf59: Thank you, Mark.
We had a good time walking, like the toppers show. Catching up here takes time when you have been away, took me few days after being away for a week.
We had a good time walking, like the toppers show. Catching up here takes time when you have been away, took me few days after being away for a week.
59FAMeulstee
>58 Carmenere: Thank you, Lynda!
60PaulCranswick
A big congratulations on passing 75 books already, Anita.
61quondame
>54 FAMeulstee: Congratulations on passing 75 - I missed that. Ooops.
62FAMeulstee
>60 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul, on to 150.
>61 quondame: Thank you, Susan.
You noticed, that is all what matters!
>61 quondame: Thank you, Susan.
You noticed, that is all what matters!
63FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh
#77 Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa
Reading now:
Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
#76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh
#77 Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa
Reading now:
Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
65curioussquared
I missed it, too! Congrats on 75, Anita :)
66FAMeulstee
>64 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!
>65 curioussquared: Thank you, Nathalie.
I didn't hide it, book #75 is at >18 FAMeulstee:
It was due back to the library, so I had to write my review before returning it.
>65 curioussquared: Thank you, Nathalie.
I didn't hide it, book #75 is at >18 FAMeulstee:
It was due back to the library, so I had to write my review before returning it.
67vancouverdeb
Wow, Anita! Congratulations on reading 75 so soon!
68FAMeulstee
>67 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah.
69johnsimpson
Hi Anita my dear, congrats on reaching 75 books read so far this year.
70mdoris
Yes Anita 75 is very impressive. It will be shocking year if I ever can manage that by December.
And >10 FAMeulstee: I love looking at your best of lists! Gems there.
And >10 FAMeulstee: I love looking at your best of lists! Gems there.
71weird_O
>10 FAMeulstee: I'm glad you posted these links to your WikiThing pages, Anita. I'm just about to put up a list of Pulitzer winners for fiction, tracking those I have read and those I have copies of. I'm little apprehensive about the fact that just anyone can go to the list and make changes. Don't know why anyone would bother to alter my list, but there it is.
Can I delete whatever I post? I guess I'll see. I tend to overthink stuff.
Wish me luck. Heh, GOOD luck that is.
Can I delete whatever I post? I guess I'll see. I tend to overthink stuff.
Wish me luck. Heh, GOOD luck that is.
72FAMeulstee
>69 johnsimpson: Thank you, John. I am enjoying the good start of my reading year.
>70 mdoris: Thank you, Mary. I am just lucky to be able to read this much for some years now.
My first years here were not stellar reading years >9 FAMeulstee:
Thanks, I try to update these lists regular.
>70 mdoris: Thank you, Mary. I am just lucky to be able to read this much for some years now.
My first years here were not stellar reading years >9 FAMeulstee:
Thanks, I try to update these lists regular.
73FAMeulstee
>71 weird_O: You are welcome, Bill.
Yes, anyone can change pages, but with help of 'History' under 'This page', you can undo unwanted changes. There you can see who updated the page, and when it was done. Mine were never changed by someone else.
You can delete what you put on the WikiThing, but it will not be completely whiped out, as a copy stays in the history of the page.
If you want to copy my Pulitzer page, click on 'Edit' under 'Edit' to get to the source (or the [edit] on the right). When you copy the source you include all the proper links.
Yes, I peeked at your WikiThing page :-)
Wishing you very good luck!
Yes, anyone can change pages, but with help of 'History' under 'This page', you can undo unwanted changes. There you can see who updated the page, and when it was done. Mine were never changed by someone else.
You can delete what you put on the WikiThing, but it will not be completely whiped out, as a copy stays in the history of the page.
If you want to copy my Pulitzer page, click on 'Edit' under 'Edit' to get to the source (or the [edit] on the right). When you copy the source you include all the proper links.
Yes, I peeked at your WikiThing page :-)
Wishing you very good luck!
74witchyrichy
>10 FAMeulstee: >71 weird_O: >73 FAMeulstee: I am very interested in using the wiki to make lists! Thanks for posting yours along with the helpful tips for copying pages. I *love* that LT uses wikis...they are an old technology that still works beautifully!
76weird_O
>73 FAMeulstee: Thanks for your reply, Anita. Having taken a shot at it, my reaction is: "What a chore it will be to put my lists on WikiThing." I have files for lists that I coded to display to my satisfaction in "Talk". I was thinking along the lines of "cut-and-paste" to transfer my stuff. Contemplating the fa-diddling required to put 'em in Wiki is chilling. And I won't have the display I want.
I think karenmarie has a scheme involving an alias LT account that she uses for what I want to do. I believe I'll ask her.
Of course, the Wiki is a viable option, and I may go back to it. Thanks again.
I think karenmarie has a scheme involving an alias LT account that she uses for what I want to do. I believe I'll ask her.
Of course, the Wiki is a viable option, and I may go back to it. Thanks again.
77FAMeulstee
>76 weird_O: It was indeed a chore to put all lists on WikiThing, Bill. Especially adding all the links took a lot of time. On the other hand updating isn't that much work. And there are times I like to spend time doing things like making a new list :-)
Always happy to help.
Always happy to help.
78FAMeulstee
book 76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh
library, e-book, translated from German, no English translation, 351 pages
TIOLI Challenge #10: Read a book by a female author with a female protagonist
Dora lives and works in Berlin. During COVID lockdown she moves to the countryside with her dog.
At the first encounter, her new neighbor presents himself as 'nazi'. Dora is shocked, and wonders what she got herself into. The neighbor turns out to have also nicer qualities, and some other villagers welcome her.
Juli Zeh is using our prejudices to show that polarisation isn't the way, the world is not black or white, it is all the colors in between. The story fetches a bit far sometimes.
Title translated: Among neighbors
79FAMeulstee
book 77: Joe Speedboot by Tommy Wieringa
library, e-book, Dutch, English translation Joe Speedboat, 446 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book with a 4 in the total number of pages
After an accident Frans Hermans was in coma for over 200 days. When he came out of it, he had lost control of his speech, legs and one arm. His mind and other arm still working fine. Then Joe Speedboot arrives in town, his father died while moving the family. Joe is a special boy, sure he can do anything he wants, like making a plane out of scrap metals, with help of some school mates, including Frans. When Joe finds out how strong Frans' remaining arm is, he takes him out to arm wrestling events.
Adventurous coming of age story, set in a fictional Dutch village, including some darker events. Told with humor. Enoyable read.
This book won the Bordewijkprize in 2006, and is included in the new Dutch Canon of 2022.
English and Dutch title are the same
80FAMeulstee
book 78: Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin
library, e-book, translated from German, no English translation, 284 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book with a 4 in the total number of pages
Isabelle Bonnet book 3
Isabelle and her assistant Appolinaire try to solve cold cases in the South of France. Six years ago a jeweler in St. Tropez was robbed. The jewelers wife and an actress died. Still none of the catch has turned up. Meanwhile the police chief of Toulon committed suicide. Isabelle is asked to investigate.
Fairly light police procedurals, I liked the first in the series better than the next ones. Still good enough to continue.
Title translated: Madame le Commissaire and the death of the police chief
81PaulCranswick
>79 FAMeulstee: I enjoyed the only book of his I read, Anita. I think he is a rising star of European literature.
82FAMeulstee
>81 PaulCranswick: I remember you read The Death of Murat Idrissi, Paul.
He is a good writer, my favorite is These Are the Names. You might be able to find a copy.
He is a good writer, my favorite is These Are the Names. You might be able to find a copy.
83karenmarie
Hi Anita, and belated happy new thread. Belated Happy Thingaversary, too. 15 years, just like me! Congrats on your successful holiday walking the Pieterpad.
>1 FAMeulstee: Love the photos, thanks for sharing.
>18 FAMeulstee: Congrats on reaching 75 so quickly, even with your holiday to disrupt your voluminous reading.
>76 weird_O: Yup, Bill, and I answered you on my thread earlier this morning!
>1 FAMeulstee: Love the photos, thanks for sharing.
>18 FAMeulstee: Congrats on reaching 75 so quickly, even with your holiday to disrupt your voluminous reading.
>76 weird_O: Yup, Bill, and I answered you on my thread earlier this morning!
84FAMeulstee
>83 karenmarie: Thank you (x3), Karen!
You found LT a few months before I did, Both 15 years, such a long time. For me that is ¼ of my lifetime!
We had a good time again walking the Pieterpad, as you can see. Always good to share pictures here.
You beat me by far this year, reaching 75 a month ahead :-)
You found LT a few months before I did, Both 15 years, such a long time. For me that is ¼ of my lifetime!
We had a good time again walking the Pieterpad, as you can see. Always good to share pictures here.
You beat me by far this year, reaching 75 a month ahead :-)
86FAMeulstee
>85 banjo123: Thank you, Rhonda!
87FAMeulstee
book 79: Het hoofdkussenboek by Sei Shōnagon
1001 books, library, e-book, translated from Japanese, English translation The Pillow Book, 330 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book that shares at least one word with the first listed title
Sei Shōnagon was a lady in waiting at the Japanese imperial court at the end of the 10th century.
She wrote about all kind of things: daily life, gossip, lists of things she likes/dislikes, and poetry. This all together gives a nice peak into life at the court at the time.
English and Dutch title are the same
88Caroline_McElwee
Just waving Anita.
89jessibud2
>87 FAMeulstee: - I read this book many many years ago, as part of a course, and I remember getting an *A* on the paper I wrote about it. I can't even remember what the course was about - maybe, journals, memoirs? - but I do remember liking the book a lot.
90msf59
Happy Sunday, Anita. I hope you are having a good holiday weekend. Our weather here will be beautiful. We were waiting for this.
91FAMeulstee
>88 Caroline_McElwee: Thanks for leaving a message, Caroline. *waving back*
>89 jessibud2: It was a good read, Shelley. I had read The Tale of Genji a few years back, that is set in almost the same timeframe, so The Pillow Book was a nice addition.
Is getting an A the best posssible score? If so, you did very well!
Our scores are different, they range from 0 (worst) to 10 (best).
>89 jessibud2: It was a good read, Shelley. I had read The Tale of Genji a few years back, that is set in almost the same timeframe, so The Pillow Book was a nice addition.
Is getting an A the best posssible score? If so, you did very well!
Our scores are different, they range from 0 (worst) to 10 (best).
92FAMeulstee
>90 msf59: Thank you, Mark. Today was a beautiful day, we went out biking. I saw some raptors flying, mostly buzzards and one harrier.
Tomorrow will start well, but rain will start in the afternoon, so we have to get our a bit earlier to stay dry.
I hope you make good use of the weather.
Tomorrow will start well, but rain will start in the afternoon, so we have to get our a bit earlier to stay dry.
I hope you make good use of the weather.
93Whisper1
>1 FAMeulstee: Anita, thanks for posting the images of areas where you and Frank walked! I admire your fortitude in biking and walking. When Will was healthy, we walked a lot.
>87 FAMeulstee: I've added The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon to the TBR list.
>87 FAMeulstee: I've added The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon to the TBR list.
94FAMeulstee
>93 Whisper1: Thank you, Linda. We enjoyed our walks on the Pieterpad, and are still happy we made a good habit of walking (or biking) every day a few years back.
I hope yo like The Pillow Book as much as I did, when you get to it.
I hope yo like The Pillow Book as much as I did, when you get to it.
95EllaTim
Hi Anita. Loved your photos of the Pieterpad!
And lots of good reading again. I should try Tommy Wieringa, I understand.
We’re going away for some days as well, Amersfoort, and then two days at the Veluwe.
And lots of good reading again. I should try Tommy Wieringa, I understand.
We’re going away for some days as well, Amersfoort, and then two days at the Veluwe.
97FAMeulstee
>95 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella, we had a good time at the Pieterpad. I expect we will finish next year.
You might like Tommy Wieringa. I liked his book Dit zijn de namen best, and Joe Speedboot second best.
Have a good time in Amersfoort and on the Veluwe.
>96 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, wishing you the same.
You are back to work now after Easter break?
You might like Tommy Wieringa. I liked his book Dit zijn de namen best, and Joe Speedboot second best.
Have a good time in Amersfoort and on the Veluwe.
>96 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, wishing you the same.
You are back to work now after Easter break?
99vancouverdeb
We are quite fortunate in my area with birds, too, Anita. Plenty of eagles, seagulls, snow geese , wood ducks, Harries, Mallards, Blue Herons, robins, chickadees, sparrows of many types, bush tits, northern flickers , killdeer and the list goes on. But I am no expert like Mark is. I hope you enjoyed Easter.
100FAMeulstee
>98 Ameise1: I hope all is well at work, Barbara.
>99 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah.
I grew up with nature lovers around, and picked some up back then.
When we moved here, I found a lot of birds around, and enjoy to find out what I see. Not as passionate as Mark (and my brother), still fun :-)
Frank usually works in the weekends, and Easter was no exception, so I had a nice and quiet Easter, with a lot of reading time.
>99 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah.
I grew up with nature lovers around, and picked some up back then.
When we moved here, I found a lot of birds around, and enjoy to find out what I see. Not as passionate as Mark (and my brother), still fun :-)
Frank usually works in the weekends, and Easter was no exception, so I had a nice and quiet Easter, with a lot of reading time.
101FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré
#81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser
#82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
#80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré
#81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser
#82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
102SirThomas
Happy new thread, Anita!
Thank you for the wonderful pictures, they make me want to go myself.
And congratulations for reaching the magic 75!
Thank you for the wonderful pictures, they make me want to go myself.
And congratulations for reaching the magic 75!
103FAMeulstee
>102 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas.
We had a great week on the Pieterpad, so I was happy to share the pictures. It is a beautiful part of our country.
And thank you :-)
We had a great week on the Pieterpad, so I was happy to share the pictures. It is a beautiful part of our country.
And thank you :-)
104FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré
#81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser
#82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
#83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
#84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
#80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré
#81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser
#82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
#83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
#84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
106FAMeulstee
>105 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, happy Sunday!
108karenmarie
Hello, Anita, and happy Sunday to you.
Not much to report. I hope you and Frank are well and happy.
Not much to report. I hope you and Frank are well and happy.
110FAMeulstee
>108 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen, happy Sunday.
I forgot to mention that blood was drawn for my thyroid value last week.
Heading in the right direction, not there yet, after lowering the dose in January.
TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) was 0.03, now 0.18, and should be for me between 0.35 and 2.5.
>109 msf59: Thank you twice, Mark, happy Sunday.
I started reading The Winners by Backman today.
I forgot to mention that blood was drawn for my thyroid value last week.
Heading in the right direction, not there yet, after lowering the dose in January.
TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) was 0.03, now 0.18, and should be for me between 0.35 and 2.5.
>109 msf59: Thank you twice, Mark, happy Sunday.
I started reading The Winners by Backman today.
111Berly
>110 FAMeulstee: Good luck getting the thyroid in the right range -- mine is currently behaving. : ) Interested to hear what you think of The Winners -- I am about halfway through. Mostly enjoying it, but I have a few quibbles.
112FAMeulstee
>111 Berly: Thank you, Kim, glad your thyroid levels are steady.
I could not get to testing the thyroid for nearly three years, the last bloodtest had been done in October 2019. With COVID my doctors office only allowed one person in, and I can't go without Frank with me. I can't even wait in the waiting room, always send Frank ahead, and he comes to the car to pick me up when it is my turn. So when this was finally over, it turned out I had taken a bit much Thyrax for a while. Now hoping the lower dose doesn't get me back into phobia's.
I loved the previous two Beartown books, gave them both 4½ stars.
Just started, no quibbles yet.
I could not get to testing the thyroid for nearly three years, the last bloodtest had been done in October 2019. With COVID my doctors office only allowed one person in, and I can't go without Frank with me. I can't even wait in the waiting room, always send Frank ahead, and he comes to the car to pick me up when it is my turn. So when this was finally over, it turned out I had taken a bit much Thyrax for a while. Now hoping the lower dose doesn't get me back into phobia's.
I loved the previous two Beartown books, gave them both 4½ stars.
Just started, no quibbles yet.
113vancouverdeb
I hope you soon have your thyroid levels in order, Anita. You've had some good reads lately - I really enjoyed The Girl with the Louding Voice and Whiteout.
114FAMeulstee
>113 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah, getting those levels right has been a hassle from the start.
Both books were good reads, but not outstanding. I hope to get to the reviews soon.
Both books were good reads, but not outstanding. I hope to get to the reviews soon.
115FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré
#81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser
#82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
#83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
#84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius
#85: Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary
#86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
#80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) by Abi Daré
#81: De wandeling (The Walk) by Robert Walser
#82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
#83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
#84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius
#85: Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary
#86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
116Jackie_K
Looking forward to your review of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, it's on my TBR pile and I've heard nothing but good things about it.
117ffortsa
>116 Jackie_K: Me too. I read it decades ago, and remember it fondly, but don't know how I would react to it today.
118FAMeulstee
>116 Jackie_K: >117 ffortsa: I wasn't impressed by Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
Sorry, no reviews yet, got side tracked by the latest LibraryThing Hunt!
Sorry, no reviews yet, got side tracked by the latest LibraryThing Hunt!
119figsfromthistle
>118 FAMeulstee: Oh wait, a library hunt. I had no clue. Thanks for mentioning it. I love those treasure hunts!
120charl08
>118 FAMeulstee: I'd missed this too - thanks Anita. Hope you're having a good week.
121ffortsa
>118 FAMeulstee: Ooo - I took a look at the clues, and got several of them right off the bat. Thanks for the heads-up.
122FAMeulstee
I found all quills, only needed a few hints :-)
>119 figsfromthistle: You are welcome, Anita, I always enjoy them too.
>120 charl08: My pleasure, Charlotte, shared fun is best.
Thanks, doing some work in the garden, weeds come up like weed ;-)
>121 ffortsa: You are welcome, Judy, sounds like you had a good start with the hunt.
>119 figsfromthistle: You are welcome, Anita, I always enjoy them too.
>120 charl08: My pleasure, Charlotte, shared fun is best.
Thanks, doing some work in the garden, weeds come up like weed ;-)
>121 ffortsa: You are welcome, Judy, sounds like you had a good start with the hunt.
123FAMeulstee
book 80: Het meisje met de luidende stem by Abi Daré
library, e-book, translated, original title The Girl With the Louding Voice, 392 pages
TIOLI Challenge #10: Read a book by a female author with a female protagonist
Adunni is a 14 year old Nigerian girl, living in a poor village. She dreams of being a teacher one day. When her mother dies, her dreams fall apart, as her father marries her off to an older man. In a world ruled by man, Adunni hasn't much choice. Eventually she runs away, but finds herself trapped again, as servant of a wealthy family in Lagos. She keeps her dream alive, hoping one day she can get the education to become a teacher.
English and Dutch title are the same
124FAMeulstee
book 81: De wandeling by Robert Walser
library, e-book, translated from German, English translation The Walk, 111 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book that shares at least one word with the first listed title
A writer has no inspiration, so he goes out for a walk. He walks though the city and tells us who he meets and what he sees. At first his mood is optimistic, but later he gets more depressed.
Beautiful written, but I never got really into this short story.
English and Dutch title are the same
125FAMeulstee
book 82: Ademloos by Ragnar Jónasson
library, e-book, translated from Icelandic, English translation Whiteout, 252 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book by an author of whose oeuvre you have already read 23%
Dark Iceland book 4
It is just before Christmas, Kristín is pregnant and Ari Thór is called by Thomas, his former boss, to investigate a suspicious death in a remote part of the counrty. A woman jumped (or was thrown) from a cliff, at the exact same spot where her mother and little sister died. Everyone thinks it was suicide, but Ari finds some evidence otherwise.
Enjoyable mystery.
Dutch title translated: Breathless
126FAMeulstee
book 83: Erfgoed by Miguel Bonnefoy
library, e-book, translated from French, English translation Heritage, 224 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book with a one word title
19th century France. When mold destroys his vineyard, a man hopes for a new future in California. Instead he ends up in Chile. His three sons go back to France to fight in WWI, only one comes back, Lazare, wounded physicly and mentaly. he finds a wife and their daughter, Margot, is obsessed by flying. Margot goes back to France to fight in WWII. Margot's son Ilario gets into trouble after Pinochet gets in power, and is imprisoned. He can be rescued, as he has a French passport, and returns to France.
Four generations, during nearly hunderd years in Chile, an interesting read.
English and Dutch title are the same
127FAMeulstee
book 84: Slechts een diefstal by Ann-Helén Laestadius
library, e-book, translated from Swedish, English translation Stolen, 447 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book with a one word title
2008, nine year old Elsa went to the reindeer herd on her own, and witnesses the cruel murder on her beloved reindeer calf Nástegallu by Robert Isaksson. Robert threathens to kill her if she speaks about it, so Elsa doesn't speak.
Ten years later Elsa returns home after finishing school. Reindeer are still killed, police doesn't do anything because this is registered as just a theft. Completely ignoring the cruel and sadistic ways the animals are killed. Elsa can't take it anymore and speaks out to a journalist, now she becomes a target for the perpetrators.
Engaging read about the Sami in Northern Sweden. Their old ways of life are threatened by big mining projects, poachers, and climate change.
The parts where reindeer are sadisticly killed were hard to stomach.
Dutch title translated: Just a theft
128EllaTim
hi Anita. Glad your thyroid levels can be tested now, and are going up again.
>126 FAMeulstee: This sounds interesting!
>127 FAMeulstee: Would be good, but I think I’ll skip it. Cruelty.
Did you happen to see the documentary on artist Britta Marakatt-Labba? She makes textile work, very beautiful. The documentary was very much worth seeing, the book in >127 FAMeulstee: made me think of it.
https://www.avrotros.nl/close-up/gemist/detail/kunstenares-britta-marakatt-labba...
>126 FAMeulstee: This sounds interesting!
>127 FAMeulstee: Would be good, but I think I’ll skip it. Cruelty.
Did you happen to see the documentary on artist Britta Marakatt-Labba? She makes textile work, very beautiful. The documentary was very much worth seeing, the book in >127 FAMeulstee: made me think of it.
https://www.avrotros.nl/close-up/gemist/detail/kunstenares-britta-marakatt-labba...
129FAMeulstee
>128 EllaTim: Thanks, Ella.
Erfgoed was on the longlist for the 'Europese literatuurprijs' last year. I found many good books there, it is a Dutch prize for translated books, originally published in Europe.
No, I rarely watch TV, I rather read :-)
Erfgoed was on the longlist for the 'Europese literatuurprijs' last year. I found many good books there, it is a Dutch prize for translated books, originally published in Europe.
No, I rarely watch TV, I rather read :-)
130FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#85: Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary
#86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard
#87: Titanic (Titanic: The Last Great Images) by Robert Ballard
#88: De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) by Maya Angelou
#85: Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary
#86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard
#87: Titanic (Titanic: The Last Great Images) by Robert Ballard
#88: De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
Reading now:
Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) by Maya Angelou
131quondame
>118 FAMeulstee: Well, there went a couple of hours and still two hanging.....poetry isn't my thing, but we knew that.
132vancouverdeb
I'm working on the Poetry Hunt too,Anita. So far I have 6 quills, but I'll get back at it later.
133FAMeulstee
>131 quondame: I hope you find those last two, Susan.
I usually keep on hunting until I have them all, as I can't concentrate on reading as long as the hunt goes through my head.
>132 vancouverdeb: There is enough time to find the next 6, Deborah. The hunt only ends at April 30th.
I usually keep on hunting until I have them all, as I can't concentrate on reading as long as the hunt goes through my head.
>132 vancouverdeb: There is enough time to find the next 6, Deborah. The hunt only ends at April 30th.
134ffortsa
>128 EllaTim: Thanks for the link. I was so glad to see the subtitles in English. I know very little about the Sami. Can you recommend any reading?
135quondame
>133 FAMeulstee: I did. Yes, an uncompleted hunt occupies the mind. On one I just had a wrong page for the correct work and the other I'd just not put in the effort to track the right page down.
136FAMeulstee
>134 ffortsa: This was my second book involving Sami. The other was a Dutch YA, not available in translation. So I can only recommend Stolen.
>135 quondame: Glad you did, Susan, now we both can return to our books :-)
>135 quondame: Glad you did, Susan, now we both can return to our books :-)
137FAMeulstee
book 85: Een heel leven voor je by Romain Gary
library, translated from French, English translation The Life before Us, 221 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: Read a book having something to do with age or aging
Momo is one of the children living with madame Rosa. He and other prostitute's children are kept out of sight of Child Protection, because to law finds their mothers unfit as parent. Madame Rosa is a Jewish former prostitute, who survived Auschwitz, and came back to France undocumented, as she never ever wants to register herself again.
When the payments for Momo's stay stop, and madame Rosa gets to old to climb the stairs to her appartment, they stay together, and Momo gives all he can to support her.
The story is told by Momo, looking back at his life with madame Rosa. He has a funny look at the troubled world around him. I really enjoyed his story.
This book won the Prix Goncourt in 1975.
Dutch title translated: A whole life ahead of you
138FAMeulstee
book 86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
library, e-book, non-fiction, translated, original title Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 319 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book with trees or flowers on the cover or with the name of a tree or flower in the title or author's name
Despite a few nice nature observations, with a keen eye for details, this book was a struggle to read.
Annie Dillard wants to study nature, but looks down on it. She can't empathise, can't understand that other life is not like human life. Calling other living creatures 'dumb', or their behavior 'idiot' (she might have used other words, I translated back from Dutch) isn't a very nice way to describe your subjects of observation. I could also do without the bible quotes, and her thoughts about them.
There were also some wrongs in translation, the pine processionary became oak processionary in Dutch, so the book lost a next half star in my rating.
English and Dutch title are the same
139FAMeulstee
book 87: Titanic : de laatste beelden by Robert Ballard
library, non-fiction, translated, original title Titanic: The Last Great Images, 191 pages
TIOLI Challenge #5: Read a book about either a specific ocean liner (Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Andrea Doria, for example) or ocean liners in general. NF only, please
Large format photo book about the wreck of the Titanc at the bottom of the Atlantic.
Robert Ballard found the wreck in 1984 and returns 20 years later. He finds that some items are missing, others went to the wreck in the years before. He would like the wreck preserved, and protected as a monument. He also gives a brief history of the Titanic.
Dutch title translated: Titanic: The last images
141FAMeulstee
>140 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas, the same to you and your wife.
I hope you are both recovered now.
I hope you are both recovered now.
142richardderus
Happy Sunday, Anita! *smooch*
143FAMeulstee
>142 richardderus: Happy Sunday, Richard dear!
*smooch*
*smooch*
144EllaTim
>134 ffortsa: Glad you liked it. So you could watch it from outside of the Netherlands, that’s nice to know. I’m sorry, I don’t have any book recommendations. I saw a movie some time ago, a Swedish one, that concerned the way they were dealt with in Sweden. But I have forgotten the title. Maybe Paws would know it (pawsforthought). She’s Swedish, and knows the movie.
>137 FAMeulstee: Sounds great. So this is the original book, for the movie La vie devant soi!
Have a nice Sunday, Anita.
>137 FAMeulstee: Sounds great. So this is the original book, for the movie La vie devant soi!
Have a nice Sunday, Anita.
145FAMeulstee
>144 EllaTim: Indeed, Ella, although I have never seen the movie.
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday!
146FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#88: De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
#89: Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) by Maya Angelou
#90: De brug met drie bogen (The Three-Arched Bridge) by Ismail Kadare
#91: Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Reading now:
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
#88: De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
#89: Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) by Maya Angelou
#90: De brug met drie bogen (The Three-Arched Bridge) by Ismail Kadare
#91: Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Reading now:
Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
147swynn
>138 FAMeulstee: Oh, not a good experience. I read PATC a few years ago and loved it, and don't remember any of the disdain for nature that you describe. It's tempting to blame it on the translation, but whatever the reason, sorry to hear it was such a dud.
148FAMeulstee
>147 swynn: Thank you, Steve. I am sure the translation didn't help, some wrongs there as well. But I am glad you had a better reading experience with Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
Still in my mind are the poor pine processionaries, who's paths were altered by a human (not Dillard), and kept going in a circle until they died. Her comment is that this is idiot behaviour.
And when studying the muskrat, by sitting completely still, the muskrat ends up very near. She calls it dumb, because it doesn't notice her. The muskrat can't see her, as his eyes are adapted to movement. She can't see that not all eyes are like human eyes.
These, and a few others I don't recall at the moment, annoyed me
ETA: For a more extensive explanation of what bothers me, and how you could look in a different way, you could read Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal.
Still in my mind are the poor pine processionaries, who's paths were altered by a human (not Dillard), and kept going in a circle until they died. Her comment is that this is idiot behaviour.
And when studying the muskrat, by sitting completely still, the muskrat ends up very near. She calls it dumb, because it doesn't notice her. The muskrat can't see her, as his eyes are adapted to movement. She can't see that not all eyes are like human eyes.
These, and a few others I don't recall at the moment, annoyed me
ETA: For a more extensive explanation of what bothers me, and how you could look in a different way, you could read Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal.
149FAMeulstee
book 88: De winnaars by Fredrik Backman
library, translated from Swedish, English translation The Winners, 699 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book that involves sports
The last Beartown book.
Two years after Us Against You, a storm has done a lot of damage to Beartown and Hed.
Maya and Benji return to town for the funeral of Ramona, the owner of the Bearskin Pub. And I was right back into this wonderful story about two rivaling towns in ice hockey.
English and Dutch title are the same.
150Berly
I am glad you enjoyed the latest Beartown book as much as you did and it fulfilled a challenge no less. : ) And look at you, already at #88. Nicely done.
151FAMeulstee
book 89: Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen by Maya Angelou
1001 books, library, e-book, translated, original title I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 348 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book that has the word “bird” in the title
Autobiography of the author growing up as a black girl in the USA in the 1930s and 1940s. After her parents divorce, she and her brother are send to her grandmother in the South, where poverty is all around. Later they return to their mother. The book ends when Maya is 17 and gives birth to her son.
Dutch title translated: I know why caged birds sing
152FAMeulstee
book 90: De brug met drie bogen by Ismail Kadare
library, translated from the French translation, English translation The Three-Arched Bridge, 144 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12: APRIL SHOWERS rolling challenge (word in title or author's name)
In the late 14th century a monk tells about what happened in his small part of Albania.
An unknown organisation called Roads & Bridges gets permission to build a bridge over the river. This goes agains the intersts of Boats & Rafts, who transport people across the river by boat. They do anything to stop the building of the bridge, including changing ancient tales in their favor. Roads & Bridges strike back, using an other ancient tale.
Meanwhile the Ottoman Empire is expanding to the West.
An intriguing and enjoyable read.
Dutch title translated: The bridge with three arches
153FAMeulstee
book 91: Historiën by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
library, translated from Latin, English translation Histories, 307 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book with a one word title
History of the Roman Empire, starting after the death of Nero. Turbulent times of civil war in 'Year of the Four Emperors' (AD 68): Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and finally Vespasianus, who kept in power for ten years. The book ends with the Revolt of the Batavi (AD 69-70).
English and Dutch title are the same
154FAMeulstee
>150 Berly: Almost missed your message, Kim, as I was working hard on my next reviews.
I really enjoyed The Winners, and to me the foreshadowing only added to the story. But I can see that it could irk to other readers.
I really enjoyed The Winners, and to me the foreshadowing only added to the story. But I can see that it could irk to other readers.
155jessibud2
>148 FAMeulstee: - The de Waal book sounds fascinating, Anita! I will seek it out.
156klobrien2
I somehow lost track of your thread, but now I’ve found you and put o atsr on your thread! Hope your week is going well!
Karen O
Karen O
157FAMeulstee
>155 jessibud2: I hope you find a copy, Shelley.
I have read a few others by Frans de Waal and liked them all.
>156 klobrien2: Thank you, Karen, glad you found my thread.
I have done my household chores for today, now back to my book :-)
I have read a few others by Frans de Waal and liked them all.
>156 klobrien2: Thank you, Karen, glad you found my thread.
I have done my household chores for today, now back to my book :-)
158mdoris
Hello Anita, Thank you for the info about Frans de Waal. My library system has quite a few of his books and they sound very interesting. Hope to get to them soon.
159avatiakh
>127 FAMeulstee: Hi Anita - been taking my time with Stolen but enjoying learning about Sami culture.
160FAMeulstee
>158 mdoris: You are welcome, Mary.
I think he is a good scientist and writer. I hope to read his latest, Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist, next month.
>159 avatiakh: Thanks, Kerry, I enjoyed the look in Sami culture too. And sad about how every indigenous culture has been surpressed for ages...
I think he is a good scientist and writer. I hope to read his latest, Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist, next month.
>159 avatiakh: Thanks, Kerry, I enjoyed the look in Sami culture too. And sad about how every indigenous culture has been surpressed for ages...
161FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#92: Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
#93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
Reading now:
Trage paarden (Slow Horses) by Mick Herron
#92: Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
#93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
Reading now:
Trage paarden (Slow Horses) by Mick Herron
162mdoris
>160 FAMeulstee: Yes Anita my library system has his book about Gender and that would be top of my list.
163swynn
>148 FAMeulstee: Clearly my recollection of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek needs a nudge. But I'll read the De Waal first, since it's been sitting in the Someday Swamp anyway ...
164FAMeulstee
>162 mdoris: I am looking forward to read it, Mary.
>163 swynn: As I said, Steve, Dillard largely writes about her nature observations, with a good eye for details. So it is possible to overlook the passages I mentioned. It started to irk early on, when she was telling about the blind people, who got their vision thanks to a doctor finding a cure. She had no empathy for their troubles with a changed world either.
I am all for getting Frans de Waal out of the Someday Swamp :-)
>163 swynn: As I said, Steve, Dillard largely writes about her nature observations, with a good eye for details. So it is possible to overlook the passages I mentioned. It started to irk early on, when she was telling about the blind people, who got their vision thanks to a doctor finding a cure. She had no empathy for their troubles with a changed world either.
I am all for getting Frans de Waal out of the Someday Swamp :-)
165richardderus
>152 FAMeulstee: A short read and a deeply troubling one. It's been at least ten years since I read it, but it's a stick to you kind of a read. The social consequences of change and the reasons people resist progress are so clear in Kadare's story.
Don't think I'll want to reread it any time soon, though. It was frustrating and sad. Happy weekend ahead's reads, Anita!
Don't think I'll want to reread it any time soon, though. It was frustrating and sad. Happy weekend ahead's reads, Anita!
166Caroline_McElwee
>138 FAMeulstee: I read An American Childhood many years ago, which was the exact opposite of your description of Tinker Creak Anita. How interesting. I have both on the shelves, so I will take TC off the shelf and read it soon, then revisit An American Childhood. I have attempted one of her novels unsuccessfully before.
167FAMeulstee
>165 richardderus: It was a troubling story, Richard dear, also very well written.
And when change is finally accepted, it had always been this way. And while everyone is preoccupied in their own small world, the world further away isn't noticed...
Happy weekend!
>166 Caroline_McElwee: I hope you like it more than I did, Caroline.
And when you and Steve (swynn) both find a whole other story, I really must blame the translator.
And when change is finally accepted, it had always been this way. And while everyone is preoccupied in their own small world, the world further away isn't noticed...
Happy weekend!
>166 Caroline_McElwee: I hope you like it more than I did, Caroline.
And when you and Steve (swynn) both find a whole other story, I really must blame the translator.
168Jackie_K
Interesting discussion of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Anita! I'm thinking I may have to bypass the Jar of Fate and dig it out to read soon, while your comments are still in my mind.
169FAMeulstee
>168 Jackie_K: I hope the Jar of Faith doesn't mind ;-)
I look forward to your thoughts about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
I look forward to your thoughts about Pilgrim at Tinker Creek.
170FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#92: Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
#93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
#94: Trage paarden (Slow Horses) by Mick Herron
#95: Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) by Bonnie Garmus
#96: Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie (Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation) by Paul Hawken
Reading Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij now. Library loan ends tomorrow, so I will finish it first. Last April reviews, and the stats, have to wait a bit.
#92: Vuurwerk (Mortal Causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
#93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
#94: Trage paarden (Slow Horses) by Mick Herron
#95: Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) by Bonnie Garmus
#96: Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie (Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation) by Paul Hawken
Reading Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij now. Library loan ends tomorrow, so I will finish it first. Last April reviews, and the stats, have to wait a bit.
171SirThomas
>170 FAMeulstee: I've already read three of them myself and am curious to hear your opinion - but all in good time.
All the best for you.
All the best for you.
172FAMeulstee
>171 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas.
I guess you have read the books by Rankin, Herron and Garmus?
I guess you have read the books by Rankin, Herron and Garmus?
174FAMeulstee
>173 SirThomas: Two out of three ain't bad :-)
175FAMeulstee
book 92: Vuurwerk by Ian Rankin
library, e-book, translated, original title Mortal Causes, 319 pages
TIOLI Challenge #9: Read a book with a word/phrase first used in the year you were born in the title, author's name, text, or tag
John Rebus book 6
While the Edinburgh Festival is in full swing, a tortured body is found. The way he was killed looks like a way used during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Rebus has served there, and recognises the 'six pack' as a way to kill traitors.
Protestant extremists, more bodies and a race against the clock...
Dutch title translated: Firework
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book 93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
library, e-book, non-fiction, Dutch, no translations, 820 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a nonfiction book concerning a person about whom you want to learn more
Extensive biograpy of Desiderius Erasmus that won the Libris Geschiedenis Prijs (Dutch prize for best history book) in 2021.
From his youth in the Netherlands, his friendship with Thomas More, his conflict with Luther, to his end in Switzerland, and a lot more.
Title translated: Erasmus : obstinate thinker ('dwarsdenker' is no official Dutch word, it is 'dwars' and 'denker' put together)
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book 94: Trage paarden by Mick Herron
library, translated, original title Slow Horses, 334 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book with a 4 in the total number of pages
You end up in Slough House when you did something very wrong in your working life at MI5, and sacking you might get complicated. So with the other 'slow horses' you get through your days with the most useless, boring, and dirty work that can be found. In hope you leave by yourself.
River Cartwright ends up in Slough House, he is sure he was set up by a collegue. But then he and the other 'slow horses' get involved in something, that might be a REAL case...
First book in the Slough House series.
English and Dutch title are the same
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book 95: Lessen in chemie by Bonnie Garmus
library, translated, original title Lessons in Chemistry, 383 pages
TIOLI Challenge #10: Read a book by a female author with a female protagonist
Fun read about a woman in academia in the 1960s, who ends up presenting a tv-cooking show.
Elizabeth Zott always wanted to study chemistry. Her academic career is ended by outragious behavior of her male collegues. When she finally finds a better workplace, this ends with the death of her collegue and partner. Unmarried and pregnant life is hard. She tries to go back in the chemistry field, but there is no place for such an unconventional woman. So when she get an offer to present a cooking show on tv, she takes it, and does it her way.
English and Dutch title are the same
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book 96: Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie by Paul Hawken
own, non-fiction, translated, original title Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, 256 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12: APRIL SHOWERS rolling challenge (word in title or author's name)
The many ways to combat the climate crisis. Showing examples worldwide how people try to turn the tide. And what you can do yourself, from small scale rewilding to protecting large parts of the oceans. By working in all fields we should be able to keep global warming under 1.5°C.
Inspiring and hopeful read
English and Dutch title are the same
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April 2023 in numbers
(Totals for the year between brackets)
22 books read, 7.384 pages, 246,1 pages a day
(96 books read, 30.198 pages, 251,7 pages a day)
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books:
• own books: 1 (8)
• from the library: 21 (88)
• male author: 14 (71)
• female author: 8 (25)
• originally written in Dutch: 2 (25)
• translated into Dutch: 20 (71)
- original language of translated books:
• Albanian: 1 (1)
• Czech: 0 (1)
• Danish: 0 (1)
• Dutch (Middle): 0 (1)
• English: 8 (27)
• Finnish: 0 (2)
• French: 2 (2)
• German: 3 (12)
• Icelandic: 1 (4)
• Italian: 0 (1)
• Japanese: 1 (4)
• Latin: 1 (1)
• Norwegian: 1 (3)
• Portugese: 0 (1)
• Russian: 0 (3)
• Serbian: 0 (1)
• Spanish: 0 (2)
• Swedish: 2 (4)
• fiction: 16 (68)
• non-fiction: 6 (28)
• paper books: 9 (50)
• e-books: 13 (46)
• mystery/police procedural: 4 (15)
• childrens/YA: 1 (5)
• 1001 books: 2 (11)
Total 1001 books since 2008: 291
• Dutch Canon: 0 (1)
Total Dutch Canon since 2008: 43 of 125
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pages:
0 - 100 pages: 0 (4)
101 - 200 pages: 3 (17)
201 - 300 pages: 6 (27)
301 - 400 pages: 9 (29)
401 - 500 pages: 2 (9)
501 - 999 pages: 2 (10)
1000+ pages: 0
• longest book 820 pages (959 pages)
• shortest book 111 pages (36 pages)
• average book 336 pages (315 pages)
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date first published:
2nd century: 1 (1)
11th century: 1 (1)
13th century: 0 (1)
17th century: 0 (1)
20th century
1910s: 1 (2)
1920s: 0 (2)
1930s: 0 (4)
1940s: 0 (2)
1950s: 0 (2)
1960s: 1 (4)
1970s: 3 (6)
1980s: 0 (8)
1990s: 1 (6)
21st century
2000s: 2 (6)
2010s: 4 (21)
2020s: 8 (29)
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ratings:
0 (1)
2 (9)
9 (40)
7 (30)
3 (15)
0 (0)
1 (1)
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best books in April
Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary
De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
(Totals for the year between brackets)
22 books read, 7.384 pages, 246,1 pages a day
(96 books read, 30.198 pages, 251,7 pages a day)
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books:
• own books: 1 (8)
• from the library: 21 (88)
• male author: 14 (71)
• female author: 8 (25)
• originally written in Dutch: 2 (25)
• translated into Dutch: 20 (71)
- original language of translated books:
• Albanian: 1 (1)
• Czech: 0 (1)
• Danish: 0 (1)
• Dutch (Middle): 0 (1)
• English: 8 (27)
• Finnish: 0 (2)
• French: 2 (2)
• German: 3 (12)
• Icelandic: 1 (4)
• Italian: 0 (1)
• Japanese: 1 (4)
• Latin: 1 (1)
• Norwegian: 1 (3)
• Portugese: 0 (1)
• Russian: 0 (3)
• Serbian: 0 (1)
• Spanish: 0 (2)
• Swedish: 2 (4)
• fiction: 16 (68)
• non-fiction: 6 (28)
• paper books: 9 (50)
• e-books: 13 (46)
• mystery/police procedural: 4 (15)
• childrens/YA: 1 (5)
• 1001 books: 2 (11)
Total 1001 books since 2008: 291
• Dutch Canon: 0 (1)
Total Dutch Canon since 2008: 43 of 125
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pages:
0 - 100 pages: 0 (4)
101 - 200 pages: 3 (17)
201 - 300 pages: 6 (27)
301 - 400 pages: 9 (29)
401 - 500 pages: 2 (9)
501 - 999 pages: 2 (10)
1000+ pages: 0
• longest book 820 pages (959 pages)
• shortest book 111 pages (36 pages)
• average book 336 pages (315 pages)
--
date first published:
2nd century: 1 (1)
11th century: 1 (1)
13th century: 0 (1)
17th century: 0 (1)
20th century
1910s: 1 (2)
1920s: 0 (2)
1930s: 0 (4)
1940s: 0 (2)
1950s: 0 (2)
1960s: 1 (4)
1970s: 3 (6)
1980s: 0 (8)
1990s: 1 (6)
21st century
2000s: 2 (6)
2010s: 4 (21)
2020s: 8 (29)
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ratings:
0 (1) 2 (9) 9 (40) 7 (30) 3 (15) 0 (0) 1 (1)--
best books in April
Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) by Romain Gary
De winnaars (The Winners) by Fredrik Backman
181vancouverdeb
Great reading stats for April, Anita. Many good reads ahead for May .
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>181 vancouverdeb: Thanks, Deborah. Finished my first book for May, looking forward to the others.
In a few hours I will be gone for the rest of day. I hope to start my May thread tomorrow.
In a few hours I will be gone for the rest of day. I hope to start my May thread tomorrow.
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>183 Ameise1: I liked this first book, Barbara.
Sadly only one more in Dutch translation. I hope the others will follow, as it is adapted on TV now.
Happy week ahead!
Sadly only one more in Dutch translation. I hope the others will follow, as it is adapted on TV now.
Happy week ahead!
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>184 FAMeulstee: Same here, some I've read in German but others I have to read in English.
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Happy May reads, Anita! Your April was pretty stellar reading wise. >179 FAMeulstee: is one I should read because I am really in despair about the lack of progress on that front.
*smooch*
*smooch*
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>185 alcottacre: I think you would like it, Stasia.
>186 Ameise1: I still hope for Dutch translations, Barbara. Reading in English goes very slow.
>187 richardderus: Thank you, Richard dear!
I was happy to read a mostly optimistic view on climate change. There is a lot to do, but many small projects prove it can work.
>186 Ameise1: I still hope for Dutch translations, Barbara. Reading in English goes very slow.
>187 richardderus: Thank you, Richard dear!
I was happy to read a mostly optimistic view on climate change. There is a lot to do, but many small projects prove it can work.
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>178 FAMeulstee: I enjoyed this one too Anita. A successful debut novel at aged 66... Go Bonnie.
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>189 Caroline_McElwee: That is remarkable, Caroline, a debut at that age.
I was a bit hesitant, hyped books are not always my taste. But it was way better than I expected.
I was a bit hesitant, hyped books are not always my taste. But it was way better than I expected.
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