Anita (FAMeulstee) goes on where the books take her in 2023 (8)
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1FAMeulstee
Welcome to my eighth 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.
Left: Frank went to Rotterdam last month, and had his picture taken next to the new statue 'Moments Contained' by Thomas J. Price in front of Central Station. It was a rainy evening, so the picture is a bit dark. Right: A better picture of the statue in daylight.
More about this statue:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/its-every-woman-its-us-rotterdam-f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moments_Contained
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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.
Left: Frank went to Rotterdam last month, and had his picture taken next to the new statue 'Moments Contained' by Thomas J. Price in front of Central Station. It was a rainy evening, so the picture is a bit dark. Right: A better picture of the statue in daylight.
More about this statue:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/25/its-every-woman-its-us-rotterdam-f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moments_Contained
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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: 190
20 own / 170 library
total pages read in 2023: 64,433
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currently reading:
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books read in August 2023: 25 books, 8,306 pages, 4 own / 21 library)
book 166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, 304 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 63)
book 167: Eeuwige vriendschap (von Bodenstein en Kirchhoff 10) by Nele Neuhaus, 460 pages, TIOLI #12
(msg 64)
book 168: De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal, 749 pages, TIOLI #4
(msg 65)
book 169: Het geheime dagboek van Adrian Mole 13¾ jaar (The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾) by Sue Townsend, 287 pages, TIOLI #6 (msg 66)
book 170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak, 365 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 69)
book 171: Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis, 174 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 70)
book 172: Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns, 368 pages, TIOLI #5
(msg 71)
book 173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan, 92 pages, TIOLI #12 (msg 95)
book 174: De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō, 297 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 96)
book 175: De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut, 318 pages, TIOLI #12 (msg 97)
book 176: De tuin van de avondnevel (The garden of evening mists) by Tan Twan Eng, 374 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 98)
book 177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard, 80 pages, TIOLI #9 (msg 109)
book 178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane, 432 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 110)
book 179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier, 413 pages, TIOLI #15 (msg 111)
book 180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách, 335 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 112)
book 181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich, 235 pages, TIOLI #10 (msg 131)
book 182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat, 82 pages (msg 132)
book 183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming, 189 pages, TIOLI #11 (msg 133)
book 184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus, 774 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 134)
book 185: Ogentroost by Yolanda Entius, 80 pages (msg 137)
book 186: Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré, 576 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 138)
book 187: De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner, 478 pages, TIOLI #16 (msg 139)
book 188: Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo, 94 pages, TIOLI #15 (msg 148)
book 189: Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez, 428 pages, TIOLI #6
(msg 149)
book 190: Het is te koud om te sterven by Christian Frascella, 319 pages, TIOLI #16 (msg 150)
20 own / 170 library
total pages read in 2023: 64,433
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currently reading:
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books read in August 2023: 25 books, 8,306 pages, 4 own / 21 library)
book 166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, 304 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 63)book 167: Eeuwige vriendschap (von Bodenstein en Kirchhoff 10) by Nele Neuhaus, 460 pages, TIOLI #12
(msg 64)book 168: De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal, 749 pages, TIOLI #4
(msg 65)book 169: Het geheime dagboek van Adrian Mole 13¾ jaar (The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾) by Sue Townsend, 287 pages, TIOLI #6
(msg 66)book 170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak, 365 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 69)book 171: Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis, 174 pages, TIOLI #2
(msg 70)book 172: Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns, 368 pages, TIOLI #5
(msg 71)book 173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan, 92 pages, TIOLI #12
(msg 95)book 174: De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō, 297 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 96)book 175: De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut, 318 pages, TIOLI #12
(msg 97)book 176: De tuin van de avondnevel (The garden of evening mists) by Tan Twan Eng, 374 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 98)book 177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard, 80 pages, TIOLI #9
(msg 109)book 178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane, 432 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 110)book 179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier, 413 pages, TIOLI #15
(msg 111)book 180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách, 335 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 112)book 181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich, 235 pages, TIOLI #10
(msg 131)book 182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat, 82 pages
(msg 132)book 183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming, 189 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 133)book 184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus, 774 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 134)book 185: Ogentroost by Yolanda Entius, 80 pages
(msg 137)book 186: Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré, 576 pages, TIOLI #3
(msg 138)book 187: De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner, 478 pages, TIOLI #16
(msg 139)book 188: Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo, 94 pages, TIOLI #15
(msg 148)book 189: Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez, 428 pages, TIOLI #6
(msg 149)book 190: Het is te koud om te sterven by Christian Frascella, 319 pages, TIOLI #16
(msg 150)3FAMeulstee
August 2023 reading plans
TIOLI August 2023
#1: Read a book blurbed by one of your favorite authors
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#2: Read a book in which either the title or the author’s name contains the same name as a Shakespearean character
-Winterthur - Alexander Nieuwenhuis, 174 pages (e-library)
#3 Read a book whose cover includes the word august or its synonym
-Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) - John le Carré, 576 pages
#4: Read a book that is tagged at LibraryThing as "Adventure"
-De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) - Stendhal, 729 pages (e-library)
#5: Read a book with a profession in the title or author's name
-Melkboer (Milkman) - Anna Burns, 368 pages (library)
#6: Read a book by an author you have not read in 3+ years
-Het geheime dagboek van Adrian Mole 13¾ jaar (The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾) - Sue Townsend, 287 pages (e-library)
-Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) - Gabriel García Márquez, 428 pages
#7: Read a book with a contranym in the title
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#8: Read a book with an eating utensil on the cover or in the title
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#9: Read a book with one or more wings on the cover
-Lentehonger - Sander Kollaard, 80 pages (e-library)
#10: Read a book with a word in the title suggesting death
-Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) - Barbara Ehrenreich, 235 pages (library)
#11: Read a book (F or NF) about espionage and/or the Cold War
-Casino Royale (Casino Royale) - Ian Fleming, 220 pages (library)
#12 : Read a book that shares its name with another piece of creative art (not another book)
-De belofte (The promise) - Damon Galgut, 318 pages (library)
-Eeuwige vriendschap (von Bodenstein en Kirchhoff 10) - Nele Neuhaus, 464 pages (library)
-Pleegkind (Foster) - Claire Keegan, 92 pages (library)
#13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
-De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother) - András Forgách, 335 pages (library)
-De blauwe schuit - Yamamoto Shūgorō, 297 pages (e-library)
-Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) - Elif Shafak, 365 pages (library)
-Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) - Doireann Ní Ghríofa, 304 pages (e-library)
-Stechlin (The Stechlin) - Theodor Fontane, 432 pages (e-library)
-De tuin van de avondnevel (The garden of evening mists) - Tan Twan Eng, 374 pages (e-library)
-Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) - Hugo Claus, 774 pages
#14: Read a book that has something to do with a medical condition affecting yourself or someone in your family
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#15: Read a book by an author who you read in any previous August of this decade
-Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) - Italo Svevo, 94 pages
-Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) - Bernard Minier, 413 pages (e-library)
#16: Mini Rolling Heat Wave Challenge: Read a book with a hot temperature or location in the title - the next book needs a cool word or location
-Het is te koud om te sterven - Christian Frascella, 319 pages (library)
-De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) - Rachel Kushner, 478 pages (e-library)
and not in TIOLI:
Met moeder mee - Joyce Roodnat, 82 pages (e-library)
Ogentroost - Yolanda Entius, 80 pages (terloops, e-library)
TIOLI August 2023
#1: Read a book blurbed by one of your favorite authors
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#2: Read a book in which either the title or the author’s name contains the same name as a Shakespearean character
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#3 Read a book whose cover includes the word august or its synonym
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#4: Read a book that is tagged at LibraryThing as "Adventure"
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#5: Read a book with a profession in the title or author's name
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#6: Read a book by an author you have not read in 3+ years
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#7: Read a book with a contranym in the title
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#8: Read a book with an eating utensil on the cover or in the title
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#9: Read a book with one or more wings on the cover
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#10: Read a book with a word in the title suggesting death
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#11: Read a book (F or NF) about espionage and/or the Cold War
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#12 : Read a book that shares its name with another piece of creative art (not another book)
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#13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
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#14: Read a book that has something to do with a medical condition affecting yourself or someone in your family
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#15: Read a book by an author who you read in any previous August of this decade
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#16: Mini Rolling Heat Wave Challenge: Read a book with a hot temperature or location in the title - the next book needs a cool word or location
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and not in TIOLI:
4FAMeulstee
September 2023 reading plans
TIOLI September 2023
#1:Read a book tagged "racism"
- In ongenade (Disgrace) - J.M. Coetzee, 253 pages (e-library 12/9)
#2: Read a book with a headline/title character count of 23 or less
- De beloning - Stine Jensen, 62 pages (e-library 10/9)
- Hamsters in je hersenen - Joachim Meyerhoff, 317 pages (library 29/9)
- Kartonnen dozen - Tom Lanoye, 170 pages (e-library 20/9)
- De ogen van Osiris (Leopold Von Herzfeld 2) - Oliver Pötzsch, 442 pages (library 28/9)
- Schittering - Margaret Mazzantini, 351 pages (library 28/9)
? De zeven broers (Seven Brothers) - Aleksis Kivi, 359 pages (e-library)
#3: Read a book with a word in the title from the September Songs List
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#4: Read a book whose author's either first or last name has only 3 letters in it
- Gerechtigheid (Black and Blue; John Rebus 8) - Ian Rankin, 488 pages (e-library 14/9)
- Tussen rood en zwart - Jan Guillou, 314 pages (library 28/9)
- Winter (Winter) - Ali Smith, 309 pages (library 28/9)
#5: Read a debut novel first published after 1 January 2020
- Half leven - Aya Sabi, 305 pages (e-library 16/9)
#6: Read a book whose title would fit as a name for the posted picture:
- Langs de rivier (River) - Esther Kinsky, 398 pages (e-library 18/9)
#7: Read a book about contact with extraplanetary aliens or alien abduction
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#8: Read a book you were planning to read for one of the August 2023 challenges
- De horizon - Wiesław Myśliwski, 624 pages (library 25/9)
#9: Read a book with a place name in the title
- Het Mussolinikanaal (The Mussolini Canal) - Antonio Pennacchi, 512 pages (library 29/9)
? Terug naar Oegstgeest (Back to Oegstgeest) - Jan Wolkers, 243 pages (e-library)
#10: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about a war that took place before you were born
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#11: Read a book with 5 or more words in the title, at least two of them the same length
- Over het verlangen naar een sigaret - Rutger Kopland, 50 pages
#12 Read a book, F/NF, where either the word libraries or librarians is included in the initial tags section
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#13 Read a book where you can make a word, with at least three letters, with the first letters of title and/or author
- Arsène Lupin, gentleman-inbreker (Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar) - Maurice Leblanc, 234 pages (library 28/9)
TIOLI September 2023
#1:Read a book tagged "racism"
- In ongenade (Disgrace) - J.M. Coetzee, 253 pages (e-library 12/9)
#2: Read a book with a headline/title character count of 23 or less
- De beloning - Stine Jensen, 62 pages (e-library 10/9)
- Hamsters in je hersenen - Joachim Meyerhoff, 317 pages (library 29/9)
- Kartonnen dozen - Tom Lanoye, 170 pages (e-library 20/9)
- De ogen van Osiris (Leopold Von Herzfeld 2) - Oliver Pötzsch, 442 pages (library 28/9)
- Schittering - Margaret Mazzantini, 351 pages (library 28/9)
? De zeven broers (Seven Brothers) - Aleksis Kivi, 359 pages (e-library)
#3: Read a book with a word in the title from the September Songs List
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#4: Read a book whose author's either first or last name has only 3 letters in it
- Gerechtigheid (Black and Blue; John Rebus 8) - Ian Rankin, 488 pages (e-library 14/9)
- Tussen rood en zwart - Jan Guillou, 314 pages (library 28/9)
- Winter (Winter) - Ali Smith, 309 pages (library 28/9)
#5: Read a debut novel first published after 1 January 2020
- Half leven - Aya Sabi, 305 pages (e-library 16/9)
#6: Read a book whose title would fit as a name for the posted picture:
- Langs de rivier (River) - Esther Kinsky, 398 pages (e-library 18/9)
#7: Read a book about contact with extraplanetary aliens or alien abduction
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#8: Read a book you were planning to read for one of the August 2023 challenges
- De horizon - Wiesław Myśliwski, 624 pages (library 25/9)
#9: Read a book with a place name in the title
- Het Mussolinikanaal (The Mussolini Canal) - Antonio Pennacchi, 512 pages (library 29/9)
? Terug naar Oegstgeest (Back to Oegstgeest) - Jan Wolkers, 243 pages (e-library)
#10: Read a book, fiction or nonfiction, about a war that took place before you were born
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#11: Read a book with 5 or more words in the title, at least two of them the same length
- Over het verlangen naar een sigaret - Rutger Kopland, 50 pages
#12 Read a book, F/NF, where either the word libraries or librarians is included in the initial tags section
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#13 Read a book where you can make a word, with at least three letters, with the first letters of title and/or author
- Arsène Lupin, gentleman-inbreker (Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar) - Maurice Leblanc, 234 pages (library 28/9)
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
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
books read in April 2023
book 75: De geschiedenis van het pad (In praise of paths) by Torbjørn Ekelund
book 76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh
book 77: Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa
book 78: Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin
book 79: Het hoofdkussenboek (The pillow book) by Sei Shōnagon
book 80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The girl with the louding voice) by Abi Daré
book 81: De wandeling (The walk) by Robert Walser
book 82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
book 83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
book 84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius
book 85: Een heel leven voor je (The life before us) by Romain Gary
book 86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard
book 87: Titanic : de laatste beelden (Titanic: the last great images) by Robert Ballard
book 88: De winnaars (The winners) by Fredrik Backman
book 89: Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I know why the caged bird sings) by Maya Angelou
book 90: De brug met drie bogen (The three-arched bridge) by Ismail Kadare
book 91: Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
book 92: Vuurwerk (Mortal causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
book 93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
book 94: Trage paarden (Slow horses) by Mick Herron
book 95: Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) by Bonnie Garmus
book 96: Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie (Regeneration: ending the climate crisis in one generation) by Paul Hawken
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
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
books read in April 2023
book 75: De geschiedenis van het pad (In praise of paths) by Torbjørn Ekelund
book 76: Onder buren by Juli Zeh
book 77: Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) by Tommy Wieringa
book 78: Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef by Pierre Martin
book 79: Het hoofdkussenboek (The pillow book) by Sei Shōnagon
book 80: Het meisje met de luidende stem (The girl with the louding voice) by Abi Daré
book 81: De wandeling (The walk) by Robert Walser
book 82: Ademloos (Whiteout; Dark Iceland 4) by Ragnar Jónasson
book 83: Erfgoed (Heritage) by Miguel Bonnefoy
book 84: Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) by Ann-Helén Laestadius
book 85: Een heel leven voor je (The life before us) by Romain Gary
book 86: Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) by Annie Dillard
book 87: Titanic : de laatste beelden (Titanic: the last great images) by Robert Ballard
book 88: De winnaars (The winners) by Fredrik Backman
book 89: Ik weet waarom gekooide vogels zingen (I know why the caged bird sings) by Maya Angelou
book 90: De brug met drie bogen (The three-arched bridge) by Ismail Kadare
book 91: Historiën (Histories) by Publius Cornelius Tacitus
book 92: Vuurwerk (Mortal causes; John Rebus 6) by Ian Rankin
book 93: Erasmus : dwarsdenker by Sandra Langereis
book 94: Trage paarden (Slow horses) by Mick Herron
book 95: Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) by Bonnie Garmus
book 96: Regeneration : De klimaatcrisis opgelost in één generatie (Regeneration: ending the climate crisis in one generation) by Paul Hawken
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books read in May 2023
book 97: Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij by Pierre Martin
book 98: Knecht, alleen by Gerbrand Bakker
book 99: Het gelijk van Spinoza (Looking for Spinoza) by Antonio Damasio
book 100: De patiënten van dokter García by Almudena Grandes
book 101: Michael Kohlhaas (Michael Kohlhaas) by Heinrich von Kleist
book 102: Aristoteles en Dante duiken in de wateren van de wereld (Aristotle and Dante dive into the waters of the world) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
book 103: De eigenwijze helden van Sassoen by Nairi Zaryan
book 104: Kalevala : het epos der Finnen (Kalevala) by Elias Lönnrot
book 105: Hemel en hel (Heaven and hell) by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
book 106: Herfst (Autumn) by Ali Smith
book 107: Anders : Gender door de ogen van een primatolooog (Different: gender through the eyes of a primatologist) by Frans de Waal
book 108: Zuidstraat by Denis Henriquez
book 109: Sinaasappels zijn niet de enige vruchten (Oranges are not the only fruit) by Jeanette Winterson
book 110: Gaandeweg by J.J. Voskuil
book 111: Zipper en zijn vader (Zipper and his father) by Joseph Roth
book 112: Landlijnen (Landlines) by Raynor Winn
book 113: Riskante relaties (Dangerous liasons) by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
book 114: Mekka, in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw (Mekka in the latter part of the 19th century: daily life, customs and learning) by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
book 115: Schol in de Noordzee by Roelke Posthumus en Adriaan Rijnsdorp
book 116: Ali en Nino (Ali and Nino) by Kurban Said
book 117: Het glazen hotel (The glass hotel) by Emily St. John Mandel
book 118: De woede van het vuur (The fury in the fire) by Henning Mankell
book 119: Jan Terlouw : jeugdboekenheld op het Binnenhof by Joep Boerboom
book 120: Bloedbroeders (Blood brothers) by Ernst Haffner
book 121: Mens of wolf? by An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau
book 122: Tsjik (Why we took the car) by Wolfgang Herrndorf
book 123: Het drijvende koninkrijk (The kingdom by the sea) by Paul Theroux
books read in June 2023
book 124: De moeder van Frankenstein by Almudena Grandes
book 125: De tovenaar (The magican) by Colm Tóibín
book 126: 't Manco (A void) by Georges Perec
book 127: Een algemene theorie van het vergeten (A general theory of oblivion) by José Eduardo Agualusa
book 128: Bier in de snookerclub (Beer in the snooker club) by Waguih Ghali
book 129: Ik mooi praten (Me talk pretty one day) by David Sedaris
book 130: Het korte maar wonderbare leven van Oscar Wao (The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao) by Junot Díaz
book 131: Schuilplaats voor andere tijden (Time shelter) by Georgi Gospodinov
book 132: Stoner (Stoner) by John Williams
book 133: Inktzwart hart (The ink black heart; Cormoran Strike 6) by Robert Galbraith
book 134: Monddood (Rivierdelta 3) by Arttu Tuominen
book 135: De diepst verborgen herinnering van de mens (The most secret memory of men) by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
book 136: Lieg met mij (Lie with me) by Philippe Besson
book 137: Bruggenbouwers (De grote eeuw 1) by Jan Guillou
book 138: Het verdriet van de engelen (The sorrow of angels; Heaven and hell 2) by Jon Kalman Stefánsson
book 139: Kerewin (The bone people) by Keri Hulme
book 140: De belijdenis van de stilte by A. Roland Holst
book 141: 1q84 (1Q84) by Haruki Murakami
book 142: Driedaagse reis (Three day road) by Joseph Boyden
book 143: Laat maar bloeden (Let it bleed; John Rebus 7) by Ian Rankin
book 97: Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij by Pierre Martin
book 98: Knecht, alleen by Gerbrand Bakker
book 99: Het gelijk van Spinoza (Looking for Spinoza) by Antonio Damasio
book 100: De patiënten van dokter García by Almudena Grandes
book 101: Michael Kohlhaas (Michael Kohlhaas) by Heinrich von Kleist
book 102: Aristoteles en Dante duiken in de wateren van de wereld (Aristotle and Dante dive into the waters of the world) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
book 103: De eigenwijze helden van Sassoen by Nairi Zaryan
book 104: Kalevala : het epos der Finnen (Kalevala) by Elias Lönnrot
book 105: Hemel en hel (Heaven and hell) by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
book 106: Herfst (Autumn) by Ali Smith
book 107: Anders : Gender door de ogen van een primatolooog (Different: gender through the eyes of a primatologist) by Frans de Waal
book 108: Zuidstraat by Denis Henriquez
book 109: Sinaasappels zijn niet de enige vruchten (Oranges are not the only fruit) by Jeanette Winterson
book 110: Gaandeweg by J.J. Voskuil
book 111: Zipper en zijn vader (Zipper and his father) by Joseph Roth
book 112: Landlijnen (Landlines) by Raynor Winn
book 113: Riskante relaties (Dangerous liasons) by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
book 114: Mekka, in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw (Mekka in the latter part of the 19th century: daily life, customs and learning) by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje
book 115: Schol in de Noordzee by Roelke Posthumus en Adriaan Rijnsdorp
book 116: Ali en Nino (Ali and Nino) by Kurban Said
book 117: Het glazen hotel (The glass hotel) by Emily St. John Mandel
book 118: De woede van het vuur (The fury in the fire) by Henning Mankell
book 119: Jan Terlouw : jeugdboekenheld op het Binnenhof by Joep Boerboom
book 120: Bloedbroeders (Blood brothers) by Ernst Haffner
book 121: Mens of wolf? by An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau
book 122: Tsjik (Why we took the car) by Wolfgang Herrndorf
book 123: Het drijvende koninkrijk (The kingdom by the sea) by Paul Theroux
books read in June 2023
book 124: De moeder van Frankenstein by Almudena Grandes
book 125: De tovenaar (The magican) by Colm Tóibín
book 126: 't Manco (A void) by Georges Perec
book 127: Een algemene theorie van het vergeten (A general theory of oblivion) by José Eduardo Agualusa
book 128: Bier in de snookerclub (Beer in the snooker club) by Waguih Ghali
book 129: Ik mooi praten (Me talk pretty one day) by David Sedaris
book 130: Het korte maar wonderbare leven van Oscar Wao (The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao) by Junot Díaz
book 131: Schuilplaats voor andere tijden (Time shelter) by Georgi Gospodinov
book 132: Stoner (Stoner) by John Williams
book 133: Inktzwart hart (The ink black heart; Cormoran Strike 6) by Robert Galbraith
book 134: Monddood (Rivierdelta 3) by Arttu Tuominen
book 135: De diepst verborgen herinnering van de mens (The most secret memory of men) by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
book 136: Lieg met mij (Lie with me) by Philippe Besson
book 137: Bruggenbouwers (De grote eeuw 1) by Jan Guillou
book 138: Het verdriet van de engelen (The sorrow of angels; Heaven and hell 2) by Jon Kalman Stefánsson
book 139: Kerewin (The bone people) by Keri Hulme
book 140: De belijdenis van de stilte by A. Roland Holst
book 141: 1q84 (1Q84) by Haruki Murakami
book 142: Driedaagse reis (Three day road) by Joseph Boyden
book 143: Laat maar bloeden (Let it bleed; John Rebus 7) by Ian Rankin
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books read in July 2023
book 144: Natuuramnesie by Marc Argeloo
book 145: Aan open zee (By the open sea) by August Strindberg
book 146: Het hart van de mens (The heart of man) by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
book 147: Niet te stoppen (On the come up) by Angie Thomas
book 148: Dandy uit het noorden (De grote eeuw 2) by Jan Gillou
book 149: Sneeuw, hond, voet (Snow, dog, foot) by Claudio Morandini
book 150: Ten oosten van Eden (East of Eden) by John Steinbeck
book 151: Het puttertje (The goldfinch) by Donna Tartt
book 152: Hoe je geliefde te herkennen by Tomas Lieske
book 153: Circusnachten (Nights at the circus) by Angela Carter
book 154: De stenen dagboeken (The stone diaries) by Carol Shields
book 155: Rabbit rent (Rabbit, run) by John Updike
book 156: De jongen die het paard van Attila stal (The boy who stole Attila's horse) by Iván Repila
book 157: Hoffman's honger (Hoffman's hunger) by Leon de Winter
book 158: Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol by Dimitri Verhulst
book 159: De Cock en moord in reclame (De Cock 59) by A.C. Baantjer
book 160: De vrouw die terug moest (For the missing) by Lina Bengtsdotter
book 161: Wat doe ik hier (What am I doing here) by Bruce Chatwin
book 162: Ik = cartograaf by Jeroen Theunissen
book 163: Portret van een dame (The portrait of a lady) by Henry James
book 164: Aarde der mensen (This earth of mankind) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
book 165: De hongerende weg (The famished road) by Ben Okri
book 144: Natuuramnesie by Marc Argeloo
book 145: Aan open zee (By the open sea) by August Strindberg
book 146: Het hart van de mens (The heart of man) by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
book 147: Niet te stoppen (On the come up) by Angie Thomas
book 148: Dandy uit het noorden (De grote eeuw 2) by Jan Gillou
book 149: Sneeuw, hond, voet (Snow, dog, foot) by Claudio Morandini
book 150: Ten oosten van Eden (East of Eden) by John Steinbeck
book 151: Het puttertje (The goldfinch) by Donna Tartt
book 152: Hoe je geliefde te herkennen by Tomas Lieske
book 153: Circusnachten (Nights at the circus) by Angela Carter
book 154: De stenen dagboeken (The stone diaries) by Carol Shields
book 155: Rabbit rent (Rabbit, run) by John Updike
book 156: De jongen die het paard van Attila stal (The boy who stole Attila's horse) by Iván Repila
book 157: Hoffman's honger (Hoffman's hunger) by Leon de Winter
book 158: Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol by Dimitri Verhulst
book 159: De Cock en moord in reclame (De Cock 59) by A.C. Baantjer
book 160: De vrouw die terug moest (For the missing) by Lina Bengtsdotter
book 161: Wat doe ik hier (What am I doing here) by Bruce Chatwin
book 162: Ik = cartograaf by Jeroen Theunissen
book 163: Portret van een dame (The portrait of a lady) by Henry James
book 164: Aarde der mensen (This earth of mankind) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
book 165: De hongerende weg (The famished road) by Ben Okri
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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, 1296 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.
--
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, 1296 pages
✔ Inktzwart hart (The ink black heart) - Robert Galbraith, 1190 pages
Vestdijk, een biografie - Wim Hazeu, 1051 pages
--
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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Trying to read an author from every country in the world
Afghanistan: Khaled Hosseini
Albania: Ismail Kadare
Algeria: Kamel Daoud
Angola: José Eduardo Agualusa
Argentina: Alberto Manguel
Armenia: Nairi Zaryan
Aruba: Denis Henriquez
Australia: John Marsden
Austria: Marlen Haushofer
Azerbaijan: Kurban Said
Belarus: Svetlana Alexievich
Belgium: Els Beerten
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Saša Stanišic
Brazil: Malba Tahan
Bulgaria: Elias Canetti
Cameroon: Ferdinand Oyono
Canada: Naomi Klein
Chile: Isabel Allende
China: Cao Xueqin
Colombia: Gabriel García Márquez
Croatia: Slobodan Šnajder
Curaçao: Frank Martinus Arion
Czechia: Pavel Kohout
Danmark: Tove Ditlevsen
Dominican Republic: Junot Díaz
Egypt: Nagieb Mahfoez
Finland: Väinö Linna
France: Annie Ernaux
Georgia: Nino Haratischwili
Germany: Uwe Johnson
Ghana: Yaa Gyasi
Greece: Yanis Varoufakis
Hungary: Miklós Bánffy
Iceland: Hallgrimur Helgason
India: Vikram Seth
Indonesia: Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Iran: Hushang Moradi Kermani
Iraq: Rodaan Al Galidi
Ireland: Paul Murray
Israel: David Grossman
Italy: Elena Ferrante
Japan: Junpei Gomikawa
Lithuania: Romain Gary
Malaysia: Tan Twan Eng
Mexico: Mariano Azuela
Morocco: Fayza Oum'Hamed
Netherlands: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
New Zealand: Margaret Mahy
Nigeria: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Norway: Marta Breen
Palestine: Sayed Kashua
Peru: Mario Vargas Llosa
Poland: Olga Tokarczuk
Portugal: António Lobo Antunes
Romania: Herta Müller
Russia: Konstantin Paustovski
Senegal: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Slovakia: Sándor Márai
South Africa: Trevor Noah
South Korea: An Na
Spain: Almudena Grandes
Suriname: Anton de Kom
Sweden: Henning Mankell
Switzerland: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
Tibet: Tenzin Gyatso
Trinidad and Tobago: V.S. Naipaul
Turkey: Orhan Pamuk
Ukraine: Isaac Babel
Venezuela: Miguel Bonnefoy
United Kingdom: Robert Macfarlane
United States: John Steinbeck
Vietnam: Viet Thanh Nguyen
Afghanistan: Khaled Hosseini
Albania: Ismail Kadare
Algeria: Kamel Daoud
Angola: José Eduardo Agualusa
Argentina: Alberto Manguel
Armenia: Nairi Zaryan
Aruba: Denis Henriquez
Australia: John Marsden
Austria: Marlen Haushofer
Azerbaijan: Kurban Said
Belarus: Svetlana Alexievich
Belgium: Els Beerten
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Saša Stanišic
Brazil: Malba Tahan
Bulgaria: Elias Canetti
Cameroon: Ferdinand Oyono
Canada: Naomi Klein
Chile: Isabel Allende
China: Cao Xueqin
Colombia: Gabriel García Márquez
Croatia: Slobodan Šnajder
Curaçao: Frank Martinus Arion
Czechia: Pavel Kohout
Danmark: Tove Ditlevsen
Dominican Republic: Junot Díaz
Egypt: Nagieb Mahfoez
Finland: Väinö Linna
France: Annie Ernaux
Georgia: Nino Haratischwili
Germany: Uwe Johnson
Ghana: Yaa Gyasi
Greece: Yanis Varoufakis
Hungary: Miklós Bánffy
Iceland: Hallgrimur Helgason
India: Vikram Seth
Indonesia: Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Iran: Hushang Moradi Kermani
Iraq: Rodaan Al Galidi
Ireland: Paul Murray
Israel: David Grossman
Italy: Elena Ferrante
Japan: Junpei Gomikawa
Lithuania: Romain Gary
Malaysia: Tan Twan Eng
Mexico: Mariano Azuela
Morocco: Fayza Oum'Hamed
Netherlands: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
New Zealand: Margaret Mahy
Nigeria: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Norway: Marta Breen
Palestine: Sayed Kashua
Peru: Mario Vargas Llosa
Poland: Olga Tokarczuk
Portugal: António Lobo Antunes
Romania: Herta Müller
Russia: Konstantin Paustovski
Senegal: Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Slovakia: Sándor Márai
South Africa: Trevor Noah
South Korea: An Na
Spain: Almudena Grandes
Suriname: Anton de Kom
Sweden: Henning Mankell
Switzerland: Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz
Tibet: Tenzin Gyatso
Trinidad and Tobago: V.S. Naipaul
Turkey: Orhan Pamuk
Ukraine: Isaac Babel
Venezuela: Miguel Bonnefoy
United Kingdom: Robert Macfarlane
United States: John Steinbeck
Vietnam: Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Tickers
Totals since 2008:
Totals since 2008:
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My reading in previous years
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
book 75 - 96: thread 4
book 97 - 123: thread 5
book 124 - 143: thread 6
book 144 - 165: thread 7
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Monthly statistics
January: 23 books / 8,293 pages
February: 30 books / 7,531 pages
March: 21 books / 6,990 pages
April: 22 books / 7,384 pages
May: 27 books / 9,034 pages
June: 20 books / 8,968 pages
July: 22 books / 7,927 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
book 75 - 96: thread 4
book 97 - 123: thread 5
book 124 - 143: thread 6
book 144 - 165: thread 7
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Monthly statistics
January: 23 books / 8,293 pages
February: 30 books / 7,531 pages
March: 21 books / 6,990 pages
April: 22 books / 7,384 pages
May: 27 books / 9,034 pages
June: 20 books / 8,968 pages
July: 22 books / 7,927 pages
13FAMeulstee
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
Countries I have visited with reading around the world
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
Countries I have visited with reading around the world
14FAMeulstee
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
De Cock by A.C. Baantjer 59/70
Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith 6/6
1Koekoeksjong; 2 Zijderups; 3 Het slechte pad; 4 Witte dood; 5 Kwaad bloed; 6 Inktzwart hart
George Smiley by John Le Carré 6/9
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
De grote eeuw by Jan Guillou 2/10
1Bruggenbouwers; 2 Dandy uit het noorden; 3 Tussen rood en zwart; 4 De kop in het zand; 5 Blauwe Ster; 6 Echte Amerikaanse jeans; 7 1968; 8 Zij die dromen doden slapen nooit; 9 De tweede hoofdzonde; 10 Het einde van het verhaal
Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 30/31
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 Liefdadigheid; 32 So Shall You Reap (not translated)
Isabelle Bonnet by Pierre Martin 4/6
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 7/23
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; 5 Razende storm
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 5/7
1Een kille rilling; 2 Huivering; 3 Verduistering; 4 Schemering; 5 Weerzin; 6 Afdaling; 7 Afrekening
Oliver von Bodenstein & Pia Kirchhoff by Nele Neuhaus 10/10
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
De Cock by A.C. Baantjer 59/70
Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith 6/6
1
George Smiley by John Le Carré 6/9
1
De grote eeuw by Jan Guillou 2/10
1
Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 30/31
1
Isabelle Bonnet by Pierre Martin 4/6
1
John Rebus by Ian Rankin 7/23
1
Konráð by Arnaldur Indridason 4/4
1
Konrad Sejer by Karin Fossum 6/14
1
Martin Servaz by Bernard Minier 5/7
1
Oliver von Bodenstein & Pia Kirchhoff by Nele Neuhaus 10/10
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
15FAMeulstee
Books acquired in 2023: 20
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
May (1)
Dagen in huis - Roelof ten Napel
June (1)
Wilde dood - marwin vos
August (2)
Melkboer - Anna Burns
Wraakengelen : 1500 jaar oorlog op de Balkan - Borislav Čičovački.
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
May (1)
Dagen in huis - Roelof ten Napel
June (1)
Wilde dood - marwin vos
August (2)
Melkboer - Anna Burns
Wraakengelen : 1500 jaar oorlog op de Balkan - Borislav Čičovački.
16FAMeulstee
Welcome!
17vancouverdeb
Happy New Thread, Anita! Your reading is amazing! So you got married just one year after me , in 1984. It was good year, for you and Frank and also for Dave and I . We had our eldest son born in December of 1984. Fascinating statues.
18FAMeulstee
>17 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah!
A good year for all of us, your first child born in that year makes it very special.
We met in August 1982, when I went to university in Rotterdam. The first year Frank and I really disliked eachother. A year later we went out one evening with some others, and ended up together, as all others had left. Frank brought me home, and stayed forever ;-)
We married 14 months later.
A good year for all of us, your first child born in that year makes it very special.
We met in August 1982, when I went to university in Rotterdam. The first year Frank and I really disliked eachother. A year later we went out one evening with some others, and ended up together, as all others had left. Frank brought me home, and stayed forever ;-)
We married 14 months later.
19SandDune
Happy New Thread Anita! Rotterdam is somewhere I’d like to visit in the not too distant future.
20Kristelh
Happy new thread. I will be looking forward to your thoughts on The Stechlin. Happy August!
21EllaTim
Happy new thread, Anita.
Glad your father is doing well, and that you had a nice birthday party.
Glad your father is doing well, and that you had a nice birthday party.
22figsfromthistle
Happy new thread!
24FAMeulstee
>19 SandDune: Thank you, Rhian.
In that case we would like to come to Rotterdam to meet you.
>20 Kristelh: Thank you, Kristel.
You will see my thoughts here after I got to The Stechlin. And a August filled with good reads to you!
In that case we would like to come to Rotterdam to meet you.
>20 Kristelh: Thank you, Kristel.
You will see my thoughts here after I got to The Stechlin. And a August filled with good reads to you!
25jessibud2
Happy new thread, Anita. I love the statue in your topper! I didn't realize Frank was so short, lol! ;-)
PS - The Guardian article you linked to was very good!
PS - The Guardian article you linked to was very good!
26FAMeulstee
>21 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
We were all happy to be able to celebrate my fathers birthday again. Hoping for the same next year.
>22 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita!
We were all happy to be able to celebrate my fathers birthday again. Hoping for the same next year.
>22 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita!
27FAMeulstee
>23 msf59: Thank you, Mark.
The week is good, we will go and walk to the library this afternoon. It should be dry, a nice break from the rain in the last days.
>25 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley.
I still haven't seeen the statue myself yet, but do love it from all the pictures I have seen.
Yes, Frank looks very short next to the statue :-D
The week is good, we will go and walk to the library this afternoon. It should be dry, a nice break from the rain in the last days.
>25 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley.
I still haven't seeen the statue myself yet, but do love it from all the pictures I have seen.
Yes, Frank looks very short next to the statue :-D
28richardderus
New 🧵 orisons, Anita. Happy August's reads!
29hredwards
>1 FAMeulstee: Happy New Thread!! Frank is shorter than I expected! ;)
30The_Hibernator
Happy new thread!
31FAMeulstee
>28 richardderus: Thank you, Richard dear, happy reading in August!
>29 hredwards: Thank you, Harold! LOL!
>30 The_Hibernator: Thank you, Rachel!
>29 hredwards: Thank you, Harold! LOL!
>30 The_Hibernator: Thank you, Rachel!
32PaulCranswick
Happy new thread, Anita.
33FAMeulstee
>32 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
35FAMeulstee
>34 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!
37atozgrl
Happy new thread, Anita! And also belated happy birthday wishes to your father! I hope he continues to do well. He's the same age as my MIL.
38Caroline_McElwee
>1 FAMeulstee: I didn't realise Frank was so short Anita, haha!
39FAMeulstee
>36 quondame: Thank you, Susan!
Indeed it is. She stands right on the ground, without a visible base. Many take their picture next to it.
>37 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene!
Thanks, we hope so too. Earlier this year he wasn't doing so well, so we all are happy he did bounce back.
Indeed it is. She stands right on the ground, without a visible base. Many take their picture next to it.
>37 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene!
Thanks, we hope so too. Earlier this year he wasn't doing so well, so we all are happy he did bounce back.
40FAMeulstee
>38 Caroline_McElwee: LOL! It is really a great statue in every way, Caroline.
41FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
#167: Eeuwige vriendschap by Nele Neuhaus
Reading now:
De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal
Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The Island of Missing Trees) by Elif Shafak
#166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
#167: Eeuwige vriendschap by Nele Neuhaus
Reading now:
De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal
Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The Island of Missing Trees) by Elif Shafak
43humouress
Happy new thread Anita!
>18 FAMeulstee: So the 'enemies to lovers' trope is true.
>1 FAMeulstee: I like the way they've, unusually, portrayed the lady with her hand in her pocket; it makes her look more natural and casual.
>18 FAMeulstee: So the 'enemies to lovers' trope is true.
>1 FAMeulstee: I like the way they've, unusually, portrayed the lady with her hand in her pocket; it makes her look more natural and casual.
47FAMeulstee
>42 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas.
I think I kept my August reading plans doable. I didn't take any extra books from the library yesterday, like I did last month.
>43 humouress: Thank you, Nina.
I can only say that in some cases it can be true.
Yes that, and the fact that she stands right on the pavement.
I think I kept my August reading plans doable. I didn't take any extra books from the library yesterday, like I did last month.
>43 humouress: Thank you, Nina.
I can only say that in some cases it can be true.
Yes that, and the fact that she stands right on the pavement.
48FAMeulstee
>44 DianaNL: Thank you, Diana!
>45 bell7: Thank you, Mary!
>46 alcottacre: Thank you, Stasia.
It is a lovely statue, I hope to see it in real soon.
>45 bell7: Thank you, Mary!
>46 alcottacre: Thank you, Stasia.
It is a lovely statue, I hope to see it in real soon.
49charl08
Thank you for posting the statue article - I love that the journalist spoke to children about it.
Happy new thread!
Happy new thread!
50ocgreg34
>1 FAMeulstee: Happy new thread!
51FAMeulstee
>49 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte.
The Guardian article was a good antidote to the, also quoted, opponents of the statue. Some (far-)right Dutch took it rather bad. Anyway most of the inhabitants of Rotterdam are happy with it.
>50 ocgreg34: Thank you, Greg!
The Guardian article was a good antidote to the, also quoted, opponents of the statue. Some (far-)right Dutch took it rather bad. Anyway most of the inhabitants of Rotterdam are happy with it.
>50 ocgreg34: Thank you, Greg!
52PlatinumWarlock
Happy new thread, Anita! I continue to be so inspired both by your reading and your record-keeping! 😀
53FAMeulstee
>52 PlatinumWarlock: Thank you, Lavinia. How nice to let me know! 😊
54FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
#167: Eeuwige vriendschap by Nele Neuhaus
#168: De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal
Reading now:
Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The Island of Missing Trees) by Elif Shafak
Het geheime dagboek van Adriaan Mole 13 3/4 jaar (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾) - Sue Townsend
#166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
#167: Eeuwige vriendschap by Nele Neuhaus
#168: De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal
Reading now:
Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The Island of Missing Trees) by Elif Shafak
Het geheime dagboek van Adriaan Mole 13 3/4 jaar (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾) - Sue Townsend
55johnsimpson
Hi Anita my dear, Happy New Thread, love the thread topper photo. Sending love and hugs to you and Frank from both of us my dear friend.
56WhiteRaven.17
Happy new thread Anita. :)
57FAMeulstee
>55 johnsimpson: Thank you, John.
Sending love and hugs back to you and Karen.
>56 WhiteRaven.17: Thank you, Kro!
Sending love and hugs back to you and Karen.
>56 WhiteRaven.17: Thank you, Kro!
59FAMeulstee
>58 msf59: Thank you, Mark, happy Sunday.
I finished Adrian Mole, not as laugh out loud funny as I remembered, and started my next book.
I finished Adrian Mole, not as laugh out loud funny as I remembered, and started my next book.
60The_Hibernator
A Ghost in the Throat seems...ummm...interesting.
61vancouverdeb
>18 FAMeulstee: That is so interesting and funny that when you and Frank met, you initially disliked each other! Dave was a customer/ client at the bank I was working at , and I think both of us took a liking to each other when we met. It took about 6 months from the two of us chatting with me as a customer service rep and him a client for him to ask me out on a skiing date. We then dated for 15 months , got engaged and married 3 months after our engagement.
62FAMeulstee
>60 The_Hibernator: Review will follow soon, Rachel. You might like it better than I did.
>61 vancouverdeb: So you two also got married fairly soon, Deborah, two years after you first met.
Next month we will be together for 40 years, and next year we hope to celebrate 40 years of marriage.
>61 vancouverdeb: So you two also got married fairly soon, Deborah, two years after you first met.
Next month we will be together for 40 years, and next year we hope to celebrate 40 years of marriage.
63FAMeulstee
book 166: Een geest in de keel by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
library, e-book, translated, original title A ghost in the throat, 304 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
The memoires of the writer, mother of three young boys and pregnant. She describes her daily chores, cleaning, taking the boys to school/daycare and picking them up again, etc. The birth of her fourth child, a daughter, is traumatic. Premature, leads a long stay in hospital.
Somehow she is facinated by the 18th century poet Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonnail, who wrote a well known poem, but about herself not much is known. In the moments in between her tasks, and in the evenings, she tries to find every snippet about Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonnail's life.
English and Dutch title are the same
64FAMeulstee
book 167: Eeuwige vriendschap by Nele Neuhaus
library, translated from German, no English translation, 460 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12 : Read a book that shares its name with another piece of creative art (not another book)
Von Bodenstein en Kirchhoff book 10
A case of a missing woman turns out to be murder. She worked for a well known publisher, was recently fired, and caused a scandal after her leave. Enough people around who don't like her, but there are also things from the past that might be important for the case.
Meanwhile Oliver von Bodenstein has a hard time at home, where his daughter is bullied by his stephdaughter.
Title translated: Eternal friendship
65FAMeulstee
book 168: De kartuize van Parma by Stendhal
1001 books, library, e-book, translated from French, English translation The charterhouse of Parma, 749 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book that is tagged at LibraryThing as "Adventure"
Young Italian nobleman Fabrizio del Dongo admires Napoleon, and is sad when he is banned to Elba. When he hears about his return, he travels straight to France, and just misses out on the last battles at Waterloo. He ends up in Parma, with his beautiful aunt the Duchessa of Sanserverino, and is supposed to make a carreer in the Catolic Church. He makes some enemies, and ends up in jail, where he falls in love by looking through a window...
Enjoyable romantic political satire.
English and Dutch title are the same
66FAMeulstee
book 169: Het geheime dagboek van Adrian Mole 13¾ jaar by Sue Townsend
1001 books, library, e-book, translated, original title The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾, 287 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: Read a book by an author you have not read in 3+ years
I used to own a copy of this book, and remember I laughed out loud while reading it somewhere in the 1980s. As it is listed in the Swedish 1001 books, and available at the e-library in a new translation, I decided to read it again.
It wasn't as funny as I remembered, still good for a few smiles. I still feel for Adrian wrestling through those dreaded teenage years.
English and Dutch title are the same
67FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak
Reading now:
Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis
Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns
#170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak
Reading now:
Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis
Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns
68FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak
#171: Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis
#172: Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns (WOW!!! 5 star read!)
#173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan
Reading now:
De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō
De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut
#170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak
#171: Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis
#172: Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns (WOW!!! 5 star read!)
#173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan
Reading now:
De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō
De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut
69FAMeulstee
book 170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen by Elif Shafak
library, translated, original title The island of missing trees, 365 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
The story of Kostas and Defne, two teenagers from Cyprus falling in love, and driven apart by the civil war. And the story of a fig tree from Cyprus, taken to England by Kostas, who observes all around her.
I really enjoyed this book, I learned a lot about the history of Cyprus. And the fig tree was the star of the cast.
English and Dutch title are the same
70FAMeulstee
book 171: Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis
library, e-book, Dutch, no translations, 174 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book in which either the title or the author’s name contains the same name as a Shakespearean character
An unnamed narrator is in Winterthur to research the Club of Rome, as it is 40 years ago when their 'The Limits to Growth' was published. He travels around the world to interview the remaining members.
While in Winterthur he meets the deliberate homeless Antonin. He once traveled to South-America in the footsteps of Alexander von Humboldt. When he came back in Switserland he decided he didn't need a house, or belongings, and made his home in the woods.
An interesting story about climate change, and humanity ignoring all warnings for a long time.
Title speaks for itself
71FAMeulstee
book 172: Melkboer by Anna Burns
library, translated, Booker Prize 2018, original title Milkman, 368 pages
TIOLI Challenge #5: Read a book with a profession in the title or author's name
WOW, just wow, what a brilliant book!
It is almost impossible to find the right words to express my thoughts and feelings about this book.
Instead of trying (again), I refer to the Milkman review by @hemlokgang, saying it way better than I ever could.
On my way to find a copy of this book to add to my own library.
English and Dutch title are the same
72richardderus
>71 FAMeulstee: It's a tough book to review, for sure. I'm pretty convinced a translation would be incredibly difficult to make good, but clearly this one succeeded! *smooch*
73EllaTim
>71 FAMeulstee: Wow! You are enthusiastic. And five stars. Sometimes it is so hard to say why a book is so wonderful.
I’m adding this to mount TBR.
I’m adding this to mount TBR.
75vancouverdeb
>71 FAMeulstee: MilkMan sounds very good. It's one I need to get to soon. I'm glad you had a 5 star read , Anita! That's always wonderful.
76FAMeulstee
>72 richardderus: Thank you, Richard dear. The translation was fluent, but it was not an easy read. Incredible how a writer can take you inside the head of a girl in the 1970s in Northern Ireland, and make you feel her.
>73 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella. Very divided opinions on this book. I loved it, but many didn't at all. I just ordered a second hand copy through boekwinkeltjes.
>73 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella. Very divided opinions on this book. I loved it, but many didn't at all. I just ordered a second hand copy through boekwinkeltjes.
77FAMeulstee
>74 mdoris: Thank you, Mary.
The island of missing trees was a good story, and well written.
As I said above, Milkman was no easy read, but I was completely taken by it.
>75 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah.
It was a stunning read. 5 star read are getting scarce, this is the third this year, and one was a re-read. I have read so much now, that it is less likely that a book takes me in all aspects.
The island of missing trees was a good story, and well written.
As I said above, Milkman was no easy read, but I was completely taken by it.
>75 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah.
It was a stunning read. 5 star read are getting scarce, this is the third this year, and one was a re-read. I have read so much now, that it is less likely that a book takes me in all aspects.
78karenmarie
Hi Anita! Happy Friday and happy new thread.
A belated 93rd Birthday Wishes for your father, glad the visit was free of ‘problematic’ visitors.
>1 FAMeulstee: Wow, Frank next to ‘Moments Contained’ is wonderful.
I’m sorry Netherlands lost to Spain in the World Cup. I would have liked them to win for Bill, Jenna, and you.
A belated 93rd Birthday Wishes for your father, glad the visit was free of ‘problematic’ visitors.
>1 FAMeulstee: Wow, Frank next to ‘Moments Contained’ is wonderful.
I’m sorry Netherlands lost to Spain in the World Cup. I would have liked them to win for Bill, Jenna, and you.
79BLBera
Hi Anita - I also loved The Island of Missing Trees. I still haven't read Milkman but it is on my "read soon" pile of books.
80RebaRelishesReading
>76 FAMeulstee: I checked back to see how I felt about it and found I'd given it 2 stars. Looking at the LT site average it gets 3.7 stars so I'm guessing this is a book you either love or hate. I'm glad it was a winner for you.
81FAMeulstee
>78 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen, happy Friday!
Thanks, it was a good birthday for my father, and we were glad we could celebrate together with my brother and his family.
And thanks again, I hope to see the sculpure in real soon.
It is sad, both our teams are out now. I haven't decided wich team I support now.
Thanks, it was a good birthday for my father, and we were glad we could celebrate together with my brother and his family.
And thanks again, I hope to see the sculpure in real soon.
It is sad, both our teams are out now. I haven't decided wich team I support now.
82FAMeulstee
>79 BLBera: Thank you Beth.
A lot of love for The Island of Missing Trees here. I also liked her 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World.
Very divided opinios on Milkman, I loved it, and hope you will love it too.
>80 RebaRelishesReading: Thank you, Reba.
Indeed, I saw very mixed reviews for Milkman. I was drawn into the story, sorry it didn't do the same for you.
A lot of love for The Island of Missing Trees here. I also liked her 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World.
Very divided opinios on Milkman, I loved it, and hope you will love it too.
>80 RebaRelishesReading: Thank you, Reba.
Indeed, I saw very mixed reviews for Milkman. I was drawn into the story, sorry it didn't do the same for you.
83avatiakh
>82 FAMeulstee: I also liked both those Elif Shafak novels.
I've just spent a fair bit of time catching up on your thread and getting hit by multiple book bullets along the way. Happy that you finally got to The Bone People, I read it in my early LT days and found it impressive.
Interesting to read about Jan Terlouw. I really liked How to become king and also the 2012 film adaption. Loved to hear about your family's personal connection.
Good to hear that your Dad is still active at 93 yrs.
I've just spent a fair bit of time catching up on your thread and getting hit by multiple book bullets along the way. Happy that you finally got to The Bone People, I read it in my early LT days and found it impressive.
Interesting to read about Jan Terlouw. I really liked How to become king and also the 2012 film adaption. Loved to hear about your family's personal connection.
Good to hear that your Dad is still active at 93 yrs.
84FAMeulstee
Today the two second hand books I ordered arrived. Now we own a copy of Melkboer by Anna Burns, and the other book is Wraakengelen : 1500 jaar oorlog op de Balkan by Borislav Čičovački.
85FAMeulstee
>83 avatiakh: Thank you, Kerry, I hope to read some more by Elif Shafak.
I hope you will like the books you found on my thread.
Indeed, The Bone People resided on the shelves for a very long time before I got to it. I was impressed.
I was happy with the Jan Terlouw biography. I collected all his books in my teens, and read them multiple times.
I was less impressed by the film adaption of How to become king. I think the only other book by him that is available in English translation is Winter in wartime.
Thanks, we are very happy my father is still around, and doing so well at his age.
I hope you will like the books you found on my thread.
Indeed, The Bone People resided on the shelves for a very long time before I got to it. I was impressed.
I was happy with the Jan Terlouw biography. I collected all his books in my teens, and read them multiple times.
I was less impressed by the film adaption of How to become king. I think the only other book by him that is available in English translation is Winter in wartime.
Thanks, we are very happy my father is still around, and doing so well at his age.
86alcottacre
>65 FAMeulstee: I just read my first Stendahl last year. I need to read that one too! Thanks for the review, Anita.
>69 FAMeulstee: I enjoyed that one too. Glad to see that you did as well.
>71 FAMeulstee: Adding that one to the BlackHole. A 5 star read from you definitely makes my list!
Have a wonderful weekend!
>69 FAMeulstee: I enjoyed that one too. Glad to see that you did as well.
>71 FAMeulstee: Adding that one to the BlackHole. A 5 star read from you definitely makes my list!
Have a wonderful weekend!
87FAMeulstee
Happy weekend, Stasia!
>86 alcottacre: You are very welcome, it was a pleasant read.
I own a copy of The red and the black. Like many owned books it is in the to be read soon pile, but the library books jump ahead, as they have a due date.
Elif Shafak is a good writer. I hope to find some more books by her in the library.
I hope you get to Milkman some day, and like it as much as I did.
>86 alcottacre: You are very welcome, it was a pleasant read.
I own a copy of The red and the black. Like many owned books it is in the to be read soon pile, but the library books jump ahead, as they have a due date.
Elif Shafak is a good writer. I hope to find some more books by her in the library.
I hope you get to Milkman some day, and like it as much as I did.
88Whisper1
>69 FAMeulstee: Happy Sunday Anita. I plan to get out of the house and get a few needed items at the grocery store. Then, delve into the stack of library books brought home last week.
I plan to check if my local library has The Island of Missing Trees. It's been on my list since last year. Thanks for your recommendation.
I plan to check if my local library has The Island of Missing Trees. It's been on my list since last year. Thanks for your recommendation.
89figsfromthistle
>69 FAMeulstee: You got me with a BB for that one. Great review!
Hope you are having a lovely weekend so far.
Hope you are having a lovely weekend so far.
90FAMeulstee
>88 Whisper1: Happy Sunday, Linda!
I hope you have a nice day with your library books, and hope you find a copy of The Island of Missing Trees.
>89 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita. We are back in our usual routine, with Frank working two nights in the weekend. So for me a lot of reading time.
I hope you get to The Island of Missing Trees soon, and hope you like it as much as I did.
I hope you have a nice day with your library books, and hope you find a copy of The Island of Missing Trees.
>89 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita. We are back in our usual routine, with Frank working two nights in the weekend. So for me a lot of reading time.
I hope you get to The Island of Missing Trees soon, and hope you like it as much as I did.
91FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan
#174: De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō
#175: De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut
#176: De tuin van de avondnevel (The garden of evening mists) by Tan Twan Eng
Reading now:
Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother) by András Forgách
#173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan
#174: De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō
#175: De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut
#176: De tuin van de avondnevel (The garden of evening mists) by Tan Twan Eng
Reading now:
Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother) by András Forgách
92quondame
>82 FAMeulstee: Oh, I've been meaning to read 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World and I did like The Island of Missing Trees but didn't connect it to 10 Min. by author.
I was also impressed by The Bone People
I was also impressed by The Bone People
93vancouverdeb
Just stopping by to hi, Anita . You've gotten so much reading done. I was hoping to get Milkman on sale when I went into Vancouver on Saturday, but unfortunately the Book store closed at 5pm, not 6 pm , so I missed it. But my library has it.
94FAMeulstee
>92 quondame: Yes it is the same author, Susan, both were very good reads. I hope you cn get to 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World soon.
I remember you liked The Bone People, it was a shared read in June.
>93 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah. Sorry you didn't make it to the bookstore before closing time.
Milkman wasn't available here in regular stores anymore, sold out, no reprint. So I had to go for a second hand copy. The one I got was a prefect paperback, I don't think it was ever read.
I remember you liked The Bone People, it was a shared read in June.
>93 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah. Sorry you didn't make it to the bookstore before closing time.
Milkman wasn't available here in regular stores anymore, sold out, no reprint. So I had to go for a second hand copy. The one I got was a prefect paperback, I don't think it was ever read.
95FAMeulstee
book 173: Pleegkind by Claire Keegan
library, translated, original title Foster, 92 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12 : Read a book that shares its name with another piece of creative art (not another book)
An unnamed girl spends a summer away from home. She comes from a large famaly, and her mother is pregnant again. She finds unconditioned love from the couple she stays with.
Claire Keegan can pack a lot in only few pages. This is the second book I have read by her, and I look out for more.
English and Dutch title are the same
96FAMeulstee
book 174: De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō
library, translated from Japanese, no English translation, 297 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
In 1928 an unknown writer goes to the village of Urakasu, a small community of fishermen, not far from Tokio. He will stay a year, and describes the people and daily life in the community.
He buys an old, small, blue flatboat, to go out on the sea and catch fish.
Lovely peak at life in Japan before WWII. Beautiful descriptions of the sea, nature, and the people.
Yamamoto Shūgorō was one of many aliasses of Satomu Shimizu
Title translated: The blue boat
97FAMeulstee
book 175: De belofte by Damon Galgut
library, translated, Booker Prize 2021, original title The promise, 318 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12 : Read a book that shares its name with another piece of creative art (not another book)
South-Africa, 1986. Amor Swart, the youngest of three children, overhears her parents. Her mother is dying, and makes her husband promise to give their black servant the house where she lives. Her father doesn't follow his promise, even denies it. In the years after Amor can't forget. With a changing country in the background we follow Amor and her family in 1995, 2004 and 2018.
I liked the story, but the characters didn't really come to life. Maybe because the large gaps in time, that are not really filled.
English and Dutch title are the same
98FAMeulstee
book 176: De tuin van de avondnevel by Tan Twan Eng
library, e-book, translated, original title The garden of evening mists, 374 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
Judge Teoh Yun Ling has retired, she returns to the house with the Japanese garden in the mountains. She thinks back to her youth, WWII, when she was tortured in a Japanes camp, and how she got to know Nakamura Aritomo, disgraced gardner of the Japanese Emperor, in the early 1950s.
Yun Ling has very mixed and complicated feelings about the Japanese, her experiences in the camp, and later her love for Aritomo, who left his house and garden to her.
This book is written by an author from Malaysia, a next country in my reading around the world list.
English and Dutch title are the same
99FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
#178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
Reading now:
De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother) by András Forgách
Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
#177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
#178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
Reading now:
De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother) by András Forgách
Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
100richardderus
>99 FAMeulstee: "Spring Hunger"? Is this an idiom, Anita? It's a lovely sounding word, no matter...like "avondnevel" is.
Midweek *smooch*
Midweek *smooch*
101FAMeulstee
>100 richardderus: In Dutch you can put words together into one word, Richard dear. It is one of the nice features of our language.
'Lentehonger' itself is not an existing word in the dictionary (if used more it can end up there), but it is acceptable. In this case the writer tries to make clear how much he longs for spring.
'Avondnevel' is similair, that one is in the dictionary.
*smooches*
'Lentehonger' itself is not an existing word in the dictionary (if used more it can end up there), but it is acceptable. In this case the writer tries to make clear how much he longs for spring.
'Avondnevel' is similair, that one is in the dictionary.
*smooches*
102alcottacre
>95 FAMeulstee: I have that one here to read, I just need to get to it! Keegan can put a lot into her small books, can't she?
>96 FAMeulstee: I would love to be able to read that one for my Asian Authors reading. Too bad it is not available in English.
>97 FAMeulstee: I think I enjoyed that one a tad more than you did, Anita. I understand your complaint about it though.
>98 FAMeulstee: I still need to get that one read! I will have to see if I can squeeze it into August's reads, although I think at this point, it is highly unlikely.
Have a terrific day!
>96 FAMeulstee: I would love to be able to read that one for my Asian Authors reading. Too bad it is not available in English.
>97 FAMeulstee: I think I enjoyed that one a tad more than you did, Anita. I understand your complaint about it though.
>98 FAMeulstee: I still need to get that one read! I will have to see if I can squeeze it into August's reads, although I think at this point, it is highly unlikely.
Have a terrific day!
103The_Hibernator
>62 FAMeulstee: Nah, I focus on reading books that people like. 🤣😂
104FAMeulstee
>102 alcottacre: Thanks, Stasia, happy Friday!
Indeed, Keegan is a very good writer. I hope you can get to Foster soon. Maybe you can get to it this month for a shared TIOLI read?
There is an other book by Yamamoto Shūgorō available in English. An historical fiction The Flower Mat.
We can't like them all the same. The promise just didn't grab me like I hoped it would.
I found The garden of evening mists on Caroline's (@Caroline_McElwee) thread, who raved about it. I found it almost immediately at the e-library, and could put it in my TIOLI challenge.
>103 The_Hibernator: Others liked it way more than I did, Rachel, but I do take your point 😉
Indeed, Keegan is a very good writer. I hope you can get to Foster soon. Maybe you can get to it this month for a shared TIOLI read?
There is an other book by Yamamoto Shūgorō available in English. An historical fiction The Flower Mat.
We can't like them all the same. The promise just didn't grab me like I hoped it would.
I found The garden of evening mists on Caroline's (@Caroline_McElwee) thread, who raved about it. I found it almost immediately at the e-library, and could put it in my TIOLI challenge.
>103 The_Hibernator: Others liked it way more than I did, Rachel, but I do take your point 😉
105FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
#178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
#179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
#180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách
Reading now:
Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
#178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
#179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
#180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách
Reading now:
Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
106FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
#178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
#179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
#180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
Reading now:
Casino royale (Casino royale) by Ian Fleming
Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
#177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
#178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
#179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
#180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
Reading now:
Casino royale (Casino royale) by Ian Fleming
Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
107charl08
>95 FAMeulstee: and >98 FAMeulstee: are two of my favourite reads over the past few years. Wonderful books. Wishing you a good week of reading.
108FAMeulstee
>107 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte. Both were good reads.
Reading is a bit slow, The sorrow of Belgium is a big tome that needs time; James Bond on paper is way less attractive compared to the screen...
I should write some reviews, but I am not in the mood.
Reading is a bit slow, The sorrow of Belgium is a big tome that needs time; James Bond on paper is way less attractive compared to the screen...
I should write some reviews, but I am not in the mood.
109FAMeulstee
book 177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
library, e-book, non-fiction, Dutch, no translations, 80 pages
TIOLI Challenge #9: Read a book with one or more wings on the cover
Sander Kollaard lives in Sweden. At the end of winter he really longs for spring. While walking he describes each little sign in nature that proclaims the end of winter. But it takes a long time before spring arrives, winter isn't defeated easy.
Part of a series of short books about walking/hiking, written by Dutch writers.
Title translated: Spring hunger
110FAMeulstee
book 178: Stechlin by Theodor Fontane
1001 books, library, e-book, translated from German, original title The Stechlin, 432 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
Not much action in this book, the writer summarised it as 'At the end an old man dies and two young people marry; - that is about all what happens in 500 pages'.
And that is true, it is mostly a description of a time, where the old ways of the German Confederation make place for a new democratic Germany.
Not unconditional only the new. Better the old, as long as it goes, and the new when necessary.
English and Dutch title are the same
111FAMeulstee
book 179: Weerzin by Bernard Minier
library, e-book, translated from French, no English translation, 413 pages
TIOLI Challenge #15: Read a book by an author who you read in any previous August of this decade
Martin Servaz book 5
25 years ago two sisters were murdered. It was the first case for Martin Servaz, as youngest of the police team. A writer seemed to be involved. Now the writers wife is murdered, and Martin, now head of his team, dives into the past to find some links.
A well written story, with an unexpected conclusion.
Title translated: Aversion
112FAMeulstee
book 180: De akte van mijn moeder by András Forgách
library, translated from Hungarian, English translation The acts of my mother (also published as No live files remain), 335 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
The writer reconstructs his mother's life through the documents of the Hungarian secret police. Thirty years after her death he found out she worked her last ten years for the secret police. At first his father was an informant, but when he could not anymore, his mother took it upon her.
The author had not been aware of his parents activities, and found out through these documents.
Dutch title translated: The act of my mother
113FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
#183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
Reading now:
Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
#183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
Reading now:
Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
114Kristelh
>110 FAMeulstee:, You liked it better than I did. I usually am quite fond of books about old people. Did you read it in Dutch or English or German? I did like the other book I read by Fontane.
115msf59
Hi, Anita. Just checking in after our camping trip. I loved both Foster & The Garden of Evening Mists. I plan on finally reading The Gift of Rain next month.
116FAMeulstee
>114 Kristelh: I read it in Dutch translation, Kristel. I liked the way it showed the transition of Germany in the late 19th century. And even a slight foreshadow of what was to come.
Like you, I liked Effi Briest even better, that was a 4.5 star read for me.
>115 msf59: Glad to see you are back, Mark.
Indeed, those two were good reads. Sadly The Gift of Rain isn't available in Dutch translation. Last week The House of Doors was published in Dutch translation. I might get to it later this year.
Like you, I liked Effi Briest even better, that was a 4.5 star read for me.
>115 msf59: Glad to see you are back, Mark.
Indeed, those two were good reads. Sadly The Gift of Rain isn't available in Dutch translation. Last week The House of Doors was published in Dutch translation. I might get to it later this year.
117streamsong
Hi Anita!
I'm also looking forward to reading The House of Doors after its US October release. It's been getting wonderful reviews by those who have already read it.
I'm also looking forward to reading The House of Doors after its US October release. It's been getting wonderful reviews by those who have already read it.
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>117 streamsong: Thank you, Janet. The garden of evening mists was the first book by Tan Twan Eng that I have read. Filled Malaysia in my world reading. I will be waiting for a copy of The house of doors from the library.
119FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
#183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
#184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
Reading now:
Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
#183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
#184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
Reading now:
Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner
120EllaTim
Hi Anita. You have been reading lots of interesting books, as usual.
I am curious for your review of Het Verdriet van Belgie. I have had the book, read a first part of it. I liked the writing, but I got stuck after some hundred pages. I never managed to finish it, and donated the big tome, I gave up on it.
So kudos to you for finishing!
I am curious for your review of Het Verdriet van Belgie. I have had the book, read a first part of it. I liked the writing, but I got stuck after some hundred pages. I never managed to finish it, and donated the big tome, I gave up on it.
So kudos to you for finishing!
121richardderus
>112 FAMeulstee: That sounds really fascinating...I'll see if I can source the ebook.
>110 FAMeulstee: I suspect that one would agree with my readerly interest in being immersed into a world other than this one.
>109 FAMeulstee: I love the title, though it sounds like something I read called The Fly Trap and found sort-of insubstantial.
Thursday orisons again, Anita! *smooch*
>110 FAMeulstee: I suspect that one would agree with my readerly interest in being immersed into a world other than this one.
>109 FAMeulstee: I love the title, though it sounds like something I read called The Fly Trap and found sort-of insubstantial.
Thursday orisons again, Anita! *smooch*
122FAMeulstee
>120 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella, I try to keep my reading diverse.
It certainly was no easy read, interesting enough, but not as great as some think it is. The Flemish isn't always easy on us Dutch.
>121 richardderus: Happy Thursday, Richard dear!
I hope you can find the e-book. I hadn't read anything about the Hungarian secret police before.
Yes, The Stechlin is much away from our present world. When you like a bit of plot, I would recommend his other famous book Effi Briest.
I wasn't much charmed by Lentehonger. Looking at the info about The Fly Trap, I would say they both have an interesting title, and not much more.
*smooches*
It certainly was no easy read, interesting enough, but not as great as some think it is. The Flemish isn't always easy on us Dutch.
>121 richardderus: Happy Thursday, Richard dear!
I hope you can find the e-book. I hadn't read anything about the Hungarian secret police before.
Yes, The Stechlin is much away from our present world. When you like a bit of plot, I would recommend his other famous book Effi Briest.
I wasn't much charmed by Lentehonger. Looking at the info about The Fly Trap, I would say they both have an interesting title, and not much more.
*smooches*
123alcottacre
>104 FAMeulstee: I signed up for a group read of The Garden of Evening Mists in September and am very much looking forward to reading that one. I saw Caroline praising it on her thread as well.
>110 FAMeulstee: No dice for me on that one, my local library does not have a copy. I will have to look further afield. Thanks for the recommendation!
>112 FAMeulstee: Adding that one to the BlackHole too!
Have a wonderful weekend, Anita!
>110 FAMeulstee: No dice for me on that one, my local library does not have a copy. I will have to look further afield. Thanks for the recommendation!
>112 FAMeulstee: Adding that one to the BlackHole too!
Have a wonderful weekend, Anita!
124PaulCranswick
>98 FAMeulstee: So pleased you liked it, Anita. I have read all three of Tan's novels and they are all excellent but this one is the only one not centred primarily in Penang. The Cameron Highlands are a place of tea, strawberries, reduced temperatures, terrible roads and - sadly - a bit of over development.
Read The House of Doors this month and I reckon it will get shortlisted.
Read The House of Doors this month and I reckon it will get shortlisted.
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>123 alcottacre: Happy weekend, Stasia!
I did read The Garden of Evening Mists after seeing Caroline's raving review. I hope you enjoy it too.
Sorry that The Stechlin isn't in your local library, any other by Fontane?
And one more for the BlackHole ;-)
>124 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
Sadly his first wasn't translated. The translation of The House of Doors was published a few days ago, so I will have to wait a while for a copy from the library.
I did read The Garden of Evening Mists after seeing Caroline's raving review. I hope you enjoy it too.
Sorry that The Stechlin isn't in your local library, any other by Fontane?
And one more for the BlackHole ;-)
>124 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
Sadly his first wasn't translated. The translation of The House of Doors was published a few days ago, so I will have to wait a while for a copy from the library.
126msf59
Happy Saturday, Anita. Too bad about The Gift of Rain not being translated. ☹️
I have wanted to read The Flamethrowers for years. Look forward to your thoughts.
I have wanted to read The Flamethrowers for years. Look forward to your thoughts.
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>126 msf59: Happy Sunday, Mark.
It happens both ways, some good Dutch reads are not available for you either.
I hope to finish The Flamethrowes today. Mixed feelings, some very good writing, but the story doesn't grab me at all.
It happens both ways, some good Dutch reads are not available for you either.
I hope to finish The Flamethrowes today. Mixed feelings, some very good writing, but the story doesn't grab me at all.
128FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
#183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
#184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
#185: Ogentroost by Yolanda Entius
#186: Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
#187: De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner
Reading now:
Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo
Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
#181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
#182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
#183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
#184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
#185: Ogentroost by Yolanda Entius
#186: Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
#187: De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner
Reading now:
Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo
Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
129charl08
>125 FAMeulstee: Hope your library can get hold of a copy for you soonish, Anita. I have my fingers crossed for a Booker win for him.
Your Hungarian book sounds really good, I'll see if I can find a copy here too. It came up in the latest Erpenbeck (although I had mixed feelings about that book, so not necessarily a recommendation!) and also in the Romanian novel I'm reading at the moment (The Censor's Notebook). I had assumed the censors would be part of the secret police, but it seems from the novel that they ran the risk of being reported in the same way others did in the 'outside world' they censored.
Your Hungarian book sounds really good, I'll see if I can find a copy here too. It came up in the latest Erpenbeck (although I had mixed feelings about that book, so not necessarily a recommendation!) and also in the Romanian novel I'm reading at the moment (The Censor's Notebook). I had assumed the censors would be part of the secret police, but it seems from the novel that they ran the risk of being reported in the same way others did in the 'outside world' they censored.
130FAMeulstee
>129 charl08: There is a waiting time after publication before libraries can get a book, Charlotte. So it will take a while before I can get The House of Doors. If it does win the Booker, I am sure the waiting list will get long.
Sadly that Romanian novel isn't available in Dutch translation. I will keep looking for it.
The latest Erpenbeck hasn't reached the Dutch reading world either :-(
Sadly that Romanian novel isn't available in Dutch translation. I will keep looking for it.
The latest Erpenbeck hasn't reached the Dutch reading world either :-(
131FAMeulstee
book 181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan by Barbara Ehrenreich
library, non-fiction, translated, original title Natural causes, 235 pages
TIOLI Challenge #10: Read a book with a word in the title suggesting death
We are mortal, but most of the time we like to ignore this fact. Healthcare is more and more about prevention, and we try to live a 'healthy' life. This might add years, but there comes a time it might be better to enjoy your last years, knowing death will come, without these.
Your body will age, cells do change through the years. Parts of the immune system (macrophages) can ultimately attack our own cells. So accept mortality, live, and enjoy your final years without to much medical intervention.
Dutch title translated: Old enough to die
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book 182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
library, e-book, non-fiction, Dutch, no translations, 82 pages
Joyce Roodnat walks the streets of her youth in Amsterdam.
She compares her memories with the present. The libray building is still there, but there is no library anymore. Where once were fields are now streets.
Part of a series of short books about walking/hiking, written by Dutch writers.
Title translated: Along with mother
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book 183: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
1001 books, library, translated, original title Casino Royale, 189 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book (F or NF) about espionage and/or the Cold War
First James Bond book, where 007 goes to France to beat 'Le Chiffre' in a game of Baccarat.
I think I prefer the movies.
English and Dutch title are the same
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book 184: Het verdriet van België by Hugo Claus
1001 books, own, Dutch, Dutch Canon, English translation The sorrow of Belgium, 774 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book where the first word of the title is an article
Louis Seynave is coming to age during WWII. At the start, just before the war, he is attending a Catholic boarding school. When the war begins, Flemish nationalists welcome the Germans, hoping the French influence will be gone. During the war family life goes on, some struggle to survive, others do better collaborating with the Germans. After the war Louis father ends up in jail. for some time
Written with humor, which makes the devastations of the war bearable to read.
English and Dutch title are the same
135alcottacre
>134 FAMeulstee: Into the BlackHole it goes! That book sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the recommendation, Anita.
136FAMeulstee
>135 alcottacre: You are welcome, Stasia.
I should add that not many reviewers saw the humor in this book...
I should add that not many reviewers saw the humor in this book...
137FAMeulstee
book 185: Ogentroost by Yolanda Entius
library, e-book, non-fiction, Dutch, no translations, 80 pages
Yolanda Entius hikes in the South-East of France with her partner F. She thinks back about other hikes, with others who have died. She tries to memorise the flowers she sees on her way. One flower she identifies back home: eyebright.
Part of a series of short books about walking/hiking, written by Dutch writers.
Title translated: Eyebright (the plant), literal: Eye comfort
138FAMeulstee
book 186: Spion van nobel bloed by John Le Carré
own, translated, original title The honourable schoolboy, 576 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3 Read a book whose cover includes the word august or its synonym
In the mid 1970s George Smiley sends Jerry Westerby to Hongkong to find out about a possible Russian spy. The Vietnam War is nearing its end, besides the Brittish, the Americans, the Chinese, and the Russians try to get a grip at the region. While Smiley tries to keep ahead, he is forced to cooperate with the Americans.
An enjoyable, and enervating read, especially after the disappointing James Bond book (>133 FAMeulstee:).
On to the next, Smiley's People, I hope to read later this year.
Dutch title translated: Spy of noble blood
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book 187: De vlammenwerpers by Rachel Kushner
1001, library, e-book, translated, original title The flamethrowers, 478 pages
TIOLI Challenge #16: Read a book with a hot temperature or location in the title - the next book needs a cool word or location
In the 1970s a young woman from Reno goes to New York. She loves mototcycles and art. In New York she is nicknamed 'Reno', and gets into a relationship with artist Sandro Valera, from the Italian Valera company. He gives her a Valera motorcycle, but at her firsst race she crashes.
The story includes some Italian history, the founder of Valera was fighting in WWI, and later deep involved in Mussolini's fascist movement. When Reno goes to Italy with Sandro, she ends up in the uprise of those days, including Brigate Rosse.
The writing was good, but it felt a bit disjointed, hopping from New York art scene to Italy and in between parts of the past.
English and Dutch title are the same
140FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#188: Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo
#189: Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
Reading now:
Het is te koud om te sterven by Christian Frascella
#188: Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo
#189: Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
Reading now:
Het is te koud om te sterven by Christian Frascella
141FAMeulstee
LibraryThing turned 18 today we celebrate with a Birthday Hunt!
I can't resist these treasure hunts,nine ten down, three two candles to go.
I can't resist these treasure hunts,
142FAMeulstee
Fastest hunt ever!
I needed one hint, and got them all :-D
I needed one hint, and got them all :-D
143alcottacre
>136 FAMeulstee: Ah, well. Some people have misplaced their senses of humor these days.
>138 FAMeulstee: John Le Carre is one of those authors that I just have not taken to. I probably should give him another shot one of these days.
>139 FAMeulstee: Too bad about that one. The book sounds like it should have been much better!
>141 FAMeulstee: I have never done any of the hunts, although I suppose I should. I have just never had any interest, lol.
>142 FAMeulstee: Congratulations!
>138 FAMeulstee: John Le Carre is one of those authors that I just have not taken to. I probably should give him another shot one of these days.
>139 FAMeulstee: Too bad about that one. The book sounds like it should have been much better!
>141 FAMeulstee: I have never done any of the hunts, although I suppose I should. I have just never had any interest, lol.
>142 FAMeulstee: Congratulations!
144FAMeulstee
>143 alcottacre: Not everyone has the same sense of humor, Stasia. And I don't know how well the English translation hold up in that aspect.
I hope you get to John le Carré. And if you still don't like him, there are enough other books in the BlackHole!
Yes, I had better hopes for The Flamethrowers. It was added to the 1001 Books in 2018, so should have some merit.
LibraryThing hunts are fun, I can't stop until I find all answers.
This one went very fast, but others took way more of my reading time ;-) Thanks!
I hope you get to John le Carré. And if you still don't like him, there are enough other books in the BlackHole!
Yes, I had better hopes for The Flamethrowers. It was added to the 1001 Books in 2018, so should have some merit.
LibraryThing hunts are fun, I can't stop until I find all answers.
This one went very fast, but others took way more of my reading time ;-) Thanks!
145RebaRelishesReading
>143 alcottacre: I tried one a long time ago and couldn't figure out how to "hunt" so quit :(
146richardderus
>141 FAMeulstee: Hooray for the successful hunt!
147FAMeulstee
>145 RebaRelishesReading: That is unfortunate, Reba.
I did have some trouble with the first ones, but eventually got the hang of it. In the hunt thread in Talk about LibraryThing are helpful hints given on request.
>146 richardderus: Thank you, Richard dear, it was fun!
I did have some trouble with the first ones, but eventually got the hang of it. In the hunt thread in Talk about LibraryThing are helpful hints given on request.
>146 richardderus: Thank you, Richard dear, it was fun!
148FAMeulstee
book 188: Een geslaagde grap by Italo Svevo
own, translated from Italian, English translation A perfect hoax, 94 pages
TIOLI Challenge #15: Read a book by an author who you read in any previous August of this decade
Mario Samigli wrote the novel 'A youth' in his younger days, and self published it. Fourty years later he still lives in hope a publisher will discover his book. Then a salesman, Enrico Gaia, decides to play a joke on Mario. He takes a collegue to Mario, and tells him he is a representant of a German publisher, who wants to pay good money for his book, and make a translation. Mario is very happy with this late recognistion, but decides to keep it quiet until he has the translation in his hands. This way the joke doesn't work out as Enrico planned...
Dutch title translated: A succesful joke
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book 189: Honderd jaar eenzaamheid by Gabriel García Márquez
1001 books, own, translated from Spanish, English translation One hundred years of solitude, 428 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: Read a book by an author you have not read in 3+ years
The chronicle of the Buendía family in the village of Macondo, somewhere in South-America. The family lives a quiet life at first. Later revolution and uprise, comes to town. Birth, life, death follow eachother, until the last generation of the Buendía family.
I am glad I finally got to this classic, it was a captivating read.
English and Dutch title are the same
150FAMeulstee
book 190: Het is te koud om te sterven by Christian Frascella
library, translated from Italian, no English translation, 319 pages
TIOLI Challenge #16: Read a book with a hot temperature or location in the title - the next book needs a cool word or location
Winter in Turin, private detective, and former policeman Contrera lives in poverty. His office is in a laundry where Mohamed, the owner, tolerates him. When Mohamed's nephew has gotten in trouble with an Albanese ursurer, he asks Contrera's help. When the first body is showing up, Contrera knows he is in trouble.
It took some time to get used to Frascella's writing style In the end I liked the story enough to consider reading the next books in the series.
Title translated: It is to cold to die
151FAMeulstee
August 2023 in numbers
(Totals for the year between brackets)
25 books read, 8,306 pages, 267.9 pages a day
(190 books read, 64,433 pages, 265.2 pages a day)
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books:
• own books: 4 (20)
• from the library: 21 (170)
• male author: 15 (140)
• female author: 10 (50)
• originally written in Dutch: 5 (43)
• translated into Dutch: 20 (147)
- original language of translated books:
• Albanian: 0 (1)
• Armenian: 0 (1)
• Bulgarian: 0 (1)
• Czech: 0 (1)
• Danish: 0 (1)
• Dutch (Middle): 0 (1)
• English: 11 (64)
• Finnish: 0 (4)
• French: 2 (8)
• German: 2 (21)
• Hungarian: 1 (1)
• Icelandic: 0 (7)
• Indonesian: 0 (1)
• Italian: 2 (4)
• Japanese: 1 (6)
• Latin: 0 (1)
• Norwegian: 0 (3)
• Portugese: 0 (2)
• Russian: 0 (3)
• Serbian: 0 (1)
• Spanish: 1 (6)
• Swedish: 0 (9)
• fiction: 21 (146)
• non-fiction: 4 (44)
• paper books: 13 (103)
• e-books: 12 (87)
• mystery/police procedural: 4 (25)
• childrens/YA: 0 (8)
• 1001 books: 7 (31)
Total 1001 books since 2008: 311
• Dutch Canon: 1 (2)
Total Dutch Canon since 2008: 44 of 125
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pages:
0 - 100 pages: 5 (11)
101 - 200 pages: 2 (29)
201 - 300 pages: 3 (46)
301 - 400 pages: 7 (56)
401 - 500 pages: 5 (22)
501 - 999 pages: 3 (24)
1000+ pages: 0 (2)
• longest book 774 pages (1296 pages)
• shortest book 80 pages (32 pages)
• average book 332 pages (339 pages)
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date first published:
2nd century: 0 (1)
11th century: 0 (1)
13th century: 0 (1)
17th century: 0 (1)
18th century: 0 (1)
19th century: 2 (7)
20th century
1910s: 0 (3)
1920s: 1 (4)
1930s: 0 (6)
1940s: 0 (2)
1950s: 1 (5)
1960s: 2 (11)
1970s: 1 (7)
1980s: 2 (16)
1990s: 0 (11)
21st century
2000s: 0 (16)
2010s: 8 (47)
2020s: 8 (50)
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ratings:
1 (3)
1 (18)
9 (73)
9 (62)
5 (33)
0 (0)
0 (1)
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best books in August
Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns
Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
(Totals for the year between brackets)
25 books read, 8,306 pages, 267.9 pages a day
(190 books read, 64,433 pages, 265.2 pages a day)
--
books:
• own books: 4 (20)
• from the library: 21 (170)
• male author: 15 (140)
• female author: 10 (50)
• originally written in Dutch: 5 (43)
• translated into Dutch: 20 (147)
- original language of translated books:
• Albanian: 0 (1)
• Armenian: 0 (1)
• Bulgarian: 0 (1)
• Czech: 0 (1)
• Danish: 0 (1)
• Dutch (Middle): 0 (1)
• English: 11 (64)
• Finnish: 0 (4)
• French: 2 (8)
• German: 2 (21)
• Hungarian: 1 (1)
• Icelandic: 0 (7)
• Indonesian: 0 (1)
• Italian: 2 (4)
• Japanese: 1 (6)
• Latin: 0 (1)
• Norwegian: 0 (3)
• Portugese: 0 (2)
• Russian: 0 (3)
• Serbian: 0 (1)
• Spanish: 1 (6)
• Swedish: 0 (9)
• fiction: 21 (146)
• non-fiction: 4 (44)
• paper books: 13 (103)
• e-books: 12 (87)
• mystery/police procedural: 4 (25)
• childrens/YA: 0 (8)
• 1001 books: 7 (31)
Total 1001 books since 2008: 311
• Dutch Canon: 1 (2)
Total Dutch Canon since 2008: 44 of 125
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pages:
0 - 100 pages: 5 (11)
101 - 200 pages: 2 (29)
201 - 300 pages: 3 (46)
301 - 400 pages: 7 (56)
401 - 500 pages: 5 (22)
501 - 999 pages: 3 (24)
1000+ pages: 0 (2)
• longest book 774 pages (1296 pages)
• shortest book 80 pages (32 pages)
• average book 332 pages (339 pages)
--
date first published:
2nd century: 0 (1)
11th century: 0 (1)
13th century: 0 (1)
17th century: 0 (1)
18th century: 0 (1)
19th century: 2 (7)
20th century
1910s: 0 (3)
1920s: 1 (4)
1930s: 0 (6)
1940s: 0 (2)
1950s: 1 (5)
1960s: 2 (11)
1970s: 1 (7)
1980s: 2 (16)
1990s: 0 (11)
21st century
2000s: 0 (16)
2010s: 8 (47)
2020s: 8 (50)
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ratings:
1 (3) 1 (18) 9 (73) 9 (62) 5 (33) 0 (0) 0 (1)--
best books in August
Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns
Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
152vancouverdeb
The House of Doors is not available in Canada yet , either , Anita . It will be a while yet , unless I order it from the UK . Great reading stats for August! I still have 3 clues to get in the hunt .
153FAMeulstee
>152 vancouverdeb: Then we both need patience, Deborah.
Luckely I have enough other books on Mount TBR to get through ;-)
Thanks! Good luck finding the last three Birthday Candles!
Luckely I have enough other books on Mount TBR to get through ;-)
Thanks! Good luck finding the last three Birthday Candles!
154FAMeulstee
I have been neglecting the other threads a bit, as my father got Covid last weekend.
At first it looked like a very mild case, but since Tuesday he feels very bad. Got a fever and fell twice in the morning. The nurses came to get him on his feet, but I do worry about him. I will call him again tonight, and hope there will be a bit of improvement...
At first it looked like a very mild case, but since Tuesday he feels very bad. Got a fever and fell twice in the morning. The nurses came to get him on his feet, but I do worry about him. I will call him again tonight, and hope there will be a bit of improvement...
155Caroline_McElwee
>149 FAMeulstee: I nudged this up the pile to read soon myself Anita, I have had it for years.
156FAMeulstee
>155 Caroline_McElwee: We also had it for years, Caroline. I think we bought it somewhere in the 1980s...
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