Anita (FAMeulstee) goes on where the books take her in 2023 (12)
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1FAMeulstee
Welcome to my twelfth (and last) thread in 2023!
I am Anita Meulstee (60), married with Frank (62) since 1984. We live in Lelystad, the Netherlands. We both love modern art, books and walking.
"Reading" by Berthe Morisot (1888)
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 (62) since 1984. We live in Lelystad, the Netherlands. We both love modern art, books and walking.
"Reading" by Berthe Morisot (1888)
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: 278
30 own / 248 library
total pages read in 2023: 92,617
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currently reading:
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books read in December 2023: 21 books, 7,011 pages, 1 own / 20 library)
book 258: Tonio : een requiemroman (Tonio: a requiem memoir) by A.F.TH. van der Heijden, 632 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 49)
book 259: Blauwe ster by Jan Guillou, 352 pages, TIOLI #3
(msg 50)
book 260: Open zee (Woman at Sea) by Catherine Poulain, 353 pages, TIOLI #8 (msg 51)
book 261: Specht en zoon (The portrait) by Willem-Jan Otten, 142 pages, TIOLI #7
(msg 52)
book 262: Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat, 176 pages, TIOLI #11 (msg 61)
book 263: Praag fataal (The Prague fatale; Bernie Gunther 8) by Philip Kerr, 376 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 62)
book 264: Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy) by Joseph Roth, 158 pages, TIOLI #8 (msg 63)
book 265: De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft (The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding) by Barbara Stok, 295 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 64)
book 266: Dode zielen (Dead Souls; John Rebus 10) by Ian Rankin, 416 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 83)
book 267: Weerwater by Renate Dorrestein, 301 pages, TIOLI #11 (msg 84)
book 268: De heilige dief (The Holy Thief; Cadfael 19) by Ellis Peters, 234 pages, TIOLI #5 (msg 85)
book 269: De haasfactor (The Rabbit Factor) by Antti Tuomainen, 320 pages, TIOLI #11 (msg 86)
book 270: Storm in juni (Suite Française) by Irène Némirovsky, 537 pages, TIOLI #8 (msg 88)
book 271: Kramp (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) by Gao Xingjian, 127 pages, TIOLI #7 (msg 89)
book 272: De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek, 296 pages, TIOLI #9
(msg 121)
book 273: Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland, 628 pages, TIOLI #8 (msg 155)
book 274: Dode leeuwen (Dead Lions) by Mick Herron, 336 pages, TIOLI #15 (msg 156)
book 275: Dagen van zand (Days of Sand) by Aimée de Jongh, 288 pages, TIOLI #8 (msg 157)
book 276: Doden zonder naam (The Outcast Dead; Ruth Galloway 6) by Elly Griffiths, 303 pages, TIOLI #11 (msg 158)
book 277: Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune, 438 pages, TIOLI #15 (msg 159)
book 278: De rest van ons leven by Els Beerten, 303 pages, TIOLI #11 (msg 160)
30 own / 248 library
total pages read in 2023: 92,617
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currently reading:
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books read in December 2023: 21 books, 7,011 pages, 1 own / 20 library)
book 258: Tonio : een requiemroman (Tonio: a requiem memoir) by A.F.TH. van der Heijden, 632 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 49)book 259: Blauwe ster by Jan Guillou, 352 pages, TIOLI #3
(msg 50)book 260: Open zee (Woman at Sea) by Catherine Poulain, 353 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 51)book 261: Specht en zoon (The portrait) by Willem-Jan Otten, 142 pages, TIOLI #7
(msg 52)book 262: Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat, 176 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 61)book 263: Praag fataal (The Prague fatale; Bernie Gunther 8) by Philip Kerr, 376 pages, TIOLI #2
(msg 62)book 264: Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy) by Joseph Roth, 158 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 63)book 265: De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft (The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding) by Barbara Stok, 295 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 64)book 266: Dode zielen (Dead Souls; John Rebus 10) by Ian Rankin, 416 pages, TIOLI #13
(msg 83)book 267: Weerwater by Renate Dorrestein, 301 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 84)book 268: De heilige dief (The Holy Thief; Cadfael 19) by Ellis Peters, 234 pages, TIOLI #5
(msg 85)book 269: De haasfactor (The Rabbit Factor) by Antti Tuomainen, 320 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 86)book 270: Storm in juni (Suite Française) by Irène Némirovsky, 537 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 88)book 271: Kramp (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) by Gao Xingjian, 127 pages, TIOLI #7
(msg 89)book 272: De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek, 296 pages, TIOLI #9
(msg 121)book 273: Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland, 628 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 155)book 274: Dode leeuwen (Dead Lions) by Mick Herron, 336 pages, TIOLI #15
(msg 156)book 275: Dagen van zand (Days of Sand) by Aimée de Jongh, 288 pages, TIOLI #8
(msg 157)book 276: Doden zonder naam (The Outcast Dead; Ruth Galloway 6) by Elly Griffiths, 303 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 158)book 277: Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune, 438 pages, TIOLI #15
(msg 159)book 278: De rest van ons leven by Els Beerten, 303 pages, TIOLI #11
(msg 160)3FAMeulstee
December 2023 reading plans
TIOLI Deember 2023
#1: Read a book with a word, phrase, clause, prefix or suffix of negation in its title
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#2: Read a book you mean to get to earlier in 2023
-Praag fataal (The Prague fatale; Bernie Gunther 8) - Philip Kerr, 376 pages (library)
#3: Read a sequel to a book you read earlier in the year. Please name the original book.
-Blauwe ster - Jan Guillou, 352 pages (library)
#4: Read a book that is a re-telling, remix or is based on a previous story or character
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#5: Read a book with a connection to the number 3
-De heilige dief (The Holy Thief; Cadfael 19) - Ellis Peters, 234 pages (library)
#6: Read a book connected to this season of the year
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#7: Read a book that it's easy to dip in and out of
-Kramp (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) - Gao Xingjian, 127 pages (library)
-Specht en zoon (The portrait) - Willem-Jan Otten, 142 pages (library)
#8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
-Dagen van zand (Days of Sand) - Aimée de Jongh, 288 pages (library)
-Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy) - Joseph Roth, 158 pages (e-library)
-Jean-Christophe. Deel I - Romain Rolland, 628 pages (library)
-Open zee (Woman at Sea) - Catherine Poulain, 353 pages (e-library)
-Storm in juni (Suite Française) - Irène Némirovsky, 537 pages (e-library)
-Tonio : een requiemroman (Tonio: a requiem memoir) by A.F.TH. van der Heijden, 632 pages (e-library)
#9: Read a book with a musical instrument in the title or author's name
-De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) - Elfriede Jelinek, 296 pages
#10: Read a book with the word "tomorrow" or "future" in the title
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#11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
-Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) - Hoda Barakat, 176 pages (e-library)
-Doden zonder naam (The Outcast Dead) - Elly Griffiths, 303 pages (library)
-De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft (The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding) - Barbara Stok, 295 pages (library)
-De haasfactor (The Rabbit Factor) - Antti Tuomainen, 320 pages (library)
-De rest van ons leven - Els Beerten, 303 pages (library)
-Weerwater - Renate Dorrestein, 301 pages (e-library)
#12: Read a book with some connection to 12
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#13: Read a book with a variant of death in the title
-Dode zielen (Dead Souls; John Rebus 10) - Ian Rankin, 416 pages (e-library)
#14: Read a book whose title or subtitle or author’s name includes the word “men”
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#15: Read a book for Santa's Reindeer Genre rolling challenge
-Dode leeuwen (Dead Lions) - Mick Herron, 336 pages (library)
-Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) - TJ Klune, 438 pages (e-library)
TIOLI Deember 2023
#1: Read a book with a word, phrase, clause, prefix or suffix of negation in its title
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#2: Read a book you mean to get to earlier in 2023
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#3: Read a sequel to a book you read earlier in the year. Please name the original book.
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#4: Read a book that is a re-telling, remix or is based on a previous story or character
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#5: Read a book with a connection to the number 3
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#6: Read a book connected to this season of the year
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#7: Read a book that it's easy to dip in and out of
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#8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
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#9: Read a book with a musical instrument in the title or author's name
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#10: Read a book with the word "tomorrow" or "future" in the title
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#11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
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#12: Read a book with some connection to 12
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#13: Read a book with a variant of death in the title
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#14: Read a book whose title or subtitle or author’s name includes the word “men”
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#15: Read a book for Santa's Reindeer Genre rolling challenge
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Reserved for January 2024 reading plans
TIOLI January 2024
#1: Read a book with a word or phrase related to time in its title
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#2: Read a book with a garden or floral themed title or cover art
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#3 is to read a book where a title word begins with one of A, B, C, Do, Re or Mi
- Biljarten om half tien (Billiards at Half Past Nine) - Heinrich Böll, 297 pages
- De mierenmaatschappij (Empire of Ants) - Susanne Foitzik, 314 pages (e-library 5/1)
- Zolang de citroenbomen bloeien (As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow) - Zoulfa Katouh, 392 pages (e-library 15/12)
#4: Read a book that's on a Best of 2023 list
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#5: Read a book with a new chapter/section starting on p. 53, 53 in the ISBN, or an author's first name in the top 25 for Alabama in 1971
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#6: Read a book by an author whose name is next to one of the big names in your author cloud
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#7: The "Agatha" Challenge
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#8: a trip down the river Rhine
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#9: Read a book dealing with business, finance or financial shenanigans
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#10: Read a book where the author’s first and last name begins with the same letter
- Het verhaal van een leven (The Story of a Life) - Aharon Appelfeld, 210 pages (e-library 17/1)
- Wen er maar aan - Maike Meijer, 190 pages (library 11/1)
- De wereldwandelaars - Wim Willems, 381 pages (e-library 3/1)
#11: Read a book by an author who you first read in 2023
- Echte Amerikaanse jeans - Jan Guillou, 317 pages (library)
#12: Read a book with a pronoun or Who/Whom/Whose in the title
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#13 : Read a book about the Roman Empire (Fiction or Non-Fiction)
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#14: Read a book whose title and/or subtitle includes a noun starting with “Un”
- Iets ter grootte van het universum (About the Size of the Universe) - Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 358 pages (e-library 21/1)
#15: Read a book with 250 pages or more
- In het vervloekte hart - Rima Orie, 446 pages (e-library 5/1)
- Nicolas en de verdwijning van de wereld - Anne Eekhout, 251 pages (e-library 11/1)
- Een dramatische liefde (Correspondence: Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan) - Ingeborg Bachmann, 335 pages (library 12/1)
TIOLI January 2024
#1: Read a book with a word or phrase related to time in its title
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#2: Read a book with a garden or floral themed title or cover art
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#3 is to read a book where a title word begins with one of A, B, C, Do, Re or Mi
- Biljarten om half tien (Billiards at Half Past Nine) - Heinrich Böll, 297 pages
- De mierenmaatschappij (Empire of Ants) - Susanne Foitzik, 314 pages (e-library 5/1)
- Zolang de citroenbomen bloeien (As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow) - Zoulfa Katouh, 392 pages (e-library 15/12)
#4: Read a book that's on a Best of 2023 list
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#5: Read a book with a new chapter/section starting on p. 53, 53 in the ISBN, or an author's first name in the top 25 for Alabama in 1971
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#6: Read a book by an author whose name is next to one of the big names in your author cloud
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#7: The "Agatha" Challenge
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#8: a trip down the river Rhine
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#9: Read a book dealing with business, finance or financial shenanigans
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#10: Read a book where the author’s first and last name begins with the same letter
- Het verhaal van een leven (The Story of a Life) - Aharon Appelfeld, 210 pages (e-library 17/1)
- Wen er maar aan - Maike Meijer, 190 pages (library 11/1)
- De wereldwandelaars - Wim Willems, 381 pages (e-library 3/1)
#11: Read a book by an author who you first read in 2023
- Echte Amerikaanse jeans - Jan Guillou, 317 pages (library)
#12: Read a book with a pronoun or Who/Whom/Whose in the title
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#13 : Read a book about the Roman Empire (Fiction or Non-Fiction)
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#14: Read a book whose title and/or subtitle includes a noun starting with “Un”
- Iets ter grootte van het universum (About the Size of the Universe) - Jón Kalman Stefánsson, 358 pages (e-library 21/1)
#15: Read a book with 250 pages or more
- In het vervloekte hart - Rima Orie, 446 pages (e-library 5/1)
- Nicolas en de verdwijning van de wereld - Anne Eekhout, 251 pages (e-library 11/1)
- Een dramatische liefde (Correspondence: Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan) - Ingeborg Bachmann, 335 pages (library 12/1)
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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
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
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
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
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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
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 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
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
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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
books read in August 2023
book 166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
book 167: Eeuwige vriendschap (von Bodenstein en Kirchhoff 10) by Nele Neuhaus
book 168: De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal
book 169: Het geheime dagboek van Adrian Mole 13¾ jaar (The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾) by Sue Townsend
book 170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak
book 171: Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis
book 172: Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns
book 173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan
book 174: De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō
book 175: De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut
book 176: De tuin van de avondnevel (The garden of evening mists) by Tan Twan Eng
book 177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
book 178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
book 179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
book 180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách
book 181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
book 182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
book 183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
book 184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
book 185: Ogentroost by Yolanda Entius
book 186: Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
book 187: De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner
book 188: Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo
book 189: Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
book 190: Het is te koud om te sterven by Christian Frascella
books read in September 2023
book 191: De beloning by Stine Jensen
book 192: In ongenade (Disgrace) by J.M. Coetzee
book 193: De horizon by Wiesław Myśliwski
book 194: Hamsters in je hersenen by Joachim Meyerhoff
book 195: Gerechtigheid (Black and Blue; John Rebus 8) by Ian Rankin
book 196: Langs de rivier (River) by Esther Kinsky
book 197: Half leven by Aya Sabi
book 198: Tussen rood en zwart by Jan Guillou
book 199: Kartonnen dozen by Tom Lanoye
book 200: Zijde (Silk) by Alessandro Baricco
book 201: Het verdwenen kind by Esther Vermeulen
book 202: De zeven broers (Seven Brothers) by Aleksis Kivi
book 203: Terug naar Oegstgeest (Back to Oegstgeest) by Jan Wolkers
book 204: Schittering by Margaret Mazzantini
book 205: Zomerboek (The Summer Book) by Tove Jansson
book 206: Wij zijn licht (We Are Light) by Gerda Blees
book 207: Winter (Winter) by Ali Smith
book 208: Corpus delicti (The Method) by Juli Zeh
book 209: Arsène Lupin, gentleman-inbreker (Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar) by Maurice Leblanc
book 210: Over het verlangen naar een sigaret by Rutger Kopland
book 211: De kikkerbruid by Alet Schouten
book 212: Een klein leven (The Road) by Vasili Grossman
book 213: Kleine dagen by Bernard Dewulf
book 214: De ogen van Osiris by Oliver Pötzsch
book 215: Kassa 19 (Checkout 19) by Claire-Louise Bennett
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
books read in August 2023
book 166: Een geest in de keel (A ghost in the throat) by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
book 167: Eeuwige vriendschap (von Bodenstein en Kirchhoff 10) by Nele Neuhaus
book 168: De kartuize van Parma (The charterhouse of Parma) by Stendhal
book 169: Het geheime dagboek van Adrian Mole 13¾ jaar (The secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13¾) by Sue Townsend
book 170: Het eiland van de verdwenen bomen (The island of missing trees) by Elif Shafak
book 171: Winterthur by Alexander Nieuwenhuis
book 172: Melkboer (Milkman) by Anna Burns
book 173: Pleegkind (Foster) by Claire Keegan
book 174: De blauwe schuit by Yamamoto Shūgorō
book 175: De belofte (The promise) by Damon Galgut
book 176: De tuin van de avondnevel (The garden of evening mists) by Tan Twan Eng
book 177: Lentehonger by Sander Kollaard
book 178: Stechlin (The Stechlin) by Theodor Fontane
book 179: Weerzin (Martin Servaz 5) by Bernard Minier
book 180: De akte van mijn moeder (The acts of my mother or No live files remain) by András Forgách
book 181: Oud genoeg om dood te gaan (Natural causes) by Barbara Ehrenreich
book 182: Met moeder mee by Joyce Roodnat
book 183: Casino Royale (Casino Royale) by Ian Fleming
book 184: Het verdriet van België (The sorrow of Belgium) by Hugo Claus
book 185: Ogentroost by Yolanda Entius
book 186: Spion van nobel bloed (The honourable schoolboy) by John Le Carré
book 187: De vlammenwerpers (The flamethrowers) by Rachel Kushner
book 188: Een geslaagde grap (A perfect hoax) by Italo Svevo
book 189: Honderd jaar eenzaamheid (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel García Márquez
book 190: Het is te koud om te sterven by Christian Frascella
books read in September 2023
book 191: De beloning by Stine Jensen
book 192: In ongenade (Disgrace) by J.M. Coetzee
book 193: De horizon by Wiesław Myśliwski
book 194: Hamsters in je hersenen by Joachim Meyerhoff
book 195: Gerechtigheid (Black and Blue; John Rebus 8) by Ian Rankin
book 196: Langs de rivier (River) by Esther Kinsky
book 197: Half leven by Aya Sabi
book 198: Tussen rood en zwart by Jan Guillou
book 199: Kartonnen dozen by Tom Lanoye
book 200: Zijde (Silk) by Alessandro Baricco
book 201: Het verdwenen kind by Esther Vermeulen
book 202: De zeven broers (Seven Brothers) by Aleksis Kivi
book 203: Terug naar Oegstgeest (Back to Oegstgeest) by Jan Wolkers
book 204: Schittering by Margaret Mazzantini
book 205: Zomerboek (The Summer Book) by Tove Jansson
book 206: Wij zijn licht (We Are Light) by Gerda Blees
book 207: Winter (Winter) by Ali Smith
book 208: Corpus delicti (The Method) by Juli Zeh
book 209: Arsène Lupin, gentleman-inbreker (Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar) by Maurice Leblanc
book 210: Over het verlangen naar een sigaret by Rutger Kopland
book 211: De kikkerbruid by Alet Schouten
book 212: Een klein leven (The Road) by Vasili Grossman
book 213: Kleine dagen by Bernard Dewulf
book 214: De ogen van Osiris by Oliver Pötzsch
book 215: Kassa 19 (Checkout 19) by Claire-Louise Bennett
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books read in October 2023
book 216: De kleine blonde dood by Boudewijn Büch
book 217: Leven na leven (Life After Life) by Kate Atkinson
book 218: Door het lint (The Hanging Garden; John Rebus 9) by Ian Rankin
book 219: Ik moet je verraden (I Must Betray You) by Ruta Sepetys
book 220: Broeder ezel by Liesbeth Goedbloed
book 221: Het Mussolinikanaal (The Mussolini Canal) by Antonio Pennacchi
book 222: Het bezoek van de lijfarts (The Royal Physician's Visit) by Per Olov Enquist
book 223: Osebol (Osebol) by Marit Kapla
book 224: De stille kracht (The Hidden Force) by Louis Couperus
book 225: Skippy tussen de sterren (Skippy Dies) by Paul Murray
book 226: De zonderlinge avonturen van het geniale bommenmeisje (The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden) by Jonas Jonasson
book 227: Gevallen god (A God in Ruins) by Kate Atkinson
book 228: Tante Poldi en de Siciliaanse leeuwen (Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions) by Mario Giordano
book 229: De zon en de wereld by Arjen Duinker
book 230: De grote cirkel (Great Circle) by Maggie Shipstead
book 231: De dood is een zware klus (Death Is Hard Work) by Khaled Khalifah
book 232: Tussentijds by Peter Zantingh
book 233: Een vlecht van heilig gras (Braiding Sweetgrass) by Robin Wall Kimmerer
book 234: Kind van alle volken (Child of All Nations) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
book 235: Roadtrip (Two Steps Onward) by Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
books read in November 2023
book 236: Verstand en gevoel (Sense and Sensibility) by Jane Austen
book 237: De kop in het zand by Jan Guillou
book 238: Verlaten (The lost man) by Jane Harper
book 239: Het liefdeslied van Queenie (The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy) by Rachel Joyce
book 240: Een lieve lust (The Summer of the Danes; Cadfael 18) by Ellis Peters
book 241: Het rood en het zwart (The Red and the Black) by Stendhal
book 242: Wij drieën: een familiekroniek (The three of us: a family story by Julia Blackburn
book 243: Mijn wilde tuin (My Wild Garden) by Meir Shalev
book 244: Lente (Spring) by Ali Smith
book 245: Een vrouw (A Woman) by Sibilla Aleramo
book 246: Het leven is vurrukkulluk by Remco Campert
book 247: Normale mensen (Normal People) by Sally Rooney
book 248: Bob Popcorn (Popcorn Bob) by Maranke Rinck
book 249: Tot het ons loslaat by Rutger Kopland
book 250: Inès en de vreugde by Almudena Grandes
book 251: Marigold en Rose (Marigold and Rose) by Louise Glück
book 252: De Camino by Anya Niewierra
book 253: Misjka by Edward van de Vendel and Anoush Elman
book 254: De andere naam : Septologie I-II (The Other Name: Septology I-II) by Jon Fosse
book 255: 17 gedichten (17 Poems) by Tomas Tranströmer
book 256: Paradijs (Paradise) by Abdulrazak Gurnah
book 257: Het einde van de bijen by Caroline Lamarche
book 216: De kleine blonde dood by Boudewijn Büch
book 217: Leven na leven (Life After Life) by Kate Atkinson
book 218: Door het lint (The Hanging Garden; John Rebus 9) by Ian Rankin
book 219: Ik moet je verraden (I Must Betray You) by Ruta Sepetys
book 220: Broeder ezel by Liesbeth Goedbloed
book 221: Het Mussolinikanaal (The Mussolini Canal) by Antonio Pennacchi
book 222: Het bezoek van de lijfarts (The Royal Physician's Visit) by Per Olov Enquist
book 223: Osebol (Osebol) by Marit Kapla
book 224: De stille kracht (The Hidden Force) by Louis Couperus
book 225: Skippy tussen de sterren (Skippy Dies) by Paul Murray
book 226: De zonderlinge avonturen van het geniale bommenmeisje (The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden) by Jonas Jonasson
book 227: Gevallen god (A God in Ruins) by Kate Atkinson
book 228: Tante Poldi en de Siciliaanse leeuwen (Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions) by Mario Giordano
book 229: De zon en de wereld by Arjen Duinker
book 230: De grote cirkel (Great Circle) by Maggie Shipstead
book 231: De dood is een zware klus (Death Is Hard Work) by Khaled Khalifah
book 232: Tussentijds by Peter Zantingh
book 233: Een vlecht van heilig gras (Braiding Sweetgrass) by Robin Wall Kimmerer
book 234: Kind van alle volken (Child of All Nations) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
book 235: Roadtrip (Two Steps Onward) by Graeme Simsion & Anne Buist
books read in November 2023
book 236: Verstand en gevoel (Sense and Sensibility) by Jane Austen
book 237: De kop in het zand by Jan Guillou
book 238: Verlaten (The lost man) by Jane Harper
book 239: Het liefdeslied van Queenie (The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy) by Rachel Joyce
book 240: Een lieve lust (The Summer of the Danes; Cadfael 18) by Ellis Peters
book 241: Het rood en het zwart (The Red and the Black) by Stendhal
book 242: Wij drieën: een familiekroniek (The three of us: a family story by Julia Blackburn
book 243: Mijn wilde tuin (My Wild Garden) by Meir Shalev
book 244: Lente (Spring) by Ali Smith
book 245: Een vrouw (A Woman) by Sibilla Aleramo
book 246: Het leven is vurrukkulluk by Remco Campert
book 247: Normale mensen (Normal People) by Sally Rooney
book 248: Bob Popcorn (Popcorn Bob) by Maranke Rinck
book 249: Tot het ons loslaat by Rutger Kopland
book 250: Inès en de vreugde by Almudena Grandes
book 251: Marigold en Rose (Marigold and Rose) by Louise Glück
book 252: De Camino by Anya Niewierra
book 253: Misjka by Edward van de Vendel and Anoush Elman
book 254: De andere naam : Septologie I-II (The Other Name: Septology I-II) by Jon Fosse
book 255: 17 gedichten (17 Poems) by Tomas Tranströmer
book 256: Paradijs (Paradise) by Abdulrazak Gurnah
book 257: Het einde van de bijen by Caroline Lamarche
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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.
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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
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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
Lebanon: Hoda Barakat
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
Syria: Khālid Khalīfah
Tanzania: Abdulrazak Gurnah
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
visited 74 countries (32.8%)
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
Lebanon: Hoda Barakat
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
Syria: Khālid Khalīfah
Tanzania: Abdulrazak Gurnah
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
visited 74 countries (32.8%)
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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
book 166 - 190: thread 8
book 191 - 215: thread 9
book 216 - 235: thread 10
book 236 - 257: thread 11
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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
August: 25 books / 8,306 pages
September: 25 books / 6,795 pages
October: 20 books / 7,712 pages
November: 22 books / 6,659 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
book 166 - 190: thread 8
book 191 - 215: thread 9
book 216 - 235: thread 10
book 236 - 257: thread 11
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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
August: 25 books / 8,306 pages
September: 25 books / 6,795 pages
October: 20 books / 7,712 pages
November: 22 books / 6,659 pages
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Lists on my WikiThing
The best books I have read, by year first published
My Five star reads
The best 50 books I have read (fiction)
The books by Nobel prize winners I have read
The Booker prize winners I have read
The Pulitzer prize winners (fiction) I have read
The winners of some Dutch literary prizes
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
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Series I read, a list to keep track
Alan Banks by Peter Robinson (re-read 4/20)
1Stille blik; 2 Nachtlicht; 3 Tegenstroom; 4 Zondeval; 5 Schijnbeeld; 6 Woensdagkind; 7 Zwanenzang; 8 Innocent Graves (not translated); 9 Dead Right (not translated); 10 Verdronken verleden; 11 Kil als het graf; 12 Nasleep; 13 Onvoltooide zomer; 14 Vuurspel; 15 Drijfzand; 16 Hartzeer; 17 Duivelsgebroed; 18 Overmacht; 19 Uitschot; 20 Dwaalspoor; 21 Dankbare dood; 22 Slachthuisblues
Ari Thór Arason (Dark Iceland) by Ragnar Jónasson 4/4
1Sneeuwblind; 2 Inktzwart; 3 Poolnacht; 4 Ademloos
Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr 8/14
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 19/20
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; 7 Stromend graf
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 5/10
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 10/23
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 8/14
1
Broeder Cadfael by Ellis Peters 19/20
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 5/10
1
Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 30/31
1
Isabelle Bonnet by Pierre Martin 4/6
1
John Rebus by Ian Rankin 10/23
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
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Books acquired in 2023: 31
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
October (11)
Drenthepad : Streekpad 6 by Jolanda Denekamp
De andere naam : Septologie I -II by Jon Fosse
Ik is een ander : Septologie III - V by Jon Fosse
Een nieuwe naam : Septologie VI - VII by Jon Fosse
De grote cirkel by Maggie Shipstead
Het ijzig hart by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
Inés en de vreugde by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
De drie bruiloften van Manolita by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
De patiënten van dokter García by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
De moeder van Frankenstein by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
Ravi en de laatste magie by Sanne Rooseboom (e-book, childrensbookweek gift 2023)
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
October (11)
Drenthepad : Streekpad 6 by Jolanda Denekamp
De andere naam : Septologie I -II by Jon Fosse
Ik is een ander : Septologie III - V by Jon Fosse
Een nieuwe naam : Septologie VI - VII by Jon Fosse
De grote cirkel by Maggie Shipstead
Het ijzig hart by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
Inés en de vreugde by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
De drie bruiloften van Manolita by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
De patiënten van dokter García by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
De moeder van Frankenstein by Almudena Grandes (e-book)
Ravi en de laatste magie by Sanne Rooseboom (e-book, childrensbookweek gift 2023)
16FAMeulstee
Welcome!
17figsfromthistle
Happy new thread!
18FAMeulstee
>17 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita!
20msf59
Happy Sunday, Anita. Happy New Thread. I am getting ready to post my final thread too. I can't believe it is that time of year already.
21PaulCranswick
Happy new thread, Anita.
I am about to follow you too with a new thread and hope to squeeze out two before the year end - we must remain optimistic, no?
I am about to follow you too with a new thread and hope to squeeze out two before the year end - we must remain optimistic, no?
26weird_O
All around the world, happiness is a new thread. Such a majestic pile of books you've read so far, Anita. Keep that pedal to the metal.
28FAMeulstee
>19 Kristelh: Thank you, Kristel!
Probably my last 2023 thread :-)
>20 msf59: Thank you, Mark.
The year went by fast, time seems to go faster and faster. 2024 sounds like distant future, and yet is less than a month away.
Probably my last 2023 thread :-)
>20 msf59: Thank you, Mark.
The year went by fast, time seems to go faster and faster. 2024 sounds like distant future, and yet is less than a month away.
29FAMeulstee
>21 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
Always try to be optimistic, although I do fail sometimes in that regard.
>22 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas!
Always try to be optimistic, although I do fail sometimes in that regard.
>22 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas!
30FAMeulstee
>23 mdoris: Thank you, Mary.
I am always full of reading plans, already thinking about the plans for next year :-)
>24 bell7: Thank you, Mary!
I am always full of reading plans, already thinking about the plans for next year :-)
>24 bell7: Thank you, Mary!
31FAMeulstee
>25 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte.
>26 weird_O: Thank you, Bill.
So far I like my new goal in reading around the world.
I spend a lot of time each day on reading, and intend to keep on doing so.
>26 weird_O: Thank you, Bill.
So far I like my new goal in reading around the world.
I spend a lot of time each day on reading, and intend to keep on doing so.
32FAMeulstee
>27 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley!
Some time ago I stumbled upon that painting by Berthe Morisot, and forgot about it. Found it back today, when I was looking for a topper.
Some time ago I stumbled upon that painting by Berthe Morisot, and forgot about it. Found it back today, when I was looking for a topper.
33atozgrl
Happy new thread, Anita! I too love that topper by Morisot. I hadn't seen that one before. What a great way to start your new thread!
34Whisper1
Hello Dear Friend!! I haven't been on LT that often due to health issues. I very much miss visiting your thread. It is raining today, the lamps provide a soft glow and a calming effect. I'm still in and out of the hospital. But, overall, I am high funcioning.
Ok, enough of me. I see that you are reading like magic! It's been a good year of reading. Twelve threads -- You certainly had a good year of reading. I very much like the top painting "Reading" by Berthe Morisot (1888) I know she is a lesser known artist, which amazes me that many are not familiar with her beautiful paintings. Here is the painting that I saw at a local Musieum. They were having a show of Impressionists and this paiinting was on loan.
Regarding Monet, I found a lovely book by chance on Thriftbooks.com. Overall their used books are good quality. Of the many I purchase, there is only one that I sent back. The book that I very much enjoyed is Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Bjork
Are you and your husband still walking a lot?
I send all good wishes.
Linda
Ok, enough of me. I see that you are reading like magic! It's been a good year of reading. Twelve threads -- You certainly had a good year of reading. I very much like the top painting "Reading" by Berthe Morisot (1888) I know she is a lesser known artist, which amazes me that many are not familiar with her beautiful paintings. Here is the painting that I saw at a local Musieum. They were having a show of Impressionists and this paiinting was on loan.
Regarding Monet, I found a lovely book by chance on Thriftbooks.com. Overall their used books are good quality. Of the many I purchase, there is only one that I sent back. The book that I very much enjoyed is Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Bjork
Are you and your husband still walking a lot?
I send all good wishes.
Linda
36FAMeulstee
>33 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene.
Sometimes it is hard to find something nice as my topper, glad you like it!
>35 quondame: Thank you, Susan!
Sometimes it is hard to find something nice as my topper, glad you like it!
>35 quondame: Thank you, Susan!
37FAMeulstee
>34 Whisper1: Thank you, dear Linda, so nice to see you around!
Thanks for sharing the painting by Berthe Morisot you saw, I recognise the style.
I used to own the book you mention Linnea in Monet's Garden, I have read it before I found LT. If I remember right it was a very nice introduction to Monet for (older) children.
Yes, we still walk a lot, started this month well with 7 km each day so far.
Sending lots of love, and hope you have a good month ahead.
Thanks for sharing the painting by Berthe Morisot you saw, I recognise the style.
I used to own the book you mention Linnea in Monet's Garden, I have read it before I found LT. If I remember right it was a very nice introduction to Monet for (older) children.
Yes, we still walk a lot, started this month well with 7 km each day so far.
Sending lots of love, and hope you have a good month ahead.
39FAMeulstee
>37 FAMeulstee: Thank you, Ella!
Glad you like the Morisot as well. So mice to know I picked a well loved topper.
It is less than a month away....
Glad you like the Morisot as well. So mice to know I picked a well loved topper.
It is less than a month away....
41FAMeulstee
>40 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!
42Sakerfalcon
Happy new thread Anita! I hope you have many good books to put in it!
44alcottacre
Happy new thread, Anita!
Have a marvelous Monday!
Have a marvelous Monday!
45FAMeulstee
>42 Sakerfalcon: Thank you, Claire! I hope the planned books fulfill their promise.
>43 hredwards: Thank you, Harold!
>44 alcottacre: Thank you, Stasia!
We went to the library, marvelous enough for a Monday ;-)
Happy Tuesday to you.
>43 hredwards: Thank you, Harold!
>44 alcottacre: Thank you, Stasia!
We went to the library, marvelous enough for a Monday ;-)
Happy Tuesday to you.
46FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#258: Tonio : een requiemroman (Tonio: a requiem memoir) by A.F.TH. van der Heijden
#259: Blauwe ster by Jan Guillou
#260: Open zee (Woman at Sea) by Catherine Poulain
Reading now:
Specht en zoon (The portrait) by Willem-Jan Otten
Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat
#258: Tonio : een requiemroman (Tonio: a requiem memoir) by A.F.TH. van der Heijden
#259: Blauwe ster by Jan Guillou
#260: Open zee (Woman at Sea) by Catherine Poulain
Reading now:
Specht en zoon (The portrait) by Willem-Jan Otten
Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat
48FAMeulstee
>47 humouress: Thank you, Nina!
Glad you found my thread again :-)
Glad you found my thread again :-)
49FAMeulstee
book 258: Tonio : een requiemroman by A.F.TH. van der Heijden
library, e-book, Dutch, English translation Tonio: a requiem memoir, 632 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
The writer lost his only son, Tonio, a few weeks before his 22nd birthday, in an car accident in the early morning of Pentecost in 2010.
The book is a hommage to a life lost way to soon, the obsessive search of the parents what happened in the time between his last visit to his parents and the fatal accident, and the desperate sorrow of mourning for a lost child.
This book won the Libris Literatuur Prijs and the NS Publieksprijs in 2012.
English and Dutch title are the same
50FAMeulstee
book 259: Blauwe ster by Jan Guillou
library, translated from Swedish, no English translation, 352 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a sequel to a book you read earlier in the year. Please name the original book
De grote eeuw book 5
Johanne, daughter of the eldest brother Lauritz, becomes part of the Norwegian resistance and the SOE. We see the same timeframe from the previous book De kop in het zand, where we followed her father through WWII, now through her eyes.
A lot about the women who worked in various positions in the resistance and the secret service. Women were used to seduce German officers to get information. After the war they were mostly forgotten and ignored.
Title translated: Blue Star
51FAMeulstee
book 260: Open zee by Catherine Poulain
library, e-book, translated from French, English translation Woman at Sea, 353 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
Lili has fled her village in France, and went to Alaska. She wants to sign on at a fishing ship. After a while she finds a captain who will take her. The work is hard, and even harder for a woman. She isn't the first woman to go out, later she even meets a former female captain, but she has to prove a bit more than her male companions.
In the second part she gets involved in a relationship with a sailor. From here her life, and the story are going downhill. I loved the first part with the adventures on the ocean, the descriptions of desperate life of alcohol and drugs users in Kodiak, and the urge to go back to the sea.
Dutch title translated: Open sea
52FAMeulstee
book 261: Specht en zoon by Willem Jan Otten
library, Dutch, English translation The portrait, 142 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book that it's easy to dip in and out of
A very unusual perspective, the canvas for the painting tells the story.
The painter Felix Vincent is known for his portraits. He gets an assignment to paint the deceased son of a very rich man. While creating the portrait his wife becomes pregnant.
A bit forced, both the plot and the perspective.
The book won the Libris Literatuur Prijs in 2005.
Dutch title translated: Specht and son
53johnsimpson
Hi Anita my dear, Happy New Thread dear friend. I have only just realised how similar we are, both married in 1984 and whereas you are 60 and Frank is 62, i am 60 and Karen is 62.
54FAMeulstee
>53 johnsimpson: Thank you, John.
Indeed we are, we only live on other sides of the North Sea :-)
Indeed we are, we only live on other sides of the North Sea :-)
55EllaTim
>53 johnsimpson: >54 FAMeulstee: That’s fun, like you are mirroring each other across the sea.
56FAMeulstee
>55 EllaTim: Fun indeed, Ella, I hadn't realised it was so close.
57vancouverdeb
Happy New Thread, Anita! Beautiful topper.
58FAMeulstee
>57 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah. I thought it was an appropriate topper for a reading list :-)
59FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#262: Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat
Reading now:
Praag fataal (The Prague fatale; Bernie Gunther 8) by Philip Kerr
Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy) by Joseph Roth
#262: Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat
Reading now:
Praag fataal (The Prague fatale; Bernie Gunther 8) by Philip Kerr
Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy) by Joseph Roth
60FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#262: Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat
#263: Praag fataal (The Prague fatale; Bernie Gunther 8) by Philip Kerr
#264: Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy) by Joseph Roth
#265: De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft (The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding) by Barbara Stok
#266: Dode zielen (Dead Souls; John Rebus 10) by Ian Rankin
Reading now:
De heilige dief (The Holy Thief; Cadfael 19) by Ellis Peters
Weerwater by Renate Dorrestein
#262: Brieven in de nacht (Voices of the Lost) by Hoda Barakat
#263: Praag fataal (The Prague fatale; Bernie Gunther 8) by Philip Kerr
#264: Hotel Savoy (Hotel Savoy) by Joseph Roth
#265: De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft (The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding) by Barbara Stok
#266: Dode zielen (Dead Souls; John Rebus 10) by Ian Rankin
Reading now:
De heilige dief (The Holy Thief; Cadfael 19) by Ellis Peters
Weerwater by Renate Dorrestein
61FAMeulstee
book 262: Brieven in de nacht by Hoda Barakat
library, e-book, translated from Arabic, English translation Voices of the Lost, 176 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
Letters from displaced persons, homeless refugees, lost in the world. The letters won't be read by the intended recipient, some will be read by others, who write their own letters.
A painful look into the lives of those who no longer have a home in the world.
The writer is from Libanon, so I added her to my list of reading author from every country in the world >10 FAMeulstee:
Dutch title translated: Letters in the night
62FAMeulstee
book 263: Praag fataal by Philip Kerr
library, translated, original title The Prague fatale, 376 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book you mean to get to earlier in 2023
Bernie Gunther 8
1941. Bernie Gunther is taken from his work at the police in Berlin by Heydrich, to guard over him in his new job as ruler in Bohemia. When a young officer of his staff is murdered, Bernie has to find out who killed him.
English and Dutch title are the same
63FAMeulstee
book 264: Hotel Savoy by Joseph Roth
library, e-book, translated from German, English translation Hotel Savoy, 158 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
After WWI Gabriel Dan is released from Russian captivity, ans has reached the former Austro-Hungarian territory. He finds a room in Hotel Savoy, in the upper floors, where the cheap rooms are.
He wants to go home, but somehow never leaves. He meets other released prisoners of war, striking workers, the owners of the factories, and finally the long awaited Bloomfield, a former inhabitant of the city, who made it in America, and is seen as the person who will solve all problems.
An engaging read, the sadness of post war eastern Europe.
English and Dutch title are the same
64FAMeulstee
book 265: De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft by Barbara Stok
library, Dutch, English translation The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding, 295 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
Graphic novel about the life of Greek philosopher Hipparchia.
Coming from a wealthy family, she chooses ultimately an other life with the cynic philospher Crates.
A great read, philosophic questions stay the same in every time.
English and Dutch title are the same
65FAMeulstee
Yesterday evening we went to Haarlem, to see Anselm by Wim Wenders, a documentary about German artist Anselm Kiefer. It was really great to be immersed in his work for 93 minutes, he works on very large scale. The very first time I saw a movie in 3D!
66Kristelh
>65 FAMeulstee: Sounds like an amazing event.
67FAMeulstee
>66 Kristelh: It was, Kristel, we have seen some of his artworks through the years.
Funny, I hadn't been to a movie theatre since 2013, and this was our second time this year. Earlier this year, in July, we went to see Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
Funny, I hadn't been to a movie theatre since 2013, and this was our second time this year. Earlier this year, in July, we went to see Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
68vancouverdeb
I love those spy books, Anita. I thought I had read some Phillip Kerr, but it turns out I mixed him up with David Downing. I loved all of Len Deighton's books too.
>65 FAMeulstee: Sounds like a wonderful film, Anita. I'm glad you and Frank enjoyed yourselves so much. I don't think I have seen a movie in a cinema since the early 2000's . I think because we would rent a DVD, and now we have the streaming services that offer so much. I'd like to see Oppenheimer, and I can borrow the DVD from my sister.
>65 FAMeulstee: Sounds like a wonderful film, Anita. I'm glad you and Frank enjoyed yourselves so much. I don't think I have seen a movie in a cinema since the early 2000's . I think because we would rent a DVD, and now we have the streaming services that offer so much. I'd like to see Oppenheimer, and I can borrow the DVD from my sister.
69FAMeulstee
>68 vancouverdeb: I haven't read either, Deborah. Engough series on the go for now, I will give them a closer look lter.
It was a great film. We have none of the streaming services, just the most simple digital TV subscription, with recording service. I did like the big screen in the cinema.
It was a great film. We have none of the streaming services, just the most simple digital TV subscription, with recording service. I did like the big screen in the cinema.
70EllaTim
>65 FAMeulstee: It sounds great Anita. Immersed in the work, that’s still the advantage of going to a cinema theatre. And then in 3D!
71FAMeulstee
>70 EllaTim: Indeed it was, Ella.
This was the first time I saw a film in 3D.
This was the first time I saw a film in 3D.
72FAMeulstee
And a new hunt started today! The 2023 Roundup Hunt.
73SirThomas
Thank you for the hint, Anita.
The hunts are really fun - I have already found some fireworks.
The hunts are really fun - I have already found some fireworks.
74charl08
>72 FAMeulstee: That was a fun one (I needed quite a bit of googling around though - the new dragon series had passed me by entirely ).
75FAMeulstee
>73 SirThomas: I found 7 of them last night, Thomas, and the others this morning. Only needed one hint!
>74 charl08: Like you, Charlotte, I needed some searching outside LT.
The AI search here on LT was also helpful to find a few. Besides the dragon series, I was completely unaware of the actres memoir.
>74 charl08: Like you, Charlotte, I needed some searching outside LT.
The AI search here on LT was also helpful to find a few. Besides the dragon series, I was completely unaware of the actres memoir.
76charl08
>75 FAMeulstee: I was convinced the memoir was Britney . I even went back and checked twice!
77FAMeulstee
>76 charl08: I had to look up 'crooner', as I first thought it might have to do with royals (kroon is crown in Dutch). But it wasn't the prince book .
Yesterday I did look up the thread(s) for #11 several times, this morning I noticed the last sentence, and found the answer.
Yesterday I did look up the thread(s) for #11 several times, this morning I noticed the last sentence, and found the answer.
78FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#266: Dode zielen (Dead Souls; John Rebus 10) by Ian Rankin
#267: Weerwater by Renate Dorrestein
#268: De heilige dief (The Holy Thief; Cadfael 19) by Ellis Peters
#269: De haasfactor (The Rabbit Factor) by Antti Tuomainen
#270: Storm in juni (Suite Française) by Irène Némirovsky
#271: Kramp (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) by Gao Xingjian
Reading now:
De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek
Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune
Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland
#266: Dode zielen (Dead Souls; John Rebus 10) by Ian Rankin
#267: Weerwater by Renate Dorrestein
#268: De heilige dief (The Holy Thief; Cadfael 19) by Ellis Peters
#269: De haasfactor (The Rabbit Factor) by Antti Tuomainen
#270: Storm in juni (Suite Française) by Irène Némirovsky
#271: Kramp (Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather) by Gao Xingjian
Reading now:
De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek
Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune
Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland
79msf59
Hi, Anita. Finally making the rounds after my trip. I have a copy of Suite Française that has been sitting on shelf for many years. I hope to finally get to it in 2024.
80FAMeulstee
>79 msf59: Hi Mark, there is always a lot to catching up to do, after being away.
I hope to get to my review of Suite Française tomorrow.
I hope to get to my review of Suite Française tomorrow.
81Caroline_McElwee
>1 FAMeulstee: I love that Morisot Anita. I saw an exhibition of her work this year, she was newish to me. >34 Whisper1: It is surprising she is so little known, another lovely painting Linda.
>63 FAMeulstee: I read most of Roth in the 80s/90s, I've just bought a biography of him Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth.
>65 FAMeulstee: Clapping. It was only my second 3D film and I loved it. Hoping to see it again soon.
>63 FAMeulstee: I read most of Roth in the 80s/90s, I've just bought a biography of him Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth.
>65 FAMeulstee: Clapping. It was only my second 3D film and I loved it. Hoping to see it again soon.
82FAMeulstee
>81 Caroline_McElwee: Thank you, Caroline. Morisot was also new to me. I searched for her after I saw her on your thread.
I haven't read all Joseph Roth books yet, liked all I did read. The biography looks interesting. I did read some books about German writers in exile in the 1930s, Roth was one of them.
We want to go to the Kiefer photo exhibition in LaM in Lille in January :-)
I haven't read all Joseph Roth books yet, liked all I did read. The biography looks interesting. I did read some books about German writers in exile in the 1930s, Roth was one of them.
We want to go to the Kiefer photo exhibition in LaM in Lille in January :-)
83FAMeulstee
book 266: Dode zielen by Ian Rankin
library, e-book, translated, original title Dead Souls, 416 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book with a variant of death in the title
John Rebus book 10
A lot of cases is packed in this book. A collegue might have committed suicide; a peadophile found a place to live in a neighborhood with many kids, after doing his time; a serial killer is released from jail in the USA, and is send back to Scotland; former friends from Fife call for help when their son goes missing. Enough to keep Rebus more thatn busy...
English and Dutch title are the same
84FAMeulstee
book 267: Weerwater by Renate Dorrestein
library, e-book, Dutch, no translations, 301 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
A deadly fog has taken over the world, and Almere is the only unaffected place. It happened on a working day, so many inhabitants were away to their job. Mainly children, women, and elderly were in the city at the time, and the men locked up in the local jail. Together they try to build up new society, without electricity, clean water and other comforts.
Renate Dorrestein was writer in residence in Almere for a year. In return she wrote this book about Almere. The city regular gives a writer a place to stay for a year, in return they write a book. A nice way to make this very young city more known.
Title explained: The Weerwater is a lake in Almere, and litteraly means 'again water'
85FAMeulstee
book 268: De heilige dief by Ellis Peters
library, translated, original title The Holy Thief, 234 pages
TIOLI Challenge #5: Read a book with a connection to the number 3
Brother Cadfael 19
Two monks from Ramsay, a monastry that was ruined in the war, visit the abby of Shrewsbury. After a lot of rain the river is rising fast, so in the abby the monks are working hard to move everything to where the water won't come. The next day they find the shrine of St. Winifred is missing.
Amost done with the series, only one more book to go.
Dutch and English title are the same
86FAMeulstee
book 269: De haasfactor by Antti Tuomainen
library, translated from Finnish, English translation The Rabbit Factor, 320 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
Actuary Henri Koskinen looses his job and his brother on the same day. His brother left him an adventure park in financial trouble, and a strange bunch of employees. Henri tries his best to save the park, using his mathematical abilities, but part of the financial trouble comes from criminals that are hard to deal with.
A funny, and very odd crime novel I enjoyed. Looking forward to Henri's next adventures in The Moose Paradox.
Dutch title translated: The hare factor
87SirThomas
>75 FAMeulstee: I found them all too, but I needed a few more hints - it was fun again.
>86 FAMeulstee: I liked both books in the series and hope the third will be available at my public library soon.
>86 FAMeulstee: I liked both books in the series and hope the third will be available at my public library soon.
88FAMeulstee
book 270: Storm in juni by Irène Némirovsky
1001 books, library, e-book, translated from French, English translation Suite Française, 537 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
The writer was born in Russia before the revolution. She ended up in France, where she became a well known writer. She started to write this book in the early days of WWII, when France was occupied. She intended to write five parts, but only wrote these two, as she was a Jew, and her life ended in Auschwitz. Her bio and some letters are at the end of this book, together with the history of the manuscript. To me that was most compelling part of the book.
The first part book itself tells the story people fleeing from Paris, when the German army comes near. In critical times like this the best and the worst come up.
In the second part it is 1941, in a small village most people are adjusting to the German occupation. Many collaborate, only very few resist.
Dutch title translated: Storm in June
89FAMeulstee
book 271: Kramp by Gao Xingjian
library, translated from Chinese, Nobel Prize, English translation Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather, 127 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book that it's easy to dip in and out of
Reading these six stories was an odd experience. The first two stories, 'Cramp' and 'The accident' are just plain observations of what is happening. In 'Cramp' a swimmer gets cram while swimming in the sea, he is far from the shore, and wonders if he will make it. In the 'The accident' a man on a bike is hit by a bus. A little more personal is 'The Temple' where a couple on honeymoon walk to the remains of an old temple. In 'In the Park' two people meet again after a long time. They liked eachother back then, but they married someone else. In 'Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather' a man thinks back to his youth. He buys a fishing rod for his grandfather, and goes to the place where he grew up. The place has changed a lot, and he is unable to find any familiar plare, nor his family. 'In an Instant' is very strange, short paragaphs meander through multiple different stories.
In some stories there is a brief mentioning of the difficult times of Cultural Revolution.
In the Dutch edition each story is translated by a diffent translator, and an afterword that describes Gao Xingjian's life, and a summary of his Nobel Prize acceptance speach.
Dutch title translated: Cramp
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>87 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas, the LT hunts are always fun.
I am looking forward to the next, even the third is already available at my library :-)
I am looking forward to the next, even the third is already available at my library :-)
91FAMeulstee
Read, not yet reviewed:
#272: De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek
Reading now:
Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune
Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland
#272: De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek
Reading now:
Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune
Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland
93Kristelh
>91 FAMeulstee:, looking forward to your review The Piano Teacher.
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>92 hredwards: Thank you, Harold, the same to you and yours!
>93 Kristelh: I need some time before I can write about The Piano Teacher, Kristel. Not sure what I can say. It was a hefty read, and I haven't been able to concentrate on any other book, since I finished it...
>93 Kristelh: I need some time before I can write about The Piano Teacher, Kristel. Not sure what I can say. It was a hefty read, and I haven't been able to concentrate on any other book, since I finished it...
95Kristelh
>94 FAMeulstee:, Anita, it is a tough one. I completely understand.
96drneutron
Just passing the word... The 2024 group is up!
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24188/75-Books-Challenge-for-2024
https://www.librarything.com/ngroups/24188/75-Books-Challenge-for-2024
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>95 Kristelh: Indeed, kristel. I hope to make some semce of my thoughts soon.
>96 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!
For both the announcement and all you do for us!
>96 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!
For both the announcement and all you do for us!
98PlatinumWarlock
Just stopping by to wish you a joyful holiday season, Anita! I hope the coming year is filled with peace and good health. :)
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>98 PlatinumWarlock: Thank you, Lavinia!
Happy holidays, and all the best for 2024.
Happy holidays, and all the best for 2024.
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Participating in the Fop Five Books of 2023, my personal top five (excluding rereads) is:
1: Milkman - Anna Burns
2: East of Eden - John Steinbeck
3: The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding - Barbara Stok
4: Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake
5: Time Shelter - Georgi Gospodinov
1: Milkman - Anna Burns
2: East of Eden - John Steinbeck
3: The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding - Barbara Stok
4: Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake
5: Time Shelter - Georgi Gospodinov
102karenmarie
Hi Anita! A very late happy new thread. I hope you and Frank are enjoying the holidays.
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>101 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, the same to you and Thomas!
>102 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen.
As usual Frank works the weekends, so he will be at work on Christmas Eve and the New Year.
On the 26th we will visit my father and on the 28th we wll be with my brother and his family.
>102 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen.
As usual Frank works the weekends, so he will be at work on Christmas Eve and the New Year.
On the 26th we will visit my father and on the 28th we wll be with my brother and his family.
104charl08
>100 FAMeulstee: A good list, Anita.
105vancouverdeb
I participated on the the main list with my top 5 books this year. It's hard to decide. Dave works over Christmas too, but I will having Christmas Eve and Day with my family at my sister's place both days. Merry Christmas to you, Anita!
107Kristelh
>100 FAMeulstee:. A good list, Anita. I would have also picked Time Shelter as one of my top five. I usually have such a hard time picking top fives.
Wishing you a very merry and peaceful (if you can have both) Christmas season and New Year.
Wishing you a very merry and peaceful (if you can have both) Christmas season and New Year.
110PaulCranswick
>100 FAMeulstee: That will be tough. I need to consider carefully.
111PaulCranswick
Thinking about you during the festive season, Anita.
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>104 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte, the Barbara Stok was because of you :-)
>105 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah, it is never easy to choose.
I hope your Chrismas Eve was good, and happy holidays to you and yours!
>105 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah, it is never easy to choose.
I hope your Chrismas Eve was good, and happy holidays to you and yours!
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>106 SandDune: Thank you, Rhian, the same to you and yours!
>107 Kristelh: Thank you, Kristel. The first four were easy, those were my 5* reads. Picking the best of my 4½* was harder.
A good and quiet day today, Frank is just back home from work, and sleeping now. Tomorrow is Second Christmas Day over here, and then we will visit my father.
I hope to get to my review of The Piano Teacher later today, to get the book out of my immediate thoughts.
>107 Kristelh: Thank you, Kristel. The first four were easy, those were my 5* reads. Picking the best of my 4½* was harder.
A good and quiet day today, Frank is just back home from work, and sleeping now. Tomorrow is Second Christmas Day over here, and then we will visit my father.
I hope to get to my review of The Piano Teacher later today, to get the book out of my immediate thoughts.
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>108 ronincats: Thank you, Roni, the same to you and yours!
>109 johnsimpson: Thank you, John, the same to you and Karen!
>109 johnsimpson: Thank you, John, the same to you and Karen!
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>110 PaulCranswick: Few 5* reads this year, Paul, I am getting more and more picky. Choosing the last one, the best of my 4½* reads was the toughest part.
>111 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul, happy holidays! I hope you will be with your family soon.
>111 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul, happy holidays! I hope you will be with your family soon.
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>112 Carmenere: Thank you, Lynda, happy holidays!
>113 quondame: Thank you, Susan. Love these happy penguins!
>113 quondame: Thank you, Susan. Love these happy penguins!
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>114 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas, the same to you and your wife!
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book 272: De pianiste by Elfriede Jelinek
1001 books, own, translated from German, Nobel Prize, English translation The Piano Teacher, 296 pages
TIOLI Challenge #9: Read a book with a musical instrument in the title or author's name
Erika Kohuts life is dominated by her mother. Her father is away, went to an psychatric hospital, and never returned. Her mother wants Erika to be a great piano player, but she din't reach the top, and now she gives piano lessons at the music academy. She might become a professor soon.
All outside her piano carreer is smothered by her mother. She tries to escape by buying clothes she never will wear, cutting herself, and going to peep-shows.
Her sexual desires have been perverted. When she gets involved with one of her pupils, Walter Klemmer, it spirals down soon, and for the first time in her life she is able to shut her mother out.
A hefty read, way to familiar, and so well written! I didn't experience exactly the same, but went on a silmilar road to self-destruction. Gladly I got a life after.
Dutch title translated: The pianist (in female form)
122figsfromthistle
>116 FAMeulstee: Happy Christmas, Anita. Enjoy the visit with family :)
123Kristelh
>272, Anita that is a heartfelt review. I can see why you needed time. And it was a very good review.
124richardderus
*smooch*
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>122 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita, the same for you. And enjoy your time off.
>123 Kristelh: Thank you very much, Kristel. I needed time, and now I had to get it off my chest to make room for my next reads. It might deserve half a star more, not sure yet.
>123 Kristelh: Thank you very much, Kristel. I needed time, and now I had to get it off my chest to make room for my next reads. It might deserve half a star more, not sure yet.
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>124 richardderus: God Jul to you, Richard dear :-)
*smooches*
*smooches*
127PaulCranswick
>121 FAMeulstee: You liked that one way better than I did, Anita.
128quondame
>121 FAMeulstee: I am somewhat familiar with the twists of that road. This sounds like a worthwhile book, but I don't think I'll embark on that journey soon.
129EllaTim
Merry Christmas to you and Frank, Anita!
Nice to see your pick of five best books. I started the Sheldrake at once, as I had wanted to read it, but forgot again.
Nice to see your pick of five best books. I started the Sheldrake at once, as I had wanted to read it, but forgot again.
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>127 PaulCranswick: Knowing your taste that doesn't surprise me, Paul. We can't like all the same.
>128 quondame: Sorry you know some of it, Susan. It was a hefty journey, that kept my mind occupied for some days.
>128 quondame: Sorry you know some of it, Susan. It was a hefty journey, that kept my mind occupied for some days.
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>129 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella, happy holidays to you and Marc!
I hope you love Entangled Life as much as I did.
>130 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen, happy holidays to you, Bill and Jenna!
I don't mind Frank works on these days. Working these days he gets payed some extra, wich is always welcome.
I hope you love Entangled Life as much as I did.
>130 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen, happy holidays to you, Bill and Jenna!
I don't mind Frank works on these days. Working these days he gets payed some extra, wich is always welcome.
133msf59
Happy Holidays, Anita. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with Frank. Do you exchange books? Dumb question?
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>133 msf59: Thank you, Mark, we are just back from visiting my father.
No dumb question, the only dumb question is the one you didn't (dare to) ask!
We don't exchange books anymore, we did do so in the past. These days our shelves are overly filled, so new books mean that other books have to go.
However we did preorder two books that will be published next year. Finally a new translation of Vasili Grossman's Stalingrad will come next year, the first edition was published in 1946 and is hard to find. The other book is The Complete Poems of Paul Celan in a bilingual edition. There is still a little place on the shelves of the poetry section, so the Celan will be no problem. For the Grossman we will have to make room, not sure yet what we will give up for it.
No dumb question, the only dumb question is the one you didn't (dare to) ask!
We don't exchange books anymore, we did do so in the past. These days our shelves are overly filled, so new books mean that other books have to go.
However we did preorder two books that will be published next year. Finally a new translation of Vasili Grossman's Stalingrad will come next year, the first edition was published in 1946 and is hard to find. The other book is The Complete Poems of Paul Celan in a bilingual edition. There is still a little place on the shelves of the poetry section, so the Celan will be no problem. For the Grossman we will have to make room, not sure yet what we will give up for it.
135ChelleBearss
Merry Christmas!
136AMQS
Merry Christmas to you, Anita! You have a big wedding anniversary coming up in 2024 - any big plans?
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>135 ChelleBearss: Thank you, Chelle, nice to see you around!
>136 AMQS: Thank you, Anne.
Indeed, we hope to get to 40 years of marriage in November. We will celebrate with a walking vacation in Drenthe, a province in the north of our country, and start our next long distance hiking trail there :-)
>136 AMQS: Thank you, Anne.
Indeed, we hope to get to 40 years of marriage in November. We will celebrate with a walking vacation in Drenthe, a province in the north of our country, and start our next long distance hiking trail there :-)
138humouress
Just dropping by with Jasper to bring you and Frank Season's Greetings, Anita.
You're very good at the Treasure Hunts, I must say. A lot of the hints always come from you.
You're very good at the Treasure Hunts, I must say. A lot of the hints always come from you.
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>138 humouress: Thank you, Nina, and Jasper!
Thanks, I just have to get those hunts done and dusted as soon as possible. As long as there are unresolved clues I can't concentrate on my books ;-)
Thanks, I just have to get those hunts done and dusted as soon as possible. As long as there are unresolved clues I can't concentrate on my books ;-)
140humouress
>139 FAMeulstee: I'm still working on the clues; I'm just not as good with the hunts.
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>140 humouress: You will get there, Nina!
142AMQS
>137 FAMeulstee: That sounds amazing, but very cold, if you are planning to do it in November!
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>142 AMQS: We both like cold way better than warm, Anne.
In November we expect temperatures around 10°C. And it will probably be wet, so our rain suits will be needed. We can do shorter walks on very rainy days :-)
In November we expect temperatures around 10°C. And it will probably be wet, so our rain suits will be needed. We can do shorter walks on very rainy days :-)
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>144 Berly: Thank you, Kim, the same to you!
There is always hope for more LT time in a next year ;-)
There is always hope for more LT time in a next year ;-)
146msf59
Happy Friday, Anita. Glad you have preordered 2 books and can look forward to getting them. I just finished my best of the year list and will start my 2024 thread tomorrow. Have a good holiday weekend.
147karenmarie
Hi Anita! Happy Friday to you.
>139 FAMeulstee: I try to get every clue, but only feel disappointed if I can't get enough answers to get the badge.
>139 FAMeulstee: I try to get every clue, but only feel disappointed if I can't get enough answers to get the badge.
148vancouverdeb
Like you Anita, I love the treasure hunts and try to complete them as soon as I can. This was a fun one! I did struggle with number 11, but I finally got it, with the help of the hints of others. I'm not sure about you, but we have been having a relatively mild winter so far. Here in the Vancouver area, we have similar climate conditions as you do. Lots of rain and mild temps. But this year we have had less rain and yesterday I think it was 11 C during the day. This time of the year , we might expect temperatures to be lower , maybe just about 0 C for few days, but so far, so good.
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>146 msf59: Thank you, Mark, happy Saturday.
I always love to see all best of the year lists. I will start my first 2024 thread when the New Year has started here.
>147 karenmarie: Thanks, Karen, happy Saturday.
You only need two answers for the badge, so that should be easy. I am a completist ;-)
I always love to see all best of the year lists. I will start my first 2024 thread when the New Year has started here.
>147 karenmarie: Thanks, Karen, happy Saturday.
You only need two answers for the badge, so that should be easy. I am a completist ;-)
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>148 vancouverdeb: It was indeed a fun hunt, Deborah. I can't remember needing so few hints in any hunt before.
We have sililair climate here, and winter has been mild and very wet so far. The whole year has been the warmest and wettest since 1901!
Strangely we have been lucky on Frank's working nights, he walks to work on the first evening, and back the next morning, and he could walk dry every time. The forecast for this evening, and tomorrow morning, looks good again.
We have sililair climate here, and winter has been mild and very wet so far. The whole year has been the warmest and wettest since 1901!
Strangely we have been lucky on Frank's working nights, he walks to work on the first evening, and back the next morning, and he could walk dry every time. The forecast for this evening, and tomorrow morning, looks good again.
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Read, not yet reviewed:
#273: Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland
#274: Dode leeuwen (Dead Lions) by Mick Herron
#275: Dagen van zand (Days of Sand) by Aimée De Jongh
#276: Doden zonder naam (The Outcast Dead; Ruth Galloway 6) by Elly Griffiths
#277: Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune
Reading now:
De rest van ons leven by Els Beerten
#273: Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland
#274: Dode leeuwen (Dead Lions) by Mick Herron
#275: Dagen van zand (Days of Sand) by Aimée De Jongh
#276: Doden zonder naam (The Outcast Dead; Ruth Galloway 6) by Elly Griffiths
#277: Het gefluister achter de deur (Under the Whispering Door) by TJ Klune
Reading now:
De rest van ons leven by Els Beerten
152drneutron
I recently finished Dead Lions too. Really enjoyed it, looking forward to the next!
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>152 drneutron: Sadly Dead Lions is the last one available in Dutch translation, Jim.
The first two books didn't sell very well over here. I still hope an other publisher will continue some day.
The first two books didn't sell very well over here. I still hope an other publisher will continue some day.
154FAMeulstee
Finished my last book for 2023, #278 De rest van ons leven by Els Beerten. I will try to write the last 5 6 reviews tonight, and then make the statistic for December, so I can start my 2024 thread with everything done here.
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book 273: Jean-Christophe. Deel I by Romain Rolland
library, translated from French, Nobel Prize, no same edition in English, 628 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
This edition contains the first four books of Jean-Christophe: 1 - Dawn, 2 - Morning, 3 - Youth, and 4 - Revolt.
Jean-Christophe Krafft is born in the Rhineland in Germany. He shows his musical talents at a very young age, and is exploited by his alcoholic father. He has to compose and play for the local nobility. Falls in love, and looses her. His grandfather, who was always on his side, dies. Eventually he has to leave th country and goes to Paris (where the next book will start).
Looking forward to the next book.
Dutch title translated: Jean-Christophe. Part 1
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book 274: Dode leeuwen by Mick Herron
library, translated, original title Dead Lions, 336 pages
TIOLI Challenge #15: Read a book for Santa's Reindeer Genre rolling challenge
The workers at Slough House are recruted to protect a visiting Russian oligarch. A former informant is killed, and head of Slough House, Jackson Lamb, is certain there is more behind this murder.
Like the previous book, an enjoyable read. Sadly this is the last book available in Dutch translation. The first two didn't sell well enough to continue. I still hope an other publisher might continue the translations one day.
English and Dutch title are the same
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book 275: Dagen van zand by Aimée de Jongh
library, graphic novel, Dutch, English translation Days of Sand, 288 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book that fits any of the "page 2" challenges for 2023
John Clark, a young photographer, is send to Oklahoma in 1937 by the Farm Security Administration to document the terrible, and disastrous results of the Dust Bowl.
Well documented graphic novel.
English and Dutch title are the same
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book 276: Doden zonder naam by Elly Griffiths
library, translated, original title The Outcast Dead, 303 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
Ruth Galloway book 6
Ruth might have discoverd the bones of a 19th century murderess, Mother Hook, who was hanged because of murdering five children. A TV show wants to film and air the dig. Meanwhile in present day children are kidnapped, keeping the police busy.
Not the best book in the series, enjoyable enough to look forward to the next.
Dutch title translated: Dead without name
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book 277: Het gefluister achter de deur by TJ Klune
library, e-book, translated, original title Under the Whispering Door, 438 pages
TIOLI Challenge #15: Read a book for Santa's Reindeer Genre rolling challenge
Wallace Price has suddenly died. He wasn't a nice man during his life. Now he is dead, but still around, not really accepting his death. He is picked up by Mei, who brings him to an odd tearoom, where Hugo Freeman the Ferryman, lives with his dead grandfather Nelson, who will help him to cross. In death Wallace becomes a nicer man than he was in life, he even falls in love with Hugo.
Dutch title translated: The whispering behind the door
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book 278: De rest van ons leven by Els Beerten
library, YA, Dutch, no translations, 303 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book with at least three letters of "December" in the title
Fredo Santoro went from Italy to England with his father, to find a better life. His father is a hairdresser, and they have a good life together in the Italian community of Liverpool. When WWII starts, and Mussolini joins Hitler in the war, all Italians become suspect, and Fredo's father is arrested and deported. The ship that should bring him to Canada sinks and he is one of many victims. Fredo flees to the countryside, and finds a place to stay with Penny at the farm. When Penny's husband unexpected returns from the war, Fredo leaves, together with an Italian from the south, near Naples. There he starts a new life.
Title translated: The rest of our life
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December 2023 in numbers
(Totals for the year between brackets)
21 books read, 7,011 pages, 226.0 pages a day
(278 books read, 92,617 pages, 253.8 pages a day)
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books:
• own books: 1 (30)
• from the library: 20 (248)
• male author: 11 (187)
• female author: 10 (91)
• originally written in Dutch: 6 (68)
• translated into Dutch: 15 (210)
- original language of translated books:
• Albanian: 0 (1)
• Arabic: 1 (2)
• Armenian: 0 (1)
• Bulgarian: 0 (1)
• Chinese: 1 (1)
• Czech: 0 (1)
• Danish: 0 (1)
• Dutch (Middle): 0 (1)
• English: 6 (91)
• Finnish: 1 (6)
• French: 3 (14)
• German: 2 (28)
• Hebrew: 0 (1)
• Hungarian: 0 (1)
• Icelandic: 0 (7)
• Indonesian: 0 (2)
• Italian: 0 (8)
• Japanese: 0 (6)
• Latin: 0 (1)
• Norwegian: 0 (4)
• Polish: 0 (1)
• Portugese: 0 (2)
• Russian: 0 (4)
• Serbian: 0 (1)
• Spanish: 0 (7)
• Swedish: 1 (17)
• fiction: 21 (230)
• non-fiction: 0 (48)
• paper books: 13 (148)
• e-books: 8 (130)
• mystery/police procedural: 6 (40)
• childrens/YA: 2 (14)
• 1001 books: 2 (44)
Total 1001 books since 2008: 324
• Dutch Canon: 0 (5)
Total Dutch Canon since 2008: 47 of 125
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pages:
0 - 100 pages: 0 (18)
101 - 200 pages: 4 (43)
201 - 300 pages: 4 (64)
301 - 400 pages: 8 (86)
401 - 500 pages: 2 (30)
501 - 999 pages: 3 (34)
1000+ pages: 0 (3)
• longest book 632 pages (1296 pages)
• shortest book 127 pages (30 pages)
• average book 334 pages (333 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: 0 (10)
20th century
1900s: 0 (4)
1910s: 0 (3)
1920s: 1 (5)
1930s: 0 (6)
1940s: 0 (2)
1950s: 0 (6)
1960s: 0 (13)
1970s: 0 (8)
1980s: 1 (20)
1990s: 3 (24)
21st century
2000s: 2 (24)
2010s: 8 (79)
2020s: 5 (69)
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ratings:
1 (4)
1 (25)
7 (107)
9 (90)
3 (50)
0 (1)
0 (1)
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best books in December
De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft (The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding) by Barbara Stok
De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek
(Totals for the year between brackets)
21 books read, 7,011 pages, 226.0 pages a day
(278 books read, 92,617 pages, 253.8 pages a day)
--
books:
• own books: 1 (30)
• from the library: 20 (248)
• male author: 11 (187)
• female author: 10 (91)
• originally written in Dutch: 6 (68)
• translated into Dutch: 15 (210)
- original language of translated books:
• Albanian: 0 (1)
• Arabic: 1 (2)
• Armenian: 0 (1)
• Bulgarian: 0 (1)
• Chinese: 1 (1)
• Czech: 0 (1)
• Danish: 0 (1)
• Dutch (Middle): 0 (1)
• English: 6 (91)
• Finnish: 1 (6)
• French: 3 (14)
• German: 2 (28)
• Hebrew: 0 (1)
• Hungarian: 0 (1)
• Icelandic: 0 (7)
• Indonesian: 0 (2)
• Italian: 0 (8)
• Japanese: 0 (6)
• Latin: 0 (1)
• Norwegian: 0 (4)
• Polish: 0 (1)
• Portugese: 0 (2)
• Russian: 0 (4)
• Serbian: 0 (1)
• Spanish: 0 (7)
• Swedish: 1 (17)
• fiction: 21 (230)
• non-fiction: 0 (48)
• paper books: 13 (148)
• e-books: 8 (130)
• mystery/police procedural: 6 (40)
• childrens/YA: 2 (14)
• 1001 books: 2 (44)
Total 1001 books since 2008: 324
• Dutch Canon: 0 (5)
Total Dutch Canon since 2008: 47 of 125
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pages:
0 - 100 pages: 0 (18)
101 - 200 pages: 4 (43)
201 - 300 pages: 4 (64)
301 - 400 pages: 8 (86)
401 - 500 pages: 2 (30)
501 - 999 pages: 3 (34)
1000+ pages: 0 (3)
• longest book 632 pages (1296 pages)
• shortest book 127 pages (30 pages)
• average book 334 pages (333 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: 0 (10)
20th century
1900s: 0 (4)
1910s: 0 (3)
1920s: 1 (5)
1930s: 0 (6)
1940s: 0 (2)
1950s: 0 (6)
1960s: 0 (13)
1970s: 0 (8)
1980s: 1 (20)
1990s: 3 (24)
21st century
2000s: 2 (24)
2010s: 8 (79)
2020s: 5 (69)
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ratings:
1 (4) 1 (25) 7 (107) 9 (90) 3 (50) 0 (1) 0 (1)--
best books in December
De filosoof, de hond en de bruiloft (The Philosopher, the Dog and the Wedding) by Barbara Stok
De pianiste (The Piano Teacher) by Elfriede Jelinek
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The new year has started here, you can find my first thread in the 2024 group HERE.
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>163 EllaTim: Wishing you a wonderful 2024, Ella!
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Oh, I nearly forgot, I put the end of year book meme together a few days back:
Describe yourself: A Woman
Describe how you feel: What am I doing here
Describe where you currently live: Time Shelter
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Your favorite form of transportation is: Slow Horses
Your favorite food is: Different
Your favorite time of day is: On the come up
Your best friend is: A God in Ruins
You and your friends are: Entangled life
What’s the weather like: Winter
You fear: The sorrow of Angels
What is the best advice you have to give: Walking: one step at a time
Thought for the day: Braiding Sweetgrass
What is life for you: Lessons in Chemistry
How you would like to die: Natural causes
Your soul’s present condition: Bewilderment
What was 2023 like for you? A general theory of oblivion
What do you want from 2023? Paradise
Describe yourself: A Woman
Describe how you feel: What am I doing here
Describe where you currently live: Time Shelter
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: The House in the Cerulean Sea
Your favorite form of transportation is: Slow Horses
Your favorite food is: Different
Your favorite time of day is: On the come up
Your best friend is: A God in Ruins
You and your friends are: Entangled life
What’s the weather like: Winter
You fear: The sorrow of Angels
What is the best advice you have to give: Walking: one step at a time
Thought for the day: Braiding Sweetgrass
What is life for you: Lessons in Chemistry
How you would like to die: Natural causes
Your soul’s present condition: Bewilderment
What was 2023 like for you? A general theory of oblivion
What do you want from 2023? Paradise
