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1FAMeulstee
Oct 1, 2018, 5:39 am

Welcome to thread ten!

Some more pictures from our trip to Vlissingen:
Poet in the park, sculpture by Berry Holslag (2014)


The place we stayed had in the bar downstairs the original stained glas with in the middle all different players.
Left football (soccer) player, middle billiards player, right card players.
  

2FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 31, 2018, 1:25 pm

total books read in 2018: 376
245 own / 118 library / 13 other

total pages read in 2018: 84,321

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currently reading:

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books read in October 2018 (33 books, 7,876 pages, 20 own / 13 library)
book 376: Zwarte regen (Black Rain) by Masuji Ibuse, 327 pages, TIOLI #7, (msg 143)
book 375: De oliekoning (The Oil Prince) by Karl May, 309 pages, TIOLI #12, (msg 132)
book 374: *Koning Wikkepokluk de Merkwaardige zoekt een rijk by Wim Hofman, 143 pages, TIOLI #17, (msg 131)
book 373: Het Bacchus offer (The Villa of Mysteries, Nic Costa 2) by David Hewson, 334 pages, TIOLI #7, (msg 130)
book 372: Afscheid van de wapenen (A Farewell to Arms) by Ernest Hemingway, 334 pages, TIOLI #7, (msg 119)
book 371: Standvastig (Stand Firm) by Svend Brinkmann, 174 pages, TIOLI #7, (msg 118)
book 370: De eend op de pot by Nannie Kuiper, 46 pages, TIOLI #13, (msg 117)
book 369: Verhaal van een leven 1 by Konstantin Paustovski, 645 pages, TIOLI #6, (msg 114)
book 368: De uitvinder van de natuur (The Invention of Nature) by Andrea Wulf, 572 pages, TIOLI #6, (msg 113)
book 367: Vervloekt (An Uncertain Place, Adamsberg 6) by Fred Vargas, 349 pages, TIOLI #15, (msg 112)
book 366: *Alan en Naomi (Alan and Naomi) by Myron Levoy, 148 pages, TIOLI #5, (msg 99)
book 365: *Wie is Sumitra? (Sumitra's Story) by Rukshana Smith, 199 pages, TIOLI #13, (msg 98)
book 364: 1947 Hier begint het heden (1947 Where now begins) by Elisabeth Åsbrink, 271 pages, TIOLI #16, (msg 97)
book 363: Robin en God by Sjoerd Kuyper, 103 pages, TIOLI #3, (msg 96)
book 362: De wildernis (Kit's wilderness) by David Almond, 183 pages, TIOLI #10, (msg 95)
book 361: Björnstad (Beartown) by Fredrik Backman, 408 pages, TIOLI #1, (msg 94)
book 360: De eeuwige jacht (This Night's Foul Work, Adamsberg 5) by Fred Vargas, 409 pages, TIOLI #15, (msg 91)
book 359: Om het rood van de krijger (Warrior scarlet) by Rosemary Sutcliff, 209 pages, TIOLI #14, (msg 81)
book 358: De PG (The Public Prosecutor) by Jef Geeraerts, 288 pages, TIOLI #6, (msg 80)
book 357: Bezoekjaren by Joke van Leeuwen, 158 pages, TIOLI #7, (msg 79)
book 356: De bavianenkoning (The Baboon King) by Anton Quintana, 151 pages, TIOLI #17, (msg 78)
book 355: Stil leven een tentoonstelling by Ted van Lieshout, 62 pages, TIOLI #11, (msg 70)
book 354: Black, de zwarte hengst (The Black Stallion) by Walter Farley, 206 pages, TIOLI #12, (msg 69)
book 353: De nacht in Lissabon (The Night in Lisbon) by Erich Maria Remarque, 255 pages, TIOLI #16, (msg 67)
book 352: *Martine Koperslager by Selma Noort, 120 pages, TIOLI #13, (msg 65)
book 351: De gestolen kinderen by Gerardo Soto y Koelemeijer, 256 pages, TIOLI #8, (msg 62)
book 350: Hartenbloed (Heart's blood) by Juliet Marillier, 462 pages, TIOLI #10, (msg 61)
book 349: De bakker by Anke van Hasselt, 24 pages, TIOLI #2, (msg 60)
book 348: Marc de verschoppeling (The Witch's Brat) by Rosemary Sutcliff, 104 pages, TIOLI #1, (msg 59)
book 347: Het verhaal van Aeneas (The Aeneid) by Vergilius, 365 pages, TIOLI #5, (msg 55)
book 346: Bij ons in Caddum by Jan Terlouw, 125 pages, TIOLI #9, (msg 54)
book 345: De appel (The apple) by Dick Bruna, 26 pages, TIOLI #4, (msg 53)
book 344: *De metro van Magnus by Joke van Leeuwen, 112 pages, TIOLI #3, (msg 52)

* these books are to be culled

3FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 31, 2018, 1:26 pm

Reading plans:

TIOLI October 2018 Sweep done!

4FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 27, 2018, 10:44 am

books read in September 2018 (33 books, 7,659 pages, 18 own / 15 library / 1 other)
book 343: De wereld van gisteren - Stefan Zweig
book 342: *De jongen en de zwaan - Catherine Storr
book 341: De terugkeer van Neptunus (Adamsberg 4) - Fred Vargas
book 340: De Vaticaanse moorden (Nic Costa 1) - David Hewson
book 339: Heren van de thee - Hella Haasse
book 338: *Vlammen - Hans Hagen
book 337: De stenen engel (Pieter Vos 4) - David Hewson,
book 336: Blauwe hond - Louis De Bernières
book 335: Weg der geesten - Pat Barker
book 334: Schaaknovelle - Stefan Zweig
book 333: Naar het hart van Borneo - Redmond O'Hanlon
book 332: Van het westelijk front geen nieuws - Erich Maria Remarque
book 331: *Lenka - Jan Procházka
book 330: De brug - Geert Mak
book 329: Transit - Hella Haasse
book 328: In de mist van het schimmenrijk - W.F. Hermans
book 327: Slangen & piercings - Hitomi Kanehara
book 326: Een kleine kans - Marjolein Hof
book 325: *Dansen op de brug van Avignon - Ida Vos
book 324: Een Mann - Rindert Kromhout
book 323: Valkuil - Arnaldur Indriðason
book 322: Mark Rothko - Annie Cohen-Solal
book 321: HhhH - Laurent Binet
book 320: De verzamelde werken van A.J. Fikry, boekhandelaar - Gabrielle Zevin
book 319: De legende van de Zwarte Hengst - Walter Farley
book 318: Mevrouw Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
book 317: Gina - Alet Schouten
book 316: Vertel me wie wij waren - Rindert Kromhout
book 315: *Nou moe! - Veronica Hazelhoff
book 314: De avonturen van Lena Lena - Harriet van Reek
book 313: April is de wreedste maand - Rindert Kromhout
book 312: Harry Potter en de relieken van de dood - J.K. Rowling
book 311: Wachten op matroos - André Sollie
book 310: Duin - Frank Herbert

* these books are culled

5FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 28, 2018, 6:33 am

books read in August 2018 (46 books, 10,879 pages, 32 own / 14 library)
book 309: Harry Potter en het vervloekte kind - J.K. Rowling
book 308: *De vuurman - Anton Quintana
book 307: *De Mennyms belegerd - Sylvia Waugh
book 306: *De Mennyms - Sylvia Waugh
book 305: De slavenkaravaan - Karl May
book 304: Het vege kolkje - Alet Schouten
book 303: De blinde muur - Henning Mankell
book 302: *De lege plaats - Ouida Sebestyen
book 301: *Warlord - Malcolm Bosse
book 300: Harry Potter en de halfbloed prins - J.K. Rowling
book 299: De beer en de nachtegaal - Katherine Arden
book 298: De woestijnrovers van Noord-Afrika - Karl May
book 297: Een kunstenaar van het vlietende leven - Kazuo Ishiguro
book 296: *Gespleten landschap - Hazel Rochman
book 295: Soldaten huilen niet - Rindert Kromhout
book 294: De Cock en het lijk op drift - A.C. Baantjer
book 293: Over de bergen - Gerrit Komrij
book 292: Auww! - Veronica Hazelhoff
book 291: Het autistische brein - Temple Grandin
book 290: De vier wezen - Alet Schouten
book 289: Harry Potter en de Orde van de Feniks - J.K. Rowling
book 288: De Zwarte Hengst en het meisje - Walter Farley
book 287: *Sterke Wanja - Otfried Preussler
book 286: Paumen : Altijd tot het uiterste - Maartje Paumen & Robèrt Misset
book 285: Gebr - Ted van Lieshout
book 284: Een reis door het hart van Tibet - Matteo Pistono
book 283: *Twee weken in mei - Christine Nöstlinger
book 282: Gans, papegaai en kraanvogel : gedichten uit het oude China - Bai Juyi
book 281: De nacht van de heksenketelkandij - Simone Schell
book 280: Onder de vulkaan - Malcolm Lowry
book 279: Het derde zusje - David Hewson
book 278: Onder het vee - Rutger Kopland
book 277: Mattijs Mooimuziek - Hans Werner
book 276: *De rode schuur - Ota Hofman
book 275: Salto mortale - Donna Leon
book 274: Het beertje Pippeloentje - Annie M.G. Schmidt
book 273: *Het zout der aarde en het domme schaap - Sheila Och
book 272: Light verse in Dutch en double Dutch - John O'Mill
book 271: De onwaarschijnlijke reis van Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce
book 270: Het boek Job - Lydia Rood
book 269: Lotta uit de Kabaalstraat - Astrid Lindgren
book 268: De kunst van het liegen - Alan Bradley
book 267: De kleine prins - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
book 266: *Aap en Beer - Wim Hofman
book 265: De poort - Natsume Soseki
book 264: De Wolf, John - John de Wolf & Jeroen Siebelink

books read in July 2018 (30 books, 7,891 pages, 21 own / 9 library)
book 263: Harry Potter en de vuurbeker - J.K. Rowling
book 262: Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen deel 4 - Jaap ter Haar
book 261: *Rattenvanger - Karlijn Stoffels
book 260: *Voor altijd, altijd - Bart Moeyaert
book 259: Kat en muis - Günter Grass
book 258: Harry Potter en de gevangene van Azkaban - J.K. Rowling
book 257: Ilias - Homeros
book 256: De tweede oorlog - Billi Rosen
book 255: Eigen rechter - Jan Terlouw
book 254: Himalaya - Michael Palin
book 253: *Matthijs en z'n opa - Roberto Piumini
book 252: In de bovenkooi - J.M.A. Biesheuvel
book 251: Sabriël - Garth Nix
book 250: Het verkeerde meisje - David Hewson
book 249: De heerser - Niccolo Machiavelli
book 248: Pompeii - Robert Harris
book 247: Nederlandse Historiën : Een keuze uit het grote verhaal van de Nederlandse Opstand - P.C. Hooft
book 246: *Kikker en pad zijn best tevreden - Arnold Lobel
book 245: Kikker is verliefd - Max Velthuijs
book 244: De vorst - Niccolo Machiavelli
book 243: Eend voor eend - Guus Kuijer
book 242: Het oog in de deur - Pat Barker
book 241: Indiaans verhaal : In de schaduw van twee beschavingen - Reinier Artist
book 240: De scheepsjongens van Bontekoe - Johan Fabricius
book 239: *Het boek van Dorrie - Marilyn Sachs
book 238: Arthur koning voor eens en altijd, gevolgd door het boek Merlijn - Terence H. White
book 237: Hollands glorie - Jan de Hartog
book 236: Gezien de feiten - Griet Op de Beeck
book 235: De geest van de Zwarte Hengst - Walter Farley
book 234: De waarde-ring - Marten Toonder

* these books are culled

6FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 27, 2018, 10:45 am

books read in June 2018 (40 books, 9,845 pages, 24 own / 16 library / 1 from my dad)
book 233: *Mag ik hem houden? - Steven Kellogg
book 232: Manhattan Beach - Jennifer Egan
book 231: *Oorlogskind - Rudolf Herfurtner
book 230: *Schakelfout - Henk van Kerkwijk
book 229: Levens van meisjes en vrouwen - Alice Munro
book 228: De geschiedenis van de Lage Landen 3 - Jaap ter Haar
book 227: En ééntje zag ze vliegen - Ken Kesey
book 226: Harry Potter en de geheime kamer - J.K. Rowling
book 225: Harry Potter en de steen der wijzen - J.K. Rowling
book 224: Severino - Eduard Klein
book 223: De hemel valt - Kit Pearson
book 222: *Verhalen van de zwarte kraai - Pauline Mol
book 221: Wierook en tranen - Ward Ruyslinck
book 220: Hindergroen - Martine Bijl
book 219: In Babylon - Marcel Möring
book 218: De Cock en tranen aan de Leie - A.C. Baantjer
book 217: Een dagje naar het strand - Heere Heeresma
book 216: De Olifantsberg - Els Pelgrom
book 215: Natuurlijk - Jan Terlouw
book 214: De vrouw in het Götakanaal - Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö
book 213: Lief leven - Alice Munro
book 212: De kaperkapitein - Karl May
book 211: Wilde zwanen - Jung Chang
book 210: Het vlot - Wim Hofman
book 209: Ik ben Eleanor Oliphant - Gail Honeyman
book 208: De zwarte hengst getergd - Walter Farley
book 207: Het lijk zonder hoofd - Michael Jecks
book 206: Aderlaten en wonderbaarlijke genezingen - Vincent Lam
book 205: *Eilandheimwee - Selma Noort
book 204: Terug naar Brideshead - Evelyn Waugh
book 203: De allerliefste jongen van de hele wereld - Ted van Lieshout
book 202: *Een gedeelde hamaca - Selma Noort
book 201: *Rinske en de stoomtram - Diet Huber
book 200: Eetsprookjes - Huib Stam
book 199: Koning van Katoren - Jan Terlouw
book 198: *Een toren tegen de Romeinen - Mollie Hunter
book 197: Venetiaanse gedichten - Maria de Groot
book 196: De laatste generatie - Fred Pearce
book 195: Trots en vooroordeel - Jane Austen
book 194: *Het muizenhuis : Sam & Julia - Karina Schaapman
book 193: Vrijbuiters op Solna - Hermann Molenkamp

books read in May 2018 (46 books, 9,808 pages, 30 own / 15 library / 1 from dad)
book 192: Rooie, en andere verhalen over mij en mijn klas - Willem van Toorn
book 191: *De tranen knallen uit mijn kop - Guus Kuijer
book 190: De duivel draagt het licht - Karin Fossum
book 189: Het lied van de honden - Gary Paulsen
book 188: Ongezocht ongeluk - Peter Handke
book 187: Boekenpest - Boudewijn Büch
book 186: *Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
book 185: Een tijd voor empathie - Frans de Waal
book 184: Komplot op volle zee - Henk van Kerkwijk
book 183: Heerlijke nieuwe wereld - Günter Wallraff
book 182: *Nancho van Bonaire - Diana Lebacs
book 181: *Hoe weet jij dat nou? - Dolf Verroen
book 180: Schaduwliefde - Ruta Sepetys
book 179: Rutgers reis - Willem Wilmink
book 178: De wraak van de Sith - Matthew Stover
book 177: Motu-Iti, het meeuweneiland - Roberto Piumini
book 176: *Wie had gelijk Mary Rose? - Marilyn Sachs
book 175: Pech - Friedrich Dürrenmatt
book 174: *Vechten met Veronica - Marilyn Sachs
book 173: Het ga je goed, het ga je wel - Toeckey Jones
book 172: Siddhartha : een Indiese vertelling - Hermann Hesse
book 171: De moedige R2-D2 - Ace Landers
book 170: Gaan, ging, gegaan - Jenny Erpenbeck
book 169: Toen onze Daniel dood ging - Janni Howker
book 168: Stormboy : een leven in de wildernis - Colin Thiele
book 167: Zwart water - Kerstin Ekman
book 166: Bloem water gist zout passie - Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana
book 165: De Cock en een dodelijk rendez-vous - A.C. Baantjer,
book 164: 1001 boeken die je gelezen moet hebben! - Peter Boxall
book 163: Markus en de meisjes - Klaus Hagerup
book 162: *Jinx - Margaret Wild
book 161: De jungle - Upton Sinclair
book 160: Wiplala weer - Annie M.G. Schmidt
book 159: Wiplala - Annie M.G. Schmidt
book 158: *Ver van huis - Ouida Sebestyen
book 157: Aan de schitterende rand van de wereld - Eowyn Ivey
book 156: Jannes - Toon Tellegen
book 155: *Markus en Diana - Klaus Hagerup
book 154: *Het huis in Niemandsland - Christine Nöstlinger
book 153: De gedaanteverwisseling - Franz Kafka
book 152: De zwarte stenen - Guus Kuijer
book 151: Maak dat je wegkomt - Fred Vargas
book 150: De wereld bij benadering - Jean Rouaud
book 149: *Lola, de beer - Trude de Jong
book 148: Op een ochtend was de khomre leeg - Hushang Moradi-Kermani
book 147: Sjlasjduivels op Monta - Hermann Molenkamp

* these books are culled

7FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 27, 2018, 10:45 am

books read in April 2018 (37 books, 6,828 pages, 28 own / 9 library)
book 146: De verdenking - Friedrich Dürrenmatt
book 145: Eeuwelingen - Steffie van den Oord
book 144: Bijna iedereen kon omvallen - Toon Tellegen
book 143: Verkocht - Hans Hagen
book 142: *We gingen bramen plukken - Doris Buchanan Smith
book 141: Doodgewoon - Bette Westera
book 140: *Een huis met zeven kamers - Joke van Leeuwen
book 139: *Vogels in het zwart - Piet Meeuwissen
book 138: *Maak me niet kapot - Lynn Hall
book 137: Athabasca - Hadley Irwin
book 136: De avonturen van Alice in Wonderland & Achter de spiegel en wat Alice daar aantrof - Lewis Carroll
book 135: Liefde, enz - Julian Barnes
book 134: Een vrouw op 1000 graden - Hallgrimur Helgason
book 133: *De vergeten hacienda - Sven Wernström
book 132: Ronja de roversdochter - Astrid Lindgren
book 131: Operatie Napoleon - Arnaldur Indriðason
book 130: De omgekeerde man - Fred Vargas
book 129: *Klein verhaal over liefde - Marit Törnqvist
book 128: Het is fijn om er te zijn - Guus Kuijer
book 127: Over tirannie - Timothy Snyder
book 126: Helden op sokken - Anne Makkink
book 125: Wild vlees - Marita de Sterck
book 124: Wie niet weg is wordt gezien - Ida Vos
book 123: *Vluchten kan niet meer - Nigel Hinton
book 122: Het wonderlijke archief van Mevrouw Fitzalan - E.L. Koningsburg,
book 121: De aard van het beest - Janni Howker
book 120: Sprong in de leegte - Lydia Rood
book 119: Trioloog - Julian Barnes
book 118: De genezing van de krekel - Toon Tellegen
book 117: Mevrouw Vis, aap en de vuilniskoningin - Norma Fox Mazer
book 116: *Voor niks gaat de zon op - Els Pelgrom
book 115: De paardentemmer - Walter Farley
book 114: Niemandsland - Pat Barker
book 113: Acqua alta - Donna Leon
book 112: Een osbork in de ruimte - Gerben Hellinga jr
book 111: Coriolis, de stormplaneet - Gerben Hellinga jr
book 110: De dood draagt rode schoenen - Donna Leon

books read in March 2018 (47 books, 8,414 pages, 36 own / 11 library)
book 109: Het huilen van Urgje - Marten Toonder
book 108: De W.A.-man ; De pook ; Roest - Theun de Vries
book 107: De gevleugelde kat - Isabel Hoving
book 106: *De kat en de adelaar - Hans Hagen
book 105: De koperen tuin - Simon Vestdijk
book 104: Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen deel 2 - Jaap ter Haar
book 103: Vrienden van de maan - Mensje van Keulen
book 102: *Wat is dat? een voelboek - Virginia Allen Jensen
book 101: Dood in den vreemde - Donna Leon
book 100: De kwade inblazingen - Marten Toonder
book 99: Verhalen voor een Afrikaanse koning - Humphrey Harman
book 98: Verder alles goed - Nico Dijkshoorn
book 97: Stralend kruid - Roberto Piumini
book 96: Wachten op Doggo - Mark B. Mills
book 95: Het Gilgamesj-epos
book 94: De molen en de Boeseknor - Alet Schouten
book 93: *Uk en Bur - Wim Hofman
book 92: Vaderland - Robert Harris
book 91: *Vos en haas - Sylvia Vanden Heede
book 90: Metamorphosen - Ovidius
book 89: De Cock en de geur van rottend hout - A.C. Baantjer
book 88: Iolo komt niet spelen - Alet Schouten
book 87: Het betoverde land achter de kleerkast - C.S. Lewis
book 86: De prinses van Clèves - Madame de Lafayette
book 85: De zomer van 1927 - Bill Bryson
book 84: *Elfenmiddag - Janet Taylor Lisle
book 83: *Toen Faas niet thuiskwam - Martha Heesen
book 82: *De kat in de gordijnen - Dolf Verroen
book 81: Roofvogels & uilen in Europa - Jaap Schelvis
book 80: De storm - Gaye Hiçyilmaz
book 79: Waarom kwamen de walvissen? - Michael Morpurgo
book 78: De encyclopedie van de grote woorden - Mark Boog
book 77: *Lieve Tracey... Lieve Mandy... - John Marsden
book 76: Van Hector die een kater was - Alet Schouten
book 75: Twtti Rhys Hec : een meisje van zestien - Hadley Irwin
book 74: Het schnitzelparadijs - Khalid Boudou
book 73: Donderslag - Libby Hathorn
book 72: *Zoals de wind om het huis - Johanna Kruit
book 71: Alptraum : Stanley's laatste gems - Koos van Zomeren
book 70: *Birk - Jaap Robben
book 69: Piraten aan de Stille Oceaan - Karl May
book 68: Heksen en zo... - Annie M.G. Schmidt
book 67: Your future! hét trendwatchers handboek - Lieke Lamb & Richard Lamb
book 66: *Wat dacht je van mij? - Corrie Hafkamp
book 65: *De vloek van Cornelia - Martha Heesen
book 64: Noodweer - Suzanne Fisher Staples
book 63: *Luna van de boom - Bart Moeyaert

* these books are culled

8FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 27, 2018, 10:46 am

books read in February 2018 (30 books, 6,987 pages, 21 own / 9 library )
book 62: Josja Pruis - Harm de Jonge
book 61: Laat me nooit alleen - Kazuo Ishiguro
book 60: De wreker van Floris V - Renée Vink
book 59: Godje - Daan Remmerts de Vries
book 58: La Bruja, de merrie - Helen Griffiths
book 57: *Zwart op wit - Akky van der Veer
book 56: *Het huis tussen de bomen - Irene Hunt
book 55: Geschiedenis van de Lage Landen deel 1 - Jaap ter Haar
book 54: Britt-Marie was hier - Fredrik Backman
book 53: Sneeuw - Orhan Pamuk
book 52: Het boek van alle dingen - Guus Kuijer
book 51: *Jonathan, wat zag je in die zomernacht? - K.M. Peyton
book 50: Edda translated - Marcel Otten
book 49: Morgen is de toekomst - An Rutgers van der Loeff
book 48: Zwart als inkt - Wim Hofman
book 47: De adjudant van de vrachtwagen - S.R. van Itterson
book 46: Een midzomernachtdroom - William Shakespeare
book 45: Anansi de spin weeft zich een web om de wereld - Noni Lichtveld
book 44: De verdwenen menora - Jan & Sanne Terlouw
book 43: De havik - T.H. White
book 42: Schorshuiden - Annie Proulx
book 41: Maliff en de wolf - Hans Hagen
book 40: *Meneer Ratti - Mensje van Keulen
book 39: Pablo - Helen Griffiths
book 38: *Tommie Station - Mensje van Keulen
book 37: Aardzee 2 - Ursula Le Guin
book 36: *Mijn hersens draaien rondjes - Rita Verschuur
book 35: *Het is nacht, we gaan op jacht - Hans Hagen
book 34: *Muizensoep - Arnold Lobel
book 33: Zwaarden, paarden en ziektekiemen - Jared Diamond

books read in January 2018 (32 books, 8,134 pages, 15 own / 7 library / 10 BolKobo+)
book 32: *Stijfkop, de vechthond - Helen Griffiths
book 31: De hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
book 30: Het reality-essay - Dirk Vis
book 29: *Het is maar een straathond - Helen Griffiths
book 28: De man van de blauwe cirkels - Fred Vargas
book 27: Zes maanden in de Siberische wouden - Sylvain Tesson
book 26: Francisco, olé ! - Helen Griffiths
book 25: De laatste zomer - Helen Griffiths
book 24: Een studie in rood - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
book 23: Naar Moskou! Naar Moskou! - Willem Oosterbeek
book 22: Lof der zotheid - Desiderius Erasmus
book 21: Wolvensaga - Käthe Recheis
book 20: Doldwazen en druiloren - Ulf Stark
book 19: *Het heksenkind - Helen Griffiths
book 18: Woutertje Pieterse - Multatuli
book 17: *Majesteit, Uw ontbijt - Sjoerd Kuyper
book 16: De rode hengst op de renbaan - Walter Farley
book 15: *Sacha, de russische blauwe kat - Helen Griffiths
book 14: *Kaas en de evolutietheorie - Bas Haring
book 13: Waarom ik lees - Tim Parks
book 12: De vergeten geschiedenis van mijn grootvader Sulayman Hadj Ali - Meltem Halaceli
book 11: De reizen van Gulliver - Jonathan Swift
book 10: Een handvol sneeuw - Jenny Erpenbeck
book 9: A van alibi - Sue Grafton
book 8: De oorlog heeft geen vrouwengezicht - Svetlana Alexievich
book 7: Het vierkant van de wraak - Pieter Aspe
book 6: De abdij van Northanger - Jane Austen
book 5: Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
book 4: Reizen zonder John - Geert Mak
book 3: *De hond van Rafa - Helen Griffiths
book 2: Onafhankelijke mensen - Haldór Laxness
book 1: *Het gouden oog - Hans Hagen

* these books are culled

9FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 1, 2018, 5:57 am

Reading plans in 2018

I have a large collection of mostly awarded childrens & YA books. At the moment I am reading the books I haven't read since joining LT, mostly alphabeticly, to decide which to keep. The ones not to keep are donated to a library in Rotterdam (where we lived until 2005).
I started in 2018 with 697 childrens/YA books, of those 350 are TBR.

End of September update:
- Childrens/YA books TBR: 350 - 169 read in 2018 = 201 + 3 books acquired = 184 TBR
- Childrens/YA books on the shelves: 697 + 3 books acquired = 700 - 2 culled = 698 - 95 ready to go = 603

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I keep trying to read more of my own books, of the 452 books I have read in 2017 238 (53%) were my own.
This year I try again to read at least 50% books of my own.

I join the TIOLI (Take It Or Leave It) challenges each month.

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January summary: January in numbers
February summary: February in numbers
March summary: March in numbers
April summmary: April in numbers
May summmary: May in numbers
June summary: June in numbers
July summary: July in numbers
August summary: August in numbers
September summary: September in numbers

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Previous threads in 2018
book 1 - 25 (January 2018): thread 1
book 26 - 52 (January-February 2018): thread 2
book 53 - 92 (February-March 2018): thread 3
book 93 - 136 (March-April 2018): thread 4
book 137 - 192 (April-May 2018): thread 5
book 193 - 233 (June 2018): thread 6
book 234 - 263 (July 2018): thread 7
book 264 - 308 (August 2018): thread 8
book 308 - 343 (September 2018): thread 9

My readings in previous years

452 books (110,222 pages) read in 2017/1, 2017/2, 2017/3, 2017/4, 2017/5, 2017/6, 2017/7, 2017/8, 2017/9, 2017/10, 2017/11, 2017/12, 2017/13
252 books   (72,474 pages) read in 2016/1, 2016/2, 2016/3, 2016/4, 2016/5, 2016/6
  29 books   (10,079 pages) read in 2015
  17 books     (3,700 pages) read in 2014
  13 books     (3,692 pages) read in ROOT 2013
  50 books   (18,779 pages) read in 2012/1, 2012/2, 2012/3
  82 books   (29,387 pages) read in 2011/1, 2011/2
120 books   (37,668 pages) read in 2010/1, 2010/2, 2010/3, 2010/4
  78 books   (22,698 pages) read in 2009/1, 2009/2
130 books   (39,901 pages) read in 2008

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Other lists

My best of lists on the WikiThing

10FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 31, 2018, 7:08 pm

Series I read, mostly mysteries, a list to keep track

Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr 4/12
1 Een 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

Broeder Cadfael by Ellis Peters 6/20
1 Het 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 49/70

Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley 3/5
1 De smaak van venijn; 2 Het stroeve touw; 3 De kunst van het liegen; 4 De show van je leven; 5 Slotakkoord voor een moord

Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 5/25
1 Dood 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 Fatalita`; 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

John Rebus by Ian Rankin 2/18
1 Kat & 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;

Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg by Fred Vargas 5/8
1 De man van de blauwe cirkels; 2 De omgekeerde man; 3 Maak dat je wegkomt; 4 De terugkeer van Neptunus; 5 De eeuwige jacht; 6 Vervloekt; 7 De verdwijningen; 8 IJsmoord; 9 Een dodelijk venijn

Konrad Sejer by Karin Fossum 4/12
1 Eva'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 Carmen Zita og døden (not translated); 12 Veenbrand

Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell 9/12
prequel De jonge Wallander; 1 Moordenaar zonder gezicht; 2 Honden van Riga; 3 De witte leeuwin; 4 De man die glimlachte; 5 Dwaalsporen; 6 De vijfde vrouw; 7 Midzomermoord; 8 De blinde muur; 9 Voor de vorst; 9b Wallanders wereld; 10 De gekwelde man

Martin Beck by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö 2/10
1 De vrouw in het Götakanaal; 2 De man die in rook opging; 3 De man op het balkon; 4 De lachende politieman; 5 De brandweerauto die verdween; 6 De man die even wilde afrekenen; 7 De verschrikkelijke man uit Säffle; 8 De gesloten kamer; 9 De politiemoordenaar; 10 De terroristen

Nic Costa by David Hewson 2/11
1 De Vaticaanse moorden; 2 Het Bacchus offer; 3 De Pantheon getuige; 4 De engelen des doods; 5 Het zevende sacrament; 6 De Romeinse lusthof; 7 Het masker van Dante; 8 Blauwe demonen; 9 Gevallen engel; 10 Dans van de doden; 11 De binnenste cirkel

Pieter Vos by David Hewson 4/4
1 Poppenhuis; 2 Het verkeerde meisje; 3 Het derde zusje; 4 De stenen engel

Sir Balwin by Michael Jecks 5/8
1 De laatste tempelridder; 2 De heks van Wefford; 3 De gehangene van Dartmoor; 4 Het mooie lijk; 5 Het lijk zonder hoofd; 6 Het zevende gebod; 7 De dood van de erfgenaam; 8 Moord in het klooster

11FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 30, 2018, 2:43 pm

Books acquired in 2018: 86

October 2018 (12)
Corneille, zijn wereld by Maarten Bertheux
De begraafplaats van Praag by Umberto Eco
Kelderkind by Kristien Deltiens (Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2013)
Stem op de okapi by Edward van de Vendel (Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2016)
Stella : ster van de zee by Gerda Dendooven (Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2017)
Het raadsel van alles wat leeft by Jan Paul Schutten (Nienke van Hichtum prijs 2013 & Gouden Griffel 2014))
Honderd uur nacht by Anna Woltz (Nienke van Hichtum prijs 2015)
Gips by Anna Woltz (Gouden Griffel 2016)
Naar het noorden by Koos Meinderts (Gouden Griffel 2017)
De eilandenruzie by Jozua Douglas (Kinderboekenweekgeschenk)
De eend op de pot by Nannie Kuiper (Gouden Griffel 1982)
De prinses van de moestuin by Annemie Heymans (Nienke van Hichtum prijs 1993)

August 2018 (1)
18 klassiekers om het heden te begrijpen by Jaap Tielbeke

July 2018 (10)
Vrijbuiters op Solna by Hermann Molenkamp
Salto mortale by Donna Leon (e-book)
**Max Havelaar by Multatuli (Perpetua reeks)
De heerser by Niccolo Machiavelli (Perpetua reeks)
Verhaal van een leven 3 by Konstantin Paustovski (Russische bibliotheek)
Sean Scully: Land Sea by Danilo Eccher
Lampje by Annet Schaap
Jan Schoonhoven by Antoon Melissen
CoBrA : De kleur van vrijheid by Ludo van Halem
Sjlasjduivels op Monta by Hermann Molenkamp

June 2018 (13)
Mechaniek by François Bon
De Vaticaanse moorden (Nic Costa 1) by David Hewson
Het Bacchus offer (Nic Costa 2) by David Hewson
De Pantheon getuige (Nic Costa 3) by David Hewson
De engelen des doods (Nic Costa 4) by David Hewson
Het zevende sacrament (Nic Costa 5) by David Hewson (e-book)
De Romeinse lusthof (Nic Costa 6) by David Hewson (e-book)
Het masker van Dante (Nic Costa 7) by David Hewson (e-book)
Blauwe demonen (Nic Costa 8) by David Hewson (e-book)
Gevallen engel (Nic Costa 9) by David Hewson (e-book)
Barst by Boris O. Dittrich (e-book)
Sabbaths theater by Philip Roth
Het complot tegen Amerika by Philip Roth

May 2018 (16)
Lazarillo van Tormes
Het einde van de rode mens by Svetlana Alexijevitsj
Verloren illusies by Honoré de Balzac
Het martyrium by Elias Canetti (Perpetua reeks)
Het verzoek by Michèle Desbordes (Franse bibliotheek)
Gaan, ging, gegaan by Jenny Erpenbeck
Alleen in Berlijn by Hans Fallada
Faust, een tragedie by Goethe (Perpetua reeks)
De doden by James Joyce
De dag van de hond by Caroline Lamarche (Franse bibliotheek)
Een broze waarheid by John Le Carré
Verhalen Boris Pasternak (Russische bibliotheek)
Verhaal van een leven 1 by Konstantin Paustovski (Russische bibliotheek)
Verhaal van een leven 2 by Konstantin Paustovski (Russische bibliotheek)
De menselijke smet by Philip Roth
Operatie Shylock by Philip Roth

April 2018 (4)
Alte Pinakothek Munich by Martin Schawe
Pinakothek der Moderne Munich: Modern Art Collection by Bernhard Maaz
Reinhold Messner: Das Leben eines Extrembergsteigers by Michele Petrucci
The Hounds of Spring by Lucy Andrews Cummin

March 2018 (13)
Soldaat Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
Ik herhaal je by Ingrid Jonker
Schuim by Alfred Schaffer
Kooi by Alfred Schaffer
Binnenplaats by Joost Baars
Aardzee 2 (omnibus 4-6) by Ursula Le Guin
Gezien de feiten by Griet Op de Beeck (boekenweekgeschenk)
Natuurlijk by Jan Terlouw (boekenweek essay)
Het slechte pad by Robert Galbraith (e-book)
Poppenhuis by David Hewson (e-book)
Het verkeerde meisje by David Hewson (e-book)
Het derde zusje by David Hewson (e-book)
De stenen engel by David Hewson (e-book)

February 2018 (6)
Neo Rauch - Dromos - Schilderijen 1993-2017 by Ralph Keuning
*De holle heuvels by Mary Stewart
*De kristallen grot by Mary Stewart
*De laatste betovering by Mary Stewart
*Arthur, koning voor eens en altijd, gevolgd door Het boek Merlijn by T.H. White
Aardzee (omnibus 1-3) by Ursula Le Guin

* secondhand replacements for books culled in 2005

January 2018 (11)
2314 by Philip Akkerman
Doodgewoon by Bette Westera
De Bosatlas van het Nederlandse voetbal
Amerikaanse pastorale by Philip Roth
Liefdesliederen by Hadewijch
Middlemarch by George Eliot
De avonturen van Alice in Wonderland & Achter de spiegel en wat Alice daar aantrof by Lewis Caroll
Het Gilgamesj-epos
**Bekentenissen van Zeno by Italo Svevo
Het rood en het zwart by Stendhal
Anton Heyboer : het goede moment by Doede Hardeman ea

**replacment for damaged book

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Books culled in 2018: 128 (really gone) + 1 (ready to go) = 129

12FAMeulstee
Oct 1, 2018, 5:51 am

That is it, thread is open!

13msf59
Oct 1, 2018, 6:32 am

Happy New Thread, Anita. I like the poet in the park topper. I hope you had a nice weekend.

14Sakerfalcon
Oct 1, 2018, 7:11 am

Happy October to you! I too like the poet in the park.

15figsfromthistle
Oct 1, 2018, 8:13 am

Happy new thread!

16Carmenere
Oct 1, 2018, 8:22 am

Happy new thread, Anita! The poet in the park is a very cool looking guy :0)

17FAMeulstee
Oct 1, 2018, 8:26 am

>13 msf59: Thank you, Mark.
I thought of all of you when I took that picture :-)

>14 Sakerfalcon: Thank you, Claire, happy October to you!
Berry Holslag made many sculptures in this style. In Rotterdam-South is this one:


>15 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita!

18FAMeulstee
Oct 1, 2018, 8:32 am

>16 Carmenere: Thank you, Lynda!
Yes, he is cool standing in the Bellamy park. The park is named after the Dutch 18th century poet Jacobus Bellamy.

19Carmenere
Oct 1, 2018, 8:42 am

I just Googled Jacobus and it seems his life was short and rather sad. Thanks for the learning opportunity :0)

20jessibud2
Oct 1, 2018, 8:55 am

Happy new thread. I always love to see sculptures or any street art that gives a positive nod to reading!

21bell7
Oct 1, 2018, 9:29 am

Happy new thread! Looks like you had a fantastic trip :)

22harrygbutler
Oct 1, 2018, 9:43 am

Happy new thread, Anita!

23Ameise1
Oct 1, 2018, 9:57 am

Happy new one, Anita. Beautiful topper.

24streamsong
Oct 1, 2018, 10:03 am

Happy New Thread, Anita! Lovely toppers, as usual.

And congrats on 1500 books.

Awesomeness!

25drneutron
Oct 1, 2018, 10:12 am

Happy new thread!

26FAMeulstee
Oct 1, 2018, 10:13 am

>19 Carmenere: Yes, Lynda, he had a short and sad life. But his poetry lives on!

>20 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley, so do I. Whenever I see a sculpture or streetart with book(s) I take a picture to share over here :-)

>21 bell7: Thank you, Mary. The last years we have been to many places in our country, one of the reasons is to see where we would want to live after Frank's retirement in about 8 years. Vlissingen is one to consider.

27FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 9, 2018, 10:00 am

>22 harrygbutler: Thank you, Harry!

>23 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara. A statue with a book, can't go wrong there ;-)

>24 streamsong: Thank you (2x), Janet!
I think those stained glass windows were common in the early 20th century. I have never seen them like this before, so I think very few are preserved.

>25 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!

28johnsimpson
Oct 1, 2018, 10:39 am

Hi Anita my dear, Happy new thread.

29foggidawn
Oct 1, 2018, 10:40 am

Happy new thread!

30FAMeulstee
Oct 1, 2018, 2:45 pm

>28 johnsimpson: Thank you, John, greetings to you and Karen.

>29 foggidawn: Thanks, foggi!

31ronincats
Oct 1, 2018, 3:59 pm

Looks like soccer is practically a religion in Vlissingen, Anita! Happy new thread!

32FAMeulstee
Oct 1, 2018, 5:45 pm

>31 ronincats: LOL, Roni, and thanks.
Until the 1930s many houses had stained glass in the upper part of the window. like this:


I think the ones in Vlissingen are from late 19th or early 20th century.

33EllaTim
Oct 1, 2018, 8:48 pm

Hi Anita! happy new thread.

I like your toppers. Though I have to confess I have never heard of Jacobus Bellamy. Should I remedy that?

The stained glass pictures do seem old-fashioned. I haven't seen any of those in >1 FAMeulstee: before, they seem very original.

34charl08
Oct 2, 2018, 2:54 am

>32 FAMeulstee: Those are lovely. Hannah (Hangerg) has recently posted pics of her self-designed stained glass window. Really pretty.

35kidzdoc
Oct 2, 2018, 5:44 am

Happy new thread, Anita! Thanks for posting photos of and information about Vlissingen. According to Wikipedia the city's name translates into Flushing in English, which is a well known neighborhood in the NYC borough of Queens and the home of the stadia where the U.S. Open tennis tournament is played every year.

I'm glad that you loved The World of Yesterday. I was on a Stefan Zweig kick several years ago and bought that book at that time, but I haven't read it yet. I'll try to get to it sometime next year.

I thought fondly about our weekend in the Netherlands frequently last week, especially since many of my friends at work asked me about my trip to the UK and NL. I can all but guarantee that I'll return there in 2019, and given the far cheaper hotel prices and ease of travel by train to other Dutch cities I'll almost certainly stay in Utrecht on future visits.

36FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 2, 2018, 5:06 pm

>33 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
I have seen other stained glass with an oval in the middle, but not like these. I thought they were special.
Jacobus Bellamy was very patriottic (against the Oranges). You can find some of his texts at DBNL https://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=bell002 . Here an example.

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Vaderlandsche Gezangen van Zeelandus (1783):

Het vaderland.
Val aan!... val aan!... val aan! bataafsche waterhelden!
Het gelt mijn hoog gezag!
Val aan!... val aan!... val aan! bataafsche waterhelden!
Verdedig mijne vlag!
Val aan! laat nu uw donders hooren!
Vergruist der britten overmoed!
Het uur der wraake is thans gebooren!
Val aan! laat nu uw donders hooren!
Vergruist der britten overmoed!
Val aan! - herstelt mijn oude glorie!
Dat die, tot 's waerelds nagt, blijv' staan!
De Godheid daalt!... gij krijgt victorie!
Bataafsche helden! val.... val aan!!

In English:

The fatherland.
Attack!... attack!... attack!... Batavian waterheroes!
It concerns my high authority!
Attack!... attack!... attack!... Batavian waterheroes!
Defend my flag!
Attack! now let us hear your thunders!
Shatter the brittish recklessness!
Now the hour of revenge is born!
Attack! now let us hear your thunders!
Shatter the brittish recklessness!
Attack! - regain my old glory!
So it will remain until the worlds night!
The God descends!... thou becomes victory!
Batavian heroes! fall... attack!!

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>34 charl08: Thanks, Charlotte. I saw the pictures of their front door with stained glass, lovely!

>35 kidzdoc: Thank you, Darryl. The colony, now known as New York, started as New Amsterdam, so many names there originate from the Netherlands: Harlem (Haarlem), Brooklyn (Breukelen) etc.
I hope you get to The World of Yesterday, it was a great and enlightning read for me.
Near the central station in Utrecht, you had a perfect place to travel all over the country. We will be happy when one of your future travels brings you back here :-)

37EllaTim
Oct 2, 2018, 6:23 pm

>36 FAMeulstee: Oh, my. Vergruist der Britten overmoed... such words, glad we now reserve them more for soccer matches;-)

38FAMeulstee
Oct 2, 2018, 6:26 pm

>37 EllaTim: I knew you would appriciate it, Ella! ;-)

39jnwelch
Oct 2, 2018, 7:31 pm

Happy New Thread, Anita!

I like the Berry Holslag topper, and the one in >17 FAMeulstee:.

40FAMeulstee
Oct 3, 2018, 4:03 pm

>39 jnwelch: Thank you, Joe, I like the style of her sculptures.

41EllaTim
Oct 4, 2018, 8:54 am

The October book mail from Scheltema announces the children's book week. I bet you knew that!

And the Dutch translation of the new book by Kate Atkinson. It's called "Transcriptie". They've made it the book of the month. Are you a fan?

42The_Hibernator
Oct 4, 2018, 10:45 am

I've only read one book by Kate Atkinson, and I felt she was trying too hard to be artistic and flowery. I'm not a fan of that sort of writing. Doesn't feel right to me. But I understand why some people love her writing.

43libraryperilous
Oct 4, 2018, 5:23 pm

Transcription will be my first experience with Atkinson's writing. I like espionage novels, especially ones written by women. Oh dear, I don't like flowery writing. Well, we shall see. I have a copy out from the library right now.

44EllaTim
Oct 4, 2018, 6:43 pm

>42 The_Hibernator: Hi Rachel, which book by Atkinson did you read?

45kidzdoc
Oct 5, 2018, 6:55 am

I loved Life After Life and, to a slightly lesser extent, A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson. I haven't purchased Transcription yet, as I already have plenty of new books that I'm far more eager to read at the moment.

46FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 5, 2018, 7:23 am

>41 EllaTim: Of course, Ella! I just ordered some books to complete my collections of the Gouden Griffel, Woutertje Pieterse prijs en Nienke van Hichtum prijs (I was a few years behind), to get the kinderboekenweekgeschenk :-)
I haven't read any of her books yet. I might look for her Jackson Brodie books.

>42 The_Hibernator: >43 libraryperilous: >44 EllaTim: >45 kidzdoc: Kate Atkinson has some fans I see.
Her Life after Life sounds a bit alike Jennifer Erpenbecks The End of Days

47FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 5, 2018, 7:43 am

Yesterday we went to the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and saw "De visioenen van Goebaidoelina" ("The Visions of Gubaidulina") the performance of 4 works by Sofia Gubaidulina, performed by New European Ensemble.
She was supposed to attend the concert, but sadly she had an accident 3 weeks ago, and wasn't able to travel.
Most special was the last work: "Hommage à T.S. Eliot", that she wrote in 1987 after reading his Four Quartets. As a Sovjet citizen, she had no idea about copy-rights in the West, so there was some commotion after a Brittish newspaper found out about the first performance. T.S. Eliot's heir understood that Gubaidulina made the work out of adoration for Eliot's work and eventually allowed next performances.

48karenmarie
Oct 5, 2018, 10:40 am

Hi Anita! Happy new thread a bit late.

I don't like Kate Atkinson's non-Jackson Brodie books except for Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Life after Life just didn't click for me, so I won't read A God in Ruins. Emotionally Weird was too weird, and Human Croquet was totally forgettable.

49FAMeulstee
Oct 5, 2018, 3:20 pm

>48 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen!
Note to self: if I want to read Kate Atkinson, I should start with the mysteries.

50charl08
Oct 5, 2018, 3:25 pm

I love that Karen has read so many of Atkinson's books to make sure she only likes the Jackson Brodie ones. I still like Behind the scenes at the Museum the best: it has that lovely feeling of discovering a new (to me) writer. In the talk I went to she said she had written stories for women's magazines for years before writing the book.

51FAMeulstee
Oct 5, 2018, 4:08 pm

>50 charl08: It looks like the writing for magazines was a good preparation, Chalotte, her books seem well loved on LT.

52FAMeulstee
Oct 5, 2018, 4:17 pm


book 344: De metro van Magnus by Joke van Leeuwen
own, YA, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1982, no translations, 112 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book where the final page number or electronic location number are added together to equal the number 4

Magnus loves metro's, in his mind the best way to spend a holiday is going to London or Paris to sit in a metro all day. Sadly his parents have other plans for their holiday. So Magnus draws his own metro, with stations. When he is send off to get some groceries, he finds out he can travel in his own metro-line.


53FAMeulstee
Oct 5, 2018, 4:25 pm


book 345: De appel by Dick Bruna
from the library, picturebook, English translation The apple, 26 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book where the cover has harvest produce on it

First Dick Bruna book. An apple wants to see more of the world. The rooster from the church-tower takes the apple one night on his back, so he can look around.


54FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 5, 2018, 4:33 pm


book 346: Bij ons in Caddum by Jan Terlouw
own, YA, no translations, 125 pages
TIOLI Challenge #9: Read a book where the author is originally well-known for something other than writing

Hein lives in a small village on the Veluwe. Usually Caddum is nice and quiet place. But one day he and his friends Henk and Gijs rolled into an adventure, involving kidnapping and a rescue. Luckely it was the only exciting thing that ever happened in Caddum.


55FAMeulstee
Oct 5, 2018, 4:46 pm


book 347: Het verhaal van Aeneas by Vergilius
from the library, e-book, classic, translated from Latin, English translation The Aeneid, 365 pages
TIOLI Challenge #5: Read a book where a word in the title starts with the letters SAMHAIN in rolling order

Epic poem, the adventures of Aeneas after fleeing from falling Troy. This "sequel" to the Iliad was written centuries later, in honor of Augustus. I recently have read the Iliad, so I easely saw the similarities, the following of Homerian equations and the way the gods are involved.
Although I knew the story, the part with queen Dido was still heartwrenching. Aeneas is a very human hero, and all is ment to be the logical history that leds up to the present ruler of Rome (of that time).

Recommended, I will be looking for a paper copy of this translation to own.


56Ameise1
Oct 6, 2018, 2:40 am

Happy weekend, Anita.

57FAMeulstee
Oct 6, 2018, 6:25 am

>56 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, the same to you!

58FAMeulstee
Oct 6, 2018, 6:29 am

It is Children's Book Week in The Netherlands, if you buy children's or young adult books this week, you get the Childrensbookweekgift for free.

So I bought some books, to complete my collections of awarded books:
Kelderkind by Kristien Deltiens (Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2013)
Stem op de okapi by Edward van de Vendel (Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2016)
Stella : ster van de zee by Gerda Dendooven (Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2017)
Het raadsel van alles wat leeft by Jan Paul Schutten (Nienke van Hichtum prijs 2013 & Gouden Griffel 2014))
Honderd uur nacht by Anna Woltz (Nienke van Hichtum prijs 2015)
Gips by Anna Woltz (Gouden Griffel 2016)
Naar het noorden by Koos Meinderts (Gouden Griffel 2017)
De eilandenruzie by Jozua Douglas (Kinderboekenweekgeschenk)

ordered 2nd hand, coming next week:
De prinses van de moestuin by Annemie Heymans (Nienke van Hichtum prijs 1993)
De eend op de pot by Nannie Kuiper (Gouden Griffel 1982)

59FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 12, 2018, 4:43 am


book 348: Marc de verschoppeling by Rosemary Sutcliff
own, YA, translated, original title The Witch's Brat, 104 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book Read a book whose title changes meaning if exactly one letter is taken away

England, 12th century. Marc is all alone after his grandmother died. His grandmother was respected as a wise woman, who knew about herbs and their use. The villagers don't like a cripple, and drive him away from the village. He finds refuge in a monastery. His master doesn't want him back, so he can stay. After some time he finds he has a talent, like his grandmother he can help curing people.

Not Sutcliff's best book, still an enjoyable read.


60FAMeulstee
Oct 7, 2018, 12:58 pm


book 349: De bakker by Anke van Hasselt
from the library, children's, non-fiction, Dutch, no translations, 24 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book with a picture of bread on the front cover

How bread is made in simple steps, easy to follow for children. Starting with the wheat harvested on the land, ending with the warm bread coming from the oven.


61FAMeulstee
Oct 7, 2018, 1:12 pm


book 350: Hartenbloed by Juliet Marillier
from the library, fantasy, translated, original title Heart's blood, 462 pages
TIOLI Challenge #10: Read a book related to Ghouls, Goblins or Ghosts

Ireland, Middle Ages (12th century?) Caitrin is a scribe has run away from her abusive family, who took over her home after her father died. She finds refuge in Whistling Tor, a strange castle, where ghosts roam in the woods. The chieftain, Anluan, hires Caitrin for the summer. When war is lungering, Caitrin needs to overcome her fears, to help Anluan and the other inhabitants save their home.

I have liked all books by Julier Marillier, this one was no exception.


62FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 7, 2018, 2:00 pm


book 351: De gestolen kinderen by Gerardo Soto y Koelemeijer
from the library, e-book, Dutch, no translations, 256 pages
TIOLI Challenge #8: Read a book about infertility or adoption

Miguel is in his fourties, when he gets a letter from his aunt, revealing he was adopted. His parents both have died, and he doesn't know what to do with this information. In other countries this might be not a big deal, but in Spain it is different. Tens of thousand, maybe even hundreds of thousand children were taken away from their Republican parents, to be raised by loyal Francoists. This happened between 1939 until well into the 1980s. At first only on political reasons, later the children were sold for big money. (see wikipedia article Lost children of Francoism)
Miguel's adoptive parents were fanatic admirers of Franco, so it takes a lot before he dares to search for his natural parents.

The book itself is not great literature, the story it tells is heartwrenching..


63EllaTim
Oct 7, 2018, 5:23 pm

Hi Anita! I see you have been celebrating children's book week!

>55 FAMeulstee: I will remember your recommendation, I have been wanting to read this.

>61 FAMeulstee: On the wish list!

>62 FAMeulstee: I'd never heard of this, and into the 80's as well, it's hard to imagine. Heart wrenching indeed.

64FAMeulstee
Oct 8, 2018, 7:52 am

>63 EllaTim: Yes, I have celebrated this week :-D
Last two books will arrive tomorrow.

An article today at the BBC news site Spain court sets doctor free in 'stolen babies' case. Although the doctor is not convicted, it is the first time it is proven at court THAT babies were stolen. According to the article this went on until the 1990s....

65FAMeulstee
Oct 10, 2018, 2:46 am


book 352: Martine Koperslager by Selma Noort
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Vlag en Wimpel 1985, no translations, 120 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book that has a craft occupation in the title or author's name

Martine is 12 years old, she lives with her parents and older brother in an appartment. It is summer vacation, after the summer she will start at secondary school. Her father just found a job again, after a long time of unemployment. Martine spends most of the summer together with her father, keeping him company in he big truck he drives.


66charl08
Oct 10, 2018, 2:53 am

>62 FAMeulstee: Wow, sounds hard hitting. I wonder if there is much (any?) non-fiction on the topic.

67FAMeulstee
Oct 10, 2018, 3:16 am


book 353: De nacht in Lissabon by Erich Maria Remarque
from the library, e-book, translated from German, English translation The Night in Lisbon, 255 pages
TIOLI Challenge #16: Read a book with a ship on the cover

1942, two German refugees meet eachother on the waterside in Lisbon. In the harbor is a ship, that will bring some lucky people to America. The narrator is desperately looking for a way to get on that ship. The other man, "Mr Schwartz", has two tickets and is willing to give them to the narrator, if he listens to his story. They spend the night in different locations in Lisbon, while "Schwartz" tells his about his life as a refugee in the last 5 years.

"Some tourists strolled down the stairs. They all walked like people who were never chased. They didn't turn around."

"‘They (the Russians) were the first wave of emigrants,’ I said. ‘The people felt sorry for them. They got working permits, and papers. Nansenpasses. When we came, the compassion of the world was long used up. We were a plague and there was nearly no one standing up for us. We were not allowed to work, not allowed to exist, and we still have no papers.’"

Remarque wrote a very realistic and impressive story of the life of a refugee.


68FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 10, 2018, 4:44 am

>66 charl08: It was hard hitting, Charlotte. I think it still isn't easy to get a book like this published in Spain. I searched a lot at internet while reading the story, as I had only read a few articles about this. The wikipedia artice only mentions two Spanish non-fiction titles, both published in the 21st century. In 2011 some articles were published and in 2017 a documentary.

69FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 18, 2018, 5:31 am


book 354: Black, de zwarte hengst by Walter Farley
own, YA, translated, original title The Black Stallion, 206 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12: Read a book for comfort

I could use a comfort read after the Remarque and the book about the stolen children in Spain.
When I was young, we had all Black Stallion books in Dutch translation at home, except this one. It was out of print for years. I found this copy in 2014.

The story how a boy and a wild stallion, stranded on a desolate island, become friends.
Alec and The Black are among my favorite fictional characters.


70FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 12, 2018, 2:39 pm


book 355: Stil leven : een tentoonstelling by Ted van Lieshout
own, non-fiction, YA, Dutch, awarded, Zilveren Zoen 1999, no translations, 62 pages
TIOLI Challenge #11: Read a book with a word in the title relating to images

Ted van Lieshout takes the readers along a paper exhibition of (mostly) paintings. He tells about each painting and shares his own thoughts about it. The paintings are presented in 26 pairs, ranging from the cave drawings in Lascaux to 20th abstract paintings. Some pairs have similairities, although made centuries apart. Some pairs are opposites.
The title would translate "Stil life : an exhibition"

A very good introduction to art for older children.


71charl08
Oct 10, 2018, 7:43 am

>68 FAMeulstee: Thanks Anita. My recent attempt to read more about Spain backfired - I got my dad a book about Franco, thinking I'd read it after him, but it turned out to be a bit of a dud - three essays expanded into a book without very good editing. I would like to know more about the choice to forget after Franco, and how (if?) that's being changed now. Will see if I can get hold of something in paperback for my trip.

>67 FAMeulstee: I really hate how timely these old books feel now. Argh!

72FAMeulstee
Oct 10, 2018, 6:36 pm

>71 charl08: The "choice" to forget after Franco was to protect those in power. In Argentina they tried the same, but there it was tured back after a short time. As I understand it some is turned back now, but not all. Spain is still a deeply diveded country, with facism still very alive :-(

Yes, they feel more timely now then a few decades ago.

73FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 10, 2018, 6:43 pm

Drawed blood on Monday, got the results today. Despite upping the dose with half a pill, the Thyroid values are still low :'(
I suspected it, my reading was going down fast at the start of this month. It looks like I did find the right marker for me in pages read a day, the other marker is anxiety raising its ugly head a little.
So next weeks upping the dose again...

74The_Hibernator
Oct 11, 2018, 9:09 am

Good luck on getting your medicine at the right dose! I totally understand that issue. My medicine for my bipolar disorder generally works pretty well with me, but now that I'm pregnant weird hormonal stuff is going on, and we're having the hardest time controlling it. It's not too bad right now - just uncomfortable and unhappy - but apparently it's going to just keep getting worse into post-partum. That's what we're trying to avoid. So, yeah, lots of experimentation with meds isn't fun.

75FAMeulstee
Oct 12, 2018, 5:18 am

Thanks, Rachel, it can be such a hassle to get it right.
Homonal changes can be a big influence on many medicnes. I hope it keeps going well enough for you through and after your pregnancy.
Years ago it took me a long time to find the right anti-depressant. Tried nearly a dozen before the right one was found. I am so lucky I could stop taking them a few years back!

76msf59
Oct 12, 2018, 7:19 am

Happy Friday, Anita. I hope you had a good week. I just received a copy of Transcription, so I am looking forward to reading it soon. I am a big fan of Atkinson.

77FAMeulstee
Oct 12, 2018, 2:33 pm

Happy weekend to you, Mark.
Enjoy Transcription, I haven't read anything by Atkinson yet, but that might change with so many fans around.

78FAMeulstee
Oct 12, 2018, 2:54 pm


book 356: De bavianenkoning by Anton Quintana
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Gouden Griffel 1983, English translation The Baboon King, 151 pages
TIOLI Challenge #17: Read a Book with a Title in the Title

Morengároe grew up in the Masai tribe, but never felt at home, as his mother came from the Kikuyu. He travels to the Kikuyu, in hope to find a more fitting life. But it feels the same, he doesn't really belong. He lives at the edge of the village. The villagers call him when a leopard has been killing their livestock. He kills the leopard and gains two cows, making him a rich man. But then he accidently kills a young man and is send away. He walks for weeks and finally joins a group of baboons. But ultimately he can't live without human company.

Anton Quintana is one of my favorite authors, he can draw vivid pictures, just with words.


79FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 12, 2018, 3:11 pm


book 357: Bezoekjaren by Joke van Leeuwen
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Woutertje Pieterse prijs & Eervolle Vermelding 1999, no translations, 158 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an odd number of letters in the title

Zima grows up in Cassablanca in 1970s. Her oldest brother, Amrar, is involved in protests against the king. One day Amrar doesn't return home, only months later his family gets a sign of life, Amrar is in prison. Zima's parents and older brother and sister visit Amrar. Only 4 visitors are allowed, so it takes a long time before Zima gets a chance to visit her brother. The circumstances in prison are terrible, protesting doesn't help either. Eventually Amrar is convicted. Later her other brother Mehdi is also arrested.
With the two eldest sons missing, it is hard for Zima's family to earn a living. But her mother never gives up.

Joke van Leeuwen wrote this book together with Malika Blain, the story is based on her life in Morocco.
The title translates "Visiting years", referring to the visits to her brothers in prison.


80FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 12, 2018, 3:38 pm


book 358: De PG by Jef Geeraerts
own, Dutch (Flemish), crime novel, English translation The Public Prosecutor, 288 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: Read a book with a setting of increasing age: Rolling challenge

Albert Savelkoul, Public Prosecuter in Antwerp, is near the end of his career. He and is wife went seperate ways long ago, but in his very catholic wife is of noble descent, so a divorce is out of the question. She spends her days trying to obtain titles for their two sons. For this she has convince members of Opus Dei her sons are worthy enough. The eldest son is already a full member of Opus Dei. This triggers the highest Belgian Opus Dei ranks to start an investigation to Albert Savekoul and his mistress. From there things escalate fast.

The story is based on the many scandals that troubled Belgian justice and government in the 1990s.


81FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 12, 2018, 3:54 pm


book 359: Om het rood van de krijger by Rosemary Sutcliff
own, YA, translated, original title Warrior scarlet, 209 pages
TIOLI Challenge #14: Read a book that has a shepherd and/or sheep on the first page

Brittain, Bronze Age, Drem lives with his grandfather, mother and brother in a small Celtic village. Soon he will be old enough to start his three years in the boys-house, where he will be trained to be a warrior. But Drem can only use his left arm, and he overhears his grandfather saying that a boy with only one arm probably never will make the training... Luckely there are others who DO believe he can make it, Talore, the warrior who lost a hand in battle and his friend Vortrix, the son of the chief. When it is Drems turn to kill a wolf, to prove he is a warrior, he miserably fails... al his dreams are lost and he goes away to live with the shepherds, the half-people.

Sutcliff has written a delightfull story, set in ancient times. All characters feel authentic, living a harsh life in rough times, where only the tough survive.
I love how Rosemary Sutcliff puts dogs in most of her stories as mans faithfull companion.


82Deern
Oct 14, 2018, 12:51 am

Happy Sunday Anita (and Frank of course)!

Very sorry that your thyroid levels are still low and I hope the right dose will be found very soon now. However I had to smile a bit, imagening you're maybe the only patient worldwide who can tell her doctor that the number of pages read per day (giving a still high number) is too low. But as you said, it's a precise marker, something to work on.

Caught BBs for Zweig and Remarque and will try to squeeze them in asap.

83EllaTim
Oct 14, 2018, 4:31 pm

I hope you had a good weekend, Anita! Weren't we lucky with the marvellous weather today?

>81 FAMeulstee: I like Rosemary Sutcliffs books. Should look for one, her books were always interesting and well written.

84johnsimpson
Oct 15, 2018, 3:04 pm

Hi Anita, hope you and Frank had a good weekend my dear, sending love and hugs to you both dear friend.

85FAMeulstee
Oct 15, 2018, 3:13 pm

>82 Deern: Thank you, Nathalie, from both of us :-)
The funny thing is at first I always think it is something else that makes me read less, as I still wonder how long this "being able to read so much" can last. Then I realise my anxiety is getting worse, so it must be my thyroid level.
I think you will like both the Zweig and the Remarque, they are both excellent writers.

>83 EllaTim: Thanks, Ella, you probably had a good time at the allotment.
The warm weather lovers were lucky, not me. We even had to put the airco on again! Longing for REAL autumn with rain, storm and cold weather. I am afraid more summers like this will come, climate change and all... :'(

86LovingLit
Oct 16, 2018, 4:13 am

All our book reviews are a stark reminder that I am at least 3 behind. Tsk tsk Megan. I have a presentation tomorrow and I am going to log off LT and go and do my last read through. Which is the *only* reason I am not reviewing my books :)

87FAMeulstee
Oct 16, 2018, 6:27 am

>86 LovingLit: LOL, Megan :-D
Good luck with the presentation and keep on reading!

88karenmarie
Oct 16, 2018, 8:23 am

Hi Anita! I'm sorry to hear that your anxiety is up, your thyroid and reading levels down. It's too bad that it takes so long for each little adjustment to your meds to take effect.

>50 charl08: I always assume I'll like everything by an author and am always rudely shocked when a book doesn't come up to the standard I've set with a previous read. Of course there are authors I try and I think aren't worth the effort - perhaps if I'd read a different book first I'd rave about them. Fortunately (at least, I think it's fortunate) I can easily abandon a book without feeling guilty.

>86 LovingLit: Longing for REAL autumn with rain, storm and cold weather. Me, too! We're slowly getting there but yesterday was 80F/26.7C. Today should still be warmish, though the trend is for cooler temps.

89The_Hibernator
Oct 16, 2018, 9:39 am

Sorry about your anxiety! I hope things have gotten better with your meds!

90FAMeulstee
Oct 16, 2018, 2:53 pm

>88 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen, sadly it is it is a long way. On the other hand I had three good years before 2016, when the Thyrax became unavailable and I had to switch.
Tomorrow should be the last way too warm day with 21C (70F), today we had nearly 24C (75F)!

>89 The_Hibernator: Thank you, Rachel, it feels like I am going into the right direction now.

91FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 16, 2018, 5:36 pm


book 360: De eeuwige jacht by Fred Vargas
from the library, translated from French, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg 5, English translation This Night's Foul Work, 409 pages
TIOLI Challenge #15: Read a book where you pick up where you left off

Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg's team from the Paris Serious Crime Squad is working on two murders. Both came from the same neighborhood, but they seemingly never met, but they are killed by the same murderer. When Adamsberg is in Normandy he hears in the local pub about deer killed (not hunted) with a their hearts ripped out and slashed. And he has a new member in his team, who grew up in the next village where Adamsberg grew up.

Again an intriguing mystery with the odd, excentric and unorthodox comissaire Adamsberg. I have to read the next one soon!


92charl08
Oct 16, 2018, 4:47 pm

Yikes, I thought it was mild here! Glad you feel your meds are on the right track.

>81 FAMeulstee: Amazing how a historical book can have a cover that looks so much of its time (or at least, I'm guessing: 60s/70s)

93FAMeulstee
Oct 16, 2018, 5:32 pm

>92 charl08: Thanks, Charlotte, it is good to feel a bit better. Not completely there yet.
For me it is too warm to work in the garden, Charlotte, and the weeds are popping up all over :-(

You are right, this cover is the 1972 edition.

94FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 16, 2018, 5:37 pm


book 361: Björnstad by Fredrik Backman
from the library, translated from Swedish, English translation Beartown, 408 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book Read a book whose title changes meaning if exactly one letter is taken away

Beartown, a small village in the north, is dying. Young people move away for jobs elsewhere, but there is a glimpse of hope: the junior hockey team is winning and might be on the way to the championship. This could put Beartown in the spotlight, give the badly needed economic push and save the village.
But then the star of the team goes way over the line and the village is divided. One part backing up the male perpetrator, as winning the hockey championship means everything. The other part supporting the female victim.

Sadly the story isn't uncommon, the way Backman gives us a look inside every character is uncommon and makes this book a great read.


95FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 17, 2018, 4:25 am


book 362: De wildernis by David Almond
own, YA, translated, awarded, Zilveren Zoen 2001, original title Kit's wilderness, 183 pages
TIOLI Challenge #10: Read a book related to Ghouls, Goblins or Ghosts

After the death of his grandmother, Kit's family moves back to Stoneygate to live with his grandfather. Stoneygate used to be a mine village, but the coal mines are closed now. Grandfather used to work in the mines and tells his grandson stories of the world back then. The remains of the mines are still there, attracting the youngsters exploring them.
Kit ends up with a group playing strange games, involving the ghosts of those who died in the mines. The leader of this group is John Askew, a troubled kid, an outcast at school and in the village. When John is send away from school, he runs away from his abusive father. With the help of Kit he might find his way back.

Beautiful story about roots in a community, friendship, storytelling and the special bond between a grandfather and his grandson.


96FAMeulstee
Oct 16, 2018, 6:29 pm


book 363: Robin en God by Sjoerd Kuyper
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Gouden Griffel 1997, no translations, 103 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book where the final page number or electronic location number are added together to equal the number 4

Around Christmas time Robin's grandparents come to stay for two weeks. But first it is the last schoolday before the holiday starts. The night before it started to snow, so all kids have fun in the snow. Robin and his grandfather come to talk about religion. Robin's father doesn't believe in God, his grandfather thinks God might exist.

Well written story for children about religion and beliefs.


97FAMeulstee
Oct 19, 2018, 9:29 am


book 364: 1947 Hier begint het heden by Elisabeth Åsbrink
from the library, non-fiction, translated from Swedish, English translation 1947 Where now begins, 271 pages
TIOLI Challenge #16: Read a book with a ship on the cover

Found on Bonnie's thread (brenzi).
In an original way events in 1947 are described, events that still influence the world of today.
From the start of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Neurenberg trials, George Orwell writing of 1984, start of the Cold War, the collaps of the Brittish empire, the continuation of nazi thoughts in new white supremacist cover, the escape of many nazi's to South America with help of the Vatican...

An accesable read, that wraps up important events in 1947. For me there were only a few events I didn't know about before, but I think it can be an eyeopener for many readers. A similair book could be written for other years, as everything "now" has roots somewhere in the past.


98FAMeulstee
Oct 19, 2018, 9:43 am


book 365: Wie is Sumitra? by Rukshana Smith
own, YA, translated, awarded, Vlag en Wimpel 1986, original title Sumitra's Story, 199 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book that has a craft occupation in the title or author's name

Sumitra was born in Uganda, her parents came from India. When Idi Amin comes in power, life gets difficult for the remaining English and Indian families. Her parents decide to leave and move to London. Life is very different, so Sumitra's parents fall back in conservative Indian life. Girls do housework, serve the man and are married to the man of their parents choice. At school Sumitra lives in totally different world, but she can't always participate with her classmates, as she is not allowed to leave home in the evening. She feels like a bridge between India and England, with everyone walking over her.

Good read about feeling torn between cultures.


99FAMeulstee
Oct 19, 2018, 10:02 am


book 366: Alan en Naomi by Myron Levoy
own, YA, translated, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1981, original title Alan and Naomi, 148 pages
TIOLI Challenge #5: Read a book where a word in the title starts with the letters SAMHAIN in rolling order

1944; Alan Silverman lives in New York, while in Europe WW2 rages. He lives his normal life, plays with friends, goes to school. His life is turned upside down, when refugees come to live with the neighbors upstairs. Naomi and her mother have escaped from France, but Naomi is very traumatized and doesn't speak at all: she saw the Nazi's beat her father to death. Alan is asked to help Naomi. At first Alan is reluctant, but slowly he and Naomi become friends.

A tragic story, I had a slight problem with Alan's parents pushing him to help a serverely traumatized girl. Way too big burden for a boy of his age.


100EllaTim
Oct 21, 2018, 5:55 am

Hi Anita, have a nice Sunday.

You did some good reading again. I liked the idea of 1947 Hier begint het heden The War is over, and people have to start their futures. For my parents generation, it must have felt like life started again after a lot of bad years, the thirties, with the financial crisis, and the war after that.

101Ameise1
Oct 21, 2018, 6:00 am

Wishing you a most lovely Sunday, Anita.

102FAMeulstee
Oct 21, 2018, 5:06 pm

>100 EllaTim: Thank you Ella. We had a nice and quiet Sunday after a rather busy week that included walks at the Veluwe and in the Oostvaardersplassen, the prosecuter dropping the case of my eldest sisters death and a concert on Friday at the Concertgebouw.
I was mostty sad about the life of Nazi's going on, both in Europe and South America, and the start calling for the jihad by the Muslimbrotherhood. On our own Dutch history: a law was made concerning 25.000 Dutch of German descent, they were marked as "hostile subjects" and deported to Germany, even if they were Jews, liberals, or Nazi opponents...

>101 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara.

103EllaTim
Oct 21, 2018, 6:52 pm

>102 FAMeulstee: Sounds really busy. Nice, those walks.

Is it a relief, the prosecutor now dropping your sister's case?

I knew about those Nazis fleeing to South America, but not about us deporting people to Germany. Really? It's hard to imagine, how callous.

104FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 21, 2018, 7:14 pm

>103 EllaTim: No relief, Ella, now we will never know what really happened between my sisters. Did my oldest sister want to end her life, and used the not eating "living of sunlight" to commit suïcide? Or, as we know there was quarrel between my sisters, did my other sister deliberate let my oldest sister die? Dropping the case could mean the first option is more likely, or there is not enough evidence to prove the second.

We as a nation build strong hate towards everything German in 5 years, so it is understandable and very harsh. It was called Operation Black Tulip, not all were actually deported because of international criticism.

105vancouverdeb
Oct 22, 2018, 12:07 am

I am sorry about your family issues, Anita. That can't help your anxiety at all. I hope that your thyroid medications are sorted out soon and your anxiety subsides. I suffer with anxiety and depression too, and so I really do understand. Mostly it is under good control, but this September an issue came up and I had a couple of weeks of very bad anxiety. Fortunately I am back to my baseline anxiety.

Best wishes to you.

106FAMeulstee
Oct 22, 2018, 6:32 am

>105 vancouverdeb: Thank you, Deborah, I am sorry your anxietey flared up again. I hope triggering issues keep away from you now.

Sometimes seemingly small things can trigger it. We finally moved on to an other GP practice last week, where a previous GP of us started a new practice. There was an online transfer form to fill, and in the questionaire some questions that triggered me. Frank went to the practice to ask if it was possible to transfer without answering those. Luckely that was possible, but I had two nights of bad sleep over it.

107charl08
Editado: Oct 23, 2018, 2:35 am

>106 FAMeulstee: Sorry to read that Anita. I am glad they were flexible over the questions.

108FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 22, 2018, 6:08 pm

>108 FAMeulstee: Thank you, Charlotte, so was I.
We will make an appointment next week, as this week she is on vacation .

109ronincats
Oct 22, 2018, 7:33 pm

I hope your transfer of doctors proceeds smoothly, Anita, so you can get your thyroid levels at the right level asap. Your reading proceeds apace despite the slowdown! ((((Anita))))

110EllaTim
Oct 23, 2018, 5:07 am

>105 vancouverdeb: Sorry to hear about triggering questions, but glad you found a different GP practice. Hoping they will work well for you!

111FAMeulstee
Oct 23, 2018, 3:45 pm

>109 ronincats: Thank you, Roni, it has been a rough year with the thyroid levels. Numbers of books read are steady, although I am behind in pages read compared with last year.

>110 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella. My previos GP started a practice, so I am going back to a GP I already know. We hesitated at first, as this practice is a bit further away.

112FAMeulstee
Oct 23, 2018, 5:39 pm


book 367: Vervloekt by Fred Vargas
from the library, e-book, translated from French, Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg 6, English translation An Uncertain Place, 349 pages
TIOLI Challenge #15: Read a book where you pick up where you left off

Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg and his collegue Danglard go to London for a police conference. Near the entrance of Highgate Cemetery in London 17 shoes with cut off decomposed feet in them are found. Back home they are confronted with a man chopped up into little pieces and spread all over the place. Adamsberg finds a link with a small Serbian village, but has to watch his back as his superiors would like to get rid of him.

I love this series! And I could fall in love with commissaire Adamsberg, if he wasn't fictional ;-)


113FAMeulstee
Oct 23, 2018, 6:01 pm


book 368: De uitvinder van de natuur by Andrea Wulf
from the library, non-fiction, original title The Invention of Nature, 572 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: Read a book with a setting of increasing age: Rolling challenge

I found this biograpy of Alexander von Humboldt at the threads of Cindy (countrylife) and Lucy (@sibyx).

I had heard of Humboldt, a penguin has his name and Redmond O'Hanlon mentioned him in a TV series that followed Darwin's travels with "The Beagle".
I learned a lot from this biography, how worldwide famous Humboldt was during his life. He traveled through South-America and Russia. Met many influencal men in person, like president Jefferson and Goethe. A scientist, one of the last "Homo Universalis", as he kept up with every branch of science and wrote about it. He influenced Darwin, leading toward the thought of evolution, and Bolivar, leading to rise against Spain. He took stance against slavery and colonialism. Was the first to see the cohesion in nature, what we would call ecology now. Two centuries ago he already saw that humankind was changing climate.

In interesting and informative read.

114FAMeulstee
Oct 23, 2018, 6:46 pm


book 369: Verhaal van een leven 1 by Konstantin Paustovski
own, memoires, translated from Russian, Russische Bibliotheek, English translation Childhood and Schooldays and Slow Approach of Thunder, 645 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: Read a book with a setting of increasing age: Rolling challenge

The first two books of The story of a life, the memoires of Konstantin Paustovski.

In the first book Paustovsky describes his young years in Tsaristic Russia, until he graduates at the Kiev gymnasium. He tells about his family, travels in summer vacation, schooldays and teachers. The great impact on everyone when the writers Anton Chekhov (1904) and Leo Tolstoy (1910) die. At start his family was rather wealthy, but when his father gave up his job, and later walked away from his family, riches were gone fast. Paustovsky had to tutor other students to finish his education.

In the second book Paustovsky starts as a student in Moskow. When WW1 starts, his brothers have to go into the army. As a youngest son (and a student) he escapes the draft. After jobs at the tram in Moscow, he volunteers as a nurse at the trains that transport the wounded soldiers from the frontline. After disobeying orders he is send away and returns to Moscow. His brothers both died on the same day during the war. Paustovsky gets a job though an uncle and the book ends with the February Revolution in 1917.

Impressive read.


115EllaTim
Oct 24, 2018, 5:54 am

>114 FAMeulstee: Good review Anita. My library doesn't have this new edition, but they do have the older one!

116FAMeulstee
Oct 24, 2018, 2:05 pm

>115 EllaTim: The first Dutch translation was published by the Arbeiderspers in the Privé-domein series.
Due to disagreement between the translator and the publisher, the translator blocked any reprint. The translator then transfered the Paustovski translations to Van Oorschot to publish the books in the Russische Bibliotheek last year.

117FAMeulstee
Oct 25, 2018, 12:30 pm


book 370: De eend op de pot by Nannie Kuiper
own, childrens, Dutch, awarded, Gouden Griffel 1982, no translations, 46 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book that has a craft occupation in the title or author's name

Picture book with text in rhyme.
Marijke is potty training on her potty with a duck. Now her parents want her to use the toilet, but she loves her potty.


118FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 25, 2018, 1:16 pm


book 371: Standvastig by Svend Brinkmann
from the library, non-fiction, translated from Danish, English translation Stand Firm, 174 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an odd number of letters in the title

I found this book on Carstens thread (ctpress).

In a sometimes funny satire on "self-help" books, psychologist Svend Brinkman helps those who have enough of popular self-improvement, self-development and increasing self-esteem. This trend only creates big ego's and the winners of this are the greedy, who gain money without any moral restriction.
He creates a seven step guide, that goes back to Stoic philosophy, including: stop feeding the ego, focus on negative, say "no", suppress feelings, do your duties, sack your coach and find friends instead, read novels, and dwell on the past.

Many of the changes suggested are right in my alley, and I completely agree with his analysis of society.


119FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 25, 2018, 1:09 pm


book 372: Afscheid van de wapenen by Ernest Hemingway
1001 books, from the library, translated, original title A Farewell to Arms, 334 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an odd number of letters in the title

American Frederic Henry happens to be inItaly when World War I breaks out. He joins the Italian army as an ambulance driver. Through the surgeon, Rinaldi, he befriends the English nurse Catharine Barkley and they fall in love. He gets wounded in battle, and is send to Milan for surgery. Catherine finds a job as nurse in the Milan hospital, to be with Frederic. When he is healed enough, he must go back to the front.

Based on his own experiences, Hemingway wrote a very good novel about the sad realities of World War I in the north of Italy. My only complaint is that he seems to be unable to create a lifelike female character.


120Caroline_McElwee
Oct 25, 2018, 1:26 pm

>113 FAMeulstee: Anita, you reminded me I started that last year, then got distracted. I should nudge it back up the pile.

121EllaTim
Oct 25, 2018, 6:03 pm

>116 FAMeulstee: Thanks for that information, Anita. So it is the same translation?

122Berly
Oct 26, 2018, 1:15 am

Anita-- I am sorry your thyroid is taking a while to sort out, too. It is just taking forever for me. Good luck with that and the anxiety. A rough pairing, those two. Hugs. And to end this on a good note, >119 FAMeulstee: How can you possibly be on book #372?!?! You go girl!!

123FAMeulstee
Oct 26, 2018, 10:19 am

>120 Caroline_McElwee: I hope you get to it, Caroline, Alexander von Humbolth was a facinating man in his time.

>121 EllaTim: Almost the same, Ella. In this one one chapter was added, as it was only recently discovered. You won't miss it.

>122 Berly: Thank you, Kim, it is a tough road to get it right.
I don't know how I do it. Like last year, I just keep on reading :-)

124karenmarie
Oct 26, 2018, 10:24 am

Hi Anita!

"Just keep reading" - a good philosophy for all of us. I take comfort in reading when times are tough and love reading when things are going well.

I hope the thyroid issue continues to go in a positive direction and that your old/new GP, even though farther away, will be a good fit.

125Caroline_McElwee
Oct 26, 2018, 11:41 am

Yes, reading is a prescription that rarely lets you down Anita. Adding to the hugs for improved health.

126FAMeulstee
Oct 26, 2018, 5:31 pm

>124 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen. Not everyone understands "just keep reading", but I know here everyone does.
We will make an appointment with the GP next week.

>125 Caroline_McElwee: Thank you, Caroline. Reading has been a great comfort in recent years.

127Storeetllr
Oct 26, 2018, 9:29 pm

Wow! You're on your 373rd book, and here I was feeling good about having cracked the 100 mark. lol You are a reading machine!

I'm sorry to hear you are still having thyroid problems. I hope your doctor can finally figure it out.

128vancouverdeb
Oct 27, 2018, 7:07 pm

I remember how much Carsten enjoyed Stand Firm. I'm glad you did too. Keep on reading and I hope that soon you are feeling better. Hugs, Anita!

129FAMeulstee
Oct 27, 2018, 7:25 pm

>127 Storeetllr: Thank you, Mary. You should feel good about reading over 100 books, I have had years I even didn't get near that. I am very lucky I can read so much now :-)
I am back on my old Thyroid meds, and hope to be on the right dose now.

>128 vancouverdeb: Yes, Deborah, because Carsten liked it so much, I added it to my reading list. It was a worthwile read. I hope you feel better too!

130FAMeulstee
Oct 28, 2018, 1:57 pm


book 373: Het Bacchus offer by David Hewson
own, translated, Nic Costa 2, original title The Villa of Mysteries, 334 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an odd number of letters in the title

Second Nic Costa book, I am re-reading the series, as a new book was published recently.
Nic Costa, a young cop in Rome, is back at his job and got a new partner Gianni Peroni. A girl is missing, and a recently found body of a girl murdered 16 years ago, might lead to the missing girl.

Again a statisfying read.


131FAMeulstee
Oct 28, 2018, 2:04 pm


book 374: Koning Wikkepokluk de Merkwaardige zoekt een rijk by Wim Hofman
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Gouden Penseel 1974, no translations, 143 pages
TIOLI Challenge #17: Read a Book with a Title in the Title

Fairytale-like adventure story of a king and his three servants searching for a kingdom.
Nice illustrations by the author.


132FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 28, 2018, 3:13 pm


book 375: De oliekoning by Karl May
own, YA, translated from German, English translation The Oil Prince, 309 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12: Read a book for comfort

More adventures of Old Shatterhand, Winnetou and some other characters we have met before.
German settlers and a banker are in danger, mislead by some villains. Our heroes come to the rescue.

I loved to read the Karl May books in my youth. It is nice to read them again.


133Donna828
Oct 28, 2018, 6:19 pm

I love coming here and seeing the amazing number of books you are reading, Anita. Just imagine what you can do when your new doctor sorts out your thyroid troubles. I think reading is good medicine. At least it takes our minds off our worries for a little while. Yes indeed…Just Keep Reading!

134FAMeulstee
Oct 28, 2018, 7:47 pm

>133 Donna828: Thank you, Donna. I am still amazed how much I can read the last two years. We will see what the doctor has to add next week.

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Tomorrow we will go to Rotterdam for two nights. We will be back on Wednesday. Not sure if I will be able to check here during that time.

135Sakerfalcon
Oct 29, 2018, 6:00 am

>134 FAMeulstee: Enjoy Rotterdam! I have good memories of the day we spent together there, and hope to come back one day.

136FAMeulstee
Oct 29, 2018, 7:01 pm

>135 Sakerfalcon: Thank you, Claire. It is good to be here for a few days. Tomorrow we are going to the Corneille exposition in Schiedam.

137jessibud2
Oct 29, 2018, 7:02 pm

Enjoy your getaway, Anita!!

138FAMeulstee
Oct 29, 2018, 7:08 pm

>137 jessibud2: Thanks, Shelley, enjoying right now on our hotelroom at the 11th floor with a view over the city :-)

139FAMeulstee
Oct 30, 2018, 2:52 pm

Added Corneille, zijn wereld by Maarten Bertheux to our library, after seeing the Corneille exhibition in Schiedam today. I will add some pictures later.

Forgot to mention that last Saturday 126 books left our house, we donated them to the historical society in Putten. They raise money by selling secondhand books in a former primairy school.
Inevitably we looked around a bit and took one book home: De begraafplaats van Praag (The Prague Cemetery) by Umberto Eco.

140foggidawn
Oct 30, 2018, 3:01 pm

>139 FAMeulstee: If you got rid of 126 books and only took 1 home, I think you should be proud of your self-control!

141charl08
Oct 30, 2018, 3:05 pm

>139 FAMeulstee: Just one book home? Impressive stuff. Love that your books are supporting such a great cause.

142FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 30, 2018, 3:08 pm

>140 foggidawn: & >141 charl08: It was the cull of the whole year, foggi & Charlotte ;-)
And we added 87 books this year, so we are still doing very well. The main goal is some space on the shelves so we CAN add a few books.

143FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 1:17 pm


book 376: Zwarte regen by Masuji Ibuse
own, translated from Japanese, English translation Black Rain, 327 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an odd number of letters in the title

Story about the effects of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The title refers to the black rain that fell from the sky shortly after the bomb fell. The story starts some years after 1945, when Shigematsu Shizuma decides to copy his journal from August 1945. Everything he witnessed in these days is terrible and horrifying.

An intense read that will stay with me for a while.


144FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 3:38 pm

Back home :-)

Yesterday we visited the Corneille exhibition in Schiedam, here some pictures:
 
left: Woman and bird (1946); right: Summer City (1948)

 
left: Nomads (1952); right: Grand View of the Summer with Blue Dog (1977)

145FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 6:28 pm

I wont finish my two books tonight, so they will be transferred to November. Time for the October statistics.

146FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 6:29 pm

October 2018 in numbers

33 books read (7,876 pages, 254.1 pages a day)

own 20 (61 %) / library 13

20 male author / 13 female author
12 originally written in Dutch / 21 translated into Dutch
27 fiction / 6 non-fiction

33 books in TIOLI Challenges (sweep)
  3 e-books
  1 1001 book
18 childrens/YA
  4 mystery/police prodedural

longest book 645 pages
shortest book 24 pages
average book 239 pages

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date first published:
1st century BC: 1
19th century: 1

20th century
1920s: 1
1940s: 1
1950s: 3
1960s: 2
1970s: 4
1980s: 5
1990s: 4

21st century
2000s: 6
2010s: 5

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ratings:
  3 x
  5 x
16 x
15 x
  6 x

147FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 6:30 pm

Best books in October 2018


Verhaal van een leven 1 by Konstantin Paustovski
De wildernis (Kit's wilderness) by David Almond


Zwarte regen (Black Rain) by Masuji Ibuse
Björnstad (Beartown) by Fredrik Backman
Om het rood van de krijger (Warrior scarlet) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Stil leven een tentoonstelling by Ted van Lieshout
Black, de zwarte hengst (The Black Stallion) by Walter Farley
De nacht in Lissabon (The Night in Lisbon) by Erich Maria Remarque
Het verhaal van Aeneas (The Aeneid) by Vergilius

148FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 6:30 pm

2018 totals to date:

376 books read (84,321 pages, 277.4 pages a day)

January: 32 books, 8,134 pages
February: 30 books, 6,987 pages
March: 47 books, 8,414 pages
April: 37 books, 6,828 pages
May: 46 books, 9,808 pages
June: 41 books, 9,845 pages
July: 30 books, 7,891 pages
August: 45 books, 10,512 pages
September: 33 books, 7,659 pages
October: 33 books, 7,876 pages

own 245 (67%) / library 119 / from my dad 2 / BolKobo+ 10

218 male author / 162 female author (* 4 books by 2 authors)
151 originally written in Dutch / 225 translated into Dutch
333 fiction / 43 non-fiction

371 books in TIOLI Challenges (sweep in January, February, July, September and October; double sweep in March, April, May, June and August)
71 e-books
31 1001 books (total 91)
  5 Dutch Literary Canon (total 17/125)
206 childrens/YA (192 own / 14 library)
26 mystery/police prodedural

longest book in 2018: 960 pages
shortest book in 2018: 22 pages
average book: 224 pages

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date first published:
between 13th - 10th century B.C.: 1
8th century BC: 1
1st century BC: 1
1th century: 1
8th century: 1
13th century: 1
16th century: 4
17th century: 2
18th century: 1
19th century: 10
20th century: 242
21st century: 111

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ratings:
  21 x
  62 x
141 x
105 x
  43 x
    3 x
    1 x

149FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 6:34 pm

Only two more messages needed to start my November thread...

150FAMeulstee
Editado: Oct 31, 2018, 6:35 pm

no continuation link?

151FAMeulstee
Oct 31, 2018, 6:35 pm

Try again...

152Sakerfalcon
Nov 1, 2018, 6:55 am

>144 FAMeulstee: Wonderful art! I don't think I've seen anything by this artist before.

153EllaTim
Nov 1, 2018, 7:34 am

>144 FAMeulstee: Beautiful! The last one made me smile, That's Corneille as we know him!

154FAMeulstee
Nov 1, 2018, 9:38 am

>152 Sakerfalcon: Thank you, Claire. Corneille was a Dutch member of the COBRA movement.

>153 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella. Yes, his colorfull work is best known. But I really liked some of his earlier works.
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