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1edwinbcn
In 2017 and 2018 my participation was severely hampered because of limited access to the Internet in China.
About myself:
I am 53 years old, born in the Netherlands, and I have been living and working in China for nearly 20 years. I work as a teacher and textbook author, and have published two textbook series for learning English in China. I now live and work in Nanning, a city about 600 km to the west of Hong Kong, and about 200 km to the north of Hanoi, Vietnam.
I am mainly reading from my unread book collection. I mostly read contemporary fiction, with some classics thrown in. Last year, I started reading more non-fiction and biographies, and will continue with that this year. My ambition is to read more in foreign languages in the coming year, notably more German, French and Spanish.
In 2019 I read six books in the category BFB of books over 600 pages.
My target of fr this year will be 12 BFBs.
As far as I can see, most books on my shelves in this category are either non-fiction, biographies, collections such as "Collected short stories of X" or omnibus editions collecting several or all novels of a particular author.
1. Mijn leven verteld aan mijn kinderen, Vol. 2 Commentaar en annotitie by Constantijn Huygens, 622 p.
2. Mevrouw Bentinck. Onverenigbaarheid van karakter & De groten der aarde by Hella S. Haasse, 638 p.
3. Stephen Spender. A literary life by John Sutherland, 627 pages.
4. London. The biography by Peter Ackroyd, 822 pages
5. A rage to live by John O'Hara, 713 pages
6. Higher gossip. Essays and criticism by John Updike, 501 pages
7. Three famous spy novels. Complete and unabridged in one volume. The great impersonation; Journey into fear; The confidential agent. by Bennett A. Cerf (Ed.) , 569 pages
8. A Life in Letters by George Orwell, 542 p.
9. Less than one. Selected essays by Joseph Brodsky, 501 p.
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About myself:
I am 53 years old, born in the Netherlands, and I have been living and working in China for nearly 20 years. I work as a teacher and textbook author, and have published two textbook series for learning English in China. I now live and work in Nanning, a city about 600 km to the west of Hong Kong, and about 200 km to the north of Hanoi, Vietnam.
I am mainly reading from my unread book collection. I mostly read contemporary fiction, with some classics thrown in. Last year, I started reading more non-fiction and biographies, and will continue with that this year. My ambition is to read more in foreign languages in the coming year, notably more German, French and Spanish.
In 2019 I read six books in the category BFB of books over 600 pages.
My target of fr this year will be 12 BFBs.
As far as I can see, most books on my shelves in this category are either non-fiction, biographies, collections such as "Collected short stories of X" or omnibus editions collecting several or all novels of a particular author.
1. Mijn leven verteld aan mijn kinderen, Vol. 2 Commentaar en annotitie by Constantijn Huygens, 622 p.
2. Mevrouw Bentinck. Onverenigbaarheid van karakter & De groten der aarde by Hella S. Haasse, 638 p.
3. Stephen Spender. A literary life by John Sutherland, 627 pages.
4. London. The biography by Peter Ackroyd, 822 pages
5. A rage to live by John O'Hara, 713 pages
6. Higher gossip. Essays and criticism by John Updike, 501 pages
7. Three famous spy novels. Complete and unabridged in one volume. The great impersonation; Journey into fear; The confidential agent. by Bennett A. Cerf (Ed.) , 569 pages
8. A Life in Letters by George Orwell, 542 p.
9. Less than one. Selected essays by Joseph Brodsky, 501 p.
10.
11.
12.
2edwinbcn
I am currently reading several big books at the same time, and with the new corona virus raging outside intend to spend 10 days reading indoors.
4MissWatson
Welcome and stay safe from the virus.
5edwinbcn
Thanks. In 2002 / 2003, I lived in Beijing and went through the SARS ordeal; it looks we have to go through the same nightmare again....
6edwinbcn
#1. Mijn leven verteld aan mijn kinderen, Vol. 2 Commentaar en annotitie by Constantijn Huygens, 622 p.
8johnsimpson
Welcome to the group Edwin.
9edwinbcn
#3. Stephen Spender. A literary life by John Sutherland, 627 pages.
10edwinbcn
#4. London. The biography by Peter Ackroyd, 822 pages
12edwinbcn
#6. Higher gossip. Essays and criticism by John Updike, 501 pages
13edwinbcn
#7. Three famous spy novels. Complete and unabridged in one volume. The great impersonation; Journey into fear; The confidential agent. by Bennett A. Cerf (Ed.), 569 pages
14edwinbcn
#8. A Life in Letters by George Orwell, 542 p.
15edwinbcn
#9. Less than one. Selected essays by Joseph Brodsky, 501 p.
