Anita (FAMeulstee) reads on in August 2017 (9)

More landscape art from Flevoland: Polderland Garden of Love and Fire by Daniel Libeskind (1997)

Left: aerial view; right: the center of the work
 

total books read in 2017: 302
own 173 / 117 library / 12 BolKobo+

total pages read in 2017: 73.433
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Books read in August 2017 (56 books, 11.871 pages)
book 302: Water is gevaarlijk by Tonke Dragt, 200 pages, , msg 262
book 301: Een halve gele zon (Half of a Yellow Sun) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 543 pages, TIOLI #9, , msg 249
book 300: De moeder (Mother) by Maxim Gorky, 383 pages, , , msg 243
book 299: Dood van een maestro (Death in La Fenice) by Donna Leon, 261 pages, TIOLI #3, , msg 238
book 298: Tilt by Michiel Stroink, 206 pages, , msg 237
book 297: Morgen ga ik naar China by Imme Dros, 38 pages, , msg 225
book 296: Dit is het huis bij de kromme boom by Imme Dros, 30 pages, , msg 224
book 295: Roosje kreeg een ballon by Imme Dros, 72 pages, , msg 222
book 294: De o van opa by Imme Dros, 64 pages, , msg 220
book 293: Wat niemand weet by Tonke Dragt, 26 pages, , msg 219
book 292: Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht by Imme Dros, 118 pages, , msg 218
book 291: Het gevaarlijke venster, twee verhalen uit het rijk van Unauwen by Tonke Dragt, 46 pages, , msg 217
book 290: De kleine Brief voor de koning by Tonke Dragt, 31 pages, , msg 216
book 289: Nasleep (Aftermath, DCI Banks 12) by Peter Robinson, 373 pages, TIOLI #8, , msg 211
book 288: De aankomst (The Arrival) by Shaun Tan, 128 pages, TIOLI #15, , msg 200
book 287: Het verborgen leven van bomen (The Hidden Life of Trees) by Peter Wohlleben, 222 pages, , msg 199
book 286: De Cock en de sluimerende dood (De Cock 42) by A.C. Baantjer, 136 pages, TIOLI #3, , msg 191
book 285: Regels van de zomer (Rules of Summer) by Shaun Tan, 50 pages, TIOLI #12, , msg 190 (1000th book since 2008)
book 284: Terug (Return) by Aaron Becker, 40 pages, TIOLI #15, , msg 189
book 283: Zoektocht (Quest) by Aaron Becker, 40 pages, TIOLI #15, , msg 189
book 282: Aan de andere kant van de deur by Tonke Dragt, 347 pages, TIOLI #13, , msg 185
book 281: Het geheim van de klokkenmaker by Tonke Dragt, 103 pages, , msg 184
book 280: De ijsmakers (The Ice-Cream Makers) by Ernest van der Kwast, 303 pages, TIOLI #7, , msg 181
book 279: Dolfijn en zeemeermin by Robert Lowell, 41 pages, TIOLI #16, , msg 172
book 278: Trash : je weet nooit wat je tussen het afval vindt... (Trash) by Andy Mulligan, 267 pages, , msg 171
book 277: Halssnoer en kalebas (Necklace and Calabash, Judge Dee 7) by Robert van Gulik, 158 pages, TIOLI #8, , msg 167
book 276: Verhalen van de tweelingbroers by Tonke Dragt, 301 pages, TIOLI #12, , msg 166
book 275: De geheime tuin (The Secret Garden) by Frances Hodgson Burnett, 279 pages, TIOLI #13, , msg 154
book 274: Het transgalactisch liftershandboek (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) by Douglas Adams, 188 pages, TIOLI #7, , msg 149
book 273: Het vuur van de zon (To Spoil the Sun) by Joyce Rockwood, 161 pages, TIOLI #18, , msg 142
book 272: Oblomow by I.A. Gontsjarow, 553 pages, TIOLI #9, , msg 141
book 271: De bergreis by Theun de Vries, 128 pages, , msg 132
book 270: Het gemene gewas (Monk's Hood, Brother Cadfael 3) by Ellis Peters, 213 pages, TIOLI #8, , msg 128
book 269: De rechter en zijn beul (The Judge and His Hangman) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 143 pages, TIOLI #4, , msg 123
book 268: De diddakoi (The Diddakoi) by Rumer Godden, 136 pages, TIOLI #17, , msg 122
book 267: Judas by Amos Oz, 394 pages, TIOLI #5, , msg 116
book 266: Kil als het graf (Cold is the Grave, DCI Banks 11) by Peter Robinson, 389 pages, TIOLI #8, , msg 113
book 265: Blauw licht (Blue Lightning, Sheltand 4) by Ann Cleeves, 291 pages, TIOLI #19, , msg 103
book 264: De Cock en de dode meesters (De Cock 41) by A.C. Baantjer, 133 pages, TIOLI #3, , msg 102
book 263: De vrolijke revolutie by Fons Strijbosch, 238 pages, TIOLI #6, , msg 92
book 262: De adelaar van het negende (The Eagle of the Ninth) by Rosemary Sutcliff, 282 pages, TIOLI #13, , msg 83
book 261: Op reis (Journey) by Aaron Becker, 40 pages, TIOLI #15, , msg 80
book 260: De smalle weg naar het verre noorden (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) by Matsuo Basho, 186 pages, , msg 73
book 259: De smalle weg naar het verre noorden (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) by Richard Flanagan, 388 pages, TIOLI #9, , msg 68
book 258: De wraak van Flame, de hengst van Azul (The Island Stallion's Fury) by Walter Farley, 176 pages, TIOLI 13, , msg 62
book 257: De Soul Brothers en Sister Lou (The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou) by Kristin Hunter, 202 pages, TIOLI #14, , msg 61
book 256: De vuurbewoners (The fire-dwellers) by Margaret Laurence, 314 pages, TIOLI #1, , msg 60
book 255: James Brown : op zoek naar de Godfather of Soul (Kill 'Em and Leave) by James McBride, 252 pages, TIOLI #16, , msg 59
book 254: De gelukkige krijgers (The Happy Warriors) by Halldór Laxness, 414 pages, TIOLI #7, , msg 52
book 253: De blauwe maansteen by Tonke Dragt, 170 pages, TIOLI #12, , msg 45
book 252: Verdronken verleden (In a Dry Season, DCI Banks 10) by Peter Robinson, 376 pages, TIOLI #8, , msg 44
book 251: Haat die kat (Hate that cat) by Sharon Creech, 127 pages , TIOLI #10, , msg 41
book 250: Waar het licht is (All the Bright Places) by Jennifer Niven, 333 pages, TIOLI #2, , msg 40
book 249: Blindeman (Hide & Seek, John Rebus 2) by Ian Rankin, 272 pages, TIOLI #8, , msg 39
book 248: Kat & muis (Knots and Crosses, John Rebus 1) by Ian Rankin, 232 pages, , msg 36
book 247: Wij houden van Tsjernobyl (Voices from Chernobyl) by Svetlana Alexievich, 332 pages, TIOLI #11, , msg 25

Reading plans in August 2017 done

TIOLI August 2017: sweep done, 39 books finished.

Books read in July 2017 (46 books, 11.485 pages)
book 246: Verdriet is het ding met veren by Max Porter
book 245: De Finklerkwestie by Howard Jacobson
book 244: Hou van die hond by Sharon Creech
book 243: Meer van Mien-yuan (Judge Dee 3) by Robert van Gulik
book 242: Tijgereiland by Daan Remmerts de Vries
book 241: Het complete Rekelboek by Koos van Zomeren
book 240: Lange maanden by Imme Dros
book 239: De zonderlinge geschiedenis van Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by R.L. Stevenson
book 238: Het Chinese lakscherm (Judge Dee 3) by Robert van Gulik
book 237: Zwanenzang (DCI Banks 7) by Peter Robinson
book 236: Het mes dat niet wijkt by Patrick Ness
book 235: Grootvaders reisdoel by Craig Strete
book 234: Engelse rozen by David Austin
book 233: Max Havelaar by Multatuli (1000 books read since 2008, including re-reads)
book 232: Het herdersleven by James Rebanks
book 231: De een van de ander by Philip Kerr
book 230: De Aran-eilanden by Tim Robinson
book 229: Kind van sneeuw by Eowyn Ivey
book 228: De Cock en kogels voor een bruid (De Cock 40) by A.C. Baantjer
book 227: Tot de honden komen by Eva Hornung
book 226: Uitgestoten by Rosemary Sutcliff
book 225: Lengtegraad by Dava Sobel
book 224: De 100-jarige man die uit het raam klom en verdween by Jonas Jonasson
book 223: Kleurenblind by Trevor Noah
book 222: Woensdagkind by (DCI Banks 6) Peter Robinson
book 221: De heksen by Roald Dahl
book 220: 1984 by George Orwell
book 219: Witte nachten (Shetland 2) by Ann Cleeves
book 218: De jonge prinsen by Guus Kuijer
book 217: Rashomon en andere verhalen by Ryûnosoke Akutagwa
book 216: Schijnbeeld (DCI Banks 5) by Peter Robinson
book 215: Moenli en de moeder van de wolven by Klaus Kordon
book 214: Jeugdherinneringen by J.J. Voskuil
book 213: De derde man by Graham Greene
book 212: Geen bloemen by Lévi Weemoedt
book 211: De honden by Allan Stratton
book 210: De vijfde vrouw (Kurt Wallander 6) by Henning Mankell
book 209: Soldaat Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
book 208: Hij heette Jan by Irina Korschunow
book 207: Bonfire, zoon van de Zwarte Hengst (The Black Stallion 6) by Walter Farley
book 206: Zout van de zee by Ruta Sepetys
book 205: Reis met een ezel door de Cevennen by Robert Louis Stevenson
book 204: Het wonderlijke verhaal van Hendrik Meier by Roald Dahl
book 203: Haringen in sneeuw by Remco Ekkers
book 202: Waar is onze moeder by Kyung-Sook Shin
book 201: Anna Karenina by L.N. Tolstoj

Books read in June 2017 (26 books, 6.592 pages)
book 200: Zondeval (DCI Banks 4) by Peter Robinson
book 199: De rommelkist van grootvader by Elfie Donnelly
book 198: Wiele wiele stap by Miep Diekmann
book 197: De griezels by Roald Dahl
book 196: De GVR by Roald Dahl
book 195: Schrijver (My Struggle 5) by Karl Ove Knausgård
book 194: Spoo Pee Doo by Dimitri Verhulst
book 193: Mijn naam is Bud by Christopher Paul Curtis
book 192: De brug van San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
book 191: In plaats van een vader by Kerstin Thorvall
book 190: De blikken trommel by Günter Grass
book 189: Het mooie lijk (Sir Baldwin 4) by Michael Jecks
book 188: Kroniek van een aangekondigde dood by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
book 187: Arenden vliegen alleen by Tonny Vos-Dahmen von Buchholz
book 186: Aan de verkeerde kant van de aarde by Jean Fritz
book 185: Candy, kom terug by Meindert DeJong
book 184: Het grauwe huis by Charles Dickens
book 183: De verloren brief aan Thomas Mann by Maxim Biller
book 182: Hellehonden by Jan & Sanne Terlouw
book 181: Steeds verder weg : de verzamelaar op reis by Boudewijn Büch
book 180: Ravenzwart by Ann Cleeves
book 179: En Appels aan de overkant by Henri van Daele
book 178: De verschrikkelijke man uit Säffle by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö
book 177: De Wilg aan het Begin van de wereld by Alet Schouten
book 176: De langschepen by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson
book 175: Blauwzuur by Arnaldur Indriðason

Books read in May 2017 (38 books, 10.225 pages)
book 174: Problemski Hotel by Dimitri Verhulst
book 173: Frank, of hoe je vrienden vindt by Klaus Kordon
book 172: En de zwakken ondergaan wat ze moeten ondergaan? by Yanis Varoufakis
book 171: The Chessmen by Peter May
book 170: Nacht (My struggle 4) by Karl Ove Knausgård
book 169: Kaas by Willem Elsschot
book 168: Alles op één kaart by Cynthia Voigt
book 167: De verloren vader by Cynthia Voigt
book 166: Flame, de hengst van het eiland Azul by Walter Farley
book 165: Wilhemina Smits by Cynthia Voigt
book 164: The Lewis Man by Peter May
book 163: De hardloper by Cynthia Voigt
book 162: Het verhaal van Dicey by Cynthia Voigt
book 161: Samen onder dak by Cynthia Voigt
book 160: Onder de blote hemel by Cynthia Voigt
book 159: Niemand anders dan ik by Cynthia Voigt
book 158: Het Midden Oosten by Bernard Lewis
book 157: De Rode Pimpernel by Barones Emma Orczy
book 156: Toen de wereld nog jong was Jürg Schubiger
book 155: Cybele's geheim by Juliet Marillier
book 154: Bijna jarig by Imme Dros
book 153: Dwaalsporen by Henning Mankell
book 152: De jongen met de gele ogen by Margaret Mahy
book 151: De trimbaan by Imme Dros
book 150: Overvloed en onbehagen by Simon Schama
book 149: Het laatste bevel by Peter Aspe
book 148: Na het baden bij Baxter en de ontluizing bij Miss Grace by J.M.H. Berckmans
book 147: Die stad komt nooit af by J.A. Deelder
book 146: De vertrapte pioenroos by Bertus Aafjes
book 145: Oorlog op Kreta '41-'44 by Wes Davis
book 144: De tolbrug by Aidan Chambers
book 143: Orkaan en Mayra by Sonia Garmers
book 142: Het jaar dat de zigeuners kwamen by Linzi Glass
book 141: two editions of De Blauwe Boekanier by Tonke Dragt
book 140: Djingo Django by Sid Fleischman
book 139: Een huis met een poort en een park by Henri van Daele
book 138: De ontdekking van de hemel by Harry Mulisch
book 137: De vuurtoren by Jan & Sanne Terlouw

Books read in April 2017 (37 books, 7.825 pages)
book 136: Koude berg : onthechting als weg by Han Shan
book 135: De stad van goud by Peter Dickinson
book 134: Een stinkdier is een prachtig beest by Daniil Charms
book 133: Wildewoud by Juliet Marillier
book 132: ... en de zon werd koud by Jean Coué
book 131: Just kids by Patti Smith
book 130: Tirannen by Aidan Chambers
book 129: Het geheim van de grot by Aidan Chambers
book 128: Leven en lot by Vasily Grossman
book 127: De rode kous by Elfie Donnelly
book 126: Fantoom in Foe-lai by Robert van Gulik
book 125: Aurelio en de wilde hengst by Helen Griffiths
book 124: Dichtbij ver van hier by Tonke Dragt
book 123: De plaats van de ster by Patrick Modiano
book 122: Je moet dansen op mijn graf by Aidan Chambers
book 121: Tot aan het bittere eind by Werner J. Egli
book 120: M-train by Patti Smith
book 119: De weg naar Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
book 118: Begin een torentje van niks by Ted van Lieshout
book 117: Dan ben je nergens meer by Miep Diekman
book 116: Tobbe by Mikael Engström
book 115: De robot van de rommelmarkt ; Route Z by Tonke Dragt
book 114: Federico by Helen Griffiths
book 113: Jij zegt het by Connie Palmen
book 112: Het einde van de rode mens by Svetlana Alexijevitsj
book 111: Het spookklooster by Robert van Gulik
book 110: Matilda by Roald Dahl
book 109: Abels eiland by William Steig
book 108: Een grapje van God by Margaret Laurence
book 107: Lieveling, boterbloem by Margriet Heymans
book 106: Een heel lief konijn by Imme Dros
book 105: De poorten van Anubis by Tim Powers
book 104: Boris by Jaap ter Haar
book 103: De levende doden by Keiji Nakazawa
book 102: De boten van Brakkeput by Miep Diekmann
book 101: Oorlog en terpentijn by Stefan Hertmans
book 100: De Cock en de dood van een profeet (De Cock 39) by A.C. Baantjer

Books read in March 2017 (32 books, 7.901 pages)
book 99: De Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
book 98: De laatste wildernis by Robert Macfarlane
book 97: Klokken van Kao-yang (Judge Dee 3) by Robert van Gulik
book 96: Het zwaard van de Islam by Peter Carter
book 95: De stenen engel by Margaret Laurence
book 94: De weglopers by Victor Canning
book 93: De dag van de geitenman by Betsy Byars
book 92: De gebroeders Karamazow by F.M. Dostojewski
book 91: Stilte by Shusaku Endo
book 90: De blauwe tweeling (Reders & Reders 4) by Jan & Sanne Terlouw
book 89: Tegenstroom (DCI Banks 3) by Peter Robinson
book 88: De gehangene van Dartmoor (Sir Baldwin 3) by Michael Jecks
book 87: Hoe schilder hoe wilder : Haarlem by Miep Diekmann
book 86: Hoe schilder hoe wilder : Leiden by Miep Diekmann
book 85: Het laatste lijk (Cadfael 2) by Ellis Peters
book 84: Blote handen by Bart Moeyaert
book 83: De geest op de rotswand by Ann O'Neil Garcia
book 82: De Boeddha in de wereld by Pankaj Mishra
book 81: Winterdieren by Bibi Dumon Tak
book 80: Zoon (My struggle 3) by Karl Ove Knausgård
book 79: Chocolade oorlog by Robert Cormier
book 78: Boris Beer by Dick Bruna
book 77: Lieve oma Pluis by Dick Bruna
book 76: Het dansende licht by Tonke Dragt
book 75: Tegenvoeters Bill Bryson
book 74: Aan de rivier by Steven Herrick
book 73: Balthasar by Henri van Daele
book 72: De man in het bruine pak by Agatha Christie
book 71: Rokus en het Tiende Leven by Alet Schouten
book 70: Heraios en de beker by Sacha Burger
book 69: De zwerfkatten by Betsy Byars
book 68: Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow

Books read in February 2017 (34 books, 7.778 pages)
book 67: Kinderverhalen by Mies Bouhuys
book 66: De Cock en het duel in de nacht (De Cock 38) by A.C. Baantjer
book 65: Het bittere kruid by Marga Minco
book 64: De vloek van Woestewolf by Paul Biegel
book 63: Lang zul je leven : bakerrijmpjes by Ienne Biemans
book 62: De kleine kapitein by Paul Biegel
book 61: Nachtlicht (DCI Banks 2) by Peter Robinson
book 60: Bij nader inzien by J.J. Voskuil
book 59: The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
book 58: Kwaad bloed by Marita de Sterck
book 57: Laatste verhalen van de eeuw by Paul Biegel
book 56: Heerlijke nieuwe wereld by Aldous Huxley
book 55: Dief van de duivel by Mikael Engström
book 54: Wie is Julia by Alyssa Brugman
book 53: Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
book 52: Ver heen by P.C. Kuiper
book 51: Misdaad en straf by F.M. Dostojewski
book 50: Van den vos Reynaerde by Willem, transl H. Adema
book 49: Lasse Länta by Cor Bruijn
book 48: Man zonder land by Kurt Vonnegut
book 47: Dromen van mijn vader by Barack Obama
book 46: Lawines razen by An Rutgers van der Loeff
book 45: Walden ; Burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid by Henry David Thoreau
book 44: De rode prinses by Paul Biegel
book 43: De verjaardag van de eekhoorn by Toon Tellegen
book 42: De verjaardag van alle anderen by Toon Tellegen
book 41: Bajaar by Martha Heesen
book 40: De eeuwigheid verzameld : Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939) by Eva Rovers
book 39: Overal en nergens by Bill Bryson
book 38: De Cock en de ontluisterende dood (De Cock 37) by A.C. Baantjer
book 37: Zand erover by Laura Broekhuysen
book 36: Sjanetje by Thea Dubelaar
book 35: Krik by Miep Diekman
book 34: De twaalf rovers by Paul Biegel

Books read in January 2017 (33 books, 9.756 pages)
book 33: In de ban van de ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
book 32: Fiona : In koelen bloede by Harry Bingham
book 31: Fiona by Harry Bingham
book 30: Het olifantenfeest by Paul Biegel
book 29: Stille blik (DCI Banks 1) by Peter Robinson
book 28: Het eiland daarginds by Paul Biegel
book 27: De mens is een grote fazant by Herta Müller
book 26: Swing by Paul Biegel
book 25: Haas by Paul Biegel
book 24: Liefde (My struggle 2) by Karl Ove Knausgård
book 23: Anderland by Paul Biegel
book 22: Het gen: een intieme geschiedenis by Siddharta Mukerjee
book 21: Tussen de wereld en mij by Ta-Nehisi Coates
book 20: 7 jaren van een wielrenner by Herbert Friedrich
book 19: De inspirerende wijsheid van de Dalai Lama by Dalai Lama
book 18: Zout op mijn huid by Benoîte Groult
book 17: Padden verhuizen niet graag by Gerard Brands
book 16: Francesco by Jean Dulieu
book 15: Het knoopjeskabinet by Edmund de Waal
book 14: De aanslag by Harry Mulisch
book 13: We moeten allemaal feminist zijn by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
book 12: Dokter Zjivago by Boris Pasternak
book 11: Kikker in de kou by Max Velthuijs
book 10: Ik maak nooit iets mee by Guus Middag
book 9: Een goudvis van tweeduizend pond by Betsy Byars
book 8: Hidden Doe : Wij zijn Mesquakie, wij zijn één by Hadley Irwin
book 7: De donkere kamer van Damocles by Willem Frederik Hermans
book 6: Het veterdiploma by Wiel Kusters
book 5: Onvoltooide geschiedenis by Boualem Sansal
book 4: De wervelstorm by Ivan Southall
book 3: Nachtverhaal by Paul Biegel
book 2: Oorlog en vrede 2/2 by Leo Tolstoj
book 1: Oorlog en vrede 1/2 by Leo Tolstoj

Books aquired in 2017: 26

August 2017
Wolfijzers en schietgeweren by Richard Minne
De Oostakkerse gedichten by Hugo Claus
Een muur van schilden (The Shield Ring) by Rosemary Sutcliff
Vincent in Den Haag by Theun de Vries
De geschikte jongen (A Suitable Boy) by Vikram Seth

July 2017
De Indische reis van H. P. Berlage Joris Molenaar (editor)
The sketchbook of Jan van Goyen from the Bredius-Kronig collection by Edwin Buijsen

May 2017
Ravenzwart, Shetland book 1 by Ann Cleeves, e-book
Witte nachten, Shetland book 2 by Ann Cleeves, e-book
Blauw licht, Shetland book 4 by Ann Cleeves, e-book
Mijn naam is Bud by Christopher Paul Curtis

April 2017:
Verontwaardiging by Philip Roth
De boerderij der dieren by George Orwell

March 2017:
Verzamelde werken 2 : Gedichten by Boris Pasternak
Het nieuwe vogels kijken by Kester Freriks
Makkelijk leven by Herman Koch
De moeder van Nicolien by J.J. Voskuil
De klokkenluider van de Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

February 2017:
Bajaar by Martha Heesen (e-book, Gouden Lijst 2012)
Kwaad gesternte by Hannah van Binsbergen (VSB Poëzieprijs 2017)
Tussen de wereld en mij by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Walden ; Burgerlijke ongehoorzaamheid by Henry David Thoreau
Tegen verkiezingen by David van Reybrouck
The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan
Binnen de huid by J.J. Voskuil
Terloops : Voettochten 1957-1973 by J.J. Voskuil

Books culled in 2017: 47

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

Armand Gamache by Louise Penny 4/4 (others not translated)

Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr 4/11
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

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 41/70

Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith 3/3

DCI Banks by Peter Robinson 10/22
1 Stille blik; 2 Nachtlicht; 3 Tegenstroom; 4 Zondeval; 5 Schijnbeeld; 6 Woensdagkind; 7 Zwanenzang; (8 Innocent Graves and 9 Dead Right not translated); 10 Verdronken verleden; 11 Kil als het graf; 12 Nasleep; 13 Onvoltooide zomer; 14 Vuurspel; 15 Drijfzand; 16 Hartzeer; 17 Duivelsgebroed; 18 Overmacht; 19 Uitschot; 20 Dwaalspoor; 21 Dankbare dood; 22 Slachthuisblues

Erlendur Sveinsson by Arnaldur Indriðason 14/14

Fiona Griffiths by Harry Bingham 2/2

Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley 2/5
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

Konrad Sejer by Karin Fossum 3/12
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 7/12
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; 10 De gekwelde man; 11 Wallanders wereld

Mijn strijd (My Struggle) by Karl Ove Knausgård 5/6
1 Vader; 2 Liefde; 3 Zoon; 4 Nacht; 5 Schrijver; 6 Vrouw

Nic Costa by David Hewson 10/10

Rechter Tie by Robert van Gulik 6/18
0 De vergiftigde bruid; 1 Fantoom in Foe-Lai; 2 Het Chinese lakscherm; 3 Meer van Mien-yuan; 4 Het spookklooster; 5 Klokken van Kao-yang; 6 Halssnoer en kalebas; 7 De parel van de keizer; 8 Het rode paviljoen; 9 Moord op het maanfeest; 10 Labyrint in Lan-fang; 11 Het spook in de tempel; 12 Oudejaarsavond in Lan-Fang; 13 Nagels in Ning-tsjo; 14 De nacht van de tijger; 15 Het wilgenpatroon; 16 Moord in Canton; short story collections: Zes zaken voor rechter Tie; Vijf gelukbrengende wolken

Reders & Reders by Jan & Sanne Terlouw 6/6

Sir Balwin by Michael Jecks 4/8
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

Yashim Togalu by Jason Goodwin 4/4

Reading plans in 2017

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 wich to keep. The ones not to keep are donated to a library in Rotterdam (where we lived until 2005).
I started in 2016 with 803 books, now down to 718 books (on 31 July: 85 culled).

I will try to read more of my own books, of the 244 books I have read in 2016 83 were own and 161 from the library.

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

And I try to read a Russian classic each month mostly from our Russian Library editions.

My readings in previous years

252 books (72.452 pages) read in 2016/1, 2016/2, 2016/3, 2016/4, 2016/5, 2016/6
  28 books (9.407 pages) read in 2015
  17 books (3.700 pages) read in 2014
  12 books (3.320 pages) read in ROOT 2013
  50 books (18.779 pages) read in 2012/1, 2012/2, 2012/3
  81 books (29.021 pages) read in 2011/1, 2011/2
120 books (37.668 pages) read in 2010/1, 2010/2, 2010/3, 2010/4
  78 books (21.400 pages) read in 2009/1, 2009/2
129 books (35.149 pages) read in 2008

next one is yours

Congrats on your shiny new thread, Anita. What interesting photos.

Congrats on your new thread, Anita.

Isn't it a lovely name, the garden of love and fire!

I'm curious, the Tioli challenge, how do you come up with titles that match?

Happy new thread, Anita!

Happy new thread, Anita! It looks like you'll pass your 2016 book total by the end of the week.

Happy new thread, Anita

>13 Ameise1: Thanks Barbara.
There are seven places with land art in my province, I try to show them all this year. We have visited three of them, this was the first one, we went there a few years back.

>14 EllaTim: Thanks Els, yes it is. On the dike between Almere and Lelystad there is a road sign, we were intrigued by "Polderland Garden of Love and Fire", so we went there to find out it was land art.

With the TIOLI challenges I first search in my own library if there is a match. If I can't find a match, I look on-line at my library. And then I go and read them ;-)
If you want to join, here is the link to this months TIOLI thread. The challenges are listed there and in the second msg are the links to the Wiki where you can put your books with the challenges.
You don't have to read them all. Most participants only read books for a few challenges.

>15 scaifea: Thanks Amber, happy Tuesday!

>16 harrygbutler: Thanks Harry, you are right. I hadn't noticed yet. Last year my readings went way up in July.

>16 harrygbutler: Thanks Shelley!

Happy new thread Anita!

Happy new thread, Anita.

246 books so far in 2017 ........not too shabby really!

Love the topper and congrats on 246 books already!! Whew!

Happy new thread!

>20 souloftherose: Thanks Heather!

>21 PaulCranswick: Thanks Paul, I am still going strong on the reading front ;-)

>22 Berly: Thanks Kim, the Poldergarden of Love and Fire is a beautiful place. Yes, I just keep on reading.

>23 drneutron: Thanks Jim!

book 247: Wij houden van Tsjernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
Bol-Kobo+, e-book, translated, non-fiction, English title Voices from Chernobyl, 332 pages
TIOLI challenge #11 Read a non-fiction book written by a woman

Svetlana Alexievich interviewed people who experienced and lived through the times of the Chernobyl disaster. It describes how painful and frustrating these times were. How ignorant most people were who lived around the nuclear plant. How soldiers were send there to clean up the nuclear waste, without much protection. How the leaders of the community were told to keep everyone quiet and people who did know what should be done were traited as traitors. How much superstition is still believed (paranormal healers were send over to clean...). How ruthless thieves emptied houses and sold complete home contents elsewhere, including the dangerous radiation. How family members saw their loved ones slowly (or fast) die of radiation sickness...

It was an important, but devastating read.

Happy New Thread, Anita.

Thanks for the Libeskind landscape art up top. He's the World Trade Center follow-up designer, right? We visited there last year, and it's quite striking.

>18 FAMeulstee: Thanks for explaining Anita. I looked at the Tioli thread and saw that those are real challenges!

Might be fun to join, I like the idea of the challenges. But at the moment I'm mostly reading by impulse, except for the books around the world. I'm also very good at not finishing books;)

Hi Anita, Happy new thread my dear and great thread topper photo's dear friend.

Intriguing thread topper, Anita. Made me wonder if, in a thousand years, some archaeologist will discover what's left of it and posit that it was built for some primitive religious rites, a la Stonehenge. :)

Happy new thread, Anita! Intriguing thread topper images.

>26 jnwelch: Thanks Joe, yes he is the same. He is a facinating designer.

>27 EllaTim: I did some TIOLI challenges when it started back in 2010, but then my reading fell down. Last year I started to participate again. With my present reading rate it is nice to have some challeges to get into some new genres and authors.

>28 johnsimpson: Thanks John, it is nice to get so many good reactions on sharing pictures of all land art in my province.

>29 Storeetllr: That is a funny thought, Mary!

>30 lkernagh: Thanks Lori, it is a nice place to walk around a bit.

Happy new thread! I do love the photos of the land art.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you think of The fire dwellers. I read it recently and thought it was excellent.

Happy New Thread, Anita. 246 books read? You are on fire, my friend. Enjoy!

I hope your week is going well.

>32 Sakerfalcon: Thanks Claire, one day I hope to show them to you in real life.
I have read the first two books of the Manawaka cycle. I liked The stone angel and was less impressed with A jest of God. This one matched one of my challenges this month, so I will see.

>33 msf59: Thank you, Mark, yes the reading still goes very fast, I am enjoying it!
After a busy weekend, with not much reading, I am having a quiet week with lots of reading :-D

Happy newish thread, Anita! Voices from Chernobyl looks like a book I'd like to read! Great review!

book 248: Kat & muis by Ian Rankin
from the library, translated, mystery, Inspector John Rebus book 1, original title Knots and Crosses, 232 pages

First book of the Inspector Rebus series, although he is not an inspector yet.
John Rebus works at the police in Edinburgh, when two young girls are kidnapped and killed. He is recently divorced and has a daughter at the same age as the kidnapped girls. He suffers from nightmares, coming from the time he worked for S.A.S., after he left there he started at the police.

A nice introduction to John Rebus, not the greatest plot I have ever read, but enjoyable. I am going on to the next book now. Not that I needed an other series, but I saw the first two books at the library and took them with me, as it is often hard to find earlier books in a series at the library... and now I think I am hooked again ;-)

Hi Anita and happy new thread!

From your previous thread, how wonderful for your dad to give you two special books. I'm sorry to hear that it's up one day and down another with your mother.

>35 Carmenere: Thanks Lynda, it was a very good, intense and sad read. Svetlana Alexievich is a very good writer.

>37 karenmarie: Thanks Karen, we were both very pleased with the books. My mother had al her life rapidly changing moods, I don't think that will ever change...

book 249: Blindeman by Ian Rankin
from the library, translated, mystery, Inspector John Rebus book 2, original title Hide & Seek, 272 pages
TIOLI challenge #8 Read the next book in the series

Second book of the Inspector Rebus series.
The relationship with DI Gill Templer, that started in the previous book, has come to an end. John Rebus is single again. A drugaddict is found dead, it looks like an overdose, but further investigation points to murder. Superintendant Watson wants John Rebus to participate in an anti-drugs campaign. Detective Brian Watson is a big help for Rebus.
The book has some (intended) parallels with The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, that I read last month.

I like that characters have books and even sometimes read books. Some names are funny, Rebus boss is Watson, and Rebus helper is named Holmes.

book 250: Waar het licht is by Jennifer Niven
BolKobo+, e-book, translated, YA, awarded, Dioraphte Jongerenliteratuur Prijs 2016, original title All the Bright Places, 333 pages
TIOLI challenge #2 Read a book where one of the main characters is described as being “august” or a synonym thereof listed somewhere in the first chapter

A beautiful book, had me in tears a few times...

Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the edge of the bell tower at school. Violet has a hard time trying to pick up her life again after her sisters death. Theodore has a violent father, who thankfully left his family to marry someone else. They start a school project together and fall in love.

Many hard subjects in this one, grief, mental illness, bullies, abuse... and yet not only tears, a lot to laugh. Like in real life...
Recommended!

book 251: Haat die kat by Sharon Creech
from the library, YA, translated, original title Hate that cat, 127 pages
TIOLI challenge #10 Read a book with at least two words in the title where all the title words are of one syllable

Jack does like poems now, but doesn't like cats. His teacher still teaches poetry and finds him some lovely cat poems. And intoduces some poetry terms like onomatopoeia.

Not as striking as Love that dog, still a great little book for kids about poetry.

*waves*

*waving back to Brenda*

book 252: Verdronken verleden by Peter Robinson
BolKobo+, e-book, translated, mystery, DCI Banks 10, original title In a Dry Season, 376 pages
TIOLI challenge #8 Read the next book in the series

Sadly the Dutch publisher skipped two books and went from book 7 Dry Bones that Dream to this one...

Because of drought a small village comes up from the water, it was flooded decades ago to make a reservoir. In the village remains of a young woman are found. For solving this mystery we go back to WWII and in the book we go back and forth between present time and the 1940s.

Again a very good book in the DCI Banks series.

book 253: De blauwe maansteen by Tonke Dragt
own, Dutch, YA, no translations, 170 pages
TIOLI challenge ##12 Read a non-series book by an author who has at least three books you've already read

Joost is standing alone in the schoolyard when all the other kids are singing for a game. Grietje wants him to join and when he does a strange creature comes up from under the stones...
And there the adventure starts, magic, underworld, a prince and the youngest daughter of Magoggeltje, Joost and his friends have to go through a lot to get to an happy ending.

>45 FAMeulstee: Oh another one for my wishlist. :)

>25 FAMeulstee: That one is still on my shelf. Thanks for the review.
>44 FAMeulstee: Another onr on my shelf waiting to be read.

Happy Friday, Anita.

Well done for passing 250 books Anita and then some!

Have a lovely weekend. xx

>40 FAMeulstee: Congrats not only on book #250 (!) but on a nice review. : )

Wow Anita, 250 books! Congratulations.

>46 sirfurboy: Reading alphabeticly though my childrens and YA books, I am now reading my unread (or read before 2008) Tonke Dragt books, so you might find more titles to add soon.

>47 Ameise1: Voices of Chernobyl was an intense read, Barbara, almost unbelievable how ignorant most people living around Chernobyl were... The DCI Banks book was a good one, part of it went back to England during WWII.

>48 PaulCranswick: Thanks Paul! Happy weekend (or what is left of it) to you.

>49 Berly: Thanks Kim, it was a great book to read, reminded me a bit of The fault in our stars by John Green.

>50 mdoris: Thanks Mary, I am aiming now for 400+ this year.

book 254: De gelukkige krijgers by Halldór Laxness
from the library, translated Icelandic, Nobel prize winner, English translation The Happy Warriors, 414 pages
TIOLI challenge #7 Read a book where a name of a person appears in the first complete sentence on page 48

Halldór Laxness wrote this book in the style of the old Icelandic legends. It reads like historical fiction, but is a satire on those great heroic legends. Two bloodbrothers dream of heroic deeds, one as a warrior, the other as skald. They join the vikings and travel plundering and murdering through Europe. It doesn't matter if they do so for a heathen or christian king. The most murderous kings of Norway, Olaf II, will eventually be remembered as Olaf the Saint...

It took a while to get into the story, and to get used to all those Icelandic and Scandinavian names. Then it turned out to be a rewarding read. The translater points out in his afterword that the writer only used words that were already in use around 1200.

Hi Anita!

>52 FAMeulstee: Good review. I've read Independent People but nothing else by Laxness. It is very interesting that he only used words that were in use around 1200.

Hi Anita, congrats on getting to 250 books my dear and hope you are having a really good weekend dear friend, sending love and hugs.

Happy Sunday, Anita and congrats on passing 250.

>53 karenmarie: Thanks Karen, I have Independent people on mount TBR. I would like to read more by Laxness.

>54 johnsimpson: Thanks John, I am aiming now for 400+ books this year.
Happy Sunday to you and Karen, I hope you both have a good day today.

>55 Ameise1: Thanks Barbara, happy Sunday to you. I love all the pictures from your vacation.
In 1977 we went on holiday a little south-east of where you are now. I remember visiting the old towns and castles.

>52 FAMeulstee: The Happy Warriors sounds like an interesting read. The title is perfect for a satirical treatment of the life-style, isn't it? I'm going to add it to my list. It will be fun to see if I can find a copy around here somewhere. :)

250 books! Wow! :)

>57 nittnut: Thanks Jennifer. Yes, it is indeed a fitting title, the Icelandic title (Gerpla, not usable in other languages) is even better: Islandic saga's have nicknames and the Icelandic title is such a nickname.

book 255: James Brown : op zoek naar de Godfather of Soul by James McBride
from the library, e-book, translated, original title Kill 'Em and Leave, 252 pages
TIOLI challenge #16 Read a book by one of the authors from the first seven months of this year's American Author Challenge

McBride searches for the life of James Brown trough interviews with people who knew him. Born in South-Carolina he grew up and learned not to trust anyone. As an artist he wanted perfection and it wasn't easy to be a musican who worked for him. It is sad that his estate became disputed by his children and others, as it was intended for educating children with little chance on good education. The battle in court stil hasn't ended. Why does this remember me of Bleak house?

Sadly it wasn't a good translation, some words not translated at all, other words just missing. The writer annoyed me a bit with his endless lists of musicans (I never heard of most of them) and telling the same over again in several chapters.

book 256: De vuurbewoners by Margaret Laurence
from the library, e-book, translated, original title The fire-dwellers, 314 pages
TIOLI challenge #1 Read a book whose author was born in Canada without two of the same birth provinces being listed back-to-back in the wiki

The third book of the Manawaka series, set in Vancouver. Stacey MacAindra is the sister of the main character in A Jest of God. Stacey escaped from Manawaka, found a husband in Vancouver and is now a mother of four children. But she still feels trapped, in her marriage and caring for her children. Her husband is no talker and she wants to talk and share her thoughts and feelings.

I still think the first book The Stone Angel was the best book in the series. One book (The diviners) to go.

book 257: De Soul Brothers en Sister Lou by Kristin Hunter
own, YA, translated, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1973, original title The Soul Brothers and Sister Lou, 202 pages
TIOLI challenge #14 Read a book with a musical term in the title or author's name

Louretta, a 14 year old, lives in a poor, black community. She does well on school, but she sees many around her who have given up school, just hanging around in the neighborhood. When she finds a place to hang out, with help of her older brother William, a party is disturbed by the police and one boy is shot. Music is all they have left.

Fitted perfectly after the James Brown biography, music is one of the ways to escape from a poor, black community.

book 258: De wraak van Flame, de hengst van Azul by Walter Farley
own, translated, YA, horses, Black Stallion book 7, original title The Island Stallion's Fury, 176 pages
#13 Read a children's or YA book that was published between 1901 & 1999

In 2014 I re-read the first 10 Black Stallion books. Some other 75 group members are reading them together, and I join them for the books I didn't re-read back then. The sequence of the original books is not the same as the Dutch editions, so the English book 7 is the Dutch book 12. If you want to join us go to The Black Stallion Series Relaxed Shared Read Thread

Steve and Pitch have returned to Azul, to spend the long summer. But Pitchs evil stephbrother Tom finds out they are there and all he wants is to destroy their little paradise.

Proud of the Dutch women's soccer team, who won the European Championship yesterday:

>52 FAMeulstee: I really must get down to Laxness, Anita.

I have no concept of ever being able to read so many books in a year, let alone in just over 7 months, hats off to you Anita.

I loved all the Black Stallion books except The Island Stallion's Fury. The cruelty and evil in that one were so different than the rest of the series, and as a kid, I wasn't ready to deal with it.

Congrats on the Championship!!

Hi Anita! What a lot of reading! Congrats.

>64 Caroline_McElwee: Thanks Caroline, I think I have read like this in my early teens, before literature teachers took away the fun of reading. I am still surprised when already have finished the next book.
Yes, I thought the Laxness was very good.

>65 streamsong: Thanks Janet, I am glad the womens soccer team finally gets the attention the deserve.
I completely understand, I much prefer the Black books, although there was also some evil and cruelty in the Arabia books. But not as bad as this one.

>66 banjo123: Thanks Rhonda, I still have enough books to keep on going.

book 259: De smalle weg naar het verre noorden by Richard Flanagan
from the library, translated, awarded, Booker Prize 2014, original title The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 388 (467) pages
TIOLI challenge #9 Read a book of at least 450 pages and 4 LT stars

Dorrigo Evans grows up in poverty in Tasmania. As a doctor in WWII he ends up as remaining commander of over 1000 soldiers who are send to Burma to work on the railroad. Never enough to eat and treated horrible by the campguards, including torture, many don't survive. The ones who survive come back into society, where no one talks about the past. They live their lives, never able to escape their trauma, both the Australian soldiers and their Japanese and Korean guards.

And a package arrived today with De geschikte jongen (A Suitable Boy) by Vikram Seth.
I found it online yesterday for ony 8 euro (+2,50 shipment, hardcover)!

Hi Anita, I was away a couple of days, no TV, so I see here in your thread that we won, hurray!

You are going great with your reading, wishing you good reading with the Suitable Boy. I might have started it once, but didn't finish because of the enormous size of the book, do I remember that correctly, a thousand pages or so? But you'll manage, i'm sure of it.

Delurking--Hi!

>70 EllaTim: Yes! we did win the Europea Championship :-D
I have a lot of long books waiting like The Man Without Qualities in 4 volumes by Robert Musil, The Sea of Fertility in 4 volumes by Yukio Mishima, Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth and A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. And the Russian Library books.
I think I will dedicate next year to read at least 3 of these tomes each month.

>71 Berly: Hi Kim!

book 260: De smalle weg naar het verre noorden by Matsuo Basho
from the library, translated Japanese, 17th century, English translation The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches, 186 pages

When I found this book, with the same title as my previous book, at the e-library, I thought it might be a good idea to read them together. The Richard Flanagan book was clearly named after this one.

Written in the 17th century, Basho describes his travels to the north of Japan, together with his companion Sora. As Sora also kept notes about their travels, we know that Basho didn't write a plain travelogue, but moved some back or forth for literary reasons. He describes his journey in prose, and ends most chapters with a haiku.
This book contains The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a choice of his poetic prose from the years 1689-1694 and 30 selected haiku from the same timeframe.

Happy Wednesday, Anita. Sorry, the James Brown bio was a dud translation. It's a good book.

>68 FAMeulstee: I also loved The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

> This is going on my wish list! Love haiku.

>74 msf59: You can't have them all, Mark, sometimes a translation isn't good, but I did get the story.
Always good when a book is widely loved!

>75 EllaTim: I think the other book by Basho in the Privé-domein serie De herfstwind dringt door merg en been is even slightly better!

>73 FAMeulstee: Great to see this, Benita. I love Basho and The Narrow Road to the Deep North. I'm glad you enjoyed it. He was a deep and serene fellow, wasn't he.

Hi Anita!

>63 FAMeulstee: Husband's family emigrated from the Netherlands to the US in the 1860s, so he was watching the women's final the other day and cheering them on. Very glad to see that they won.

>67 FAMeulstee: ...before literature teachers took away the fun of reading.

I saw that happen with my daughter when she was six and it broke my heart. It became homework. She's only now, since stopping college and just working, started reading for pleasure again.

>77 jnwelch: It was my second Basho, Joe, he was a renewing author in Japan at that time. I really enjoyed how he combined his travels with literature. Again he made me think I should read more Japanese writers ;-)

>78 karenmarie: Hi Karen, still a supporter of our national team after 150 years... impressive!
Yes it is sad what some teachers do to booklovers :-(
But I can only be happy to be back at full reading speed. And hope your daughter keeps reading for pleasure.

book 261: Op reis by Aaron Becker
from the library, wordless picture book, translated, original title Journey, 40 pages
TIOLI challenge #15 Read a "wordless" book

Beautiful picture book, a lonely girl takes her red crayon and draws a door. Going through the door she finds herself in another world full of adventure. With some help she manages to get back home.

>76 FAMeulstee: Thanks for the recommendation Anita! I'll go looking for it in the library, think I'll make a wish list there;)

>78 karenmarie: That really is too bad, Karen. Glad that she now is reading again. I wasn't too happy with the obligatory reading of literature in high school as well. I was allowed to read my favourites, SF and fantasy, but only grudgingly, as a genre it was definitely not good enough.
I'm only now, thanks to LT, starting to read a wider range of books again.
So what happened to spoil the fun of reading for a six year old child?

>81 EllaTim: If you are a member of the library, you can put titles on your "verlanglijst" op de bicat.sfb-net site.
(Helaas blijven titels er op staan als het boek uit de collectie verwijderd is)

book 262: De adelaar van het Negende by Rosemary Sutcliff
own, YA, translated, original title The Eagle of the Ninth, 282 pages
TIOLI challenge #13 Read a children's or YA book that was published between 1901 & 1999

The Eagle of the Ninth is one of my all time favourites.

The story is set in the 2nd century in Brittian. Marcus Flavius Aquila is officer in the Roman army. He gets seriously wounded and ends up disabled, not fit for the legion anymore. Years before his father went missing with the Ninth Legion up north. When rumours pop up about the Eagle of the Ninth, the symbol of honour, being in hands of a tribe up north, Marcus goes with his former slave Esca on a quest to search the Eagle. And to find out what happend to his father and the Ninth Legion.

>80 FAMeulstee: We're simpatico this week, Anita (and every week, really). I loved Journey, and I just had LTers urge me to read the two that come after, Quest and Return. They were right, and I'm sure you'd enjoy them.

>84 jnwelch: I requested the next one from the library, Joe.
I thought it was funny that a wordless book is translated ;-)

>56 FAMeulstee: Isn't it a lovely place, Anita?

Congrats on your soccer team. What a great success.

Happy Friday.

>86 Ameise1: France has many beautiful places, Barbara :-)

Thanks, we are proud of them!

Happy Friday, Anita! I hope you have a nice weekend planned.

>82 FAMeulstee: Found it! Thanks for mentioning the option, Anita, I would not have found it otherwise.
And it will come in, really handy, as I can browse the site and pick things at ease, waiting for the loaned ebooks to expire.

Have a nice weekend!

>88 msf59: Thanks Mark, happy Friday to you!
We have a nice and quiet weekend planned, with lots of books, can't get any better ;-)

>89 EllaTim: You are welcome, Els, I now have over 100 titles on that list.
Wishing you a nice weekend too, are you going to your allotment?

Hi, Anita! Sounds like you have a good weekend in store! Mine will include some book-shopping tomorrow.

>83 FAMeulstee: I don't know that I've ever read anything by Rosemary Sutcliff, but this is intriguing. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.

book 263: De vrolijke revolutie by Fons Strijbosch
from the library, Dutch, no translations, 238 pages
TIOLI challenge #6 Read a book featuring student protests or student politics

A student in Nijmegen, at the end of the 1960s, is swept into the climate of change at the university. A spring of hope, demands, action, gatherings and some results in student participation at the faculties. When summer comes, almost everyone goes on holiday and the climate of change slowly fades out.

After a dragging start of the book, it became more readable halfway. A bit of a mix between memoir and novel.

>91 harrygbutler: Thanks Harry, any special books you will be looking for?

Rosemary Sutcliff is one of my favourite writers, many of her books are placed in Brittain at the time of the Roman empire. I own every book of her that was translated into Dutch and a few in English.

>93 FAMeulstee: I'd be happy to find some of the Black Stallion books I still need, and maybe a few Alistair MacLean books, but beyond that I'll be pretty flexible. There are a few books I've seen here and there on threads on LibraryThing that I'll likely look for if I remember, and there are some books I've passed up when shopping at the bookstore before that I may get now that they are on sale. Maybe I'll find a Rosemary Sutcliff book to try!

>85 FAMeulstee: Sounds like one of the best jobs ever, Anita: translator for wordless books. :-)

Hi Dear Anita

How I miss visiting your thread.
>80 FAMeulstee: I love illustrated books and Journey is one of my favorites.

All good wishes to you!

Happy Weekend Anita!!

Have a lovely weekend, Anita.

book 266: Kil als het graf by Peter Robinson
BolKobo+, e-book, translated, mystery, DCI Banks 11, original title Cold is the Grave, 389 pages
TIOLI challenge #8 Read the next book in the series

DCI Banks is very surprised when his boss, Jimmy Riddle, asks him a favour. His boss never hided his dislike for Alan Banks. Alan decides to help Riddle out and goes to London to find the runaway daughter.
Then a month later, it first feels like Robinson starts a new book, a small criminal from Eastvale is found murdered. Slowly we find out how these cases a connected.

I love DCI Alan Banks!

>83 FAMeulstee: 2nd century! Now that is history :)

>114 FAMeulstee: Yes it is, Megan :-)
I love Rosemary Sutcliffs historical YA novels, most are set during the Roman times in Brittain, some earlier, some later. This one was made into a movie some year back The eagle. I am still not sure if I want to see it or not.

book 267: Judas by Amos Oz
from the library, translated Hebrew, English title Judas, 394 pages
TIOLI challenge #5 Read a book with a New Yorker magazine connection
Found on Darryls thread (kidzdoc), who wrote a glowing review

Shmuel Ash is a student in Jerusalem, in 1959. He looses a lot in a short time, his girlfriend leaves him and marries her new boyfriend, his parents went broke, so they can't pay for his study anymore, he has to leave his study at the university. He finds a small job and a room to stay with an old man and Atalia, his daughter in law, all he has to do is to keep the old man company, Gershon Wald, 6 hours a day. Shmuel was researching Jesus as a Jew and Judas Iskariot at the university and was slowly gaining the idea that Judas wasn't a traitor, but the most loyal of the diciples. The father of Atalia was a traitor in the eyes of many, as he opposed the founding of the state Israel. His ideal was a world without borders and nations.

It took me a while to get into the story, but then it grabbed me. It left me a bit confused.

>116 humouress: I think I was going expecting something slightly different with this novel, but I'm not sure what Anita. So agreeing with you about there being some confusion.

>117 FAMeulstee: This was the first book by Amos Oz that I read, Caroline, so the only expectation I had was based on Darryls review. I was charmed by the ideals of Atalia's father, a world without borders to defend, and hope we will reach that ideal one day. The thoughts about Judas were a complete new perspective that I have to consider for a while.

Stopping by to say hi and say thanks for your congratulations re my weight loss. I've still got about 5 lbs to go until I feel I am comfortable with myself. As for you losing 20 kgs, that is just amazing, Anita! Even if it was your thyroid causing the problem , that is a lot of weight to shed. I have enjoyed the Shetland series by Ann Cleeves as well.

>111 Caroline_McElwee: I'm amazed to hear that Anita. I'd never have guessed, as you're such a fast reader.

The kind of mistake you describe, that's what happens to my husband as well. And to me when I'm really tired. It is funny, but not when they laugh at you for doing it.

Your method seems to work wonders, did you find that out for yourself, or did you get help with being dyslectic?

The strange thing is, my husband makes a wonderful proof reader, he picks up on all the small mistakes, the details, that other readers miss. The kind of things like having the date of an appointment wrong, that do have consequences;)

>119 Deern: Hi Deborah, I am happy to see you back at LT, you were missed. You used your LT break well ;-)
Yes, it was a lot of weight, I had to get some new clothes. I am happy my weight is stable now.
Sadly only 3 of the Shetland series were translated, I hope the others will be translated too someday...

>120 humouress: I learned myself to read at a very young age, with a little help of my sister and my mother. As I was the youngest, in my mind everyone could read and I wanted to read as soon as possible. I read my first books at age 4. Here a picture of me, when I was a little over a year, with a book ;-)
It is a bit blurry as I took it from a video.

So I don't know how I put the "word images" in my head. Only years later when I started to think about it I realised that was how I do it. I never managed to get a second language in the same way into my brain.

book 268: De diddakoi by Rumer Godden
own, YA, translated, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1978, original title The Diddakoi, 136 pages
TIOLI challenge #17 Read a non-Virago Press book by a Virago author

Kizzy is a gypsy girl, she lives with her great-greatgrandmother in a wagon. When her great-greatgrandmother dies, she needs a place somewhere else. Most villagers have prejudice to gypsies, but she finds a home with a very nice lady. At school the girls bully her and it takes a lot of time before Kizzy is settled in the village.

The story was nice, a bit too sweet and over the top at times.

book 269: De rechter en zijn beul by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
own, 1001 books, translated from German, English translation The Judge and His Hangman, 143 pages
TIOLI challenge #4 Rolling Dewey: Read a work numbered in the (Melvil) Dewey Decimal System starting with 0xx through 9xx and beginning again

A police officer is found murdered in his car at the side of the road. Inspector Bärlach investigates the case together with Tschanz. There are leads to a wealthy man, but his superior has been manipulated to leave this man out of the investigation. There is an ancient bet between old friends, a game that will end in one more murder.

A thought provoking read, it is a mystery, but more than just a mystery.

Hi Anita! Interesting discussion about dyslexia, and adorable picture of you as a one-year old! Thank you for sharing.

>121 karenmarie: Great picture of a young reader, Anita.

> Nice picture, Anita. You were obviously discussing the book;)

>124 FAMeulstee: Thanks Karen, in these days there is much more awareness about dyslexia. When I was young nobody knew.

>125 johnsimpson: Thanks Caroline, I loved books at a very early age.

>126 FAMeulstee: Thanks Els, probably, discussing everything was popular in my family ;-)

book 270: Het gemene gewas by Ellis Peters
from the library, translated, mystery, Cadfael 3, original title Monk's Hood, 213 pages
TIOLI challenge #8 Read the next book in the series

A lord of a manor wants to change his will in favor of the Shrewsbury Abbey and will get retirement benefits in exchange. But he dies before everything is signed, by a poison. His widow turns out to be Cadfaels old flame from his youth. There is one obvious suspect, but Cadfael is certain he did not commit the crime.

Cozy mystery, just what I needed :-)

Your threads are galopping away! :o
Oh, I see I haven't even been here on this one yet, so happy August thread! :)

>121 karenmarie: What a super-cute picture, and what a BIG book!!

Where I lived in the 70s, dyslexia was just translated into "can't read well" and so the students got some extra reading lessons, not that it helped any, especially as the rest of us were allowed to stay in the classroom and read along as there were no busses that early.

I also taught myself to read pre-school, after first having learned the alphabet from Sesame Street. I believe I did it your way, also the writing, and could never explain why it had to be written a certain way (grammar rules weren't for me), except for "because it looks right this way". I make many more mistakes when handwriting nowadays, and they are of the dyslexia "grill/girl" type, so sometimes I'm wondering. But I also have that synesthesia thing (which is often connected) and both words have the same colors, so...

>129 charl08: I had to google synasthaesia, Nathalie. It's fascinating. How does it work for you, if you don't mind me asking?

>129 charl08: Thank you, Nathalie, yes for sure a grown-up book. As far I can see it is a Salamanderpocket, a series of paperbacks that started in the 1950s (and previously as hardback in the 1930s).

In my time we didn't even have that. At primary school I was always one of the top students of my class, even though I was a year younger as the others, because I skipped the first class. So no one ever thought I could have a problem. I completely agree on except for "because it looks right this way".
I also had to Google "synesthesia", I don't have the color thing. But I do sometimes have two others that are described, I sometimes do feel what an other person feels and occasionally when I am very tired I also can feel loud noises sometimes so bad that it can really hurt me. Thanks for mentioning!

book 271: De bergreis by Theun de Vries
BolKobo+, e-book, Dutch, 128 pages

Fictional biography of Hercules Seghers, a 17th century painter/printartist. He didn't do well during his liftime, because he painted completely different of the others in his time. His works look almost impressionist. I first encountered him earlier this year, when I read a Dutch YA book about painters in the 17th century.


The story felt somewhat forced at times.

>130 karenmarie: Since I know what it is I find it enriching and mostly fun. :)

Now that I was trying to describe it I'm actually wondering if I have the hearing colors or the seeing colors form or something in between. Because when I read a book, it's all black on white. There are people who see all the 1s among many 7s on a test sheet and I'm not one of them, although in my head my 1 is black and my #7 dark pink, while the word "seven" is greyish blue and the German "sieben" is a mix of yellow, blue and green.

When I learn someone's name for example, I imagine the name typed out and will forever connect it with a color, it's like a translation.
There was one occasion at uni when an older student told me "you have to go to XYZ's seminar, he gives good grades". I immediately forgot the name except for its color (blue) and thought it might be "Winter". When the list of tutors was out, there was no Winter on it, but an "Eisen-"something, the only "blue" name. So I picked him, and yes, it was him.

I also sometimes have the words ==> taste thing which is rare, but just for some words. As a very small child before reading age I told my parents that "Munich is ribs and Stuttgart is French fries", and they told me please not to mention that anywhere. :) I had not been to either city then and eaten there. Btw. in the 1,001 group there's one member who finds a food analogy for every book she reads, totally fascinating. And like Anita I sometimes experience that "feeling like others" sensation, usually when the other person is very stressed and anxious, but always thought that was just strong empathy. That's one reason why I hate crowds.

>133 FAMeulstee: Very useful. I usually forget names as soon as I hear them and I'm sure I'd do a little bit better if I associated them with a colour.

'...and they told me please not to mention that anywhere...' :0D

Hi Anita!

Continued fascinating discussions about how we process data.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

>133 FAMeulstee: It does sound enriching and fun. I have been thinking if i do this too somewhere, but I think only when listening to music, where music makes me imagine landscapes or things like that.

I sometimes read threads in the 1001 group, and have read some of the reviews you mention, her analogy's are striking, and very much to the point.

>133 FAMeulstee: Thanks for your extensive explanation, Nathalie, interesting how names have color for you.
I am not completely sure my "feeling like others" and "feeling sounds" are synesthesia, or only related, or like you said a form of strong empathy. I just never knew it was known to others and have a name.

>134 FAMeulstee: I often have troubles with remembering names, Nina, or know the name but say something else ;-)

>135 FAMeulstee: Thanks Karen, it is facinating stuff. Somehow I have two lines of thinking about my own ways: mostly I think others do it the same, or that my way is very rare and no one else has the same. Just like almost everyone thinks the way they grew up is "normal".

>136 Caroline_McElwee: Yes, music can do that. I think I have to take a look at the 1001 group some day.

Finished two books today Oblomow and Het vuur van de zon, the last one completed my TIOLI sweep for this month.
Reviews will come soon.

Hi Anita, hope you have had a good week my dear and wishing you a great weekend dear friend, sending love and hugs.

>139 FAMeulstee: Thanks John, wishing you and Karen a great weekend too!

book 272: Oblomow by I.A. Gontsjarow
own, 1001 books, translated from Russian, English translation Oblomov, 553 pages
TIOLI challenge #9 Read a book of at least 450 pages and 4 LT stars

Oblomow lives an inert life, you might call him the first cocooning person, long before this word was invented. Doing anything is too much for him. Earlier in life he did do things and did read, but somehow he lost interest and spends his days inside, doing nothing. His friend Andrej Stoltz tries to get his out of his inertia, without much success. When Olga enters Oblomows life he is activated for a few months. Besides a good story it is also a satire on the Russian society of that time, where most of Russian nobility didn't want any change.

I loved this Russian classic, Oblomow is a very likable character. I just kept hoping he would achieve something in his life. Or maybe he did, just by becoming an archetype ;-)

book 273: Het vuur van de zon by Joyce Rockwood
own, YA, translated, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1985, original title To Spoil the Sun, 161 pages
TIOLI challenge #18 Read a book with either a wedding or eclipse word or phrase in the title

Rain Dove, a Cherokee girl of the Seven Clans, lives in a small village in the southern Appalachians, when there are strange omens seen. No one can explain them. At the same time Spanish settlers arrive on the shore, their settling is no succes and a few years later they are gone. But they did leave a terrible disease that eventually is the end of half the indian population.

A book about a lesser known part of history.

>141 FAMeulstee: Oh Anita another week has passed and I still haven't read a Russian classic! Enjoying a novel translated from German A Fabulous Liar, about the secrets families keep.

Hi Anita!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

>141 FAMeulstee: so long since I read this book. Glad you enjoyed it Anita.

>141 FAMeulstee: Sounds great and it is waiting unread on my Kindle already.
Have a lovely weekend! :)

>143 FAMeulstee: That is okay, Charlotte, I went on for over 50 years without reading any Russian classics ;-)
A Fabulous Liar sounds good and my library has a copy...

>144 EllaTim: Thanks Karen, the same to you!

>145 FAMeulstee: Thanks Caroline, I am glad I started reading some Russian Classics this year.

>146 Caroline_McElwee: Thanks Nathalie, it was a very good read to me, I only rated Life and fate and Dr Zjivago higher.

book 274: Het transgalactisch liftershandboek by Douglas Adams
from the library, 1001 books, translated, original title The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 188 pages
TIOLI challenge #7 Read a book where a name of a person appears in the first complete sentence on page 48

I understand many love this book, sadly I didn't. Yes, I did catch the humor, and there were some fun parts. But it is a thin story, going nowhere in my eyes. Only positives are that it is a short book, and a shared TIOLI read.

I tend to be a completist with series, but I feel no urge at all to read a next one.

It may be very British humour Anita. I read and loved it years ago, though not being a completist, never read the rest.

Hi Anita! I've tried to read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in the past, but it never grabbed me. I guess we are a bit the same!. Such a darling picture of you reading!

>149 Whisper1: Aw, sorry you didn't like THHGTTG. I read it ages ago and fell in love - read all (then) five in about a week and laughed out loud constantly. I did read them all in one volume rather than as separate books, which might help with what you felt about the storyline being weak.

>150 streamsong: I am not sure if it is the British part, Caroline, I loved most of Monthy Python. Probably my brain is wired a bit different, the same with the Dickens books ;-)

>151 FAMeulstee: Thanks Deborah, I had the book love at a very young age :-)
I am glad I am not the only one here who doesn't love galactic hitchhikers!

>152 FAMeulstee: I laughed a bit, Paws, as there were some funny parts. Just not my kind of book...

book 275: De geheime tuin by Frances Hodgson Burnett
from the library, childrens, translated, original title The Secret Garden, 279 pages
TIOLI challenge #13 Read a children's or YA book that was published between 1901 & 1999

I read a lovely illustrated edition, the illustrations by Inga Moore are a perfect match with the story.
I never read this one before, I knew the title, but nothing much about the story. Recently EllaTim read and liked it, so I decided to read it too.

When Mary Lennox becomes an orphan, she is send from India to England, where her uncle lives. She was used to have many servants around, who would do anything she asked, now transplanted into a strange country, she feels very lonely. She finds a hidden garden and slowly befriends the gardener and a local boy. She learns to see the wonders of nature and finally starts to feel at home.

Sweet story, positive without being very moralistic or too sweet. I loved the parts where they were working in the garden and the joy when plants do well :-)

Oh I completely forgot to mention that I aquired two books last Wednesday: Vincent in Den Haag by Theun de Vries and Een muur van schilden (=The shield ring) by Rosemary Sutcliff, I have been searching for this book over 20 years!

>154 klobrien2: I'm glad you liked The secret garden!

>155 ronincats: And oh, a new Rosemary Sutcliff, new old of course, but new for you, I presume? I loved her books, when I read them as a child. They were in our local library. I can't remember which titles I've read, but I know that they were about Roman Brittain, for the most part. Enjoy reading.

>156 FAMeulstee: The Rosemary Sutcliff book was published in 1975. A few years back I thought I might never find it, and got a copy in English. So I did read it, but will read this copy soon. And I am very happy my collection "Rosemary Sutcliff in Dutch translation" is complete now!

>157 FAMeulstee: Good for you, always nice to have a collection complete. So this book came from a second hand book site, have her books become collector's items now?

>158 FAMeulstee: I have been searching in second hand bookshops & sites for all those years. There was only one print of this book and I guess there weren't many sold at the time, that way it became rare. I don't know if there are any others collecting her books in Dutch. At least the copy I found wasn't expensive.

>155 ronincats: I am guessing you are talking Vincent Van Gogh Anita? He is one and of my dear dead friends. Such an extraordinary, if messed up, man. Great art, great curiosity. I am slowly, slowly (primarily because the books are so big, and I'm still on volume 1) reading his letters. I did read a selection years ago which I loved. And of course his art.

I went to Auvers sur Oise to visit his grave and the town he spent his last months in. Walking in his footsteps is wonderful. I do that here a lot too. He visited one of my favourite galleries at least twice, Dulwich Picture Gallery.

Sorry for all that babble if the book is not about VVG!

Anita, your reading total for the year so far is amazing! I read the Rosemary Sutcliff Eagle in the Ninth books a little while ago, having never read them when I was younger, and I thought they were great.

I really loved Secret Garden when I read it many years ago . A magical story!

>142 EllaTim: Hi Anita. Happy Sunday. I added To Spoil the Sun. Thanks for your wonderful review.

Hi Anita - wonderful discussion about how we hear and see information. I also have trouble remembering names, and have a hard time recognizing faces if the people are out of their usual context. I've wondered if I have a milder form of what Oliver Sacks described as face blindness.

I loved The Secret Garden when I read it as an adult some years ago. I had previously seen the movie and was not impressed, so I was surprised how much I liked the book. I should acquire a copy and put it on my 'comfort reads' shelf.

>160 sirfurboy: Yes the book is about Vincent van Gogh, Caroline.
I prefer more modern day art, but I do appriciate Vincent van Goghs works. The museum Kröller-Müller has a large collection that I have seen more than once. I bought the book because I like most of this writers books and I coud not resist this well preserved hardback for just 1 euro at the market.

>161 FAMeulstee: Thanks Susan, what can I say, reading goes so easy this year. I have always loved Rosemary Sutcliffs works, I think I read the first time somewhere in the 1970s. I have been collecting and reading all her works in Dutch translation since the 1980s. I still love to re-read her books once in a while.

>162 sirfurboy: Completely agree with you, Deborah!

>163 EllaTim: Thanks Linda, I hope you can find a copy somewhere.

>164 harrygbutler: There is only a small part we know about how the brain works, Janet. I know many who have trouble remembering names, but difficulty with faces is more rare I think.
I was pleasantly surprised by The Secret Garden, I knew nearly nothing about the book when I started it.

book 276: Verhalen van de tweelingbroers by Tonke Dragt
own, YA, not translated, 301 pages
TIOLI challenge #12 Read a non-series book by an author who has at least three books you've already read

Twins are born in a country far away, Laurenzo and Jiacomo. They are eachothers image, but different in character. The both have a dog, a cat and a dove. Laurenzo becomes a goldsmith, Jiacomo only finds after many adventures a fitting occcupation.
The title translates as "Stories of the Twinbrothers", the stories are partly adaptions of fairytales and folktales.

This was the first published book by Tonke Dragt, I love all her books.



And with this book I passed 300.000 pages read since the start of 2008 :-)

book 277: Halssnoer en kalebas by Robert van Gulik
BolKobo+, e-book, translated (by the writer), mystery, Rechter Tie (= Judge Dee), original title Necklace and Calabash, 158 pages
April TIOLI Challenge #8 Read the next book in the series

Robert van Gulik translated the original Chinese first Judge Dee book Celebrated cases of Judge Dee and wrote the next books himself.

Traveling back to his district, Judge Dee comes through Riverton to spend a few days of relaxation. Just before he enters the town, his witnesses that a body is taken out of the river, and soon he finds himself in the midst of murdermysteries and the problems of the 3rd Imperial Princess.

Judge Dee books are always statisfactory mysteries, well plotted and set in historical Chinese times.

Ooh, I've read a few of van Gulik's Judge Dee books--I think I need to pick up the next one in the series. Thanks for the review and the prompting!

Karen O.

Hi, Anita. In awe of your reading, like everyone else!021

>168 sirfurboy: Thanks Karen. I like the historical context of the Judge Dee books and they are good mysteries. Enjoy your next one!

>169 FAMeulstee: Thank you, Roni, so am I ;-)

book 278: Trash : je weet nooit wat je tussen het afval vindt... by Andy Mulligan
BolKobo+, e-book, YA, translated, awarded, Gouden Lijst 2016, original title Trash, 267 pages

Somewhere in a corrupt third-world country (not specified but the author names the Philipines in his afterword), whole families live near a giant garbage dump. They make their living searching through the garbage for valuables. One of three young teenagers there finds a treasure: a leather bag with money, a map, a key and an ID card. It seems a very important find as the same evening the police shows up looking for that very item. The three boys decide to keep the treasure and soon find themselves in the midst of (corrupt) police investigation, corrupt politicians and activists against corruption.

Sometimes a bit unrealistic, but anyway a very good story with a neat ending.

book 279: Dolfijn en zeemeermin by Robert Lowell
own, poetry, translated, selected poems from Life Studies (5), For the Union Dead (3), Near the Ocean (1), Notebook (3) and The Dolphin (4), 41 pages
TIOLI challenge #16 Read a book by one of the authors from the first seven months of this year's American Author Challenge

Translating poetry is not easy, you can't translate all rhyme, metrum and content. Reviewing translated poetry is even harder, how does the translation relate to the original poems?
I liked some of these poems, others seemed incomprehensable. Robert Lowell was an important America poet, who openly took stance against agression, both in WWII and the Vietnm war.

I will return to this book one day, and hope I will get a bit more of it.

Hi Anita! Wishing you a wonderful Monday.

>171 FAMeulstee: Interesting find. I will take a look at that one.

You say the author mentions the Philippines, but the front cover appears to show Rio de Janeiro, complete with the statue of Christ the Redeemer.

Of course, that may just be the illustrator's interpretation as the country is unnamed.

>173 FAMeulstee: Thanks Karen, wishing you the same.

>174 EllaTim: It was made into a movie, and I think the movie was set in Latin-America. In the reviews there is some confusion too.
But the author was very clear in his afterword.

>175 FAMeulstee: Thanks for clearing that up.

>172 EllaTim: Translating poetry must be really hard. And reading can be just as tough. Earlier in the year I borrowed a book from the library that had poems and their translations next to each other. I admired the ingenuity of the translators to deal with difficulties of meaning and stance and rhythm all at once. But I noticed reading the translations helped in understanding the poems.

>167 FAMeulstee: Hi, Anita! It has been a while since I read that one. Next up in my chronological reread is The Chinese Lake Murders.

Lots of good reading, Anita.

The Inga Moore is my favorite version of The Secret Garden. I think her illustrations match the story perfectly, too.

>176 FAMeulstee: You are welome :-)

>177 FAMeulstee: I searched some of his poems at the internet, to read them alongside the translation. That worked better. Sadly that is only possible with languages you know well enough.

>178 msf59: Hi Harry, each one has been a good read to me. Enjoy your next one!

>179 scaifea: Thanks Joe, I haven't seen any other versions. I can't imagine someone doing a better job than Inga Moore did.

book 280: De ijsmakers by Ernest van der Kwast
from the library, Dutch, awarded, Dioraphte Jongerenliteratuur Prijs 2016, English translation The Ice-Cream Makers, 303 pages
TIOLI challenge #7 Read a book where a name of a person appears in the first complete sentence on page 48

A family of ice-cream makers, originating from the north of Italy, a profession that went from father to son. Eight months of the year working hard in their ice-cream parlour in Rotterdam, the four months of winter are spend in the family home in Italy. Two sons, and the eldest doesn't follow his fathers footsteps. He is enchanted by poetry when he is 15 years old, and decides to follow his dream. So the youngest is deemed to be an ice-cream maker.
A lot about the history of ice-cream and the ice-cream makers, who went all over Europe to sell their product. And a lot about poets, poetry festivals and hotel rooms all over the world.

>181 FAMeulstee: Added that to my rather long TBR. Interesting because I also added one this week about a Welsh/Italian family of pizza makers, called Sweet Pizza.

>182 Matke: Would be nice to compare those two books.
I read an other book by Ernest van der Kwast last year: Mama Tandoori. I like that better, very funny, I probably expected the same from The ice-cream makers, but it was more serious.

book 281: Het geheim van de klokkenmaker by Tonke Dragt
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Vlag en Wimpel 1990, no English translation, 103 pages

A story within a story, with an introduction of the writer, she explains this book is part of a, yet unfinished, series. The first chapters are repeated in the next book De andere kant van de deur.
In the library of the Januaran embassy are the librarian, 3 children and the student Jan A. The librarian tells the fist version of "Time will tell it" about a clockmaker, who made a time travel clock, that didn't work. Then the student says that it isn't the real story, as he did travel in time with the clock. So he tells his story "Time will tell you". He only went ahead a day, but found himself in trouble, as he didn't realise what trouble time-travel would cause...

book 281: Aan de andere kant van de deur by Tonke Dragt
own, YA, Dutch, no English translation, 347 pages
#13 Read a children's or YA book that was published between 1901 & 1999

Tonke Dragt plays with time and doors. Every time you open a door, you think you know what is behind it. But as long as the door is closed you can't be sure. You might find something different behind a door, an other time, an other place. When Otto opens the door to the hallway he ends up in the Januaran embassy, it is an other time and an other place. Otto can travel back to his own place, but the other inhabitants can not.

With a lot of references to SF books, scientists like Einstein and Schrödinger, possibilities and impossibilities in time and travel, Tonke Drangt weaves a facinating fantasy story. The next book "De weg naar de cel" was announced more than two decades ago, but still has not been published.

>Sound like fun, too bad she didn't go through with the next book!

>186 FAMeulstee: There is hope, as she is still around. In 2009 a related book was published Dichtbij ver van hier.

>187 Caroline_McElwee: That's wonderful. I looked it up in the library catalogue, and yes, it's there! Also found some background about her, she was born in 1930, so when this book was published she was 79 years old.

book 283: Zoektocht by Aaron Becker
from the library, wordless picture book, translated, original title Quest, 40 pages
TIOLI challenge #15 Read a "wordless" book

The girl with the red crayon from the previous book, Journey, goes on a quest with a boy with a purple crayon. Again a beautiful picture book that I enjoyed.



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book 284: Terug by Aaron Becker
from the library, wordless picture book, translated, original title Return, 40 pages
TIOLI challenge #15 Read a "wordless" book

In the last book the father of the girl joins her and the boy in the magical land. The father was looking for his daughter and goes through the magic door. Beautiful conclusion of the series.

book 285: Regels van de zomer by Shaun Tan
from the library, picture book, translated, original title Rules of Summer, 50 pages
TIOLI challenge #12 Read a non-series book by an author who has at least three books you've already read

Two brothers sum up the rules of summer as they learned throug summer. With beautiful, surrealistic pictures every other page and a short sentence with a rule next to it, like "Never eat the last olive at a party", "Never leave the back door open overnight" or "Always know your way home".

book 286: De Cock en de sluimerende dood by A.C. Baantjer
from the library, e-book, police mystery, 42nd book of 70 De Cock, no translations, 136 pages
TIOLI challenge #3 Read a book with DEATH in the title

An architect is shot to death and an old lady goes missing, only De Cock is able to connect these cases.
I think this was the worst plotted De Cock I have read...

Sweet Thursday, Anita! Hope you are having a great week. I see you are getting plenty of reading in. I just finished Magpie Murders. You might really like this one.

Hooray for Shaun Tan. He has many fans here on the Mighty 75!

I'm so glad that you liked the Becker books - aren't they just wonderful?

Hi, Anita.

Oh my, I love the illustrated books you're reading. Hard to beat Aaron Becker and Shaun Tan.

I don't know if you've heard of it, but Shaun Tan has a wonderful book of his sculptures based on fairy tales (represented by short excerpts), called The Singing Bones.

>192 EllaTim: Thanks Mark!
I saw you were reading Magpie Murders on your thread, I will wait for the translation :-)
I am now reading The Arrival by Shaun Tan, I like it better than Rules of Summer.

>193 FAMeulstee: They are so creative, Amber, and the artwork is just beautiful.

>194 Berly: Thanks Joe, I am glad I got to Aaron Becker and Shaun Tan.
The last Shaun Tan book is not yet available over here, but I am sure it will come soon. It looks like a real treat.

My, Anita, you've been busy!

I love Brother Cadfael, although sometimes I get impatient with the obligatory young romance side plot. Even so, the historic details and all the information about plants would keep me reading these mysteries.

I discovered DCI Banks not too long ago, and that series has become a favorite as well. I used to become obsessed interested in completing series quickly, but I've eased off on that. Now I just meander through my collections and the library, picking things at random. It's worked, so far.

>196 FAMeulstee: Thanks Gail, I think I am catching up for the years I could barely read.
I keep my Cadfael readings slow, I like them for the same reasons as you do, and one at the time works best for me.
DCI Banks makes me want more after finishing a book, like the Erlendur books by Indrason. I read the 14 Elendur books in 4 months last year, and I think the DCI Banks books will go fast as well. I just started DCI Banks book 12: Aftermath.

Two books arrived yesterday, making a total of 26 aquired books this year.

At the EllaTim thread we were talking about "The Dutch Canon", a list of 125 important Dutch books and the Flemish Canon, with 51 important Flemish books. I made a list on LT of the Dutch Canon, to track my readings.

De Oostakkerse gedichten by Hugo Claus is both in the Dutch and the Flemish Canon and Wolfijzers en schietgeweren by Richard Minne is in the Flemish Canon.

book 287: Het verborgen leven van bomen by Peter Wohlleben
from the library, non-fiction, translated from German, English title The Hidden Life of Trees, 222 pages

You probably never thought of trees as social beings... yet some kinds of trees form a community, they help eachother if needed. Scientific research has found more remarkable things about trees: they are aware of their surroundings and can feel, hear and smell. The line between animals and plants may be less distinct than we ever thought.

Peter Wohlleben, a German forrester, combines recent scientific findings with his own experiences in a lovely book about trees. In recent years we are slowly changing our attitude towards animals and the writers wants us to do the same towards the plants and trees: seeing them as complex entities with their own life.

book 288: De aankomst by Shaun Tan
from the library, picture book, translated, original title The Arrival, 128 pages
TIOLI challenge #15 Read a "wordless" book

A stunning, wordless graphic novel about immigrants. A father leaves his wife and daughter behind to seek a new life in an other country. At first it is a big struggle, but eventually he adapts and finds friends.

It is hard to put the beauty of the story into words, just read it!

>200 EllaTim: I've been saving this for a day when I can just imbibe it Anita, it was one of Joe's recommendations.

Hi Anita, haven't posted on your thread for ages. Happy to see you've started the Rebus books, I've read all of the them and was lucky to attend a talk by Rankin when he was in New Zealand last May.

I've read quite a few Amos Oz books, though not Judas as yet. I loved his memoir A tale of love and darkness, the others are good reads but there isn't really one that stands out over others. I enjoy reading Assaf Gavron, he's younger than Oz and there's more humour in his books.

I'll have to line up another Sutcliff book for September, probably The Siver Branch.

>201 FAMeulstee: That would work, Caroline, it is a book to dive in completely.

>202 FAMeulstee: Hi Kerry, good to see you here :-)

I will continue the Rebus books, but at the moment I am reading all the DCI Banks books, as I can read them with my Kobo+ subscription. I plan to end the subscription in two months... so it is read all I can ;-)
I hope to read more books by Amos Oz, Judas made me curious about his other books. I will keep Assaf Gavron in mind, my library has two books by him: The hilltop and Hydromania.

Let me know when you start your next Sutcliff, I will read along :-)

Hi Anita. I am stopping by to get caught up and see that you have been having a great reading summer with 288 books read so far this year!

So much to catch up with -- fascinating about the Laxness. I have only read one, Independent People which, once I was immersed (which took awhile) was riveting.

The Eagle of the Ninth is also one of my favorite books! I adore Sutcliff.

And Oblomov. Such a fine and under read novel! I'm so glad you also enjoyed it.

I had to stop reading those Jimmy Perez mystery novels; they were too depressing for me.

I remember how popular the van Gulikswere in the late '70's. I didn't read mysteries then. Was recently remembering them and wondering if anyone still read them. Now I know!

>Hi Anita, The Shaun Tan books look Wonderful. I Will have a go at my library.

And I really want to read Peter Wohlleben. I think it's fascinating. Onze can sometimes overlook the fact that trees are living beings, but they turn out to be even more alive than we thought.

Have a nice weekend.

>204 FAMeulstee: Thanks Lori, reading is going great this year :-)

>205 FAMeulstee: Hi Lucy, I have Independent people on my TBR, I would like to read more by Laxness.
Sutcliff wrote many very good books (and a few a bit less), Oblomov was very good.
Only 3 of the Shetland books are available in Dutch translation, so the series ended here for me. Luckely van Gulik translated all Judge Dee books into Dutch himself ;-)

>206 FAMeulstee: I hope you find the Shaun Tan books, Els, The arrival was excellent.
You said it right "On can sometimes overlook the fact that trees are living beings, but they turn out to be even more alive than we thought.". Now I am looking for more books about trees.

Okay. Cut it out! I can't get any of my own reading done if I have to keep reading all your reviews!! LOL Congrats on reaching #288 already. : )

Lots of great reading. I am also a fan of A Narrow Road to the Deep North and how cool that you read the namesake also.

>208 FAMeulstee: Thanks, Kim, LOL! Without reading the threads here I would read way more ;-)

>209 Ameise1: Thanks Rhonda, I accidently found the namesake and thought that the title of Flanagan book came from the Basho book. Flanagans books was the best of them.

book 289: Nasleep by Peter Robinson
BolKobo+, e-book, translated, mystery, DCI Banks 12, original title Aftermath, 373 pages
TIOLI challenge #8 Read the next book in the series

The book starts with catching a serial killer, after a domestic violence all. The afthermath of this case isn't what you think it will be. The crimes are really gruesome. And Alan Banks personal life keeps being a bumpy road...

This book was on the edge what I can handle, but when I start reading a DCI Alan Banks, I have to keep reading until it is finished.

>103 Caroline_McElwee: I was very upset at the end of Blue Lightening. It took ages for me to read any more of the books. I quite enjoyed the made for TV series called Shetland though.

It's very interesting learning about how people process information. I had a piano student years ago who attached colors to numbers, notes and letters. He was also dyslexic. He played really well hands separately, but when he had to play both hands together, he couldn't do it. It was really hard on him. Eventually his mother and I agreed he needed an instrument with just one line of notes. He was an extremely bright child.

>200 EllaTim: I have added The Arrival to my list. It looks wonderful.

Reading up a storm, as usual! You inspire, as usual :)

>I'm still waiting to read Wohlleben's book myself. By coincidence I was visiting an old pear orchard yesterday, very old trees, all with their own character. And wonderful atmosphere. Do you like Tolkien? I loved the woods in Lord of the Rings. I wonder if there is other fiction where trees are important characters.

>212 FAMeulstee: A few years back I would have felt the same, Jenn. But the more I read, the more I can handle. My latest book, Aftermath would have been way too much a few years back.
Yes it is very interesting, as everyone tends to think everyone is the same in that aspect, yet there are many variations. I didn't like playing the piano, it was very difficult for me to use my hands seperately.

>213 Ameise1: Thanks Megan, today is an extreme day, 8 books down. Reading through my own library alphabeticly a bunch of picture books were next in line ;-)

>214 FAMeulstee: You will get to it, Els, it is a wonderfull book.
Not all trees are nice... When we were in the south of France, we drove through the Massif de Maures. The woods there, mainly cork oaks, did feel hostile.
Yes, I LOVE Tolkien, the Ents were great characters. I thought of them while reading The Hidden Life of Trees.

I don't know other books with trees as main characters, maybe anyone else?

book 290: De kleine Brief voor de koning by Tonke Dragt
own, YA, Dutch, 31 pages

Small promotional booklet, with two chapters from The Letter to the King. With coupons at the end for a discount on other books of this publisher.

book 291: Het gevaarlijke venster, twee verhalen uit het rijk van Unauwen by Tonke Dragt
own, YA, Dutch, 46 pages

Two legends/fairytales from Het gevaarlijke venster en andere verhalen. Set in the fictionary country Unauwen, from The Letter to the King and The Secrets of the Wild Wood.

book 292: Annetje Lie in het holst van de nacht by Imme Dros
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Woutertje Pieterse prijs & Gouden Penseel & Zilveren Griffel 1988, English translation Annelie in the depths of the night, 118 pages

Fairy-like story of the dreams of Annetje Lie, who stays with her grandmother. In her dreams the moon and a mouse take her on adventures. This book won several awards, the illustrations are beautiful and are a real addition to the story. Although I think grown ups will like this story more than children.

book 293: Wat niemand weet by Tonke Dragt
own, picture book, Dutch, kinderboekenweek 2007, 26 pages

When Noah build his ark, the unicorns refused to go on board...
Picturebook for children under 6 years, publicated for the Week of Children Books in 2007.

book 294: De o van opa by Imme Dros
own, picture book, Dutch, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1991, 64 pages

All Jim's friends have two grandfathers, Jim has only one. So he imagines about his dead grandfather and makes drawings of him: that is easy, as everyone tells him he was round, like the O from opa (=grandfather in Dutch). His other grandfather gives him lots of presents and one day he gets a present from his dead grandfather.
With wonderful illustrations by Harrie Geelen.

>now I would love to see the Massif de Maures! Cork oaks should be pretty impressive. And we, humans, have been stripping their skins off them for ages...

book 295: Roosje kreeg een ballon by Imme Dros
own, picture book, Dutch, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1990, 72 pages

Stories about Roosje, in each story she gets something: a balloon, a little brother, the meazles etc.
With illustrations by Harrie Geelen.

Happy Sunday, Anita. I try to be back more frequently.

book 296: Dit is het huis bij de kromme boom by Imme Dros
own, picture book, Dutch, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1998, 30 pages

Repeating rhyme book, a boy and his family are moving to a new house. Recently he got a little sister and now they move to a larger house, that once belonged to his deceased grandmother.
With beautiful illustrations by Harrie Geelen.

book 297: Morgen ga ik naar China by Imme Dros
own, picture book, Dutch, awarded, Zilveren Griffel 1996, 38 pages

Jan is very angry, on his little siser, on his parents, on everyone. So he is going to China, as people only have ONE child there, so they HAVE to be nice to their child. Children are allowed everything in China. So everyone wil be sorry, as Jan is running away to China, tomorrow...
With incredible matching illustrations by Harrie Geelen.

>221 ChelleBearss: That might be the reason the cork trees don't like us. I wasn't much affected by their hostility, but my husband was.

>223 FAMeulstee: Thanks Barbara, enjoy your last day of your vacation!

>226 karenmarie: I've already finished one work week. :-)

>226 karenmarie: Oh sorry, Barbara, I though you started next week!
I hope you had a good first week back at work :-)

Hi, Anita.

It may take a group read for me to finally get into Independent People. I've heard nothing but good things about it, and it's sitting there on the tbr shelf looking right at me. And has been for ages. Some day . . .

>198 nittnut: Hey Anita, I'm really intereated in the Dutch canon. If this isn't a sacrilegious question, are any of them Afrikaans writers? And is there a way to see which ones are translated? Feel free to tell me just to go look at Ella's thread!

>225 vancouverdeb: This made me laugh. I remember that feeling- younger siblings, bag humbug... (I love them dearly, of course).

>229 FAMeulstee: Okay, Joe, if you pick a month for the group read, me (and others I hope) read along.

>230 johnsimpson: >198 nittnut: I think you can see it if you go to my list: http://www.librarything.com/list/11963/all/Canon-van-de-Nederlandse-letterkunde
The ones with English titles are translated and on LT. Maybe others are translated, but I need some time to look them up.
>230 johnsimpson: >225 vancouverdeb: It was a very good book, it made me laugh too. Jan also thought he might dislike Chinese food, so he was going to teach them how to make pancakes. We ended up eating pancakes today :-)

>230 johnsimpson: >231 LovingLit: I would like to read Independent people as well, so you can count me in for a group read.

>230 johnsimpson: No, no Afrikaans writers in the Dutch canon, it is really a different language. Writers from South Africa don't get mentioned in school either.

>230 johnsimpson: in fact, it's an interesting point. I remembered there's a poet from South-Africa, Elisabeth Eybers, who has received a lot of attention here. I looked her up, and found that she moved to Amsterdam after a divorce, writes poetry in Afrikaans and has still received two important literary awards in the Netherlands. But she isn't in the canon, for some reason.

Interesting too, that she wrote in Afrikaans and in English, and has published some bundles of poetry where each poem is present in Afrikaans and in English, her own translations.

Anita, As always, I am in awe of the pace of reading and the great books you choose. Throughout the years, I've added many of your great recommendations. I believe that way back when you put me on the path of David Almond. Thanks for that!

Hope all is well, Anita! I see you are fast approaching 300 books! Amazing!

>232 EllaTim: I will put the proposal to read Independent people together on Joe's thread. More members will see it there.

>230 johnsimpson: Besides Elisabeth Eybers there is Breyten Breytenbach who is well known over here too. He got 3 Dutch literary awards. Adriaan van Dis translated some of his works into Dutch.

>234 FAMeulstee: Thanks Linda, you also recommended many good books to me :-)
Yes, I probably did recommend David Almond, he is a great YA writer!

>235 FAMeulstee: Thanks Chelle, all is well in our little corner of the universe.
Happy to see you have some time for LT.

book 298: Tilt by Michiel Stroink
BolKobo+, e-book, YA, Dutch, awarded, Dioraphte Jongerenliteratuur Prijs - publieksprijs 2014, no translations, 206 pages

It starts like a nice book and plot. A 30-year old man plays poker for a living, well on his way to be a milionaire in a few years. One evening he collapses, turns out he has liver failure. He ends up in hospital, but because of his way of living (that included heavy drinking & drug abuse) he is no candidate for livertransplantation, so he will die within a week... A nurse is attracted to him and wants to save him. She gets the hospital lawyer on her side and someone who knows too much about everyone who works in the hospital. Together they try to blackmail the surgeon into performing the transplantation.
Then you expect the conclusion of the story, where the ends come together, but no an terrorist is on his way to the hospital to end it all. And that is the end, not even a bomb really going off.

I really disliked the ending, it feels like the writer cheated on me.

book 299: Dood van een maestro by Donna Leon
own, e-book, translated, mystery, original title Death in La Fenice, 261 pages
TIOLI challenge #3 Read a book with DEATH in the title

The famous and brilliant conductor Helmut Wellauer is found dead between act two and three of the opera La Traviata at Venice's opera house. Commissario Guido Brunetti gets the case and questions personel of the opera house, the artists and the wife of the victim. Meanwhile we get to know Brunetti's family, his lovely wife, his two children and his parents in law.oving and lovely wife, and parenting his two children. I didn't see the conclusion coming, very clever :-)

I liked this first book about Commissario Guido Brunetti, I will read more.

Wow! Approaching 300 books! That's amazing, Anita!

Hi Anita!

You're really zooming along with the books. 8 in one day!?! Fantastic.

I'd join in the group read of Independent People but read it in November of 2008. It was absolutely stunning.

Re Jenn's comment in >212 FAMeulstee:, I can recommend a book called Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet. We read it in August of 2008.

Both books were for my book club. That was a particularly good year.

>237 FAMeulstee: Interesting review - the book won a prize and yet seems to have almost a Deus ex Machina ending. Was there any hint that this was where it was all going to end? or did it literally come from out of the blue?

>239 FAMeulstee: Thanks Deborah, I just finished book 300 :-)

>240 charl08: Half of them were picture books, Karen, they add up fast.
Thanks for the recommendation, my library has a copy, it sounds like a facinating read.

>241 EllaTim: There was nothing that forewarned the ending, it did indeed come out of the blue. For this prize readers between 15 and 30 years could vote. Maybe the other nominated books were even worse...

book 300: De moeder by Maxim Gorky
from the library, e-book, 1001 books, translated from Russian, English translation Mother, 383 pages

Living a sad life with an abusive, alcoholic husband, the mother only lives for her son. After her husband dies, her son finds revolutionairy (socialist) way of life, to better the circumstances of his fellow workers, the mother is slowly drawn to his ideals. When her son is taken into prison, she continues his work and finally pays with her life.

Maxim Gorki isn't the best Russian writer I have read, but he is certainly the most passionate writer.

Hi Anita, congrats on reaching 300 books read for the year, I don't know how you do it but I am very impressed. Sending love and hugs dear friend.

>237 FAMeulstee: that one sounds promising! But, as you say, the ending somewhat left-field. As they say, a great idea is nothing without proper execution! (actually, I don't know if they do say that, but it sounds plausible)

>236 EllaTim: I Will keep an eye on Joe 's thread!

>243 FAMeulstee: That's one for the wishlist! (Oh, so many unread books) And of course, congratulations on reaching number 300. It's really impressive.

>237 FAMeulstee: Interesting stuff. I'd read that Andre Brink had also received Dutch awards, but I guess books could have been translated?

I'll check out the list.

>244 sirfurboy: Thanks John, I don't know how I do it either, it just happens ;-)

>245 msf59: I liked the story at first, Megan, but felt very left down by the ending... There should be a saying like that!

>246 charl08: Thanks Els, now see if I can get to 450 for the year...

>247 FAMeulstee: I knew I was forgetting someone, Charlotte. Indeed the books are translated, I once read a childrens book in Afrikaans, that wasn't easy to understand.

book 301: Een halve gele zon by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
from the library, 1001 books, translated, original title Half of a Yellow Sun, 543 pages
TIOLI #9 Read a book of at least 450 pages and 4 LT stars

Nigeria got independency in 1960, the civil war was between 1967 and 1970.
The book is set in two time frames, the early 1960s, after independency, and during the civil war. We follow five characters through these times. Ugbu is only 13 when he starts as houseboy for professor Odenigbo. The professors beautiful partner Olanna, the daughter of a powerful man. Her twinsister, Kainene, who lives with the English writer, Richard. The existance of Nigeria is completely attributed to the English colonial past. There are three major etnic groups (and many smaller etnic groups), who didn't go along from the start. That cumulated in the civil war, when the South-East declared itself independent as the Republic of Biafra, and was defeated by starvation.

An impressive story, I didn't know much about the history of Nigeria. I vaguely knew about hunger in Biafra

>249 EllaTim: I would like to read this one as well. I can't remember any facts about Biafra, but I do recall the images of hungry children.

>250 FAMeulstee: So I am providing you enough recommendations lately ;-)
I mainly remember being told I should empty my plate, as children in Biafra would be so happy to be able to eat all that was on my plate...

>251 RebaRelishesReading: - My parents used that line on us, too, Anita!

>252 PawsforThought: Shows our age, Shelley ;-)

>251 RebaRelishesReading: I've heard that as well. First televised famine?

Glad you liked it Anita. I imagine her work is widely translated. I still like Purple Hibiscus best.

>251 RebaRelishesReading: My wish list is growing, but that's okay. I used to visit the library, without finding anything I wanted to read.

Hi Anita!

My parents never played the "Children are starving in ________" card, thank goodness. We had what are here called family-style dinners where the dishes of food were passed around and (after reaching a certain age, obviously), IF you took it on your plate, you were expected to finish it. If you didn't take it on your plate, you were in the clear.

>254 FAMeulstee: You are right, Charlotte, it was the first famine on TV.
I looked for Purple Hibiscus, but my library doesn't have a copy. Will look elsewhere, as I would like to read more of her books.

>255 FAMeulstee: I had the same before I found LT, Els. Ever since my TBR has been growing fast :-)

>256 charl08: Hi Karen!
We had the same, but only from age 12 and up, so before that age it was used, not very often.

>251 RebaRelishesReading: We had a version of that: eat up your food, there are starving children in Cambodia. Of course, the obvious retort was "get me an envelope, I will send it to them."

Sweet Thursday, Anita. Hope the week is going well. I have Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus on the list. I do like Adiche.

>257 FAMeulstee: Hope you manage to find it Anita. It's on a much smaller scale than her other books, but I think very powerful.

>258 Familyhistorian: My brothers dared to say things like that, I didn't dare...

>259 FAMeulstee: Thanks Mark. I hope you get to the Adichie books soon.

>260 humouress: This was my second Adichie, Charlotte, I will look for other books by her.

book 302: Water is gevaarlijk by Tonke Dragt
own, YA, Dutch (and parts translated), no translations, 200 pages

A collection of stories and poems about the dangers of water, collected by Tonke Dragt.
From legends and myths of the big flood to horror stories on ships. A wide varitety of authors, to name a few Plato, Edgar Allen Poe, Ernest Hemmingway, Tove Janson, Rosemary Sutcliff, and William Shakespeare.

I didn't like the scary stories, I liked the myths and legends best.
This was the last "to read" book by Tonke Dragt from my own shelves.

>I found Paarse hibiscus in the catalogue of the Amsterdam library. It should be available nationally.

>263 Yes I noticed, but my library asks 4,50 euro for a book that is not in our province :-(
It is only 20 cents for a book in our province.
You can go yourself to other libraries, without costs. So I will see when we are on vacation if a library near there has a copy.

Having been born in the first "baby boom" year, in our house it was "children are starving in Europe...".

I was always told (still am, occasionally) "if your grandmother could see this..." (she grew up poor).

>264 I didn't know that! That's a pity.

>265 So we all know, Reba, only referred to an other place on earth.

>266 So did my father, Paws, but that wasn't used at our place.

>267 Yes it is, Els, our library needs all the money they can get.

August 2017 stats

56 books read (11.871 pages, 382,9 pages/day)
Both the number of books and pages are new records.
Previous record for books was 51 in November 2016, previous record for pages was 11.485 pages last month.

23/24/9 own/library/Kobo+
17/39 Dutch/translated
53/3 fiction/non-fiction

5 1001 books
28 childrens/YA
16 e-books
39 TIOLI books

best books in August
Waar het licht is (All the Bright Places) by Jennifer Niven (YA)
De adelaar van het negende (The Eagle of the Ninth) by Rosemary Sutcliff (YA)
De aankomst (The Arrival) by Shaun Tan (wordless GN)
Morgen ga ik naar China by Imme Dros (picture book)

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2017 totals until August:

302 books read (73.433 pages, 302,2 pages/day)

173/117/12 own/library/Kobo+
98/201/3 Dutch/translated/English
267/35 fiction/non-fiction

22 1001 books (total 47)
148 childrens&YA
59 e-books
212 TIOLI books

total ratings
16 x
62 x
118 x
65 x
34 x
5 x
2 x

Impressive stats Anita. 4 euro seems an awful lot. I would have thought with you being such a well connected country it would t be so prohibitive! (It's only 60p here).

>270 Each library has its own policy, there are libraries where it is free.
Shortly after our library got a new building the crisis started, then they lost members and part of their buget from the city.

Finally caught up with your thread, Anita. Your reading stats are beyond impressive. You have reminded me that I want to start the DCI Banks series. I attended several events where Robinson was one of the speakers at last year's Vancouver Writer's Festival and decided that I wanted to read his books but somehow haven't picked up any yet.

>272 Thanks Meg, I think only Stasia used to read more some years back.
I really like the DCI Banks books, Peter Robinson is a very good writer. A few years back I would have had a hard time with some gruesome scenes in the books, but now I can cope better. I have again planned to read at least one DCI Banks next month.

>142 EllaTim: Have you read Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell? It has a similar theme, sadly.

>256 charl08: I have that rule, too, but for some reason it doesn't work on my youngest. I confess to resorting to the 'other children around the world are starving...' line :0)

>274 I used to own Island of the Blue Dolphins, Nina, and I think I read it long, lomg time ago. All I remember is that it was a good read.