Anita (FAMeulstee) goes where the books take her in 2019 (8)

Welcome to my eighth 2019 thread!

I am Anita Meulstee, married with Frank since 1984. We live in Lelystad, the Netherlands. We both love modern art and books.
I read (almost) everything, from childrens and YA books to more serious literature, mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy and I try not to forget to throw some non-fiction into the mix.

Two and a half weeks ago we went to museum Schokland to see the summer exposiotion. Sadly the pictures I took of the art didn't turn out wel.
So I will tell a bit more about Schokland, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Schokland used to be an island in the former Zuiderzee and had many inhabitants. In the 19th century a large part was lost to the sea in 1825. In 1859 it was decided to remove everyone from the island. When the Noordoostpolder was made dry in 1942, the island returned as part of the polder. It is still visible in the landscape, a bit higher than the surroundings and without the straight lines or the rest of the polder.

Left: Schokland seen from the air (photo by Jan Willem Schoonhoven, source Wikimedia), right: the village on Schokland, visible a bit higher than the surrounding land.
 

And I thought I took a picture with maximum zoom of a common buzzard, sitting on one of the artworks. A closer look at the picture back home revealed it was a young white-tailed eagle!

Books read since 2008: 2,121

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total books read in 2019: 356
176 own / 179 library / 1 other

total pages read in 2019: 92,316 pages

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currently reading:

books read in October 2019 (42 books, 9,221 pages, 29 own / 13 library)
book 356: Suzy en de kwallen (The thing about jellyfish) by Ali Benjamin, 237 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 153)
book 355: Amerikanah (Americanah) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 509 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 152)
book 354: De negen kamers by Peter-Paul Rauwerda, 200 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 150)
book 353: Vaders en zonen (Fathers and sons) by Ivan Toergenjev, 250 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 149)
book 352: Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen by Jelmer Mommers, 240 pages (msg 148)
book 351: *De geboorte bij de hond by C. Naaktgeboren, 164 pages, TIOLI #7 (msg 131)
book 350: Gratis geld voor iedereen (Utopia for Realists) by Rutger Bregman, 257 pages (msg 130)
book 349: *Dzjengis Khan De strijd om het bestaan - deel 2 by Anton Quintana & Jos Looman, 48 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 129)
book 348: *Dzjengis Khan De strijd om het bestaan - deel 1 by Anton Quintana & Jos Looman, 48 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 129)
book 347: *Elementaire kynologische kennis by Robert van der Molen, 400 pages (msg 128)
book 346: Het stof dat van dromen valt (The dust that falls from dreams) by Louis de Bernières, 583 pages, TIOLI #9 (msg 127)
book 345: Ziezo : de 347 kinderversjes by Annie M.G. Schmidt, 296 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 117)
book 344: Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor by Ted van Lieshout, 83 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 116)
book 343: *Sprookjes voor kind en gezin (The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm) by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, 494 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 115)
book 342: Het bestverkochte boek ooit by Sanne Blauw, 208 pages, TIOLI #7 (msg 114)
book 341: Zeb. by Gideon Samson, 91 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 97)
book 340: Siddhartha's brein (Siddhartha's brain) by James Kingsland, 356 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 96)
book 339: De stemmenimitator (The voice imitator) by Thomas Bernhard, 152 pages, TIOLI #14 (msg 95)
book 338: De kracht van het NU in de praktijk (Practicing the power of now) by Eckhart Tolle, 120 pages, TIOLI #14 (msg 94)
book 337: *Kikker is kikker (Frog is Frog) by Max Velthuijs, 30 pages, TIOLI #7 (msg 86)
book 336: Juffrouw Kachel by Toon Tellegen, 113 pages, TIOLI #7 (msg 85)
book 335: *De weglopers (The runaways) by Ruth Thomas, 229 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 84)
book 334: Haaientanden by Anna Woltz, 95 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 83)
book 333: De levenden en de doden (I Am Your Judge) by Nele Neuhaus, 472 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 82)
book 332: Winnie de Poeh compleet (The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh) by A.A. Milne, 432 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 81)
book 331: De Jiddische politiebond (The Yiddish Policemen's Union) by Michael Chabon, 419 pages, TIOLI #9 (msg 80)
book 330: *Mormels paard (Groundhog's horse) by Joyce Rockwood, 112 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 79)
book 329: *Kaloeha Dzong by Lydia Rood, 93 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 76)
book 328: Dit is de spin Sebastiaan by Annie M.G. Schmidt, 192 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 75)
book 327: De kunstrijder by Jan Terlouw, 167 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 74)
book 326: *De uitdaging en andere verhalen by Jan Terlouw, 180 pages (msg 72)
book 325: De stille elite (Uniform Justice) by Donna Leon, 224 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 56)
book 324: Boeddhisme in alle eenvoud (Buddhism plain and simple) by Steve Hagen, 174 pages, TIOLI #14 (msg 54)
book 323: *Ysa's schreeuw (Every time a rainbow dies) by Rita Williams-Garcia, 140 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 53)
book 322: *Willis : het doet er niet toe hoe by Daan Remmerts de Vries, 103 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 52)
book 321: Alles komt goed, altijd by Kathleen Vereecken, 171 pages, TIOLI #18 (msg 51)
book 320: We noemen hem Anna by Peter Pohl, 360 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 43)
book 319: Ons derde lichaam by Edward van de Vendel, 303 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 42)
book 318: Floris : de vijand te slim af (Floris 3) by Frans de Regt, 48 pages, TIOLI #6 (msg 41)
book 317: Floris en het beleg van Oldenstein (Floris 2) by Jacques Constant, 50 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 41)
book 316: Floris en het verraad van Oldenstein (Floris 1) by José Kiestra, 49 pages, TIOLI #10 (msg 41)
book 315: De binnenste cirkel (The savage shore, Nic Costa 11) by David Hewson, 329 pages, TIOLI #6 (msg 40)

* these books are to be culled

books read in September 2019 (35 books, 7,631 pages, 25 own / 10 library)
book 314: Hou van mij by Ted van Lieshout
book 313: *Het bergje spek by Harriët van Reek
book 312: Op weg naar het schavot by Kees Fens
book 311: Als je goed om je heen kijkt zie je dat alles gekleurd is by Tine van Buul
book 310: Het feest op de maan by Toon Tellegen
book 309: *Jip en Janneke by Annie M.G. Schmidt
book 308: Het Wilhelmus by Willem Wilmink
book 307: Het lange verblijf by Régine Detambel
book 306: *Teunis by Toon Tellegen
book 305: De jacht op het schaduwdier by John Flanagan
book 304: Sneeuwstorm en amandelgeur (The Scent of Almonds) by Camilla Läckberg
book 303: Inbreuk (Break In) by Dick Francis
book 302: *Het ratteplan (A rat's tale) by Tor Seidler
book 301: De stilte van de vrouwen (The Silence of the Girls) by Pat Barker
book 300: Steen op steen (Stone upon stone) by Wieslaw Mysliwski
book 299: *Zolang het nog kan (Only love) by Susan Sallis
book 298: Over de indianen van Noord-Amerika (North American Indians) by George Catlin
book 297: *Noodlanding (To the Wild Sky) by Ivan Southall
book 296: *Het geheim van Mories Besjoer by Anke de Vries
book 295: Oorlogskind (The Hidden Child) by Camilla Läckberg
book 294: De huisjongen (Houseboy) by Ferdinand Oyono
book 293: Nacht und Nebel (Nacht und Nebel = Night and fog) by Floris B. Bakels
book 292: Toen niemand iets te doen had (Far Away Across the Sea) by Toon Tellegen
book 291: Raffie en de 9 aapjes (Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys) by H.A. Rey
book 290: Mosje en Reizele by Karlijn Stoffels
book 289: Vreemd land by Rita Verschuur
book 288: Het testament van de Inca by Karl May
book 287: *Niet zo, maar zo! deel 1 by Joost Swarte
book 286: Hillbilly Blues (Hillbilly Elegy) by J.D. Vance
book 285: *Bij ons op het dorp by Rudie van Meurs
book 284: *Verzetsjongen by Hans Werner
book 283: *Och, ik elleboog me er wel doorheen by Ted van Lieshout
book 282: Boze wolf (Bad Wolf) by Nele Neuhaus
book 281: *Jubeltenen by Rita Verschuur
book 280: Witte dood (Lethal white) by Robert Galbraith

books read in August 2019 (46 books, 10,828 pages, 22 own / 24 library)
book 279: *Snippers (Journey) by Patricia MacLachlan
book 278: Driedelig paard by Ted van Lieshout
book 277: *Vandaag is het de grote dag by Willem Wilmink
book 276: De zee (The Sea) by John Banville
book 275: De koninklijke leerling (The Royal Ranger, Ranger's Apprentice 12) by John Flanagan
book 274: *Mauwtje by Rascal
book 273: De komst van de Katteturk by Alet Schouten
book 272: Dani Bennoni lang zal hij leven (Dani Bennoni: Long May He Live) by Bart Moeyaert
book 271: De baai van Kara-Bogaz by Konstantin Paustovskij
book 270: De zandkroon Hakim Traïdia
book 269: De keizer van Nihon-Ja (The Emperor of Nihon-Ja, Ranger's Apprentice 10) by John Flanagan
book 268: Lanny (Lanny) by Max Porter
book 267: De stederedders by Alet Schouten
book 266: Het verhaal van een huwelijk (The Story of a Marriage) by Geir Gulliksen
book 265: De zelfmoord van de meisjes (The Virgin Suicides) by Jeffrey Eugenides
book 264: Dat hebben we gehad (Goodbye to All That) by Robert Graves
book 263: Het verkeerde pannetje by Willem Wilmink
book 262: Vuur van Brigid en andere wintermythen by Pierre Michon
book 261: De woudloper by Karl May
book 260: Het Rosie effect (The Rosie Effect) by Graeme Simsion
book 259: De shockdoctrine (The Shock Doctrine) by Naomi Klein
book 258: Goedenavond, speelman by Willem Wilmink
book 257: Erfenis van de botten (The Legacy of the Bones) by Dolores Redondo
book 256: De reizen van Ólafur Egilsson (The Travels of Reverend Ólafur Egilsson) by Ólafur Egilsson
book 255: Hotel du Lac (Hotel du Lac) by Anita Brookner
book 254: Dromen androïden over elektrische schapen? (Do androids dream of electronic sheep?) by Philip K. Dick
book 253: Het varenwoud by Alet Schouten
book 252: Bedrieglijke zaken (Willful Behavior, Brunetti 11) by Donna Leon
book 251: De kwade knecht (Saint Peter's Fair, Cadfael 4) by Ellis Peters
book 250: Maanzaad by Lydia Rood
book 249: De oorlog van de kleine paardjes by Johan Fabricius
book 248: Wonder (Wonder) by R.J. Palacio
book 247: Tegenwoordig heet iedereen Sorry by Bart Moeyaert
book 246: De vogels (The Birds) by Tarjei Vesaas
book 245: *Jorrie en Snorrie by Annie M.G. Schmidt
book 244: Wie wind zaait by Nele Neuhaus
book 243: Pluk van de Petteflet (Tow-Truck Pluck) by Annie M.G. Schmidt
book 242: Ballade van de dood by Koos Meinderts & Harrie Jekkers
book 241: *Het reisgezelschap van de Amstel by Willem Wilmink
book 240: Karl May en zijn wereld by Karl May
book 239: Alaska by Anna Woltz
book 238: Halt in gevaar (Halt's Peril, Ranger's Apprentice 9) by John Flanagan
book 237: De koning van Clonmel (The Kings of Clonmel, Ranger's Apprentice 8) by John Flanagan
book 236: Dans van de doden (Carnival for the Dead, Nic Costa) by David Hewson
book 235: Verhaal van een leven 3 by Konstantin Paustovski
book 234: Afvalrace (Rat Race) by Dick Francis

* these books are to be culled

October 2019 reading plans I hope to finish my children's/YA books project this month

 25  1 own children's and YA books to read:
De Nederlandse kinderpoëzie in 1000 en enige gedichten - Gerrit Komrij, 1040 pages

11 library books to read:
SPQR : Een geschiedenis van het Romeinse rijk (SPQR : a history of ancient Rome) - Mary Beard, 544 pages (e-library 13/11)
Zolang er leven is (On the Bright Side) - Hendrik Groen, 375 pages (library 15/11)
Het oude land (This House Is Mine) - Dörte Hansen, 286 pages (library 15/11)
En ik was zijn held - Rindert Kromhout, 304 pages (library 15/11)
De Thibaullts : Deel 1 (Thibaults) - Roger Martin du Gard, 862 pages (library 15/11)
Ach, deze leegte, deze verschikkelijke leegte - Joachim Meyerhoff, 313 pages (library 15/11)
Aan de grond in Londen en Parijs (Down and out in Paris and London) - George Orwell, 254 pages (library 15/11)
Zeemeermin (The drowning) - Camilla Läckberg, 413 pages (e-library 18/11)
Het wezen van de olifant - Toon Tellegen, 149 pages (e-library 18/11)
De vrije val van Vestia - Hans Verbraeken, 271 pages (e-library 19/11)

1 book borrowed from my dad:
De groene stad - Redmond O'Hanlon, 160 pages

TIOLI October 2019
#1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing
- Dit is de spin Sebastiaan - Annie M.G. Schmidt, 192 pages
- Dzjengis Khan : De strijd om het bestaan - deel 1 - Anton Quintana, 48 pages
- Dzjengis Khan : De strijd om het bestaan - deel 2 - Anton Quintana, 48 pages
- Floris en het beleg van Oldenstein (Floris 2) - Jacques Constant, 50 pages
- Mormels paard (Groundhog's horse) - Joyce Rockwood, 112 pages
- Kaloeha Dzong - Lydia Rood, 93 pages
- De kunstrijder - Jan Terlouw, 167 pages
- Willis : het doet er niet toe hoe - Daan Remmerts de Vries, 103 pages
- Ziezo : de 347 kinderversjes - Annie M.G. Schmidt, 296 pages
#2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is: YA)
- De negen kamers - Peter-Paul Rauwerda, 200 pages (library)
- Haaientanden - Anna Woltz, 95 pages
- Ons derde lichaam - Edward van de Vendel, 303 pages
- De stille elite (Uniform justice) - Donna Leon, 224 pages
- Suzy en de kwallen (The thing about jellyfish) - Ali Benjamin, 237 pages (library)
- De uitdaging en andere verhalen - Jan Terlouw, 180 pages
- We noemen hem Anna - Peter Pohl, 360 pages
- Ysa's schreeuw (Every time a rainbow dies) - Rita Williams-Garcia, 140 pages
- Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor - Ted van Lieshout, 83 pages
- Zeb. - Gideon Samson, 91 pages
#3: Read a book with a word related to Halloween in the title
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#4: Read a book in translation
- Amerikanah (Americanah) - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 509 pages (library)
- De levenden en de doden (I Am Your Judge) - Nele Neuhaus, 472 pages (e-library)
- De weglopers (The runaways) - Ruth Thomas, 229 pages
- Siddhartha's brein (Siddhartha's brain) - James Kingsland, 356 pages (e-library)
- Sprookjes voor kind en gezin (The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm) - Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm, 494 pages
- Vaders en zonen (Fathers and sons) - Ivan Toergenjev, 250 pages (library)
- Winnie de Poeh : de volledige verzameling verhalen en gedichten (The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh) - A.A. Milne, 432 pages
#5: Read a book in which a major character has some relationship to a circus
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#6: Read the last (available) book of a series
- De binnenste cirkel (The savage shore, Nic Costa 11) by David Hewson, 329 pages
- Floris : de vijand te slim af (Floris 3) - Frans de Regt, 48 pages
#7: Read a book with an embedded word of 4 or more letters in the author's last name
- De geboorte bij de hond - C. Naaktgeboren, 164 pages
- Juffrouw Kachel - Toon Tellegen, 113 pages
- Kikker is kikker (Frog is Frog) - Max Velthuijs, 30 pages
- Het bestverkochte boek ooit - Sanne Blauw, 208 pages (e-library)
#8: Read a book with either an image of leaves on the cover or the word leaf/leaves in the title
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#9: Read a book for the October CFF Mystery Challenge Challenge
- De Jiddische politiebond (The Yiddish Policemen's Union) - Michael Chabon, 419 pages (e-library)
- Het stof dat van dromen valt (The dust that falls from dreams) - Louis de Bernières, 583 pages (e-library)
#10: Read a book where the author's first name and surname are consecutive and in alphabetical order
- Floris en het verraad van Oldenstein (Floris 1) - José Kiestra, 49 pages
#11: Read a book set in space
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#12: Read a historical novel or work of history in which a character or characters travel between different countries
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#13: Read a book in which someone dies
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#14: Read a book which contains an ISBN with a 10 or 13 or 19 or 44
- Boeddhisme in alle eenvoud (Buddhism plain and simple) - Steve Hagen, 174 pages (e-library)
- De kracht van het NU in de praktijk (Practicing the power of now) - Eckhart Tolle, 120 pages, (e-library)
- De stemmenimitator (The voice imitator) - Thomas Bernhard, 152 pages
#15: Read a book whose cover gives you an autumn vibe
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#16: Read a book which mentions footwear in the first sentence
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#17: Read a work of witchlit
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#18: Read a book with a multicoloured cover for the October birthstone challenge
- Alles komt goed, altijd - Kathleen Vereecken, 171 pages

Reading plans in 2019

I have a large collection of mostly awarded childrens & YA books. At the moment I am reading the books I haven't read since joining LT, mostly alphabeticly, to decide which to keep.
I start in 2019 with 583* childrens/YA books on the shelves, of those 116 are TBR.

End of January update own childrens/YA books project:
16 books read, 2 books added, 6 books culled, new total 579 books on the shelves, 102 TBR

End of February update own childrens/YA books project:
15 books read, 8 books culled, new total 571 books on the shelves, 87 TBR

End of March update own childrens/YA books project:
6 books read, 3 books culled, new total 568 books on the shelves, 81 TBR

End of April update own childrens/YA books project:
5 books read, 1 books culled, new total 567 books on the shelves, 76 TBR

End of May update own childrens/YA books project:
8 books read, 3 books culled, new total 564 books on the shelves, 68 TBR

End of June update own childrens/YA books project:
2 books read, no books culled, total 564 books on the shelves, 66 TBR

End of July update own childrens/YA books project:
9 books read, 3 books culled, total 561 books on the shelves, 57 TBR

End of August update own childrens/YA books project:
18 books read, 4 books added, 6 books culled, total 559 books on the shelves, 43 TBR

End of September update own childrens/YA books project:
22 books read, 12 books culled, total 547 books on the shelves, 21 TBR

* durig this year I found two books on the shelves, that were wrongly catalogued as culled in 2005 and two catalogued in wrong collection

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I keep trying to read more of my own books, of the 534 books I have read in 2018 365 (67%) were my own.
This year I try to read at least 50% books of my own.

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

Monthly statistics
38 books / 9,413 pages in January 2019 in numbers
42 books / 10,836 pages in February 2019 in numbers
34 books / 10,829 pages in March 2019 in numbers
35 books / 10,266 pages in April 2019 in numbers
25 books / 5,819 pages in May 2019 in numbers
30 books / 9,058 pages in June 2019 in numbers
29 books / 8,415 pages in July 2019 in numbers
46 books / 10,828 pages in August 2019 in numbers
35 books / 7,631 pages in September 2019 in numbers

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Previous threads in 2019
book 1 - 25: thread 1
book 26 - 74: thread 2
book 75 - 114: thread 3
book 115 - 172: thread 4
book 173 - 217: thread 5
book 218 - 279: thread 6
book 280 - 314: thread 7

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My readings in previous years
534 books (111,906 pages) read in 2018/1, 2018/2, 2018/3, 2018/4, 2018/5, 2018/6, 2018/7, 2018/8, 2018/9, 2018/10, 2018/11, 2018/12, 2018/13
453 books (110,248 pages) read in 2017/1, 2017/2, 2017/3, 2017/4, 2017/5, 2017/6, 2017/7, 2017/8, 2017/9, 2017/10, 2017/11, 2017/12, 2017/13
253 books   (72,474 pages) read in 2016/1, 2016/2, 2016/3, 2016/4, 2016/5, 2016/6
  29 books   (10,079 pages) read in 2015
  17 books     (3,700 pages) read in 2014
  13 books     (3,692 pages) read in ROOT 2013
  53 books   (18,779 pages) read in 2012/1, 2012/2, 2012/3
  84 books   (30,256 pages) read in 2011/1, 2011/2
121 books   (38,119 pages) read in 2010/1, 2010/2, 2010/3, 2010/4
  78 books   (21,470 pages) read in 2009/1, 2009/2
130 books   (35,151 pages) read in 2008

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Other lists
My best of lists on the WikiThing

Series I read, a list to keep track

Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr 4/12
1 Een Berlijnse kwestie; 2 Het handwerk van de beul; 3 Een Duits requiem; 4 De een van de ander; 5 Een stille vlam; 6 Als de doden niet herrijzen; 7 Grijs verleden; 8 Praag fataal; 9 De man zonder adem; 10 De vrouw van Zagreb; 11 De schaduw van de stilte; 12 Pruisisch blauw; 13 Vergeven en vergeten; 14 Metropolis

Broeder Cadfael by Ellis Peters 8/20
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 52/70

Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith 4/4
1 Koekoeksjong; 2 Zijderups; 3 Het slechte pad; 4 Witte dood

Erica Falck & Patrik Hedström by Camilla Läckberg 6/11
1 IJsprinses; 2 Predikant; 3 Steenhouwer; 4 Zusje; 4.1 Sneeuwstorm en amandelgeur; 5 Oorlogskind; 6 Zeemeermin; 7 Vuurtorenwachter; 8 Engeleneiland; 9 Leeuwentemmer; 10 Heks

Flavia de Luce by Alan Bradley 5/5

De Grijze Jager (Ranger's Apprentice) by John Flanagan 15/16
0.1 Het toernooi van Gorlan; 0.2 De slag op de Heckingse heide; 1 De ruïnes van Gorlan; 2 De brandende brug; 3 Het ijzige land; 4 De dragers van het Eikenblad; 5 De magier van Macindaw; 6 Het beleg van Macindaw; 7 Losgeld voor Erak; 8 De koning van Clonmel; 9 Halt in gevaar; 10 De keizer van Nihon-Ja; 11 De verloren verhalen; 12 De koninklijke leerling; 12.1 De jacht op het schaduwdier; 13 De clan van de Rode Vos 14 Het duel bij Araluen

Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 11/25
1 Dood van een maestro; 2 Dood in den vreemde; 3 De dood draagt rode schoenen; 4 Salto mortale; 5 Acqua alta; 6 Een stille dood; 7 Nobiltà; 8 Fatalità; 9 Vriendendienst; 10 Onrustig tij; 11 Bedrieglijke zaken; 12 De stille elite; 13 Verborgen bewijs; 14 Vertrouwelijke zaken; 15 Duister glas; 16 Kinderspel; 17 Droommeisje; 18 Gezichtsverlies; 19 Een kwestie van vertrouwen; 20 Dodelijke conclusies; 21 Beestachtige zaken; 22 Het onbekende kind; 23 Tussen de regels; 24 Ik aanbid je; 25 Eeuwige jeugd; 26 Wat niet verdwijnt; 27 Vergiffenis

Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg by Fred Vargas 9/9

John Rebus by Ian Rankin 3/18
1 Kat & muis; 2 Blindeman; 3 Hand & Tand; 4 Ontmaskering; 5 Zwartboek; 6 Vuurwerk; 7 Laat maar bloeden; 8 Gerechtigheid; 9 Door het lint; 10 Dode zielen; 11 In het duister; 12 Valstrik; 13 Lazarus; 14 Een kwestie van bloed; 15 De rechtelozen; 16 Gedenk de doden; 17 Laatste ronde; 18 Cold case;

Konrad Sejer by Karin Fossum 4/12
1 Eva's oog; 2 Kijk niet achterom; 3 Wie de wolf vreest; 4 De duivel draagt het licht; 5 De Indiase bruid; 6 Zwarte seconden; 7 De moord op Harriet Krohn; 8 Een andere voorkeur; 9 Kwade wil; 10 De waarschuwer; 11 Carmen Zita og døden (not translated); 12 Veenbrand; 13 De fluisteraar

Kurt Wallander by Henning Mankell 12/12

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

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

Oliver von Bodenstein & Pia Kirchhoff by Nele Neuhaus 7/9
1 Een onbeminde vrouw; 2 Moordvrienden; 3 Diepe wonden; 4 Sneeuwwitje moet sterven; 5 Wie wind zaait; 6 Boze wolf; 7 De levenden en de doden; 8 Het woud; 9 Moederdag

Het rad des tijds (Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan (and Brandon Sanderson) 6/15
0 Een nieuw begin; 1 Het oog van de wereld; 2 De grote jacht; 3 De herrezen draak; 4 De komst van de schaduw; 5 Vuur uit de hemel; 6 Heer van chaos; 7 Een kroon van zwaarden; 8 Het pad der dolken; 9 Hart van de Winter; 10 Viersprong van de schemer; 11 Mes van Dromen; 12 De naderende storm; 13 De Torens van Middernacht; 14 Het licht van weleer

Ruth Galloway by Elly Griffiths 4/4

Sir Baldwin by Michael Jecks 8/8

Sister Fidelma by Peter Tremayne 1/18
1 Absolutie voor moord; 2 Lijkwade voor een aartsbisschop; 3 Moord in de abdij; 4 De listige slang; 5 Het web van Araglin; 6 De vallei van het kwaad; 7 De verdwenen monnik; 8 Dood van een pelgrim; 9 Vrouwe van het duister; 10 Het klooster van de dode zielen; 11 De gekwelde abt; 12 De nacht van de das; 13 De leprozenbel; 14 Moord uit de golven; 15 Een gebed voor de verdoemden; 16 Dansen met demonen; 17 Het valse concilie; 18 De duif des doods

Books acquired in 2019: 78
(11 e-book replacements for paper books)

October 2019 (14)
Het grote Suriname magazine - Magda Augustijn
Surinaams onbehagen - Hans Ramsoedh
Het eind van de kaart - Albert Helman
Houthakken. Een afrekening - Thomas Bernhard
Op de boomgrens - Thomas Bernhard
Platero en ik - Juan Ramón Jiménez
Memoires van een man die op vossen jaagde - Siegfried Sassoon
Memoires van een infanterieofficier - Siegfried Sassoon
Verborgen bewijs (Guido Brunetti 13) - Donna Leon
De stille elite (Guido Brunetti 12) - Donna Leon
Alles komt goed, altijd - Kathleen Vereecken (Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2019)
Haaientanden - Anna Woltz (Kinderboekenweekgeschenk 2019)
Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor - Ted van Lieshout (Boekensleutel 2019)
Zeb. - Gideon Samson (Gouden Griffel 2019)

September (1)
Tot in de hemel - Richard Powers

August 2019 (4)
Ballade van de dood - Koos Meinderts & Harrie Jekkers
Floris : de vijand te slim af - Frans de Regt
Floris en het beleg van Oldenstein - Jacques Constant
Floris en het verraad van Oldenstein - José Kiestra (thanks Caroline!)

July 2019 (1)
De reizen van Ólafur Egilsson (The Travels of Reverend Olafur Egilsson) - Ólafur Egilsson

June 2019 (2)
De pruimenpluk - Dimitri Verhulst
Duitse expressionisten - Edwin Jacobs (exhibition catalogue)

May 2019 (18)
Brieven - Boris Pasternak (Russische Bibliotheek)
Werken - Daniil Charms (Russische Bibliotheek)
Kenau - Theun de Vries
De uitgestotenen - Elfriede Jellinek
Dit zijn de namen - Tommy Wieringa
I Will Never See the World Again - Ahmet Altan (gift from Charlotte)
Marx Collection: 40 Works - Nina Schallenberg
Het spel der tronen - George R.R. Martin (e-book replacement for paper book)
De strijd der koningen - George R.R. Martin (e-book replacement for paper book)
Een storm van zwaarden : Staal en sneeuw - George R.R. Martin (e-book replacement for paper book)
Een storm van zwaarden : Bloed en goud - George R.R. Martin (e-book replacement for paper book)
Een feestmaal voor kraaien - George R.R. Martin (e-book replacement for paper book)
Een dans met draken : Oude vetes, nieuwe strijd - George R.R. Martin (e-book replacement for paper book)
Een dans met draken : Zwaarden tegen draken - George R.R. Martin (e-book replacement for paper book)
Vuur en bloed - George R.R. Martin (e-book)
Top 10 : Berlijn - Jürgen Scheunemann, 192 pages
Berlijn Alexanderplatz - Alfred Döblin
Als de graankorrel niet sterft - André Gide

April 2019 (3)
Vrijheid : De vijftig Nederlandse kernkunstwerken vanaf 1968 - Hans den Hartog Jager
De heilige Rita - Tommy Wieringa
Weg met Eddy Bellegueule - Édouard Louis

March 2019 (20)
Vuur van Brigid en andere wintermythen - Pierre Michon
De blauwe jurk van Camille - Michèle Desbordes
Jas van belofte - Jan Siebelink (bookweek gift)
Mijn moeders strijd - Murat Isik (bookweek)
Vonkt - Marije Langelaar
Niemandslandnacht - Annemarie Estor
Exit geest - Philp Roth
Serotonine - Michel Houellebecq
Vriendendienst by Donna Leon (e-book)
Onrustig tij - Donna Leon (e-book)
Bedrieglijke zaken - Donna Leon (e-book)
Doem en dorst - Albert Besnard
Nog pas gisteren - Maria Dermoût
Klein t(er)reurspel - Jan Elburg
Zonder dansmeester - Jozef Eyckmans
Het innerlijk behang en andere gedichten - Hans Lodeizen
Going my way - Michiel van der Plas
Ik was getrouwd met een communist - Philip Roth
Werelden - Nes Tergast
Met het oog op morgen - Bert Voeten

February 2019 (4)
De Vaticaanmoorden - David Hewson (e-book replacement for paper book)
Het Bacchus offer - David Hewson (e-book replacement for paper book)
De Pantheon getuige - David Hewson (e-book replacement for paper book)
De engelen des doods - David Hewson (e-book replacement for paper book)

January 2019 (11)
De vrouw van Toulmond - Wim van Til
Grand Hotel Europa - Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
De vernedering - Philip Roth
Hoe Tortot zijn vissenhart verloor - Benny Lindelauf
Nieuwe maan - Sarah Crossan
Zenuwmoord - Dick Francis
Inbreuk - Dick Francis
Op hol - Dick Francis
Een stille dood (Guido Brunetti 6) - Donna Leon
Nobiltà (Guido Brunetti 7) - Donna Leon
Fatalità (Guido Brunetti 8) - Donna Leon

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Books culled in 2019: 0 (really gone) + 68 (ready to go) = 68
(11 paper books replaced by e-books)

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Happy new thread, Anita! Great toppers. Love that zoom shot! Wow!

Happy new thread! Love the eagle photo.

Happy 8th thread, Anita! Thanks for the little history lesson on Schokland. Fascinating! Wow, great shot of the eagle.

Happy new thread, Anita!

An eagle instead of a buzzard. Fantastic.

>11 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley!
I took several pictures, only on this one the eagle was visible.

>12 PawsforThought: Thank you, Paws!
It was a very lucky shot :-)

>13 Carmenere: Thank you, Lynda!
I like to tell about my province and the new land, does it show? ;-)

>14 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen!
The funny thing was that when I took the photo, I did think it was a bit large for a buzzard. Even with glasses my sight at objects in the far distance is not very good.

Happy new thread!

Wonderful aerial photo

Happy new thread, Anita! Nice photos up top.

Happy New Thread, Anita!

What an interesting history for Schokland. It's like the lost city of Atlantis re-emerging, on a more modest scale.

>16 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita!
It gives a good look of the island in the midst of the new land.

>17 harrygbutler: Thank you, Harry!
I kept the pictures for this thread.

>18 jnwelch: Thank you, Joe!
I remember I was very impressed when I visited Schokland for the first time, when I was 6 years old.
I like your line of thinking, now I am wondering if our engeneers woul be able to create a polder in the Atlantic ;-)

Happy new thread!

I imagine that global warming is strongly felt in the lowlands where the consequences are very familiar.

Happy new thread. Beautiful eagle picture - what a find!

Hi Anita my dear, happy new thread and great thread toppers.

>20 quondame: Thank you, Susan!
Most of my fellow countrymen still think climate change is just an other hoax :'(
But when needed the dikes can be raised. Besides the usual maintenance, there are more dikes raised and enlarged these days.

>21 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte.
I am still laughing at myself that I only recognised the eagle when I was back home.

>22 johnsimpson: Thank you, John.
It is always fun to sort out possible thread toppers.

>23 FAMeulstee: I am really stunned. I thought the denials were part of the typically American pattern blindness. And I assume that dykes built for 10-30ft would have to be entirely re-engineered for 40-80ft. since water is so heavy.

>24 quondame: Sadly deniers are everywhere... Some humans prefer to deny/ignore what they don't like, instead of facing the problem.
The dikes don't have to be re-engeneerd completely, but of course need to have a broader base. When the dikes along the rivers needed to be enlarged, there was a lot of protest, as many lost land and houses to the project.

>25 FAMeulstee: I do understand not wanting to lose ones home, but fighting against saving homes for many people just because one will lose it is sad. Locally we have had decades of fights over freeway planning, with everyone wanting more capacity and no one willing to lose property value. I live at 152' above sea level on what would be a very small island if all the ice melted with no services or stores. I haven't convinced my husband we need a pier over the 40' drop on our property, and a boat, just in case.

Happy new thread Anita. Love your pictures of Schokland. And what luck that photo of the young eagle. Estimating sizes when you have nothing to compare with is notoriously difficult.

On the water issue: we visited the Hondsbossche zeewering recently. It is a sea dike, at a place where dunes were lacking. The dike had to be reinforced. The engineers have chosen to not make the dike itself any larger but to lay rows of dunes before it, at the sea side of the dike. The result is a big success, there still is a small part of the dike visible, but before it is a new, very natural looking dune and beach landscape.

Happy new thread, Anita.
Beautiful pictures!
With the bird it's like in life, some things only open up at second glance.

>26 quondame: Community spirit is lost into extreme individualism, although there are some signs it is returning.
Most of our country is below sealevel, we live approximately 4 meters below. I used to have a canoe, just in case. It was a hassle, so I gave it away.

>27 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
I still remember my first visit to Schokland, we were on holiday in Meppel and I was 5 or 6 years old. I have been facinated by the polders ever since.
Indeed estimating size far away is very difficult. And at least 9 out of 10 brown birds of prey are buzzards.
I have read about the dunes in front of the Hondsbossche zeewering, someone was really thinking out of the box in that project.

>28 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas.
Sometimes things do open up at second glance, or even later.
I had two other pictures, where it is still hard to determine what kind of bird it was.

Happy Wednesday, Anita! Happy New Thread! I hope you are having a good week.

>29 FAMeulstee: I just love this kind of out of the box thinking. Nature and technique combined. Read more about this project here:
https://www.ecoshape.org/nl/projecten/hondsbossche-en-pettemer-zeewering/

Happy new thread, Anita, and congratulations on reading 300 books! Congratulations also to Frank for his excellent weight loss!

>30 msf59: Thank you, Mark!
Did you notice the whithe-tailed eagle at the top?

>31 EllaTim: Thanks for the link, Ella.

>32 kidzdoc: Thank you, Darryl, and also from Frank.

White-tailed eagle! So cool.

Happy new thread, Anita, and a hearty boo hiss to y'all's very own climate deniers.

Happy newish thread, Anita! Good luck finishing your children's/YA book project in October.

>34 richardderus: Yes, very cool, Richard.
There is a pair of whithe-tailed eagles in the Oostvaardersplassen, I have seen one of the adults a few times before. Mighty birds.
Thank you, there are still way to many of those :-(

>35 Familyhistorian: Thank you, Meg.
I am well on my way (4 of 19 read).
But also adding 4 books this week, as it is Childrensbookweek. If you buy childrens books this week, you get a book (the Childrensbookweekgift) for free. So I bought 3 books that got an award this year and got the free book :-).

Speaking of eagles, thre was a very up-lifting article about golden eagles in our local paper earlier this week. The regional ornithological society had counted 35 nesting couples who had chicks and a whole 42 new eaglets born this year. That is a record, and such great news.

>37 PawsforThought: Thank you for sharing, Paws, that is indeed good news!
The white-tailed eagle returned to our country in 2006, there are 5 nesting couples now.

>38 FAMeulstee: Oh, that's a good return in such a short space of time.

The golden eagle was nearly extinct here 100 years ago, only 20 eagles left in the country. It was made a protected species and after ten years there were 100. Today there are around 700.

book 315: De binnenste cirkel by David Hewson
own, e-book, translated, original title The savage shore, 329 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: Read the last (available) book of a series

Nic Costa book 11.
Nic Costa, his partner Gianni Peroni and their chief Leo Falcone are in Calabria. Someone inside the ‘Ndrangheta (the Calabrian maffia) is supposed to be willing to talk. Nic goes undercover to ease the process.

Dutch title translated: The inner circle

  

book 316: Floris en het verraad van Oldenstein (Floris 1) by José Kiestra
own, Dutch, YA, no translations, 49 pages
#10: Read a book where the author's first name and surname are consecutive and in alphabetical order


book 317: Floris en het beleg van Oldenstein (Floris 2) by Jacques Constant
own, Dutch, YA, no translations, 50 pages
#1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing


book 318: Floris : de vijand te slim af (Floris 3) by Frans de Regt
own, Dutch, YA, no translations, 48 pages
#6: Read the last (available) book of a series


Three books after the TV-series with Rutger Hauer as Floris, published between 1969 and 1971.
The first two books contain a new story, the third is a retelling of two episodes of the TV-series. Written by tree different writers, the second book was best written.
The books have color(!) photo's, the series on TV was in black and white.

Ultimate nostalgia :-)

book 319: Ons derde lichaam by Edward van de Vendel
own, Dutch, YA, awarded, Gouden Zoen 2007, no English translation, 303 pages
#2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

Second book in the Tycho and Oliver series.
After their summer together, Tycho has moved to Rotterdam for his study and Oliver is in Norway.
Tycho thinks a lot about Oliver, he is still in love, but he doesn't dare to contact him, afraid for a rejection. He ends up at the European songfestival, with a roommate who is a great singer, but has demons of her own.

title translated: Our third body

book 320: We noemen hem Anna by Peter Pohl
own, translated from Swedish, YA, awarded, Vlag en Wimpel 1994, no English translation, 360 pages
#2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

Sweden 1958. Micke is sportleader at the summercamp. Anders comes a week after the other boys have arrived. The others have already settled, given eachother nicknames and Anders is named Anna. He is serverely bullied, even mistreated, but the camp-leaders refuse to do anything. The summercamp is already in trouble, and sending one of the boys home would minimize the chances for a camp next year. So the bullies can go on, and only Micke tries to support Anders.
Back at school, where Micke is in his last year, Anders stays in trouble. His nickname is now used at school, and the bullies go on with what they do best. When Micke tries to make a case for Anders, the school director refuses to believe there is something going on. It is all Anders fault, Anders dramatizes, Anders makes things up, Anders wants attention...
When Anders is found after a dramatic day, Micke feels terrible guilty...

This is one of the most poignant and heartbreaking stories I have ever read. This was a re-read, I read it somewhere in the 1990s, but still it touched me deeply, tears were flowing at the end.

It is a confrontational statement against bullying and harassment and the irreversable effects.

title translated: We call him Anna

>43 FAMeulstee: Hi Anita, glad for your five star read. But sorry for the subject. You are right, bullying can be devastating and really awful.

Dropping off a hug! ((((Anita))))

>44 EllaTim: It is a though subject, Ella, recognisable and well worth the read.

>45 ronincats: Thank you, Roni, hugs are always appriciated!

Hi Anita! How have you been? I'm catching up on threads FINALLY. My reading has slowed down a lot, too.

Happy new thread, Anita.

Hi Anita, wishing you a good week! Wet wet wet here: the garden is a swamp.

>47 The_Hibernator: Hi Rachel, good to see you around!
My reading is still fast and steady, lucky me :-)

>48 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.

>49 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte.
Over here also a lot of rain. A large part of the land still needs the rain, to compensate for the draught from last year. Today was dry, so I could work a bit in the garden.

book 321: Alles komt goed, altijd by Kathleen Vereecken
own, Dutch, YA, awarded, Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2019, no translations, 171 pages
TIOLI Challenge #18: Read a book with a multicoloured cover for the October birthstone challenge

Belgium, Alice lives in Ieperen, with two brothers and two sisters. Her mother always used to say "Everything will be allright, always", but that was before the War and the Germans came to Ieperen.
A good story of a girl growing up just before and during WWI.

title translated: Everything will be allright, always

book 322: Willis : het doet er niet toe hoe by Daan Remmerts de Vries
own, Dutch, YA, awarded, Vlag en Wimpel 2000, no translations, 103 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

One day when Willes walks home from school, he meets an angel stuck in a tree. Willis helps him out and starts to wonder how it would feel if he could fly. He starts building a rocket, or is it an airplane? Slowly we find out why Willis wants to fly away.

title translated: Willis : it doesn't matter how

book 323: Ysa's schreeuw by Rita Williams-Garcia
own, translated, YA, awarded, Zilveren Zoen 2003, original title Every time a rainbow dies, 140 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

Thulani's favorite spot is on the roof with his pigeons. After his brother married and his sister in law tries to boss him around, he spends more and more time up there. One day when he is feeding the pigeons, he hears a girl screaming in the alley below. When he looks down he sees the girl is raped by two boys. He runs down the stairs to help her, when he arrives in the alley the two boys are gone and the girl refuses any help from him. He is intrigued by her, and tries to befriend her.

Dutch title translated: Ysa's scream

book 324: Boeddhisme in alle eenvoud by Steve Hagen
library, e-book, non-fiction, translated, original title Buddhism plain and simple, 174 pages
TIOLI Challenge #14: Read a book which contains an ISBN with a 10 or 13 or 19 or 44

This very readable introduction to Buddhism tries to explain the basics of the eightfold path to enlightning.
His explanation that Buddhism is in essence a way of seeing the world and following your moral compass rung true to me. The last chapters were a bit harder to grasp, my mind is still trying to understand. But the harder you try the further you drift away...

I have put this book on my wishlist, I sure want to read it again. And it inspired me to get two more books from the e-library related to Buddhism: Practicing the power of now by Eckhart Tolle and Siddhartha's brain by James Kingsland.

>51 FAMeulstee: Oh, it's too bad that the book isn't translated. It sounds like a story I would enjoy.

>52 FAMeulstee:, >53 FAMeulstee: A little on the sad-sad side for me to want to read just now. The world is making me feel my deep unhappiness with a vengeance. Lawbreaking presidents are deeply stressful to me now, as they were in 1972, 1982, 1994, 2003....

book 325: De stille elite by Donna Leon
own, translated, original title Uniform Justice, 224 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (shared read)

Commisario Brunetti book 12.
Police in Venice. A boy seems to have committed suicide at a private militairy school. Brunetti thinks it might be murder, but has a hard time finding out more.

Dutch title translated: The silent elite

>54 FAMeulstee: "Like!" I'm glad Buddhism Plain and Simple worked well for you, Anita. It rang true for me, too. Can't wait to hear what you think of the two others you picked up, neither of which I know.

>55 richardderus: The WWI book was published last year, Richard, and won a major YA award recently, so there is hope it might be translated soon.

These are hard and unsettling times, sadly not only on your side of the Atlantic. Books sometimes give a short escape from the real world... Hoping for better times ahead.

Hi there!! How do you read so much AND keep up on your reviews? I am jealous and inspired at the same time. : )

>57 jnwelch: Thank you for the recommendation, Joe. I was looking for something like this for a while. I have read a few other books about Buddha and Buddhism, this one was the most straighforward explanation I have read so far.

>59 Berly: And I feel like I am always running behind on my reviews, Kim, as I still have three reviews to do :-D
(the key to all this is: I can spend a lot of time to reading AND reviewing)

>61 FAMeulstee: Time!! That's what I am missing. LOL. I am still in awe.

>60 FAMeulstee: Good!

>62 Berly: Thank you Kim. Many could use a bit more (reading) time, I am just lucky.

>63 jnwelch: Yes, Joe, it was good. I recommend you to recommend it to others who are interested in Buddhism.

>62 Berly: I'm also very much in awe, Anita.

Thought I would try and become you for a weekend as I am planning a reading marathon to read a good number of books this weekend.

Have a lovely weekend. x

A belated happy new thread, Anita! And I agree, it's amazing to read so much and keep up with the reviews.

Happy Saturday, Anita. We had a sudden weather shift yesterday, dropping 20 degrees. Back to long pants and jackets. Ugh.

Enjoy your weekend.

Hi Anita!

I just bought Buddhism Plain and Simple because of Joe's recommendation and your comments. It should arrive end-of-October, just in time for me to be settled back into retirement and ready to give it serious consideration.

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Wishing you a nice Sunday, Anita. And don't you feel we could do with some sun?

>65 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul, I hope your weekend is going as planned.
My numbers will drop a bit in the next months, as my children's/YA book project is almost done, only 9 left to read. I have planned some longer and more demanding reads after finishing.

>66 banjo123: Thaank you, Rhonda!
On the table in front of me there is almost always a small pile read and not reviewed yet. I write short reviews of them all, to be able to find them back later. Sometimes my head is full and I can't remember what a certain book was about.

>67 msf59: Thank you, Mark, I hope you enjoy your weekend.
Over here autumn has kicked in, although tomorrow we will have one warmer day. I love the lower temperatures and don't mind the rain.

>68 karenmarie: Thank you, Karen, enjoy your first weekend in re-retirement :-)
I hope Buddhism Plain and Simple works for you. I am looking for a paper copy for my own, as I already want to read some parts again, but the e-book I had from the library has expired.

>69 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
Oh no, I am LOVING the present temperatures! I don't mind the clouds and rain. Maybe we could send some sun to your place and keep it cool and cloudy over here ;-)

>71 EllaTim: If that could be managed, yes please. The leaves of the linden trees in my street are changing colour, beautiful. But with a bit more sun the whole street will light up. :-)

book 326: De uitdaging en andere verhalen by Jan Terlouw
own, Dutch, YA, no translations, 180 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (shared read)

Short stories, some enjoyable, some less. About people, choices, nature, and other. Sometimes funny.

title translated: The challenge and other stories

>71 EllaTim: With rain everything shines too, I love to look at the shiny, wet stones of my rockgarden.
Whishing you some sunshine!

book 327: De kunstrijder by Jan Terlouw
own, Dutch, YA, awarded, Kinderjury 1990, no translations, 180 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

Patrick can't use his legs, his friend Tom is deaf. One evening they see a girl break into a museum. It looks like she din't take anything, but brought a painting into the place. Trying to find the girl they stumble upon a complicated mystery.

title translated: The art rider

book 328: Dit is de spin Sebastiaan by Annie M.G. Schmidt
own, Dutch, children's, no translations, 192 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

Poems and short stories for children.

title translated: This is the spider Sebastian

book 329: Kaloeha Dzong by Lydia Rood
own, Dutch, children's/YA, kinderboekenweekgeschenk 2007, no translations, 93 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

Corijn has it very hard at home, his escape is in a virtual reality game on his computer. There he can be what he wants to be: a hero!

title translated: Kahula Dzong

>70 FAMeulstee: A bit less.rain and this time of year would be perfect for me too!

Hope you find the copy of Buddhism plain and simple you are looking to buy.

>77 charl08: It is off and on, Charlotte, but most days we could walk without rain.
I will find it. I can buy a new copy, but it always fun to find a book you want secondhand, or somewhere where you don't expect it.

book 330: Mormels paard by Joyce Rockwood
own, translated, children's/YA, original title Groundhog's horse, 112 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

Cherokee boy Groundhog has a special bond with his horse Midnight. When Midnight is stolen by other indians, and the adults won't help him to get his horse back, Groundhog decides to go and get Midnight back on his own.

book 331: De Jiddische politiebond by Michael Chabon
library, e-book, translated, original title The Yiddish Policemen's Union, 419 pages
TIOLI Challenge #9: Read a book for the October CFF Mystery Challenge Challenge (with name Michael)

Set in an alternative reality, where the Jews didn't settle in Israel, but in Alaska. Police detective Meyer Landsman investiagates a murder together with his half-indian parner Berko. The victim was a brilliant chess-player and once considered to be the savior of his people.

Chabon can be very funny, altough I had the feeling I missed some of it in this book. A good read, but I liked Kavalier & Clay better

book 332: Winnie de Poeh : de volledige verzameling verhalen en gedichten by A.A. Milne
own, childrens, translated, original title The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh, 432 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book in translation

All adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and their friends together with the poems A.A. Milne wrote for children.
Winnie the Pooh is my favorite bear, so charming and always ready to help. The illustrations by E.H. Shepard are as classic as the story. I had a good time revisiting him and all others.

book 333: De levenden en de doden by Nele Neuhaus
library, e-book, English translation I Am Your Judge, 472 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book in translation

Seventh book about the German police officers Oliver von Bodenstein and Pia Kirchhoff.
An old lady is shot, while walking her dog. Pia Kirchhoff is off, going an vacation in two days, but as Oliver von Bodenstein could not be reached, the call comes to her. She decides to step in for the day. The next day another woman is shot in her own kitchen, whith her granddaughter standing next to her. The killer is obvious the same, but there is no connection found between the two victims. Pia decides to cancel her vacation to go after the murderer, who keeps shooting people seemingly at random.

Dutch title translated: The living and the dead

book 334: Haaientanden by Anna Woltz
own, Dutch, YA, kinderboekenweekgeschenk 2019, no translations, 95 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

Eleven year old Atlanta wants to ride around the IJsselmeer in 24 hours. She is just on her way when a boy on his bike in front of her suddenly slows down and she rides into him. They decide to go on together, although at first Atlanta thinks Finley is annoying, she start to like him on the way.

title translated: Sharkteeth

book 335: De weglopers by Ruth Thomas
own, translated, YA, awarded, Vlag en Wimpel 1990, original title The runaways, 229 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book in translation

Julia and Nathan are in the same class. They are both not much liked, but dislike eachother even more. One day they are both in trouble and accidently meet in an abandoned house. There they find a large sum of money and they decide to keep it. When they start spending the money, questions are raised at school. Feeling trapped they run away together.

book 336: Juffrouw Kachel by Toon Tellegen
own, Dutch, YA, awarded, Woutertje Pieterse prijs & Zilveren Penseel 1992, no translations, 113 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an embedded word of 4 or more letters in the author's last name

Miss Kachel was the meanest teacher ever. She smashed and punched the children in her classroom. This diary describes it all, and what revenge will be taken when the writer is finally grown big enough to deal with her.

book 337: Kikker is kikker by Max Velthuijs
own, Dutch, YA, awarded, Gouden Penseel 1997, English translation Frog is Frog, 30 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an embedded word of 4 or more letters in the author's last name

Frog feels insecure, comparing himself to others. They all can do thing he isn't able to do, like flying or baking delicious cake. But his friends tell Frog he is great at being Frog.

>86 FAMeulstee: I rather like frog, and I think he is great at being frog. Nice:-)

I should try Nele Neuhaus, I think. Always room for an interesting detective.

>87 EllaTim: Max Velthuijs created lovely characters with Frog and his friends, Ella.
Best start with the first book Een onbeminde vrouw.

I also recommend the Adamsberg books by Fred Vargas, starting with De man van de blauwe cirkels.

Today 5 books arrived, and I realised I didn't mention the 6 books I acquired earlier this month.

October 3rd, Kinderboekenweek (Childrens book week):
Alles komt goed, altijd - Kathleen Vereecken (awarded Woutertje Pieterse prijs 2019)
Haaientanden - Anna Woltz (Childrens book week gift book 2019)
Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor - Ted van Lieshout (awarded Boekensleutel 2019)
Zeb. - Gideon Samson (awarded Gouden Griffel 2019)

October 4th, two Guido Brunetti books for the group read in October and December:
De stille elite (Uniform Justice, Guido Brunetti 12) - Donna Leon
Verborgen bewijs (Doctored Evidence, Guido Brunetti 13) - Donna Leon

Today (October 18th):
Houthakken. Een afrekening (Woodcutters) - Thomas Bernhard
Op de boomgrens - Thomas Bernhard
Platero en ik (Platero and I) - Juan Ramón Jiménez
Memoires van een man die op vossen jaagde (Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man) - Siegfried Sassoon
Memoires van een infanterieofficier (Memoirs of an Infantry Officer) - Siegfried Sassoon

>89 FAMeulstee: Sounds like a good haul, Anita! I just heard about a book fair in Liverpool, and it's probably a good job I'm not there right now!

>90 charl08: Thanks, Charlotte, I am happy about my book purchases this month.
Avoiding might work, but the books you need will find you some other day ;-)

>89 FAMeulstee: Goodly hauls, Anita, and the Sassoons are on my own wishlist as well. I've read Platero and I. though it's been ages, because I lived in Austin when the University of Texas Press brought out a translation in the early 1980s. Good memory of a sweet, slow story.

>92 richardderus: Thanks, Richard, all books from todays haul are from a small publisher I recently ran into. Mostly publishing first Dutch translations of world classics. Frank is a fan of Thomas Bernhard, and after reading my first Thomas Bernhard this week, I am a fan too.
I don't know yet when I get to these books. Soon I hope.

book 338: De kracht van het NU in de praktijk by Eckhart Tolle
library, e-book, non-fiction, translated, original title Practicing the power of now, 120 pages
TIOLI Challenge #14: Read a book which contains an ISBN with a 10 or 13 or 19 or 44

Practical tips for mindfull living. I liked the first part, learned I might be living more in the NOW than I previously thought. I got a bit lost after that. Didn't like how he cited the Bible here and there.
I migh re-read it someday, maybe I can get more from this book. I don't feel the need to own this one.

book 339: De stemmenimitator by Thomas Bernard
own, translated from German, English translation The voice imitator, 152 pages
TIOLI Challenge #14: Read a book which contains an ISBN with a 10 or 13 or 19 or 44

This is a briliant collection of very short stories, only one or one and a half page in length, by the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard (1931-1989).
The tragic fate of the misunderstood, thinking human, especially in Austria, leads in many stories to premature death or mental hospital. With black and sometimes dry humor some can keep up in life. Written in long sentences, that often need re-reading to fully gasp what is written.

book 340: Siddhartha's brein by James Kingsland
library, e-book, non-fiction, translated, original title Siddhartha's brain, 356 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book in translation

The writer combines the story of Siddharta Gautama's life with recent scientific findings about the brain and how meditation and mindfullness alters the brain. How these techniques are used to help people with psychiatric problems. And how our brain is prone to psychiatric problems, due to our evolutionairy changes.
Fascinating, especial the scientific findings!

book 341: Zeb. by Gideon Samson
own, Dutch, YA, awarded, Gouden Griffel & Zilveren Penseel 2019, no translations, 91 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

Eleven absurd and funny short stories about children from one class. In the first story a new pupil is introduced, very good at math, it is a bit odd she is a zebra... In every story there is a little, or larger, twist.
The illustrations are in black, white and orange, with sometimes hidden references to the stories.

>97 FAMeulstee: Gorgeous cover, Anita!

>95 FAMeulstee: Sounds challenging - I'm reading a rather gentle crime novel set in (I think) late Victorian period (maybe 1870s?). Maybe time for me to mix it up a bit and pick up something more challenging than crime!

Popping in to say Hi! I've read two of your last 10 reads, so I am feeling pretty proud. Winnie the Pooh and Chabon. Enjoy your weekend. : )

>98 charl08: Yes, I liked it at first sight, Charlotte, the illustrator was also awarded.
There is a time for crime novels, and there is a time for other books :-)
Overall the The voice imitator wasn't hard to read. The stories are very short, so can't go very deep. Usually I am no fan of short stories, but these were really good.

>99 Berly: Thank you, Kim, and Hi!
Those two are both well wordth reading. My mother did read Winnie the Pooh (and many others) to me when was very young and could not read myself yet.

Hi Anita!

>89 FAMeulstee: I recently downloaded The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon to my Kindle and now intend to read them, one or more per day, til finished.

>96 FAMeulstee: I just downloaded Siddhartha's Brain – I got it for $.99. Thank you for the BB.

Hi, Anita. Love the review of Siddhartha's Brain! I'm glad it turned out to be a good one for you. I've added it to my WL.

>101 karenmarie: These are the only two books by Sassoon available in Dutch translation, Karen. I first learned about him in Pat Barkers Regeneration trilogy. I have been reading a lot about WWI in the last year, mainly because we learn next to nothing about that war, as our country wasn't involved. I might try his poems in English one day.
Good for you, that is a bargain at $.99!

>102 jnwelch: Thank you, Joe. Is Why Buddhism is true a bit alike?

I somehow missed the transition to this thread, so belated happy new thread!

Zeb. sounds like another book I wish they'd translate...she's a what?!

Happy weekend reads! I'm currently in love with Flames, a Tasmanian magical-realist work the Guardian's Not-the-Booker list introduced me to. If it exists in Dutch translation I'll be delighted and amazed.

>103 FAMeulstee:. Sounds like Why Buddhism is True is similar, Anita. I loved it. You probably wouldn’t have a problem now (as some have) with it being too advanced.

>104 foggidawn: Thank you, Foggi, beter late than never!

>105 richardderus: It won the Golden Pencil, a major award, this year, Richard, so the chances to be translated went up.
No reason for delight or amazement yet ;-)
I hope a Dutch publisher and/or translator picks up Flames soon.

>106 jnwelch: No Dutch translation of Why Buddhism is True yet, Joe. Maybe publishers also think they are similair, so no need to translate both.

>97 FAMeulstee: Your description made me giggle. Sounds like fun, and nice cover. I bet a translator would like to work on it, but publishers have to decide they want it, so how do they do that?

Happy Sunday, Anita. I also highly recommend Why Buddhism is True. I am also really enjoying 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World. Have you read her before?

>108 EllaTim: I read an article about the author of Flights recently, that discusses the translators working on her books for free, to try and get an English publisher interested in the work. Crazy!

>108 EllaTim: It was a fun read, Ella.

Sometimes publisers ask translators to translate a book, after they have bought the rights of it. The Frankfürter Bookfair is just over, these are the places many rights are sold.
For less populair, but in some ways important books there are grants for translators from the Dutch Letterenfonds. For translations from French the French Ministery of Foreign Affairs gives grants through their Sous-direction du Livre et de l'Écrit, Germany has a similair program, and I vaguely remember to have also seen Irish grants for Dutch translations of major Irish works.

>109 msf59: Thank you, Mark. I haven't read anything by Elif Shafak yet, but I have some of her books on my library wishlist. Since I am almost done with reading my own children's/YA books (only 4 to go!) I will have more time for library books in the last two months of this year. But first on the list is Fathers and Sons ;-)

>110 charl08: That is insane, Charlotte, so the translators only get payed when the books are published??!!??
I am afraid this way the publishers can get those translations for wages way below minimum pay :'(

>110 charl08: Crazy, they must have loved her work.

>111 FAMeulstee: Interesting, that Frankfürter bookfair must be quite the place!

>112 EllaTim: There are two large bookfairs in Germany, Ella, the other is in Leipzig.

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I just finished The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, only 3 childrens/YA books from my own collection left to read!

book 342: Het bestverkochte boek ooit by Sanne Blauw
library, e-book, non-fiction, Dutch, no translations, 208 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an embedded word of 4 or more letters in the author's last name

History, use and mis-use of statistics.

book 343: Sprookjes voor kind en gezin by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
own, YA, translated from German, English translation The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 494 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book in translation

This book contains the 200 fairytales and 10 childrens legends collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
Kings and queens, princes and princesses, brothers and sisters, dragons, witches, craftsmen, farmers, poor people all found their way into fairytales. The best known of this collection are Cinderella, Rapunzel and Little Red Ridding Hood.
I felt a bit unpleasant about the way Jews always were bad people in the fairytales. I was surprised to find the original stories of The satanic mill and Huon en de ganzenjonkvrouw, as I didn't know they came from fairytales.

After reading the fairytales of H.C. Andersen in 2017, The Tales of Mother Goose by Perrault and this collection in 2019, I think I have read enough fairytales for the rest of my life ;-)

book 344: Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor by Ted van Lieshout
own, YA, Dutch, awarded, Boekensleutel 2019, no translations, 83 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

The writer has a writersblock, due to heartbreak. He managed to write only one poem for this book. Then the (black) letters take over, they place a contact add. They get response from the (red) letters of an other writer. Soon disagreement rises and black and red letters are all over the pages.

This book is a feast for the eye, the two colors of letters are used to show how disagreement and conflict can lead to war. I am impressed.

book 345: Ziezo : de 347 kinderversjes by Annie M.G. Schmidt
own, childrens, Dutch, no translations, 296 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

The collected rhymes and verses for children by Annie M.G. Schmidt.
She originally wrote these rhymes and verses on the childrens page of a paper. In the 1950s and 1960s a part of them was published each year in 11 books. In this collection the songs of a Dutch TV-series (Ja zuster, nee zuster) were added. She had a lovely way with words.

Almost there reading through my own collection of childrens and YA books.
The last book to finish is: De Nederlandse kinderpoëzie in 1000 en enige gedichten, a collection of 1000 Dutch poems for/about children collected by Gerrit Komrij. I started reading at the start of this year and I am now about halfway of the 1040 pages. Not sure if I can manage to finish it this month, before the end of the year must be doable.

Hi Anita!

>103 FAMeulstee: I’m about 1/3 of the way through Siegfried Sassoon’s War Poems. They are brilliant and devastating. I’ve read a lot about WWI over the years. Good for you to try to find out about a war your country wasn’t involved in.

You will definitely attain 5 x 75 this year pretty soon. Wow.

>119 karenmarie: There were a lot of Belgian refugees during WWI, Karen. After the bombing of Antwerp many fled to the north. Fun fact: the largest monument in our country was a "thanks" because of taking the refugees, here a link to the Dutch wikipedia page: Belgenmonument Amersfoort

Yes, I am nearly there, maybe I can even reach 6 x 75, like I did in 2017. I won't beat last years 534, that will probably stay the highest number for ever.

>118 FAMeulstee: Wow! 1,040pp of poetry! That takes *determination* and some serious love of suffering.

>121 richardderus: LOL, it isn't that bad, Richard ;-)
I think I already have read over 1,000 pages of poetry this year, maybe even more. Most of them were modern collections aimed on children. It is late, bedtime, but I'll look for exact numbers tomorrow.
BTW: The first half of the book mentioned in >118 FAMeulstee: was 18th and 19th century, it should become easier to read now.

ETA: Read this year ± 1400 pages of poetry + 500 pages of the current book.

Library haul today:

Amerikanah (Americanah) - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 509 pages
Suzy en de kwallen (The thing about jellyfish) - Ali Benjamin, 237 pages
Zolang er leven is (On the Bright Side) - Hendrik Groen, 375 pages
Het oude land (This House Is Mine) - Dörte Hansen, 286 pages
En ik was zijn held - Rindert Kromhout, 304 pages
De Thibaullts : Deel 1 (Thibaults) - Roger Martin du Gard, 862 pages
Ach, deze leegte, deze verschikkelijke leegte - Joachim Meyerhoff, 313 pages
Aan de grond in Londen en Parijs (Down and out in Paris and London) - George Orwell, 254 pages
De negen kamers - Peter-Paul Rauwerda, 200 pages
Vaders en zonen (Fathers and sons) - Ivan Turgenev, 250 pages

These photos (at the top, #1) are really great.

Somehow I missed the next thread. Oh well, a month late ~ that's been typical for me lately!
It was lovely to "see" you on the Pumpkin Hunt page!

>122 FAMeulstee: LOL, it isn't that bad, Richard ;-)

...if you say so...

>123 FAMeulstee: Nice haul! That should get you through Sunday afternoon.

>124 SandyAMcPherson: Thank you, Sandy, better late than never.
The pumpkin hunt was fun, I stayed up way too late to find all the answers.

>125 richardderus: We cast you as Ron and me as Hermione?
1,900 pages of poetry is only 2% of my reading this year, really, I say so!

Yes, it should take me at least until Sunday (next week that is). And I walked home with all those in my backpack!

book 346: Het stof dat van dromen valt by Louis de Bernières
library, e-book, translated, original title The dust that falls from dreams, 583 pages
TIOLI Challenge #9: Read a book for the October CFF Mystery Challenge Challenge

Following the four daughters of English/Scottish McCosh family and the boys living next door to them before, during and after World War I. At times longwinded, I didn't connect to the main character the eldest McCosh daughter.

book 347: Elementaire kynologische kennis by Robert van der Molen
own, Dutch, non-fiction, dogs, no translations, 400 pages

Textbook for my "Cynologic Knowledge 1" exam in 1997. To be an accredited breeder in my country you have to pass this exam, so before we started breeding I did the course and passed the exam. I did read it again now, because I needed some space at the shelf. Some information is outdated, but I remembered almost all from learning from it the first time.

title translated: Elementairy cynologic knowledge

 

book 348: Dzjengis Khan De strijd om het bestaan - deel 1 by Anton Quintana & Jos Looman
own, Dutch, GN, no translations, 48 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

book 349: Dzjengis Khan De strijd om het bestaan - deel 2 by Anton Quintana & Jos Looman
own, Dutch, GN, no translations, 48 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book whose cover pictures at least one person in a position other than standing

The life of Dzjengis Khan from birth to conqueror of the world.

title translated: The struggle for life

both

book 350: Gratis geld voor iedereen by Rutger Bregman
library, e-book, Dutch, non-fiction, English translation Utopia for Realists, 257 pages

Found on the first 2017 thread of Caroline_McElwee
How to end poverty and make people happier: life on this planet would be much better with a basic income for all, and without borders. With a lot of examples of experiments with basic income the writer thinks the time has come to implement this. It nearly happened in the 1970s under Nixon, but because of wrong inerpretations of experiments in the early 1800s it was thrown away. My whole life I have been dreaming of a world without borders, so I completely agree. His arguments are even better than mine.

Dutch title translated: Free money for everyone

book 351: De geboorte bij de hond by C. Naaktgeboren
own, Dutch, non-fiction, dogs, no translations, 164 pages
TIOLI Challenge #7: Read a book with an embedded word of 4 or more letters in the author's last name

Again a textbook for my "Cynologic Knowledge 1" exam in 1997. To be an accredited breeder in my country you have to pass this exam, so before we started breeding I did the course and passed the exam. This book is about whelping, all you ever wanted to know and more. With examples and timetables of bitches of different breeds and ages, and what can go wrong. I did read it again now, because I needed some space at the shelf.

title translated: Whelping (literally The birth with the dog)

>123 FAMeulstee: Nice haul! I'll be waiting for your reviews. I couldn't finish the Tibaults when I read it, but you'll probably do better.

>130 FAMeulstee: Interesting. I've heard of the idea, must read, I guess.

>131 FAMeulstee: Funny, and the author called Naaktgeboren (Born naked) ;-)

>132 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella, I was planning to take a few books from the library (as I walked the 5 km back home), but found even more than I took ;-)
I hope to like The Thibaults, 862 pages is less intimidating if you can read so much each day.

Yes, the "De Correspondent" publications are always interesting and give new ideas. I just finished Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen by Jelmer Mommers, about the climate change. Het bestverkochte boek ooit by Sanne Blauw was also good. I have a few others on my TBR. Most are available at the e-library.

I could not cull those two without reading again, a bit obsessive, I know. The authors ancestor must have been one of those who protested when they had to take a last name under Napoleontic rules.

>130 FAMeulstee: Glad it worked for you too Anita.

>133 FAMeulstee: I completely understand how hard it is to cull books! Even the books that we won't use anymore. I'm working on culling magazines, and finding it hard, and sometimes emotional.

Oh, yes, Napoleon, that's a good explanation.

Wow, that was quite a library haul, Anita!

I love the roots of name discussion, what a powerful protest!

The culling thing *is* hard, I completely sympathise. I am finding it intimidating to even start going through books and papers (and I haven't looked at them for years, so part of me thinks surely I don't need them?!!)

>134 Caroline_McElwee: Thank you, Caroline, it resided on mount TBR since you mentioned it. He has refresing ideas.

>135 EllaTim: I got used to the culling itself, Ella, I just can't bear if they go without the "read" mark on LT. And I never tracked my readings before 2008...
I scan all interesting articles from magazines before I cull them. And have an extern hard-drive to store them.

Many odd last names go back to that time.

>136 ronincats: Thank you, Roni, three came in from an other library in the province. And it was easy to find seven other books :-)

>137 charl08: Some were mad about having to choose a last name, others about the French rule. Many of their descendants officially changed their odd last names later.

Our first "great cull", back in 1996, was the large part of our university books. I never missed them, Frank kept a few. The second, in 2005, was harder with all picture-books, together with encyclopedia's (as everything can be found now on the internet). A few books I thought I would never read again were culled and later acquired again.

Happy Sunday, Anita. I hope you are enjoying the weekend. Cold and damp here. Ugh! Did you start Fathers and Sons yet?

>139 msf59: Happy Sunday to you, Mark!
It is cold and dry here, so I am happy with the weather. I just finished Fathers and Sons this morning, thanks for reminding me a few months ago. I will write a review later today or tomorrow.

Wishing you a good week, Anita. I read Red Thread over the weekend, lots of art criticism and painting reproductions linked to her discussion of the classical labyrinth. I thought of you. Although I'm not sure it will be translated, so perhaps not terrible useful!

>141 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte, the same to you.
I saw Red Thread on you thread, it sounds good.
I do have an extra list of books not translated yet, and if never translated as back up if I ever run out of Dutch books ;-)

I made myself laugh. After reading a few pages on my e-reader I returned to my paper book and promptly tried to get to the next page by touching on the right part of the page with my finger... I guess it is past bedtime ;-)

You're not alone.
In the zoo I once saw a small child standing at an aquarium with very small fishies. It tried to enlarge a fish with its thumb and index finger...
Sleep well.

Thank you, Thomas, I had a good night sleep.

That is also funny, even small children all used to the wonders of a smartphone.
Would it get worse if I ever capture and get myself such a device?

I would say it with The Beatles:
It's getting better all the time.

I think sometimes such a device is very helpful, but you have to be able to put it aside.
I find this much easier with a smartphone than with a book.

>146 SirThomas: If I could put books aside, I would not be able to read so much!

book 352: Hoe gaan we dit uitleggen by Jelmer Mommers
library, e-book, Dutch, non-fiction, no translations, 240 pages

How do we explain to the next generation we all knew about climate change, but we never acted like we did?
The writer goes into the reasons why governments, industy, and individuals mostly don't act. Changes often go slowly, although there are exeptions found in history. Shows us how individual actions can have great impact and what the readers can do themselves.

title translated: How will we explain this

book 353: Vaders en zonen by Ivan Toergenjev
1001 books, library, translated from Russian, English translation Fathers and sons, 250 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book in translation

Student comes home from university in Russia halfway the 19th century, together with a friend he admires. The friend rejects all authority, and of course the students father and uncle don't like these ideas.

A very entertaining read.
Somehow I always anticipate a though read, when I start a Russsian classic. And each time I am surprised how easy they read.

book 354: De negen kamers by Peter-Paul Rauwerda
library, YA, Dutch, awarded, Dioraphte Jongerenliteratuur prijs 2017, no translations, 200 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

One day Jonas suddenly notices a house near his own place. He soon finds out others can't see it. He decides to go and look inside the house and ends up in strange adventures.

A strange story, others might like it better than I did.

title translated: The nine rooms

>147 FAMeulstee: true words! ;-)

book 355: Amerikanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
1001 books, library, translated, original title Americanah, 509 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book in translation

Ifemelu grew up in Lagos, Nigeria, her best friend at school was Obinze, and later they become lovers. Obinze always dreamed to go to the USA, but it is Ifemelu who ends up getting her education in the USA and Obinze goes to the UK.
Through their eyes we learn how it feels to be a black immigrant in these countries. Eventually they both return to Nigeria.
For me the most touching part was when Obama became president, how all hopes were on him.

An engaging read.

book 356: Suzy en de kwallen by Ali Benjamin
library, translated, awarded, Gouden Zoen 2017, original title The thing about jellyfish, 237 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book from your favorite genre (and indicate what it is)

Suzy and Frannie used to be best friends. In secondary school Frannie abandoned Suzy and then Frannie died in the last days of summer vacation. Suzy hears the heartbreaking news two days after. She can't believe Frannie drowned, as she was an excellent swimmer. When Suzy reads about poisonous jellyfish, she wants to prove Frannie died of a jellyfish sting. She stops talking and dedicates a lot of her time on jellyfish research.

An very good story about death and mourning, being an outsider in class and I learned a lot about jellyfish.

Dutch title translated: Suzy and the jellyfish

This was my last book this month. I started two big tomes today, and have two days with little reading time ahead.

Tomorrow will be a nice and dry day, so I can do some needed work in the garden.

The day after tomorrow we go to Amsterdam to see The Great Suriname Exhibition in the Nieuwe Kerk in the afternoon and attend our first concert of the season in het Muziekgebouw aan het IJ in the evening. We will hear works from Hans Werner Henze, Oliver Knussen and Mark-Anthony Turnage.

>154 FAMeulstee: Excellent gardening weather, I hope to get to it too, tomorrow!

Wishing you a very nice day, visiting the Nieuwe Kerk, and het Muziekgebouw. I confess I have never even heard of those three composers!

>155 EllaTim: I didn't do as much as I hoped, Ella. It was a bit cold, so worked only half an hour and went back inside. Then I noticed a reserved book had come in at the library, so I went to pick it up. Then worked half an hour again, until I could wake Frank, who had his last working night and is off now for 3 weeks.

All three are contemporary composerd, Oliver Knussen was conductor of the Residentie Orchestra between 1992 and 1996, we saw him a few times in the Anton Philipszaal in The Hague.

Hi Anita!

That is so funny about trying to turn a paper book's page by touching it on the right part of the page.

Do you and Frank have any special plans for his 3 weeks off?

>157 karenmarie: Hi Karen, that was funny indeed.

Yesterday we went to the Suriname exposition and to the concert in the Muziekgebouw. My impressions in the next msg.

Further we have planned two short trips.
Next week we go to Schiedam for one night, as we booked a visit to the Stedelijk Museum on November 7th, to see the Rothko painting they have on lend for a year. It is before opening hours, so no other visitors but us and a guide for an hour. Frank is a big fan of Rothko, so when I saw this months ago I booked a visit immediately.

On the 13th we have our 35th wedding aniversary, to celebrate we will have diner at "De Librije" in Zwolle. This is the best restaurant of our country, with 3 Michelin stars. You have to book months in advance, because it is nearly always full. After diner we stay overnight in Zwolle.

Yesterday we went to Amsterdam to visit "The Great Suriname Exposition" in the Nieuwe Kerk. Suriname is the former Dutch colony in South-America, the expostion was about the history until 1975, when it finally got independent.
Starting with artefacts from indigenous inhabitans, moving on to colonial times with slaves imported from Africa, to the end of slavery in 1863, then cheap workers were brought to Suriname from China and India, thus creating a multi-cultural society.

Most heartwrenching piece for me was, besides to tools to "keep control" over the slaves, this 1707 oil painting of slaves, called "Slavedance" made by Dirk Valkenburg. If you look close you can see that all black slaves have the same face, as if the painter could not distinguish individuals.

(not my picture)

On our way out we came through the bookstore and bought the companion book Het grote Suriname magazine, a book for Frank Surinaams onbehagen, the social and political history of Suriname, and for me Het eind van de kaart a travel book from 1955, when parts of Suriname were still unexplored.

We had a nice diner in 4'33, the resaurant in Het Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ and the concert was great.

October 2019 in numbers

42 books read (9,221 pages, 297.4 pages a day)

own 29 (69 %) / library 13

28 male author / 14 female author
24 originally written in Dutch / 18 translated into Dutch
34 fiction / 8 non-fiction

39 books in TIOLI Challenges
10 e-books
  2 1001 books
  0 Dutch Literary Canon
26 childrens/YA
  4 mystery/police procedural
  2 poetry

longest book 583 pages
shortest book 30 pages
average book 220 pages

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own books read were on the shelf since:
before 2008: 17
2008: 2
2012: 1
2018: 1
2019: 8

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date first published:

19th century: 2

20th century
1920s: 1
1950s: 1
1960s: 1
1970s: 5
1980s: 7
1990s: 5

21st century
2000s: 6
2010s: 14

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ratings:
  2 x
  5 x
14 x
12 x
  9 x

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Best books in October


We noemen hem Anna by Peter Pohl
Ze gaan er met je neus vandoor by Ted van Lieshout,


Amerikanah (Americanah) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Gratis geld voor iedereen (Utopia for Realists) by Rutger Bregman
Ziezo : de 347 kinderversjes by Annie M.G. Schmidt
De stemmenimitator (The voice imitator) by Thomas Bernhard
Winnie de Poeh compleet (The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh) by A.A. Milne

2019 totals to date:

356 books read (92,316 pages, 303.7 pages a day)

own 176 (49 %) / library 179 / other 1

235 male author / 121 female author
130 originally written in Dutch / 226 translated into Dutch
306 fiction / 50 non-fiction

344 books in TIOLI Challenges
119 e-books
  24 1001 books (total 131)
    4 Dutch Literary Canon (total 24/125)
166 childrens/YA
  60 mystery/police procedural
    9 poetry

longest book 1040 pages
shortest book 23 pages
average book 259 pages

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own books read were on the shelf since:
before 2008: 120
2008: 11
2009: 1
2011: 1
2012: 2
2014: 1
2017: 2
2018: 13
2019: 25

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date first published:
2nd century: 1
17th century: 2
18th century: 2
19th century: 14

20th century
1900s: 1
1910s: 2
1920s: 5
1930s: 7
1940s: 4
1950s: 7
1960s: 18
1970s: 33
1980s: 51
1990s: 55

21st century:
2000s: 59
2010s: 95

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ratings:
  14 x
  39 x
128 x
116 x
  55 x
    3 x
    1 x

Hi, Anita! I’ve been totally off thread visiting for a while, but I’m dipping my toes back in the water.

>130 FAMeulstee: I’ve often thought that no borders would be wonderful. Somehow people assume that equal rights is a kind of zero-sum game, so that if others get rights, they might lose theirs.

>153 FAMeulstee: I’ve started Americanah but put it aside to pursue some other interests. I hope I’ll get back to it on the fiction side of this month.

Hope your weekend is a wonderful one.

>161 FAMeulstee: As usual. Just wow!

Have a lovely weekend.

>162 Matke: Glad to see you here, Gail, we all have our less active times in the group.

I like your wording people assume that equal rights is a kind of zero-sum game. That is the essence of the fear, while sharing equal rights could add up for all.
I hope for a nice and quiet weekend, so I can finish De Thibaults. Deel 1 (The Thibaults, book 1-6).

>163 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
Wishing you a joyful weekend, now you have your better half back.

Happy Saturday, Anita. Hooray for Americanah! This is the first and only book, I have read by Adiche. I NEED to read more of her work. Have a great weekend.

>165 msf59: Thank you, Mark, happy weekend to you.
Americanah was a very good read. I had read Half of a Yellow Sun before, I am sure you would like it. Purple Hibiscus is on my list to read someday.

>159 FAMeulstee: That painting is heartbreaking, indeed. The colonial history of the world is a deeply saddening thing to contemplate.

Your 35th anniversary plans sound delightful! I hope they're even better than you make them sound.

>167 richardderus: Yes, it is, Richard, and also saddening is that so many white people refuse to acknowledge this.
We hope so!

>159 FAMeulstee: your outing was fascinating with the exhibition Anita. What was the concert?

>158 FAMeulstee: and what lovely plans you have to celebrate your wedding anniversary too.

>169 Caroline_McElwee: The concert included works by Hans Werner Henze (Sonata from L'Amour à mort, 1984), Oliver Knussen (Processionals, 1978) and two works by Mark-Anthony Turnage (Romanian Rhapsody, 2019, world premier; Twice Through the Heart, 1997), performed by the New European Ensemble, with conductor Jonathan Berman.

We are very happy with our celebration plans. De Librije is the only 3 Michelin stars restaurant in our country we have not visited yet.