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Anita (FAMeulstee) goes on where the books take her in 2023 (3)

1FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 2, 2023, 3:20 am

Welcome to my third thread in 2023!

I am Anita Meulstee (60), married with Frank (61) since 1984. We live in Lelystad, the Netherlands. We both love modern art, books and walking.

The last week of March we wil continue our walk on the Pieterpad.
In March 2020 we walked from Pieterburen to Groningen, in September 2020 from Groningen to Schoonloo, in March 2021 from Schoonloo to just past Hardenberg, and in October 2021 from there to Vorden. Last year March we walked from Vorden to just before Groesbeek.

Impressions from October 2021 and March 2022:


We will start where we ended in March 2022, just before Groesbeek, and hope to get to Venlo.

Left: the whole Pieterpad; right: the part we plan to walk
 

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I have been hanging around in this group a few months after finding LibraryThing in March 2008. I skipped one year (2013), when my reading dropped to almost nothing. This was a side effect of taking Paxil. In 2015 I was able to wean off Paxil, and a year later my reading skyrocketed. The last years it is slowing down sightly, my initial "reading hunger" has waned a bit.

I read (almost) everything, from childrens and YA books to more serious literature, mysteries, historical fiction, fantasy, and I try not to forget to throw some non-fiction into the mix.

2FAMeulstee
Editado: Abr 2, 2023, 6:57 am

total books read in 2023: 74
7 own / 67 library

total pages read in 2023: 22.814

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currently reading:
e-book: Onder buren by Juli Zeh, 351 pages, TIOLI #3
De geschiedenis van het pad (In Praise of Paths) by Torbjørn Ekelund, 206 pages, TIOLI #14

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books read in March 2023: 21 books, 6.990 pages, 0 own / 21 library)
book 54: Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak (Isabelle Bonnet 2) by Pierre Martin, 284 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 73)
book 55: De werkplaats van de duivel (The Devil's Workshop) by Jáchym Topol, 189 pages, TIOLI #5 (msg 74)
book 56: De ontdekking van de natuur by Hans Mulder, 256 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 75)
book 57: De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet) by David Mitchell, 622 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 76)
book 58: Haas (The Year of the Hare) by Artro Paasilinna, 173 pages, TIOLI #9 (msg 77)
book 59: Het boek van de doodgraver by Oliver Pötzsch, 398 pages, TIOLI #1 (msg 78)
book 60: Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker, 395 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 90)
book 61: Pelgrim zonder God by Herman Vuijsje, 310 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 91)
book 62: Niet alleen by Tim Voors, 256 pages, TIOLI #6 (msg 92)
book 63: Vluchtig verlangen (Transient Desires; Brunetti 30) by Donna Leon, 319 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 93)
book 64: De verliefden (The Infatuations) by Javier Marías, 368 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 117)
book 65: Duitse les (The German Lesson) by Siegfried Lenz, 511 pages, TIOLI #4 (msg 118)
book 66: Hoe duur was de suiker? (The Cost of Sugar) by Cynthia Mc Leod, 292 pages, TIOLI #10 (msg 119)
book 67: De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman, 495 pages, TIOLI #13 (msg 120)
book 68: Het geluk van de wandelaar (The Gentle Art of Tramping) by Stephen Graham, 238 pages, TIOLI #14 (msg 123)
book 69: De rode ruiterij (Red Cavalry) by Isaak Babel, 140 pages, TIOLI #12 (msg 124)
book 70: Wereld & wandel van Michael K (Life & Times of Michael K) by J.M. Coetzee, 224 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 154)
book 71: Het schot dat niemand raakte (The Bullet That Missed) by Richard Osman, 431 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 155)
book 72: Dwars door de Lage Landen by Arnout Hauben, 351 pages, TIOLI #3 (msg 156)
book 73: Het plezier van wandelen (Walking: One Step At a Time) by Erling Kagge, 158 pages, TIOLI #14 (msg 157)
book 74: Boud by Eva Rovers, 574 pages, TIOLI #2 (msg 158)

3FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 31, 2023, 4:26 pm

March 2023 reading plans

TIOLI March 2023
#1: Read a book with the word "happy", its synonym, or its antonym in the title
- Het boek van de doodgraver - Oliver Pötzsch, 398 pages (library)
#2: Read a book by an author that you have read before and given 4 or more stars to
- Boud - Eva Rovers, 574 pages (library)
- Jasper en zijn knecht - Gerbrand Bakker, 395 pages (e-library)
- Het schot dat niemand raakte (The Bullet That Missed) - Richard Osman, 431 pages (library)
- De verliefden (The Infatuations) - Javier Marías, 368 pages (library)
#3: Read a book which you did not purchase
- Dwars door de Lage Landen - Arnout Hauben, 351 pages (library)
- Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak (Isabelle Bonnet 2) - Pierre Martin, 284 pages (e-library)
- De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet) - David Mitchell, 622 pages (library)
- De ontdekking van de natuur - Hans Mulder, 256 pages (library)
- Pelgrim zonder God - Herman Vuijsje, 310 pages (e-library)
- Vluchtig verlangen (Transient Desires; Brunetti 30) - Donna Leon, 319 pages (library)
- Wereld & wandel van Michael K (Life & Times of Michael K) - J.M. Coetzee, 224 pages (e-library)
#4: Read a book with a nationality or ethnicity in the title or author's name
- Duitse les (The German Lesson) - Siegfried Lenz, 511 pages (library)
#5: Read a book with a word dividable into two words in the title
- De werkplaats van de duivel (The Devil's Workshop) - Jáchym Topol, 189 pages (e-library)
#6: All or Nothing - Read a book with a word meaning "all" or a word meaning "nothing" in the title or author's name
- Niet alleen - Tim Voors, 256 pages (e-library)
#7: Read a book whose title or author's name includes the words green, white or orange
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#8: Read a book containing two opposite ideas, actions or places
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#9: Read a book that is the basis of a lesser-known film OR a lesser-known book that is the basis of a film
- Haas (The Year of the Hare) - Artro Paasilinna, 173 pages (library)
#10: Read a book set in the nineteenth century or before with characters of colour
- Hoe duur was de suiker? (The Cost of Sugar) - Cynthia Mc Leod, 292 pages (e-library)
#11: Read a book where the title sounds naughty but isn't
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#12: Read a book that has been criticised, banned or burnt
- De rode ruiterij (Red Cavalry) - Isaak Babel, 146 pages (e-library)
#13: Read a book with settings in two or more countries
- De foltering van Eldorado - Albert Helman, 495 pages (library)
#14: Read a book with a word in the title that has a connection with walking/hiking
- Het geluk van de wandelaar (The Gentle Art of Tramping) - Stephen Graham, 238 pages (library)
- Het plezier van wandelen (Walking: One Step At a Time) - Erling Kagge, 158 pages (library)
#15: Read a debut adult novel by an author born in Africa
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#16: Read a book about Sentient Things
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4FAMeulstee
Editado: Abr 2, 2023, 9:13 am

April 2023 reading plans

Onder buren - Juli Zeh, 351 pages (e-library 7/4)
Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef - Pierre Martin, 284 pages (e-library 9/4)
Joe Speedboot (Joe Speedboat) - Tommy Wieringa, 446 pages (e-library 9/4)
Het hoofdkussenboek (The Pillow Book) - Sei Shōnagon, 330 pages (e-library 11/4)
Het meisje met de luidende stem (The Girl With the Louding Voice) - Abi Daré, 392 pages (e-library 13/4)
De geschiedenis van het pad (In Praise of Paths) - Torbjørn Ekelund, 206 pages (library 21/4)
De wandeling (The Walk) - Robert Walser, 111 pages (e-library 21/4)
Erfgoed (Heritage) - Miguel Bonnefoy, 224 pages (e-library 23/4)
Ademloos (Whiteout) - Ragnar Jónasson, 252 pages (e-library)
Erasmus : dwarsdenker - Sandra Langereis, 784 (+16) pages (e-library)
Knecht, alleen - Gerbrand Bakker, 287 pages (e-library)
Slechts een diefstal (Stolen) - Ann-Helén Laestadius, 447 pages (e-library)
Pelgrim langs Tinker Creek (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek) - Annie Dillard, 319 pages (e-library)
Gaandeweg - J.J. Voskuil, 331 pages
De brug met drie bogen (The Three-Arched Bridge) - Ismail Kadare, 144 pages (library)
Het gelijk van Spinoza (Looking for Spinoza) - Antonio Damasio, 319 pages (library)
Kalevala : het epos der Finnen (Kalevala), 331 pages (library)
Een heel leven voor je (The Life before Us) - Romain Gary, 221 pages (library)
Historiën (Histories) - Cornelius Tacitus, 307 pages (library)
Herfst (Autumn) - Ali Smith, 237 pages (library)
? Trage paarden (Slow Horses) - Mick Herron, 334 pages (library)
? Lessen in chemie (Lessons in Chemistry) - Bonnie Garmus, 382 pages (library)
Regeneration (Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation) - Paul Hawken, 256 pages

5FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 2, 2023, 3:16 am

books read in January 2023
book 1: De fundamenten by Ramsey Nasr
book 2: Bestaat er een raarder leven dan het mijne? Jef Last (1898-1972) by Rudi Wester
book 3: Levensgevaar (Rivierdelta 2) by Arttu Tuominen
book 4: Broers (Brothers) by Bernice Rubens
book 5: Mijn dertigjarige oorlog (No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War) by Hiroo Onoda
book 6: Het schemeren van de wereld (The Twilight World) by Werner Herzog
book 7: Eigen welzijn eerst by Roxane van Iperen
book 8: Wolven op het ruiterpad by Tijs Goldschmidt
book 9: Rotterdam: ode aan de inefficiëntie by Arjen van Veelen
book 10: Doctor Vlimmen by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 11: Vlimmen contra Vlimmen by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 12: Vlimmens tweede jeugd by Mr. A. Roothaert
book 13: Het weeshuis in de azuurblauwe zee (The House in the Cerulean Sea) by T.J. Klune
book 14: Job: roman over een eenvoudige man (Job: The Story of a Simple Man) by Joseph Roth
book 15: Vogels van West- en Midden-Europa by Philip J.K. Burton
book 16: De raaf by Louis Beyens
book 17: Zwartboek (The Black Book; John Rebus 5) by Ian Rankin
book 18: Met lichte tred by Ton Lemaire
book 19: Onheilstijding (A Dying Fall; Ruth Galloway 5) by Elly Griffiths
book 20: Leven en lot (Life and Fate) by Vasili Grossman
book 21: Vallende stenen (Konráð 4) by Arnaldur Indriðason
book 22: De opwindvogelkronieken (The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle) by Haruki Murakami
book 23: De uitverkorene (The Elected Member) by Bernice Rubens

books read in February 2023
book 24: De bijzondere woorden van Gioia by Enrico Galiano
book 25: Verweven leven (Entangled life) by Merlin Sheldrake
book 26: Transit (Transit) by Anna Seghers
book 27: Vissen hebben geen voeten (Fish Have No Feet) by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
book 28: Perenbomen bloeien wit by Gerbrand Bakker
book 29: De zaak van Münster (Münster's Case; Van Veeteren 6) by Håkan Nesser
book 30: Verzen van nu by Garmt Stuiveling
book 31: Koning Lear (King Lear) by William Shakespeare
book 32: Pony (Pony) by R.J. Palacio
book 33: Verwilderd (Bewilderment) by Richard Powers
book 34: Karel en Elegast - Anonymus
book 35: De veensoldaten by Wolfgang Langhoff
book 36: Zwarte seconden (Black Seconds; Konrad Sejer 6) by Karin Fossum
book 37: Het hart is een eenzame jager (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter) by Carson McCullers
book 38: Toen ik dit zag by Rutger Kopland
book 39: Wilde rozen en andere verhalen by Konstantin Paustovski
book 40: De memoires van Norton, filosoof en hond (Norton's Philosophical Memoirs) by Håkan Nesser
book 41: De alchemist (The Alchemist) by Paulo Coelho
book 42: Laatste zomernacht by Maarten 't Hart
book 43: Uit de bek van de walvis (From the Mouth of the Whale) by Sjón
book 44: Reisverslag van een kat (The Travelling Cat Chronicles) by Hiro Arikawa
book 45: Madame le Commissaire en de verdwenen Engelsman (Isabelle Bonnet 1) by Pierre Martin
book 46: Het gele behang en andere verhalen by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
book 47: Dat weet je niet by Jens Christian Grøndahl
book 48: Wat bomen ons vertellen (Tree Story) by Valerie Trouet
book 49: De val (The fell) by Sarah Moss
book 50: Zo begint het slechte (Thus Bad Begins) by Javier Marías
book 51: Eurotrash by Christian Kracht
book 52: Een jaar in scherven by Koos van Zomeren
book 53: Vang de haas (Catch the rabbit) by Lana Bastašić

6FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 24, 2023, 5:56 pm

Reading plans in 2023
Reading books from the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die list
Read some big tomes (1000+ pages)
Read books by Nobel Prize for Literature winners

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

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Some big tomes I might read in 2023:
Ideeën (1-7) by Multatuli, 3846 pages
De razende Roeland (Orlando furioso) by Ludovico Ariosto, 1783 pages
De kracht van Atlantis (Atlas shrugged) by Ayn Rand, 1373 pages
1q84 (IQ84) - Haruki Murakami, 1275 pages
Inktzwart hart (The Ink Black Heart) - Robert Galbraith, 1190 pages
Vestdijk, een biografie - Wim Hazeu, 1051 pages

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Some other books I want to read in 2023, as my library wishlist got out of control:
Het verhaal van een leven (The Story of a Life) - Aharon Appelfeld, 210 pages
Een ander land (Another Country) - James Baldwin, 578 pages
De mandarijnen (The Mandarins - Simone de Beauvoir, 732 pages
Oorlogsgedruis (Undertones of War) - Edmund Blunden, 359 pages
Anatomie van een moment (The Anatomy of a Moment) - Javier Cercas, 539 pages
Wat doe ik hier (What Am I Doing Here?) - Bruce Chatwin, 337 pages
✔ Wereld en wandel van Michael K (Life and Times of Michael K) - J.M. Coetzee, 222 pages
Jean-Paul Sartre : zijn biografie (Sartre: A Life) - Annie Cohen-Solal, 610 pages
Het valse leven (Tree of Life) - Maryse Condé, 398 pages
De tweeënveertigste breedtegraad (The 42nd Parallel) - John Dos Passos, 445 pages
Het bezoek van de lijfarts (The Royal Physician's Visit) - Per Olov Enquist, 325 pages
De stille Amerikaan (The Quiet American) - Graham Greene, 239 pages
✔ Duitse les (The German Lesson) - Siegfried Lenz, 511 pages
Kalevala (The Kalevala) - Elias Lönnrot, 331 pages
De huid (The Skin) - Curzio Malaparte, 413 pages
De verloofden (The Betrothed) - Alessandro Manzoni, 651 pages
Sjostakovitsj : zijn leven, zijn werk, zijn tijd - Krzysztof Meyer, 576 pages
Een staat van vrijheid (In a Free State) - V.S. Naipaul, 285 pages
Een beloofd land (A promised land) - Barack Obama, 896 pages
De hongerende weg (The Famished Road) - Ben Okri, 492 pages
Mekka, in de tweede helft van de negentiende eeuw (Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century) - Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, 643 pages
Aan open zee (By the Open Sea) - August Strindberg, 207 pages
Laatste ronde (Last Orders) - Graham Swift, 289 pages
Het drijvende koninkrijk (The Kingdom by the Sea) - Paul Theroux, 375 pages
De Moeras-Arabieren (The Marsh Arabs) - Wilfred Thesiger, 287 pages
Aarde der mensen (This Earth of Mankind) - Pramoedya Ananta Toer, 457 pages
Rabbit rent (Rabbit Run) - John Updike, 300 pages
Rembrandt - Theun de Vries, 303 pages
Wilt Tjaarda - Theun de Vries, 296 pages
Herinneringen van Hadrianus (Memoirs of Hadrian) - Marguerite Yourcenar, 346 pages
Landlijnen (Landlines) - Raynor Winn, 351 pages

7FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 2, 2023, 3:17 am

Tickers

Totals since 2008:




8FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 2, 2023, 3:17 am

My reading in previous years in text
2008: 130 books -   35.152 pages   (96,0 ppd)
2009:   78 books -   21.470 pages   (58,8 ppd)
2010: 121 books -   38.209 pages (104,7 ppd)
2011:   84 books -   30.256 pages   (82,9 ppd)
2012:   53 books -   18.779 pages   (51,3 ppd)
2013:   13 books -     3.692 pages   (10,1 ppd)
2014:   17 books -     3.700 pages   (10,1 ppd)
2015:   29 books -   10.080 pages   (27,6 ppd)
2016: 253 books -   72.391 pages (197,8 ppd)
2017: 453 books - 110.222 pages (302,0 ppd)
2018: 534 books - 111.906 pages (306,6 ppd)
2019: 413 books - 110.873 pages (303,8 ppd)
2020: 226 books -   79.216 pages (216,4 ppd)
2021: 288 books -   94.339 pages (258,5 ppd)
2022: 323 books - 102.275 pages (280,2 ppd)

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Previous threads in 2023
book 1 - 23: thread 1
book 24 - 53: thread 2

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Monthly statistics
January: 23 books / 8.293 pages
February: 30 books / 7.531 pages

9FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 2, 2023, 3:17 am

10FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 18, 2023, 3:34 pm

Series I read, a list to keep track

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

Ari Thór Arason (Dark Iceland) by Ragnar Jónasson 3/4
1 Sneeuwblind; 2 Inktzwart; 3 Poolnacht; 4 Ademloos

Bernie Gunther by Philip Kerr 7/12
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 17/20
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 58/71

Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith 5/6
1 Koekoeksjong; 2 Zijderups; 3 Het slechte pad; 4 Witte dood; 5 Kwaad bloed; 6 Inktzwart hart

George Smiley by John Le Carré 5/9
1 Telefoon voor de dode; 2 Voetsporen in de sneeuw; 3 Spion aan de muur; 4 Spion verspeeld; 5 Edelman, bedelman, schutter, spion; 6 Spion van nobel bloed; 7 Smiley's prooi; 8 De laatste spion; 9 Een erfenis van spionnen

Guido Brunetti by Donna Leon 30/30
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; 28 De troonopvolger; 29 Duister water; 30 Vluchtig verlangen; 31 Give Unto Others (not translated); 32 So Shall You Reap (not translated)

Isabelle Bonnet by Pierre Martin 2/5
1 Madame le Commissaire en de verdwenen Engelsman; 2 Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak; 3 Madame le Commissaire en de dood van de politiechef; 4 Madame le Commissaire en het mysterieuze schilderij; 5 Madame le Commissaire en de dode non; 6 Madame le Commissaire und der tote Liebhaber (not translated); 7 Madame le Commissaire und die Frau (not translated); 8 Madame le Commissaire und die panische Diva (not translated); 9 Madame le Commissaire und die Villa der Frauen (not translated)

John Rebus by Ian Rankin 5/23
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; 19 Saints of the Shadow Bible (not translated); 20 Even Dogs in the Wild (not translated); 21 Rather Be the Devil (not translated); 22 Een web van leugens; 23 Een lied voor duistere tijden

Konráð by Arnaldur Indridason 4/4
1 Smeltend ijs; 2 Boven water; 3 Smeulend vuur; 4 Vallende stenen

Konrad Sejer by Karin Fossum 6/14
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 Veenbrand; 12 De fluisteraar; 13 De verduistering; 14 Zwanenzang

Martin Servaz by Bernard Minier 4/7
1 Een kille rilling; 2 Huivering; 3 Verduistering; 4 Schemering; 5 Weerzin; 6 Afdaling; 7 Afrekening

Oliver von Bodenstein & Pia Kirchhoff by Nele Neuhaus 9/10
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; 10 Eeuwige vriendschap

De Rougons-Macquarts (The Rougon-Macquarts) by Émile Zola 4/20
1 Het fortuin der Rougons; 2 De buit; 3 De buik van Parijs; 4 De verovering van Plassans; 5 De misstap van pastoor Mouret; 6 Zijne excellentie Eugène Rougon; 7 De nekslag; 8 Liefde; 9 Nana; 10 In troebel water; 11 In het paradijs voor de vrouw; 12 Levensvreugde; 13 De mijn; 14 Het werk; 15 Het land; 16 De droom; 17 Het beest in de mens; 18 Het geld; 19 De ondergang; 20 Dokter Pascal

Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 4/8
1 Een studie in rood; 2 De vallei der verschrikking; 3 De hond van de Baskervilles; 4 Het teken van de vier; 5 Het laatste probleem; 6 Het avontuur van de duivelsklauw; 7 Zijn laatste buiging; 8 De onbekende avonturen van Sherlock Holmes

De tandeloze tijd by A.F.Th. van der Heijden 1/11
0 De slag om de Blauwbrug; 1 Vallende ouders; 2 De gevarendriehoek; 2.1 Weerborstels; 3.1 Het hof van barmhartigheid; 3.2 Onder het plaveisel het moeras; 3.4 Doodverf; 4 Advocaat van de hanen; 5 De helleveeg; 6 Kwaadschiks; 8 Stemvorken

Van Veeteren by Håkan Nesser 6/11
1 Het grofmazige net; 2 Het vierde offer; 3 De terugkeer; 4 De vrouw met de moedervlek; 5 De commissaris en het zwijgen; 6 De zaak van Münster; 7 Carambole; 8 De dode op het strand; 9 De zwaluw, de kat, de roos en de dood; 10 Van Veeteren en de zaak-G; 11 De vereniging van linkshandigen

11FAMeulstee
Editado: Abr 5, 2023, 10:54 am

Books acquired in 2023: 12

January (2)
Het gouden boek - Doris Lessing
Episoden uit het leven van Lulu - Almudena Grandes

February (4)
Job: roman over een eenvoudige man - Joseph Roth
Beton - Thomas Bernhard
Correctie - Thomas Bernhard
Watten - Thomas Bernhard

March (4)
Waar alles nog toegaat zoals het hoort - Jef van Gool
Vernietigen - Michel Houellebecq
De eerlijke vinder - Lize Spit (bookweek gift)
Boto Banja - Raoul de Jong (bookweek essay)
DealersDochter - Astrid Roemer
Brave new world : zestien schilders voor de eenentwintigste eeuw - Hans den Hartog Jager

12FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 3:10 am

Welcome!

13Ameise1
Mar 2, 2023, 5:29 am

Happy new one, Anita. I hope you'll have nice weather for your trip.

14FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 5:37 am

>13 Ameise1: Thank you, Barbara, we hope so too.
We have been lucky all previous times, only had two rainy days. So I hope we are lucky again.
And if not, we have very good rain suits ;-)

15PaulCranswick
Mar 2, 2023, 5:50 am

Happy new thread, Anita.

Love the lists and the stats and the awesome reading feats as always!

16FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 6:18 am

>15 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
It is always fun to update them all.

17SandyAMcPherson
Mar 2, 2023, 6:53 am

Hi Anita, I thought I would delurk and admit that I too, didn't care for Amor Towles' A Gentleman in Moscow. I noted your comment over on Amber's thread.

I've always been self-conscious about saying when I didn't like a book because I know I can be easily overwhelmed by some situations. Compared to a lot of readers, I seem to get so emotionally wound up with stories. My resilience to this entanglement has deteriorated as the pandemic continues. Perhaps my social activities have declined to such an extent that I live in books more than is good for me!

18FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 7:13 am

>17 SandyAMcPherson: Thank you, Sandy.
At that time I had just read a lot of Russian writers, and A Gentleman in Moscow felt very fake.
And then there were the two Borzoi's chasing a cat early in the book, called back by the count. That is simple impossible. I know where he got that from, the title escapes me, in a Russian book a Borzoi is called back by her owner after a long day of hunting, and only came back because she was exhausted.
I know from Borzoi owners they can't leave them alone with their own cats or small dogs, as their hunting instinct can take over, and this often ends in fatality for their prey.

My social activities are also minimal, mainly here on the threads, and of course in books :-)

19figsfromthistle
Mar 2, 2023, 7:17 am

Happy new thread, Anita :)

20FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 8:33 am

>19 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita, happy Thursday!

21foggidawn
Mar 2, 2023, 9:38 am

Happy new thread!

22drneutron
Mar 2, 2023, 9:48 am

Happy new thread!

23hredwards
Mar 2, 2023, 9:52 am

Happy New Thread!!

24karenmarie
Mar 2, 2023, 10:17 am

Hi Anita! Happy new thread and happy Thursday to you.

From your last thread, congrats to Frank for being officially diabetes free. His hard work and your support and hard work to help him have paid off!

I love the Northern Lights pic. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful night sky, too.

Excellent stats for February. Such a variety!

25atozgrl
Mar 2, 2023, 11:52 am

Happy new thread, Anita!

26FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 11:54 am

>21 foggidawn: Thank you, Foggi!

>22 drneutron: Thank you, Jim!

27FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 11:55 am

>23 hredwards: Thank you, Harold!

28FAMeulstee
Mar 2, 2023, 11:59 am

>24 karenmarie: Thank you, Kare, happy Thursday.

We are very happy that Frank did so well the last five years. He was really committed to changing his ways, and it worked out well. I mostly followed, so I hope my chances to get it are significant lower now.
I was glad to find a picture of the Northern Lights taken at the place where we watched it. It was a beautiful night, the mon halfway, Orion visible right next to the moon.
February was a good reading month, I hope March will turn out as well.

>25 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene!

29curioussquared
Mar 2, 2023, 12:29 pm

Happy new thread, Anita!

30weird_O
Mar 2, 2023, 12:29 pm

May this new thread continue your reading and conversational happiness, Anita.

31msf59
Mar 2, 2023, 1:39 pm

Sweet Thursday, Anita. Happy New Thread! Happy Thingaversary. I joined just after you- June of '08. 15 years. Wow, or should I say Wauw!! 😀

32FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 2, 2023, 1:49 pm

>29 curioussquared: Thank you, Natalie!

>30 weird_O: Thank you, Bill, wishing you the same.

33FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 3, 2023, 2:03 am

>31 msf59: Thank you, Mark! So nice we joined LT in the same year :-)

Four days to go to my Thingaversary on March 6th.
Although I originally joined on February 5th, 2008. I forgot I did, and created a new account in March.

34johnsimpson
Mar 2, 2023, 4:03 pm

Hi Anita my dear, Happy New Thread dear friend.

35quondame
Mar 2, 2023, 4:59 pm

Happy new thread Anita!

36FAMeulstee
Mar 3, 2023, 2:04 am

>34 johnsimpson: Thank you, John.

>35 quondame: Thank you, Susan.

37FAMeulstee
Mar 3, 2023, 3:29 am

Read, not yet reviewed:
#54: Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak (Isabelle Bonnet 2) by Pierre Martin
#55: De werkplaats van de duivel (The Devil's Workshop) by Jáchym Topol

Reading now:
Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker
De ontdekking van de natuur by Hans Mulder
De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet) by David Mitchell

38CDVicarage
Mar 3, 2023, 5:53 am

What good news about Frank's health; he has done well! I'm looking forward to your next walk - lots of pictures, please!

39Sakerfalcon
Mar 3, 2023, 7:32 am

Happy new thread Anita! I'm really pleased to hear the good news about Frank; that's wonderful!

40kidzdoc
Mar 3, 2023, 8:41 am

Well done, Frank! Please give him my congratulations, and best wishes.

41FAMeulstee
Mar 3, 2023, 12:18 pm

>38 CDVicarage: Thank you, Kerry, we were both happy with Frank's results.
Yes, I wil take my camera, and try to use it :-)

>39 Sakerfalcon: Thank you, Claire, so were we.

>40 kidzdoc: Thank you, Darryl, and a thanks from Frank.

42SirThomas
Mar 4, 2023, 4:43 am

Happy new thread, Anita - what an impressive reading performance!
Have a wonderful weekend, you and Frank.

43johnsimpson
Mar 4, 2023, 4:30 pm

Hi Anita my dear, wishing you and Frank a lovely weekend and sending love and hugs to you both from both of us dear friend.

44cbl_tn
Mar 4, 2023, 8:12 pm

Happy new thread, Anita! Adrian sends his greetings.

45WhiteRaven.17
Mar 5, 2023, 1:42 am

Happy new thread Anita! Hope your walking trip later this month is pleasant, that is something I would have never thought about doing and it sounds nice.

46FAMeulstee
Mar 5, 2023, 3:12 am

>42 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas, the books treat me well.
Frank is working, as usual. Only next weekend to go, and then he is off for three weeks :-)

>43 johnsimpson: Thank you, John, happy Sunday to you and Karen.

47FAMeulstee
Mar 5, 2023, 3:22 am

>44 cbl_tn: Thank you, Carrie. Give Adrian a hug from me.

>45 WhiteRaven.17: Thank you, Kro.
We never thought we would do this either, most of our life ;-)
Late in 2017 we started to walk every day, and our daily milage went up slowly. So two years later we started to think about long distance walking, and in March 2020 we went for 5 days to Groningen to try, and walked the first parts of the Pieterpad. A good friend of ours goes with us, he drives us to the place we start, and picks up where we end a few hours later.

48ffortsa
Mar 5, 2023, 11:06 am

>47 FAMeulstee: That's a really good friend to have! And I admire your long walks. I'm trying to walk every day, at least 4 miles, but it doesn't always happen. Long walks like yours are inspiring.

49FAMeulstee
Mar 6, 2023, 5:23 am

>48 ffortsa: Thank you, Judy, Guido is a great friend to us.
We try the same for our daily walks. And that is enough to be able to walk some more on vacation. It is also nice to walk somewhere else, when walking from home the variation is limited.

50FAMeulstee
Mar 6, 2023, 7:16 am

It is my 15th Thingaversary today!

Six books aquired in 2023 (see >11 FAMeulstee:), ten to go. Next Saturay the bookweek starts, that means at least 3 books. One regular book to get the bookweekgift, and the bookweekessay looks interesting this year.

51SirThomas
Mar 6, 2023, 7:34 am

Happy Thingaversary, Anita.
Good book hunting for you and a good start into the week!

52PaigeBardon
Mar 6, 2023, 7:38 am

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53kidzdoc
Mar 6, 2023, 7:39 am

Happy Thingaversary, Anita!

54FAMeulstee
Mar 6, 2023, 9:01 am

>51 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas.
That is going to be a subject of negotiation between Frank & me.

>53 kidzdoc: Thank you, Darryl!

55hredwards
Mar 6, 2023, 10:18 am

>50 FAMeulstee: Happy Thingaversary!!!

56ursula
Mar 6, 2023, 10:59 am

>50 FAMeulstee: Happy Thingaversary!

57curioussquared
Mar 6, 2023, 12:25 pm

Happy Thingaversary, Anita!

58atozgrl
Mar 6, 2023, 6:06 pm

Happy Thingaversary!

59quondame
Mar 6, 2023, 7:30 pm

Have a happy Thingaversary!

60FAMeulstee
Mar 7, 2023, 2:45 am

>55 hredwards: Thank you, Harold!

>56 ursula: Thank you, Ursula!

>57 curioussquared: Thank you, Natalie!

61FAMeulstee
Mar 7, 2023, 2:46 am

>58 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene!

>59 quondame: Thank you, Susan!

The 15 years with LibraryThing and all of you are the best years in my life :-)

62FAMeulstee
Mar 7, 2023, 5:15 am

Read, not yet reviewed:
#54: Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak (Isabelle Bonnet 2) by Pierre Martin
#55: De werkplaats van de duivel (The Devil's Workshop) by Jáchym Topol
#56: De ontdekking van de natuur by Hans Mulder
#57: De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet (The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet) by David Mitchell
#58: Haas (The Year of the Hare) by Artro Paasilinna

Reading now:
Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker
Het boek van de doodgraver by Oliver Pötzsch

63msf59
Mar 7, 2023, 7:39 am

Happy Thingaversary, Anita. I remember enjoying The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet when I read it a number of years ago. It was more of a straight-forward historical novel than anything supernatural.

64johnsimpson
Mar 7, 2023, 4:33 pm

Hi Anita my dear, Happy 15th Thingaversary my dear friend.

65FAMeulstee
Mar 8, 2023, 2:50 am

>63 msf59: Thank you, Mark.
I did like most of the story in The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, but got regular out of my reading flow by the style and the use of italics. I hope to get to the review tomorrow. One more book to finish, so four books can be returned to the library tomorrow, where six books are waiting for me.

>64 johnsimpson: Thank you, John.
I am gld I found this site fifteen years ago :-)

66bell7
Mar 8, 2023, 7:48 am

Happy Thingaversary, Anita!

67figsfromthistle
Mar 8, 2023, 9:39 am

HAppy thingaversary! Glad you have already made a few book purchases towards it.

68FAMeulstee
Mar 8, 2023, 12:10 pm

>66 bell7: Thank you, Mary!

>67 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita!
I am sure I will get to acquiring 16 books before the end of the year.

69PaulCranswick
Mar 8, 2023, 5:22 pm

>68 FAMeulstee: You have far more self-restraint than I do, Anita! Congratulations on 15 years on LT. You have contributed much to helping make it my home on the internet.

70FAMeulstee
Mar 8, 2023, 5:37 pm

>69 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul.
You may call it self-restraint, but actually it is lack of shelf space and lack of money. And almost unlimited access to library books ;-)

71PaulCranswick
Mar 8, 2023, 5:39 pm

>70 FAMeulstee: I do envy the unlimited library access, Anita, it would have saved me a LOT of money over the years.

72FAMeulstee
Mar 8, 2023, 5:59 pm

>71 PaulCranswick: I know, Paul.
In the times before the library membership, we spended way more money on books. I still buy my own copy of books that make a lasting impression. I can skip all others.

73FAMeulstee
Mar 9, 2023, 2:45 am


book 54: Madame le Commissaire en de uitgestelde wraak by Pierre Martin
library, e-book, translated from German, no English translation, 284 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book which you did not purchase

Isabelle Bonnet book 2
Isabelle and her assistant Appolinaire try to solve cold cases. One very brutal murder happened in Fragolin ten years ago. Meanwhile her former boss in Paris asks her help in keeping a witness safe, who has to testify in an important case in a month.

I like the first book a bit better.

Title translated: Madame le Commissaire and the postponed revenge

74FAMeulstee
Mar 9, 2023, 3:16 am


book 55: De werkplaats van de duivel by Jáchym Topol
library, e-book, translated from Czech, English translation The Devil's Workshop, 189 pages
TIOLI Challenge #5: Read a book with a word dividable into two words in the title

The unnamed narrator grew up in Theresienstadt (Terezín), a medival city where the Nazi's had a concentration camp. Now it has become a place where tourists come, descendants of those who died there. To accomodate the tourists, there are plans to tear a part of the city down. The narrator and his friends try to stop the plans, but are defeated.
Then the story takes a strange turn, the narrator finds himself in Belarus. There his help is needed to get tourists to the devil's workshop, as way more people got killed there before, during and after WWII. Like the concentration camp Maly Trostenets, destoyed by the Nazi's when the Red Army was on the way; the thousands of villages that were destroyed and their inhabitants killed like in Chatyn. And Katyn, where the NKVD killed thousands of Polish officers in 1940.
Not everyone likes the idea to attrack tourist this way, and the narrator finds himself in a conflict about a very bizarre museum.

A dark and provocative satire. Sadly I was unaware of most of what happened in Belarus during WWII, so I leaned about many devastating events during that time.

Title translated: The workshop from the devil

75FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 9, 2023, 3:52 am


book 56: De ontdekking van de natuur by Hans Mulder
library, non-fiction, Dutch, Jan Wolkers prize 2021, no translations, 256 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book which you did not purchase

Large format book containing 20 essays about people researching nature from the 16th until the 19th century. With beautiful reproductions of drawings and watercolor paintings of insects, birds and mamals.
Interesting history of nature research, that took advantage of the art of printing, so more people could be reached. Researchers like Carl Linnaeus, Alexander von Humboldt, and Charles Darwin changed the way we look at nature. Conrad Gessner, Albert Dürer, and Maria Sibylla Merian illustrated these findings.

Title translated: The discovery of nature

76FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 9, 2023, 4:16 am


book 57: De niet verhoorde gebeden van Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
library, translated, original title The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, 622 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book which you did not purchase

Desjima, Japan, where the Dutch have a trading post. Jacob de Zoet arrives in 1799, and stays until 1817. On arrival he finds a lot of corruption, but as he is only a lower staff member, he can't do much without backup of his bosses. He falls in love with a Japanese, Orito Aibagawa, but this can't be. What happens to her fills the middle part of the book. Later, after an English vessel tries to take over Desjima, Jacob becomes head of the trading post.

I did like the story itself, but got out of my reading flow by many pages where normal print (with the story) was altered with italics (thoughts) every other line. Sadly this kept me from fully enjoying this read.

Dutch title translated: The not heard prayers of Jacob de Zoet

77FAMeulstee
Mar 9, 2023, 4:16 am


book 58: Haas by Artro Paasilinna
1001 books, library, translated from Finnish, English translation The Year of the Hare, 173 pages
TIOLI Challenge #9: Read a book that is the basis of a lesser-known film OR a lesser-known book that is the basis of a film

On a summer evening the journalist Vatanen and a photographer are driving through a wild area of Finland. They hit a young snowhare, and Vatanen leaves the car to find the injured animal. He doesn't go back to the car, but decides to leave his life behind, with only the hare as company.
This is the start of many adventures, small jobs, absurd situations, ending in chasing a bear right into USSR territory.

A fun read, with some social critism within.

Dutch title translated: Hare

78FAMeulstee
Mar 9, 2023, 4:29 am


book 59: Het boek van de doodgraver by Oliver Pötzsch
library, translated from German, no English translation, 398 pages
TIOLI Challenge #1: Read a book with the word "happy", its synonym, or its antonym in the title

Historical mystery, set in Vienna 1893. Leopold von Herzfeldt just arrived from Graz, to start his new job at the police. He immediately gets into a big case, some housemaids are killed and left perforated with a wooden spear. The case is soon compared with Jack the Ripper in London. Leopold is way to clever and arrogant for a newbie, so soon he is taken of the case. He can't keep away, and starts to follow a side track, with help of Augustin Rothmayer, a gravedigger, and switchboard operator Julia Wolf. The find dirty secrets of people in high places, sexual abused children, murder, and a vampire hunter.

Title translated: The book of the gravedigger

79FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 9, 2023, 4:52 am

Up to date with my reviews, so the library books can be returned today.

Reading now:
Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker
De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman

80connie53
Mar 9, 2023, 3:28 pm

Found and starred you, Anita. It's feels good to follow another Dutchie!

81FAMeulstee
Mar 9, 2023, 4:18 pm

>80 connie53: Glad to be found, Connie.

82Berly
Editado: Mar 10, 2023, 5:00 am

>81 FAMeulstee: Same as Connie--I lost you there for a while! Found! Congrats on 59 already. : )

83Jackie_K
Mar 10, 2023, 1:42 pm

There you are! Thank you so much for your comment on my thread!

84Oregonreader
Mar 10, 2023, 5:37 pm

Happy Thingaversary, Anita. I mostly read library books for the same reasons as you. There aren’t a lot of books I feel a need to buy. Have a great next walk!

85FAMeulstee
Mar 10, 2023, 5:56 pm

>82 Berly: Love to be found, Kim, thanks.

>83 Jackie_K: And found again, welcome Jackie!
My threads here go way faster, this is a rather talkative group :-)

86FAMeulstee
Mar 10, 2023, 6:01 pm

>84 Oregonreader: Thank you, Jan.
Indeed, only the very good books need to be in my own collection. And the books Frank wants to read. He used to be an avid reader, but not anymore. Last years only 5 or 6 a year, so that is no problem to add to our own library. Most are books I also want to read.
We will, I am really looking forward to our walking vacation!

87FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 12, 2023, 3:55 pm

Read, not yet reviewed:
#60: Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker
#61: Pelgrim zonder God by Herman Vuijsje
#62: Niet alleen by Tim Voors

Reading now:
De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman
Vluchtig verlangen (Transient Desires; Brunetti 30) by Donna Leon

88EllaTim
Mar 12, 2023, 7:29 pm

Nice plans for the end of the month Anita! And I do hope the weather will improve a bit. Good for Frank, no more diabetes. Well done.

De ontdekking van de Natuur sounds nice.

>87 FAMeulstee: Already on Brunetti#30! I hope you love it.

89FAMeulstee
Mar 13, 2023, 3:29 am

>88 EllaTim: Thank you, Ella.
We have been lucky with the weather all previous times walking the Pieterpad, so I hope we will be lucky again. If not, we have good rain suits, and we can shorten the daily distance.

I think you would like De ontdekking van de natuur.

It is the most recent translated Brunetti, published last year.

90FAMeulstee
Mar 15, 2023, 3:25 am


book 60: Jasper en zijn knecht by Gerbrand Bakker
library, e-book, Dutch, no English translation, 395 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book by an author that you have read before and given 4 or more stars to

Gerbrand Bakker kept a diary in 2015 to be plublished.
He writes about his life in Schwartzbach (Germany), and his dog Jasper. Jasper was a rescue from Greece, lived on the streets, and has a hard time to adjust.
He also writes about his depressions, his youth, his family, his fear of flying, and how writing changed his life. Jasper and Gerbrand travel to Amsterdam now and then.

Title translated: Jasper and his servant

91FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 15, 2023, 1:50 pm


book 61: Pelgrim zonder god by Herman Vuijsje
library, e-book, Dutch, no English translation, 310 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book which you did not purchase

In 1989, when interest to walk the Camino started to rise, Vuijsje walked the Camino in reverse, from Santiago de Compostella to Amsterdam.
Impressions of the landscape, meeting pilgrims going the other way, and people who have places where he can stay.

Title translated: Pilgrim without god

92FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 15, 2023, 3:43 am


book 62: Niet alleen by Tim Voors
library, e-book, Dutch, no English translation, 256 pages
TIOLI Challenge #6: All or Nothing - Read a book with a word meaning "all" or a word meaning "nothing" in the title or author's name

After walking the Pacific Crest Trail (The Great Alone), Tim Voors now travels to New Zealand to walk the Te Araroa. This trail goes from Cape Reinga to Bluff.
Tim meets two women, one Dutch and one German, who become his trail buddies along the way.
He also gives some tips to those who want to do the same.

Title translated: Not alone

93FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 15, 2023, 4:14 am


book 63: Vluchtig verlangen by Donna Leon
library, translated, original title Transient Desires, 319 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book which you did not purchase

Commissario Brunetti book 30
Two American girls are left, wounded and unconsious, near the entrance of a hospital. Brunetti finds out two young men from Venice left them there, one is badly wounded himself. Further investigation turns out there was a boating accident at sea. This is beyond his jurisdiction, so Brunetti and Claudia Griffoni need others to find out more, and find a trail of human trafficking.

Title translated: Brief desire

94FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 15, 2023, 7:01 am

It is Bookweek, so we bought Vernietigen the latest book by Michel Houellebecq, and the Bookweekessay Boto Banja by Raoul de Jong, to get the free Bookweekgift De eerlijke vinder by Lize Spit.

On Friday we visied my father, still a bit frail after his fall in January. He gave us a book, a publication of the Jan Campert stichting Waar alles nog toegaat zoals het hoort by Jef van Gool.

--
And election day today, voting for the province and the waterschap (polder). The elected members of the province will then vote for the Eerste Kamer (Senate). This will influence the present government, as large changes are predicted. At present the government has no majority in the Eerste Kamer, and their numbers wil probably decline.

95msf59
Mar 15, 2023, 7:21 am

Happy Wednesday, Anita. Wow! So many good books being read. De ontdekking van de natuur sounds like one I would like. I love the cover.

96charl08
Mar 15, 2023, 8:41 am

>91 FAMeulstee: Sounds interesting Anita. My mum and dad did two trips to walk the Camino (or rather, two short sections of it) with a hiking company about ten years ago. I found some of the things my mum had kept from the trip when going through papers. They had lovely packets with a daily route cards which she clearly couldn't bear to throw away. I suspect now hikers have gone digital though (I love my map app: makes it much harder for me to get lost).

97FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 15, 2023, 1:57 pm

>95 msf59: Thank you, Mark, happy Wednesday!
I do hope De ontdekking van de natuur will be translated some day. It is a beautiful large edition with many illustrations.

>96 charl08: It was the fourth book about the Camino I have read since 2021, Charlotte. It is rather popular these days.
How nice to find these things your mother kept from walking parts of the Camino. The North-western regions of Spain always sound nice to me.
Yes, most hikers go digital now. Although we use paper on the Pieterpad, I still don't have a fancy mobile phone. In case of emergency Frank has such a device, but we haven't used it (yet) ;-)

98FAMeulstee
Mar 16, 2023, 5:44 am

Read, not yet reviewed:
#64: De verliefden (The Infatuations) by Javier Marías

Reading now:
De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman
Hoe duur was de suiker? (The Cost of Sugar) by Cynthia Mc Leod
Duitse les (The German Lesson) by Siegfried Lenz

99FAMeulstee
Mar 18, 2023, 5:39 am

Read, not yet reviewed:
#64: De verliefden (The Infatuations) by Javier Marías
#65: Duitse les (The German Lesson) by Siegfried Lenz

Reading now:
De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman
Hoe duur was de suiker? (The Cost of Sugar) by Cynthia Mc Leod

100EllaTim
Mar 18, 2023, 6:21 am

>97 FAMeulstee: We like to use a digital map as well, Anita. Veru useful. But I like to combine with a real paper map. Better overview. I love maps.

>99 FAMeulstee: I see you finished The German Lesson. I hope you liked it as much as I did.

Have a nice weekend.

101FAMeulstee
Mar 18, 2023, 8:19 am

>100 EllaTim: I use digital maps when I am planning our walks, Ella, on the laptop. When we are out I only have paper maps with me. The Pieterpad is marked very wel, so even the paper map isn't used much when we are on our way.

The German Lesson was a very good read.

Now I am trying to finish De foltering van Eldorado, a very good, but harsh read.

102Caroline_McElwee
Mar 18, 2023, 10:13 am

Happy Thingaversary Anita.

103FAMeulstee
Mar 18, 2023, 12:39 pm

>102 Caroline_McElwee: Thank you, Caroline. LT has been 15 years of joy :-)

104witchyrichy
Mar 18, 2023, 12:43 pm

Happy Thingaversary! You are doing lots of good reading. Best wishes for your walking adventure.

105FAMeulstee
Mar 18, 2023, 3:27 pm

>104 witchyrichy: Thank you, Karen!
The books treat me well, I am working through my library wishlist this year.

Thanks, I am having fun planning our daily trails now :-)

106banjo123
Mar 18, 2023, 8:03 pm

Happy Thing-a-versary!

107FAMeulstee
Mar 19, 2023, 3:28 am

>106 banjo123: Thank you, Rhonda!

108SirThomas
Mar 19, 2023, 4:42 am

Dropping by to wish you and Frank a wonderful Sunday, Anita!

109FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 19, 2023, 5:44 am

>108 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas, the same to you!
We will go out for diner tonight in Harderwijk, with my brother and sister in law. An early celebration of my brothers birthday.

110figsfromthistle
Mar 19, 2023, 5:48 am

Happy Thingaversary!

Hope you have a wonderful dinner!

111FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 19, 2023, 8:41 am

>110 figsfromthistle: Thanks again ( >67 figsfromthistle: ), Anita!

We will, according to a few lists it is one of the best restaurants in Harderwijk.

ETA: I can't spell

112FAMeulstee
Mar 20, 2023, 9:11 am

Read, not yet reviewed:
#64: De verliefden (The Infatuations) by Javier Marías
#65: Duitse les (The German Lesson) by Siegfried Lenz
#66: Hoe duur was de suiker? (The Cost of Sugar) by Cynthia Mc Leod
#67: De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman

Reading now:
De rode ruiterij (Red Cavalry) by Isaak Babel
Het geluk van de wandelaar (The Gentle Art of Tramping) by Stephen Graham
Het schot dat niemand raakte (The Bullet That Missed) by Richard Osman

113ffortsa
Mar 20, 2023, 1:24 pm

>112 FAMeulstee: Oh, Red Cavalry. I haven't read that in decades.

114FAMeulstee
Mar 20, 2023, 4:48 pm

>113 ffortsa: It is my first Babel, Judy.

115ffortsa
Mar 21, 2023, 1:37 pm

>114 FAMeulstee: His stories from Odessa are also wonderful.

116FAMeulstee
Mar 21, 2023, 6:11 pm

>115 ffortsa: Thanks, Judy.
We have an edition with all his stories, I hope to get to it some day.

117FAMeulstee
Mar 22, 2023, 4:21 am


book 64: De verliefden by Javier Marías
library, translated from Spanish, English translation The Infatuations, 368 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book by an author that you have read before and given 4 or more stars to

Every moning, while having breakfast in a café, María Dolz looks at the happy couple at an other table. Then they are suddenly not there anymore, and María finds out that Miguel is dead, stabbed seemingly out of nowhere on the street. Month later she meets Luisa, and they become friends. Luisa is still devastated because of the loss of her husband. María gets to know Javier, a long time friend of the family, and they become lovers. After overhearing a conversation between Javier and an other man, María can't trust him anymore, and fear is taking over.

My second book by Javier Marías, again a very good read.

Dutch title translated: The lovers

118FAMeulstee
Mar 22, 2023, 4:32 am


book 65: Duitse les by Siegfried Lenz
1001 books, library, translated from German, English translation The German Lesson, 511 pages
TIOLI Challenge #4: Read a book with a nationality or ethnicity in the title or author's name

Northern Germany, 1953. Siggi Jepsen is in a juvenile prison. For German class he has to write about 'The joys of duty', but he returns an empty paper. His punishment is sole detention until he has finished this assignment. So Siggy starts to write where duty has brought him and his family since 1943. Months later he is still writing about the trouble between his father, a policeman, and Max Ludwig Nansen, an expressionist painter, who isn't allowed to paint anymore. We also find out why Siggi got in prison.

An impressive book.

Dutch title translated: German lesson

119FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 22, 2023, 5:37 am


book 66: Hoe duur was de suiker? by Cynthia Mc Leod
library, e-book, Dutch, English translation The Cost of Sugar, 292 pages
TIOLI Challenge #10: Read a book set in the nineteenth century or before with characters of colour

Suriname, second half 18th century. Stepsisters Elza en Sarith grew up together on a sugar plantation in the Jewish community of Suriname. The plantations are under attack, marrons (escaped slaves, living in the jungle) attack the plantations, free the slaves, and kill their owners. The Dutch government sends soldiers to defend the plantations.
Meanwhile Elza marries, and Sarith is very jealous. They both find out how slaves pay the cost of sugar.

A nice look into 18th century Suriname.

English and Dutch title are the same

120FAMeulstee
Mar 22, 2023, 4:52 am


book 67: De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman
library, non-fiction, Dutch, no translations, 495 pages
TIOLI Challenge #13: Read a book with settings in two or more countries

Extensive history of the five Guyana's, or Wild Coast: Spanish Guyana (in Venezuela), Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Portugese Guyana (in Brazil). From prehistory until today (1982, the book was published in 1983). Colonisation, slavery, extortion...

Title translated: The torture of Eldorado

121FAMeulstee
Mar 22, 2023, 4:57 am

Read, not yet reviewed:
#68: Het geluk van de wandelaar (The Gentle Art of Tramping) by Stephen Graham
#69: De rode ruiterij (Red Cavalry) by Isaak Babel

Reading now:
Het schot dat niemand raakte (The Bullet That Missed) by Richard Osman
Wereld & wandel van Michael K (Life & Times of Michael K) by J.M. Coetzee
Boud by Eva Rovers

122FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 23, 2023, 7:13 am

Yesterday we went to museum De Fundatie in Zwolle, to see the exhibition Brave new world : zestien schilders voor de eenentwintigste eeuw. Paintings from 16 contemporary painters from all over the world.
We also went to the beautiful bookshop 'Waanders in de Broeren', located in a former church. We only bought one book DealersDochter, the latest by Astrid Roemer.

123FAMeulstee
Mar 23, 2023, 4:51 am


book 68: Het geluk van de wandelaar by Stephen Graham
library, translated, original title The Gentle Art of Tramping, 238 pages
TIOLI Challenge #14: Read a book with a word in the title that has a connection with walking/hiking

Originally published in 1927, Graham advocates to leave your home and go wandering through the world by foot. Losts of advice how to make a fire, find a place to sleep (preferably in open air), prepare your food etc. And some of his own adventures all over the world.

Dutch title translated: The joy of the hiker

124FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 23, 2023, 5:09 am


book 69: De rode ruiterij by Isaak Babel
1001 books, library, e-book, translated from Russian, English translation Red Cavalry, 140 pages
TIOLI Challenge #12: Read a book that has been criticised, banned or burnt

Short views into the war between Poland and Russia in 1920. Babel went with the Red Army, mainly Cossacks, to the front. Locals are forced to accomodate the army. The battles are cruel, and not easy to read about.

Dutch title translated: The Red Cavalry

125FAMeulstee
Editado: Mar 23, 2023, 11:50 am

Tomorrow we will leave to Overloon, for our next walk on the Pieterpad, starting just before Groesbeek, walking towards Venlo. As always Guido will go with us to drive us to our starting point and pick us up at the end.

We will be back next Friday.

126jessibud2
Mar 23, 2023, 7:29 am

Have a wonderful time, Anita. May the weather be with you!

127Jackie_K
Mar 23, 2023, 7:31 am

Have a great trip!

128FAMeulstee
Mar 23, 2023, 8:04 am

>126 jessibud2: Thank you, Shelley.
Weather forecast isn't great, only two dry days. We will pack our rain suits :-)

>127 Jackie_K: Thank you, Jacky, we will!

129atozgrl
Mar 23, 2023, 11:35 am

>125 FAMeulstee: Have fun on your walk! I hope the weather holds, in spite of the forecast.

130jnwelch
Editado: Mar 23, 2023, 2:06 pm

Hi, Anita. I hope you’re having a relaxing, enjoyable walk in Overloon -what kind of countryside is that?

We just saw a play in Chicago featuring a war journal of Isaac Babel (the play was Describe the Night). It’s sad to think of his mistreatment and execution by the Soviet Union.

As usual, it looks like you are having a great and varied reading year.Our best wishes to you and Frank from Debbi and me.

131FAMeulstee
Mar 23, 2023, 4:25 pm

>129 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene, fun it will be :-)
Of course we hope the weather turns out better than predicted. If not, we will have to do with it. We might shorten the planned walks if it gets very bad, or even skip a day.

>130 jnwelch: Thank you, Joe.
Most of the route will be along the river Maas going south through the province Limburg, that is in the South-East of the Netherlands. We will cross the river twice with a small ferry, and only a few minor hills at the route. Further south there will be more hills, but that is going to be in our next walking vacation.

Yes, a very sad end for Isaac babel, so many others shared his faith...

Thanks for visiting my thread, and please greet Debi from us both.

132charl08
Mar 23, 2023, 5:46 pm

Hi Anita, great to hear about your walking plans. I hope you can share lots of photos - and that you have some dry weather too!

133FAMeulstee
Mar 23, 2023, 6:07 pm

>132 charl08: Thank you, Charlotte. I have my camera packed, so can't forget it. I will take pictures to share.
It looks like we will have at least two dry days. Two days a lot of rain, and two days some rain. Not bad for this time of year.

Off to bed now.

134BLBera
Mar 24, 2023, 4:55 am

Happy newish thread, Anita. Your walking plans do sound great.

135Sakerfalcon
Mar 24, 2023, 8:09 am

>122 FAMeulstee: So glad you had a good time in Zwolle. I have happy memories from my visit there.

136FAMeulstee
Mar 24, 2023, 6:06 pm

>134 BLBera: Thank you, Beth.
We are at our holliday cottage now, and will start our walking tomorrow.

>135 Sakerfalcon: Thanks, Claire. De Fundatie is one of our favorite museums, and Zwolle is a lovely city.

137streamsong
Mar 26, 2023, 3:10 pm

Good luck with dry weather for hiking! I hope you have a wonderful time. I am also a fan of paper maps.

Your review in >120 FAMeulstee: is interesting to me as I am very remiss in my South American reading and history.

138RebaRelishesReading
Mar 26, 2023, 5:11 pm

I'll be walking the PieterPad with you in my dreams! Hope you have perfect weather and a great time.

139FAMeulstee
Abr 1, 2023, 2:56 am

>137 streamsong: Thank you, Janet, we had a great time despite the rain.
My South-American reading and history isn't that much, although I try to read broad and wide.

>138 RebaRelishesReading: Glad you were dreamwalking with me, Reba.
No perfect weather, but we got where we had planned to get. More in my next message.

140FAMeulstee
Abr 1, 2023, 4:04 am

We came home yesterday after a nice week walking the Pieterpad, staying in a holiday cottage in Overloon.
We had one dry day, one day with non stop rain, and four days with some rain and some dry in between. Our rain suits did good work!
It was good spend some time with Guido, our faithful Pieterpad driver, who drives us each day to our starting point, and picks us up again at the end.

Later today I will download the pictures I took from my camera. Yesterday we unpacked, did a lot of washing, as our walking clothes got very muddy because of all the rain.

Saturday we walked 13.1 km from Groesbeek to Milsbeek, the rain started when just started our walk, but later it was dry. Some paths through the woods got very muddy. We missed a turn near the end, but thanks to the map we ended where we should.
Sunday it rained all day, we walked only 10 km from Milsbeek to Heijen. We were very glad we have the two Walkstools with us now, as it took some time before Guido had found us. A road was closed, so he had to drive around to get to us. At least we could sit while waiting in the rain :-)
Monday we were lucky, no rain at all. We walked 13.1 km from Heijen to Holthees. First a lovely walk through woods and heathland, then to Afferden, where a small ferry took us over the river Maas.
Tuesday we walked 13.3 km from Holthees to Wanssum, mostly dry. First part was along a stream, later along a railroad. Then further on into beautiful woods and heathland, with near the end a very small and muddy path. Some rain, some drizzle, and some dry on our way.
Wednesday we walked 13.5 km from Wanssum to Lottum. There we went through a bog that once ws a part of the river Maas. I was glad to walk on my waterproof walking shoes! Drizzling rain most of the time, with some dry in between.
Thursday was our last walking day. We walked 11.6 km from Wanssum to the chappel in Genooy. Wether forcast was only drizzling rain, so we walked to Grubbenvorst where we took a small ferry again to the other side of the Maas. While walking on the dike it started to pour, and in a few minutes our pants were soaking wet. We did wear our rain jackets, so that part stayed dry. After some time the rain stopped, so we could sit at a seat along the way and dry a bit. We were glad to get to the end, where Guido picked us up.
We went out to have diner this last evening together, and the next day we went back home.

Back home we booked a holiday cottage for our next walking vacation from September 29th until October 6th. Only 112 km to go with lots of hills near the end, so we hope to finish next spring.

141PaulCranswick
Abr 1, 2023, 4:48 am

>140 FAMeulstee: Wonderful to see you had a nice time walking. I like the idea of a walking vacation but Hani walks so much faster than I do!

142FAMeulstee
Abr 1, 2023, 5:19 am

>141 PaulCranswick: Thank you, Paul. We had a good time, and it is also good to be back home.
Maybe you can keep up with Hani after a good while of training? Or take the bike ;-)

143PaulCranswick
Abr 1, 2023, 5:56 am

>142 FAMeulstee: Hahaha the bike might work!

144SirThomas
Abr 1, 2023, 8:20 am

I am glad you were able to enjoy your walkings
There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing ;-).
Have a wonderful weekend!

145RebaRelishesReading
Abr 1, 2023, 11:29 am

>140 FAMeulstee: Congratulations! I love following you vicariously since I don't think I'll ever actually do it for real.

146FAMeulstee
Abr 1, 2023, 12:14 pm

>143 PaulCranswick: I would think so, Paul :-D

>144 SirThomas: Thank you, Thomas.
You are right, these days there is perfect clothing for every weather.
This weekend is needed to recuperate, next Friday Frank goes back to work.

147FAMeulstee
Abr 1, 2023, 12:17 pm

>145 RebaRelishesReading: Thank you, Reba.
On our way I sometimes think of you following our steps on the Pieterpad :-)

148atozgrl
Abr 1, 2023, 3:54 pm

>140 FAMeulstee: Sounds like you had a wonderful time! Hurray for the rain suits! Thanks so much for the descriptions. I didn't realize the terrain was so varied.

149vancouverdeb
Abr 1, 2023, 5:16 pm

I'm so glad you found my new thread, Anita! Greetings to you. It sounds like you and Frank had a lovely walking holiday! Living where I do - we to get a lot of rain , but we get sun too, there is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothes. But I'll admit I prefer the sunny days!

150FAMeulstee
Abr 1, 2023, 5:30 pm

>148 atozgrl: Thank you, Irene. This was our 6th vacation on the Pieterpad. We started in March 2020, and went every spring and fall, except fall last year.
The Pieterpad goes trough the eastern of our country, there is more variëty than in the western part, wher all big cities are.

>149 vancouverdeb: We still walk every day, Deborah, and with similair weather the rainsuits are used often :-)
We also tried a new rain-poncho with some extra room at the back for our backpack this time, that worked very well. So we ordered a second one yesterday.
We had been very lucky with the weather all previous times. We knew this time would be more rainy, so we went prepared :-)

151FAMeulstee
Abr 1, 2023, 5:34 pm

Read, not yet reviewed:
#70: Wereld & wandel van Michael K (Life & Times of Michael K) by J.M. Coetzee
#71: Het schot dat niemand raakte (The Bullet That Missed) by Richard Osman
#72: Dwars door de Lage Landen by Arnout Hauben
#73: Het plezier van wandelen (Walking: One Step At a Time) by Erling Kagge
#74: Boud by Eva Rovers

Reading now:
Onder buren by Juli Zeh
De geschiedenis van het pad (In Praise of Paths) by Torbjørn Ekelund

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I hope to get to my last March reviews tomorrow, and our vacation photo's. Not sure I will manage both.

152mdoris
Abr 1, 2023, 7:28 pm

Hello Anita, your walking holiday sounded wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to seeing some photos. Hope you are having a very good weekend!

153FAMeulstee
Abr 2, 2023, 5:57 am

>152 mdoris: Thank you, Mary, we had a good time despite the rain.
Today we have finally a dry day, after weeks with every day some or more rain, so it is going to be a good day :-)

154FAMeulstee
Abr 2, 2023, 6:11 am


book 70: Wereld & wandel van Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
1001 books, library, e-book, translated, Booker Prize, original title Life & Times of Michael K, 224 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book which you did not purchase

Michael K and his mother live in an unnamed city in South-Africa. His mother is ill, and thinks she needs to go back to the farm where she grew up. When his mother dies on their way, Michael goes on to find the farm.

The first part is written from Michaels point of view. The second part is from a doctor in a prison, where Michael ends up.

Engaging read.

English and Dutch title are the same

155FAMeulstee
Editado: Abr 2, 2023, 6:21 am


book 71: Het schot dat niemand raakte by Richard Osman
library, translated, original title The Bullet That Missed, 431 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book by an author that you have read before and given 4 or more stars to

Thursday Murder Club book 3
The Thursday Murder Club looks into a cold case, a probable murder, but the body was never found.
Elizabeth gets in trouble, related to her past with MI6.

As before a light and fun read

Dutch title translated: The shot that nobody hit

156FAMeulstee
Editado: Abr 2, 2023, 6:31 am


book 72: Dwars door de Lage Landen by Arnout Hauben
library, non fiction, Dutch, no translations, 351 pages
TIOLI Challenge #3: Read a book which you did not purchase

Arnout Houben walked with two friends from west to east through Belgium (from Oostende to the Dutch border near Lanaken), and then through the Netherlands from south to north (following the Pieterpad).
Mostly descriptions of the route they took, larded with some notable stories of people they met on their way.

Title translated: Across the Low Lands

157FAMeulstee
Editado: Abr 2, 2023, 6:37 am


book 73: Het plezier van wandelen by Erling Kagge
library, non fiction, translated from Norwegian, English translation Walking: One Step At a Time, 158 pages
TIOLI Challenge #14: Read a book with a word in the title that has a connection with walking/hiking

Erling Kagge was the first man to reach the 'three poles' (North pole, South pole, Mount Everest) by foot. He loves to walk, and shares his experiences with the reader.

Dutch title translated: The pleasure of walking

158FAMeulstee
Editado: Abr 2, 2023, 6:54 am


book 74: Boud by Eva Rovers
library, non fiction, Dutch, no translations, 574 pages
TIOLI Challenge #2: Read a book by an author that you have read before and given 4 or more stars to

Well written biography of Boudewijn Büch, Dutch writer and tv-personality, known for his love for books and his very large library.

Title translated: Boud (short for Boudewijn)

159FAMeulstee
Abr 2, 2023, 7:00 am

March 2023 in numbers
  (Totals for the year between brackets)

21 books read, 6.990 pages, 225,5 pages a day
  (74 books read, 22.814 pages, 253,5 pages a day)

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books:

• own books: 0 (7)
• from the library: 21 (67)

• male author: 18 (57)
• female author: 3 (17)

• originally written in Dutch: 8 (23)
• translated into Dutch: 13 (51)
  - original language of translated books:
    • Czech: 1 (1)
    • Danish: 0 (1)
    • Dutch (Middle): 0 (1)
    • English: 5 (19)
    • Finnish 1 (2)
    • German: 3 (9)
    • Icelandic: 0 (3)
    • Italian: 0 (1)
    • Japanese 0 (3)
    • Norwegian: 1 (2)
    • Portugese: 0 (1)
    • Russian: 1 (3)
    • Serbian: 0 (1)
    • Spanish: 1 (2)
    • Swedish: 0 (2)

• fiction: 12 (52)
• non-fiction: 9 (22)

• paper books: 13 (41)
• e-books: 8 (33)

• mystery/police procedural: 4 (11)
• childrens/YA: 0 (4)
• 1001 books: 4 (9)
    Total 1001 books since 2008: 289
• Dutch Canon: 0 (1)
    Total Dutch Canon since 2008: 43 of 125

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pages:

0 - 100 pages: 0 (4)
101 - 200 pages: 4 (14)
201 - 300 pages: 6 (21)
301 - 400 pages: 6 (20)
401 - 500 pages: 2 (7)
501 - 999 pages: 3 (8)
1000+ pages: 0

• longest book 622 pages (959 pages)
• shortest book 146 pages (36 pages)
• average book 333 pages (308 pages)

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date first published:

13th century: 0 (1)
17th century: 0 (1)

20th century
1910s: 0 (1)
1920s: 2 (2)
1930s: 0 (4)
1940s: 0 (2)
1950s: 0 (2)
1960s: 1 (3)
1970s: 1 (3)
1980s: 3 (8)
1990s: 1 (5)

21st century
2000s: 1 (4)
2010s: 6 (17)
2020s: 6 (21)

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ratings:

0 (1)
2 (7)
9 (31)
5 (23)
5 (12)

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best books in March


Duitse les (The German Lesson) by Siegfried Lenz
De foltering van Eldorado by Albert Helman

160RebaRelishesReading
Abr 2, 2023, 5:17 pm

>147 FAMeulstee: I do go with you in my mind sometimes but I really don't think it's every going to happen for real. To many other things taking priority plus age keeps creeping up. I'm very happy we managed to do our walk in England and think I probably need to be satisfied with that.

161figsfromthistle
Abr 2, 2023, 5:22 pm

Excellent stats! I am putting the German Lesson on my list.

Glad you had a great walking vacation!

162FAMeulstee
Abr 2, 2023, 5:47 pm

>160 RebaRelishesReading: It is the thought that counts, Reba.
There are 17 Long Distance Walking Paths over here now, and we are thinking now which one to do next. We will never be able to walk them all, but it is nice looking at them before we make a choice. No way we would ever do any in a foreign country, so good you managed that!

>161 figsfromthistle: Thank you, Anita, I hope you will like German Lesson as much as I did, when you get to it.
Thanks, we are looking forward to the next part.

163vancouverdeb
Abr 3, 2023, 12:19 am

I have a gortex jacket for the rain , as well as rain pants, and a pair of shoes that are waterproof . The shoes are quite comfortable for walking several miles - the are runners, as we call them in Canada, or maybe a better word would be walking shoes. I think our weather in here the Vancouver area is quite similar to yours, though my nephew who has been living in Amsterdam for 3 years tells me that you get more sunshine than what we do. But yes, we sure need rain gear here. I've not yet read anything byRichard Osman but I have his first book in the series in my TBR pile.

164WhiteRaven.17
Abr 3, 2023, 1:29 am

Glad you had a good walking holiday despite all the rain, and how nice that must be that you've almost completed the whole path. Also, impressive stats as always Anita!

165FAMeulstee
Abr 3, 2023, 4:15 am

>163 vancouverdeb: I have the same, Deborah, a set of rain jacket and pants. Combined with 'On Running' waterproof walking shoes, I will stay perfectly dry. Recently I got a lightweight poncho with extra space at the back for my backpack, that works as well.
Richard Osman is fun to read, I hope you like him too.

>164 WhiteRaven.17: Thank you, Kro.
Walking the Pieterpad is a nice way to discover other parts of our country, going by foot is a whole other experience than driving through. It has been fun so far.

166charl08
Abr 3, 2023, 4:23 am

I love the idea of us all walking along with you "in the mind". I went to the beach for the first time in ages yesterday. It felt so wonderful to be out in the open air again: and there was even sunshine!

167FAMeulstee
Abr 3, 2023, 4:47 am

>166 charl08: So in some way we are all walking together, Charlotte :-)
The beach is a wonderful place to walk, I haven't been in ages (so I walk along with you *smile*). Over here we also had some sunhine, and it looks like there will be more in the next days.

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Finally downloaded the photo's, toppers for my next thread.